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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.4

                   EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                            Dated as of July 6, 2005

                                      among

                          Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.,

          The Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party hereto, and

                          Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
                         Banc of America Securities LLC
               Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
                           J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
                              Lehman Brothers Inc.

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                   EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

            This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT")
is made and entered into as of July 6, 2005 by and among Psychiatric Solutions,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as
defined herein) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. on behalf of Banc of America
Securities LLC, Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc. (collectively, the "INITIAL
PURCHASERS").

            This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated
June 30, 2005 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), by and among the Company, the Existing
Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein) and the Initial Purchasers, which
provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $220,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Company's 7-3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2015 (the "NOTES"). The Notes are, and the Exchange Notes (as defined herein)
will be, guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by the Subsidiary Guarantors
(as defined herein). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the
Notes, the Company and the Existing Subsidiary Guarantors have agreed to provide
the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery
of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers
set forth in Section 7 of the Purchase Agreement.

            The parties hereby agree as follows:

      SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

            As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall
have the following meanings:

            ADDITIONAL INTEREST: As defined in Section 5(a) hereof.

            ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR: Any subsidiary of the Company that
executes a Guarantee under the Indenture after the date of this Agreement.

            ADVICE: As defined in Section 6(e) hereof.

            AGREEMENT: As defined in the preamble hereto.

            BLACKOUT PERIOD: As defined in Section 5(a) hereof.

            BLUE SKY APPLICATION: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.

            BROKER-DEALER: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange
Act.

            CLOSING DATE: The date of this Agreement.

            COMMISSION: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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            COMPANY: As defined in the preamble hereto.

            CONSUMMATE: A Registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed
"Consummated" for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the
filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Notes to be issued in the
Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously
effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than
the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the
delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Notes
in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of
Notes that were tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

            DAMAGES PAYMENT DATE: With respect to the Notes, each Interest
Payment Date.

            EFFECTIVENESS TARGET DATE: As defined in Section 5(a) hereof.

            EXCHANGE ACT: The U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

            EXCHANGE NOTES: The Company's 7-3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2015 to be issued pursuant to the Indenture in the Exchange Offer, together with
the related Guarantees.

            EXCHANGE OFFER: The registration by the Company under the Securities
Act of the Exchange Notes on a Registration Statement pursuant to which the
Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the
opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held
by such Holders for Exchange Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities validly
tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.

            EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT: The Registration Statement
relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

            EXISTING SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: The various Subsidiary Guarantors
signatory to the Indenture as of the date hereof.

            GUARANTEES: Guarantees by the Subsidiary Guarantors of the Company's
obligations under the Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Indenture.

            HOLDER: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.

            INDENTURE: The Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, among the
Company, the Existing Subsidiary Guarantors and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), pursuant to which the Notes and the
Exchange Notes are to be issued, as such Indenture may be amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

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            INITIAL PURCHASERS: As defined in the preamble hereto.

            INTEREST PAYMENT DATE: As defined in the Indenture and the Notes.

            NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

            NOTES: As defined in the preamble hereto.

            PERSON: An individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, unincorporated organization, association, joint-stock company, trust,
joint venture, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any
other entity.

            PROSPECTUS: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments
thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by
reference into such Prospectus.

            PURCHASE AGREEMENT: As defined in the preamble hereto.

            RECORD HOLDER: With respect to any Damages Payment Date relating to
Notes, each Person who is a Holder of Notes on the record date with respect to
the Interest Payment Date on which such Damages Payment Date shall occur.

            REGISTRATION DEFAULT: As defined in Section 5(a) hereof.

            REGISTRATION STATEMENT: Any Registration Statement of the Company
relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or
(b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement, in each case including the Prospectus included therein, all
amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all
exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

            SECURITIES ACT: The U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

            SHELF FILING DEADLINE: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

            SHELF REGISTRATION PERIOD: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

            SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

            SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: The Additional Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Existing Subsidiary Guarantors.

            TIA: The U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture.

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            TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES: Each Note or Exchange Note
(including the related Guarantees), as applicable, until the earliest to occur
of (a) the date on which such Note is exchanged by a person other than a
Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer in exchange for an Exchange Note, so long as
such person is not prohibited from reselling such Exchange Notes to the public
without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is not sufficient for such purpose, (b) following
the exchange by a Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer of a Note for an Exchange
Note, the date on which that Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives
from that Broker-Dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (c) the date
on which such Note has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and
disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (d) the date
on which such Note is eligible to be distributed to the public pursuant to Rule
144 under the Securities Act.

            UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATION OR UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING: A registration
in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to
the public.

      SECTION 2. SECURITIES SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT

            (a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the
benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.

            (b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to
be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a "HOLDER") whenever such
Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

      SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER

            (a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under
applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section
6(a) below have been complied with) or one of the events set forth in Section
4(a)(ii) has occurred, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall (i) cause
to be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing Date,
but in no event later than 90 days after the Closing Date, a Registration
Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Notes and the
Exchange Offer, (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to cause such
Registration Statement to be declared effective on or prior to 180 days after
the Closing Date, (iii) in connection with the foregoing, file (A) all
pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary in
order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if
applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant
to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in
connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Notes to be
made under the blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit
Consummation of the Exchange Offer and (iv) upon the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be
on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Notes to be
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exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of
Exchange Notes held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.

            (b) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their
reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be
effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of
not less than the minimum period required under applicable U.S. federal and
state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that
in no event shall such period be less than 20 business days. The Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all
applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the
Exchange Notes and the Guarantees shall be included in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use
their reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated 30
business days after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
was declared effective by the Commission.

            (c) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall indicate in a
"Plan of Distribution" section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Notes that are Transfer
Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer
Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such
Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed
to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and must,
therefore, deliver a Prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act
in connection with any resales of the Exchange Notes received by such
Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which Prospectus delivery requirement may
be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained
in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such "Plan of Distribution"
section shall also contain all other information with respect to such resales by
Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales
pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not name any such
Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Notes held by any such Broker-Dealer
except to the extent required by the Commission.

            The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their reasonable
best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously
effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section
6(c) below to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of
Exchange Notes acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it
conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the
policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to
time, for a period of at least 90 days after the Consummation of the Exchange
Offer.

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            The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall provide sufficient
copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon
request at any time during such 90-day period in order to facilitate such
resales.

      SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION

            (a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors are not required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
cannot Consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted
by applicable U.S. law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in
Section 6(a) below have been complied with) or (ii) any Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities shall notify the Company prior to the 20th day following
the Consummation of the Exchange Offer that such Holder (A) is prohibited by
applicable U.S. law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange
Offer, (B) may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange
Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or
available for such resales by such Holder or (C) is a Broker-Dealer and holds
Notes acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates, then the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall:

            (x) use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed a
      Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act,
      which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement if
      permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission (in either event,
      the "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT") on or prior to the earliest to occur
      of (1) the 30th day after the date on which the Company determines that
      they are not required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
      or permitted to Consummate the Exchange Offer and (2) the 30th day after
      the date on which the Company receives notice from a Holder of Transfer
      Restricted Securities as contemplated by clause (ii) of paragraph (a)
      above (such earliest date being the "SHELF FILING DEADLINE"), which Shelf
      Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer
      Restricted Securities by the Holders which shall have provided the
      information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and

            (y) use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf
      Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or
      before the 90th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline.

Subject to Section 5(b), the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use
their reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions
of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is
available for resales of Notes or Exchange Notes by the Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to
ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities
Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from
time to time, for a period of at least two years following the Closing Date or
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shorter period that will terminate when all Notes or Exchange Notes covered by
the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement (such period being the "SHELF REGISTRATION PERIOD").

            (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with
the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to
the Company in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, such
information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any
Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included
therein. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall be entitled to
Additional Interest pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless and until such Holder
shall have used its reasonable best efforts to provide all such reasonably
requested information. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement
is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information
required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished
to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

      SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL INTEREST

            (a) If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this
Agreement are not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified
for such filing in Sections 3(a) and 4(a), as applicable, (ii) any of such
required Registration Statements have not been declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness in Sections
3(a) and 4(a), as applicable, (each, an "EFFECTIVENESS TARGET DATE"), (iii) the
Exchange Offer has not been Consummated within 30 business days, or longer, if
required by federal securities laws, after the Effectiveness Target Date with
respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective
or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and
declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be
usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities without
being succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such Registration
Statement that cures such failure and that is itself immediately declared
effective (except as permitted in paragraph (b); such period of time during
which any such Registration Statement is not effective or any such Registration
Statement or the related Prospectus is not usable being referred to as a
"BLACKOUT PERIOD") (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a
"REGISTRATION DEFAULT"), the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, jointly and
severally, agree to pay additional interest ("ADDITIONAL INTEREST") to each
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities adversely affected by such Registration
Default, in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder with respect to the first
90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default.
The amount of Additional Interest shall increase by an additional $.05 per week
per $1,000 principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to
each subsequent 90-day period (or portion thereof) until all Registration
Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of Additional Interest of $.50
per week per $1,000 principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities.

