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Exhibit 4.13    
    

EXECUTION VERSION

HM Publishing Corp.  

111/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2013  

   

Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement  

October 3, 2003 

Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc.

CIBC World Markets Corp.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Fleet Securities, Inc.

Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.

        As representatives of the several Purchasers

        named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement

c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005 

Ladies
and Gentlemen: 

        HM
Publishing Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell to the Purchasers (as defined herein) upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as
defined herein) its 111/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2013 (the "Senior Discount Notes"). As an inducement to the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a
condition to the obligations of the Purchasers thereunder, the Company agrees with the Purchasers for the benefit of holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Registrable Securities (as
defined herein) as follows: 

        1.    Certain Definitions.    For purposes of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following respective meanings: 

        "Base Interest" shall mean the interest that would otherwise accrue on the Securities under the terms thereof and the Indenture, without
giving effect to the provisions of this Agreement. 

        The
term "broker-dealer" shall mean any broker or dealer registered with the Commission under the Exchange Act. 

        "Closing Date" shall mean the date on which the Senior Discount Notes are initially issued. 

        "Commission" shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the
Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose. 

        "Effective Time," in the case of (i) an Exchange Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the
Exchange Registration Statement effective or as of which the Exchange Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective and (ii) a Shelf Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which
the Commission declares the Shelf Registration Statement effective or as of which the Shelf Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective. 

 

        "Electing Holder" shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the
Company in accordance with Section 3(d)(ii) or 3(d)(iii) hereof. 

        "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time. 

        "Exchange Offer" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof. 

        "Exchange Registration" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(c) hereof. 

        "Exchange Registration Statement" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof. 

        "Exchange Securities" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof. 

        The
term "holder" shall mean each of the Purchasers and other persons who acquire Registrable Securities from time to time (including any
successors or assigns), in each case for so long as such person owns any Registrable Securities. 

        "Indenture" means the indenture, dated as of October 3, 2003, between the Company and the Trustee, relating to the issuance of the
Senior Discount Notes, as the same shall be amended from time to time. 

        "Notice and Questionnaire" means a Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto. 

        The
term "person" shall mean a corporation, association, partnership, organization, business, individual, government or political
subdivision thereof or governmental agency. 

        "Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Purchase Agreement, dated September 30, 2003, between the Purchasers and the Company relating
to the Securities. 

        "Purchasers" shall mean the Purchasers named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement. 

        "Registrable Securities" shall mean the Securities; provided, however, that a Security shall cease to be a Registrable Security when
(i) in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(a) hereof, the Security has been exchanged for an Exchange Security in an Exchange Offer as contemplated in Section 2(a) hereof
(provided that any Exchange Security that, pursuant to the last two sentences of Section 2(a), is included in a prospectus for use in connection with resales by broker-dealers shall be deemed
to be a Registrable Security with respect to Sections 6 and 9 until resale of such Registrable Security has been effected within the 90-day period referred to in the second to last
sentence of Section 2(a)); (ii) in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(b) hereof, a Shelf Registration Statement registering such Security under the Securities Act has
been declared or becomes effective and such Security has been sold or otherwise transferred by the holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such effective Shelf Registration
Statement; (iii) such Security is sold pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by such Security relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the
Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or pursuant to the Indenture; (iv) such Security is eligible to be sold pursuant to paragraph (k) of Rule144; or (v) such
Security shall cease to be outstanding. 

        "Registration Default" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c) hereof. 

        "Registration Expenses" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4 hereof. 

        "Resale Period" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof. 

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        "Restricted Holder" shall mean (i) a holder that is an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405,
(ii) a holder who acquires Exchange Securities outside the ordinary course of such holder's business, (iii) a holder who has arrangements or understandings with any person to participate
in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing Exchange Securities and (iv) a holder that is a broker-dealer, but only with respect to Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer
pursuant to an Exchange Offer in exchange for Registrable Securities acquired by the broker-dealer directly from the Company. 

        "Rule 144," "Rule 405" and
"Rule 415" shall mean, in each case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as the same shall be amended
from time to time. 

        "Securities" shall mean the Senior Discount Notes of the Company to be issued and sold to the Purchasers, and securities issued in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof pursuant to the Indenture. 

        "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, or any successor thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time. 

        "Shelf Registration" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof. 

        "Shelf Registration Statement" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof. 

        "Special Interest" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c) hereof. 

        "Suspension Period" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(d)(ix) hereof. 

        "Trust Indenture Act" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations and forms
promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be amended from time to time. 

        Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a "Section" or "clause" refers to a Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement, and the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Section or other subdivision.

        2.    Registration Under the Securities Act.    

        (a)   Except
as set forth in Section 2(b) below, the Company agrees to file under the Securities Act, no later than 120 days after the Closing Date a
registration statement relating to an offer to exchange (such registration statement, the "Exchange Registration Statement", and such offer, the "Exchange Offer") any and all of the Securities for a
like aggregate principal amount of debt securities issued by the Company, which debt securities are substantially identical to the Securities (and are entitled to the benefits of a trust indenture
which is substantially identical to the Indenture or is the Indenture that has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act), except that they have been registered pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act and do not contain provisions for the additional interest contemplated in Section 2(c) below (such new debt securities hereinafter called
"Exchange Securities"). The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act no later than
180 days after the Closing Date. The Exchange Offer will be registered under the Securities Act on the appropriate form and will comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations
under the Exchange Act. The Company further agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to commence and complete the Exchange Offer no later than 225 days after the Closing Date, hold the
Exchange Offer open for at least 20 business days and exchange Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been properly tendered and 

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not
withdrawn on or prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer will be deemed to have been "completed" only if the debt securities received by holders other than Restricted
Holders in the Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities are, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder without restriction under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and without material
restrictions under the blue sky or securities laws of a substantial majority of the States of the United States of America. The Exchange Offer shall be deemed to have been completed upon the earlier
to occur of (i) the Company having exchanged the Exchange Securities for all outstanding Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer and (ii) the Company having exchanged,
pursuant to the Exchange Offer, Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn before the expiration of the Exchange Offer, which shall be on a
date that is at least 20 business days following the commencement of the Exchange Offer. The Company agrees (x) to include in the Exchange Registration Statement a prospectus for use in any
resales by any holder of Exchange Securities that is a broker-dealer and (y) to keep such Exchange Registration Statement effective for a period (the "Resale Period") beginning when Exchange
Securities are first issued in the Exchange Offer and ending upon the earlier of the expiration of the 90th day after the Exchange Offer has been completed or such time as such broker-dealers no
longer own any Registrable Securities. With respect to such Exchange Registration Statement, such holders shall have the benefit of the rights of indemnification and contribution set forth in
Sections 6(a), (c), (d) and (e) hereof. 

        (b)   If
(i) on or prior to the time the Exchange Offer is completed existing Commission interpretations are changed such that the debt securities received by holders
other than Restricted Holders in the Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities are not or would not be, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder without restriction under the Securities Act,
(ii) the Exchange Offer has not been completed within 225 days following the Closing Date or (iii) the Exchange Offer is not available to any holder of the Securities, the Company
shall, in lieu of (or, in the case of clause (iii), in addition to) conducting the Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 2(a), use commercially reasonable efforts to file under the
Securities Act no later than the later of 90 days after the time such obligation to file arises (but in no event earlier than the Exchange Registration Statement would have had to be filed), a
"shelf" registration statement providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the holders of, all of the Registrable Securities, pursuant to Rule 415 or any
similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission (such filing, the "Shelf Registration" and such registration statement, the "Shelf Registration Statement"). The Company agrees to use commercially
reasonable efforts (x) to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become or be declared effective no later than 120 days after such Shelf Registration Statement is filed and to keep
such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a period ending on the earlier of the second anniversary of the Effective Time or such time as there are no longer any Registrable
Securities outstanding, provided, however, that no holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling
securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities unless such holder is an Electing Holder, and (y) after
the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, promptly upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, to take any action reasonably necessary
to enable such holder to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, any action necessary to identify such holder as a selling
securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement, provided, however, that nothing in this
Clause (y) shall relieve any such holder of the obligation to return a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 3(d)(iii) hereof.
The Company further agrees to supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement, as and when required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used
by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder for shelf 

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registration,
and the Company agrees to furnish to each Electing Holder copies of any such supplement or amendment prior to its being used or promptly following its filing with the Commission. 

        (c)   In
the event that (i) the Company has not filed the Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement on or before the applicable date pursuant to
Section 2(a) or 2(b), respectively, or (ii) such Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement has not become effective or been declared effective by the Commission on
or before the applicable date pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(b), respectively, or (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been completed within 225 days after the Closing Date (if the
Exchange Offer is then required to be made) or (iv) any Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) or 2(b) hereof is filed and declared
effective but shall thereafter either be withdrawn by the Company or shall become subject to an effective stop order issued pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Securities Act suspending the
effectiveness of such registration statement (except as specifically permitted herein) without being succeeded as soon as practicable thereafter by an additional registration statement filed and
declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a "Registration Default" and each period during which a Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, a
"Registration Default Period"), then, as liquidated damages for such Registration Default, subject to the provisions of Section 9(b), special
interest ("Special Interest"), in addition to the Base Interest, shall accrue at a per annum rate of 0.25% for the first 90 days of the Registration Default Period, at a per annum rate of 0.25%
for each 90-day period thereafter; provided, however, that the maximum rate during any
Registration Default Period shall not exceed 1.0% per annum; provided, further, that the Registration
Default referred to in this Section2(c) shall not apply in the case of any Suspension Period permitted in accordance with Section 3(d)(ix) (subject to the limitations set forth therein)
to the extent such liquidated damages are due solely as a result of the imposition of such Suspension Period. 

        (d)   The
Company shall take all actions necessary or advisable to be taken by it to ensure that the transactions contemplated herein are effected as so contemplated. 

        (e)   Any
reference herein to a registration statement as of any time shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, therein by reference
as of such time and any reference herein to any post-effective amendment to a registration statement as of any time shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be
incorporated, therein by reference as of such time. 

        3.    Registration Procedures.    

        If
the Company files a registration statement pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), the following provisions shall apply: 

        (a)   At
or before the Effective Time of the Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration, as the case may be, the Company shall qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939. 

        (b)   In
the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to
the applicable provisions of the Indenture. 

        (c)   In
connection with the Company's obligations with respect to the registration of Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 2(a) (the "Exchange
Registration"), if applicable, the Company shall, as soon as practicable (or as otherwise specified): 

          (i)  prepare
and file with the Commission, no later than 120 days after the Closing Date an Exchange Registration Statement on any form which may be utilized by the 

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Company
and which shall permit the Exchange Offer and resales of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers during the Resale Period to be effected as contemplated by Section 2(a), and use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Registration Statement to become effective no later than 180 days after the Closing Date; 

         (ii)  as
soon as practicable prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Exchange Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein
as may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement for the periods and purposes contemplated in Section 2(a) hereof and as may be required by
the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such Exchange Registration Statement, and promptly provide each broker-dealer holding Exchange
Securities with such number of copies of the prospectus included therein (as then amended or supplemented), in conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as such broker-dealer reasonably may request prior to the expiration of the Resale Period, for use in connection with
resales of Exchange Securities; 

        (iii)  promptly
notify each broker-dealer that has requested or received copies of the prospectus included in such registration statement, and if requested in writing by such
broker-dealer, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such Exchange Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or
post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to such Exchange Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective,
(B) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that
purpose, (C) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Exchange Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, or (D) at any time during the Resale Period when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that such Exchange
Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing; 

        (iv)  in
the event that the Company would be required, pursuant to Section 3 (e)(iii)(D) above, to notify any broker-dealers holding Exchange Securities, as soon as
practicable prepare and furnish to each such holder a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of such Exchange Securities
during the Resale Period, such prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and shall not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then
existing; 

         (v)  use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto at the earliest practicable date; 

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        (vi)  use
commercially reasonable efforts to (A) register or qualify the Exchange Securities under the securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are
contemplated by Section 2(a) no later than the commencement of the Exchange Offer, (B) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the
continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions until the expiration of the Resale Period and (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or
advisable to enable each broker-dealer holding Exchange Securities to consummate the disposition thereof in such jurisdictions; provided,  however, that the
Company shall not be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would
not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of this Section 3(c)(vi), (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes
to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any agreement between it and its stockholders; 

       (vii)  subject
to Section 3(c)(vi), use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent or approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal,
state or local, which may be required to effect the Exchange Registration, the Exchange Offer and the offering and sale of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers during the Resale Period; 

      (viii)  provide
a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities, not later than the applicable Effective Time; 

        (ix)  comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable but no later than
eighteen months after the effective date of such Exchange Registration Statement, an earning statement of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 thereunder). 

        (d)   In
connection with the Company's obligations with respect to the Shelf Registration, if applicable, the Company shall, as soon as practicable (or as otherwise
specified): 

          (i)  prepare
and file with the Commission, as soon as practicable but in any case within the time periods specified in Section 2(b), a Shelf Registration Statement on
any form which may be utilized by the Company and which shall register all of the Registrable Securities for resale by the holders thereof in accordance with such method or methods of disposition as
may be specified by such of the holders as, from time to time, may be Electing Holders and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective as soon as
practicable but in any case within the time periods specified in Section 2(b); 

         (ii)  not
less than 20 business days prior to the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, mail the Notice and Questionnaire to the holders of Registrable
Securities; no holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement as of the Effective Time, and no holder shall be entitled to use the prospectus
forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company by the deadline for response
set forth therein; provided, however, holders of Registrable Securities shall have at least
18 days from the date on which the Notice and Questionnaire is first mailed to such holders to return a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company; 

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        (iii)  after
the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, promptly
send a Notice and Questionnaire to such holder; provided that the Company shall not be required to take any action to name such holder as a selling
securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to enable such holder to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities until such holder has returned a
completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company; 

        (iv)  as
soon as practicable prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein as
may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement for the period specified in Section 2(b) hereof and as may be required by the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such Shelf Registration Statement, and furnish to the Electing Holders copies of any such supplement or amendment
simultaneously with or prior to its being used or filed with the Commission; 

         (v)  comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Electing Holders provided for in such Shelf Registration Statement; 

        (vi)  provide
(A) the Electing Holders, (B) the underwriters (which term, for purposes of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, shall include a
person deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act), if any, thereof, (C) any sales or placement agent therefor, (D) counsel for any
such underwriter or agent and (E) not more than one counsel for all the Electing Holders the opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Shelf Registration Statement, each prospectus
included therein or filed with the Commission and each amendment or supplement thereto; 

       (vii)  for
a reasonable period prior to the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement, and throughout the period specified in Section 2(b), make available at
reasonable times at the Company's principal place of business or such other reasonable place for inspection by the persons referred to in Section 3(d)(vi) who shall certify to the
Company that they have a current intention to sell the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration such financial and other information and books and records of the Company, and cause
the officers, employees, counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Company to respond to such inquiries, as shall be reasonably necessary, in the judgment of the respective counsel
referred to in such Section, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided,  however, that
each such party shall be required to maintain in confidence and not to disclose to any other person any information or records reasonably
designated by the Company as being confidential, until such time as (A) such information becomes a matter of public record (whether by virtue of its inclusion in such registration statement or
otherwise), or (B) such person shall be required so to disclose such information pursuant to a subpoena or order of any court or other governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
matter (subject to the requirements of such order, and only after such person shall have given the Company prompt prior written notice of such requirement), or (C) such information is required
to be set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or in an amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to such prospectus in
order that such Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement, as the case may be, complies with 

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applicable
requirements of the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission and does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing; 

      (viii)  promptly
notify each of the Electing Holders, any sales or placement agent therefor and any underwriter thereof (which notification may be made through any managing
underwriter that is a representative of such underwriter for such purpose) and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or
any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when
the same has become effective, (B) of any comments by the Commission and by the blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with respect thereto or any request by the
Commission for amendments or supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company
contemplated by Section 3(d)(xvii) cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (E) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, or (F) if at any time when a prospectus is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that such Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not conform in
all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or contains an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing; 

        (ix)  use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto at the earliest practicable date; provided, however, the Company shall be deemed not to have used their commercially reasonable
efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Electing Holders of Exchange Securities covered thereby
not being able to offer and sell such Exchange Securities during that period, unless, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, (A) such action is required by applicable law; or (B) due
to the existence of material non-public information, disclosure of such material non-public information would be required to make the statements contained in the applicable
registration statement not misleading (including, without limitation and for the avoidance of doubt, the pendency of an acquisition, disposition or public or private offering by the Company), and the
Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential such material non-public information, the Company shall have the right to suspend the use of such registration
statement (a "Suspension Period"), and no Electing Holder of Exchange Securities shall be permitted to sell any Exchange Securities pursuant thereto
until such time as such suspension is no longer required hereunder; provided that the Company shall, prior to any suspension of the Shelf Registration
Statement, provide the Electing Holders with written notice of such suspension, which notice need not specify the nature of the event giving rise to such suspension;  provided, further, that (i) such Suspension Period shall not exceed a period of
forty-five (45) consecutive days, (ii) the Company may not declare more than three 

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(3) Suspension
Periods during any calendar year and (iii)in each case the effective period of such Shelf Registration Statement shall be extended by the number of days of the applicable
Suspension Period pursuant to the foregoing. As soon as such suspension is no longer required hereunder or upon expiration of a Suspension Period, the Company shall take all such reasonable actions as
are required to permit sales by Electing Holders of Exchange Securities under an effective Registration Statement, including, if required, promptly, but in no event later than the date the Company
files any documents with the Commission referencing such material information, file with the Commission either such Registration Statement, or if necessary, an amendment to such Registration Statement
disclosing such information and use their commercially reasonable efforts to have such Registration Statement or amendment be declared effective as soon as possible; 

         (x)  if
requested by any managing underwriter or underwriters, any placement or sales agent or any Electing Holder, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment such information as is required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and as such managing underwriter or underwriters, such agent or such
Electing Holder specifies should be included therein relating to the terms of the sale of such Registrable Securities, including information with respect to the principal amount of Registrable
Securities being sold by such Electing Holder or agent or to any underwriters, the name and description of such Electing Holder, agent or underwriter, the offering price of such Registrable Securities
and any discount, commission or other compensation payable in respect thereof, the purchase price being paid therefor by such underwriters and with respect to any other terms of the offering of the
Registrable Securities to be sold by such Electing Holder or agent or to such underwriters; and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment promptly
after notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; 

        (xi)  furnish
to each Electing Holder, each placement or sales agent, if any, therefor, each underwriter, if any, thereof and the respective counsel referred to in
Section 3(d)(vi) an executed copy (or, in the case of an Electing Holder, a conformed copy) of such Shelf Registration Statement, each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each case
including all exhibits thereto (in the case of an Electing Holder of Registrable Securities, upon request) and documents incorporated by reference therein) and such number of copies of such Shelf
Registration Statement (excluding exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein unless specifically so requested by such Electing Holder, agent or underwriter, as the case may be)
and of the prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus), in conformity in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and such other documents, as such Electing Holder, agent, if any, and
underwriter, if any, may reasonably request in order to facilitate the offering and disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Electing Holder, offered or sold by such agent or
underwritten by such underwriter and to permit such Electing Holder, agent and underwriter to satisfy the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; and the Company hereby consents to the
use of such prospectus (including such preliminary and summary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto by each such Electing Holder and by any such agent and underwriter, in each case in
the form most recently provided to such person by the Company, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the prospectus (including such preliminary and summary
prospectus) or any supplement or amendment thereto; 

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       (xii)  use
commercially reasonable efforts to (A) register or qualify the Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration Statement under such
securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Electing Holder and each placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and underwriter, if any, thereof shall reasonably request,
(B) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions during the period
the Shelf Registration is required to remain effective under Section 2(b) above and for so long as may be necessary to enable any such Electing Holder, agent or underwriter to complete its
distribution of Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement and (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each such Electing Holder,
agent, if any, and underwriter, if any, to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities; provided,  however, that the
Company shall not be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would
not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of this Section 3(d)(xii), (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes
to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any agreement between it and its stockholders; 

      (xiii)  subject
to Section 3(d)(xii), use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent or approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal,
state or local, which may be required to effect the Shelf Registration or the offering or sale in connection therewith or to enable the selling holder or holders to offer, or to consummate the
disposition of, their Registrable Securities; 

      (xiv)  unless
any Registrable Securities shall be in book-entry only form, cooperate with the Electing Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold, which certificates, if so required by any securities exchange upon which any Registrable
Securities are listed, shall be penned, lithographed or engraved, or produced by any combination of such methods, on steel engraved borders, and which certificates shall not bear any restrictive
legends; and, in the case of an underwritten offering, enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriters may request at least two
business days prior to any sale of the Registrable Securities; 

       (xv)  provide
a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities, not later than the applicable Effective Time; 

      (xvi)  on
no more than one occasion, enter into an underwriting agreement, agency agreement, "best efforts" underwriting agreement or similar agreement, as appropriate,
including customary provisions relating to indemnification and contribution, and take such other actions in connection therewith as any Electing Holders aggregating at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding shall request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities; 

     (xvii)  in
the event an agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(d)(xvi) hereof is entered into, (A) make such representations and warranties to
the Electing Holders and the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and the underwriters, if any, thereof in form, substance and scope as are customarily made in connection with an offering of
debt securities pursuant to any appropriate agreement or to a registration statement filed on the form applicable to the Shelf Registration; (B) obtain an opinion of counsel to the Company in
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such an opinion, as the managing underwriters, if any, or as any Electing Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding may
reasonably request, addressed to such Electing Holder or Electing Holders and the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor and the underwriters, if any, thereof and dated the effective date of such
Shelf Registration Statement (and if such Shelf Registration Statement contemplates an underwritten offering of a part or all of the Registrable Securities, dated the date of the closing under the
underwriting agreement relating thereto) (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include the due incorporation and good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries; the
qualification of the Company and its subsidiaries to transact business as foreign corporations; the due authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant agreement of the type referred to in
Section 3(d)(xvi) hereof; the due authorization, execution, authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of the Securities; the absence of material legal or
governmental proceedings involving the Company; a statement that the transactions contemplated by such agreement referred to in clause (xvi) above would not result in a breach by the Company
of, or a default under, material agreements binding upon the Company; the absence of governmental approvals required to be obtained in connection with the Shelf Registration, the offering and sale of
the Registrable Securities, this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement or any agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(d)(xvi) hereof, except such approvals as may be required
under state securities or blue sky laws; the material compliance as to form of such Shelf Registration Statement and any documents incorporated by reference therein and of the Indenture with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, respectively; and, as of the date of the opinion and of the Shelf
Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then
amended or supplemented, and from the documents incorporated by reference therein (in each case other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein) of an untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of such documents, in the light of the circumstances
existing at the time that such documents were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act)); (C) obtain a "cold comfort" letter or letters from the independent certified public accountants
of the Company addressed to the selling Electing Holders, the placement or sales agent, if any, therefor or the underwriters, if any, thereof, dated (i) the effective date of such Shelf
Registration Statement and (ii) the effective date of any prospectus supplement to the prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement or post-effective amendment to such
Shelf Registration Statement which includes unaudited or audited financial statements as of a date or for a period subsequent to that of the latest such statements included in such prospectus (and, if
such Shelf Registration Statement contemplates an underwritten offering pursuant to any prospectus supplement to the prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement or
post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement which includes unaudited or audited financial statements as of a date or for a period subsequent to that of the latest such
statements included in such prospectus, dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement relating thereto), such letter or letters to be in customary form and covering such matters of
the type customarily covered by letters of such type; (D) deliver such documents and certificates, including officers' certificates, as may
be reasonably requested by any Electing Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding or the placement or sales agent, if any,
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evidence the accuracy of the representations and warranties made pursuant to clause (A) above or those contained in Section 5(a) hereof and the compliance with or satisfaction of any
agreements or conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company; and (E) undertake such obligations relating to expense reimbursement,
indemnification and contribution as are provided in Section 6 hereof; 

    (xviii)  notify
in writing each holder of Registrable Securities of any proposal by the Company to amend or waive any provision of this Exchange and Registration Rights
Agreement pursuant to Section 9(h) hereof and of any amendment or waiver effected pursuant thereto, each of which notices shall contain the text of the amendment or waiver proposed or effected,
as the case may be; 

      (xix)  in
the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall underwrite any Registrable Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting
syndicate or selling group or "assist in the distribution" (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the "Conduct Rules) of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") or any
successor thereto, as amended from time to time) thereof, whether as a holder of such Registrable Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof,
or otherwise, assist such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Conduct Rules, including by (A) if such Conduct Rules shall so require, engaging a "qualified independent
underwriter" (as defined in such Conduct Rules) to participate in the preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement relating to such Registrable Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Shelf Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to
recommend the yield of such Registrable Securities, (B) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 6
hereof (or to such other customary extent as may be requested by such underwriter), and (C) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer
to comply with the requirements of the Conduct Rules; and 

       (xx)  comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable but in any event not
later than eighteen months after the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement, an earning statement of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 thereunder). 

        (e)   In
the event that the Company would be required, pursuant to Section 3(d)(viii)(F) above, to notify the Electing Holders, the placement or sales agent, if any,
therefor and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof, the Company shall as soon as practicable prepare and furnish to each of the Electing Holders, to each placement or sales agent, if any, and to
each such underwriter, if any, a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall
conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and shall not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then
existing. Each Electing Holder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Company pursuant to Section 3(d)(viii)(F) hereof, such Electing Holder shall forthwith discontinue the disposition
of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement applicable to such Registrable Securities until such 

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Electing
Holder shall have received copies of such amended or supplemented prospectus, and if so directed by the Company, such Electing Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense)
all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Electing Holder's possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. 

        (f)    In
the event of a Shelf Registration, in addition to the information required to be provided by each Electing Holder in its Notice Questionnaire, the Company may require
such Electing Holder to furnish to the Company such additional information regarding such Electing Holder and such Electing Holder's intended method of distribution of Registrable Securities as may be
required in order to comply with the Securities Act. Each such Electing Holder agrees to notify the Company as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy or change in information previously furnished
by such Electing Holder to the Company or of the occurrence of any event in either case as a result of which any prospectus relating to such Shelf Registration contains or would contain an untrue
statement of a material fact regarding such Electing Holder or such Electing Holder's intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities or omits to state any material fact regarding such
Electing Holder or such Electing Holder's intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in
light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly to furnish to the Company any additional information required to correct and update any previously furnished information or required so that such
prospectus shall not contain, with respect to such Electing Holder or the disposition of such Registrable Securities, an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing. 

        (g)   Until
the expiration of two years after the Closing Date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its "affiliates" (as defined in Rule144) to, resell any of the
Securities that have been reacquired by any of them except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. 

        4.    Registration Expenses.    

        The
Company agrees to bear and to pay or cause to be paid promptly all expenses incident to the Company's performance of or compliance with this Exchange and Registration Rights
Agreement, including (a) all Commission and any NASD registration, filing and review fees and expenses, (b) all fees and expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities
for offering and sale under the State securities and blue sky laws referred to in Section 3(d)(xii) hereof and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such
jurisdictions as any managing underwriters or the Electing Holders may designate, including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Electing Holders or underwriters in
connection with such qualification and determination, (c) all expenses relating to the preparation, printing, production, distribution and reproduction of each registration statement required
to be filed hereunder, each prospectus included therein or prepared for distribution pursuant hereto, each amendment or supplement to the foregoing, the expenses of preparing the Securities for
delivery and the expenses of printing or producing any underwriting agreements, agreements among underwriters, selling agreements and blue sky or legal investment memoranda and all other documents in
connection with the offering, sale or delivery of Securities to be disposed of (including certificates representing the Securities), (d) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses relating to
the offering, sale or delivery of Securities and the preparation of documents referred in clause (c) above, (e) fees and expenses of the Trustee under the Indenture, any agent of the
Trustee and any counsel for the Trustee and of any collateral agent or custodian, (f) internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of the Company's officers and employees 

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performing
legal or accounting duties), (g) fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any opinions or
"cold comfort" letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance), (h) fees, disbursements and expenses of any "qualified independent underwriter" engaged pursuant to
Section 3(d)(xix) hereof, (i) reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and expenses of one counsel for the Electing Holders retained in connection with a Shelf Registration,
as selected by the Electing Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities held by Electing Holders (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Company), (j) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities, and (k) fees, expenses and disbursements of any other persons, including special experts, retained
by the Company in connection with such registration (collectively, the "Registration Expenses"). To the extent that any Registration Expenses are incurred, assumed or paid by any holder of Registrable
Securities or any placement or sales agent therefor or underwriter thereof, the Company shall reimburse such person for the full amount of the Registration Expenses so incurred, assumed or paid
promptly after receipt of a request therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of the Registrable Securities being registered shall pay all agency fees and commissions and underwriting
discounts and commissions attributable to the sale of such Registrable Securities and the fees and disbursements of any counsel or other advisors or experts retained by such holders (severally or
jointly), other than the counsel and experts specifically referred to above. 

        5.    [Reserved]    

        6.    Indemnification.    

        (a)    Indemnification by the Company.    The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each of the holders of
Registrable Securities included in an Exchange Registration Statement, each of the Electing Holders of Registrable Securities included in a Shelf Registration Statement and each person who
participates as a placement or sales agent or as an underwriter in any offering or sale of such Registrable Securities against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such holder, agent or underwriter may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, under which such
Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein or furnished by the Company to any such holder, Electing Holder,
agent or underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse such holder, such Electing Holder, such agent and such underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
them in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided,  however, that the Company shall not be
liable to any such person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises
out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, or preliminary, final or summary prospectus, or amendment
or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such person expressly for use therein. 

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        (b)    Indemnification by the Holders and any Agents and Underwriters.    The Company may require, as a condition to
including any Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof and to entering into any underwriting agreement with respect thereto, that the Company
shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from the Electing Holder of such Registrable Securities and from each underwriter named in any such underwriting agreement, severally
and not jointly, to (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and all other holders of Registrable Securities, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or such
other holders of Registrable Securities may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein or
furnished by the Company to any such Electing Holder, agent or underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein 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 such Electing Holder or underwriter expressly for use
therein, and (ii) reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that no such Electing Holder shall be required to undertake
liability to any person under this Section 6(b) for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Electing Holder from the sale of such Electing Holder's
Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration. 

        (c)    Notices of Claims, Etc.    Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b)
above of written notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party pursuant to the indemnification
provisions of or contemplated by this Section 6, notify such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of such action; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not
relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under the indemnification provisions of or contemplated by Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof, except to the
extent it has been materially prejudiced by such omissions. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify an indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof, such indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from
the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, such indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal expenses of other
counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party
shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim
in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement,
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and (ii)does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 

        (d)    Contribution.    If for any reason the indemnification provisions contemplated by Section 6(a) or
Section 6(b) are unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault and relative benefits of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault and relative benefits of such
indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the holders or any agents or underwriters or all of them were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or
claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), no holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the dollar amount of the
proceeds received by such holder from the sale of any Registrable Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions applicable thereto) exceeds the amount of any damages which such
holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, and no underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess
of the amount by which the total price at which the Registrable Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
underwriter 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. The holders' and any underwriters'
obligations in this Section 6(d) to contribute shall be several in proportion to the principal amount of Registrable Securities registered or underwritten, as the case may be, by them and not
joint. 

        (e)   The
obligations of the Company under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each officer, director and partner of each holder, agent and underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any holder, agent or underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act; and the obligations of the holders and any agents or underwriters contemplated by this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective holder, agent or
underwriter may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of the Securities Act. 

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        7.    Underwritten Offerings.    

        (a)    Selection of Underwriters.    If any of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration are to be
sold pursuant to an underwritten offering, the managing underwriter or underwriters thereof shall be designated by Electing Holders holding at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Securities to be included in such offering, provided that such designated managing underwriter or underwriters is or are reasonably acceptable to the Company. 

        (b)    Participation by Holders.    Each holder of Registrable Securities hereby agrees with each other such holder
that no such holder may participate in any underwritten offering hereunder unless such holder (i) agrees to sell such holder's Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting
arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements
and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 

        8.    Rule 144.    

        The
Company covenants to the holders of Registrable Securities that to the extent it shall be required to do so under the Exchange Act, the Company shall timely file the reports required
to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (including the reports under Section 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144
adopted by the Commission under the Securities Act) and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, and shall take such further action as any holder of Registrable Securities may
reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the
exemption provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar or successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon
the written request of any holder of Registrable Securities in connection with that holder's sale pursuant to Rule144, the Company shall deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has
complied with such requirements. 

        9.    Miscellaneous.    

        (a)    No Inconsistent Agreements.    The Company represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that it has not granted,
and shall not grant, registration rights with respect to Registrable Securities or any other securities which would be inconsistent with the terms contained in this Exchange and Registration Rights
Agreement. 

        (b)    Specific Performance.    The parties hereto acknowledge that there would be no adequate remedy at law if the
Company fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder and that the Purchasers and the holders from time to time of the Registrable Securities may be irreparably harmed by any such failure, and
accordingly agree that the Purchasers and such holders, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of the
obligations of the Company under this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, in any court of the
United States or any State thereof having jurisdiction. 

        (c)    Notices.    All notices, requests, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand, if delivered personally or by courier, or three days after being deposited in the mail (registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested) as follows: If to the Company, to it at 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, Attention: Office of 

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Counsel, and if to a holder, to the address of such holder set forth in the security register or other records of the Company, or to such other address as the Company or any such holder may
have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt. 

        (d)    Parties in Interest.    All the terms and provisions of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement shall
be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and the holders from time to time of the Registrable Securities and the respective successors and assigns
of the parties hereto and such holders. In the event that any transferee of any holder of Registrable Securities shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by gift, bequest,
purchase, operation of law or otherwise, such transferee shall, without any further writing or action of any kind, be deemed a beneficiary hereof for all purposes and such Registrable Securities shall
be held subject to all of the terms of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such transferee shall be entitled to receive the benefits
of, and be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by all of the applicable terms and provisions of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement. If the Company shall so request, any such
successor, assign or transferee shall agree in writing to acquire and hold the Registrable Securities subject to all of the applicable terms hereof. 