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All accrued Additional Interest shall be paid to Record Holders by the Company
and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the same manner as interest is paid under the
Notes. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any
particular Transfer Restricted Securities, the accrual of Additional Interest
with respect to such Transfer Restricted Securities will cease.

            (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 5(a)(iv) shall be
deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Registration
Statement or the related Prospectus if (i) the Blackout Period has occurred
solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf
Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with
respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective
and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related
Prospectus or (y) the occurrence of other material events with respect to the
Company that would need to be described in such Registration Statement or the
related Prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding
promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement (including by way of filing
documents under the Exchange Act which are incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement) such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus
to describe such events; provided, however, that in any case if such Blackout
Period occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days, a Registration
Default shall be deemed to have occurred on the 31st day of such Blackout Period
and Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the above paragraph
from the day such Registration Default occurs until such Registration Default is
cured or until the Company is no longer required pursuant to this Agreement to
keep such Registration Statement effective or such Registration Statement or the
related Prospectus usable; provided, further, that in no event shall the total
of all Blackout Periods exceed 45 days in the aggregate of any 12-month period.

            All payment obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors
set forth in this section that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer
Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted
Security shall survive until such time as all such payment obligations with
respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.

      SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

            (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the
Exchange Offer, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall comply with all
of the provisions of Section 6(c) below, shall use their reasonable best efforts
to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities
being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution
thereof, and shall comply with all of the following provisions:

                  (i) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer
      pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer
      Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company,
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      Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company and the
      Subsidiary Guarantors (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal
      contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect
      that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in,
      and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding
      with any Person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes to
      be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Notes
      in its ordinary course of business. In addition, all such Holders of
      Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Company's
      and the Subsidiary Guarantors' preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each
      Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such
      Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the
      securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under
      Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the
      position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings
      Corporation (available May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc.
      (available June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission's letter to
      Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters, and
      (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements
      of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction
      and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an
      effective Registration Statement containing the selling security holder
      information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K
      if the resales are of Exchange Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange
      for Notes acquired by such Holder directly from the Company.

                  (ii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
      Statement, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall state to the
      Commission that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors are registering
      the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission
      enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988)
      and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and shall
      represent to the Commission that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
      Guarantor has entered into any arrangement or understanding with any
      Person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange
      Offer and that, to the best of the Company's and each Subsidiary
      Guarantor's information and belief, each Holder participating in the
      Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of
      business and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to
      participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes received in the
      Exchange Offer; and

                  (iii) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall issue,
      upon the request of any Holder of Notes covered by the Exchange Offer,
      Exchange Notes (including the related guarantees), having an aggregate
      principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Notes
      surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor; such
      Exchange Notes (including the related guarantees) to be registered in the
      name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Exchange
      Notes (including the related guarantees), as

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      the case may be; in return, the Notes held by such Holder shall be
      surrendered to the Company for cancellation.

            (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall comply
with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below and shall use their reasonable
best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors will as expeditiously as possible prepare and file with
the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any
appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the
sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended
method or methods of distribution thereof.

            (c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration
Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or
resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of
Notes and Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers), the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall:

                  (i) use their reasonable best efforts to keep such
      Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite
      financial statements (including, if required by the Securities Act or any
      regulation thereunder, financial statements of any Subsidiary Guarantors),
      unless such financial statements are publicly available, for the period
      specified in Sections 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable; upon the
      occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement
      or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement
      or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer
      Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the
      Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall file promptly an appropriate
      amendment to such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A),
      correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either
      clause (A) or (B), use their reasonable best efforts to cause such
      amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the
      related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon
      as practicable thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and
      the Subsidiary Guarantors may allow the Shelf Registration Statement to
      cease to become effective and usable if (x) the board of directors of the
      Company determines in good faith that it is in the best interests of the
      Company not to disclose the existence of or facts surrounding any proposed
      or pending material corporate transaction involving the Company or the
      Subsidiary Guarantors, and the Company notifies the Holders within two
      business days after such boards of directors make such determination or
      (y) the Prospectus contained in the Shelf Registration Statement contains
      an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
      necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of
      the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided
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      during which the Shelf Registration Statement is required to be effective
      and usable shall be extended by the number of days during which such
      Registration Statement was not effective or usable pursuant to the
      foregoing provisions; and provided further that Additional Interest shall
      accrue on the Notes as provided in Section 5 hereof;

                  (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
      post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement as may be
      necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable
      period set forth in Sections 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable; cause the
      Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and
      as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
      Act, and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and
      430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the
      provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
      securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable
      period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution
      by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or
      supplement to the Prospectus;

                  (iii) cooperate with the selling Holders of Transfer
      Restricted Securities and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the
      timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer
      Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends;
      and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations
      and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any,
      may request at least two business days prior to any sale of Transfer
      Restricted Securities made by such underwriter(s);

                  (iv) use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Transfer
      Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be
      registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or
      authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or
      the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer
      Restricted Securities;

                  (v) if any fact or event contemplated by clause (d)(i)(D)
      below shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective
      amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any
      document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required
      document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer
      Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement
      of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make
      the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
      they were made, not misleading;

                  (vi) provide a CUSIP, CINS or ISIN number, as applicable, for
      all Transfer Restricted Securities not later than the effective date of
      the Registration Statement and provide the Trustee under the Indenture
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      certificates for the Transfer Restricted Securities which are in a form
      eligible for deposit with the depositary;

                  (vii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made
      with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by
      any underwriter (including any "qualified independent underwriter") that
      is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of
      the NASD;

                  (viii) otherwise use their reasonable best efforts to comply
      with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make
      generally available to their security holders, as soon as practicable, a
      consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158
      (which need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at
      the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are
      sold to underwriters in a firm or best efforts Underwritten Offering or
      (B) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the
      first month of the Company's first fiscal quarter commencing after the
      effective date of the Registration Statement;

                  (ix) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not
      later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required
      by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the
      Trustee and the Holders of Notes and Exchange Notes to effect such changes
      to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified
      in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use their
      reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents
      that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and
      documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such
      Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; and

                  (x) provide promptly to any Holder upon such Holder's written
      request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the
      requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act to the
      extent such documents are not otherwise filed with the Commission and
      available to the public free of cost.

            (d) Additional Provisions Applicable to Shelf Registration
Statements. In connection with each Shelf Registration Statement, during the
Shelf Registration Period, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall:

                  (i) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders of
      Transfer Restricted Securities promptly and, if requested by such Persons,
      to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any
      Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and,
      with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective
      amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request
      by the Commission for amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement or
      amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information
      relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
      suspending the effectiveness of the

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      Registration Statement under the Securities Act, of the suspension by any
      state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer
      Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or of the
      initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes and (D) of
      the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that requires the
      making of any additions to or changes in the Shelf Registration Statement
      or the Prospectus in order that the Shelf Registration Statement and the
      Prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
      to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in
      the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
      If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the
      effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, or any U.S. state
      securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order
      suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the
      Transfer Restricted Securities under U.S. state securities or blue sky
      laws, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their reasonable
      best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the
      earliest possible time;

                  (ii) if requested in writing, furnish to each of the selling
      Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities and each of the underwriter(s),
      if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Shelf
      Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any
      amendments or supplements to any such Shelf Registration Statement or
      Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the
      initial filing of such Shelf Registration Statement), which documents will
      be subject to the review of such Holders and underwriter(s), if any, for a
      period of at least five business days, and the Company and the Subsidiary
      Guarantors will not file any such Shelf Registration Statement or
      Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Shelf Registration
      Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by
      reference) if a selling Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities covered
      by such Shelf Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall
      not have had an opportunity to review the Shelf Registration Statement as
      set forth above; such Holders and underwriter(s) shall be deemed to have
      reasonably objected to such filing if such Shelf Registration Statement,
      amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be
      filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
      any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
      of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or fails
      to comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act;

                  (iii) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to
      be incorporated by reference into a Shelf Registration Statement or
      Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the selling Holders and to
      the underwriter(s), if any, make the Company's and the Subsidiary
      Guarantors' representatives available for discussion of such document and
      other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in
      such document prior to the filing thereof

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      as such selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may request
      in writing;

                  (iv) make available for inspection at reasonable times at each
      of the Company's principal places of business by the selling Holders of
      Transfer Restricted Securities, any underwriter participating in any
      disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, and any
      attorney or accountant retained by such selling Holders or any of the
      underwriter(s) who shall certify to the Company and the Subsidiary
      Guarantors that they have a current intention to sell Transfer Restricted
      Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, such relevant
      financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties
      of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors as reasonably requested and
      cause the Company's and the Subsidiary Guarantors' officers, directors and
      employees to respond to such inquiries as shall be reasonably necessary,
      in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such Holders, to conduct a
      reasonable investigation; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection
      and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the selling
      Holders by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such Holders and,
      provided, further, that each such party shall be required to maintain in
      confidence and not disclose to any other Person any information or records
      reasonably designated by the Company in writing as being confidential,
      until such time as (A) such information becomes a matter of public record
      (whether by virtue of its inclusion in such Shelf Registration Statement
      or otherwise), (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, 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 made
      therein not misleading;