        (e)    Survival.    The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and each other provision set
forth in this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement or made pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation (or statement as to the results thereof) made by
or on behalf of any holder of Registrable Securities, any director, officer or partner of such holder, any agent or underwriter or any director, officer or partner thereof, or any controlling person
of any of the foregoing, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the transfer and registration of Registrable Securities by such
holder and the consummation of an Exchange Offer. 

        (f)    Governing Law.    This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 

        (g)    Headings.    The descriptive headings of the several Sections and paragraphs of this Exchange and Registration
Rights Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement. 

        (h)    Entire Agreement; Amendments.    This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement and the other writings
referred to herein (including the Indenture and the form of Securities) or delivered pursuant hereto which form a part hereof contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to its
subject matter. This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either
retroactively or prospectively) only by a written instrument duly executed by the Company and the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time
outstanding. Each holder of any Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any amendment or waiver effected pursuant to this Section 9(h), whether or not any
notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment or waiver appears on such Registrable Securities or is delivered to such holder. 

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        (i)    Inspection.    For so long as this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement shall be in effect, this Exchange
and Registration Rights Agreement and a complete list of the names and addresses of all the holders of Registrable Securities shall be made available for inspection and copying during business hours
on any business day by any holder of Registrable Securities for proper purposes only (which shall include any purpose related to the rights of the holders of Registrable Securities under the
Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement) at the offices of the Company at the address thereof set forth in Section 9(c) above and at the office of the Trustee under the Indenture. 

        (j)    Counterparts.    This agreement may be executed by the parties in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 

        If
the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us, five counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the
Purchasers, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Purchasers and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf
of each of the Purchasers is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement Among Purchasers, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without
warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof. 

	 	 	Very truly yours,
	

 	
 	

HM Publishing Corp.
	

 	
 	

 	

 
	 	 	By:	    
 Name:

Title:

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	Accepted as of the date hereof:	 	 
	

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

FLEET SECURITIES, INC.

BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.	
 	

 
	

 	

 	
 	

 
	By:	DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
	

 	

 	
 	

 
	By:	    
 Name:

Title:	 	 
	

 	

 	
 	

 
	By:	    
 Name:

Title:	 	 
	

For themselves and the other several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement	
 	

 

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Exhibit A 

HM Publishing Corp. 

INSTRUCTION TO DTC PARTICIPANTS

(Date
of Mailing) 

URGENT—IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION REQUESTED 

DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE: [DATE](a) 

	(a)
	Not
less than 18 days from date of mailing. 

        The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC") has identified you as a DTC Participant through which beneficial interests in HM Publishing Corp. (the "Company") 111/2% Senior
Discount Notes due 2013 (the "Securities") are held. 

        The
Company is in the process of registering the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933 for resale by the beneficial owners thereof. In order to have their Securities included in
the registration statement, beneficial owners must complete and return the enclosed Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire. 

        It is important that beneficial owners of the Securities receive a copy of the enclosed materials as soon as possible as their rights to
have the Securities included in the registration statement depend upon their returning the Notice and Questionnaire by [Deadline For Response]. Please forward a copy of the
enclosed documents to each beneficial owner that holds interests in the Securities through you. If you require more copies of the enclosed materials or have any questions pertaining to this matter,
please contact HM Publishing Corp. via mail at 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, Attention: Office of General Counsel, or by telephone at (617) 351-5000. 

A-1

 
HM Publishing Corp. 

Notice of Registration Statement

and

Selling Securityholder Questionnaire  

(Date)

        Reference
is hereby made to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement (the "Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement") between HM Publishing Corp. (the "Company") and the
Purchasers named therein. Pursuant to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration
statement on Form [    ] (the "Shelf Registration Statement") for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), of the 111/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2013 (the "Securities"). A copy of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement is attached hereto. All capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement. 

        Each
beneficial owner of Registrable Securities (as defined below) is entitled to have the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it included in the Shelf Registration Statement.
In order to have Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement, this Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire ("Notice and Questionnaire") must
be completed, executed and delivered to the Company's counsel at the address set forth herein for receipt ON OR BEFORE [Deadline for Response]. Beneficial owners of Registrable
Securities who do not complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire by such date (i) will not be named as selling securityholders in the Shelf Registration Statement and
(ii) may not use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities. 

        Certain
legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of
Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration
Statement and related Prospectus. 

        The
term "Registrable Securities" is defined in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement. 

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ELECTION 

        The
undersigned holder (the "Selling Securityholder") of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include in the Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities beneficially owned
by it and listed below in Item (3). The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, agrees to be bound with respect to such Registrable Securities by the terms and conditions
of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 6 of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, as if the
undersigned Selling Securityholder were an original party thereto. 

        Upon
any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder will be required to deliver to the Company and Trustee the Notice of
Transfer set forth in Appendix A to the Prospectus and as Exhibit B to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement. 

        The
Selling Securityholder hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete: 

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QUESTIONNAIRE 

	(1)	 	(a)	 	Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder:
	

 	
 	

(b)	
 	

Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as in (a) above) of Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3) below:
	

 	
 	

(c)	
 	

Full Legal Name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not the same as (b) above) Through Which Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3) below are Held:
	

(2)	
 	

Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Telephone:	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Fax:	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Contact Person:	 	 
	 	 
	

(3)	
 	

Beneficial Ownership of Securities:
	

 	
 	

Except as set forth below in this Item (3), the undersigned does not beneficially own any Securities.
	

 	
 	

(a)	
 	

Principal amount of Registrable Securities beneficially owned:	
 	

 

	 	 	 	 	CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities:
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	

(b)	
 	

Principal amount of Securities other than Registrable Securities beneficially owned:
	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	CUSIP No(s). of such other Securities:
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	

(c)	
 	

Principal amount of Registrable Securities which the undersigned wishes to be
	 	 	 	 	included in the Shelf Registration Statement:	 	 

	 	 	 	 	CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement:
	

(4)	
 	

Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company:
	

 	
 	

Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned Selling Securityholder is not the beneficial or registered owner of any other securities of the Company, other than the Securities listed above in Item (3).
	

 	
 	

State any exceptions here:
	

(5)	
 	

Relationships with the Company:
	

 	
 	

Except as set forth below, neither the Selling Securityholder nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (5% or more) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its
predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
	

 	
 	

State any exceptions here:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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(6)	
 	

Plan of Distribution:
	

 	
 	

Except as set forth below, the undersigned Selling Securityholder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3) only as follows (if at all): Such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the
undersigned Selling Securityholder or, alternatively, through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying
prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block transactions) (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registered
Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market, (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market, or (iv) through the writing of options.
In connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or otherwise, the Selling Securityholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Registrable Securities in the course of hedging
the positions they assume. The Selling Securityholder may also sell Registrable Securities short and deliver Registrable Securities to close out such short positions, or loan or pledge Registrable Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell
such securities.
	

 	
 	

State any exceptions here:
	

        By signing below, the Selling Securityholder acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, particularly Regulation M.
	

        In the event that the Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) above after the date on which such information is provided to the Company,
the Selling Securityholder agrees to notify the transferee(s) at the time of the transfer of its rights and obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
	

        By signing below, the Selling Securityholder consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (6) above and the inclusion of such information
in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. The Selling Securityholder understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement and related
Prospectus.
	

        In accordance with the Selling Securityholder's obligation under Section 3(d) of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for inclusion
in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein which may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Shelf
Registration Statement remains in effect. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing, by hand-delivery, first-class mail, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery as
follows:
	

 	
 	

(i)	
 	

To the Company:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	HM Publishing Corp.

222 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Attention: Office of General Counsel	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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(ii)	
 	

With a copy to:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	

        Once this Notice and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Securityholder and received by the Company's counsel, the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire, and the representations and warranties
contained herein, shall be binding on, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the Company and the Selling Securityholder (with respect to the Registrable
Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item (3) above. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York.

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent. 

	Dated:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

 	
 	

 
 Selling Securityholder

(Print/type full legal name of beneficial owner of Registrable Securities)
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 

	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

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        PLEASE
RETURN THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE FOR RECEIPT ON OR BEFORE [DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE] TO THE COMPANY'S COUNSEL AT: 

HM
Publishing Corp.

222 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Attention: Office of General Counsel 

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Exhibit B 

NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT 

Wells
Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.

HM Publishing Corp.

c/o Joseph O'Donnell

213 Court St., Suite 703

Middletown, Connecticut 06457 

Attention:
Trust Officer 

	Re:
	HM
Publishing Corp. (the "Company")

111/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2013 

Dear
Sirs: 

        Please
be advised that                        has transferred
$                        aggregate principal amount of the above-referenced Notes pursuant to an effective Registration Statement
on
Form [    ] (File No.333-            ) filed by the Company. 

        We
hereby certify that the prospectus delivery requirements, if any, of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied and that the above-named beneficial owner of the Notes
is named as a "Selling Holder" in the Prospectus dated [date] or in supplements thereto, and that the aggregate principal amount of the Notes transferred are the Notes listed
in such Prospectus opposite such owner's name. 

	Dated:	 	 	 
	

 	
 	

Very truly yours,
	

 	
 	

    
 (Name)
	

 	
 	

 	

 
	 	 	By:	    
 (Authorized Signature)

B-1

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 

OF

HM
PUBLISHING CORP. 

        1.     The
name of this Corporation is HM Publishing Corp. 

        2.     The
registered office of this Corporation in the State of Delaware is located at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, County of New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware
19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company. 

        3.     The
purpose of this Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the "DGCL"). 

        4.     Capital Stock. 

        4.1.    The
total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share. Each share of Common
Stock shall be entitled to one vote. 

        4.2.    Except
as otherwise provided in the provisions establishing a class of stock, the number of authorized shares of any class or series of stock may be increased or
decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Corporation entitled to vote irrespective of the
provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. 

        5.     The
election of directors need not be by ballot unless the By-laws shall so require. 

        6.     In
furtherance and not in limitation of the power conferred upon the Board of Directors by law, the Board of Directors shall have power to make, adopt, alter, amend and
repeal from time to time By-laws of this Corporation, subject to the right of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect thereto to alter and repeal By-laws made by the Board of Directors. 

        7.     A
director of this Corporation shall not be liable to this Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the
extent that exculpation from liability is not permitted under the DGCL as in effect at the time such liability is determined. No amendment or repeal of this paragraph 7 shall apply to or have any
effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of this Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. 

        8.     To
the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the law of the State of Delaware, this Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in, or
in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to its officers, directors or stockholders, other than those officers, directors or
stockholders who are employees of this Corporation. No amendment or repeal of this paragraph 8 shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any officer, director or
stockholder of the Corporation for or with respect to any opportunities of which such officer, director or stockholder becomes aware prior to such amendment or repeal. 

        9.     This
Corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the law of the State of Delaware, indemnify and upon request shall advance expenses to any
person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or claim, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigate, by
reason of the fact that such person is or was or has agreed to be a director or officer of this Corporation or while a director or officer is or was serving at the request of this Corporation as a
director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including, without limitation, service with respect to employee
benefit plans, against expenses (including, without limitation, attorney's fees and charges), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement 

 

incurred
in connection with the investigation, preparation to defend or defense of such action, suit, proceeding or claim; provided,  however, that the foregoing
shall not require this Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit,
proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such person. Such indemnification shall not be exclusive of other indemnification rights arising under any By-law, agreement, vote of
directors or stockholders or otherwise and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of such person. Any person seeking indemnification under this paragraph 9 shall be deemed
to have met the standard of conduct required for such indemnification unless the contrary shall be established. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 9 shall not
adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of this Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring prior to such repeal or modification. 

        10.   The
books of this Corporation may (subject to any statutory requirements) be kept outside the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Board of Directors or in the
By-laws of this Corporation. 

        11.   If
at any time this Corporation shall have a class of stock registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for so long as such class is so
registered, any action by the stockholders of such class must be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by written consent. 

        12.   This
Corporation shall not be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL. 

        THE
UNDERSIGNED, the sole incorporator named above, hereby certifies that the facts stated above are true as of this 12th day of September, 2003. 

	 	 	/s/  DIMITRIS P. SPILIAKOS      
 Dimitris P. Spiliakos

Incorporator

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Exhibit 10.2    
    

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT  

 dated as of March 5, 2003  

 among  

 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

(as successor in interest to VERSAILLES ACQUISITION CORPORATION),  

 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HOLDINGS, INC.

(as successor in interest to VERSAILLES U.S. HOLDING INC.),  

 THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,  

 CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.

and

GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers

and

Joint Bookrunners,  

 GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.

and

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

as Co-Syndication Agents,  

 CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Trustee,  

 FLEET SECURITIES INC.

and

BANK ONE, N.A.,

as Co-Documentation Agents  

 and  

 GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,

as Senior Managing Agent  

$325,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facility
  

 
  
 

    TABLE OF CONTENTS    
    

	 
	 	 
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	SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION	 	2
	 	1.1.	 	Definitions	 	2
	 	1.2.	 	Terms Generally	 	30
	SECTION 2. LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT	 	30
	 	2.1.	 	Revolving Loans	 	30
	 	2.2.	 	Borrowing Mechanics for Revolving Loans	 	31
	 	2.3.	 	Swing Line Loans	 	31
	 	2.4.	 	Issuance of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein	 	33
	 	2.5.	 	Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds	 	36
	 	2.6.	 	Use of Proceeds	 	37
	 	2.7.	 	Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders' Books and Records; Notes	 	37
	 	2.8.	 	Interest on Loans	 	38
	 	2.9.	 	Conversion/Continuation	 	39
	 	2.10.	 	Default Interest	 	40
	 	2.11.	 	Fees	 	40
	 	2.12.	 	Voluntary Prepayments	 	41
	 	2.13.	 	Voluntary Commitment Reductions	 	41
	 	2.14.	 	Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions	 	41
	 	2.15.	 	Application of Prepayments/Reductions	 	42
	 	2.16.	 	General Provisions Regarding Payments	 	43
	 	2.17.	 	Ratable Sharing	 	43
	 	2.18.	 	Making or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans	 	44
	 	2.19.	 	Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy	 	45
	 	2.20.	 	Taxes; Withholding, etc.	 	47
	 	2.21.	 	Obligation to Mitigate	 	49
	 	2.22.	 	Defaulting Lenders	 	50
	 	2.23.	 	Removal or Replacement of a Lender	 	50
	 	2.24.	 	Increase in Revolving Commitments	 	51
	SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT	 	52
	 	3.1.	 	Closing Date Loans	 	52
	 	3.2.	 	Conditions to Effectiveness	 	55
	 	3.3.	 	Conditions to Each Extension of Credit	 	55
	 	3.4.	 	Notices	 	56
	SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	 	56
	 	4.1.	 	Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification	 	56
	 	4.2.	 	Capital Stock and Ownership	 	56
	 	4.3.	 	Due Authorization	 	57
	 	4.4.	 	No Conflict	 	57
	 	4.5.	 	Governmental Consents	 	57
	 	4.6.	 	Binding Obligation	 	57
	 	4.7.	 	Historical Financial Statements	 	57
	 	4.8.	 	Projections	 	58
	 	4.9.	 	No Material Adverse Change	 	58
	 	4.10.	 	No Restricted Junior Payments	 	58
	 	4.11.	 	Adverse Proceedings, etc.	 	58
	 	4.12.	 	Payment of Taxes	 	58
	 	4.13.	 	Properties	 	58
	 	4.14.	 	Environmental Matters	 	59
	 	 	 	 	 

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	 	4.15.	 	No Defaults	 	60
	 	4.16.	 	[Reserved]	 	60
	 	4.17.	 	Governmental Regulation	 	60
	 	4.18.	 	Margin Stock	 	60
	 	4.19.	 	Employee Matters	 	60
	 	4.20.	 	Employee Benefit Plans	 	60
	 	4.21.	 	Certain Fees	 	61
	 	4.22.	 	Solvency	 	61
	 	4.23.	 	Subordination. Designation of the Credit Documents as "Designated Senior Indebtedness"; Etc.	 	61
	 	4.24.	 	Disclosure	 	61
	SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	 	62
	 	5.1.	 	Financial Statements and Other Reports	 	62
	 	5.2.	 	Existence	 	65
	 	5.3.	 	Payment of Taxes and Claims	 	65
	 	5.4.	 	Maintenance of Properties	 	65
	 	5.5.	 	Insurance	 	65
	 	5.6.	 	Inspections	 	66
	 	5.7.	 	[Reserved]	 	66
	 	5.8.	 	Use of Proceeds	 	66
	 	5.9.	 	Compliance with Laws	 	66
	 	5.10.	 	Subsidiaries	 	66
	 	5.11.	 	[Reserved]	 	67
	 	5.12.	 	Material Real Estate Assets	 	67
	 	5.13.	 	[Reserved]	 	68
	 	5.14.	 	Further Assurances	 	68
	 	5.15.	 	Debt Tender Process	 	68
	 	5.16.	 	No Other "Designated Senior Indebtedness"	 	69
	SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS	 	69
	 	6.1.	 	Indebtedness	 	69
	 	6.2.	 	Liens	 	71
	 	6.3.	 	No Further Negative Pledges	 	74
	 	6.4.	 	Restricted Junior Payments	 	74
	 	6.5.	 	Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions	 	75
	 	6.6.	 	Investments	 	75
	 	6.7.	 	Financial Covenants	 	77
	 	6.8.	 	Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions	 	78
	 	6.9.	 	Disposal of Subsidiary Interests	 	79
	 	6.10.	 	Sales and Lease-Backs	 	79
	 	6.11.	 	Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates	 	80
	 	6.12.	 	Conduct of Business	 	81
	 	6.13.	 	Permitted Activities of Holding	 	81
	 	6.14.	 	Amendments or Waivers of Certain Related Agreements	 	81
	 	6.15.	 	Amendments or Waivers of with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness	 	81
	 	6.16.	 	Fiscal Year	 	82
	 	6.17.	 	Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; RS Designations	 	82
	SECTION 7. GUARANTY	 	83
	 	7.1.	 	Guaranty of the Obligations	 	83
	 	7.2.	 	Contribution by Guarantors	 	83
	 	7.3.	 	Payment by Guarantors	 	83
	 	 	 	 	 

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	 	7.4.	 	Liability of Guarantors Absolute	 	84
	 	7.5.	 	Waivers by Guarantors	 	85
	 	7.6.	 	Guarantors' Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc.	 	86
	 	7.7.	 	Subordination of Other Obligations	 	87
	 	7.8.	 	Continuing Guaranty	 	87
	 	7.9.	 	Authority of Guarantors or Company	 	87
	 	7.10.	 	Financial Condition of Company	 	87
	 	7.11.	 	Bankruptcy, etc.	 	87
	 	7.12.	 	Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor	 	88
	SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT	 	88
	 	8.1.	 	Events of Default	 	88
	 	8.2.	 	Company's Right to Cure Financial Performance Covenants	 	90
	SECTION 9. AGENTS	 	91
	 	9.1.	 	Appointment of Agents	 	91
	 	9.2.	 	Powers and Duties	 	91
	 	9.3.	 	General Immunity	 	92
	 	9.4.	 	Agents Entitled to Act as Lender	 	92
	 	9.5.	 	Lenders' Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment	 	93
	 	9.6.	 	Right to Indemnity	 	93
	 	9.7.	 	Successor Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender	 	93
	 	9.8.	 	Collateral Documents and Guaranty	 	94
	SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS	 	95
	 	10.1.	 	Notices	 	95
	 	10.2.	 	Expenses	 	95
	 	10.3.	 	Indemnity	 	95
	 	10.4.	 	Set-Off	 	96
	 	10.5.	 	Amendments and Waivers	 	96
	 	10.6.	 	Successors and Assigns; Participations	 	98
	 	10.7.	 	Independence of Covenants	 	100
	 	10.8.	 	Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements	 	100
	 	10.9.	 	No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative	 	101
	 	10.10.	 	Marshalling; Payments Set Aside	 	101
	 	10.11.	 	Severability	 	101
	 	10.12.	 	Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders' Rights	 	101
	 	10.13.	 	Headings	 	101
	 	10.14.	 	APPLICABLE LAW	 	101
	 	10.15.	 	CONSENT TO JURISDICTION	 	101
	 	10.16.	 	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	 	102
	 	10.17.	 	Confidentiality	 	102
	 	10.18.	 	Usury Savings Clause	 	103
	 	10.19.	 	Counterparts	 	103
	 	10.20.	 	Effectiveness	 	103
	 	10.21.	 	Acknowledgement and Agreement	 	103

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	APPENDICES:	 	A	 	Notice Addresses
	
SCHEDULES:	
 	

1.1(a)	
 	

Certain Adjustments to Financial Covenant Definitions
	 	 	4.2	 	Capital Stock and Ownership
	 	 	4.13(b)	 	Properties
	 	 	4.13(d)	 	Existing Real Estate Obligations
	 	 	4.13(e)	 	Intellectual Property
	 	 	4.14	 	Environmental Matters
	 	 	6.1	 	Existing Indebtedness
	 	 	6.2	 	Liens
	 	 	6.6	 	Investments
	 	 	6.11	 	Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates
	
EXHIBITS:	
 	

A-1	
 	

Funding Notice
	 	 	A-2	 	Conversion/Continuation Notice
	 	 	A-3	 	Issuance Notice
	 	 	B-1	 	Revolving Loan Note
	 	 	B-2	 	Swing Line Note
	 	 	C	 	Compliance Certificate
	 	 	D	 	Solvency Certificate
	 	 	E	 	Assignment Agreement
	 	 	F	 	Certificate re: Non-Bank Status
	 	 	G	 	Closing Date Certificate
	 	 	H	 	Counterpart Agreement
	 	 	I-1	 	Pledge and Security and Collateral Trust Agreement/Holding
	 	 	I-2	 	Pledge and Security Agreement
	 	 	J	 	Joinder Agreement

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CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT  

        This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 5, 2003, is entered into by and
among HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY (as successor in interest to Versailles Acquisition Corporation), a Massachusetts corporation
("HM"), HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HOLDINGS, INC. (as successor in interest to Versailles U.S.
Holding Inc.), a Delaware corporation ("Holding"), the Lenders party hereto from time to time, CIBC WORLD MARKETS
CORP. ("CIBCWM") and GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.
("GSCP"), as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners (in such capacities, each a "Joint Lead
Arranger" and collectively, the "Joint Lead Arrangers"), GSCP and  DEUTSCHE BANK
SECURITIES INC. ("DB"), as Co-Syndication Agents (in such capacity,
each a "Co-Syndication Agent" and collectively, the "Co-Syndication Agents"),  CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE ("CIBC"), as Administrative Agent (together with its permitted
successors in such capacity, "Administrative Agent") and as Collateral Trustee (together with its permitted successors in such capacity,  "Collateral Trustee"), FLEET SECURITIES INC.
("Fleet") and BANK ONE, N.A. ("Bank One"), as
Co-Documentation Agents (in such capacity, each a "Co-Documentation Agent" and collectively, the
"Co-Documentation Agents"), and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
("GECC"), as Senior Managing Agent (in such capacity, "Senior Managing Agent"). 

RECITALS:  

        WHEREAS, Holding, a corporation newly-formed by the Sponsors (this and other capitalized terms used in these
recitals without definition being used as defined in subsection 1.1), was formed to own all of the capital stock of VAC; 

        WHEREAS, VAC entered into the Share Purchase Agreement with Seller and Vivendi Universal, S.A., pursuant to which VAC acquired and Seller
sold all of the outstanding capital stock of HM; 

        WHEREAS, following the consummation of the Acquisition, VAC merged with and into HM; 

        WHEREAS, in order to provide a portion of the financing required in connection with the Acquisition and for other purposes, VAC and
Holding requested and certain Lenders extended credit facilities in an aggregate principal amount of $725,000,000 pursuant to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of
December 30, 2002 (the "Existing Credit Agreement"), among VAC, Versailles U.S. Holding Inc., the lenders named therein, CIBCWM and GSCP,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, GSCP and DB as Co-Syndication Agents, CIBC as Administrative Agent and Collateral Trustee, and Fleet as Co-Documentation Agent; 

        WHEREAS, Company and Holding have requested that Lenders and Agents make certain amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement to
(i) reflect the issuance by HM of the Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes, the proceeds of which shall be (or shall have been) used to, among other things, prepay the Bridge Facility
and the Term Loans B in full and terminate the commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement to make Term Loans B and (ii) to make certain other revisions to the Existing Credit Agreement; 

        WHEREAS, it is the intention of the parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities of the
Credit Parties under the Existing Credit Agreement and that this Agreement amend and restate in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement and re-evidence the Obligations of HM and each
other Credit Party outstanding after giving effect to the prepayment of Term Loans B on or prior to the Effective Date as contemplated hereby; and 

        WHEREAS, it is the intention of Credit Parties to confirm that all Obligations of Credit Parties under the other Credit Documents, as
amended hereby, shall continue in full force and effect and that, from and after the Effective Date, all references to the "Credit Agreement" contained therein and in the other Credit Documents shall
be deemed to refer to this Agreement. 

 

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement as follows: 

SECTION 1.    DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION  

        1.1.    Definitions.    The following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules
hereto, shall have the following meanings: 

        "Acquisition" means the acquisition by VAC of all of the outstanding capital stock of HM from the Seller in accordance with the
Acquisition Documents. 

        "Acquisition Documents" means the Share Purchase Agreement and all other material documents executed and delivered in accordance with the
terms thereof and in connection therewith. 

        "Adjusted Eurodollar Rate" means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan,
the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i) (a) the rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears
on the page of the Telerate Screen which displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate (such page currently being page number 3740 or 3750, as applicable) for deposits (for
delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination
Date, or (b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per
annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays an average British Bankers
Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (c) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per
annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the offered quotation rate by first class banks in the London interbank market to CIBC for deposits (for delivery on the first day of the relevant
period) in Dollars of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loan of Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, for which the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate
is then being determined with maturities comparable to such period as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, by (ii) an amount equal
to (a) one minus (b) the Applicable Reserve Requirement. 

        "Administrative Agent" as defined in the preamble hereto. 

        "Adverse Proceeding" means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or
arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any
Environmental Claims), whether pending or, to the knowledge of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting Holding or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of Holding or any
of its Subsidiaries as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and which, if adversely determined could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents. 

        "Affected Lender" as defined in Section 2.18(b). 

        "Affected Loans" as defined in Section 2.18(b). 

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        "Affiliate" shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified. For the avoidance of doubt, the Sponsors and their respective Affiliates are Affiliates of Holding. 

        "Agent" means each of the Co-Syndication Agents, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Trustee, the Joint Lead Arrangers,
the Co-Documentation Agents and the Senior Managing Agent. 

        "Aggregate Amounts Due" as defined in Section 2.17. 

        "Aggregate Payments" as defined in Section 7.2. 

        "Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2003, as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 

        "Applicable Margin" means with respect to Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, (a) for the period commencing on the Closing Date
and ending on December 31, 2003, 3.25% per annum with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans and 2.25% per annum with respect to Base Rate Loans and (b) thereafter, a percentage, per annum,
determined by reference to the Total Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time as set forth below: 

	Total Leverage

Ratio
	 	Applicable Margin for

Eurodollar Rate Loans
	 	Applicable Margin for

Base Rate Loans
	 
	33.75:1.00	 	3.25	%	2.25	%
	<3.75:1.00	 	3.00	%	2.00	%
	33.25:1.00	 	 	 	 	 
	<3.25:1.00	 	2.75	%	1.75	%
	32.75:1.00	 	 	 	 	 
	<2.75:1.00	 	2.50	%	1.50	%
	32.25:1.00	 	 	 	 	 
	<2.25:1.00	 	2.25	%	1.25	%

        No
change in the Applicable Margin shall be effective until three Business Days after the date on which Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable financial statements and a
Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Total Leverage Ratio. For the period commencing January 1, 2004 and ending upon delivery of the Compliance Certificate
for the four Fiscal Quarter period ending March 31, 2004, the applicable Total Leverage Ratio shall be that shown in the Compliance Certificate for the four Fiscal Quarter period ending
September 30, 2003. At any time Company has not submitted to Administrative Agent the applicable information as and when required under Section 5.1(d) or an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the Total Leverage Ratio were in excess of 3.75:1.00. Within one Business Day of receipt of the applicable information under
Section 5.1(d), Administrative Agent shall give each Lender telefacsimile or telephonic notice (confirmed in writing) of the Applicable Margin in effect from such date. 

        "Applicable Reserve Requirement" means, at any time, for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which
reserves (including, without limitation, any basic marginal, special, supplemental, emergency or other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto against "Eurocurrency liabilities"
(as such term is defined in Regulation D) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other applicable banking regulator. Without
limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to (i) any category of
liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the applicable Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any other interest rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (ii) any category 

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of
extensions of credit or other assets which include Eurodollar Rate Loans. A Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to
reserve requirements without benefits of credit for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement. 

        "Asset Sale" means a sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer
or other disposition to, or any exchange of property with, any Person (other than Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary), in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of Holding's
or any of its Subsidiaries' businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including,
without limitation, the Capital Stock of any of Holding's Subsidiaries, other than (i) inventory (or other assets) sold or leased in the ordinary course of business, (ii) sales of other
assets the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of which are less than $1,000,000 with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions and less than $10,000,000 in the aggregate during any Fiscal
Year, (iii) sales and dispositions pursuant to clauses (g) and (k) of Section 6.8 and (iv) dispositions of accounts receivable and other financial and related assets
and participations therein in connection with any Receivables Facility. 

        "Assignment Agreement" means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of  Exhibit E, with such amendments or modifications as may be
approved by Administrative Agent. 

        "Authorized Officer" means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), chief
executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, treasurer, vice president of finance and any other Person approved by the Administrative Agent. 

        "Bank One" as defined in the preamble hereto. 

        "Bankruptcy Code" means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled "Bankruptcy," as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor
statute. 

        "Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and
(ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate
shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively. 

        "Base Rate Loan" means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate. 

        "Beneficiary" means each Agent, Fronting Bank, Lender and Lender Counterparty. 

        "BNP Preferred Securities" means 75,000 shares of Auction Market Preferred Securities issued by McDougal Littell, on October 12,
2001 with a liquidation preference equal to $1,666.67 per share, to BNP Paribas for $125,000,000. 

        "Bond Redemption Period" means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is the earlier of (a) the
consummation of the Debt Tenders and (b) February 28, 2003. 

        "Bridge Facility" means the $500,000,000 senior unsecured subordinated bridge loan facility made available to the Company pursuant to the
Bridge Facility Documents on the Closing Date and that was repaid in full on or prior to the Effective Date. 

        "Bridge Facility Documents" means the Bridge Loan Agreement and all other material documents (including, without limitation, any documents
relating to the exchange notes contemplated thereby) executed and delivered in accordance with the terms thereof and in connection therewith. 

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        "Bridge Loan Agreement" means the Senior Subordinated Bridge Loan Agreement dated as of December 30, 2002 among Holding, Company,
GSCP, CIBCWM and DB, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, CIBCWM as Syndication Agent, the lenders thereunder and GSCP, as Administrative Agent. 

        "Business Day" means (i) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New
York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close and (ii) with respect to all notices,
determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any Eurodollar Rate Loans, the term "Business Day" shall mean
any day which is a Business Day described in clause (i) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market. 

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

        "Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a
corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including, without limitation, partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants,
rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing. 

        "Cash" means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit Account. 

        "CERCLA" as defined in the definition of Environmental Law. 

        "Certificate re Non-Bank Status" means a certificate substantially in the form of  Exhibit F. 

        "Change of Control" means: 

	(a)
	at
any time prior to the initial public offering of Holding, (i) the Sponsors, (ii) their Affiliates and (iii) with respect to Capital Stock representing up to
10% of the outstanding Capital Stock of Holding, members of senior management of Holding and Company who hold Capital Stock of Holding or options to acquire such Capital Stock, collectively, shall
cease to have the power to vote or direct the voting of securities having a majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holding and to have a majority of the economic
interests in the Capital Stock of Holding;

	(b)
	at
any time after the initial public offering of Holding, either:

	(i)
	the
Sponsors and their Affiliates shall cease to be the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 of the Exchange Act, directly or
indirectly of at least 35% of the outstanding common stock of Holding having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holding and at least 35% of the economic interests in the Capital
Stock of Holding, or

	(ii)
	(A)
any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), excluding the Sponsors and their Affiliates, shall become the "beneficial owner"
(as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the outstanding common stock of Holding having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors of Holding, or more than 35% of the economic interests in the Capital Stock of Holding, and (B) the Sponsors and their Affiliates, collectively, shall own
beneficially and of record a lesser amount of common stock of Holding having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holding or a lesser amount of economic interests in the Capital
Stock of Holding; 

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	(c)
	the
board of directors of Holding shall cease to consist of a majority of directors who (i) were members of the board of directors of Holding on the Closing Date or
(ii) were either (A) nominated for election by the board of directors of Holding, a majority of whom were directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was
previously approved by a majority of such directors or (B) designated or appointed by a Sponsor or an Affiliate thereof;

	(d)
	Holding
shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, 100% of each class of outstanding capital stock of Company free and clear of all Liens
(except Liens granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents and other than shares held by management); or

	(e)
	a
change of control under the Senior Notes, any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto or any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness incurred pursuant
to Section 6.1(t)). 

        "CIBC" means Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. 

        "CIBCWM" means CIBC World Markets Corp. 

        "Closing Date" means December 30, 2002, the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 3.1 were satisfied or waived
in accordance with Section 10.5 and the initial Loans were made. 

        "Closing Date Certificate" means a Closing Date Certificate substantially in the form of  Exhibit G. 

        "Collateral" means, collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including Capital Stock) in which Liens are purported to
be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations. 

        "Collateral Documents" means the Pledge and Security and Collateral Trust Agreement, the Holding Pledge and Security Agreement, the
Mortgages, if any, and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in order to grant to Collateral
Trustee, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Credit Party as security for the Obligations. 

        "Collateral Questionnaire" means a certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Trustee that provides information with
respect to the personal or mixed property of each Credit Party. 

        "Collateral Trustee" as defined in the preamble hereto. 

        "Commercial Letter of Credit" shall mean a commercial documentary Letter of Credit under which any Fronting Bank agrees to make payments
in Dollars for the account of Company, on behalf of Company or a Subsidiary of Company, in respect of obligations of Company or such Subsidiary in connection with the purchase of goods or services. 

        "Commitment" means any Revolving Commitment. 

        "Commitment Fee Percentage" means 0.75% per annum. 

        "Company" means HM. 

        "Compliance Certificate" means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of  Exhibit C. 

        "Consolidated Capital Expenditures" means, in respect of any period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by Company and its
Subsidiaries as determined on a consolidated basis for such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in additions to "property, plant or equipment," book plates or similar items
reflected in the statement of cash flows of such Person; provided, however, that Consolidated Capital
Expenditures shall not include (a) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the
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of
such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time as the proceeds of such disposition, (b) the purchase of plant, property or equipment made within 270 days of the sale of
any asset to the extent purchased with the proceeds of such sale, (c) expenditures of proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed,
damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or
otherwise to acquire assets or properties useful in the business of Company and its Subsidiaries within 270 days of receipt of such proceeds, (d) interest capitalized during such period,
(e) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding Holding or any Subsidiary thereof) and for which
neither Holding nor any Subsidiary thereof has provided or is required to provide or incur, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether before, during or after
such period), (f) the book value of any asset owned by such person prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a
result of such person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period;  provided that any expenditure necessary in
order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Consolidated Capital Expenditure during the
period that such expenditure actually is made and such book value shall have been included in Consolidated Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired, (g) expenditures made
during such period with respect to Systems Establishment Expenses, or (h) expenditures that constitute Permitted Business Acquisitions. 

        "Consolidated Cash Interest Expense" means, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, excluding any amount not
payable in Cash; provided that, with respect to any period or portion thereof occurring prior to the Closing Date, the foregoing shall be subject to
adjustment as set forth in Schedule 1.1(a). 

        "Consolidated Current Assets" means, as at any date of determination, the total assets of Holding and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis that may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding deferred Tax assets, Cash and Permitted Investments. 

        "Consolidated Current Liabilities" means, as at any date of determination, the total liabilities of Holding and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP, excluding (i) the current portion of long term debt, (ii) accruals of Consolidated
Interest Expense (excluding Consolidated Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (iii) Revolving Loans and any other revolving credits classified as current, (iv) loans of Foreign
Subsidiaries of Company classified as current, (v) accruals, if any, of Transaction Costs resulting from the Acquisition, (vi) accruals of any costs or expenses related to severance or
termination of employees prior to December 30, 2002, (vii) accruals for add-backs to Consolidated EBITDA that are non-cash charges and (viii) deferred Tax
liabilities. 

        "Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, an amount determined for Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to
(i) Consolidated Net Income, plus (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in clauses
(a) through (l) below reduced Consolidated Net Income for such period) (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, (b) provisions for taxes, (c) total depreciation expense,
(d) total amortization expense (including any related to book plates and purchase accounting fair value "step up" to inventory and other assets), (e) Transaction Costs paid during such
period (to the extent expensed), (f) restructuring, retention and pension costs associated with the Acquisition in the amounts and subject to the limitations specified in Schedule 1.1(a)
with respect thereto, (g) fees, expenses or charges related to any equity offering by Holding or Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (h) costs and expenses of the
Debt Tenders, (i) Systems Establishment Expenses, (j) other non-cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income including, but not limited to, asset impairment charges (excluding
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a
prepaid Cash item that was paid in a prior period), (k) the amount of management, consulting, monitoring and advisory fees paid to the Sponsors and their Affiliates during such period,
(l) subject to the limitations with respect thereto in Schedule 1.1(a), the amount of any non-recurring charges and (m) the Cure Amount, if any, received by Company in
respect of such period minus (ii) other non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such
non-Cash item to the extent it represents the reversal of any accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any prior period); provided
that, with respect to any period or portion thereof occurring prior to the Closing Date the foregoing shall be subject to adjustment as set forth in Schedule 1.1(a). 

        "Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable to Capital Leases in
accordance with GAAP and capitalized interest) of Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (net of interest income) with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of Company and its
Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and net costs under Interest Rate Agreements; provided
that, with respect to any period or portion thereof occurring prior to the Closing Date, the foregoing shall be subject to adjustment as set forth on Schedule 1.1(a).
For purposes of the foregoing, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received by Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to Interest Rate
Agreements. 

        "Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of Company and its Subsidiaries for such
period, determined on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that (i) any net
after-tax extraordinary gains or extraordinary losses shall be excluded, (ii) Consolidated Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principles during such period, (iii) any net after-tax gains or losses attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in
good faith by Company) shall be excluded, (iv) the Net Income for such period of any person that is not a Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be
included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the relevant person or a Subsidiary thereof in respect
of such period, (v) the Net Income for such period of any Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary of
its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or in
similar distributions has been legally waived, and (vi) any income or loss from certain discontinued operations specified in Schedule 1.1(a) shall be excluded. 

        "Consolidated Working Capital" means, as at any date of determination, the excess of Consolidated Current Assets over Consolidated Current
Liabilities. 

        "Contractual Obligation" means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties
is subject. 

        "Contributing Guarantors" as defined in Section 7.2. 

        "Control" means the possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and "Controlling" and "Controlled" shall
have meanings correlative thereto. 

        "Conversion/Continuation Date" means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be, as set forth in the
applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice. 

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        "Conversion/Continuation Notice" means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of  Exhibit A-2. 

        "Co-Syndication Agents" as defined in the preamble hereto. 

        "Counterpart Agreement" means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of  Exhibit H delivered by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 5.10. 

        "Credit Date" means the date of a Credit Extension. 

        "Credit Document" means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Joinder Agreements, if any, the Collateral Documents, Counterpart
Agreements, if any, and Letters of Credit and any documents or certificates executed by Company in favor of a Fronting Bank relating to Letters of Credit. 

        "Credit Extension" means the making of a Loan or the issuing of a Letter of Credit. 

        "Credit Party" means Holding, Company, and each Subsidiary of Company from time to time party to a Credit Document. 

        "Cumulative Capital Contribution Amount" means, at any date, an amount not less than zero determined on a cumulative basis equal to
(i) the aggregate cumulative amount of Designated Capital Contributions, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of any Cash proceeds (other than
proceeds of Designated Capital Contributions and Permitted Cure Securities) received by Company as a capital contribution from Holding with the proceeds of any capital contribution or issuance of
Capital Stock by Holding, minus(iii) the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures made on or prior to such
date pursuant to Section 6.7(d)(ii)(x), (y) the aggregate amount of Investments made on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.6(m)(i), and (z) the aggregate amount,
if any, by which the Permitted Business Acquisition Amount has been increased on or prior to such date pursuant to clause (x) of the definition thereof. 

        "Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount" means, at any date, an amount, not less than zero, determined on (a) cumulative basis
equal to (i) the aggregate amount of Excess Cash Flow minus (ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of Investments made on or
prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.6(m)(ii), (y) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures made on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.7(d)(ii)(y),
and (z) the amount, if any, by which the Permitted Business Acquisition Amount has been increased on or prior to such date pursuant to clause (y) of the definition thereof. 

        "Cure Amount" as defined in Section 8.2. 

        "Cure Right" as defined in Section 8.2. 

        "Currency Agreement" means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or
other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the foreign currency risk associated with Holding' and its Subsidiaries' operations and not for speculative
purposes. 

        "DB" as defined in the preamble hereto. 

        "Debt Service" shall mean, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Consolidated Cash
Interest Expense for such period plus scheduled principal amortization of Total Debt for such period (whether or not such payments are made). 

        "Debt Tenders" means the tender or defeasance by Company conducted pursuant to Section 5.15 with respect to the 2004 HM Bonds and
the 2006 HM Bonds. 

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        "Default" means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default. 

        "Default Excess" means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the excess, if any, of such Defaulting Lender's Pro Rata Share of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans of all Lenders (calculated as if all Defaulting Lenders (other than such Defaulting Lender) had funded all of their respective Defaulted Loans) over the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans of such Defaulting Lender. 

        "Default Period" means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the period commencing on the date of the applicable Funding Default and
ending on the earliest of the following dates: (i) the date on which all Commitments are cancelled or terminated and/or the Obligations are declared or become immediately due and payable,
(ii) the date on which (a) the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero (whether by the funding by such Defaulting Lender of any Defaulted
Loans of such Defaulting Lender or by the non-pro rata application of any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Loans in accordance with the terms of Sections 2.12, 2.13 or 2.14 or by
a combination thereof) and (b) such Defaulting Lender shall have delivered to Company and Administrative Agent a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with
respect to its Commitments, and (iii) the date on which Company, Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders waive all Funding Defaults of such Defaulting Lender in writing. 

        "Defaulted Loan" as defined in Section 2.22. 

        "Defaulting Lender" as defined in Section 2.22. 

        "Deposit Account" means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like
organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit. 

        "Designated Capital Contributions" shall mean any common equity contributions made after the Closing Date by the Designated Investors to
Holding (which equity contributions are, in turn, contributed by Holding to Company as common equity) so long as all proceeds thereof are used by Company to make Capital Expenditures pursuant to
Section 6.7(d)(ii)(x) and/or Permitted Business Acquisitions pursuant to Section 6.8(c) and/or Investments pursuant to Section 6.6(m). For avoidance of
doubt, it is understood and agreed that in no event shall (x) any amounts contributed pursuant to the exercise of a Cure Right pursuant to Section 8.2, or (y) any amounts received
from the issuance and sale of common equity of Holding through one or more registered public offerings thereof, be deemed to constitute (in whole or in part) Designated Capital Contributions. 

        "Designated Investors" shall mean management of Holding and any other entity holding Capital Stock in Holding on the Closing Date,
including, in any event, the Sponsors, any Affiliate of any of the Sponsors and any other person approved by the Agents. 

        "Dollars" and the sign "$" mean the lawful money of the United States of America. 

        "Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia. 

        "EBITDA Purchase Price Adjustment Amount" means the amount equal to any purchase price adjustment pursuant to
Section 2.4(d)(ii) of the Share Purchase Agreement due to a purchase price adjustment described in Section 2.2(b)(iii) of the Share Purchase Agreement. 

        "Effective Date" means the date of which the conditions to the effectiveness of this Agreement set forth in Section 3.2 are
satisfied or waived. 

        "Eligible Assignee" means (i) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being
treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), and 

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(ii) any
commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity that is an "accredited investor" (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and which
extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses. 

        "Employee Benefit Plan" means any "employee benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (i) which is or was, within
the last six years, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or (ii) with
respect to which Holding or any of its Subsidiaries may reasonably be expected to incur any liabilities under Title IV of ERISA. 

        "Employee Equity Sales" means sales of Capital Stock of Holding to directors, officers or employees of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries
in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements. 

        "Environmental Claim" means any written accusation, allegation, notice of violation, claim, demand, order, directive, cost recovery action
or other cause of action by, or on behalf of, any Governmental Authority or any person for damages, injunctive or equitable relief, personal injury (including sickness, disease or death), Remedial
Action costs, tangible or intangible property damage, natural resource damages, nuisance, pollution, any adverse effect on the environment caused by any Hazardous Material, or for fines, penalties or
restrictions, resulting from or based upon: (a) the threat, the existence, or the continuation of the existence of a Release (including sudden or non-sudden, accidental or
non-accidental Releases); (b) exposure to any Hazardous Material; (c) the presence, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Material;
or (d) the violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit. 

        "Environmental Laws" means any and all applicable current and future treaties, laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders,
decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of
natural resources, the treatment, storage, disposal, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to human health or safety, including the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49
U.S.C. § 1801 et seq., the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §
9601 et seq. ("CERCLA"), the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 6901  et seq., the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., the
Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, 15 U.S.C. § 2601  et seq., the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. § 11001  et seq., the National Environmental Policy Act of 1975, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq., the Safe
Drinking Water Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 300(f) et seq., and any similar or implementing state, local or foreign law, and all
amendments or regulations promulgated under any of the foregoing. 

        "Environmental Permit" means any permit, approval, authorization, certificate, license, variance, filing or permission required by or from
any Governmental Authority pursuant to any Environmental Law. 

        "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto. 

        "ERISA Affiliate" means, as applied to any Person, (i) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations
within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group
of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii) any member of an affiliated
service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that 

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Person,
any corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or business described in clause (ii) above is a member. 

        "ERISA Event" means (i) a "reportable event" within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued
thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation) for which Holding, any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates is responsible for providing notice to the PBGC thereunder; (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the
Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required
installment under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the
provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in
Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors
or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA;
(v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which could constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or
the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to
Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal of Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by
Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of
ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (viii) the occurrence of an act or omission which could reasonably be expected to give rise
to the imposition on Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under
Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (ix) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine
claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in
connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; (x) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to
qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (xi) the imposition of a
Lien pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan). 

        "Eurodollar Rate Loan" means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate. 

        "Event of Default" means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 8.1. 

        "Excess Amount" as defined in Section 2.15(d). 

        "Excess Cash Flow" shall mean, with respect to Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any Excess Cash Flow Period,
Consolidated EBITDA of Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Excess Cash Flow Period, minus, (to the extent not otherwise
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determining
Consolidated EBITDA) without duplication, (a) Debt Service for such Excess Cash Flow Period, (b) any permanent voluntary reductions to the Revolving Commitments to the extent
that an equal amount of the Revolving Loans simultaneously is repaid, so long as such amounts are not already reflected in Debt Service, (c)(i) Consolidated Capital Expenditures by Company and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period that are paid in cash and (ii) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period in
respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder (other than Investments in a Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary)) less any amounts received in
respect thereof as a return of capital, (d) Taxes paid in cash by Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period including income tax expense and
withholding tax expense incurred in connection with cross-border transactions involving its Foreign Subsidiaries, (e) an amount equal to any increase in Consolidated Working Capital of Company
and its Subsidiaries for such Excess Cash Flow Period, (f) monitoring and management fees to the extent paid in cash to the Sponsors and/or any of their Affiliates during such Excess Cash Flow
Period, (g) cash expenditures made in respect of Hedge Agreements and Other Hedge Agreements during such Excess Cash Flow Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of Consolidated
Cash Interest Expense, (h) Restricted Junior Payments permitted to be paid in cash by Company during such Excess Cash Flow Period pursuant to clauses (c), (d), (h), (i) and (l) of
Section 6.4, (i) amounts paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period on account of items that were accounted for as noncash reductions of Consolidated Net Income of Company and its
Subsidiaries in the current or a prior period, (j) special charges or any extraordinary or nonrecurring losses paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period, and (k) to the extent
included in determining Consolidated EBITDA, all items paid that did not result from a cash payment to Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period;  plus, without duplication, (i) an amount equal to any decrease in Consolidated Working Capital for such Excess Cash Flow Period, (ii) all
proceeds received during such Excess Cash Flow Period in respect of Capital Leases, purchase money Indebtedness, Sale and Lease-Back Transactions pursuant to Section 6.10 and any
other Indebtedness or financing of any type (including from the reinvestment of proceeds of sales of assets and expenditures funded with the Cumulative Excess Cash Flow amount), in each case to the
extent used to finance any Consolidated Capital Expenditure, Permitted Business Acquisitions, or Investment (other than Indebtedness under this Agreement to the extent there is no corresponding
deduction to Excess Cash Flow above in respect of the use of such borrowings), (iii) all amounts referred to in (c) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of the issuance of
Capital Stock of, or capital contributions to, Holdings after the Closing Date (to the extent not previously used to prepay Indebtedness (other than Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans), make any
Permitted Business Acquisition, Investment or Consolidated Capital Expenditure or otherwise for any purpose resulting in a deduction to Excess Cash Flow in any prior Excess Cash Flow Period), in each
case to the extent there is a corresponding deduction in determining Excess Cash Flow above, (iv) cash payments received in respect of Hedge Agreements and Other Hedge Agreements during such
Excess Cash Flow Period to the extent (A) not included in the computation of Consolidated EBITDA or (B) reducing Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, (v) any extraordinary or
nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (vi) to the extent deducted in the computation of Consolidated EBITDA, interest income and (vii) to the extent
subtracted in determining Consolidated EBITDA, all items that did not result from a cash payment by Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period. 

        "Excess Cash Flow Period" shall mean each fiscal year of Company. commencing with its fiscal year ended closest to December 31,
2003. 

        "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute. 

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        "Excluded Subsidiary" means an Unrestricted Subsidiary and/or a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Company. 

        "Existing Credit Agreement" as defined in the recitals hereto. 

        "Existing Indebtedness" means with respect to the Indebtedness of HM and its Subsidiaries existing as of the Closing Date and listed on
Schedule 6.1. 

        "Fair Share" as defined in Section 7.2. 

        "Fair Share Contribution Amount" as defined in Section 7.2. 

        "Fair Share Shortfall" as defined in Section 7.2. 

        "Federal Funds Effective Rate" means for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such
day; provided, (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be the average rate charged to Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent. 

        "Financial Officer Certification" means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the
certification of the chief financial officer of Company (or such other financial officer of Company reasonably acceptable to Joint Lead Arrangers) that such financial statements fairly present, in all
material respects, the financial condition of Holding and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to
changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments. 

        "Financial Performance Covenants" means the covenants of Holding and Company set forth in Section 6.7(a)-(c). 

        "Financial Plan" as defined in Section 5.1(i). 

        "First Priority" means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such
Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than Permitted Liens. 

        "Fiscal Quarter" means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year. 

        "Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year of Holding and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each calendar year. 

        "Fleet" as defined in the preamble hereto. 

        "Flood Hazard Property" means any Real Estate Asset subject to a mortgage in favor of Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of Lenders, and
located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards. 

        "Foreign Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary. 

        "Fronting Bank" shall mean (i) with respect to Standby Letters of Credit, any Lender which, at the request of Company and with the
consent of the Administrative Agent, agrees in such Lender's sole discretion to become a Fronting Bank for purposes of issuing Standby Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.4, and
(ii) with respect to Commercial Letters of Credit, any Lender (but expressly excluding CIBC) which, at the request of Company and with the consent of the Administrative Agent, agrees in 

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Lender's sole discretion to become a Fronting Bank for purposes of issuing Commercial Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.4. 

        "Funding Default" as defined in Section 2.22. 

        "Funding Guarantors" as defined in Section 7.2. 

        "Funding Notice" means a notice substantially in the form of  Exhibit A-1. 

        "GAAP" means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set forth in Section 1.2, United States generally accepted
accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination thereof. 

        "GECC" as defined in the preamble hereto. 

        "Governmental Acts" means any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or
Governmental Authority. 

        "Governmental Authority" means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board,
bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government. 

        "Governmental Authorization" means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any
Governmental Authority. 

        "Grantor" as defined in the Pledge and Security and Collateral Trust Agreement, and in the case of the Holdings Pledge and Security
Agreement, Holdings. 

        "GSCP" means Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. 

        "Guaranteed Obligations" as defined in Section 7.1. 

        "Guarantor" means Holding and, following the HM Release Date, each Domestic Subsidiary of Holding (other than Company, any Receivables
Subsidiary and Excluded Subsidiaries). 

        "Guarantor Subsidiary" means following the HM Release Date, each Domestic Subsidiary of Holding other than Company, any Receivables
Subsidiary and Excluded Subsidiaries. 

        "Guaranty" means the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Section 7. 

        "Hazardous Materials" means any material meeting the definition of a "hazardous substance" in CERCLA 42 U.S.C. § 9601(14) and
all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes; hazardous or toxic substances or wastes; pollutants; solid, liquid or gaseous wastes, including petroleum, petroleum distillates or fractions or
residues, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs") or materials or equipment containing PCBs in excess of 50 parts
per million (ppm), radon gas, infectious or medical wastes, and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law, or that reasonably could form the basis of an
Environmental Claim. 

        "Hazardous Materials Activity" means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous
Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing,
construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the
foregoing. 

        "Hedge Agreement" means an Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency Agreement of Company entered into in the ordinary course of Company's or
any of its Subsidiaries' businesses and not for speculative purposes. 

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        "Highest Lawful Rate" means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for,
charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow
a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow. 

        "Historical Financial Statements" means as of the Closing Date, (i) the audited financial statements of HM and its Subsidiaries,
for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2001 consisting of balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, and
(ii) the unaudited financial statements of HM and its Subsidiaries as at the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter, consisting of a balance sheet and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity and cash flows for the three-, six-or nine-month period, as applicable, ending on such date. 

        "HM" as defined in the recitals hereto. 

        "HM Bonds" means, collectively, each of the US$100,000,000 7.125% Notes due 2004 (the "2004 HM
Bonds"), the US$125,000,000 7.0% Notes due 2006 (the "2006 HM Bonds") and the US$150,000,000 7.20% Notes due 2011 (the  "2011 HM Bonds") issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of March 15, 1994, as supplemented by that certain First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of July 27, 1995, between HM and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee ("HM Indenture"). 

        "HM Group" means HM and its Subsidiaries. 

        "HM Release Date" means the date on which all of the HM Bonds have been redeemed, defeased or repaid or, if earlier, the date as of which
the prohibitions under the HM Bonds and the HM Indenture with respect to Subsidiaries becoming Guarantor Subsidiaries hereunder no longer apply. 

        "HM Release Date Mortgaged Property" as defined in Section 5.12(a). 

        "Holding" as defined in the preamble hereto. 

        "Holding Pledge and Security Agreement" means the "Pledge and Security Agreement" among Holding and the Collateral Trustee substantially
in the form of Exhibit I, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and each document required thereunder. 

        "Increased Amount Date" as defined in Section 2.24. 

        "Increased-Cost Lenders" as defined in Section 2.23. 

        "Indebtedness", as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money;
(ii) (x) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP and (y) any obligation
owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services having a term of twelve months or more except any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to
a trade creditor or deferred compensation to employees, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business; (iii) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit
whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money; (iv) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the
indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person; (v) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of that
Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings; (vi) the guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business),
co-making of the Indebtedness of another; (vii) any obligation of such Person the primary purpose of which is to provide assurance to an obligee that Indebtedness of the obligor
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of business; (viii) any liability of such Person for the obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire
such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or
otherwise) or (b) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses (a) or
(b) of this clause (viii), the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (vii) above; (ix) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire,
defease or otherwise make any payment prior to six months following the Revolving Commitment Termination Date in respect of any equity interests in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case
of redeemable preferred interests, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; (x) all obligations of such Person under any
synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan and similar off-balance sheet financing, if the transaction giving rise to such obligation is considered
indebtedness for borrowed money for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP; and (xi) upon termination of any Hedge Agreement or Other Hedge Agreement,
obligations of such Person to make payments in the event of early termination, on the date the Indebtedness of such Person is determined, in respect of such Hedge Agreement or Other Hedge Agreement;  provided, however, that obligations in connection with Receivables Facilities shall not be deemed to
constitute Indebtedness. 

        "Indemnified Liabilities" means, collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages),
penalties, claims (including Environmental Claims), reasonable costs (including the costs of any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response
action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity), reasonable expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be
designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether based on any
federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on
contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against
any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of (i) this Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to any period prior to the Effective Date, the Existing Credit
Agreement) or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including Lenders' agreement to make Credit Extensions or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof,
or any enforcement of any of the Credit Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)); (ii) the
statements contained in any commitment letter delivered by any Lender to VAC with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (iii) any Environmental Claim or any Hazardous
Materials Activity relating to or arising from any past or present activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries. 

        "Indemnitee" as defined in Section 10.3. 

        "Interest Coverage Ratio" means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the
four-Fiscal Quarter period then ended, to (ii) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for such four-Fiscal Quarter period. 

        "Interest Payment Date" means with respect to (i) any Base Rate Loan, each March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date and the final maturity date of such Loan; and (ii) any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of
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three months "Interest Payment Date" shall also include each date that is three months, or an integral multiple thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period. 

        "Interest Period" means, in connection with a Eurodollar Rate Loan, an interest period of one, two, three or six months (or such other
periods as may be generally made available by all Lenders), as selected by Company in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (i) initially, commencing on the Credit
Date or Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be; and (ii) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;  provided, (a) if an
Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next
succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; (b) any Interest Period
that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to
clause (c) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and (c) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the
Revolving Commitment Termination Date. 

        "Interest Rate Agreement" means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest
rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the interest rate exposure associated with Holding's and its Subsidiaries' operations and
not for speculative purposes. 

        "Interest Rate Determination Date" means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day
of such Interest Period. 

        "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any
successor statute. 

        "Investment" means (i) any purchase or other acquisition by Holding or any of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in,
any of the Securities of any other Person (other than Company or a Guarantor Subsidiary); (ii) any redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of Holding
from any Person (other than a Guarantor Subsidiary), of any Capital Stock of such Person; and (iii) any loan, advance or capital contribution by Holding or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person
(other than Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary), including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person
in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or
decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment, less all returns (including returns of capital) paid in Cash thereon. For the
avoidance of doubt, Guarantees shall not constitute Investments. 

        "Issuance Notice" means an Issuance Notice substantially in the form of  Exhibit A-3. 

        "Joinder Agreement" means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J. 

        "Joint Lead Arrangers" as defined in the preamble hereto. 

        "Joint Venture" means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form;  provided, in no event shall any
corporate Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to which such Person is a party. 

        "Lender" means each financial institution listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that becomes a party
hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement or a Joinder Agreement. 

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        "Lender Counterparty" means each Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender counterparty to a Hedge Agreement (including any Person who was a
Lender as of the Closing Date but subsequently, whether before or after entering into a Hedge Agreement, ceased to be a Lender) including, without limitation, each such Affiliate that enters into a
Joinder Agreement with the Collateral Trustee. 

        "Letter of Credit" means a Commercial Letter of Credit or Standby Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by a Fronting Bank pursuant to
this Agreement. 

        "Letter of Credit Sublimit" means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate
unused amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect. 

        "Letter of Credit Usage" means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the maximum aggregate amount which is, or at any
time thereafter may become, available for drawing under all Letters of Credit then outstanding, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit honored by Fronting Banks
and not theretofore reimbursed by or on behalf of Company. 

        "Lien" means any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give
any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect
of any of the foregoing. 

        "Loan" means a Revolving Loan or a Swing Line Loan, as applicable. 

        "Major Default" means the occurrence or existence of any of the following conditions or events: (i) any event or condition
entitling the purchaser under the Share Purchase Agreement to terminate the Share Purchase Agreement, (ii) any restatement, amendment, supplement, or other modification, or waiver in connection
with the Share Purchase Agreement contrary to the terms of this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Lead Arrangers, (iii) a Change of Control, (iv) any Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing under Section 8.1(d) with respect to any representation, warranty or statement which is made with respect to VAC or Holding under Sections 4.1  (Organization; Requisite Power and Authority;
Qualification), 4.3 (Due Authorization), 4.4  (No Conflict), 4.5 (Governmental Consents), 4.6  (Binding Obligation), (v) any Event of Default occurring and continuing with respect to VAC or Holding under Sections 8.1(f) or 8.1(g) or 8.1(l). 

        "Margin Stock" as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time. 

        "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect or circumstance with respect to (i) the business, results of operations,
assets or liabilities, or financial condition of HM Group taken as a whole; or (ii) the rights or remedies available to, or conferred upon, any Agent or Lenders under any Credit Document. 

        "Material Real Estate Asset" means any fee-owned Real Estate Asset having a fair market value in excess of $2,500,000 as of
the date of the acquisition thereof. 

        "Merger" means the merger of VAC with and into HM which occurred on December 31, 2002, and pursuant to which, HM became the
surviving corporation and assumed all obligations of VAC. 

        "Moody's" means Moody's Investor Services, Inc. 

        "Mortgage" means a mortgage, deed of trust or similar document in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Trustee. 

        "Multiemployer Plan" means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA. 

        "NAIC" means The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and any successor thereto. 

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        "Narrative Report" means, with respect to the financial statements for which such narrative report is required, a narrative report
describing the operations of Holding and its Subsidiaries in the form prepared for presentation to senior management thereof for the applicable month, Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year and for the period
from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such period to which such financial statements relate; provided that, the management discussion of operations contained in any periodic
reports on Form 10(K) or 10(Q) filed by Company (or equivalent information to the extent no such filings are made) shall be deemed satisfactory for purposes of providing a Narrative Report. 

        "Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such person, determined in accordance with GAAP. 

        "New Revolving Commitments" as defined in Section 2.24. 

        "New Revolving Lender" as defined in Section 2.24. 

        "Non-Consenting Lender" as defined in Section 2.23. 

        "Non-US Lender" as defined in Section 2.20(c). 

        "Note" means a Revolving Loan Note or a Swing Line Note. 

        "Notice" means a Funding Notice, an Issuance Notice, or a Conversion/ Continuation Notice. 

        "Obligations" means all obligations of every nature of each Credit Party from time to time owed to the Agents (including former Agents),
the Lenders or any of them and Lender Counterparties, under any Credit Document or Hedge Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to a Hedge Agreement, obligations owed thereunder to any
person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Hedge Agreement was entered into), whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in
bankruptcy with respect to such Credit Party, would have
accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Credit Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit,
payments for early termination of Hedge Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise. 

        "Obligee Guarantor" as defined in Section 7.7. 

        "Organizational Documents" means (i) with respect to any corporation, its certificate or articles of incorporation or organization,
as amended, and its by-laws, as amended, (ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended,
(iii) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended, and (iv) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization, as amended,
and its operating agreement, as amended. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state
or similar governmental official, the reference to any such "Organizational Document" shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official. 

        "Other Hedge Agreement" shall mean any commodity agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements entered into by Company in order
to protect against the fluctuations in commodity values and not for speculative purposes. 

        "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto. 

        "Pension Plan" means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the Internal
Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA. 

        "Permitted Business Acquisition" shall mean any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or shares or other equity interests
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subsequent
Investment made in a previously acquired Permitted Business Acquisition) if immediately after giving effect thereto: (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would result therefrom, (b) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws, (c) (i) prior to the HM Release Date any such
acquisition of assets shall be made by HM and any entity or Person the subject of such acquisition shall be acquired by (y) HM and shall be concurrently with such acquisition merged into HM or
(z) either an Excluded Subsidiary or by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (subject to the requirements of Section 6.6(i)) and (ii) after the HM Release Date, 100% of the equity interests
of any acquired or newly formed corporation, partnership, association or other business entity are owned directly by Company or a domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Company which is a Guarantor
(unless there is a material tax or legal or other economic disadvantage in not having a Foreign Subsidiary of Company hold such equity interests, in which case such equity interests may be held
directly by a Foreign Subsidiary of Company), or by an Excluded Subsidiary and all actions required to be taken, if any, with respect to such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under Sections 5.10
and 5.12 shall have been taken and (d) (i) Holding and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition or formation, with the covenants
contained in Section 6.7(a)-(c) recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of Holding and its Subsidiaries as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of
each relevant period for testing such compliance, and Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers' certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information
for such Subsidiary or assets, (ii) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness, other than as permitted under Section 6.1(r), and (iii) the
businesses being acquired are primarily located in the United States. 

        "Permitted Business Acquisition Amount" shall mean each of $35,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year and $200,000,000 in the
aggregate since the Closing Date to the date of determination; provided that, after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, as of any date that the
Total Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 3:50:1.00, the foregoing amount shall increase to $50,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year and $250,000,000 in the aggregate since the Closing Date
to the date of determination; further provided that, the Permitted Business Acquisition Amounts shall be further increased at any time to the extent,
and only to the extent, that Company makes an election in writing delivered to Administrative Agent to increase the Permitted Business Acquisition Amount by (x) all or a portion of the
available Cumulative Capital Contribution Amount, (y) all or a portion of the available Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount and/or (z) the amount of net cash proceeds of any
Asset Sale, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and such amount shall have been applied to make a Permitted Business Acquisition within three hundred and
sixty-five (365) days of receipt thereof in a manner required or useful to the business of Company; provided still further that, the
Permitted Business Acquisition Amount shall be decreased to the extent of any Indebtedness assumed in connection with any Permitted Business Acquisition. 

        "Permitted Cure Security" means an equity security of Holding having no mandatory redemption, repurchase, repayment or similar
requirements prior to the date which occurs four calendar months after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and upon which all dividends or distributions, at the election of Holding, may be
payable in additional shares of such equity security. 

        "Permitted Holding Debt" means, after completion of syndication of the Commitments and the Loans, as determined by the Joint Lead
Arrangers, Indebtedness of Holding owing to any of the Sponsors or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to which (i) Holding is the only obligor, (ii) no scheduled payments of
principal or cash interest payments are required to be made prior to the later of (x) repayment in full of the Obligations and (y) maturity of the Senior Subordinated Notes and any
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, (iii) no covenants or rights to demand repayment (other than customary limited provisions acceptable to the Agents), other than the right to payment at final
maturity shall apply, and (iv) such Indebtedness is unsecured. 

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        "Permitted Indebtedness" as defined in Section 6.1. 

        "Permitted Investments" shall mean: (a) direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations
guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency thereof; (b) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of
acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of
America having capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $250,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding
company's long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended)); (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above
entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above; (d) commercial paper, maturing not more than 180 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a
corporation (other than an Affiliate of Company) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a
rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to Moody's, or A-1 (or higher) according to S&P; (e) securities with
maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody's; (f) in the case of any Subsidiary organized in a jurisdiction outside the United States: (i) direct obligations of
the sovereign nation (or any agency thereof) in which such Subsidiary is organized and is conducting business or in obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such sovereign nation (or any
agency thereof), (ii) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (e) above of foreign obligors, which investments or obligors (or the parents of such
obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies or (iii) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses
(a) through (e) above of foreign obligors (or the parents of such obligors), which investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) are not rated as provided in such clauses or
in clause (ii) above but which are, in the reasonable judgment of Company, comparable in investment quality to such investments and obligors (or the parents of such obligors); (g) shares
of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds' investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above; (h) time deposit accounts,
certificates of deposit and money market deposits in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 1/2 of 1% of total assets of Holding
and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of the end of Holding' most recently completed fiscal year; and (i) any Investment by Holding in a Receivables Subsidiary;  provided that any such
Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary is in the form of a Purchase Money Note, contribution of additional receivables and other
financial and related assets or Capital Stock. 

        "Permitted Liens" means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.2. 