                  (v) if requested by any selling Holders of Transfer Restricted
      Securities or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any
      Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus pursuant to a supplement or
      post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling
      Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have
      included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to
      the "Plan of Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted Securities,
      information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted
      Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price being
      paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer
      Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required
      filings of

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      such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as
      practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be
      incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
      provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to take any
      action pursuant to this Section 6(d)(v) that would, in the opinion of
      counsel for the Company reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers,
      violate applicable law;

                  (vi) deliver to each selling Holder of Transfer Restricted
      Securities and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many
      copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) and any
      amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request;
      the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby consent to the use of the
      Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling
      Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the
      offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
      Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

                  (vii) furnish to each Holder whose Transfer Restricted
      Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement in
      connection with such exchange or sale, without charge, at least one copy
      of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of
      each amendment thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference
      therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by
      reference) to the extent such documents are not otherwise filed with the
      Commission and available to the public free of cost;

                  (viii) enter into an underwriting agreement on not more than
      one occasion in the case of an offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration,
      and make such representations and warranties, and take all such other
      actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the
      disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any
      Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent
      as may be reasonably requested by any Holder or Holders of Transfer
      Restricted Securities who hold at least 25% in aggregate principal amount
      of such class of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided that the Company
      and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall not be required to enter into any such
      agreement more than once with respect to all of the Transfer Restricted
      Securities and may delay entering into such agreement if the board of
      directors of each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors determines
      in good faith that it is in the best interests of the Company and the
      Subsidiary Guarantors not to disclose the existence of or facts
      surrounding any proposed or pending material corporate transaction
      involving the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors; and in connection
      with an Underwritten Registration, the Company and the Subsidiary
      Guarantors shall:

                        (A) furnish to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of
      Transfer Restricted Securities who hold at least 25% in aggregate
      principal amount of such class of Transfer Restricted Securities and each
      underwriter, if

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      any, in such substance and scope as they may reasonably request and as are
      customarily made in connection with an offering of debt securities
      pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement upon the effective date of the
      Shelf Registration Statement (and if such Shelf Registration Statement
      contemplates an Underwritten Offering of Transfer Restricted Securities
      upon the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement related
      thereto):

                        (1) a certificate, dated the date of effectiveness of
            the Shelf Registration Statement signed by (y) the respective chief
            executive officer, the respective President or any Vice President
            and (z) the respective chief financial officer of each of the
            Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors confirming, as of the
            date thereof, the matters set forth in Section 7(l) of the Purchase
            Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably
            request;

                        (2) an opinion, dated the date of effectiveness of such
            Shelf Registration Statement, of securities counsel for the Company
            covering matters similar to those set forth in Section 7(c) of the
            Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such parties may
            reasonably request, and in any event including a statement to the
            effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with
            officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives
            of the independent public accountants for the Company, the Initial
            Purchasers' representatives and the Initial Purchasers' counsel in
            connection with the preparation of such Shelf Registration Statement
            and the related Prospectus although such counsel has not
            independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
            such statements in such Shelf Registration Statement; and that such
            counsel advises that, on the basis of the foregoing, such counsel's
            work in connection with this work did not disclose information that
            gave such counsel reason to believe that the Shelf Registration
            Statement, at the time such Shelf Registration Statement or any
            post-effective amendment thereto became effective contained an
            untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
            fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
            statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained
            in such Shelf Registration Statement as of its date contained an
            untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
            fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the
            light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
            misleading. Such counsel may state further that such counsel
            expresses no view with respect to, and has not independently
            verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial
            statements, notes and schedules, the financial projections and other
            financial, statistical and accounting data included or incorporated
            by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by
            this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and

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                        (3) a customary comfort letter, dated as of the date of
            effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement from the Company's
            independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters
            of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters
            in connection with primary underwritten offerings, and affirming the
            matters set forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to
            Sections 7(e) and 7(f) of the Purchase Agreement;

                        (B) set forth in full or incorporated by reference in
      the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and
      procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be
      indemnified pursuant to said Section; and

                        (C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may
      be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with clause
      (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting
      agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company and the
      Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to this clause (viii), if any.

If at any time during the Shelf Registration Period the representations and
warranties of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors contemplated in clause
(A)(1) above cease to be true and correct, the Company or the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriters, if any,
and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall
confirm such advice in writing; and

                  (ix) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
      Securities cooperate with the selling Holders of Transfer Restricted
      Securities the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in
      connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer
      Restricted Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such
      jurisdictions as the selling Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities or
      underwriter(s) may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or
      things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such
      jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf
      Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 4 hereof; provided,
      however, that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall not be
      obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which
      they are not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject
      them to general consent to service of process, other than as to matters
      and transactions relating to the Shelf Registration Statement, in any
      jurisdiction where they are not now so subject.

            (e) Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted
Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of
any fact of the kind described in Section 6(d)(i) hereof, such Holder will
forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies of
the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(d)(vi) hereof,
or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice")

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by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received
copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will
deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than
permanent file copies then in such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus
covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of
receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the
time period regarding the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement set
forth in Section 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of
days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice
pursuant to Section 6(d)(i) hereof to and including the date when each selling
Holder covered by such Shelf Registration Statement shall have received the
copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section
6(d)(vi) hereof or shall have received the Advice.

            (f) The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may require each
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as to which any registration is being
effected to furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and
such Holder's intended method of distribution of the applicable Transfer
Restricted Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in
writing, but only to the extent that such information is required in order to
comply with the Securities Act. Each such Holder agrees to notify the Company as
promptly as practicable of (i) any inaccuracy or change in information
previously furnished by such Holder to the Company or (ii) the occurrence of any
event, in either case, as a result of which any Prospectus relating to such
registration contains or would contain an untrue statement of a material fact
regarding such Holder or such Holder's intended method of distribution of the
applicable Transfer Restricted Securities or omits to state any material fact
regarding such Holder or such Holder's intended method of distribution of the
applicable Transfer Restricted Securities required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading 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 Holder or the distribution of the applicable Transfer
Restricted 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.

      SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES

            (a) All expenses incident to the Company's and the Subsidiary
Guarantors' performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by
the Company regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective,
including without limitation and as applicable: (i) all Commission, securities
exchange or NASD registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings
made by any Initial Purchasers or Holder with the NASD (and, if applicable, the
fees and expenses of any "qualified independent underwriter" and its counsel
that may be required by the rules and regulations of the NASD)); (ii) all fees
and expenses of compliance with U.S. federal securities and state blue sky or
securities laws and compliance with the rules of the

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NASD (including reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for Holders in
connection with blue sky and/or NASD qualification of the Exchange Notes); (iii)
all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Notes
to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and
delivery services; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company
and the Subsidiary Guarantors; (v) all fees and disbursements of independent
certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any
special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance)
and (vi) the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel designated by the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to act as counsel for the Holders of
those Transfer Restricted Securities in connection therewith.

            The Company will, in any event, bear its and the Subsidiary
Guarantors' internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties),
the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person,
including special experts, retained by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors.

            (b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities will pay all
underwriting discounts and commissions, if any, and agency fees, commissions and
transfer taxes, if any, relating to the disposition of such Holder's Transfer
Restricted Securities and the fees and disbursements of any counsel or other
advisors or experts retained by such Holder, other than the counsel and experts
specifically referred to in clause (a) above.

      SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION

            (a) The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall, jointly and
severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities, its officers and employees and each Person, if any, who controls any
such Holders, within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and against any
loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect
thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or
action relating to purchases, sales and registration of the Notes (including the
related Guarantees) and the Exchange Notes (including the related Guarantees)),
to which that Holder, officer, employee or controlling Person may become
subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any
Registration Statement or preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto, (B) in any Blue Sky Application (as defined
below) or other document prepared or executed by any Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor (or based upon any written information furnished by any Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor) specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of
the Notes under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction (any such
application, document or information being hereinafter called a "Blue Sky
Application") or (C) in any materials or information provided to investors by,
or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the
offering of the

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Exchange Notes ("Marketing Materials"), including any roadshow or investor
presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or
electronically); (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any
Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or in any
amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application or Marketing
Materials any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, or (iii) any act or failure to act or any alleged act or
failure to act by any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection
with, or relating in any manner to, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Exchange
Notes or the offering contemplated by any Registration Statement, and which is
included as part of or referred to in any loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arising out of or based upon matters covered by clause (i) or (ii) above
(provided that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall not be liable
under this clause (iii) to the extent that it is determined in a final judgment
by a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action resulted directly from any such acts or failures to act undertaken or
omitted to be taken by such Holder through its gross negligence or willful
misconduct); and shall reimburse each Holder and each such officer, employee or
controlling Person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by that Holder, officer, employee or controlling Person in
connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall not be
liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any
Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or in any such
amendment or supplement, or in any Blue Sky Application or Marketing Materials,
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such
Holder furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder specifically for
inclusion therein; provided, further, that with respect to any such untrue
statement or omission made in any preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(a) shall not inure to the
benefit of the Holder from whom the Person asserting any such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities purchased the Notes, Guarantees or Exchange Notes
concerned if, to the extent that such sale was a sale by the Holder and any such
loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder is a result of the fact that
both (A) a copy of the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented) was not sent or given to such Person at or prior to written
confirmation of the sale of such Notes or Exchange Notes to such Person and (B)
the untrue statement or omission in the preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus was
corrected in the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented)
unless such failure to deliver the Prospectus was a result of noncompliance by
the Company with Section 6(d)(vi) hereof. The foregoing indemnity agreement is
in addition to any liability which the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may
otherwise have to any Holder or to any officer, employee or controlling Person
of that Holder.

            (b) Each Holder, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold
harmless each of the Company, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, their
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directors, officers and employees, and each Person, if any, who controls either
of the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors within the meaning of the
Securities Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or
several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors or any such director, officer or controlling Person may become
subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any
Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or (B) in any Blue Sky Application or (ii) the
omission or alleged omission to state in any Registration Statement, preliminary
Prospectus or Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any
Blue Sky Application any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only
to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information concerning such Holders furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
that Holder specifically for inclusion therein, and shall reimburse the Company,
each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and each such director, officer, employee and
controlling Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
Company, each such Subsidiary Guarantor or each such director, officer, employee
or controlling Person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing
to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any
liability which any Holder may otherwise have to the Company, any of the
Subsidiary Guarantors or any such director, officer, employee or controlling
Person.

            (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that
the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent it has
been materially prejudiced by such failure and; provided, further, that the
failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8.
If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and
it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with
any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof
with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from
the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the
defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
the indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, any
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and to participate in the defense thereof but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of the

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indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel has been
specifically authorized by the indemnifying party in writing, or (ii) such
indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one
or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to
those available to the indemnifying party and in the reasonable judgment of such
counsel it is advisable for such indemnified party to employ separate counsel or
(iii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action and
employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, in which case,
if such indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party in writing that it
elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the
indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate
but substantially similar or related actions arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to local counsel) at any
time for all such indemnified parties, which firm shall be designated in writing
by (x) Citigroup Global Markets Inc. if the indemnified parties under this
Section 8 consist of the Initial Purchasers or any of their respective officers,
employees or controlling Persons or (y) by the Company, if the indemnified
parties under this Section 8 consist of any of the Company, any of the
Subsidiary Guarantors or any of their respective directors, officers, employees
or controlling Persons. No indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior
written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding or (ii) be liable for any
settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the consent of
the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment of the plaintiff in any
such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any
indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment.

            (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall for
any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party under Section 8(a) or 8(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or
liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party,
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in
such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Holders on the other, from the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand and the Holders on
the other with respect to the statements or omissions which

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resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof,
as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall
be determined by reference to 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 the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, on
the one hand, or the Holders, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and
their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and
the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions
pursuant to this Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even
if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, referred to above in this Section shall be deemed to include, for
purposes of this Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no Holder
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
net proceeds received by it in connection with its sale of Notes exceeds the
amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise paid or become liable to
pay by reason of the 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'
obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 8(d) are several and not
joint.

      SECTION 9. RULE 144A

            The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees with each
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, during any period in which the Company
or such Subsidiary Guarantor is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act within the two-year period following the Closing Date, to make
available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities,
in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such
Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the
information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to
permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.

      SECTION 10. PARTICIPATION IN UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS

            No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder
unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's Transfer Restricted
Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by
the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes
and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the
terms of such underwriting arrangements.

      SECTION 11. SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS

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            Subject to Section 6(d)(i), the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may
sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering at such
Holders' expense. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or
investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering
will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided that such
investment bankers and managers must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

      SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS

            (a) Remedies. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors agree that
monetary damages (including Additional Interest) would not be adequate
compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions
of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

            (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary Guarantor will, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into
any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the
rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof. Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum (as such term
is defined in the Purchase Agreement), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
Guarantor has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration
rights with respect to its securities to any Person. The rights granted to the
Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with
the rights granted to the holders of the Company's or any Subsidiary Guarantor's
securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

            (c) Adjustments Affecting the Notes. The Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors will not take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect
to the Notes that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the
Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer.

            (d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not
be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has obtained the
written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
the Transfer Restricted Securities affected by such amendment, modification,
supplement, waiver or consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other
Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer
may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered.

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            (e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, facsimile or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

                  (i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of
      the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the
      Indenture; and

                  if to the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors to:

                        Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
                        840 Crescent Centre Drive,
                        Suite 460
                        Franklin, Tennessee  37067
                        Attention: Joey A. Jacobs
                        Fax: (615) 312-5700

                        with a copy to:

                        Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, PLLC
                        511 Union Street, Suite 2100
                        Nashville, Tennessee  37219
                        Attention: Christopher L. Howard, Esq.
                        Fax: (615) 244-6804

            Any such notices and communications shall take effect at the time of
receipt thereof. The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any notice
or communication given or made by the Initial Purchasers.

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

            (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the
parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not
inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder
unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted
Securities from such Holder.

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

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

            (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

            (j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

            (k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with the other
Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) is intended by the
parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete
and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto
in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties
with respect to such subject matter.

                            [Signature pages follow.]

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

                             PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC.

                             By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                 --------------------------------
                                 Name:  Steven T. Davidson
                                 Title: Chief Development Officer

                             GUARANTORS:

                             PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS HOSPITALS, INC.
                             INFOSCRIBER CORPORATION
                             COLLABORATIVE CARE CORPORATION
                             PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF ALABAMA, INC.
                             PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF TENNESSEE, INC.
                             SOLUTIONS CENTER OF LITTLE ROCK, INC.
                             PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
                             PSI COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY MANAGEMENT, INC.
                             PSYCHIATRIC MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, INC.
                             PSI-EAP, INC.
                             SUNSTONE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.
                             THE COUNSELING CENTER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, INC.
                             PSI CEDAR SPRINGS HOSPITAL, INC.
                             PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF OKLAHOMA, INC.
                             AERIES HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
                             AERIES HEALTHCARE OF ILLINOIS, INC.
                             PSI HOSPITALS, INC.
                             PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS, INC.
                             BOUNTIFUL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, INC.
                             EAST CAROLINA PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES CORPORATION
                             GREAT PLAINS HOSPITAL, INC.
                             GULF COAST TREATMENT CENTER, INC.
                             HAVENWYCK HOSPITAL INC.
                             H.C. CORPORATION
                             HSA HILL CREST CORPORATION
                             HSA OF OKLAHOMA, INC.
                             MICHIGAN PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, INC.
                             RAMSAY MANAGED CARE, INC.
                             RAMSAY TREATMENT SERVICES, INC.
                             PREMIER BEHAVIORAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
                             PREMIER BEHAVIORAL SOLUTIONS OF ALABAMA, INC.

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                             PREMIER BEHAVIORAL SOLUTIONS OF FLORIDA, INC.
                             RAMSAY YOUTH SERVICES OF GEORGIA, INC.
                             RAMSAY YOUTH SERVICES PUERTO RICO, INC.
                             PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
                             RHCI SAN ANTONIO, INC.
                             TRANSITIONAL CARE VENTURES, INC.
                             TRANSITIONAL CARE VENTURES (TEXAS), INC.
                             BRENTWOOD ACQUISITION, INC.
                             BRENTWOOD ACQUISITION-SHREVEPORT, INC.
                             CANYON RIDGE HOSPITAL, INC.
                             LAURELWOOD CENTER, INC.
                             PEAK BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                             PSI PRIDE INSTITUTE, INC.
                             PSI SUMMIT HOSPITAL, INC.
                             PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF ARIZONA, INC.
                             PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF LEESBURG, INC.
                             PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF VIRGINIA, INC.
                             TUCSON HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
                             WHISPER RIDGE OF STAUNTON, INC.
                             FORT LAUDERDALE HOSPITAL, INC.
                             WELLSTONE HOLDINGS, INC.
                             ARDENT HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
                             BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
                             BHC ALHAMBRA HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC BELMONT PINES HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC CEDAR CREST RTC, INC.
                             BHC CEDAR VISTA HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC CLINICAS DEL ESTE HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC COLUMBUS HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC FAIRFAX HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC FORT LAUDERDALE HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC FOX RUN HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC FREMONT HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC GULF COAST MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC.
                             BHC HEALTH SERVICES OF NEVADA, INC.
                             BHC HERITAGE OAKS HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC HOSPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
                             BHC INTERMOUNTAIN HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC LEBANON HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
                             BHC MILLWOOD HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC MONTEVISTA HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC OF NORTHERN INDIANA, INC.
                             BHC PACIFIC GATEWAY HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC PACIFIC SHORES HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC PACIFIC VIEW RTC, INC.
                             BHC PINNACLE POINTE HOSPITAL, INC.