        "Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of Company or a Subsidiary of Company or, in the case of Permitted Holding
Debt, Holding, issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to  "Refinance"), Indebtedness permitted by
Section 6.1(g) or Section 6.1(h) or Section 6.1(r) (or previous refinancings thereof
constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) of Company, such Subsidiary or Company, or Holding, as the case may be; provided that (i) the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced  (plus any related fees, unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon), (ii) the average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness is greater than or equal to that of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (iii) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under this 

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such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation
governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (iv) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different obligors (other than in the case of Permitted Holding Debt, in which case Holding
may be the Obligor), or greater guarantees or security, than the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (v) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by any collateral (whether equally and
ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral (including any collateral pursuant to after-acquired property
clauses to the extent any such collateral secured the Indebtedness being Refinanced) on terms no less favorable to the Secured Parties than those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being Refinanced. 

        "Person" means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies,
limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not
legal entities, and Governmental Authorities. 

        "Pledge and Security and Collateral Trust Agreement" means the "Pledge and Security and Collateral Trust Agreement" among VAC, HM and the
Collateral Trustee substantially in the form of Exhibit I, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and each
document required thereunder. 

        "Prime Rate" means the rate of interest per annum that CIBC announces from time to time as its prime lending rate for its United States
commercial lending units, as in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. CIBC or any
other Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate. 

        "Principal Office" means, for each of the Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender, such Person's "Principal Office" as set forth on  Appendix A, or such other
office as such Person may from time to time designate in writing to Company, Administrative Agent and each Lender. 

        "Pro Forma Basis" shall mean for purposes of the definition of "Permitted Business Acquisition" and Sections 6.1, 6.7 and 6.17 (but not
for determining Applicable Margin) as to any person, for any events as described in clauses (ii) and (iii) below which occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the
financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if same
had occurred at the beginning of such period of calculation; and 

	(i)
	for
purposes of the foregoing calculation, each transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the pro forma effect to any of the following events shall be assumed to have occurred
on the first day of the four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period last ended on or before the occurrence of the respective event for which such pro forma effect is being determined (the  "Reference Period");

	(ii)
	in
making any determination of Consolidated EBITDA, pro forma effect shall be given to any Asset Sale, to any Permitted Business Acquisition, or any designation pursuant to
Section 6.17 (or any similar transaction or transactions which require a determination on a Pro Forma Basis or a waiver or consent of the Requisite Lenders pursuant to Section 6.8), in
each case which occurred during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of Permitted Business Acquisition contained herein, occurring during the
Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition is consummated) as if such Asset Sale, Permitted Business Acquisition or
other transaction, as the case may be, occurred on the first day of the Reference Period; and 

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	(iii)
	in
making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness incurred or assumed and for which the financial effect is being calculated,
whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but including, with respect to revolving indebtedness the average amount of such Indebtedness outstanding) incurred or permanently repaid during the
Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of Permitted Business Acquisition contained herein, occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through
and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition is consummated) shall be deemed to have been incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period and (y) interest
expense of such person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in preceding clause (x), bearing floating interest rates shall be
computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates which would have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had been actually in effect during such periods. 

        Pro
forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of Pro Forma Basis shall be determined in good faith by an Authorized Officer of Company and may include adjustments, in the
reasonable determination of Company as set forth in an officers' certificate, to (i) reflect operating expense reductions reasonably expected to result from any acquisition, merger or Asset
Sale to the extent (x) determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act or (y) reasonably acceptable to
two of the three persons constituting the Administrative Agent and the Co-Syndication Agents and (ii) eliminate the effect of any extraordinary accounting event with respect to any
acquired person or assets on Consolidated Net Income. 

        "Projections" as defined in Section 4.8. 

        "Properties" means any property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore
owned, leased, operated or used by Holding or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates. 

        "Pro Rata Share" means the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Revolving Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate
Revolving Exposure of all Lenders. 

        "Purchase Money Note" means a promissory note of a Receivables Subsidiary evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from
Holding or any of its Subsidiaries to a Receivables Subsidiary, which note shall be repaid from cash available to the Receivables Subsidiary other than amounts required to be established as reserves,
amounts paid to investors in respect of interest and principal and other obligations and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated receivables. 

        "Real Estate Asset" means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party in any
real property. 

        "Receivables Facility" means one or more receivables financing facilities, as amended from time to time, the Indebtedness of which is
non-recourse (except for standard representations, warranties, covenants, servicing and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to Holding and its Subsidiaries (other than any
Receivables Subsidiary), as amended from time to time, pursuant to which Holding, the Company and/or any Subsidiary transfers its accounts receivable and other financial and related assets to a
Receivables Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of investment by third party investors or indebtedness owed to third
party lenders at any time with respect to such Receivables Facility shall not exceed $50,000,000. 

        "Receivables Fees" means reasonable distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation
interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility. 

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        "Receivables Subsidiary" means a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holding (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a
Receivables Facility in which Holding or any Subsidiary of Holding makes an Investment and to which Holding or any Subsidiary of Holding transfers accounts receivable and other financial and related
assets customarily transferred with such accounts receivable and other financial assets) that acts as a purchaser of accounts receivable and other financial and related assets customarily transferred
with such accounts receivable and other financial assets under a Receivables Facility. 

        "Refunded Swing Line Loans" as defined in Section 2.3(b)(iv). 

        "Register" as defined in Section 2.7(b). 

        "Regulation D" means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time. 

        "Regulation T" means Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time. 

        "Regulation U" means Regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time. 

        "Regulation X" means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time. 

        "Reimbursement Date" as defined in Section 2.4(d). 

        "Related Agreement" means Share Purchase Agreement, the Sponsors Monitoring Agreement, the HM Indenture, the Stockholders Agreement, the
documents governing the Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, and the documents governing Subordinated Indebtedness. 

        "Related Fund" means, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund, any other investment fund that invests in commercial loans
and that is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor. 

        "Release" has the meaning assigned to that term in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9601(22). 

        "Remaining Present Value" means, as of any date with respect to any lease, the present value as of such date of the scheduled future lease
payments with respect to such lease, determined with a discount rate equal to a market rate of interest for such lease reasonably determined at the time such lease was entered into. 

        "Remedial Action" shall mean (a) "remedial action" as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601(24), and
(b) all other actions, including studies and investigations, required by any Governmental Authority or voluntarily undertaken to (i) clean up, remove, treat, abate or in any other way
respond to any Hazardous Material in the environment or (ii) prevent the Release or threatened Release, or minimize the further Release, of any Hazardous Material. 

        "Replacement Lender" as defined in Section 2.23. 

        "Requisite Lenders" means one or more Lenders having or holding Revolving Exposure and representing more than 50% of the aggregate
Revolving Exposure of all Lenders. 

        "Restricted Junior Payment" means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class
of stock of Holding or Company now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock to the holders of that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement,
sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of Holding or Company now or hereafter outstanding 

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(other
than non-cash repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options);
(iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of Holding or Company now or hereafter
outstanding; (iv) any payment made under the Sponsors Monitoring Agreement and (v) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase,
retirement, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, the Senior Notes, any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect
thereto, or Subordinated Indebtedness. 

        "Revolving Commitment" means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any Revolving Loan or purchase a participation in any
Letter of Credit and Swing Line Loans hereunder and "Revolving Commitments" means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each
Lender's Revolving Commitment, if any, is set forth on its respective signature page hereto or in the applicable Assignment Agreement or Joinder Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.24),
subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date was $325,000,000 and as of the Effective
Date is $325,000,000. 

        "Revolving Commitment Period" means the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment Termination Date. 

        "Revolving Commitment Termination Date" means the earliest to occur of (i) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, (ii) the date
the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.15, and (iii) the date of the termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to
Section 8.1. 

        "Revolving Exposure" means, with respect to any Lender as of any date of determination, (i) prior to the termination of the
Revolving Commitments, that Lender's Revolving Commitment; and (ii) after the termination of the Revolving Commitments, the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving
Loans of that Lender. 

        "Revolving Lenders" means each Lender with a Revolving Commitment (including any Lender with a New Revolving Commitment). 

        "Revolving Loan" means any Revolving Loan made by Lenders to Company pursuant to Section 2.1 of this Agreement (including any Loans
made by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.24 of this Agreement). 

        "Revolving Loan Maturity Date" means the earlier of (i) December 30, 2008 and (ii) the date that all Revolving Loans
shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise. 

        "Revolving Loan Note" means a promissory note in the form of  Exhibit B-1, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 

        "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw Hill Corporation. 

        "Secured Parties" has the meaning assigned to that term in the Pledge and Security and Collateral Trust Agreement. 

        "Securities" means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any
profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general
any instruments commonly known as "securities" or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to
subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing. 

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        "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute. 

        "Seller" means Vivendi Communications North America, Inc., a Delaware corporation. 

        "Senior Leverage Ratio" means, as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, the ratio of (a) the sum of: (i) the outstanding
principal amount of the HM Bonds plus (ii) the average daily aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit (but in the case of Letters of Credit, only to the extent
the aggregate principal face amount of such Letters of Credit exceeds $35,000,000) outstanding during the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date plus (iii) to the extent not
otherwise included in subclause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this definition, all Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding on such date that would (or would be required to)
appear on the consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries, other than the Subordinated Indebtedness minus, subject to the following
proviso, an amount, if any, equal to (x) the sum of the aggregate amount of Cash and Permitted Investments of Company and its Subsidiaries not subject to a Lien (other than the Liens, if any,
under the Credit Documents and customary set-off rights) as of the close of business on each day on which no Revolving Loans are outstanding during the four-Fiscal Quarter
period ending on such date divided by (y) 365, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date, as adjusted pursuant to
Schedule 1.1(a) for any such period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date. 

        "Senior Notes" means the $600,000,000 8.25% Senior Notes due 2011 issued by HM pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of
January 30, 2003, between HM and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with the terms of Section 3.2. 

        "Senior Subordinated Notes" means the $400,000,000 9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 issued by HM pursuant to that certain
Indenture, dated as of January 30, 2003, between HM and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with the terms of Section 3.2. 

        "Share Purchase Agreement" means the Share Purchase Agreement dated November 4, 2002 entered into among Seller, Vivendi Universal,
S.A., a société anonyme organized and existing under the laws of France and VAC, as purchaser. 

        "Solvency Certificate" means a Solvency Certificate of the chief financial officer of Holding substantially in the form of  Exhibit D. 

        "Solvent" means, that, as of the date of determination, each of (i) the fair value of the assets of each of Holding (individually),
Holding and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Company (individually) and Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities,
direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of each of Holding (individually), Holding and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Company (individually) and Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of each of Holding (individually), Holding and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Company (individually) and
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of each of Holding (individually), Holding and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis, Company (individually) and Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such
debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured and (iii) each of Holding (individually), Holding and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Company (individually) and Company and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and
(iv) each of Holding (individually), Holding and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the Company (individually) and the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have
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which
to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date. For purposes of this definition, the amount
of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be
expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5). 

        "Sponsor" means, each of Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund V L.P., Bain Capital Integral Investors, L.L.C. and Blackstone Capital Partners III
Merchant Banking Fund L.P. 

        "Sponsor Equity" means the Capital Stock of Holding purchased by Sponsors on or prior to the Closing Date in satisfaction of the
requirements of Section 3.1(d). 

        "Sponsors Monitoring Agreement" means the Management Agreement entered into as of December 30, 2002 by the Borrower, Holding, the
Sponsors and certain affiliates of the Sponsors, as amended, waived and modified from time to time in accordance with Section 6.14. 

        "Standby Letter of Credit" shall mean an irrevocable standby letter of credit under which a Fronting Bank agrees to make payments in
Dollars for the account of Company, on behalf of Company or any of its Subsidiaries. 

        "Stockholders Agreement" means the Stockholders Agreement dated as of December 30, 2002 among the Company, Holding and certain
stockholders of Holding, as amended, waived and modified from time to time in accordance with Section 6.14. 

        "Subordinated Indebtedness" means (i) the Senior Subordinated Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness the proceeds of
which are used to refinance amounts owed under the Senior Subordinated Notes and (ii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(t). 

        "Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, Joint Venture or
other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the
election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies
thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof;  provided, in determining the
percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a
"qualifying share" of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding; provided that, unless otherwise expressly provided therein, with respect to
Company, an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not constitute a Subsidiary of Company for purposes of this Agreement. 

        "Swing Line Lender" means CIBC in its capacity as Swing Line Lender hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such
capacity. 

        "Swing Line Loan" means a Loan made by Swing Line Lender to Company pursuant to Section 2.3. 

        "Swing Line Note" means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-2, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time. 

        "Swing Line Sublimit" means the lesser of (i) $10,000,000, and (ii) the aggregate unused amount of Revolving Commitments
then in effect. 

        "Systems Establishment Expenses" means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities)
by HM and its Subsidiaries on or after the Closing Date in establishing financial, employee, information technology and other systems of Company and the 

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Subsidiaries,
including costs of the transition and integration of any such systems acquired in the Acquisition, as a direct result of the establishment of HM Group as a standalone business following
the Acquisition; provided that (i) no Systems Establishment Expense may be paid or accrued after December 31, 2004 and (ii) the
aggregate of all Systems Establishment Expenses shall not exceed $10,000,000. 

        "Tax" means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding of any nature and whatever
called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed; provided, "Tax on the overall net income" of a
Person shall be construed as a reference to a tax imposed by the jurisdiction in which that Person is organized or in which that Person's applicable principal office (and/or, in the case of a Lender,
its lending office) is located or in which that Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office) is deemed to be doing business on all or part of the net income, profits or gains (whether
worldwide, or only insofar as such income, profits or gains are considered to arise in or to relate to a particular jurisdiction, or otherwise) of that Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its
applicable lending office). 

        "Term Loans B" means the Term Loans B made by Lenders pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement. 

        "Terminated Lender" as defined in Section 2.23. 

        "Total Debt" shall mean, with respect to any Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any time (without duplication), all
Indebtedness consisting of Capital Leases Indebtedness for borrowed money and Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services of such person and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis at such time. 

        "Total Leverage Ratio" means, as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, the ratio of (a) the sum of: (i) all Indebtedness
for borrowed money of Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding on such date) plus (ii) the average daily aggregate principal
amount of all Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit (but in the case of Letters of Credit, only to the extent the aggregate principal face amount of such Letters of Credit exceeds $35,000,000)
outstanding during the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date plus (iii) to the extent not otherwise included in subclause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this
definition, all Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding on such date that would (or would be required to) appear on the consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries  minus,
subject to the following proviso, an amount, if any, equal to (x) the sum of the aggregate amount of Cash and Permitted Investments of
Company and
its Subsidiaries not subject to a Lien (other than the Liens, if any, under the Credit Documents and customary set-off rights) as of the close of business on each day on which no Revolving
Loans are outstanding during the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date divided by (y) 365, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period
ending on such date, as adjusted pursuant to Schedule 1.1(a) for any period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date. 

        "Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments" means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount
of all outstanding Revolving Loans (other than Revolving Loans made for the purpose of repaying any Refunded Swing Line Loans or reimbursing Fronting Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of
Credit, but not yet so applied), (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swing Line Loans, and (iii) the Letter of Credit Usage. 

        "Transaction Costs" means the fees, costs and expenses payable by Holding, Company or any of Company's Subsidiaries in connection with
Acquisition and the transactions (other than the Debt Tenders) contemplated by the Credit Documents and the Related Agreements which shall not exceed $150,000,000. 

        "Type of Loan" means (i) with respect to Revolving Loans, a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan, and (ii) with respect
to Swing Line Loans, a Base Rate Loan. 

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        "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction. 

        "Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) each Subsidiary (with such term defined for purposes of this definition without giving effect
to the last provision in the definition of such term) of Company that shall be designated an "Unrestricted Subsidiary" pursuant to and in compliance with Section 6.17 and (ii) each
Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 

        "VAC" means Versailles Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware Corporation. 

        "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" of any person means a Subsidiary of such person, at least 99% of the Capital Stock of which (other than
directors' qualifying shares) are owned by such person or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. 

        1.2.    Terms Generally.    The definitions in Section 1.1 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural
forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation". All references herein to Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this
Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) any reference in this Agreement to any Credit Document shall mean such document as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and (b) all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time
to time; provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with the covenants contained in
Section 6 all accounting terms herein shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder (in each case, unless otherwise provided for or defined herein) shall be made in
accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date of this Agreement and applied on a basis consistent with the application used in the financial statements referred to in Section 4.7;  provided further,
that if Company notifies the Administrative Agent that Company wishes to amend any covenant in Sections 2.14 or Section 6 or
any related definition to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP occurring after the date of this Agreement on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies Company that
the Required Lenders wish to amend Section 2.14 or Section 6 or any related definition for such purpose), then (i) Company and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good
faith to agree upon an appropriate amendment to such covenant and (ii) Company's compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant
change in GAAP became effective until such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to Company and the Required Lenders. For the purposes of determining compliance under Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.6,
6.7 and 6.8 with respect to any amount in a currency other than Dollars, such amount shall be deemed to equal the Dollar equivalent thereof at the time such amount was incurred or expended, as the
case may be. 

SECTION 2. LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT  

        2.1.    Revolving Loans.    

        (a)    Revolving Commitment.    Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make,
during the Revolving Commitment Period, Revolving Loans to Company in the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loan Commitments;  provided that, after
giving effect to the making of any Revolving Loans, in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving Loan Commitments exceed
the Revolving Loan Commitments then in effect. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1 may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period. Each Lender's Revolving
Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and all Revolving Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Revolving Loans and the Revolving Loan Commitments
shall be paid in full no later than such date. 

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        2.2.    Borrowing Mechanics for Revolving Loans.    

        (a)   Except
pursuant to Section 2.4, Revolving Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $2,500,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
(when aggregated for all Lenders in connection with a single Credit Extension). 

        (b)   Whenever
Company desires that Lenders make Revolving Loans, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice no later than
12:00 Noon (New York City time) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, and at least one Business Day in advance of the proposed
Credit Date in the case of a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Funding Notice for a Revolving Loan shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest
Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith. 

        (c)   Notice
of receipt of each Funding Notice in respect of Revolving Loans, together with the amount of each Lender's Pro Rata Share thereof, if any, together with the
applicable interest rate, shall be provided by Administrative Agent to each applicable Lender by telefacsimile with reasonable promptness. 

        (d)   Each
Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Credit
Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent's Principal Office. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein,
Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to Company on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all
such Revolving Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Company at the Administrative Agent's Principal Office or such other account as may be designated in
writing to Administrative Agent by Company. 

        2.3.    Swing Line Loans.    

        (a)    Swing Line Loan Commitments.    During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, Swing Line Lender hereby agrees to make Swing Line Loans to Company in the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the Swing Line Sublimit;  provided that, after giving effect to
the making of any Swing Line Loan, in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this
Section 2.4 may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period. Swing Line Lender's Revolving Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and all Swing
Line Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Swing Line Loans and the Revolving Commitments shall be paid in full no later than such date. 

        (b)    Borrowing Mechanics for Swing Line Loans.    

	(i)
	Swing
Line Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of that amount.

	(ii)
	Whenever
Company desires that Swing Line Lender make a Swing Line Loan, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a Funding Notice no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the proposed Credit Date.

	(iii)
	Swing
Line Lender shall make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to Company in immediately available funds on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds
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Administrative
Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swing Line Loans available to Company on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all
such Swing Line Loans received by Administrative Agent from Swing Line Lender to be credited to the account of Company at the Administrative Agent's Principal Office, or to such other account as may
be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Company. 

	(iv)
	With
respect to any Swing Line Loans which have not been voluntarily prepaid by Company pursuant to Sections 2.12 or 2.13, Swing Line Lender may at any time in its sole and absolute
discretion, deliver to Administrative Agent (with a copy to Company), no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one (1) Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Date,
a notice (which shall be deemed to be a Funding Notice given by Company) requesting that each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans to Company on such
Credit Date in an amount equal to the amount of such Swing Line Loans (the "Refunded Swing Line Loans") outstanding on the date such notice is given
which the Swing Line Lender requests Lenders to prepay. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (1) the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by the Lenders other
than Swing Line Lender shall be immediately delivered by the Administrative Agent to Swing Line Lender (and not to Company) and applied to repay a corresponding portion of the Refunded Swing Line
Loans and (2) on the day such Revolving Loans are made, Swing Line Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Refunded Swing Line Loans shall be deemed to be paid with the proceeds of a Revolving Loan made
by Swing Line Lender to Company, and such portion of the Swing Line Loans deemed to be so paid shall no longer be outstanding as Swing Line Loans and shall no longer be due under the Swing Line Note
of Swing Line Lender but shall instead constitute part of Swing Line Lender's outstanding Revolving Loans to Company and shall be due under the Revolving Loan Note issued by Company to Swing Line
Lender. Company hereby authorizes Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender to charge Company's accounts with Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender (up to the amount available in each such
account) in order to immediately pay Swing Line Lender the amount of the Refunded Swing Line Loans to the extent the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by Lenders, including the Revolving Loan
deemed to be made by the Swing Line Lender, are not sufficient to repay in full the Refunded Swing Line Loans. If any portion of any such amount paid (or deemed to be paid) to Swing Line Lender should
be recovered by or on behalf of Company from Swing Line Lender in bankruptcy, by assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise, the loss of the amount so recovered shall be ratably shared among
all Lenders in the manner contemplated by Section 2.17.

	(v)
	If
for any reason Revolving Loans are not made pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(iv) in an amount sufficient to repay any amounts owed to Swing Line Lender in respect of any
outstanding Swing Line Loans on or before the third Business Day after demand for payment thereof by Swing Line Lender, each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees
to, have purchased a participation in such outstanding Swing Line Loans, and in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the applicable unpaid amount together with accrued interest thereon. Upon one
(1) Business Day's notice from Swing Line Lender, each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment shall deliver to Swing Line Lender an amount equal to its respective participation in the applicable
unpaid amount in same day funds at the Principal Office of Swing Line Lender. In order to evidence such participation each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment agrees to enter into a participation
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any
Lender holding a Revolving Commitment fails to make available to Swing Line Lender the amount of such Lender's participation as provided in this paragraph, Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to
recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily used by Swing Line Lender for the correction of errors among banks and
thereafter at the Base Rate, as applicable. 

	(vi)
	Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, (1) each Lender's obligation to make Revolving Loans for the purpose of repaying any Refunded Swing Line Loans
pursuant to the second preceding paragraph and each Lender's obligation to purchase a participation in any unpaid Swing Line Loans pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including without limitation (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against
Swing Line Lender, any Credit Party or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuation of a Default or Event of Default; (C) any adverse change in the
business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Credit Party; (D) any breach of this Agreement or any other Credit Document by any party
thereto; or (E) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that such
obligations of each Lender are subject to the condition that Swing Line Lender believed in good faith that all conditions under Section 3.3 to the making of the applicable Refunded Swing Line
Loans or other unpaid Swing Line Loans, were satisfied at the time such Refunded Swing Line Loans or unpaid Swing Line Loans were made, or the satisfaction of any such condition not satisfied had been
waived by Requisite Lenders prior to or at the time such Refunded Swing Line Loans or other unpaid Swing Line Loans were made; and (2) Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swing
Line Loans (A) if it has elected not to do so after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or Event of Default or (B) at a time when a Funding Default exists unless
Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and Company to eliminate Swing Line Lender's risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender's participation in such Swing Ling Loan,
including by cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lender's Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Swing Line Loans. 

        2.4.    Issuance of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein.    

        (a)    Letters of Credit.    During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each
Fronting Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Company in the aggregate amount (for all Fronting Banks) up to but not exceeding the Letter of Credit Sublimit;  provided, (i) each
Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; (ii) the stated amount of each Letter of Credit shall not be less
than $1,000,000 or such lesser amount as is acceptable to the applicable Fronting Bank; (iii) after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving
Commitments exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect; (iv) after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall the Letter of Credit Usage exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in
effect; (v) in no event shall any Standby Letter of Credit have an expiration date later than the earlier of (1) five Business Days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and
(2) the date which is one year from the date of issuance of such Standby Letter of Credit; and (vi) in no event shall any Commercial Letter of Credit (x) have an expiration date
later than the earlier of (1) five Business Days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and (2) the date which is 180 days from the date of issuance of such Commercial
Letter of Credit or (b) be issued if such Commercial Letter of Credit is otherwise unacceptable to the applicable Fronting Bank in its reasonable discretion. Subject to the 

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foregoing,
a Fronting Bank may agree that a standby Letter of Credit will automatically be extended for one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each, unless such Fronting Bank elects not
to extend for any such additional period; provided, such Fronting Bank shall not extend any such Letter of Credit if it has received written notice that
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Fronting Bank must elect to allow such extension; provided,  further, in the event a
Funding Default exists, such Fronting Bank shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit unless such Fronting Bank has
entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and Company to eliminate such Fronting Bank's risk with respect to the participation in Letters of Credit of the Defaulting Lender, including by cash
collateralizing such Defaulting Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage. 

        (b)    Notice of Issuance.    Whenever Company desires the issuance of a Letter of Credit, it shall deliver to
Administrative Agent an Issuance Notice no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least five Business Days, or in each case such shorter period as may be agreed to by a Fronting Bank in
any particular instance, in advance of the proposed date of issuance. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3.3, a Fronting Bank shall issue the requested Letter of
Credit only in accordance with such Fronting Bank's standard operating procedures. Upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit or amendment or modification to a Letter of Credit, such Fronting Bank
shall promptly notify each Lender and the Administrative Agent of such issuance and the amount of such Lender's respective participation in such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.4(e). 

        (c)    Responsibility of a Fronting Bank With Respect to Requests for Drawings and Payments.    In determining whether
to honor any drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, a Fronting Bank shall be responsible only to examine the documents delivered under such Letter of Credit with reasonable
care so as to ascertain whether they appear on their face to be in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. As between Company and any Fronting Bank, Company assumes all
risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by any Fronting Bank, by the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of
the foregoing, a Fronting Bank shall not be responsible for: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with
the application for and issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the
validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or
in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw
upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in
cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter
of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any
consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Fronting Bank, including any Governmental Acts; none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of a Fronting Bank's
rights or powers hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken or omitted by a Fronting Bank under or in connection with the Letters of Credit or any documents
and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith (and without gross negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with the standard of care specified in the UCC with
respect to Letter of Credit), shall not give rise to any liability on the part of such Fronting Bank to Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.4(c),
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liability arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Fronting Bank or failure to use the standard of care specified in the UCC with respect to Letters of Credit. 

        (d)    Reimbursement by Company of Amounts Drawn or Paid Under Letters of Credit.    In the event a Fronting Bank has
determined to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit, it shall immediately notify Company and Administrative Agent, and Company shall reimburse such Fronting Bank on or before the Business Day
immediately following the date on which such drawing is honored (the "Reimbursement Date") in an amount in Dollars and in same day funds equal to the
amount of such honored drawing; provided, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) unless Company shall have notified
Administrative Agent and such Fronting Bank prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date such drawing is honored that Company intends to reimburse such Fronting Bank for the amount of
such honored drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Loans, Company shall be deemed to have given a timely Funding Notice to Administrative Agent requesting Lenders to make Revolving
Loans that are Base Rate Loans on the Reimbursement Date in an amount in Dollars equal to the amount of such honored drawing, and (ii) subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
specified in Section 3.3, Lenders shall, on the Reimbursement Date, make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans in the amount of such honored drawing, the proceeds of which shall be applied
directly by Administrative Agent to reimburse such Fronting Bank for the amount of such
honored drawing; provided further, if for any reason proceeds of Revolving Loans are not received by such Fronting Bank on the Reimbursement Date in an
amount equal to the amount of such honored drawing, Company shall reimburse such Fronting Bank, on demand, in an amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount of such honored drawing over
the aggregate amount of such Revolving Loans, if any, which are so received. Nothing in this Section 2.4(d) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to make Revolving Loans on
the terms and conditions set forth herein, and Company shall retain any and all rights it may have against any Lender resulting from the failure of such Lender to make such Revolving Loans under this
Section 2.4(d). 

        (e)    Lenders' Purchase of Participations in Letters of Credit.    Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of
Credit, each Lender having a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed to have purchased, and hereby agrees to irrevocably purchase, from the applicable Fronting Bank a participation in such Letter of
Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender's Pro Rata Share (with respect to the Revolving Loan Commitments) of the maximum amount which is or at any time may become
available to be drawn thereunder. In the event that Company shall fail for any reason to reimburse the applicable Fronting Bank as provided in Section 2.4(d), such Fronting Bank shall promptly
notify each Lender of the unreimbursed amount of such honored drawing and of such Lender's respective participation therein based on such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loan Commitments.
Each Lender shall make available to a Fronting Bank an amount equal to its respective participation, in Dollars and in same day funds, at the office of such Fronting Bank specified in such notice, not
later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the first business day (under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such office of such Fronting Bank is located) after the date notified by such
Fronting Bank. In the event that any Lender fails to make available to a Fronting Bank on such business day the amount of such Lender's participation in such Letter of Credit as provided in this
Section 2.4(e), the applicable Fronting Bank shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily
used by such Fronting Bank for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate. Nothing in this Section 2.4(e) shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any Lender to
recover from a Fronting Bank any amounts made available by such Lender to such Fronting Bank pursuant to this Section in the event that it is determined that the payment with respect to a Letter of
Credit in respect of which payment was made by such Lender constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Fronting Bank. In the event a Fronting Bank shall have been reimbursed
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pursuant to this Section 2.4(e) for all or any portion of any drawing honored by such Fronting Bank under a Letter of Credit, such Fronting Bank shall distribute to each Lender which
has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.4(e) with respect to such honored drawing such Lender's Pro Rata Share of all payments subsequently received by such Fronting Bank from
Company in reimbursement of such honored drawing when such payments are received. Any such distribution shall be made to a Lender at its primary address set forth below its name on  Appendix A or at
such other address as such Lender may request. 

        (f)    Obligations Absolute.    The obligation of Company to reimburse a Fronting Bank for drawings honored under the
Letters of Credit issued by it and to repay any Revolving Loans made by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.4(d) and the obligations of Lenders under Section 2.4(e) shall be unconditional and
irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances including any of the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of
any Letter of
Credit; (ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which Company or any Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of
Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting), a Fronting Bank, Lender or any other Person or, in the case of a Lender, against Company, whether in connection herewith, the
transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between Company or one of its Subsidiaries and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was
procured); (iii) any draft or other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue
or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) payment by a Fronting Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document which does not substantially comply with the terms of
such Letter of Credit; (v) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vi) any breach hereof or any other Credit Document by any party thereto; (vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; or
(viii) the fact that an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided, in each case, that payment by a Fronting
Bank under the applicable Letter of Credit shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Fronting Bank or failure to use the standard of care specified in the UCC with
respect to such Letters of Credit under the circumstances in question. 

        2.5.    Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds.    

        (a)    Pro Rata Shares.    All Loans shall be made, and all participations purchased, by Lenders simultaneously and
proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in such other Lender's obligation to make a Loan
requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby nor shall any Revolving Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other
Lender's obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby. 

        (b)    Availability of Funds.    Unless Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the
applicable Credit Date that such Lender does not intend to make available to Administrative Agent the amount of such Lender's Loan requested on such Credit Date, Administrative Agent may assume that
such Lender has made such amount available to Administrative Agent on such Credit Date and Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available to Company a
corresponding amount on such Credit Date. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such
corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the customary rate set
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for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent's
demand therefor, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Company and Company shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent together with interest thereon, for each day
from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the rate payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans for such Loans. Nothing in this Section 2.5(b) shall be
deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Revolving Commitment or New Revolving Commitment thereunder or to prejudice any rights that Company may have against any Lender as a
result of any default by such Lender hereunder. 

        2.6.    Use of Proceeds.    The proceeds of the Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and any Letters of Credit shall be
applied by Company for working capital and general corporate purposes of HM and its Subsidiaries, and costs, expenses and premiums in connection with the Debt Tender process;  provided, that, in no event will the proceeds of Revolving Loans or any Letter of Credit be used for the
purposes of redeeming, repurchasing, defeasing or otherwise retiring the 2011 HM Bonds. No part of the proceeds of any Credit Extension will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether
immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness
originally incurred for such purpose, or (ii) for any purpose which entails a violation of, or which is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including
Regulation U or X. 

        2.7.    Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders' Books and Records; Notes.    

        (a)    Lenders' Evidence of Debt.    Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an account or accounts
evidencing the Indebtedness of Company to such Lender, including the amounts of the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and
binding on Company, absent manifest error; provided, failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any
Lender's Revolving Commitments or Company's Obligations in respect of any applicable Loans; provided further, in the event of any inconsistency between
the Register and any Lender's records, the recordations in the Register shall govern. 

        (b)    Register.    Administrative Agent shall maintain at its Principal Office a register for the recordation of the
names and addresses of Lenders and the Revolving Commitments and Loans of each Lender from time to time (the "Register"). Administrative Agent shall
record in the Register the Revolving Commitments and the Loans, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and
binding on Company and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided, failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not
affect any Lender's Revolving Commitments or Company's Obligations in respect of any Loan. Company hereby designates CIBC to serve as Company's agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as
provided in this Section 2.7, and Company hereby agrees that, to the extent CIBC serves in such capacity, CIBC and its officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates shall constitute  "Indemnitees". 

        (c)    Notes.    If so requested by any Lender by written notice to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent),
Company shall, promptly after Company's receipt of such notice, execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such
Lender pursuant to Section 10.6) a Note or Notes to evidence such Lender's Loans. 

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        2.8.    Interest on Loans.    

        (a)   Except
as otherwise set forth herein, each Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration
or otherwise) thereof as follows: 

 Revolving Loans  

        (i)    if
a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin: or 

        (ii)   if
a Eurodollar Rate Loan, at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin; and 

 Swing Line Loans  

        (i)    at
the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin. 

        (b)   The
basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Loan (except a Swing Line Loan which can be made and maintained as Base Rate Loans only), and the
Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, shall be selected by Company and notified to Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to
Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for that day such Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. 

        (c)   In
connection with Eurodollar Rate Loans there shall be no more than twenty (20) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event Company fails to specify
between a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan (if outstanding as a Eurodollar Rate Loan) will be automatically
converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then-current Interest Period for such Loan (or if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will remain as, or (if not then outstanding) will
be made as, a Base Rate Loan). In the event Company fails to specify an Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, Company shall
be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall
determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the Eurodollar Rate Loans for which an interest
rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Company and each Lender. 

        (d)   Interest
payable pursuant to Section 2.8(a) shall be computed (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans on the basis of a 365-day or
366-day year, as the case may be, and (ii) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in
the period during which it accrues. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base
Rate Loan being converted from a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Eurodollar Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment of
such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Base Rate
Loan to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided, if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day's
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        (e)   Except
as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on and to (i) each Interest Payment Date applicable to that Loan;
(ii) any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid; and (iii) at maturity, including final maturity;  provided, however, with
respect to any voluntary prepayment of a Base Rate Loan, accrued interest shall instead be payable on the applicable Interest
Payment Date. 

        (f)    Company
agrees to pay to the Fronting Banks, with respect to drawings honored under any Letter of Credit, interest on the amount paid by the applicable Fronting Bank in
respect of each such honored drawing from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the date such amount is reimbursed by or on behalf of Company at a rate equal to (i) from the period
from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the applicable Reimbursement Date, the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and
(ii) thereafter at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans. 

        (g)   Interest
payable pursuant to Section 2.8(f) shall be computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year for the actual number of days elapsed in the period
during which it accrues, and shall be payable in arrears through the Reimbursement Date, and thereafter on demand or, if no demand is made, on the date on which the related drawing under a Letter of
Credit is reimbursed in full. Promptly upon receipt by a Fronting Bank of any payment of interest pursuant to Section 2.8(f), such Fronting Bank shall distribute to each Lender, out of the
interest received by such Fronting Bank in respect of the period from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the date on which such Fronting Bank is reimbursed for the amount of such
drawing (including any such reimbursement out of the proceeds of any Revolving Loans), the amount that such Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the letter of credit fee that would
have been payable in respect of such Letter of Credit for such period if no drawing had been honored under such Letter of Credit. In the event a Fronting Bank shall have been reimbursed by Lenders for
all or any portion of such honored drawing, such Fronting Bank shall distribute to each Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under Section 2.4(e) with respect to such honored drawing
such Lender's Pro Rata Share of any interest received by such Fronting Bank in respect of that portion of such honored drawing so
reimbursed by Lenders for the period from the date on which such Fronting Bank was so reimbursed by Lenders to but excluding the date on which such portion of such honored drawing is reimbursed by
Company. 

        2.9.    Conversion/Continuation.    

        (a)   Subject
to Section 2.18 and, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, so long as Administrative Agent has not suspended the rights set
forth in this Section 2.9(a) by notice in writing to Company, Company shall have the option: 

        (i)    to
convert at any time all or any part of any Loan equal to $2,500,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another
Type of Loan; provided, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan
unless Company shall pay all amounts due under Section 2.18 in connection with any such conversion; or 

        (ii)   upon
the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, to continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to $2,500,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount as a Eurodollar Rate Loan. 

        (b)   Company
shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice to Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days in
advance of the proposed conversion or continuation date. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any Eurodollar Rate Loans (or
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thereof) shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith. 

        2.10.    Default Interest.    Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to
Section 8.1(a), the outstanding principal amount of all Loans not paid when due and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other amounts
owed hereunder not paid when due, shall thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy laws) payable
on demand at a rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the highest interest rate payable hereunder with respect to the applicable Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and other amounts, at a rate
which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans); provided, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans,
upon the expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such increase in interest rate is effective such Eurodollar Rate Loans shall thereupon become Base Rate Loans and shall thereafter
bear interest payable upon demand at a rate which is 2%
per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 2.10 is not a
permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent or any Lender. 

        2.11.    Fees.    

        (a)   Company
agrees to pay to Lenders: 

        (i)    a
Commitment Fee equal to (1) the average of the daily difference between (a) the Revolving Commitments, and (b) the sum of (x) the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Revolving Loans (but not any outstanding Swing Line Loans) plus (y) the Letter of Credit Usage multiplied by the Commitment Fee Percentage; and 

        (ii)   letter
of credit fees equal to (1) the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Rate Loans, times (2) the average aggregate daily maximum
amount available to be drawn under all such Letters of Credit (regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met and determined as of the close of business on any date of
determination). 

The
fees referred to in this Section 2.11(a) shall be paid to the Administrative Agent at its Principal Office and upon receipt Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender its
Pro Rata Share thereof. 

        (b)   Company
agrees to pay directly to each Fronting Bank, for its own account, the following fees: 

        (i)    a
fronting fee equal to 0.25%, times the average aggregate daily maximum amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit issued by such Fronting Bank
(determined as of the close of business on any date of determination) in which participations have been purchased by other Lenders pursuant to Section 2.4(c); and 

        (ii)   such
documentary and processing charges for any issuance, amendment, transfer or payment of a Letter of Credit issued by such Fronting Bank as are in accordance with
such Fronting Bank's standard schedule for such charges and as in effect at the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer or payment, as the case may be. 

        (c)   All
fees referred to in Section 2.11(a) and 2.11(b)(i) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed
and shall be payable (i) quarterly in
arrears on the Effective Date, March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and (ii)with
respect to Section 2.11(a)(i) and (ii), on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date. 

        (d)   In
addition to any of the foregoing fees, Company agrees to pay to Agents such other fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon. 

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        2.12.    Voluntary Prepayments.    

        (a)   Any
time and from time to time: 

        (i)    with
respect to Revolving Loans, Company may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount. 

        (ii)   with
respect to Swing Line Loans, Company may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000, and in integral
multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount. 

        (b)   All
such prepayments shall be made: 

        (i)    upon
written or telephonic notice by noon. (New York City time) on any Business Day in the case of Base Rate Loans; and 

        (ii)   upon
not less than three Business Days' prior written or telephonic notice in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans; 

        (iii)  upon
written or telephonic notice by noon (New York City time) on the date of prepayment, in the case of Swing Line Loans; 

in
each case given to Administrative Agent or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed in
writing to Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such telephonic or original notice by telefacsimile or telephone to each Lender) or Swing Line Lender, as the case may
be. Upon the giving of any such notice, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein. 

        2.13.    Voluntary Commitment Reductions.    

        (a)   Company
may, upon not less than three Business Days' prior written or telephonic notice confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (which original written or
telephonic notice Administrative Agent will promptly transmit by telefacsimile or telephone to each applicable Lender), at any time and from time to time terminate in whole or permanently reduce in
part, without premium or penalty, the Revolving Commitments in an amount up to the amount by which the Revolving Commitments exceed the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments at the time of such
proposed termination or reduction; provided, any such partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of
$1,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount. 

        (b)   Company's
notice to Administrative Agent shall designate the date (which shall be a Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount of any partial
reduction, and such termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be effective on the date specified in Company's notice and shall reduce the Revolving Commitment of each Lender
proportionately to its Pro Rata Share thereof. 

        2.14.    Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.    

        (a)    Clean Down Requirement.    Company shall make prepayments of Revolving Loans to the extent necessary to cause
(i) during each of the first two Fiscal Years following the Closing Date, for a period no shorter than ten consecutive Business Days, the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitment not to exceed
$75,000,000 and (ii) during each Fiscal Year thereafter, for a period no shorter than ten consecutive Business Days, the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitment not to exceed $50,000,000. 

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        (b)    Subordinated Indebtedness.    In the event that Company shall otherwise be required to make any mandatory
prepayment of Indebtedness under the Senior Notes, any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, or any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
Section 6.1(t)) (irrespective of any related repayment of any outstanding HM Bonds), the Company shall prepay the Loans and reduce the Commitments in accordance with Section 2.15 in an
aggregate amount equal to the amount of such mandatory prepayment to the extent that, in making such prepayment, no such prepayment shall be required on the Senior Notes, any such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness or any such Subordinated Indebtedness. 

        2.15.    Application of Prepayments/Reductions.    

        (a)    Application of Voluntary Prepayments.    Any prepayment of any Loan pursuant to Section 2.12 shall be
applied as specified by Company in the applicable notice of prepayment. 

        (b)    Application of Mandatory Prepayments by Type of Loans.    Any amount required to be paid pursuant to
Section 2.14(b) shall be applied as follows: 

        first, to repay outstanding Swing Line Loans to the full extent thereof; 

        second, to prepay the Revolving Loans to the full extent thereof and to further permanently reduce the Revolving Commitments by the amount
of such prepayment; and 

        third, to cash collateralize Letters of Credit and to further permanently reduce the Revolving Commitments by the amount of such cash
collateralization. 

        (c)    Application of Prepayments of Loans to Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Rate Loans.    Any prepayment of Loans
shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Eurodollar Rate Loans, in each case in a manner which minimizes the amount of any payments that would
otherwise be required to be made by Company pursuant to Section 2.18(c). 

        (d)    Application of Certain Proceeds.    In the event the amount of any prepayment required to be made above under
this Section 2.15 shall exceed the aggregate principal amount of the Base Rate Loans outstanding required to be prepaid (the amount of any such excess being called the
"Excess Amount"), Company shall have the right, in lieu of making such prepayment in full, to prepay all the outstanding applicable Base Rate Loans and
to deposit an amount equal to the Excess Amount with the Collateral Trustee in a cash collateral account maintained (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) by
and in the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Trustee. Any amounts so deposited shall be held by the Collateral Trustee as collateral for the Obligations and applied to the prepayment of the
applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans at the end of the current Interest Periods applicable thereto. On any Business Day on which (i) collected amounts remain on deposit in or to the credit of such
cash collateral account after giving effect to the payments made on such day pursuant to this Section 2.15(d) and (ii) Company shall have delivered to the Collateral Trustee a written
request or a telephonic request (which shall be promptly confirmed in writing) that such remaining collected amounts be invested in the Permitted Investments specified in such request, the Collateral
Trustee shall use its reasonable efforts to invest such remaining collected amounts in such Permitted Investments; provided,  however, that the Collateral
Trustee shall have continuous dominion and full control over any such investments (and over any interest that accrues
thereon) to the same extent that it has dominion and control over such cash collateral account and no Permitted Investment shall mature after the end of the Interest Period for which it is to be
applied. Company shall not have the right to withdraw any amount from such cash collateral account until the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans and accrued interest thereon are paid in full or if a
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        2.16.    General Provisions Regarding Payments.    

        (a)   All
payments by Company of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made in Dollars in same day funds, without defense, setoff or counterclaim, free of
any restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date due at the Administrative Agent's Principal Office for the account
of Lenders; funds received by Administrative Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by Company on the next succeeding Business Day. 

        (b)   All
payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan (other than voluntary prepayments) shall include payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being
repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any payments in respect of any Loan on a date when interest is due and payable with respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment
of interest before application to principal. 

        (c)   Administrative
Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in writing, such Lender's applicable Pro Rata Share of all
payments and prepayments of
principal and interest due hereunder, together with all other amounts due thereto, including, without limitation, all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by Administrative Agent. 

        (d)   Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/Continuation Notice is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate
Loans in lieu of its Pro Rata Share of any Eurodollar Rate Loans, Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in apportioning payments received thereafter. 

        (e)   Subject
to the provisos set forth in the definition of "Interest Period", whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a
Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder or of the Revolving
Commitment fees hereunder. 

        (f)    Administrative
Agent may deem any payment by or on behalf of Company hereunder that is not made in same day funds prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) to be a
non-conforming payment. 

        (g)   If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and not otherwise been waived, and the maturity of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.1,
all payments or proceeds received by Agents hereunder in respect of any of the Obligations, shall be applied in accordance with the application arrangements described in Section 6.5 of the
Pledge and Security and Collateral Trust Agreement. 

        2.17.    Ratable Sharing.    Lenders hereby agree among themselves that, except with respect to (x) any payment
made by Company pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation
in any of its Loans or participations in Letters or Credit to any assignee or participant, if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of Loans made and
applied in accordance with the terms hereof), through the exercise of any right of set-off or banker's lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the
Credit Documents or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of
principal, interest, amounts payable in respect of Letters of Credit, fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (collectively, the  "Aggregate Amounts
Due" to such Lender) which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to
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payment shall (a) notify Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it
shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders
so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided, if all
or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Company or otherwise, those
purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. Company
expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker's lien, set-off or counterclaim with
respect to any and all monies owing by Company to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder. 

        2.18.    Making or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans.    

        (a)    Inability to Determine Applicable Interest Rate.    In the event that Administrative Agent shall have
determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loans, that by reason of
circumstances affecting the London interbank market adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to such Loans on the basis provided for in the definition of
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, Administrative Agent shall on such date give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Company and each Lender of such determination, whereupon
(i) no Loans may be made as, or converted to, Eurodollar Rate Loans until such time as Administrative Agent notifies Company and Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no
longer exist, and (ii) any Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice given by Company with respect to the Loans in respect of which such determination was made shall be deemed to be
rescinded by Company. 

        (b)    Illegality or Impracticability of Eurodollar Rate Loans.    In the event that on any date any Lender shall have
determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto but shall be made only after consultation with Company and Administrative Agent) that the making,
maintaining or continuation of its Eurodollar Rate Loans has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or
order (or would conflict with any such treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), then,
and in any such event, such Lender shall be an "Affected Lender" and it shall on that day give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in
writing) to Company and Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Thereafter (1) the obligation of the
Affected Lender to make Loans as, or to convert Loans to, Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall be withdrawn by the Affected Lender, (2) to the extent such
determination by the Affected Lender relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by Company pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Affected Lender shall make
such Loan as (or continue such Loan as or convert such Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate Loan, (3) the Affected Lender's obligation to maintain its outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans (the  "Affected
Loans") shall be terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the Affected Loans
or when required by law, and (4) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans on the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a
determination by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by Company pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, Company shall
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of 2.18(c), to rescind such Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice as to all Lenders by giving notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Administrative
Agent of such rescission on the date on which the Affected Lender gives notice of its determination as described above (which notice of rescission Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each
other Lender). Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, nothing in this Section 2.18(b) shall affect the obligation of any Lender other than an Affected Lender to make or
maintain Loans as, or to convert Loans to, Eurodollar Rate Loans in accordance with the terms hereof. 

        (c)    Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods.    Company shall compensate each
Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts and a calculation of the requested amount in reasonable detail), for all reasonable
losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid by such Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its Eurodollar Rate Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained
by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason
(other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding Notice or a telephonic request for borrowing, or a conversion to
or continuation of any Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Conversion/Continuation Notice or a telephonic request for conversion or continuation; (ii) if any
prepayment or other principal payment or any conversion of any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans occurs on a date prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan; or (iii) if any
prepayment of any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Company. 

        (d)    Booking of Eurodollar Rate Loans.    Any Lender may make, carry or transfer Eurodollar Rate Loans at, to, or
for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender. 

        (e)    Assumptions Concerning Funding of Eurodollar Rate Loans.    Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender
under this Section 2.18 and under Section 2.19 shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant Eurodollar Rate Loans through the purchase of a Eurodollar
deposit bearing interest at the rate obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a
maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such Eurodollar deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of such Lender in the United States
of America; provided, however, each Lender may fund each of its Eurodollar Rate Loans in any manner it
sees fit and the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this Section 2.18 and under Section 2.19. 

        2.19.    Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy.    

        (a)    Compensation For Increased Costs and Taxes.    Subject to the provisions of Section 2.20 (which shall be
controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any Lender (which term shall include any Fronting Banks for purposes of this Section 2.19(a)) shall determine (which
determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change therein or in the
interpretation, administration or application thereof (including the introduction of any new law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order), or any determination of a court or governmental
authority, in each case that becomes effective after December 30, 2002, or compliance by such Lender with any guideline, request or directive issued or made after December 30, 2002 by
any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law): (i) subjects such Lender (or its 

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lending office) to any additional Tax (other than any Tax on the overall net income of such Lender) with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or any of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder or any payments to such Lender (or its applicable lending office), in each case with regard to Eurodollar Loans and/or Letters of Credit hereunder;
(ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, compulsory loan, FDIC insurance or similar
requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of
such Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans that are reflected in the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate); or (iii) imposes any
other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on or affecting such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or its obligations hereunder or the London interbank market; and the result of
any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make, making or maintaining Eurodollar Loans hereunder or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit or to reduce any
amount received or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending office), in each case with respect thereto by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material; then, in any such case, Company
shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of
calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its sole discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to compensate such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or
receivable hereunder. Such Lender shall deliver to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional
amounts owed to such Lender under this Section 2.19(a), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error. 

        (b)    Capital Adequacy Adjustment.    In the event that any Lender (which term shall include any Fronting Banks for
purposes of this Section 2.19(b)) shall have determined that the adoption, effectiveness, phase-in or applicability after the Closing Date of any law, rule or regulation (or any provision
thereof) regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its applicable lending office) with any guideline, request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the
force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference to, such Lender's Loans or Commitments or Letters of Credit, or participations therein or other obligations hereunder with respect to the
Loans or the Letters of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling
corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, phase-in, applicability, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of such Lender or such
controlling corporation with regard to capital adequacy), then from time to time, within five Business Days after receipt by Company from such Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence,
Company shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such controlling corporation on an after-tax basis for such reduction. Such Lender
shall deliver to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to Lender under this
Section 2.19(b), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error. 

        (c)    Failure to Notify.    Failure on the part of any Lender to demand compensation from Company for any additional
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any other period; provided that Company shall not be under any obligation to compensate any Lender under paragraph (b) above with respect to
increased costs or reductions with respect to any period prior to the date that is six months prior to such request if such Lender knew or could reasonably have been expected to be aware of the
circumstances giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of the fact that such circumstances would in fact result in a claim for increased compensation by reason of such increased costs or
reductions; provided further, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any increased costs or reductions arising out of the retroactive
application of any law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order within such six month period. 

        2.20.    Taxes; Withholding, etc.    

        (a)    Payments to Be Free and Clear.    All sums payable by any Credit Party hereunder and under the other Credit
Documents shall (except to the extent required by law) be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of, any Tax (other than a Tax on the overall net income of any
Lender) imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or within the United States of America or any political subdivision in or of the United States of America or any other jurisdiction from or
to which a payment is made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or by any federation or organization of which the United States of America or any such jurisdiction is a member at the time of payment
excluding in the case of each Lender, each Fronting Bank and Administrative Agent, taxes that would not be imposed but for a connection between such Lender, such Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent
(as the case may be) and the jurisdiction imposing such tax, other than a connection arising solely by virtue of the activities of such Lender, such Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent (as the case
may be) pursuant to or in respect of this Agreement or under any other Credit Documents, including entering into, lending money or extending credit pursuant to, receiving payments under, or enforcing,
this Agreement or any other Credit Document. 

        Company
will indemnify each Lender, each Fronting Bank and Administrative Agent for the full amount of Taxes (including any Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under
this Section 2.20) paid by such Lender, such Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses including reasonable
attorney's fees and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability
prepared by a Lender (or transferee), such Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent, absent manifest error, shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes;  provided that if Company reasonably
believes that such Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, such Lender, such Fronting Bank or Administrative
Agent, as the case may be shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with Company to obtain a refund of such Taxes. Such indemnification shall be made within 10 days after the date of any
Lender, any Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, makes written demand therefor. If a Lender, a Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to
receive a refund in respect of Taxes, it shall promptly notify Company of the availability of such refund and shall, within 30 days after receipt of a request by Company, pursue or timely claim
such refund at Company's expense. If any Lender, any Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent receives a refund in respect of any Taxes for which such Lender, such Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent
has received payment from Company hereunder, it shall promptly repay such refund (plus any interest received) to Company (but only to the extent of
indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by Company under this Section 2.20 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund);  provided that Company, upon request of such Lender,
such Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent, agrees to return such refund
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Agent in the event such Lender, such Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. 

        (b)    Withholding of Taxes.    If any Credit Party or any other Person is required by law to make any deduction or
withholding on account of any such Tax from any sum paid or payable by any Credit Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender (which term shall include any Fronting Banks for purposes of this
Section 2.20(b)) under any of the Credit Documents: (i) Company shall notify Administrative Agent of any such requirement or any change in any such requirement as soon as Company becomes
aware of it; (ii) Company shall pay any such Tax before the date on which penalties attach thereto, such payment to be made (if the liability to pay is imposed on any Credit Party) for its own
account or (if that liability is imposed on Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be) on behalf of and in the name of Administrative Agent or such Lender; (iii) the sum payable
by such Credit Party in respect of which the relevant deduction, withholding or payment is required shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of that deduction,
withholding or payment, Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction, withholding or payment
been required or made; and (iv) within thirty (30) days after paying any sum from which it is required by law to make any deduction or withholding, and within thirty (30) days
after the due date of payment of any Tax which it is required by clause (ii) above to pay, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to the other affected parties of
such deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to the relevant taxing or other authority; provided, no such additional amount shall be required to be paid to any Lender under
clause (iii) above except to the extent that any change after the date hereof (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Effective Date) or after the effective date
of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender (in the case of each other Lender) in any such requirement for a deduction, withholding or payment as is mentioned
therein shall result in an increase in the rate of such deduction, withholding or payment from that in effect on at the date hereof or at the date of such Assignment Agreement, as the case may be, in
respect of payments to such Lender. 

        (c)    Evidence of Exemption From U.S. Withholding Tax.    Each Lender that is not a United States Person (as such
term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a "Non-US Lender") shall
deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Company, on or prior to the Effective Date (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Effective Date) or on or prior to
the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of Company or
Administrative Agent (each in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (i) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or any
successor forms), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Company to establish that such
Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the
Credit Documents, or (ii) if such Lender is not a "bank" or other Person described in Section 881(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI pursuant to clause (i) above, a Certificate re Non-Bank Status together with two original copies of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably
requested by Company to establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest payable under
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matters pursuant to this Section 2.20(c) hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by such Lender of such forms, certificates or other evidence, whenever a lapse
in time or change in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that such Lender shall promptly deliver to Administrative Agent
for transmission to Company two new original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, or a Certificate re Non-Bank Status and two original
copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, as the case may be, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal
Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Company to confirm or establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to payments to
such Lender under the Credit Documents, or notify Administrative Agent and Company of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence. Company shall not be required to pay any
additional amount to any Non-US Lender under Section 2.20(b)(iii) if such Lender shall have failed (1) to deliver the forms, certificates or other evidence referred to
in the second sentence of this Section 2.20(c), or (2) to notify Administrative Agent and Company of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence, as the case
may be; provided, if such Lender shall have satisfied the requirements of the first sentence of this Section 2.20(c) on the Closing Date or on
the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it became a Lender, as applicable, nothing in this last sentence of Section 2.20(c) shall relieve Company of its obligation to pay any
additional amounts pursuant to Section 2.19(a) in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the
interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such
Lender is not subject to withholding as described herein. 

        (d)   Within
30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes withheld by Company in respect of any payment to any Lender, any Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent,
Company will furnish to Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Appendix A, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing
payment thereof. 

        (e)   Any
Fronting Bank and any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.20 shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and
regulatory restrictions) to file any certificate or document requested in writing by Company or to change the jurisdiction of its applicable lending office, if the making of such a filing or change
would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any such additional amounts which would be payable or may thereafter accrue and would not, in the sole determination of such Fronting Bank or such
Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Fronting Bank or such Lender. 

        2.21.    Obligation to Mitigate.    Each Lender (which term shall include each Fronting Bank for purposes of this
Section 2.21) agrees that, as promptly as practicable after the officer of such Lender responsible for administering its Loans or Letters of Credit, as the case may be, becomes aware of the
occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that would cause such Lender to become an Affected Lender or that would entitle such Lender to receive payments under Section 2.18, 2.19
or 2.20, it will, to the extent not inconsistent with the internal policies of such Lender and any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts to (a) make, issue, fund
or maintain its Credit Extensions, including any Affected Loans, through another office of such Lender, or (b) take such other measures as such Lender may deem reasonable, if as a result
thereof the circumstances which would cause such Lender to be an Affected Lender would cease to exist or the additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to
Section 2.18, 2.19 or 2.20 would be materially reduced and if, as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, the making, issuing, funding or maintaining of such Revolving Commitments,
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affect such Revolving Commitments, Loans or Letters of Credit or the interests of such Lender; provided, such Lender will not be obligated to
utilize such other office pursuant to this Section 2.21 unless Company agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of utilizing such other office as described in
clause (i) above. A certificate as to the amount of any such expenses payable by Company pursuant to this Section 2.21 (setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such
amount) submitted by such Lender to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive absent manifest error. 

        2.22.    Defaulting Lenders.    Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that any
Lender, at the direction or request of any regulatory agency or authority or otherwise, defaults (a "Defaulting Lender") in its obligation to fund (a  "Funding
Default") any Revolving Loan or its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 2.4(e) (a "Defaulted
Loan"), then (a) during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a "Lender" for purposes of voting on
any matters (including the granting of any consents or waivers) with respect to any of the Credit Documents; (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, until such time as the Default Excess
with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero,
(i) any voluntary prepayment of the Revolving Loans shall, if Company so directs at the time of making such voluntary prepayment, be applied to the Revolving Loans of other Lenders as if such
Defaulting Lender had no Revolving Loans outstanding and the Revolving Exposure of such Defaulting Lender were zero, and (ii) any mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans shall, if Company
so directs at the time of making such mandatory prepayment, be applied to the Revolving Loans of other Lenders (but not to the Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender) as if such Defaulting Lender
had funded all Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender, it being understood and agreed that Company shall be entitled to retain any portion of any mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans that is
not paid to such Defaulting Lender solely as a result of the operation of the provisions of this clause (b); (c) such Defaulting Lender's Revolving Commitment and outstanding Revolving
Loans and such Defaulting Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the Revolving Commitment fee payable to Lenders in respect of any day
during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, and such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any Revolving Commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.11 with respect
to such Defaulting Lender's Revolving Commitment in respect of any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender; and (d) the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments as at any date
of determination shall be calculated as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender. No Revolving Commitment of any Lender shall be increased or otherwise
affected, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.22, performance by Company of its obligations hereunder and the other Credit Documents shall not be excused or otherwise
modified as a result of any Funding Default or the operation of this Section 2.22. The rights and remedies against a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.22 are in addition to other
rights and remedies which Company may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default and which Administrative Agent or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender with
respect to any Funding Default. 

        2.23.    Removal or Replacement of a Lender.    Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the
event that: (a) any Lender (an "Increased-Cost Lender") shall give notice to Company that such Lender is an Affected Lender or that
such Lender is entitled to receive payments under Section 2.17, 2.18 or 2.19, the circumstances which have caused such Lender to be an Affected Lender or which entitle such Lender to receive such
payments shall remain in effect, and such Lender shall fail to withdraw such notice within five Business Days after Company's request for such withdrawal; or (b) any Lender shall become a
Defaulting Lender, the Default Period for such Defaulting Lender shall remain in effect, and such Defaulting Lender shall fail to cure the default as a result of which it has become a Defaulting
Lender within five Business Days after Company's request that it cure such default; or (c) in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect
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of Requisite Lenders shall have been obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders (each a "Non-Consenting Lender")
whose consent is required shall not have been obtained; then, with respect to each such Increased-Cost Lender, Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender (the  "Terminated Lender"), Company may, by
giving written notice to Administrative Agent and any Terminated Lender of its election to do so, elect to cause
such Terminated Lender (and such Terminated Lender hereby irrevocably agrees) to assign its outstanding Loans and its Revolving Commitments, if any, in full to one or more Eligible Assignees (each a  "Replacement
Lender") in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 and Terminated Lender shall pay any fees payable thereunder in connection
with such assignment; provided, (1) on the date of such assignment, the Replacement Lender shall pay to Terminated Lender an amount equal to the
sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Terminated Lender, (B) an amount equal to all unreimbursed drawings that have
been funded by such Terminated Lender, together with all then unpaid interest with respect thereto at such time and (C) an amount equal to all accrued, but theretofore unpaid fees owing to such
Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.11; (2) on the date of such assignment, Company shall pay any amounts payable to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c), 2.19
or 2.20 or otherwise as if it were a prepayment; and (3) in the event such Terminated Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, each Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of such
assignment, to each matter in respect of which such Terminated Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender; provided, Company may not make such
election with respect to any Terminated Lender that is also a Fronting Bank unless, prior to the effectiveness of such election, Company shall have caused each outstanding Letter of Credit issued
thereby to be cancelled. Upon the prepayment of all amounts owing to any Terminated Lender and the termination of such Terminated Lender's Revolving Commitments, if any, such Terminated Lender shall
no longer constitute a "Lender" for purposes hereof; provided, any rights of such Terminated Lender to indemnification hereunder shall survive as to
such Terminated Lender. 

        2.24.    Increase in Revolving Commitments.    Company may by written notice to Administrative Agent and Syndication
Agent elect to request an increase to the existing Revolving Commitments (any such increase, the "New Revolving Commitments"), by an amount not in
excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate or a lesser amount in integral multiples of $1,000,000. Such notice shall specify (A) the date (an "Increased Amount
Date") on which Company proposes that the New Revolving Commitments be made available, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days after the date on which such notice
is delivered to the Administrative Agent and (B) the identity of each Lender or Person that meets the requirements of an Eligible Assignee (each, a "New Revolving
Lender") to whom Company proposes all or any portion of such New Revolving Commitments be allocated and the amounts of such
allocations; provided that, any Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the New Revolving Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole
discretion, to provide a New Revolving Commitment. Such New Revolving Commitments shall become effective, as of such Increased Amount Date; provided
that (1) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Revolving Commitments; (2) such increase in the Revolving
Commitments shall be evidenced by one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered to Administrative Agent by each New Revolving Lender, and each shall be recorded in the Register, each of which
shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.20(c); (3) Company shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.18(c) in connection with the provisions of
the New Revolving Commitments; and (4) Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered any legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection with any
such transaction. 

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

        The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly upon receipt of Company's notice of an Increased Amount Date and, in respect thereof, the New Revolving Commitments and the New
Revolving Lenders. 

SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT  

        3.1.    Closing Date Loans.    The obligation of Lenders to make Loans on the Closing Date was subject to the
satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date: 

        (a)    Credit Documents.    Administrative Agent shall have received copies of each Credit Document executed and
delivered by each applicable Credit Party. 

        (b)    Organizational Documents; Incumbency.    Joint Lead Arrangers shall have received (i) copies of each
Organizational Document executed and delivered by each Credit Party, as applicable, and, to the extent applicable, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental official, each dated
the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto; (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of such Person executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party;
(iii) resolutions of the board of directors or similar governing body of each Credit Party approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Credit
Documents and any Related Agreements to which it is a party as of the Closing Date, certified as of the Closing Date by its secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect
without modification or amendment; (iv) a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Credit Party's jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation
and in each jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business, each dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date; and (v) such other customary
documents as Joint Lead Arrangers may reasonably request. 

        (c)    Organizational and Capital Structure.    The organizational structure and capital structure of Holding and its
Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the Acquisition, shall be reasonably satisfactory to Joint Lead Arrangers. 

        (d)    Capitalization of Company and HM Group.    (i) Simultaneously with the first borrowings hereunder,
Sponsors shall have made a contribution of Sponsor Equity in an amount equal to not less than $615,000,000 and Company shall have received the proceeds thereof, and (ii) simultaneously with the
first borrowings hereunder, Company shall have borrowed $500,000,000 under the Bridge Facility which together with the Sponsor Equity and the proceeds of the Loans made hereunder on the Closing Date
shall be sufficient to consummate the Acquisition and the transactions contemplated in connection therewith and pay all Transaction Costs. 

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        (e)    Consummation of Related Transactions.    

        (i)    All
material conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of each Acquisition Documents and Bridge Facility Documents shall have been satisfied or the fulfillment
of any such conditions shall have been waived with the consent of Joint Lead Arrangers and each of such agreements shall have become effective in accordance with its terms; 

        (ii)   Joint
Lead Arrangers shall each have received a fully executed or conformed copy of each agreement referred to in sub-clause (i) above. Each such
agreement shall be in full force and effect, in the case of the Bridge Facility Document only shall include terms and provisions reasonably satisfactory to Joint Lead Arrangers and no provision
thereof shall have been modified or waived in any respect determined by either of the Joint Lead Arrangers to be material and adverse to the Lenders, in each case without the consent of Joint Lead
Arrangers; and 

        (iii)  Since
the date of execution thereof, there shall have been no amendment, restatement, or other modification or waiver of the terms and conditions of the Share Purchase
Agreement which, in the opinion of the Joint Lead Arrangers, is in any manner adverse to the Lenders without the prior written consent of the Joint Lead Arrangers. 

        (f)    Existing Indebtedness.    Holding shall have delivered to Joint Lead Arrangers and Administrative Agent a
certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of Holding as of the Closing Date certifying (i) the balance of Existing Indebtedness, pension liabilities and retention liabilities of HM and the
HM Group and affirming the total amount of Indebtedness not refinanced as of the Closing Date (including leasing), with evidence of any such discharge not to remain outstanding following the
consummation of the Acquisition and (ii) that upon consummation of the Acquisition, the HM Group shall not have (x) Indebtedness outstanding other than Permitted Indebtedness,
(y) any material off-balance sheet liabilities (other than exceptions agreed to by the Joint Lead Arrangers) or (z) be subject to any Liens other than Permitted Liens. 

        (g)    Sources and Uses Certificate.    Company shall have delivered to Joint Lead Arrangers a certificate from an
Authorized Officer of Company itemizing the sources and uses of funds for the Acquisition, the Debt Tenders and the other transactions contemplated hereby and the fees and expenses associated
therewith, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Joint Lead Arrangers. 

        (h)    Governmental Authorizations and Consents.    Each Credit Party shall have obtained all Governmental
Authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and the Related Agreements and each of the
foregoing shall be in full force. All applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority which would restrain, prevent or otherwise
impose adverse conditions on the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents or the Related Agreements or the financing thereof and no action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing,
reconsideration, or appeal with respect to any of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for any applicable agency to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion shall have expired. 