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                             BHC PROPERTIES, INC.
                             BHC ROSS HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC SAN JUAN CAPESTRANO HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC STREAMWOOD HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC VALLE VISTA HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC VISTA DEL MAR HOSPITAL, INC.
                             BHC WINDSOR HOSPITAL, INC.
                             COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC CENTERS OF TEXAS, INC.
                             INDIANA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTES, INC.
                             MESILLA VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC.
                             MESILLA VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES, INC.

                             By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                 ----------------------------------
                                 Name:  Steven T. Davidson
                                 Title: Vice President

                             THERAPEUTIC SCHOOL SERVICES, LLC
                             PSI TEXAS HOSPITALS, LLC
                             WELLSTONE REGIONAL HOSPITAL ACQUISITION, LLC
                             PSI CROSSINGS, LLC
                             PALMETTO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM, L.L.C
                             PALMETTO LOWCOUNTRY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, L.L.C.
                             PALMETTO PEE DEE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, L.L.C.
                             AHS CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL, LLC
                             BHC CANYON RIDGE HOSPITAL, LLC
                             BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC
                             BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF INDIANA, LLC
                             BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF KENTUCKY, LLC
                             BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF LOUISIANA, LLC
                             BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF NEW MEXICO, LLC
                             BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF PENNSYLVANIA, LLC
                             BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF STREAMWOOD, LLC

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                             BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF TULSA, LLC
                             BHC MESILLA VALLEY HOSPITAL, LLC (F/K/A
                               BHC NEWCO 1, LLC)
                             BHC NEWCO 2, LLC
                             BHC NEWCO 3, LLC
                             BHC NEWCO 4, LLC
                             BHC NEWCO 5, LLC
                             BHC NEWCO 6, LLC
                             BHC NEWCO 7, LLC
                             BHC NEWCO 8, LLC
                             BHC NEWCO 9, LLC
                             BHC NEWCO 10, LLC
                             BHC NORTHWEST PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, LLC
                             BHC PHYSICIAN SERVICES OF KENTUCKY, LLC
                             COLUMBUS HOSPITAL , LLC
                             LEBANON HOSPITAL, LLC
                             NORTHERN INDIANA HOSPITAL, LLC
                             VALLE VISTA, LLC
                             WILLOW SPRINGS, LLC
                             RED ROCK SOLUTIONS, LLC

                             By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                 ----------------------------------

                             Name:  Steven T. Davidson
                             Title: Vice President

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                             H.C. PARTNERSHIP

                             BY: H.C. CORPORATION, AS GENERAL PARTNER

                             By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                 --------------------------------

                             Name:  Steven T. Davidson
                             Title: Vice President

                             BY: HSA HILL CREST CORPORATION, AS GENERAL PARTNER

                             By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                 ------------------------------

                             Name:  Steven T. Davidson
                             Title: Vice President

                             MILLWOOD HOSPITAL, L.P.
                             TEXAS CYPRESS CREEK HOSPITAL, L.P.
                             TEXAS WEST OAKS HOSPITAL, L.P.
                             NEURO INSTITUTE OF AUSTIN, L.P.
                             TEXAS LAUREL RIDGE HOSPITAL, L.P.
                             TEXAS OAKS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, L.P.
                             TEXAS SAN MARCOS TREATMENT CENTER, L.P.

                             BY: PSI TEXAS HOSPITALS, LLC, AS GENERAL PARTNER

                             BY: PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS HOSPITAL, INC., AS SOLE
                                 MEMBER

                             By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                 --------------------------------

                             Name:  Steven T. Davidson
                             Title: Vice President

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                             BHC OF INDIANA GENERAL PARTNERSHIP

                             BY: BHC COLUMBUS HOSPITAL, INC.
                                 BHC LEBANON HOSPITAL, INC.
                                 BHC OF NORTHERN INDIANA, INC.
                                 BHC VALLE VISTA HOSPITAL, INC., ITS PARTNERS

                             By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                 --------------------------------

                             Name:  Steven T. Davidson
                             Title: Vice President

                             BLOOMINGTON MEADOWS, G.P.

                             BY: BHC OF INDIANA GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, ITS PARTNER

                             BY: BHC COLUMBUS HOSPITAL, INC.
                                 BHC LEBANON HOSPITAL, INC.
                                 BHC OF NORTHERN INDIANA, INC.
                                 BHC VALLE VISTA HOSPITAL, INC., ITS PARTNERS

                             By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                 -----------------------------------------

                             Name:  Steven T. Davidson
                             Title: Vice President

                             BY: INDIANA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTES, INC., ITS
                                 PARTNER

                             By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                 -----------------------------------------

                             Name:  Steven T. Davidson
                             Title: Vice President

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                             MESILLA VALLEY GENERAL PARTNERSHIP

                             BY: MESILLA VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC.
                                 MESILLA VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES,
                                 INC., ITS PARTNERS

                             By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                 ------------------------------------

                             Name:  Steven T. Davidson
                             Title: Vice President

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Accepted:

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

By: /s/ Ross A. Mac Intyre
    ---------------------------------
    Authorized Representative

For itself and the other Several Initial
Purchasers named in Schedule I to the
Purchase Agreement<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

================================================================================

                                  $475,000,000

                  SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

                            DATED AS OF JULY 1, 2005

                                      AMONG

                           PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC.
                                AS THE BORROWER,

               THE SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER IDENTIFIED HEREIN,
                                 AS GUARANTORS,

                  THE LENDERS AND THE L/C ISSUER PARTY HERETO,

                          CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
                   AS TERM LOAN FACILITY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,

                             BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
               AS REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
                     COLLATERAL AGENT AND SWING LINE LENDER,

                          CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.
                                       AND
                             BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                            AS CO-SYNDICATION AGENTS

                          CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
                             AS DOCUMENTATION AGENT

                          CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
                                       AND
                         BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
                 AS JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS AND JOINT BOOK MANAGERS
                        FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

                                       AND

                         CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
                   AS SOLE LEAD ARRANGER AND SOLE BOOK MANAGER
                           FOR THE TERM LOAN FACILITY

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Article I       DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS...............................................      1

         1.01   Defined Terms..................................................................      1

         1.02   Other Interpretive Provisions..................................................     38

         1.03   Accounting Terms...............................................................     39

         1.04   Rounding.......................................................................     40

         1.05   References to Agreements and Laws..............................................     40

         1.06   Times of Day...................................................................     40

         1.07   Letter of Credit Amounts.......................................................     40

Article II      THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS..........................................     41

         2.01   The Commitments................................................................     41

         2.02   Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.............................     41

         2.03   Letters of Credit..............................................................     43

         2.04   Swing Line Loans...............................................................     49

         2.05   Reduction and Termination of the Commitments...................................     52

         2.06   Repayment of Loans.............................................................     52

         2.07   Optional Prepayments...........................................................     54

         2.08   Mandatory Prepayments..........................................................     54

         2.09   Interest.......................................................................     56

         2.10   Conversion/Continuation Option.................................................     57

         2.11   Evidence of Debt...............................................................     57

         2.12   Fees...........................................................................     59

         2.13   Payments and Computations......................................................     60

         2.14   Increases in Commitments.......................................................     62

Article III     TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY.........................................     64

         3.01   Taxes..........................................................................     64

         3.02   Illegality.....................................................................     65

         3.03   Determination of Rates; Inability to Determine Rates...........................     65

         3.04   Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy............................     66

         3.05   Funding Losses.................................................................     66

         3.06   Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation............................     67

         3.07   Substitution of Lenders........................................................     67
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         3.08   Survival...........................................................................     68

Article IV      GUARANTY...........................................................................     68

         4.01   The Guaranty.......................................................................     68

         4.02   Obligations Unconditional..........................................................     69

         4.03   Reinstatement......................................................................     69

         4.04   Certain Additional Waivers.........................................................     70

         4.05   Remedies...........................................................................     70

         4.06   Rights of Contribution.............................................................     70

         4.07   Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.........................................     70

Article V       CONDITIONS PRECEDENT...............................................................     71

         5.01   Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions..................................     71

         5.02   Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension......................................     75

         5.03   Determinations of Initial Borrowing Conditions.....................................     76

Article VI      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.....................................................     76

         6.01   Existence, Qualification and Power.................................................     76

         6.02   Authorization; No Contravention....................................................     77

         6.03   Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.........................................     77

         6.04   Binding Effect.....................................................................     77

         6.05   Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect; Solvency.........................     77

         6.06   Litigation.........................................................................     78

         6.07   No Default; No Burdensome Restrictions.............................................     78

         6.08   Ownership of Property; Liens.......................................................     79

         6.09   Environmental Compliance...........................................................     79

         6.10   Insurance..........................................................................     80

         6.11   Taxes..............................................................................     80

         6.12   ERISA Compliance...................................................................     80

         6.13   Subsidiaries.......................................................................     81

         6.14   Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act.....     81

         6.15   Disclosure.........................................................................     81

         6.16   Compliance with Laws...............................................................     81

         6.17   Intellectual Property; Licenses; Etc...............................................     82
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         6.18   Broker's Fees......................................................................     83

         6.19   Use of Proceeds....................................................................     83

         6.20   Labor Matters......................................................................     83

         6.21   Business Locations.................................................................     83

         6.22   Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral.................................     84

         6.23   Subordination......................................................................     84

         6.24   Related Documents..................................................................     84

         6.25   Fraud and Abuse....................................................................     85

         6.26   Licensing and Accreditation........................................................     85

         6.27   Reimbursement from Medical Reimbursement Programs..................................     85

         6.28   Medicare and Medicaid Notices and Filings Related to Health Care Business..........     86

Article VII     AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS..............................................................     86

         7.01   Financial Statements...............................................................     86

         7.02   Certificates; Other Information....................................................     87

         7.03   Notices............................................................................     88

         7.04   Payment of Obligations.............................................................     89

         7.05   Preservation of Existence, Etc.....................................................     90

         7.06   Maintenance of Properties..........................................................     90

         7.07   Maintenance of Insurance...........................................................     90

         7.08   Compliance with Laws...............................................................     91

         7.09   Books and Records..................................................................     91

         7.10   Access; Inspection Rights..........................................................     91

         7.11   Use of Proceeds....................................................................     92

         7.12   Additional Subsidiaries and Guarantees.............................................     92

         7.13   ERISA Compliance...................................................................     93

         7.14   Environmental Compliance...........................................................     93

         7.15   Additional Collateral..............................................................     93

         7.16   Control Accounts; Approved Deposit Accounts........................................     94

         7.17   Interest Rate Contracts............................................................     95

         7.18   Collateral Access Agreements and Bailee's Letters..................................     95

         7.19   Certain Post-Closing Date Requirements.............................................     95
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Article VIII    NEGATIVE COVENANTS........................................................................      96

         8.01   Liens.....................................................................................      96

         8.02   Investments...............................................................................      98

         8.03   Indebtedness..............................................................................      99

         8.04   Fundamental Changes.......................................................................     100

         8.05   Dispositions..............................................................................     100

         8.06   Restricted Payments.......................................................................     101

         8.07   Change in Nature of Business..............................................................     101

         8.08   Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders.................................................     101

         8.09   Burdensome Agreements.....................................................................     102

         8.10   Use of Proceeds...........................................................................     102

         8.11   Financial Covenants.......................................................................     102

         8.12   Capital Expenditures......................................................................     103

         8.13   Prepayment of Other Indebtedness; Modification of Debt Agreements.........................     103

         8.14   Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity....     104

         8.15   Ownership of Subsidiaries.................................................................     105

         8.16   Sale and Leaseback Transactions; Operating Leases.........................................     105

         8.17   Modification of Related Documents.........................................................     105

         8.18   No Speculative Transactions...............................................................     105

         8.19   Compliance with ERISA.....................................................................     106

         8.20   Environmental.............................................................................     106

         8.21   Additional Senior Debt....................................................................     106

Article IX      EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES............................................................     106

         9.01   Events of Default.........................................................................     106

         9.02   Remedies Upon Event of Default............................................................     108

         9.03   Actions In Respect of Letters of Credit...................................................     109

Article X       AGENTS....................................................................................     109

         10.01  Authorization and Action..................................................................     109

         10.02  Administrative Agent's Reliance, Etc......................................................     111

         10.03  Posting of Approved Electronic Communications.............................................     111

         10.04  The Agents Individually...................................................................     112
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         10.05  Lender Credit Decision.........................................................     113

         10.06  Indemnification................................................................     113

         10.07  Successor Agents...............................................................     113

         10.08  Paying Agents; Collateral and Guaranty Matters.................................     115

         10.09  Collateral Matters Relating to Related Obligations.............................     117

         10.10  Arrangers; Other Agents........................................................     118

Article XI      MISCELLANEOUS..................................................................     118

         11.01  Amendments, Etc................................................................     118

         11.02  Notices, Etc...................................................................     120

         11.03  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.................................................     122

         11.04  Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes.............................................     122

         11.05  Indemnification by the Borrower; Limitation of Liability.......................     123

         11.06  Marshalling; Payments Set Aside................................................     125

         11.07  Assignments and Participations.................................................     126

         11.08  Confidentiality................................................................     129

         11.09  Set-off........................................................................     130

         11.10  Interest Rate Limitation.......................................................     130

         11.11  Counterparts...................................................................     130

         11.12  Integration....................................................................     130

         11.13  Survival of Representations and Warranties.....................................     131

         11.14  Severability...................................................................     131

         11.15  Tax Forms......................................................................     131

         11.16  Sharing of Payments, Etc.......................................................     133

         11.17  Governing Law..................................................................     133

         11.18  Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury...............................................     133

         11.19  Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of Process.................................     134

         11.20  Designated Senior Indebtedness.................................................     134

         11.21  USA Patriot Act Notice.........................................................     134

         11.22  Section Titles.................................................................     134

         11.23  Entire Agreement...............................................................     135
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SCHEDULES

     I          Commitments
     6.13       Ownership of Borrower; Subsidiaries
     6.17       IP Rights
     6.21(a)    Locations of Real Property
     6.21(b)    Locations of Tangible Personal Property
     6.21(c)    Locations of Chief Executive Office
     6.21(e)    Changes in Legal Name, State of Formation and Structure
     7.18       Collateral Access Agreements and Bailee's Letter
     8.01       Existing Liens
     8.02       Existing Investments
     8.03       Existing Indebtedness
     11.02      Lending Offices and Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

     A          Form of Notice of Borrowing
     B          Form of Swing Line Loan Request
     C          Form of Letter of Credit Application
     D          Form of Notice of Conversion or Continuation
     E-1        Form of Revolving Note
     E-2        Form of Term Loan Note
     E-3        Form of Swing Line Note
     F          Form of Compliance Certificate
     G          Form of Assignment and Assumption
     H          Form of Joinder Agreement
     I          Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Loan Parties

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                  SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

      This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of
July 1, 2005, among PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Borrower"), the Guarantors (as defined below), the Lenders (as defined below),
the L/C Issuer (as defined below) and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC. ("CNAI"), as
administrative agent for the Term Loan Facility (as defined below) (in such
capacity, the "Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent"), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
("Bank of America"), as administrative agent for the Revolving Credit Facility
(in such capacity, the "Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent") and as
collateral agent for the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Agent"), CNAI and Bank of America, as co-syndication agents for the
Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility, CNAI, as documentation
agent for the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility.

      WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders and the L/C Issuer
make available for the purposes specified in this Agreement, a term loan
facility and a revolving credit and letter of credit facility; and

      WHEREAS, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer are willing to make available to
the Borrower such term loan facility, revolving credit and letter of credit
facility upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

      WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested, and the other parties hereto have
agreed, that the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined below) be amended and
restated on the terms set forth herein;

      WHEREAS, it is the intention of the parties hereto that this Agreement (as
defined below) does not constitute a novation of the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the respective parties (including the Obligations) existing under
the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined below) or evidence payment of all or
any such obligations and liabilities;

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

                                    ARTICLE I

                        DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01  DEFINED TERMS.

      As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below:

      "Account" has the meaning given such term in the UCC.

      "Acquisition," by any Person, means the acquisition by such Person, in a
single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of all or any
substantial portion of the Property of another Person or at least a majority of
the Voting Stock of another Person, in each case whether or not involving a
merger or consolidation with such other Person and whether for cash, property,
services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise.

      "Administrative Agents" means collectively, the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent and the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent.

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      "Administrative Agent's Office" means (a) in the case of the Revolving
Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent's address set forth in Schedule 11.02 (Lending Offices and
Addresses for Notices) or such other address as the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower, the Term Loan
Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the
Revolving Credit Lenders and the L/C Issuer and (b) in the case of the Term Loan
Facility Administrative Agent, the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent's
address set forth in Schedule 11.02 (Lending Offices and Addresses for Notices)
or such other address as the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent may from
time to time notify the Borrower, the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Lenders.

      "Affected Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(a)
(Substitution of Lenders).

      "Affiliate" means, with respect to any 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. "Control"
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the
ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. "Controlling" and
"Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if
such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 5% or more of
the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors,
managing general partners or the equivalent.

      "Agent-Related Persons" means the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative
Agent, the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
together with their respective Affiliates (including, in the case of Bank of
America, Banc of America Securities and in the case of CNAI, CGMI and Citibank),
and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such
Persons and Affiliates.

      "Agents" means, collectively, each Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent.

      "Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments" means the Revolving Credit
Commitments of all the Lenders. The amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments in effect on the Closing Date is $150,000,000.

      "Agreement" means this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as it
may be further amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.

      "AHS" means Ardent Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation which,
following the Reverse Spin-Off, will own only the Capital Stock of BHC and,
indirectly, BHC's Subsidiaries which, together with BHC, constitute, immediately
prior to the consummation of the Ardent Acquisition, the behavioral healthcare
business of Ardent LLC.

      "AHS Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of August 19, 2003, as
amended through the Closing Date (including the amendments contemplated by the
AHS Tender Offer), among AHS, certain of its Subsidiaries, as guarantors, and
AHS Trustee, governing the AHS Notes.

      "AHS Notes" means AHS's 10% senior subordinated notes due 2013.