        (i)    Personal Property Collateral.    In order to create in favor of Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of Secured
Parties (including, prior to the HM Release Date, the holders of the HM Bonds), a valid, perfected First Priority security interest in the personal property Collateral (to the extent a Lien can be
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Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office), Collateral Trustee shall have received: 

        (i)    evidence
satisfactory to Collateral Trustee of: (a) the execution and delivery of and compliance by each Credit Party with its obligations under each Collateral
Document to which it is a party (including, without limitation, its obligations to execute and deliver UCC financing statements, originals of securities, instruments and chattel paper including,
without limitation, a pledge of stock of first-tier Excluded Subsidiaries) and (b) the execution and delivery of UCC financing statements and recordations with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office; 

        (ii)   A
completed Collateral Questionnaire dated the Closing Date and executed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party, together with all attachments contemplated
thereby, including the results of a recent search, by a Person satisfactory to Collateral Trustee, of all effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings, including recordations of liens in
applicable intellectual property registries) made with respect to any personal or mixed property of any Credit Party in the jurisdictions specified in the Collateral Questionnaire, together with
copies of all such filings disclosed by such search; and 

        (iii)  customary
opinions of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Trustee) with respect to the creation and perfection of the security
interests in favor of Collateral Trustee in such Collateral and such other matters governed by the laws of each jurisdiction in which any Credit Party is located, in each case in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Trustee. 

        (j)    Financial Statements; Projections.    Lenders shall have received from Holding (i) the Historical
Financial Statements, (ii) pro forma consolidated balance sheets of Holding and its Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2002, and pro forma consolidated statement of income reflecting the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Related Agreements, and any other transactions contemplated thereby, which pro forma financial statement shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to Joint Lead Arrangers, and (iii) the Projections. 

        (k)    Evidence of Insurance.    Joint Lead Arrangers and Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a
certificate from Company's insurance broker or other evidence satisfactory to it that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 5.5 is in full force and effect and that
Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of Secured Parties has been named as additional insured and loss payee thereunder to the extent required under Section 5.5, and (ii) a certified
schedule executed by an Authorized Officer of Company summarizing in reasonable detail all insurance maintained by the HM Group. 

        (l)    Opinions of Counsel to Credit Parties.    Lenders and their respective counsel shall have received originally
executed copies of the favorable written opinions of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, counsel for Credit Parties, and as to such other matters as Joint Lead Arrangers may reasonably request, dated
as of the Closing Date and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Joint Lead Arrangers. 

        (m)    Opinions of Counsel to Joint Lead Arrangers.    Lenders shall have received originally executed copies of one
or more favorable written opinions of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel to Joint Lead Arrangers, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Joint Lead Arrangers. 

        (n)    Fees.    Company shall have paid (or contemporaneously with the first borrowing hereunder will pay) to Agents
the fees payable on the Closing Date referred to in Section 2.11(d). 

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        (o)    Solvency Certificate and Opinion.    On the Closing Date, Joint Lead Arrangers shall have received (i) a
Solvency Certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of HM and (ii) an opinion from an independent valuation consultant reasonably satisfactory to Joint Lead Arrangers, each dated the Closing
Date and addressed to Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arrangers and Lenders, and in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to Joint Lead Arrangers, with appropriate attachments and
demonstrating that after giving effect to the Acquisition and the consummation of all transactions contemplated thereby, Company and its Subsidiaries are and will be solvent. 

        (p)    Closing Date Certificate.    Holding and Company shall have delivered to Joint Lead Arrangers an originally
executed Closing Date Certificate, together with all attachments thereto. 

        (q)    Litigation Schedule.    Holding and Company shall have delivered to the Joint Lead Arrangers a schedule
certified by an Authorized Officer setting out in reasonable detail any action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding or other legal or regulatory developments, pending or threatened in any
court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

        (r)    Funding Notice.    Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed Funding Notice in accordance with
the requirements of this Agreement of Sections 2.1(b) and 2.2(b), as applicable. 

        (s)    Major Default.    No Major Default shall have occurred and be continuing. 

        (t)    BNP Preferred Securities.    The BNP Preferred Securities shall have been redeemed by Seller. 

        Each
Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding a Loan on the Closing Date, was deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each
Credit Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date. 

        3.2.    Conditions to Effectiveness.    This Agreement shall become effective upon the satisfaction, or waiver in
accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions precedent: 

        (a)   HM,
Holding, Lenders and Agents shall have executed this Agreement; 

        (b)   On
or before the Effective Date, the Bridge Facility and the Term Loans B shall have been repaid in full, all interest and other amounts owing in respect thereof shall
have been paid in full and the commitments to make Term Loans B under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been terminated; 

        (c)   As
of the Effective Date, the representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and
as of the Effective Date to the same extent as though made on and as of the Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which
case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; 

        (d)   As
of the Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and 

        (e)   HM
shall have paid all fees and expenses owing or accrued under the Credit Documents through the Effective Date. 

        3.3.    Conditions to Each Extension of Credit.    The obligation of each Lender to make any Revolving Loan, the Swing
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Letter
of Credit, on any Credit Date, is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions precedent: 

        (a)   Administrative
Agent shall have received a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice or Issuance Notice, as the case may be; 

        (b)   After
making the Credit Extensions requested on such Credit Date, the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments shall not exceed the Revolving Commitments then in
effect; 

        (c)   As
of such Credit Date, the representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and
as of that Credit Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; 

        (d)   As
of such Credit Date, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the applicable Credit Extension;
and 

        (e)   On
or before the date of issuance of any Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent shall have received all other information required by the applicable Issuance Notice, and
such other documents or information as the applicable Fronting Bank may reasonably require in connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit. 

        3.4.    Notices.    Any Notice shall be executed by an Authorized Officer in a writing delivered to Administrative
Agent. In lieu of delivering a Notice, Company may give Administrative Agent
telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed borrowing, conversion/continuation or issuance of a Letter of Credit, as the case may be;  provided each such notice shall be promptly confirmed in
writing by delivery of the applicable Notice to Administrative Agent on or before the
applicable date of borrowing, continuation/conversion or issuance. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to Company in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to
above that Administrative Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other person authorized on behalf of Company or for otherwise acting in good faith. 

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES  

        In order to induce Lenders and the Fronting Banks to enter into this Agreement and to make each Credit Extension to be made thereby, each Credit Party represents
and warrants to each Lender and the Fronting Banks, on the Closing Date, the Effective Date and on each Credit Date, that the following statements are true and correct (it being understood and agreed
that the representations and warranties made on the Closing Date are deemed to be made concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Related Agreements and consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby): 

        4.1.    Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification.    Each of Holding and its Subsidiaries
(a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its
properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Credit Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby,
and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations in each case in
clauses (a)-(c), except where the failure to do so has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. 

        4.2.    Capital Stock and Ownership.    The Capital Stock of each of Holding and its Subsidiaries has been duly
authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, as of December 30, 2002, there is no existing option, warrant, call,
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agreement to which Holding or any of its Subsidiaries is a party requiring, and there is no membership interest or other Capital Stock of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries outstanding which
upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by Holding or any of its Subsidiaries of any additional membership interests or other Capital Stock of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries or
other Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, a membership interest or other Capital Stock of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries.
Schedule 4.2 correctly sets forth the ownership interest of Holding and each of its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date both before and after giving effect to
the Acquisition. 

        4.3.    Due Authorization.    The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Credit Party that is a party thereto. 

        4.4.    No Conflict.    The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which
they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not (a) violate any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation
applicable to Holding or any of its Subsidiaries, any of the Organizational Documents of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government
binding on Holding or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent such violation could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or
constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent such conflict, breach or default could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (c) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Holding or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than any Liens created under any of the Credit Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties and, prior to the HM Release Date, the holders of the
outstanding HM Bonds or Permitted Liens); or (d) require any approval of stockholders, members or partners or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of Holding
or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the Closing Date and disclosed in writing to Lenders and except for any such approvals or consents
the failure of which to obtain will not have a Material Adverse Effect. 

        4.5.    Governmental Consents.    The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to
which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other
action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority except as otherwise set forth in any Related Agreement, and except for (a) filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made,
(b) otherwise delivered to Collateral Trustee for filing and/or recordation, (c) such as have been made or obtained are in full force and effect, or (d) such actions, consents,
and approvals the failure to obtain or make which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 

        4.6.    Binding Obligation.    Each Credit Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is
a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors' rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability and an implied covenant of
good faith and fair dealing. 

        4.7.    Historical Financial Statements.    The Historical Financial Statements were prepared in conformity with GAAP
and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, on a consolidated basis, of the Persons described in such financial statements as at the respective dates thereof and the results
of operations and cash flows, on a consolidated basis, of the entities described therein for each of the periods then ended, subject, in the case of any such unaudited financial statements, to changes
resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments. As of the Closing Date, 

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neither
Holding nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability or liability for taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment that is not
reflected in the Historical Financial Statements or the notes thereto and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

        4.8.    Projections.    On and as of the Closing Date, the Projections of Holding and its Subsidiaries for Fiscal Year
2002 through and including Fiscal Year 2010 (the "Projections") are based on good faith estimates and assumptions made by the management of Holding;  provided, the Projections are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by the Projections may differ from
such Projections and that the differences may be material. 

        4.9.    No Material Adverse Change.    Since December 31, 2001, no event, circumstance or change has occurred
that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. 

        4.10.    No Restricted Junior Payments.    Since the Closing Date, neither Holding nor any of its Subsidiaries has
declared, ordered, paid or made, or set apart any sum or property for, any Restricted Junior Payment or agreed to do so except as permitted pursuant to 6.4. 

        4.11.    Adverse Proceedings, etc.    There are no Adverse Proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Holding nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of any applicable laws (including Environmental Laws) that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions,
decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

        4.12.    Payment of Taxes.    Except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.3, all material tax returns and
reports of Holding and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all material taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all assessments, fees and
other governmental charges upon Holding and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises which are due and payable have been paid when due and
payable.
Holding knows of no proposed tax assessment against Holding or any of its Subsidiaries which is not being actively contested by Holding or such Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
and which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be
required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor. 

        4.13.    Properties.    

        (a)    Title.    Each of Holding and its Subsidiaries has (i) good, valid and marketable title to (in the case
of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), (iii) valid easements or other limited property
interests (in the case of certain interests in real property) and (iv) good title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets reflected in
their respective Historical Financial Statements referred to in Section 4.7 and in the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1, except for (i) assets
disposed of since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted under Section 6.8, (ii) except for minor defects in title that do not
interfere with the ability of each of Holding and its Subsidiaries to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes and
(iii) where the failure to have such title in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as permitted by this Agreement, all such properties and
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        (b)    Real Estate.    As of the Closing Date, Schedule 4.13(b) contains a true, accurate and complete list of
(i) all Real Estate Assets, and (ii) all leases, subleases or assignments of leases (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals or extensions of any thereof)
affecting each Real Estate Asset of any Credit Party, regardless of whether such Credit Party is the landlord or tenant (whether directly or as an assignee or successor in interest) under such lease,
sublease or assignment. Each agreement listed in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence is in full force and effect and Holding does not have knowledge of any default that has
occurred and is continuing thereunder. 

        (c)   As
of the Closing Date, neither of Holding nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of, or has any knowledge of, any pending or contemplated condemnation
proceeding affecting any of the Real Estate Assets or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation that remains unresolved as of the Closing Date. 

        (d)   Neither
Holding nor any of its Subsidiaries is obligated on the Closing Date under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to sell, assign or
otherwise dispose of any Material Real Estate or any interest therein, except as set forth on Schedule 4.13(d). 

        (e)    Intellectual Property.    Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13(e), each of Holding and its Subsidiaries
owns, possesses or otherwise has the right to use, or could obtain such ownership, possession or right to use, on terms not materially adverse to it, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto material to the present conduct of its business, without any known conflict with the rights of others, and free from any burdensome
restrictions, except where such conflicts and restrictions could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

        4.14.    Environmental Matters.    Except as set forth in Schedule 4.14: 

        (a)   There
has not been a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or around the Properties in amounts or concentrations which (i) constitute
or constituted a violation of Environmental Laws, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) would reasonably be expected to give rise to an
Environmental Claim that, in any such case or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; 

        (b)   The
Properties and all operations of Holding, Company and their Subsidiaries are in compliance, and in all prior periods have been in compliance, with all Environmental
Laws, and all necessary Environmental Permits have been obtained and are in effect, except to the extent that such non-compliance or failure to obtain any necessary permits, in the
aggregate, are not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; 

        (c)   None
of Holding, Company or any of their Subsidiaries has received any Environmental Claim in connection with the Properties or the operations of Holding, Company or its
Subsidiaries or with regard to any person whose liabilities for environmental matters Holding, Company or any of their Subsidiaries has retained or assumed, in whole or in part, contractually, by
operation of law or otherwise, which, in either such case or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; 

        (d)   Hazardous
Materials have not been transported from the Properties, nor have Hazardous Materials been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on, under or around
any of the Properties in a manner that could reasonably give rise to liability under any Environmental Law, nor have any of Holding, Company or any of their Subsidiaries retained or assumed any
liability, contractually, by operation of law or otherwise, with respect to the generation, treatment, storage or disposal of Hazardous Materials, which, in each case, individually or in the
aggregate, is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and 

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        (e)   No
Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for (i) any liability under any Environmental Law or (ii) damages arising from or costs incurred by such
Governmental Authority in response to a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials into the environment has been recorded with respect to the Properties. 

        4.15.    No Defaults.    Neither Holding nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default in the performance, observance or
fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any of its Contractual Obligations, and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both,
could constitute such a default, except where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

        4.16.    [Reserved]    

        4.17.    Governmental Regulation.    Neither Holding nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur
Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. Neither Holding nor any of its Subsidiaries is a "registered investment company" or a company
"controlled" by a "registered investment company" or a "principal underwriter" of a "registered investment company" as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. 

        4.18.    Margin Stock.    Neither Holding nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its
important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans made to such Credit Party will be used to
purchase or carry any such margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock or for any purpose that violates, or is inconsistent with, the
provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X. 

        4.19.    Employee Matters.    Neither Holding nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against Holding or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the best knowledge of
Holding and Company, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement
that is so pending against Holding or any of its Subsidiaries or to the best knowledge of Holding and Company, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or
threatened involving Holding or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) to the best knowledge of Holding and Company, no union
representation question existing with respect to the employees of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of Holding and Company, no union organization activity that is taking
place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as is not reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect. 

        4.20.    Employee Benefit Plans.    Holding, each of its Subsidiaries and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates
are in compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each Employee
Benefit Plan, and have performed all their obligations under each Employee Benefit Plan except for such noncompliance which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Employee Benefit Plan which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from
the Internal Revenue Service indicating that such Employee Benefit Plan is so qualified and, to the knowledge of Holding, and nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination
letter which would reasonably be expected to cause such Employee Benefit Plan to lose its qualified status. No liability to the PBGC (other than required premium payments), the Internal 

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Revenue
Service, any Employee Benefit Plan or any trust established under Title IV of ERISA (other than routine claims for benefits) has been or is expected to be incurred by Holding, any of its
Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Holding, any of their ERISA Affiliates and no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur other than any such liability or events that in each case
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except to the extent required under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code or similar state or local laws, or as
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Employee Benefit Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through the purchase of
insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates. The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under
each Pension Plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, (determined as of the end of the most recent plan year on the basis of
the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in the most recent actuarial valuation for such Pension Plan), did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Pension Plan by
an amount which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As of the most recent valuation date for each Multiemployer Plan for which the
actuarial report is available, the potential liability of Holding, its Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA Affiliates for a complete withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan (within the meaning of
Section 4203 of ERISA), when aggregated with such potential liability for a complete withdrawal from all Multiemployer Plans, based on information available pursuant to Section 4221(e)
of ERISA does not exceed an amount which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Holding, each of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge
of Holding, each of their ERISA Affiliates have complied with the requirements of Section 515 of ERISA with respect to each Multiemployer Plan and are not in "default" (as defined in
Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA) with respect to payments to a Multiemployer Plan, except as, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. To the extent that any breach of any of the representations or warranties in this Section 4.20 relates to a period, event or action prior to the consummation of the Acquisition in
respect of which Holding, its Subsidiaries and any of its ERISA Affiliates are indemnified to the extent of the breach pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, there shall be deemed to be no breach
thereof. 

        4.21.    Certain Fees.    No broker's or finder's fee or commission will be payable with respect hereto or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby. 

        4.22.    Solvency.    As of the Closing Date, each Credit Party is Solvent. 

        4.23.    Subordination. Designation of the Credit Documents as "Designated Senior Indebtedness"; Etc.    (a) 
(i) The subordination provisions contained in documents governing the Subordinated Indebtedness are enforceable against Holding, Company and any of its Subsidiaries party thereto and the
holders of such Indebtedness, and (ii) all Obligations of the Credit Parties (to the extent they are obligors with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness) hereunder and in the other Credit
Documents are within the definitions of "Designated Senior Indebtedness" and "Senior Indebtedness" included in the respective subordination provisions. In addition, Company hereby designates the
Obligations under this Agreement as "Designated Senior Indebtedness" for the purposes of the definition of "Designated Senior Indebtedness" contained in the documents governing the Subordinated
Indebtedness. 

        (b)   All
incurrences of Loans and issuances of Letters of Credit as permitted under this Agreement are, and when incurred or issued will be, permitted under (and shall give
rise to no breach or violation of either of) the HM Bonds, the Senior Notes, any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto and any Subordinated Indebtedness. 

        4.24.    Disclosure.    The written information, reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules furnished by or
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with the transactions contemplated hereby, but excluding the Projections referred to in Section 4.8 and any other projections and pro forma financial information, when taken as a
whole, did not contain, and as they may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, will not contain, as of the Closing Date any material misstatement of fact and did not omit, and as they
may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, will not omit, to state as of the Closing Date any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact (known to Holding
or Company, in the case of any document not furnished by either of them) necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which the
same were made. Any projections and pro forma financial information contained in such materials are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by Holding or Company to be reasonable at
the time made, it being recognized by Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such
projections may differ from the projected results. 

SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS  

        Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations and cancellation or expiration of
all Letters of Credit each Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 5. 

        5.1.    Financial Statements and Other Reports.    Company will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders
(commencing with the month ending January 31, 2003): 

        (a)    Monthly Reports.    As soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each
month ending prior to the Effective Date, (x) the consolidated balance sheet of Holding and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity, cash flows of Holding and its Subsidiaries for such month and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such month, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, the corresponding figures from the Financial Plan for the current Fiscal Year and, in the
case of the balance sheet only, the corresponding figures for the last month of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year and (y) on a division by division basis (for the major divisions with
respect to which information is provided in periodic reports filed by Company with the SEC, or if no such reports are filed, with respect to the "K-12", "College" and "Other" divisions), a
summary of the portion of revenues, Consolidated Capital Expenditures and Consolidated EBITDA attributable to each such division for such month, all in reasonable detail; 

        (b)    Quarterly Financial Statements.    As soon as available, and in any event within forty-five  (45)
 days after the end of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, (x) the
consolidated balance sheet of Holding and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, cash flows and income of
Holding and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, the corresponding figures from the Financial Plan for the current Fiscal Year and, in the case of the balance
sheet only, the corresponding figures for the last Fiscal Quarter of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year, and (y) on a division by division basis (for the major divisions with respect to
which information is provided in periodic reports filed by Company with the SEC, or if no such reports are filed, with respect to the "K-12", "College" and "Other" divisions), a summary of
the portion of revenues, Consolidated Capital Expenditures and Consolidated EBITDA attributable to each such division for such Fiscal Quarter all in reasonable detail, together with a Financial
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        (c)    Annual Financial Statements.    As soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the Closing
Date in the case of the Fiscal Year 2002 and ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year beginning with the Fiscal Year 2003, (x) the consolidated balance sheet of Holding and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows of Holding and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year, the corresponding figures from the Financial Plan for the Fiscal Year covered by such financial
statements and, in the case of the balance sheet only, the corresponding figures for the last Fiscal Quarter of the immediately preceding
Fiscal Year, in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative Report with respect thereto; (y) with respect to such consolidated financial statements a
report thereon of Ernst & Young, Pricewaterhouse Coopers or such other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by Holding and reasonably satisfactory
to Joint Lead Arrangers (which report shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit, and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects,
the consolidated financial position of Holding and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP
applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial
statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards), together with a written statement by such independent certified public accountants stating (1) that while
their audit examination was not directed primarily toward obtaining knowledge of non-compliance, it did include a review of the financial covenants contained in Section 6.7 of this
Agreement, and (2) whether, in connection therewith, any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default insofar as such condition or event relates to accounting matters in
respect of Section 6.7 has come to their attention and, if such a condition or event has come to their attention, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and (z) on a
division by division basis (for the major divisions with respect to which information is provided in periodic reports filed by Company with the SEC, or if no such reports are filed, with respect to
the "K-12", "College" and "Other" divisions), a summary of the portion of revenues, Consolidated Capital Expenditures and Consolidated EBITDA attributable to each such division for such
Fiscal Year in reasonable detail together with a Financial Officer Certification with respect thereto. 

        (d)    Compliance Certificate.    Together with each delivery of financial statements of Holding and its Subsidiaries
pursuant to Sections 5.1(b) (other than the last Fiscal Quarter of any Fiscal Year) and 5.1(c), a duly executed and completed Compliance Certificate; 

        (e)    Statements of Reconciliation after Change in Accounting Principles.    If, as a result of any change in
accounting principles and policies from those used in the preparation of the Historical Financial Statements, the consolidated financial statements of Holding and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant
to Section 5.1(b) or 5.1(c) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in
accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such financial statements after such change, one or more statements of reconciliation by a financial officer of
Holding or Company for all such prior financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent; 

        (f)    Notice of Default.    Promptly upon any officer of Holding or Company obtaining knowledge (i) of any
condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default; or (ii) of the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, in any case or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect, a certificate of one of its Authorized Officers specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change or specifying the notice given 

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action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default, default, event or condition, and what action Company has taken, is taking and proposes to take with
respect thereto; 

        (g)    Notice of Litigation.    Promptly upon any officer of Holding or Company obtaining knowledge of (i) the
institution of, or written threat of, any Adverse Proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Company to Lenders, or (ii) any material development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the
case of either (i) or (ii) if adversely determined, could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to
recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, written notice thereof together with such other information as may be reasonably requested by a Lender to
enable it to evaluate such matters; 

        (h)    ERISA.    (i) Promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming occurrence of any ERISA
Event which may result in a material liability, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto; and
(ii) upon the reasonable request of the Lenders, copies of (1) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the most recent annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by Holding,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Pension Plan; (2) all notices received by Holding, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning such ERISA Event; and (3) copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings
relating to any Employee Benefit Plan as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request; 

        (i)    Financial Plan.    As soon as practicable and in any event no later than thirty (30) days prior to the
beginning of each Fiscal Year, a consolidated plan and financial forecast for such Fiscal Year (a "Financial Plan"), including (i) a forecasted
consolidated balance sheet and forecasted consolidated statements of income and cash flows of Holding and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, together with an explanation of the assumptions on
which such forecasts are based, and (ii) forecasted consolidated statements of income and cash flows of Holding and its Subsidiaries for each month of such Fiscal Year; 

        (j)    Environmental Reports and Audits.    As soon as practicable following receipt thereof, copies of all material
and non-privileged environmental audits and reports, if any, with respect to environmental matters at any Property or which relate to any environmental liabilities of Holding or its
Subsidiaries which, in any such case, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; 

        (k)    Information Regarding Collateral.    (a) Each Credit Party will furnish to the Collateral Trustee
prompt written notice of any change (i) in its name, (ii) in its jurisdiction of organization or (iii) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number. Each Credit Party agrees not
to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Trustee to continue at
all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral and for the Collateral at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and
perfected security interest as contemplated in the Collateral Documents. Company also agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Trustee if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or
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        (l)    Other Information.    (a) Promptly upon their becoming available, copies of (i) all financial
statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by Holding to its public security holders acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of Holding to its security
holders other than Holding or another Subsidiary of Holding, (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by Holding or any of its
Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority, (iii) all press releases and other statements made
available generally by Holding or any of its Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the business of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries, and (b) such other information
and data with respect to Holding or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or any Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent). 

        5.2.    Existence.    Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.8 and except for the liquidation or
dissolution of Subsidiaries of Holding (other than Company) if the assets of such entities to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities are acquired by Holding or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of
Holding in such liquidation or dissolution; provided that subsidiaries of Holding that are Guarantors may not be liquidated into Subsidiaries of Holding
that are not Guarantors and Domestic Subsidiaries of Holding may not be liquidated into Foreign Subsidiaries of Holding, each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all
times preserve and keep in full force and effect (a) its existence; provided, no Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to
preserve any such existence, if such Person's board of directors (or similar governing body) shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such
Person, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to such Person or to Lenders and (b) all rights and franchises, licenses and permits material to its business
except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

        5.3.    Payment of Taxes and Claims.    Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all
material Taxes imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or franchises before any penalty or fine accrues thereon, and all claims (including
claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets, prior to the time when any
penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided, no such Tax or claim need be paid if it is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as adequate reserve or other appropriate provision, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made
therefor. No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income Tax return with any Person (other than Holding or any of its
Subsidiaries). 

        5.4.    Maintenance of Properties.    Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or
cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and
tear excepted, all material properties used or useful in the business of Holding and its Subsidiaries and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and
replacements thereof; in each case in this paragraph except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

        5.5.    Insurance.    Holding will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers,
such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance, business interruption insurance and casualty insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets,
properties and businesses of Holding and its Subsidiaries as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in
each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons.
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(a) flood
insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, in each case in compliance with any
applicable regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and (b) replacement value casualty insurance on the Collateral under such policies of insurance, with such
insurance companies, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and covering such risks as are at all times carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged
in similar businesses. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name Collateral Trustee, on behalf of Secured Parties as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear and
(ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss payable clause or endorsement, satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent, that names Collateral Trustee, on
behalf of Lenders as the loss payee thereunder with respect to assets included as Collateral and provides for at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice to Collateral Trustee of any
modification or cancellation of such policy. 

        5.6.    Inspections.    Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any authorized
representatives designated by any Lender to inspect any of the properties of any Credit Party and any of its respective Subsidiaries, to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and their financial
and accounting records, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers and independent public accountants (subject to (x) reasonable requirements of
confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract, (y) the right of Company to have officers participate in any such discussions with such independent public accountants and
(z) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any such inspections by Lenders being coordinated by Administrative Agent and limited to one time during any twelve
consecutive month period) all upon reasonable prior notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested. 

        5.7.    [Reserved]    

        5.8.    Use of Proceeds.    Company shall use the proceeds of the Loans and request the issuance of Letters of Credit
only for the purposes set forth in Section 2.6 of this Agreement. 

        5.9.    Compliance with Laws.    Each Credit Party will comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and make all
commercially reasonable efforts to cause all other Persons, if any, on or occupying any Properties to, comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any
governmental authority (including all Environmental Laws), noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. 

        5.10.    Subsidiaries.    

        (a)    HM Release Date Actions.    In the event that any Person, (i) is a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of
Company on the HM Release Date, or (ii) becomes a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of Company at any time after the HM Release Date, Company shall (a) promptly cause such Domestic
Subsidiary to become a Guarantor hereunder and a Grantor under the Pledge and Security and Collateral Trust Agreement by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent and Collateral Trustee a
Counterpart Agreement, and (b) take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar
to those described in Sections 3.1(b), 3.1(i), 3.1(k) and 3.1(l). In the event that any Person (i) is a Foreign Subsidiary of Company on the HM Release Date or (ii) becomes a Foreign
Subsidiary of Company at any time after the HM Release Date, and the ownership interests of such Foreign Subsidiary are owned by Company or by any Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary thereof, Company
shall, or shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to, deliver, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in Sections 3.1(b), and Company shall take,
or shall cause such Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary to take, all of the actions referred to in Section 3.1(i) necessary to grant and to perfect a First Priority Lien in favor of
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Security and Collateral Trust Agreement in 65% of such ownership interests. With respect to each such Person that becomes a Subsidiary, Company shall promptly send to Administrative Agent written
notice setting forth with respect to such Person (i) the date on which such Person became a Subsidiary of Company, and (ii) all of the data required to be set forth in
Schedule 4.2 with respect to all Subsidiaries of Company; provided, such written notice shall be deemed to supplement Schedule 4.2 for all
purposes hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Credit Party other than Holding and Company shall have any obligation to comply with this Section 5.10 prior to the date falling
30 days after the HM Release Date and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, Holding and its Subsidiaries will not be required to (i) cause any Subsidiary acquired
after the Closing Date to pledge any property pursuant to this Section or to execute any Credit Document pursuant to this Section 5.10 if, and to the extent that, and for so long as, doing so
would violate a contractual obligation applicable to the respective Subsidiary which existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and which was not created (or modified) in anticipation of the
acquisition of such Subsidiary or (ii) take any actions pursuant to this Section 5.10 with respect to assets acquired after the Closing Date, to the extent that, and for so long as,
taking such actions would violate a contractual obligation applicable to the assets so acquired which existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and which was not created (or modified) in
anticipation of the acquisition of such assets. 

        (b)    Maximum Attributable EBITDA.    Prior to the HM Release Date, Holding and Company shall not permit, for any
four Fiscal Quarter Period, the portion of Consolidated EBITDA attributable to Subsidiaries of Company (including Excluded Subsidiaries) to exceed 15% of total Consolidated EBITDA for such period. 

        5.11.    [Reserved]    

        5.12.    Material Real Estate Assets.    

        (a)    HM Release Date Material Real Estate Assets.    Within 30 days of the HM Release Date, in order to
create in favor of Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a legal, valid, enforceable and, subject to any filing or recording referred to herein, perfected, First Priority Lien on all
Material Real Estate Assets, Collateral Trustee shall have received from each new Credit Party becoming a party hereto after the HM Release Date in accordance with the requirements of
Section 5.10: 

        (i)    fully
executed and notarized Mortgages, in proper form for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions, encumbering each Material Real Estate
Asset (each, a "HM Release Date Mortgaged Property"); 

        (ii)   an
opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Trustee) in each state in which a HM Release Date Mortgaged Property is located with
respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgages to be recorded in such state and such other matters relating to the execution, delivery and enforceability of the Mortgages, as Collateral
Trustee may reasonably request, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Trustee; 

        (iii)  (a)
ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies or unconditional commitments therefor issued by one or more title companies reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Trustee
with respect to each HM Release Date Mortgaged Property (each, a "Title Policy"), in amounts not less than the fair market value of each HM Release Date
Mortgaged Property, together with a title report issued by a title company with respect thereto, dated a date reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Trustee and copies of all recorded documents
listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, and (b) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Trustee that such Credit Party has paid to the title company or to the appropriate
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authorities
all expenses and premiums of the title company and all other sums required in connection with the issuance of each Title Policy and all recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage
recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgages for each HM Release Date Mortgaged Property in the appropriate real estate records; 

        (iv)  evidence
of flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, in each
case in compliance with any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Trustee; and 

        (v)   ALTA
surveys of all HM Release Date Mortgaged Properties certified to Collateral Trustee and dated a date reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 

        (b)    Additional Real Estate Assets.    In the event that any Credit Party acquires a Material Real Estate Asset and
such interest has not otherwise been made subject to the Lien of the Collateral Documents in favor of Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of Secured Parties, then such Credit Party, contemporaneously
with acquiring such Material Real Estate Asset, shall take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such mortgages, documents, instruments, agreements,
opinions and certificates similar to those described in Sections 5.12(a) with respect to each such Material Real Estate Asset that Collateral Trustee shall reasonably request to create in favor of
Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a legal, valid, enforceable and subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected Lien on such Material Real Estate Assets.
In addition to the foregoing, Company shall, at the request of Requisite Lenders, deliver, from time to time, to Collateral Trustee such appraisals as are required by law or regulation of Real Estate
Assets with respect to which Collateral Trustee has been granted a Lien. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Credit Party other than Holding and Company shall have any obligation to comply with this
Section 5.12 prior to the date falling 30 days after the HM Release Date and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, Holding and its Subsidiaries will not be required
to cause any Subsidiary to pledge any property acquired after the Closing Date pursuant to this Section or to execute any Credit Document pursuant to this Section if, and to the extent that, and for
so long as, doing so would violate a contractual obligation applicable to the respective Material Real Estate Asset which existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and which was not created (or
modified) in anticipation of such acquisition. 

        5.13.    [Reserved]    

        5.14.    Further Assurances.    At any time or from time to time upon the request of Administrative Agent, each Credit
Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as Administrative Agent or Collateral Trustee may reasonably request in
order to effect fully the purposes of the Credit Documents. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, to the extent not prohibited under any outstanding HM Bonds, each Credit Party shall
take such actions as Administrative Agent or Collateral Trustee may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured by
substantially all of the assets of Holding, and its Subsidiaries and all of the outstanding Capital Stock of Company and its Subsidiaries (subject to limitations contained in the Credit Documents with
respect to Foreign Subsidiaries). 

        5.15.    Debt Tender Process.    As soon as practicable after the Closing Date (if it has not already done so),
Company shall cause tender offers to be made for the 2004 HM Bonds and 2006 HM Bonds in accordance with customary debt tender procedures (including obtaining "exit consents" necessary to eliminate the
covenants with respect to the granting of Liens and incurrences of Indebtedness under the HM Indenture), taking into account prevailing market conditions, such that the Debt Tenders will close on or
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amount
2004 HM Bonds and 2006 HM Bonds not repurchased or redeemed pursuant to such Debt Tender exceeds $10,000,000, Company will cause the total remaining amount of 2004 HM Bonds and 2006 HM Bonds to
be promptly defeased in accordance with the provisions of the HM Indenture. 

        5.16.    No Other "Designated Senior Indebtedness".    No Credit Party shall designate, or permit the designation of,
any Indebtedness (other than under this Agreement or other Credit Documents) as "Designated Senior Debt" for the purposes of the definition of the same or the subordination provisions contained in the
documents governing Subordinated Indebtedness without the consent of Administrative Agent. 

SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS  

        Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations and cancellation or expiration of
all Letters of Credit, such Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 6. 

        6.1.    Indebtedness.    No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume
or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness (each of the following, "Permitted Indebtedness"), except: 

        (a)   the
Obligations; 

        (b)   (i) Indebtedness
of any Guarantor Subsidiary to Company or to any other Guarantor Subsidiary or of Company to any Guarantor Subsidiary; 

        (c)   Indebtedness
incurred by Company or any of its Subsidiaries arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations,
or from guaranties or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of Company or any such
Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements, in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or permitted dispositions of any business or assets of Company or any of its Subsidiaries; 

        (d)   Indebtedness
which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guaranties, performance, surety, statutory, appeal or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business; 

        (e)   Indebtedness
in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts; 

        (f)    guaranties
in the ordinary course of business of the obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of Company and its Subsidiaries; 

        (g)   Indebtedness
described in Schedule 6.1 and renewals and extensions thereof expressly provided for in the agreements evidencing any such Indebtedness as the same
are in effect on the date of this Agreement, and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness used to refinance amounts owed thereunder; 

        (h)   Indebtedness
outstanding under the Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness used to refinance amounts owed under the Senior
Notes and/or the Senior Subordinated Notes; 

        (i)    Indebtedness
of Company pursuant to Hedge Agreements; 

        (j)    Indebtedness
of Company evidenced by Other Hedge Agreements entered into pursuant to Section 6.6(l); 

        (k)   Indebtedness
owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit for the benefit of) any person providing worker's compensation, health, disability or other
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property,
casualty or liability insurance to Company or any Subsidiary of Company, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such person; 

        (l)    Indebtedness
of Company or its Subsidiaries in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations and trade-related letters of
credit, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business and any extension,
renewal or refinancing thereof to the extent that the amount of refinancing Indebtedness is not greater than the amount of Indebtedness being refinanced; 

        (m)  Indebtedness
arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary
course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business Days of its incurrence; 

        (n)   Indebtedness
with respect to Capital Leases, mortgage financings and purchase money Indebtedness incurred by Company or any Subsidiary of Company prior to or within
270 days after the acquisition or improvement of the respective asset permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition or improvement (including any Indebtedness acquired in
connection with a Permitted Business Acquisition); provided, any such Indebtedness (i) shall be secured only by the assets acquired or improved
in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (ii) shall constitute not less than 75% of the aggregate consideration paid with respect to such asset, and extensions, renewals and
refinancings thereof, in an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (n), is
not in excess of $25,000,000 outstanding at any time; provided that any such refinancing Indebtedness shall not be (i) Indebtedness of an obligor
that was not an obligor with respect to the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced, (ii) in a principal amount which exceeds the Indebtedness being renewed, extended or refinanced
or (iii) additionally secured; 

        (o)   Indebtedness
of Company or any Subsidiary of Company supported by a Letter of Credit in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit; 

        (p)   Indebtedness
of a Subsidiary of Company (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) to Company permitted to be incurred as an Investment pursuant to Section 6.6(i); 

        (q)   Indebtedness
permitted to be provided by Company or any of its Subsidiaries as an Investment pursuant to Section 6.6(k); 

        (r)   Indebtedness
of a Subsidiary of Company acquired after the Closing Date and Indebtedness of a corporation merged or consolidated with or into Company or a Subsidiary of
Company after the Closing Date and Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets, which Indebtedness in each case exists at the time of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or
conversion into a Subsidiary of Company and is not created in contemplation of such event and where such acquisition, merger or consolidation is permitted by this Agreement;  provided that the aggregate
principal amount of Indebtedness under this clause (r) (including the amount of any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the last parenthetical of this clause (r)) shall not at any time outstanding exceed $25,000,000 for Company and all of its Subsidiaries (it being
understood and agreed that Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness otherwise permitted under this clause (r), or refinancings thereof previously effected pursuant
to this parenthetical, shall be permitted); 

        (s)   obligations
in respect of Capital Leases incurred by Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back transaction that is permitted under
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        (t)    additional
unsecured subordinated Indebtedness of Company in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $125,000,000 outstanding at any time;  provided that, (i) no amortization shall be required with respect
to such Indebtedness prior to six months after the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date, (ii) such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations under this agreement on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the
documentation governing the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness related thereto, (iii) other terms and provisions, taken as a whole, of such Indebtedness are no
less favorable than the terms and provisions, taken as a whole, (including, subordination provisions) of the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness related thereto in the
reasonable judgment of Joint Lead Arrangers and (iv) at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Total Leverage Ratio calculated as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal
Quarter, determined on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, is no greater than the maximum Total Leverage Ratio permitted as of such date pursuant to
Section 6.7 less 0.50; 

        (u)   other
Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries, not to exceed $75,000,000 outstanding at any time, less the amount of Indebtedness outstanding under
Section 6.1(n); provided that only up to $50,000,000 of which may be secured by Liens in accordance with Section 6.2(o) and the balance
shall be unsecured; 

        (v)   Indebtedness
under a Receivables Facility; and 

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

        Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.1, at no time prior to the HM Release Date shall Subsidiaries of HM, including for this purpose all Excluded
Subsidiaries, be obligated with respect to Indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $5,000,000 that matures at, or is extendible or
receivable at the option of the obligor, to a date more than twelve months after the date of creation of such Indebtedness. 

        6.2.    Liens.    No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or
permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of any kind, except the following (collectively, "Permitted Liens"): 

        (a)   Liens
in favor of Collateral Trustee for the benefit of Secured Parties (including, prior to the HM Release Date, the holders of the outstanding HM Bonds) granted
pursuant to any Credit Document; 

        (b)   statutory
Liens of landlords, banks (and rights of set-off), of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens
imposed by law (other than any such Lien imposed pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or by ERISA), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business
(i) for amounts not yet overdue or (ii) for amounts that are overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of ten days) are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made for any such contested amounts; 

        (c)   Liens
incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the
performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other
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foreclosure,
sale or similar proceedings have been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof; 

        (d)   covenants,
conditions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, encumbrances and other imperfections or irregularities in title, in
each case which do not or will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries; 

        (e)   any
interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease of property permitted hereunder; 

        (f)    Liens
solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by Holding or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted
hereunder; 

        (g)   purported
Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary
course of business; 

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

        (i)    licenses
of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, service marks, tradenames and any other intellectual property rights granted by Holding or any of its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the conduct of the business of Holding or such Subsidiary; 

        (j)    Liens
described in Schedule 6.2 or on a title report delivered pursuant to Section 5.12; and 

        (k)   construction
liens arising in the ordinary course of business, including liens for work performed for which payment has not been made, securing obligations that are not
due and payable or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, Company or the relevant Subsidiary thereof shall have set aside on its books
reserves as shall be required by GAAP; 

        (l)    Liens
for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent, or which are for less than $2,000,000 in the aggregate, or which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or for property taxes on property that Holding or one of its Subsidiaries has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment,
charge, levy or claim is to such property; 

        (m)  deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Leases), statutory obligations, surety and appeal
bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature made or incurred in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in
the ordinary course of business; 

        (n)   zoning
restrictions, easements, trackage rights, leases (other than Capital Leases), licenses, special assessments, rights-of-way, restrictions
on use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business which, individually or in the aggregate, do not materially detract from the value of the property
subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries; 

        (o)   purchase
money security interests in equipment or other property or improvements thereto hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements, constructed) by Company or
any Subsidiary of Company (including the interests of vendors and lessors under conditional sale and title retention agreements); provided that
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Section 6.1(n) and secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 6.1(u), (ii) such security interests are incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby is created,
within 270 days after such acquisition (or construction), (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of such equipment or other property or improvements at
the time of such acquisition (or construction), including transaction costs incurred by Company or any Subsidiary of Company in connection with such acquisition (or construction), (iv) such
expenditures are permitted by this Agreement and (v) such security interests do not apply to any other property or assets of Company or any Subsidiary of Company (other than to accessions to
such equipment or other property or improvements; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by a single lender may be
cross-collateralized to other financings of equipment provided solely by such lender); 

        (p)   Liens
arising out of operating lease or Capital Lease transactions permitted under Section 6.1(n) and transactions permitted by Section 6.10, so long as
such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions thereto or proceeds thereof and related property; 

        (q)   Liens
securing judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount not in excess of $5,000,000 (except to the extent covered by insurance and the Administrative
Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer), unless such judgments shall remain undischarged for a period of more than 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be
effectively stayed; 

        (r)   Liens
that are contractual rights of setoff (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of
Indebtedness or (ii) pertaining to pooled deposit and/or sweep accounts of Company and/or any Subsidiary of Company to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business of Company and the Subsidiaries of Company; 

        (s)   any
Lien on any property or asset of Company or a Subsidiary of Company securing Indebtedness (or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, in which case any such Lien shall
be permitted subject to compliance with clause (iv) of the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness contained herein) permitted by Section 6.1(r);  provided that such Lien does not
apply to any other property or assets of Holding, Company or any of their Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness
at the date of the acquisition of such property or asset (other than after acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such date and permitted
hereunder which contains a requirement for the pledging of after acquired property, it being agreed that such after acquired property shall not include property of Holding, Company and their
Subsidiaries, other than any such acquired Subsidiary of Company, that would have been included but for such acquisition); 

        (t)    any
Lien granted by a Receivables Subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(v); 

        (u)   the
replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted above; provided that such replacement, extension or renewal
Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided
further, that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement; and 

        (v)   other
Liens not securing Indebtedness for borrowed money with respect to property or assets not constituting Collateral for the Obligations with an aggregate fair market
value (valued at the time of creation thereof) of not more than $3,000,000 at any time. 

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        6.3.    No Further Negative Pledges.    Except with respect to (a) specific property encumbered to secure
payment of particular Indebtedness or obligations sold or to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with respect to a permitted Asset Sale or subject to a Permitted Lien, (b) restrictions
contained in the Credit Documents, the HM Bonds and the Subordinated Indebtedness and (c) restrictions by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers
contained in leases, licenses and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (provided that such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the
property or assets subject to such leases, licenses or similar agreements, as the case may be), no Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) shall enter into any
agreement prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired. 

        6.4.    Restricted Junior Payments.    No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare,
order, pay, make or set apart, or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment except that (a) Company may make regularly scheduled payments of
interest in respect of the Senior Notes and Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of, and only to the extent required by, and subject, in the case of Subordinated Indebtedness, to the
subordination provisions contained in, the indenture or other agreement pursuant to which such Subordinated Indebtedness was issued; (b) Company may refinance the Senior Notes and the Senior
Subordinated Notes with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; (c) Company may make Restricted Junior Payments to Holding (i) to permit Holding to pay any income and/or
franchise tax payable by Holding and (ii) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in any
Fiscal Year, to the extent necessary to permit Holding to pay general administrative costs and expenses, and other fees and expenses in connection with the maintenance of its existence; (d) so
long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall be caused thereby, Holding may purchase or redeem (and Company may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions to
Holding the proceeds of which are to be used by Holding to so purchase or redeem) Capital Stock of Holding (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or
former officers or employees of Holding, Company or any of their Subsidiaries or by any Pension Plan upon such person's death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of
any such Pension Plan or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or related rights were issued; provided that the aggregate amount of such
purchases or redemptions under this paragraph (d) shall not exceed in any calendar year $5,000,000 (plus the amount of net proceeds received by
Holding or Company during such calendar year from Employee Equity Sales and the amount of net proceeds of any key-man life insurance received during such calendar year);  provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions that may be made pursuant
to this paragraph (d) shall not exceed $15,000,000 (plus the amount of net proceeds received by Holding or Company after the date of this
Agreement from Employee Equity Sales and the amount of any bonuses received by management of HM in connection with the Acquisition that are rolled into Capital Stock of Holding); (e) so long
as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Company may make Restricted Junior Payments to Holding to the extent necessary to permit Holding to make, and Holding may make
payments required under the Sponsors Monitoring Agreement; provided that such amounts are so applied and are permitted pursuant to Section 6.11;
(f) Holding may make non-cash repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such
options; (g) Company may repurchase or redeem the Senior Notes, the Senior Subordinated Notes or the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness related thereto with the proceeds of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness and/or an initial public offering of common stock of Holding contributed to Company by Holding; (h) Company may make distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;
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by dividing (1) the aggregate consideration paid in respect of the Sponsor Equity on the Closing Date, by (2) the sum of (y) the consideration paid in respect of the
Sponsor Equity on the Closing Date, plus (z) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness under the Bridge Facility immediately prior to the Effective Date; and (j) 
distributions to Holding in amounts permitted to be used to capitalize a Receivables Subsidiary as contemplated under Section 6.6(r), so long as Holding immediately contributes such amount to a
Receivables Subsidiary. 

        6.5.    Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions.    Except as provided herein, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of Company to
(a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Subsidiary's Capital Stock owned by Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, (b) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed
by such Subsidiary to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, (c) make loans or advances to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, or (d) sell or transfer any of its property or
assets to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company other than restrictions (i) in agreements evidencing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(n) that impose restrictions on the
property so acquired, (ii) by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses, joint venture agreements and similar
agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iii) that are or were created by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, Lien or option or right with respect to any
property, assets or Capital Stock not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement and (iv) created in connection with any Receivables Facility that in the good faith determination of the board of
directors of Holding, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility, (v) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary in existence at
the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the
Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired; (vi) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course
of business; and (vii) under or by reason of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred hereunder; provided that the Board of
Directors of the Company determines in good faith at the time such dividend and other payment restrictions are created that such dividend and other payment restrictions do not materially adversely
affect the Company's ability to pay principal of, and interest on, the Loans. 

        6.6.    Investments.    No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or own any
Investment in any Person, including without limitation any Joint Venture, except: 

        (a)   Permitted
Investments, including Investments that constituted Permitted Investments when made but, for reasons not relating to the Company, no longer constitute
Permitted Investments; provided that prior to the HM Release Date the aggregate principal amount of Cash and Permitted Investments owned by Subsidiaries of Company (including Excluded Subsidiaries)
that are not Guarantors shall not exceed $15,000,000 at any time; 

        (b)   Investments
as of the Closing Date in any Subsidiary and Investments made after the Closing Date in Domestic Subsidiaries that are Guarantor Subsidiaries and Investments
in Company; 

        (c)   intercompany
loans to the extent permitted under Section 6.1; 

        (d)   Consolidated
Capital Expenditures permitted by Section 6.7(d); 

        (e)   (i) loans
and advances to employees of Holding and its Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$5,000,000 in the aggregate (calculated without regard to write-downs or write-offs thereof) and (ii) advances of payroll payments and expenses to employees in the ordinary course
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        (f)    Investments
made in connection with Permitted Business Acquisitions permitted pursuant to Section 6.8; 

        (g)   Investments
described in Schedule 6.6; 

        (h)   (i) accounts
receivable arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business and any Securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction
thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and (ii) prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary
course of business consistent with the past practices of Company and its Subsidiaries; 

        (i)    prior
to the HM Release Date, Company may make Investments in Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors; provided
that the net (after giving effect to returns thereon) aggregate amount of all such Investments does not exceed $60,000,000 at any time; provided that,
to the extent such Investments are not funded with the proceeds of Designated Capital Contribution, all such Investments shall be made in the form of intercompany loans;  provided further that, the
aggregate amount of Investments otherwise permitted by this clause (i) shall be reduced by the amount of any
consideration paid in connection with a Permitted Business Acquisition in which an entity is acquired and not merged with and into Company; 

        (j)    [Reserved] 

        (k)   Company
may make other Investments (including Investments in Excluded Subsidiaries and Foreign Subsidiaries) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 (after
giving effect to returns thereon); provided that, to the extent any such Investment is not funded with the proceeds of a Designated Capital
Contribution, such Investment shall be made as an intercompany loan; provided further that the aggregate amount of such Investments made to Excluded
Subsidiaries shall not exceed $10,000,000 after giving effect for returns thereon; 

        (l)    Company
and its Subsidiaries may enter into and perform their obligations under Hedge Agreements and Other Hedge Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business and so long as any such Hedge Agreement or Other Hedge Agreement is not speculative in nature; 

        (m)  provided
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, additional Investments made with (i) the then available Cumulative Capital
Contribution Amount, and/or (ii) the then available Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount, but only to the extent that the Company so elects in a written notice delivered to
Administrative Agent at the time such Investment is made; 

        (n)   Investments
arising out of the receipt by Company or any Subsidiary of Company of non-cash consideration with respect to sales of assets permitted under
Section 6.8; provided that such consideration (if the stated amount or value thereof is in excess of $1,000,000) is pledged upon receipt pursuant
to the Pledge and Security and Collateral Trust Agreement or the Holding Pledge and Security Agreement to the extent required thereby; 

        (o)   Investments
resulting from pledges and deposits referred to in Section 6.2; 

        (p)   Holding
shall be permitted to contribute the proceeds of Designated Capital Contributions to Company; 

        (q)   Investments
expressly permitted by Section 6.8; and 

        (r)   Investments
constituting customary capitalization of a Receivables Subsidiary in amounts and on terms reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent. 

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        6.7.    Financial Covenants.    

        (a)    Interest Coverage Ratio.    Holding and Company shall not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day
of any Fiscal Quarter specified below to be less than the correlative ratio indicated:  

	Fiscal Quarters Ending
 
	 	Interest

Coverage Ratio

	March, 31 2003 through June 30, 2005	 	2.10:1.00
	September 30, 2005 through June 30, 2006	 	2.25:1.00
	September 30, 2006 through June 30, 2007	 	2.50:1.00
	September 30, 2007 through June 30, 2008	 	2.75:1.00
	Thereafter	 	3.00:1.00

        (b)    Total Leverage Ratio.    Holding and Company shall not permit the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of
any Fiscal Quarter specified below to exceed the correlative ratio indicated: 

	Fiscal Quarters Ending
 
	 	Total Leverage

Ratio

	March 31, 2003 through December 31, 2003	 	5.15:1.00
	March 31, 2004 through June 30, 2005	 	5.10:1.00
	September 30, 2005 through December 31, 2005	 	4.75:1.00
	March 31, 2006 through June 30, 2006	 	4.50:1.00
	September 30, 2006 through December 31, 2006	 	4.25:1.00
	March 31, 2007 through June 30, 2007	 	4.00:1.00
	September 30, 2007 through December 31, 2007	 	3.75:1.00
	March 31, 2008 through June 30, 2008	 	3.50:1.00
	Thereafter	 	3.25:1.00

        (c)    Senior Leverage Ratio.    Holding and Company shall not permit the Senior Leverage Ratio as of the last day of
any Fiscal Quarter specified below to exceed the correlative ratio indicated: 

	Fiscal Quarters Ending
 
	 	Senior

Leverage Ratio

	March 31, 2003 through June 30, 2005	 	3.50:1.00
	September 30, 2005 through June 30, 2006	 	3.25:1.00
	September 30, 2006 through December 31, 2006	 	3.00:1.00
	March 31, 2007 through December 31, 2007	 	2.75:1.00
	March 31, 2008 through December 31, 2008	 	2.50:1.00
	Thereafter	 	2.25:1.00

        (d)    Maximum Consolidated Capital Expenditures.    (i) Company shall not, and shall not permit its
Subsidiaries to, make or incur Consolidated Capital Expenditures, in any Fiscal Year specified below, in an aggregate amount in excess of the corresponding amount set forth below opposite such Fiscal
Year; provided, such amount for any Fiscal Year shall be increased by an amount equal to 50% of the excess, if any (without giving effect to any
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with
this proviso) over the actual amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures for the previous Fiscal Year: 

	Fiscal Year
 
	 	Consolidated Capital Expenditures

	2003	 	$	180,000,000
	2004	 	$	155,000,000
	2005	 	$	155,000,000
	2006	 	$	155,000,000
	2007	 	$	155,000,000
	2008	 	$	155,000,000
	2009	 	$	155,000,000
	2010	 	$	155,000,000

        (ii)   In
addition to the Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted pursuant to preceding clause (i) above, if, as of any date, incremental Consolidated Capital
Expenditures may not be made pursuant to clause (i) above, and, provided no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Company and its Subsidiaries may make additional
Consolidated Capital Expenditures as follows, but only to the extent that Company so elects at the time of making such Consolidated Capital Expenditure and notifies Administrative Agent thereof in
writing: (x) Consolidated Capital Expenditures in an amount not to exceed the then available Cumulative Capital Contribution Amount, and (y) Consolidated Capital Expenditures in an
amount not to exceed the then available Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount. 

        (e)    Certain Calculations.    With respect to any period during which a Permitted Business Acquisition or an Asset
Sale has occurred, for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Section 6.7 (but not for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin), Consolidated
EBITDA shall be calculated with respect to such period on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to such Permitted Business Acquisition or Asset Sale. 

        6.8.    Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions.    No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease or
sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind
whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or acquire by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions
of inventory, materials, equipment or other assets in the ordinary course of business) the business, property or fixed assets of, or stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person or
any division or line of business or other business unit of any Person, except: 

        (a)   subject
to the provisions of Section 6.17, any Subsidiary of Company may be merged into Company, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of
its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary;  provided, in
the case of such a merger, Company or such Guarantor Subsidiary, as applicable shall be the continuing or surviving Person; 

        (b)   sales
or other dispositions of assets that do not constitute Asset Sales; 

        (c)   provided
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Permitted Business Acquisitions, the aggregate consideration for which is equal to or less
than the Permitted Business Acquisition Amount; 

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        (d)   Investments
made in accordance with Section 6.6; 

        (e)   sales,
leases or other dispositions of equipment or other property (including inventory) of Holding or its Subsidiaries determined by the senior management of Holding to
be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of Company or its Subsidiaries; 

        (f)    sales,
leases or other dispositions of property having a net book value not in excess of $25,000,000 in any Fiscal Year;  provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and (ii) the consideration received for such
property shall be not less than 75% in Cash and in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the board of directors of Holding);  provided further, that no
sale may be made pursuant to this clause (f) of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary except in connection with the sale
of all its outstanding Capital Stock that is held by Company and any other Subsidiary; further provided, that to the extent that the net book value of
such property sold, leased or disposed in any Fiscal Year is less than $25,000,000, the amount of such difference, but in no case more than $5,000,000, may be carried forward and used for sales,
leases, or dispositions of property in the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year (after the full amount such sales, leases and other dispositions of property otherwise permitted to be made under this
paragraph (f) in such Fiscal Year, without regard to the provisions of this proviso, have been made) (it being understood that amounts once carried forward into such succeeding Fiscal Year
shall lapse and terminate at the end of such Fiscal Year); 

        (g)   the
sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction; 

        (h)   the
Acquisition, the Merger and the mergers required pursuant to Section 5.17(a); 

        (i)    the
transactions permitted by Section 6.10. 

        (j)    inactive
Subsidiaries may be liquidated or dissolved; and 

        (k)   sales
or dispositions on arms length commercial terms of "Classworks" and/or its product lines. 

        6.9.    Disposal of Subsidiary Interests.    Except for any sale of all of its interests in the Capital Stock of any
of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.8, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to (other than Excluded Subsidiaries), (a) sell,
assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries), except to qualify directors if required by applicable law; or
(b) permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) to sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries, except to another
Credit Party (subject to the restrictions on such disposition otherwise imposed hereunder), or to qualify directors if required by applicable law. 

        6.10.    Sales and Lease-Backs.    No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become or
remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which such Credit Party
(a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than Holding or any of its Subsidiaries), or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as
any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Credit Party to any Person (other than Holding or any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease (such transaction, a  "Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction"); provided that, Sale and Lease-Back
Transactions shall be permitted so long as at no time will the aggregate Remaining Present Value of all leases entered into pursuant to such Sale and Lease-Back Transactions exceed
$20,000,000. 

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        6.11.    Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates.    No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any holder of 10% or more of any
class of Capital Stock of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries or with any Affiliate of Holding or of any such holder, on terms that are less favorable to Holding or that Subsidiary, as the case may be,
than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such a holder or Affiliate; provided, the foregoing restriction shall not apply
to: 

        (a)   any
transaction between Company and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or between Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and indemnities in the ordinary course of business; 

        (b)   any
payment of or on account of monitoring or management or similar fees payable to any Sponsor or Affiliate thereof pursuant to the Sponsors Monitoring Agreement in an
aggregate amount in any Fiscal Year in the aggregate not in excess of $5,000,000 (plus reasonable expenses in connection therewith and unpaid amounts
accrued for prior periods); 

        (c)   loans
or advances to employees of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.6(e); 

        (d)   the
indemnification of, and the payment of reasonable and customary fees and indemnities to, directors, officers and employees of Holding and its Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business; 

        (e)   any
issuance of Securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, Securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options
and stock ownership plans approved by the board of directors of Holding (or Company, if prior to the Closing Date); 

        (f)    transactions
in which Holding delivers to Joint Lead Arrangers a letter from an independent financial advisor reasonably acceptable to Joint Lead Arrangers stating that
such transaction is fair to Company or applicable Subsidiary from a financial point of view; 

        (g)   reasonable
and customary investment banking fees paid by Holding or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business on an arms length commercial basis to any Sponsor
or Affiliate thereof in connection with the provision of advisory services by such person in a corporate transaction; 

        (h)   transactions
described in Schedule 6.11 and any amendment to any agreement governing any such transaction so long as such amendment is not disadvantageous to the
Lenders in any material respect; 

        (i)    any
employment agreements entered into by any of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; 

        (j)    dividends
and repurchases permitted under Section 6.4 and Investments permitted under Section 6.6; 

        (k)   any
purchase by the Sponsors of Capital Stock of Holding or any purchase by Holding of Capital Stock of Company or any contribution by Holding to the equity capital of
Company; provided that any Capital Stock of Company purchased by Holding shall be pledged to the Collateral Trustee on behalf of the Lenders; 

        (l)    the
existence of, or the performance by Holding, Company or any of their Subsidiaries of their obligations in connection with, the Related Agreements to which any of
them is a party as of the Effective Date; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance
by Holding, Company or any Subsidiary of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement shall only be permitted by this clause (l) to the extent that the terms of any
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amendment
or new agreement are not otherwise disadvantageous to the Lenders in any material respect; and 

        (m)  the
transactions pursuant to a Receivables Facility. 

        6.12.    Conduct of Business.    From and after the Closing Date, without limitation to the provisions of
Section 6.13, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to, engage in any business other than (i) the businesses engaged in
by such Credit Party on the Closing Date and similar incidental or related businesses and (ii) such other lines of business as may be consented to by Requisite Lenders. 

        6.13.    Permitted Activities of Holding.    Holding shall not (a) incur any Indebtedness or any other
obligation or liability whatsoever other than the Indebtedness and obligations hereunder and under the Related Agreements and Permitted Holding Debt; (b) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon
any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it other than the Liens created under the Collateral Documents to which it is a party or permitted pursuant to Section 6.2;
(c) engage in any business or activity or own any assets other than (i) holding 100% of the Capital Stock of Company, (ii) performing its obligations and activities incidental
thereto under the Credit Documents, and to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the Related Agreements; (iii) issuing Permitted Holding Debt and making Restricted Junior Payments and
Investments to the extent permitted by this Agreement; and (iv) holding 100% of the Capital Stock of any direct Subsidiary of Holding formed in connection with the Receivables Facility, making
Permitted Investments therein and performing activities incidental or related thereto; (d) consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its
assets to, any Person; (e) sell or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its direct Subsidiaries other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries; (f) create or acquire any Subsidiary or
make or own any Investment in any Person other than Company (including, but not limited to, entering into Joint Ventures or becoming a general partner in any partnership); (g) make any
Consolidated Capital Expenditures; (h) fail to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from all other Persons; or (i) fail on the date of receipt by Holding
of any Cash proceeds from any capital contribution to, or issuance of any Capital Stock or Permitted Holding Debt to make a capital contribution to Company of such Cash proceeds. 

        6.14.    Amendments or Waivers of Certain Related Agreements.    No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, agree to any material and adverse amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, any of its material rights under any Related Agreement (other than
agreements with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness which are subject to the provisions of
Section 6.15) after the Closing Date without in each case obtaining the prior written consent of Requisite Lenders to such amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification or waiver. 

        6.15.    Amendments or Waivers of with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness.    No Credit Party shall, nor shall it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise change the terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness, or make any payment consistent with an amendment thereof or change thereto, if the effect of
such amendment or change is to increase the interest rate on such Subordinated Indebtedness, change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due thereon, change
any event of default or condition to an event of default with respect thereto (other than to eliminate any such event of default or increase any grace period related thereto), change the redemption,
prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof, change the subordination provisions of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or of any guaranty thereof), or if the effect of such amendment or change, together
with all other amendments or changes made, is to increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or a
trustee or other representative on their behalf) which would be adverse to any Credit Party or Lenders in any material respect. 

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        6.16.    Fiscal Year.    No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to change its Fiscal
Year-end from December 31. 

        6.17.    Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; RS Designations.    

        (a)   Company
may designate a Subsidiary acquired or formed after the Closing Date as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under this Agreement (a  "Designation") only if: 

        (i)    no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such Designation; 

        (ii)   after
giving effect to such Designation, Company and its Subsidiaries would be in compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.6 and 6.7, as
applicable, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as if such Designation had occurred immediately prior to the first day of the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended; 

        (iii)  Company
has delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) written notice of such Designation and (y) a certificate, dated the effective date of such
Designation, of an Authorized Officer of Company stating
that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such designation and setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating pro forma compliance with each of
Section 6.7, in accordance with clause (ii) above; and 

        (iv)  any
Investments previously made by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary is deemed an Investment made pursuant to Section 6.6(k) or
Section 6.6(m) and no Event of Default shall occur as a result thereof. 

        (b)   Company
may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary under this Agreement (an "RS Designation") only if: 

        (i)    such
Subsidiary is predominantly engaged in similar business activities to Company and its Subsidiaries; 

        (ii)   no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such RS Designation; 

        (iii)  after
giving effect to such RS Designation, Company and its Subsidiaries would be in compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 6.7, calculated
on a Pro Forma Basis as if such RS Designation had occurred immediately prior to the first day of the relevant period specified in such Section, as applicable; 

        (iv)  Company
has delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) written notice of such RS Designation and (y) a certificate, dated the effective date of such RS
Designation, of an Authorized Officer of Company stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating pro forma compliance
with each of Section 6.7, in accordance with clause (iii) above; and 

        (v)   all
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary outstanding and all Liens on assets of such Subsidiary existing immediately following the RS Designation would, if initially incurred
at such time, have been permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2. 

        Upon
any such RS Designation, Company shall be deemed to have (i) received a return of its Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to the lesser of (x) the amount
of such Investment immediately prior to such RS Designation and (y) the fair market value (as reasonably determined by Company) of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such RS
Designation and (ii) an Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to the excess, if positive, of the amount referred to in clause (i)(x) above over the amount referred to in
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        (c)   Neither
Company nor any Subsidiary shall at any time (x) provide a Guaranty of any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, except pursuant to
Section 6.6(k) or (m), or (y) be liable for any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary except pursuant to Section 6.6(k) or (m). 

SECTION 7. GUARANTY  

        7.1.    Guaranty of the Obligations.    Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2, Guarantors jointly and
severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Beneficiaries the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations when the same
shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic
stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively, the "Guaranteed Obligations"). 

        7.2.    Contribution by Guarantors.    All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the  "Contributing Guarantors"), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty. Accordingly, in the event any payment or
distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a "Funding Guarantor") under this Guaranty that exceeds its Fair Share as of such date, such Funding
Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Contributing Guarantors in the amount of such other Contributing Guarantor's Fair Share Shortfall as of such date, with the result
that all such contributions will cause each Contributing Guarantor's Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. "Fair Share" means,
with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Contributing
Guarantor to (ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors multiplied by (b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before
such date by all Funding Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the obligations Guaranteed. "Fair Share Shortfall" means, with respect to a
Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Fair Share of such Contributing Guarantor over the Aggregate Payments of such Contributing Guarantor.  "Fair Share Contribution
Amount" means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the
obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under this Guaranty that would not render its obligations
hereunder or thereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state law;  provided, solely for purposes of calculating the "Fair Share Contribution Amount" with respect to any
Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this Section 7.2, any assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or
indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor. "Aggregate
Payments" means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions
made on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including, without limitation, in respect of this Section 7.2), minus (2) the aggregate amount of
all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Section 7.2. The amounts payable as contributions
hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. The allocation among Contributing Guarantors of their obligations
as set forth in this Section 7.2 shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Contributing Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the
contribution agreement set forth in this Section 7.2. 

        7.3.    Payment by Guarantors.    Subject to Section 7.2, Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in
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may
have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of Company to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated
maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in Cash, to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an amount equal to
the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest which, but for Company's
becoming the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Company for such interest in the related
bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to Beneficiaries as aforesaid. 

        7.4.    Liability of Guarantors Absolute.    Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable,
absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the
Guaranteed Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows: 

        (a)   this
Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of collectability. This Guaranty is a primary obligation of each Guarantor and not merely a contract of surety; 

        (b)   the
obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Company and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of
the obligations of Company, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Company or any of such other guarantors
and whether or not Company is joined in any such action or actions; 

        (c)   payment
by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantor's liability for any
portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any
Guarantor's covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that
is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantor's liability hereunder in respect of
the Guaranteed Obligations; 

        (d)   any
Beneficiary, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any
reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantor's liability hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or
otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with
respect to, or substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request
and accept other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold security for the payment hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute,
compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for
the benefit of such Beneficiary in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Beneficiary may have
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such
Beneficiary in its discretion may determine consistent herewith or the applicable Hedge Agreement and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one
or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement
or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against Company or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Credit
Documents or the Hedge Agreements; and 

        (e)   this
Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or
termination for any reason (other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge
of any of them: (i) any failure or
omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any
claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Credit Documents or the Hedge Agreements, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any
agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any
consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of default) hereof, any of the other Credit Documents, any of the Hedge Agreements or any agreement
or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Credit Document,
such Hedge Agreement or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal,
invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to the other Credit Documents or any of the Hedge
Agreements or from the proceeds of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations) to
the payment of indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations, even though any Beneficiary might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any
Beneficiary's consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the
Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii) any defenses,
set-offs or counterclaims which Company may allege or assert against any Beneficiary in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty,
payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might
in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations. 