      "AHS Tender Offer" means the (i) cash tender offer to purchase all of the
AHS Notes on or prior to the Closing Date and (ii) the solicitation of the
consent of the holders of the AHS Notes regarding amendments to the AHS
Indenture, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agents.

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      "AHS Trustee" means U.S. Bank Trust National Association, in its capacity
as trustee for the holders of the AHS Notes.

      "AHS Untendered Notes" means any AHS Notes outstanding on the Closing Date
after the consummation of the AHS Tender Offer.

      "Applicable Margin" means:

      (a) with respect to Term Loans, (x) prior to the Trigger Date, (A) for
Base Rate Loans, a rate equal to 1.00% per annum and (B) for Eurodollar Rate
Loans, a rate equal to 2.00% per annum and (y) from and after the Trigger Date,
a per annum rate equal to the rate for the applicable type of Loan adjacent to
the then applicable Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as set forth below:

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                                                        BASE RATE   EURODOLLAR
CONSOLIDATED TOTAL LEVERAGE RATIO                         LOANS     RATE LOANS
----------------------------------                      ---------   ----------
<S>                                                     <C>         <C>
Greater than or equal to 4.75 to 1                        1.00%        2.00%
Less than 4.75 to 1                                       0.75%        1.75%
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      and

      (b) with respect to Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, (x) prior to the
Trigger Date, (A) for Base Rate Loans, a rate equal to 1.50% per annum and (B)
for Eurodollar Rate Loans, a rate equal to 2.50% per annum and (y) from and
after the Trigger Date, a per annum rate equal to the rate for the applicable
type of Loan adjacent to the then applicable Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio
as set forth below:

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           CONSOLIDATED TOTAL LEVERAGE RATIO                  LOANS     RATE LOANS
--------------------------------------------------------    ---------   ----------
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Greater than or equal to 5.5 to 1                             1.50%        2.50%
Less than 5.5 to 1 and equal to or greater than 5.0 to 1      1.25%        2.25%
Less than 5.0 to 1 and equal to or greater than 4.5 to 1      1.00%        2.00%
Less than 4.5 to 1 and equal to or greater than 4.0 to 1      0.75%        1.75%
Less than 4.0 to 1                                            0.50%        1.50%
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      Changes in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio on the last day of any subsequent fiscal
quarter shall become effective as to all Loans on the Business Day following
delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agents of new financial
statements for such fiscal period pursuant to Section 7.01 (a) or (b) (Financial
Statements), as applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
in this Agreement (including the then effective Consolidated Total Leverage
Ratio), if the Borrower shall fail to deliver such financial statements within
any of the time periods specified in Section 7.01 (a) or (b) (Financial
Statements), as applicable, the Applicable Margin from and including the 46th
day after the end of such fiscal quarter or the 91st day after the end of such
fiscal year, as the case may be, to and including the date the Borrower delivers
to the Administrative Agents such financial statements shall equal the highest
possible Applicable Margin provided for by this definition.

      "Approved Deposit Account" means a Deposit Account that is the subject of
an effective Deposit Account Control Agreement and that is maintained by any
Loan Party with a Deposit Account Bank. The term "Approved Deposit Account"
includes all monies on deposit in a Deposit Account and all certificates and
instruments, if any, representing or evidencing such Deposit Account.

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      "Approved Electronic Communications" means each notice, demand,
communication, information, document and other material that any Loan Party is
obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to the Agents pursuant to any
Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein, including (a) any
Joinder Agreement, any joinder to the Pledge Agreement or Security Agreement and
any other written Contractual Obligation delivered or required to be delivered
in respect of any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein and (b)
any financial statement, financial and other report, notice, request,
certificate and other information material; provided, however, that, "Approved
Electronic Communication" shall exclude (x) any Notice of Borrowing, Letter of
Credit Application, Swing Line Loan Request, Notice of Conversion or
Continuation, and any other notice, demand, communication, information, document
and other material relating to a request for a new, or a conversion of an
existing, Borrowing or other Credit Extension, (ii) any notice pursuant to
Section 2.07 (Optional Prepayments) and Section 2.08 (Mandatory Prepayments) and
any other notice relating to the payment of any principal or other amount due
under any Loan Document prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) all notices
of any Default or Event of Default and (iv) any notice, demand, communication,
information, document and other material required to be delivered to satisfy any
of the conditions set forth in Article V (Conditions Precedent) or Section
2.03(b) (Procedures for issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit;
Auto-Renewal of Letters of Credit) or any other condition to any Borrowing or
other extension of credit hereunder or any condition precedent to the
effectiveness of this Agreement.

      "Approved Electronic Platform" has the meaning specified in Section 10.03
(Posting of Approved Electronic Communications).

      "Approved Fund" means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a
Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an
entity that administers or manages a Lender.

      "Approved Securities Intermediary" means a "securities intermediary" or
"commodity intermediary" (as such terms are defined in the UCC) selected or
approved by the Administrative Agents.

      "Ardent Acquired Business" means AHS, BHC and BHC's Subsidiaries which,
together with BHC, constitute, immediately prior to the consummation of the
Ardent Acquisition, the behavioral healthcare business of Ardent LLC.

      "Ardent Acquisition" means the purchase by the Borrower of all of the
outstanding Capital Stock of AHS pursuant to the terms of the Ardent Acquisition
Agreement.

      "Ardent Acquisition Agreement" means that certain Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2005, by and among Ardent LLC, as seller, AHS
and the Borrower, as purchaser, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

      "Ardent LLC" means Ardent Health Services LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.

      "Arrangers" means each of (i) CGMI, in its capacity as joint lead arranger
and joint book-running manager with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and
as sole lead arranger and sole book-running manager the Term Loan Facility and
(ii) Banc of America Securities, in its capacity as joint lead arranger and
joint book-running manager with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility.

      "Assignment and Assumption" means an Assignment and Assumption
substantially in the form of Exhibit G (Form of Assignment and Assumption).

      "Attorney Costs" means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel.

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      "Attributable Indebtedness" means, on any date, (a) in respect of any
Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on
a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP,
(b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease, the capitalized amount of the remaining
lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of
such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were
accounted for as a capital lease, (c) in respect of any Securitization
Transaction of any Person, the outstanding principal amount of such financing,
after taking into account reserve accounts and making appropriate adjustments,
determined by the Administrative Agents in their reasonable judgment, and (d) in
the case of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the present value (discounted in
accordance with GAAP at the debt rate implied in the applicable lease) of the
obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the term of such lease).

      "Audited Financial Statements" means (a) in the case of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries (immediately prior to giving effect to the Ardent Acquisition),
the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and such Subsidiaries for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 and (b) in the case of AHS and its
Subsidiaries (immediately prior to giving effect to the Ardent Acquisition, the
audited consolidated balance sheet of AHS and such Subsidiaries (other than any
of its Subsidiaries that were transferred to Ardent LLC in connection with the
Reverse Spin-Off), for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, in each case,
together with the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders' equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for
such fiscal year, including the notes thereto.

      "Available Credit" means, at any time, (a) the then effective Revolving
Credit Commitments minus (b) the aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings at such
time.

      "Availability Period" means, with respect to the Revolving Credit
Commitments, the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of
(a) the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (b) the date of termination of the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05 (Reduction and
Termination of the Commitments), and (c) the date of termination of the
commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer
to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02 (Remedies Upon Event of
Default).

      "Bailee's Letter" means a letter in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Agents and executed by any Person (other than a Loan Party)
that is in possession of inventory on behalf of such Loan Party pursuant to
which such Person acknowledges, among other things, the Collateral Agent's Lien
with respect thereto.

      "Bank of America" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
to this Agreement.

      "Banc of America Securities" means Banc of America Securities LLC.

      "Base Rate" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum
as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall be equal at
all times to the highest of the following:

            (a) the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New York,
      New York, from time to time, as Citibank's base rate;

            (b) the sum (adjusted to the nearest 0.25% or, if there is no
      nearest 0.25%, to the next higher 0.25%) of (i) 0.50% per annum, (ii) the
      rate per annum obtained by dividing (A) the latest three-week moving
      average of secondary market morning offering rates in the United States
      for three-month certificates of deposit of major United States money
      market banks, such three-week moving average being determined weekly on
      each Monday (or, if any such day is not a Business

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      Day, on the next succeeding Business Day) for the three-week period ending
      on the previous Friday by Citibank on the basis of such rates reported by
      certificate of deposit dealers to and published by the Federal Reserve
      Bank of New York or, if such publication shall be suspended or terminated,
      on the basis of quotations for such rates received by Citibank from three
      New York certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by
      Citibank, by (B) a percentage equal to 100% minus the average of the daily
      percentages specified during such three-week period by the Federal Reserve
      Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any
      emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for
      Citibank in respect of liabilities consisting of or including (among other
      liabilities) three-month U.S. dollar nonpersonal time deposits in the
      United States and (iii) the average during such three-week period of the
      maximum annual assessment rates estimated by Citibank for determining the
      then current annual assessment payable by Citibank to the Federal Deposit
      Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for insuring Dollar deposits in
      the United States; and

            (c) 0.50% per annum plus the Federal Funds Rate.