        7.5.    Waivers by Guarantors.    Each Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of Beneficiaries: (a) any right
to require any Beneficiary, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Company, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed
Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from Company, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any
balance of any Deposit Account or credit on the books of any Beneficiary in favor of Company or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary whatsoever;
(b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of Company or any other Guarantor including any defense based on or arising out of the
lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of Company or any other Guarantor
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payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in
other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (d) any defense based upon any Beneficiary's errors or omissions in the administration of the Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior
which amounts to bad faith; (e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof and any legal or equitable discharge of
such Guarantor's obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor's liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to
set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or
any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof, notices
of default hereunder, the Hedge Agreements or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement related
thereto, notices of any extension of credit to Company and notices of any of the matters referred to in Section 7.4 and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) any defenses or
benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms hereof. 

        7.6.    Guarantors' Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc.    Until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been
indefeasibly paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled, each Guarantor hereby waives any claim, right or remedy,
direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Company or any other Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor
of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including without limitation
(a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Company with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right
to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Beneficiary now has or may hereafter have against Company, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any
collateral or security now or hereafter held by any Beneficiary. In addition, until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have
terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor
(including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations, including, without limitation, any such right of contribution as contemplated by Section 7.2. Each Guarantor further agrees that,
to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Company or against any collateral or security, and any
rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights any Beneficiary may have against Company, to all right, title and
interest any Beneficiary may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any Beneficiary may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of
any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any time when all Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been finally and indefeasibly paid in full, such amount shall be
held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the
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        7.7.    Subordination of Other Obligations.    Any Indebtedness of Company or any Guarantor now or hereafter held
by
any Guarantor (the "Obligee Guarantor") is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any such indebtedness collected or
received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over
to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the
Obligee Guarantor under any other provision hereof. 

        7.8.    Continuing Guaranty.    This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until all of the
Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled. Each Guarantor hereby
irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligations. 

        7.9.    Authority of Guarantors or Company.    It is not necessary for any Beneficiary to inquire into the capacity or
powers of any Guarantor or Company or the officers, directors or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them. 

        7.10.    Financial Condition of Company.    Any Credit Extension may be made to Company or continued from time to
time, and any Hedge Agreements may be entered into from time to time, in each case without notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of Company at
the time of any such grant or continuation or at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, as the case may be. No Beneficiary shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with any Guarantor
its assessment, or any Guarantor's assessment, of the financial condition of Company. Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from Company on a continuing basis concerning the
financial condition of Company and its ability to perform its obligations under the Credit Documents and the Hedge Agreements, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping
informed of the financial condition of Company and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the
part of any Beneficiary to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or conditions of Company now known or hereafter known by any Beneficiary. 

        7.11.    Bankruptcy, etc.    (a) The obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced, limited,
impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case or proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or
arrangement of Company or any other Guarantor or by any defense which Company or any other
Guarantor may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such proceeding. 

        (b)   Each
Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding
referred to in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case or proceeding, such
interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if such case or proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is the
intention of Guarantors and Beneficiaries that the Guaranteed Obligations which are guaranteed by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order which may
relieve Company of any portion of such Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person
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the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by Company, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force
and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered from any Beneficiary as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise,
and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder. 

        7.12.    Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor.    If all of the Capital Stock of any Guarantor (other than
Holding) or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, the Guaranty
of such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any Beneficiary or any other Person
effective as of the time of such sale or disposition. 

SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT  

        8.1.    Events of Default.    If any one or more of the following conditions or events shall occur: 

        (a)    Failure to Make Payments When Due.    Failure by Company to pay (i) when due any installment of
principal of any Loan, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise; (ii) when due any amount payable to a Fronting Bank
in reimbursement of any drawing under a Letter of Credit; or (iii) any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount due hereunder within five (5) Business Days after the date due;
or 

        (b)    Default in Other Agreements.    (i) Failure of any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries
to pay when due any principal of or interest on or any other amount payable in respect of one or more items of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 8.1(a)) in an
individual or aggregate principal amount of $15,000,000 or more, in any case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor; or (ii) breach or default by any Credit Party with respect to
any other material term of (1) one or more items of Indebtedness in the individual or aggregate principal amount referred to in clause (i) above or (2) any loan agreement,
mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause,
or to permit the holder or holders of that Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), to cause, that Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or redeemable) prior
to its stated maturity; or 

        (c)    Breach of Certain Covenants.    Failure of any Credit Party to perform or comply with any term or condition
contained in Section 5.1(f), Section 5.2 (with respect to Holding and Company only) or Section 6; or 

        (d)    Breach of Representations, etc.    Any representation, warranty, certification or other statement made or
deemed made by any Credit Party in any Credit Document or in any statement or certificate at any time given by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in
connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made; or 

        (e)    Other Defaults Under Credit Documents.    Any Credit Party shall default in the performance of or compliance
with any term contained herein or any of the other Credit Documents, other than any such term referred to in any other Section of this Section 8.1, and such default shall not have been remedied
or waived within thirty (30) days after receipt by Company of notice from Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or 

        (f)    Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.    (i) A court of competent jurisdiction shall
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an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other
similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against Holding or any of its Subsidiaries under the Bankruptcy Code or
under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over Holding or any of its Subsidiaries, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered;
or there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of its property; or a
warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries, and any such event described in this
clause (ii) shall continue for sixty (60) days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged; or 

        (g)    Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc..    (i) Holding or any of its Subsidiaries shall
have an order for relief entered with respect to it or shall commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or Holding or any of its Subsidiaries shall make any assignment for the
benefit of creditors; or (ii) Holding or any of its Subsidiaries shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or
the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holding or any of its Subsidiaries (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the
actions referred to herein or in Section 8.1(f); or 

        (h)    Judgments and Attachments.    Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or similar process involving in
any individual case or in the aggregate at any time an amount in excess of $15,000,000 (in either case, to the extent not covered by insurance where Joint Lead Arrangers are reasonably satisfied that
the relevant insurance company is solvent and has not denied coverage) shall be entered or filed against Holding or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and shall remain
undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days (or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties or Holding or any of
its Subsidiaries to enforce any such judgment); or 

        (i)    Dissolution.    Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Credit Party decreeing the
dissolution or split up of such Credit Party and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty (30) days; or 

        (j)    Employee Benefit Plans.    (i) There shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the
aggregate results in or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of Holding, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates that could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect during the term hereof; 

        (k)    Change of Control.    A Change of Control shall occur; or 

        (l)    Guaranties, Collateral Documents and other Credit Documents.    At any time after the execution and delivery
thereof, (i) the Guaranty for any reason, other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations, or shall be declared to be null and void or any Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations
thereunder, (ii) this Agreement or any Collateral Document shall be declared null and void, or Collateral Trustee shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any
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covered by the Collateral Documents with the priority required by the relevant Collateral Document, in each case for any reason other than the failure of Collateral Trustee or any Secured Party to
take any action within its control and except to the extent covered by a title insurance policy to the reasonable satisfaction of the Collateral Trustee, or (iii) any Credit Party shall contest
the validity or enforceability of any Credit Document in writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with respect to future advances by Lenders, under this Agreement or any
Collateral Document to which it is a party or (iv) the Obligations shall cease to constitute senior indebtedness under the subordination provisions of the Subordinated Indebtedness, or, in any
case, such subordination provisions shall be invalidated or otherwise cease to be legal, valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms. 

THEN, (1) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g) with respect to Company, automatically, and
(2) upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) Requisite Lenders, upon notice to Company by Administrative Agent, (A) the Commitments,
if any, of each Lender having such Commitments and the obligation of each Fronting Bank to issue any Letter of Credit shall immediately terminate; (B) each of the following shall immediately
become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Credit Party: (I) the unpaid
principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans, (II) an amount equal to the maximum amount that may at any time be drawn under all Letters of Credit then outstanding (regardless of
whether any beneficiary under any such Letter of Credit shall have presented, or shall be entitled at such time to present, the drafts or other documents or certificates required to draw under such
Letters of Credit), and (III) all other Obligations; provided, the foregoing shall not affect in any way the obligations of Lenders under
Section 2.4(e); (C) the Administrative Agent may cause the Collateral Trustee to enforce any and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to Collateral Documents; and
(D) Administrative Agent shall direct Company to pay (and Company hereby agrees upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(f)
and (g) to pay) to Administrative Agent such additional amounts of cash, to be held as security for Company's reimbursement Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit then outstanding, equal
to the undrawn and unexpired amount of all Letters of Credit at such time. Amounts so held as security shall be applied by
the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if
any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of Company hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon and all other
obligations of Company hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, of the amounts so held as security shall be returned to Company (or such other
Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto). 

        8.2.    Company's Right to Cure Financial Performance Covenants.    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in Section 8.1, in the event that Holding and Company fail to comply with the requirements of any Financial Performance Covenant, until the 10th day subsequent to delivery of the related
Compliance Certificate, Holding shall have the right, one time only, to issue Permitted Cure Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of Holding, in either case in an
amount equal to the lesser of (a) the amount necessary to cure the relevant failure to comply with all the Financial Performance Covenants and (b) $20,000,000, and, in each case, to
contribute any such cash to the capital of Company (collectively, the "Cure Right"), and upon the receipt by Company of such cash (the  "Cure Amount")
pursuant to the exercise by Holding of such Cure Right such Financial Performance Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the
following pro forma adjustments: 

        (i)    Consolidated
EBITDA shall be increased, in accordance with the definition thereof, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenants and not for
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after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, Holding and Company shall then be in compliance with the requirements of all Financial Performance Covenants,
Holding and Company shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenants as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no
failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenants which had occurred shall be deemed cured for all purposes of the Agreement; and 

        (iii)  to
the extent that the Cure Amount proceeds are used to repay Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have been repaid for purposes of calculating the
Senior Leverage Ratio and Total Leverage Ratio for the period with respect to which such Compliance Certificate applies. 

SECTION 9. AGENTS  

        9.1.    Appointment of Agents.    GSCP is hereby appointed Co-Syndication Agent and a Joint Lead Arranger
hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes GSCP, in such capacities, to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. CIBCWM is hereby appointed a Joint Lead
Arranger and each Lender authorizes CIBCWM, in such capacity, to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. CIBC is hereby appointed Administrative Agent and
Collateral Trustee hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and each Lender hereby authorizes Administrative Agent and Collateral Trustee to act in such capacities as its agent in accordance
with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. DB is hereby appointed Co-Syndication Agent hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes DB, in such capacity, to act as its agent in
accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. GECC is hereby appointed Senior Managing Agent hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes GECC to act as its agent in accordance with
the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Bank One is hereby appointed Co-Documentation Agent hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes Bank One to act as its agent in accordance
with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Fleet is hereby appointed Co-Documentation Agent hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes Fleet to act as its agent in accordance
with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Each Agent hereby agrees to act upon the express conditions contained herein and the other Credit Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this
Section 9 are solely for the benefit of Agents and Lenders and no Credit Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof (except as provided in
Sections 9.7 and 9.8). In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation
towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Holding or any of its Subsidiaries. After the Closing Date, none of GSCP, in its capacities as Co-Syndication Agent and a Joint Lead
Arranger, CIBCWM, in its capacity as Joint Lead Arranger, DB, in its capacity as Co-Syndication Agent, GECC, in its capacity as Senior Managing Agent, Fleet, in its capacity as
Co-Documentation Agent and Bank One, in its capacity as Co-Documentation Agent, shall have any obligations but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 9. 

        9.2.    Powers and Duties.    Each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such Lender's
behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Credit Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together
with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified herein and the other Credit
Documents. Each Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents or employees. No Agent shall have, by reason hereof or any of the other Credit
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any Agent any obligations in respect hereof or any of the other Credit Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein. 

        9.3.    General Immunity.    

        (a)    No Responsibility for Certain Matters.    No Agent shall be responsible to any Lender for the execution,
effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency hereof or any other Credit Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or
therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by any Agent to Lenders or by
or on behalf of any Credit Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of any
Credit Party or any other Person liable for the payment of any Obligations, nor shall any Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions,
provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Credit Documents or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or
Default or to make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from
confirmations of the amount of outstanding Loans or the Letter of Credit Usage or the component amounts thereof. 

        (b)    Exculpatory Provisions.    No Agent nor any of its officers, partners, directors, employees or agents shall be
liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted by any Agent under or in connection with any of the Credit Documents except to the extent caused by such Agent's gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Each Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of the other Credit Documents or
from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions in respect thereof from Requisite Lenders (or
such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be),
such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions. Without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, (i) each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys
for Holding and its Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a
result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting hereunder or any of the other Credit Documents in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders (or such other
Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5). 

        9.4.    Agents Entitled to Act as Lender.    The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the
rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans and the Letters of Credit,
each Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term
"Lender" shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity. Any Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of,
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may accept fees and other consideration from Company for services in connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders. 

        9.5.    Lenders' Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.    

        (a)   Each
Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Holding and its Subsidiaries in
connection with Credit Extensions hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Holding and its Subsidiaries. No Agent shall have any duty or
responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with
respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the
completeness of any information provided to Lenders. 

        (b)   Each
Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Credit Document and
each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date. 

        9.6.    Right to Indemnity.    Each Lender, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, severally agrees to indemnify each
Agent, to the extent that such Agent shall not have been reimbursed by any Credit Party, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in exercising its
powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the other Credit Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such Agent in any way relating to or arising out hereof or the other
Credit Documents; provided, no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent,
be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional
indemnity is furnished; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss,
damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender's Pro Rata Share thereof; provided further, this
sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in
the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence. 

        9.7.    Successor Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender.    Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving
thirty (30) days' prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Company, and Administrative Agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by an instrument or concurrent instruments in
writing delivered to Company and Administrative Agent and signed by Requisite Lenders. Upon any such notice of resignation or any such removal, Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five
Business Days' notice to Company, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which successor Administrative Agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a), (g), or
(h) with respect to Company shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Upon the acceptance of
any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all
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and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents, and (ii) execute and
deliver to such successor Administrative Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such
successor Administrative Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder. After any retiring or removed Administrative Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit
as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent hereunder. Any resignation or removal of Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute the resignation or
removal of CIBC or its successor as Swing Line Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this Section shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor
Swing Line Lender for all purposes hereunder. In such event (a) Company shall prepay any outstanding Swing Line Loans made by the retiring or removed Administrative Agent in its capacity as
Swing Line Lender, (b) upon such prepayment, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender shall surrender any Swing Line Note held by it to Company for cancellation, and
(c) Company shall issue, if so requested by successor Administrative Agent and Swing Line Loan Lender, a new Swing Line Note to the successor Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender, in the
principal amount of the Swing Line Loan Sublimit then in effect and with other appropriate insertions. 

        9.8.    Collateral Documents and Guaranty.    

        (a)    Agents under Collateral Documents and Guaranty.    Each Lender hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent
or Collateral Trustee, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of Lenders, to be the agent for and representative of Lenders with respect to the Guaranty, the Collateral and the Collateral
Documents. Subject to Section 10.5, without further written consent or authorization from Lenders, Administrative Agent or Collateral Trustee, as applicable may execute any documents or
instruments necessary to (i) release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a sale or other disposition of assets permitted hereby or to which Requisite Lenders (or
such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented or is subject to a Lien permitted by Section 6.2 (f), (m), (o) or
(p) or (ii) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty pursuant to Section 7.12 or with respect to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such
consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented. 

        (b)    Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guaranty.    Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to
the contrary notwithstanding, each Credit Party, Administrative Agent, Collateral Trustee and each Lender hereby agree that (i) no Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon any
of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders in
accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by Collateral Trustee, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by
Collateral Trustee on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale, Collateral Trustee or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and Collateral
Trustee, as agent for and representative of Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Requisite Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing)
shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS  

        10.1.    Notices.    Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required
or permitted to be given to a Credit Party, Swing Line Lender, or Agent, shall be sent to such Person's address as set forth on Appendix A or in
the other relevant Credit Document, and in the case of any Lender or Fronting Bank, the address as indicated on the applicable signature page to this Agreement or otherwise indicated to Administrative
Agent in writing. Each notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served, or sent by telefacsimile or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when
delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of telefacsimile, or five Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage
prepaid and properly addressed; provided, no notice to any Agent shall be effective until received by such Agent or when the latest unrevoked direction
from such party is given in accordance with this Section 10.1. 

        10.2.    Expenses.    Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Company agrees to pay
promptly (a) all the actual and reasonable costs and expenses of the Joint Lead Arrangers of preparation of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications
thereto; (b) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of a single counsel to Agents in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of the Credit Documents
and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and any other documents or matters requested by Company; (c) all the actual and reasonable costs and expenses of creating
and perfecting Liens in the Collateral in favor of Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, including filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes,
search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to each Agent and of counsel providing any opinions that any Agent or Requisite Lenders may request in
respect of the Collateral or the Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents; (d) all the costs and reasonable costs, fees, expenses and disbursements of any auditors, accountants,
consultants or appraisers engaged with the prior consent of Company, not to be unreasonably withheld; (e) all the actual costs and reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees, expenses
and disbursements of any appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by Collateral Trustee and its counsel) in connection with the custody or preservation of any of the
Collateral; (f) all other actual and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by each Agent in connection with the syndication of the Loans and Commitments and the negotiation, preparation and
execution of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and the transactions contemplated thereby; and (g) after the occurrence of an Event of
Default, all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of settlement, incurred by any Agent and Lenders in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from
any Credit Party hereunder or under the other Credit Documents by reason of such Default or Event of Default (including in connection with the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any
of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty) or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a "work-out" or
pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy cases or proceedings. 

        10.3.    Indemnity.    

        (a)   In
addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 10.2, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, each Credit Party
agrees to defend (subject to Indemnitees' selection of counsel), indemnify, pay and hold harmless, each Agent and Lender and the officers, partners, directors, trustees, employees, agents and
Affiliates of each Agent and each Lender (each, an "Indemnitee"), from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities;  provided, no Credit Party shall
have any obligation to any Indemnitee hereunder with respect to any Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such
Indemnified Liabilities arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnitee. To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this
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policy, the applicable Credit Party shall contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified
Liabilities incurred by Indemnitees or any of them. 

        (b)   To
the extent permitted by applicable law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Agent, Lender or any of their respective
Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys or agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) (whether or not the
claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, arising out of, as a result of, or in any way related to, this
Agreement or any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan, Letter of Credit, or the use of the proceeds
thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and Holding and Company hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not
accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor. 

        10.4.    Set-Off.    In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by
way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default under Section 8.1(a) each Lender is hereby authorized by each Credit Party at any
time or from time to time, subject to the consent of Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), without notice to any Credit Party or to any other Person (other
than Administrative Agent), any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including Indebtedness evidenced by
certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not including trust accounts) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of any
Credit Party against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of any Credit Party to such Lender hereunder, the Letters of Credit and participations therein and under the other Credit
Documents, including all claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected hereto, the Letters of Credit and participations therein or with any other Credit Document, irrespective of
whether or not (a) such Lender shall have made any demand hereunder or (b) the principal of or the interest on the Loans or any amounts in respect of the Letters of Credit or any other
amounts due hereunder shall have become due and payable pursuant to Section 2 and although such obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured. Each Credit Party
hereby further grants to Administrative Agent and each Lender a security interest in all Deposit Accounts maintained with Administrative Agent or such Lender as security for the Obligations. 

        10.5.    Amendments and Waivers.    

        (a)    Requisite Lenders' Consent.    Subject to Section 10.5(b) and 10.5(c), no amendment, modification,
termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of the
Requisite Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders). 

        (b)    Affected Lenders' Consent.    Without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) that
would be directly affected thereby, no amendment, modification, termination, or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would: 

        (i)    extend
the scheduled final maturity of any Loan or Note; 

        (ii)   extend
the stated expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date; 

        (iii)  reduce
the rate of interest on any Loan (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to Section 2.10) or any fee
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shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest for purposes of this clause (iv); 

        (iv)  extend
the time for payment of any such interest or fees except (x) in connection with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in
interest rates and (y) that any amendment or modification to the financial definitions in this Agreement shall not constitute an extension of the time for payment for purposes of this
clause (iv); 

        (v)   reduce
the principal amount of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any Letter of Credit; 

        (vi)  amend,
modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 10.5(b) or Section 10.5(c); 

        (vii) amend
the definition of "Requisite Lenders" or "Pro Rata Share";  provided, with the consent of Requisite Lenders, additional
extensions of credit pursuant hereto may be included in the determination of  "Requisite Lenders"or "Pro Rata Share" on substantially the same basis as the
Revolving Commitments and
the Revolving Loans were included on the Closing Date; 

        (viii) release
all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty, except as expressly provided in the Credit
Documents; or 

        (ix)  consent
to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document (except in a transaction permitted under 6.8). 

        (c)    Other Consents.    No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents,
or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall: 

        (i)    increase
any Commitment of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect without the consent of such Lender;  provided, no amendment, modification or waiver of any condition precedent, covenant, Default or
Event of Default shall constitute an increase in any
Revolving Commitment of any Lender (it being understood that waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the aggregate
Commitments shall not constitute an increase of the Commitment of any Lender, and that an increase in the available portion of any Commitment of any Lender shall not constitute an increase in the
Commitment of such Lender); 

        (ii)   amend,
modify, terminate or waive any provision hereof relating to the Swing Line Sublimit or the Swing Line Loans without the consent of Swing Line Lender; 

        (iii)  amend,
modify, terminate or waive any obligation of Lenders relating to the purchase of participations in Letters of Credit as provided in Section 2.4(e)
without the written consent of Administrative Agent and of the Fronting Banks; or 

        (iv)  amend,
modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 9 as the same applies to any Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or
obligations of any Agent, in each case without the consent of such Agent. 

        (d)    Execution of Amendments, etc.    Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the
concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle any Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any
amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 10.5 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if
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        10.6.    Successors and Assigns; Participations.    

        (a)    Generally.    This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted successors and
assigns. Credit Party's rights or obligations hereunder nor any interest therein may be assigned or delegated by any Credit Party without the prior written consent of all Lenders except in a
transaction permitted by Section 6.8. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors
and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, Affiliates of each of the Agents and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of
this Agreement. 

        (b)    Register.    Company, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall deem and treat the Persons listed as Lenders in
the Register as the holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments and Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof, and no assignment or transfer of any such Commitment or Loan shall be
effective, in each case, unless and until an Assignment Agreement effecting the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been delivered to and accepted by Administrative Agent and recorded in the
Register as provided in Section 10.6(e). Prior to such recordation, all amounts owed with respect to the applicable Commitment or Loan shall be owed to the Lender listed in the Register as the
owner thereof, and any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is listed in the Register as a Lender shall be
conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, assignee or transferee of the corresponding Commitments or Loans. 

        (c)    Right to Assign.    Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell, assign or transfer all or a portion
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment or Loans owing to it or other Obligation
(provided, however, that each such assignment shall be of a uniform, and not varying, percentage of all
rights and obligations under and in respect of any Loan and any related Commitments): 

        (i)    to
any Person meeting the criteria of clause (i) of the definition of the term of "Eligible Assignee" upon the giving of notice to Company and Administrative
Agent; and 

        (ii)   to
any Person meeting the criteria of clause (ii) of the definition of the term of "Eligible Assignee" and consented to by each of Company and Administrative
Agent (such consent not to be (x) unreasonably withheld or delayed or, (y) in the case of Company, required at any time (1) an Event of Default shall have occurred and then be
continuing or (2) during syndication of the Loans and Commitments, at which times the Company shall be notified and consulted with respect to and prior to any such assignment);  provided, further
each such assignment pursuant to this Section 10.6(c) shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $5,000,000 (or such
lesser amount as may be agreed to by Company and Administrative Agent or as shall constitute the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans of the assigning Lender). 

        (d)    Mechanics.    The assigning Lender and the assignee thereof shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent
an Assignment Agreement, together with (i) a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent, provided
further, that only one fee shall be payable in the case of contemporaneous assignments to Related Funds), and (ii) such forms, certificates or other evidence, if any,
with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as the assignee under such Assignment Agreement may be required to deliver to Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 2.20(c). 

        (e)    Notice of Assignment.    Upon its receipt of a duly executed and completed Assignment Agreement, together with
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forms, certificates or other evidence required by this Agreement in connection therewith), Administrative Agent shall record the information contained in such Assignment Agreement in the Register,
shall give prompt notice thereof to Company and shall maintain a copy of such Assignment Agreement. 

        (f)    Representations and Warranties of Assignee.    Each Lender, upon execution and delivery hereof or upon
executing and delivering an Assignment Agreement, as the case may be, represents and warrants as of the Closing Date or as of the applicable Effective Date (as defined in the applicable Assignment
Agreement) that (i) it is an Eligible Assignee; (ii) it has experience and expertise in the making of or investing in commitments or loans such as the applicable Commitments or Loans, as
the case may be; and (iii) it will make or invest in, as the case may be, its Commitments or Loans for its own account in the ordinary course of its business and without a view to distribution
of such Commitments or Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this
Section 10.6, the disposition of such Commitments or Loans or any interests therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control). 

        (g)    Effect of Assignment.    Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 10.6, as of the "Effective
Date" specified in the applicable Assignment Agreement: (i) the assignee thereunder shall have the rights and obligations of a "Lender" hereunder to the extent such rights and obligations
hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement and shall thereafter be a party hereto and a "Lender" for all purposes hereof; (ii) the assigning Lender thereunder
shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned thereby pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, relinquish its rights (other than any rights which survive the termination
hereof under Section 10.8) and be released from its obligations hereunder (and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights and
obligations hereunder, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto; provided, anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary
notwithstanding, (y) the Fronting Banks shall continue to have all rights and obligations thereof with respect to such Letters of Credit until the cancellation or expiration of such Letters of
Credit and the reimbursement of any amounts drawn thereunder and (z) such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of all indemnities hereunder as specified herein with
respect to matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning Lender as a Lender hereunder); (iii) the Commitments shall be modified to reflect the Commitment of such assignee and
any Revolving Commitment of such assigning Lender, if any; and (iv) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Note hereunder, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of
such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Notes to Administrative Agent for cancellation, and thereupon Company shall issue and deliver new Notes, if so
requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new Revolving Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of
the assignee and/or the assigning Lender. 

        (h)    Participations.    Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell one or more participations to any
Person in all or any part of its Commitments, Loans or in any other Obligation. The holder of any such participation, shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action
hereunder except with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver that would (i) extend the final scheduled maturity of any Loan, Note or Letter of Credit (unless such Letter of Credit is
not extended beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date) in which such participant is participating, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon (except
(x) in connection with a waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates and (y) that any amendment or modification to the financial definitions in
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or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount of the participant's participation over the amount thereof then in effect (it being understood that a waiver of any
Default or Event of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the Commitment shall not constitute a change in the terms of such participation, and that an increase in any Commitment or Loan shall be
permitted without the consent of any participant if the participant's participation is not increased as a result thereof), (ii) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement except in a transaction permitted by Section 6.8 or (iii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Collateral
Documents (except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents) supporting the Loans hereunder in which such participant is participating. Company agrees that each participant shall be entitled to
the benefits of Sections 2.18(c), 2.19 and 2.20 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section;  provided, (i) a
participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.19 or 2.20 than the applicable Lender
would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such participant, unless the sale of the participation to such participant is made with Company's prior written consent
and (ii) a participant that would be a Non-US Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.20 unless Company is notified of the participation
sold to such participant and such participant agrees, for the benefit of Company, to comply with Section 2.20 as though it were a Lender. To the extent permitted by law, each participant also
shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.4 as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.17 as though it were a Lender. 

        (i)    Certain Other Assignments.    In addition to any other assignment permitted pursuant to this
Section 10.6, any Lender may assign and/or pledge all or any portion of its Loans, the other Obligations owed by or to such Lender, and its Notes, if any, to secure obligations of such Lender
to, any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any operating circular issued by such Federal Reserve
Bank; provided, no Lender, as between Company and such Lender, shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any such assignment
and pledge; provided further, in no event shall the applicable Federal Reserve Bank or trustee be considered to be a "Lender" or be entitled to require
the assigning Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder. 

        10.7.    Independence of Covenants.    All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a
particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant
shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists. 

        10.8.    Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.    All representations, warranties and agreements
made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of any Credit Extension. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of each Credit
Party set forth in Sections 2.18(c), 2.19, 2.20, 10.2, and 10.3 and the agreements of Lenders set forth in Sections 2.17 and 9.6 shall survive the payment of the Loans, the cancellation or expiration
of the Letters of Credit and the reimbursement of any amounts drawn thereunder, the termination of the Commitments, and the termination hereof. 

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        10.9.    No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.    No failure or delay on the part of any Agent or any Lender in the
exercise
of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers and remedies given
to each Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the
other Credit Documents or any of the Hedge Agreements. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power
or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy. 

        10.10.    Marshalling; Payments Set Aside.    Neither any Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to
marshal any assets in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Credit Party makes a payment or payments to
Administrative Agent or Lenders (or to Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders), or Administrative Agent or Lenders enforce any security interests or exercise their rights of setoff, and such
payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to
a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been
made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred. 

        10.11.    Severability.    In case any provision herein or obligation hereunder or any Note shall be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

        10.12.    Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders' Rights.    The obligations of Lenders hereunder are
several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitment of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Credit Document, and no action taken by Lenders
pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Lenders as a partnership, an association, a Joint Venture or any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each
Lender shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out hereof and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined
as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. 

        10.13.    Headings.    Section headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect. 

        10.14.    APPLICABLE LAW.    THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

        10.15.    CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.    ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY CREDIT
PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF
NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH CREDIT PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (a) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS; (b) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (c) AGREES THAT  

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 SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.1; (d) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (c) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY IN ANY SUCH
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (e) AGREES AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

        10.16.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.    EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS
RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER
OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/COMPANY RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED
IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE
TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY
WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS
FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO
THIS SECTION 10.16 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT
DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE
COURT.

        10.17.    Confidentiality.    Each Lender, each Fronting Bank, and each Agent shall hold all non-public
information regarding Company and its business confidential, it being understood and agreed by Company that, in any event, a Lender, each Fronting Bank, and each Agent may make (i) disclosures
of such information to Affiliates of such Lender and to their agents and advisors (and to other persons authorized by a Lender or Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in
connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 10.17), (provided, such potential assignees, transferees, participants and counterparties and advisors are advised of
and agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 10.17), (ii) disclosures of such information reasonably required by any bona fide or potential assignee, transferee or participant
in connection with the contemplated assignment, transfer or participation by such Lender of any Loans or any participations therein or by any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the
professional advisors thereto) in Hedge Agreements, (provided, such Affiliates, agents, advisors and other Persons are advised of and agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 10.17),
(iii) disclosure to any rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender's investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender or Company when
required by it; provided that, prior to any disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the confidentiality of any
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information
relating to the Credit Parties received by it from any of the Agents or any Lender, (iv) disclosures required or requested by any governmental agency or representative thereof or by
the NAIC or pursuant to legal or judicial process; provided, unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender shall make
reasonable efforts to notify Company of any request by any governmental agency or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with any examination of the financial condition or
other routine examination of such Lender by such governmental agency) or pursuant to any legal or judicial process for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of
such information. 

        10.18.    Usury Savings Clause.    Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged
with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If the
rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder shall bear
interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this
Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if when the Loans made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for above) is
less
than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law,
Company shall pay to Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at
all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of Lenders and Company to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for, charges,
or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Lender's
option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to Company. 

        10.19.    Counterparts.    This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. 

        10.20.    Effectiveness.    This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each
of the parties hereto and receipt by Company and Administrative Agent of written or telephonic notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof. Delivery of an executed signature
page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be
lodged with Company and Administrative Agent. 

        10.21.    Acknowledgement and Agreement.    Company and Holding hereby acknowledge and agree that (i) this
Agreement shall constitute the Credit Agreement for all purposes under each of the Collateral Documents and (ii) the obligations secured pursuant to the Collateral Documents shall for all
purposes include the Obligations. 

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

	 	 	HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

(as successor in interest to Versailles Acquisition Corporation)
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HOLDINGS, INC.

(as successor in interest to Versailles U.S. Holding Inc.)
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	
CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.,

as a Joint Lead Arranger
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,

as a Joint Lead Arranger, a Co-Syndication Agent and a Lender
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Authorized Signatory
	

 	
 	

Revolving Commitment: $                  
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

as a Co-Syndication Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Trustee, Swing Line Lender and a Fronting Bank
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	
FLEET SECURITIES INC.,

as Co-Documentation Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	
BANK ONE, N.A.,

as Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Revolving Commitment: $                  
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,

as Senior Managing Agent and a Lender
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Revolving Commitment: $                  
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	
CIBC INC.,

as a Lender
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Revolving Commitment: $                  
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as a Lender
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Revolving Commitment: $                  
	 	 	 	 	 

	

 	
 	
FLEET NATIONAL BANK,

as a Lender
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Revolving Commitment: $                  

APPENDIX A

TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT  

Notice Addresses  

	VERSAILLES ACQUISITION CORPORATION	 	 
	

 	
 	

222 Berkeley Street

Boston, MA 02116

Attention: Paul D. Weaver, Esq.

Telecopier: (617) 351-1125	
 	

 
	

VERSAILLES U.S. HOLDING INC.	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

c/o Houghton Mifflin Company

222 Berkeley Street

Boston, MA 02116

Attention: Paul D. Weaver, Esq.

Telecopier: (617) 351-1125	
 	

 
	

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

222 Berkeley Street

Boston, MA 02116

Attention: Paul D. Weaver, Esq.

Telecopier: (617) 351-1125	
 	

 
	

in each case, with a copy to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Attention: J.T. Knight

Telecopier: (212) 455-2502	
 	

 
	

CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.

as a Joint Lead Arranger;	
 	

 
	

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Trustee, Swingline Lender

and a Fronting Bank;	
 	

 
	

CIBC Inc.

as a Lender	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Attention: Agency Services

Telecopier: (212) 856-3763	
 	

 
	

with a copy to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Attention: Jonathan Rabinowitz

Telecopier: (212) 856-3558	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	 

	

GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,

as a Joint Lead Arranger, a Co-Syndication Agent and a Lender	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.

85 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

Attention: Stephen King

Telecopier: (212) 357-0932	
 	

 
	

with a copy to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.

85 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

Attention: John Makrinos

Telecopier: (212) 357-4597	
 	

 
	

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

as a Co-Syndication Agent	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

	
 	

 
	 	 	Attention:

Telecopier:	 	 
	

with a copy to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

	
 	

 
	 	 	Attention:

Telecopier:	 	 

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