      "Base Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

      "BHC" means Behavioral Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

      "Blockage Notice" means a notice delivered pursuant to any Deposit Account
Control Agreement by the Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Collateral Agent
shall notify the applicable Deposit Account Bank that it may no longer accept
instructions from the applicable Loan Party.

      "Borrower" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

      "Borrowing" means a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Term Loan Borrowing.

      "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact
closed in, the State of New York and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate
Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by
and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

      "Businesses" means, at any time, a collective reference to the businesses
operated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time.

      "Capital Expenditures" means, with respect to any Person for any period,
the aggregate of amounts that would be reflected as additions to property, plant
or equipment on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its
Subsidiaries, but excluding (a) interest capitalized during construction, (b)
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 similar assets or properties useful in the
business of Borrower or its Subsidiaries with such proceeds, (c) expenditures to
acquire equipment or other property purchased substantially concurrently with
the trade-in of existing equipment or other property to the extent of the
trade-in credit thereof, and (d) expenditures made with respect to the purchase
consideration for Permitted Acquisitions.

      "Capital Lease" means, with respect to any Person, any lease of, or other
arrangement conveying the right to use, property by such Person as lessee that
would be accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared in conformity with GAAP.

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      "Capital Stock" means (i) in the case of a corporation, capital stock,
(ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
capital stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests
(whether general or limited), (iv) in the case of a limited liability company,
membership interests and (v) any other interest or participation that confers on
a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or
distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

      "Cash Collateralize" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g)(Cash
Collateral).

      "Cash Equivalents" means, as at any date,

            (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
      the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that
      the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support
      thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of
      acquisition;

            (b) Dollar denominated time deposits and certificates of deposit of
      (i) any Lender, (ii) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing
      having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (iii) any bank
      whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the
      equivalent thereof or from Moody's is at least P-1 or the equivalent
      thereof (any such bank being an "Approved Institution"), in each case with
      maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition;

            (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any
      Approved Institution (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable
      rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1
      (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent
      thereof) or better by Moody's and maturing within six months of the date
      of acquisition;

            (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or
      trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities
      dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct
      obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in which
      such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest
      (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a
      fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase
      obligations;

            (e) debt obligations issued by any domestic corporation or any
      domestic government instrumentality, in each case rated A-1 (or the
      equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or
      better by Moody's and maturing within six months of the date of
      acquisition; and

            (f) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current
      assets, in money market investment programs registered under the
      Investment Company Act of 1940 which are administered by reputable
      financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the
      portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described
      in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e).

      "Cash Interest Charges" means, for any period for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the Consolidated Interest Charges for such
period less the Non-Cash Interest Charges for such period.

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      "Cash Management Document" means any certificate, agreement or other
document executed by any Loan Party in respect of the Cash Management
Obligations of any Loan Party.

      "Cash Management Obligation" means, as applied to any Person, any direct
or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of
cash management services (including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or
debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements)
provided by any Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of them
(regardless of whether these or similar services were provided prior to the date
hereof by any Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate or any of them),
including obligations for the payment of fees, interest, charges, expenses,
attorneys' fees and disbursements in connection therewith.

      "CGMI" means Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

      "Change of Control" means an event or series of events by which:

            (a) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections
      13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any
      employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person
      or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or
      administrator of any such plan) becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined
      in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except
      that a person or group shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of
      all Capital Stock that such person or group has the right to acquire (such
      right, an "option right"), whether such right is exercisable immediately
      or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of twenty-five
      percent (25%) of the Capital Stock of the Borrower entitled to vote for
      members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the
      Borrower on a fully diluted basis (and taking into account all such
      securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to
      any option right); or

            (b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the
      members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of
      the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of
      that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period,
      (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing
      body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above
      constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
      majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose
      election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body
      was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above
      constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
      majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the
      case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial
      nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or
      equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened
      solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or
      more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the
      election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of
      directors); or

            (c) a "Change of Control" (or any comparable term) occurs under, and
      as defined in, any of the Senior Subordinated Notes Documents or the
      Senior Bridge Credit Agreement.

      "Citibank" means Citibank, N.A.

      "Citigroup" means CNAI and/or any of its affiliates as CNAI shall
determine to be appropriate to provide the services contemplated herein,
including CGMI and Citibank.

      "Closing Date" means the date on which each of the conditions precedent
set forth in Section

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5.01 (Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions) have been satisfied or
duly waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

      "Closing Date Equity Issuance" means the issuance by the Borrower to
Ardent LLC a number of shares of the Borrower's common stock in an amount
sufficient to equal an aggregate sale price of $60,000,000, such sale price to
be determined based upon the average of the volume-weighted average sales price
of the Company's common stock over a 20 day trading day period ending two
trading days prior to the Closing Date (the "Company Stock Price"); provided,
that (i) in no event shall the maximum Company Stock Price exceed $45.86 per
share and (ii) in no event shall the minimum Company Stock Price be less than
$33.90 per share.

      "CMS" means the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of HHS and any
successor thereof and any predecessor thereof, including the United States
Health Care Financing Administration.

      "CNAI" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this
Agreement.

      "Collateral" means a collective reference to all real and personal
Property with respect to which Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent or any
other Agent are purported to be granted pursuant to and in accordance with the
terms of the Collateral Documents.

      "Collateral Access Agreement" means a letter in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Agents and executed by a landlord or lessor in
respect of the Collateral of any Loan Party located at any leased premises of
such Loan Party pursuant to which such landlord or lessor, among other things,
acknowledges the security interest in the Collateral granted by the applicable
Loan Party to the Collateral Agent, grants the Collateral Agent a right to
access the leased premises for purposes of taking actions with respect to the
Collateral (including removal thereof) and agrees that any Lien on the
Collateral which it may have is subordinate to the Lien of the Collateral Agent.

      "Collateral Agent" has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
to this Agreement.

      "Collateral Documents" means a collective reference to the Security
Agreement, Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages and such other security documents as
may be executed and delivered by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of
Section 7.15 (Additional Collateral).

      "Commitments" means, collectively, the Revolving Credit Commitments and
the Term Loan Commitments.

      "Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit F (Form of Compliance Certificate).

      "Confidential Borrower Information" means all information received from
the Loan Parties and their agents, relating to the Loan Parties or their
business, other than any such information that is, or subsequently becomes,
available to any Lender or Agent on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure
by the Loan Parties.

      "Confidential Information Memorandum" means the confidential information
memorandum dated June 2005 used by the Arrangers and the Agents in connection
with the syndication of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan
Facility.

      "Consolidated Current Assets" means, with respect to any Person at any
date, the total consolidated current assets (other than cash and Cash
Equivalents) of such Person and its Subsidiaries at

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such date.

      "Consolidated Current Liabilities" means, with respect to any Person at
any date, all liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries at such date that
should be classified as current liabilities on a consolidated balance sheet of
such Person and its Subsidiaries, but excluding, in the case of the Borrower the
sum of (a) the principal amount of any current portion of long-term Funded
Indebtedness and (b) (without duplication of clause (a) above) the then
outstanding principal amount of the Loans.

      "Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to (a) Consolidated Net
Income for such period plus (b) the sum of, in each case to the extent deducted
in calculating such Consolidated Net Income but without duplication, (i)
Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (ii) the provision for federal,
state, local and foreign income taxes paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for such period, (iii) the amount of depreciation, depletion and amortization
expense for such period, (iv) the amount of any loss on refinancing of long term
debt incurred during the twelve month period ending on (and including) the
Closing Date and (v) all other non-cash charges and non-cash losses for such
period, including the amount of any compensation deduction as the result of any
grant of Capital Stock to employees, officers, directors or consultants minus
(c) the sum of, in each case to the extent included in calculating such
Consolidated Net Income, but without duplication, (i) any credit for federal,
state, local and foreign income taxes paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for such period, (ii) interest income, (iii) gains from extraordinary items for
such period, (iv) any aggregate gain (but not any aggregate net loss) from the
sale, exchange or other disposition of capital assets by such person and (v) any
other non-cash gains or other items which have been added in determining
Consolidated Net Income, including any reversal of a charge referred to in
clause (b)(v) above by reason of a decrease in the value of any Capital Stock,
all as determined in accordance with GAAP.

      "Consolidated Funded Indebtedness" means Funded Indebtedness of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance
with GAAP.

      "Consolidated Interest Charges" means, for any period for the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all interest expense of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with GAAP
(including the portion of rent expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with
respect to such period under Capital Leases that is treated as interest in
accordance with GAAP).

      "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i)
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended
to (ii) Consolidated Interest Charges of such Person for such period.

      "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP, but
excluding for all purposes extraordinary gains and related tax effects thereon.

      "Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments" means, for any period for
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of all
scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated Funded Indebtedness, as
determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this definition, "scheduled
payments of principal" (a) shall be determined without giving effect to any
reduction of such scheduled payments resulting from the application of any
voluntary or mandatory prepayments made during the applicable period, (b) shall
be deemed to include the Attributable Indebtedness in respect of capital leases,
Synthetic Leases and Sale and Leaseback Transactions and (c) shall not include
any voluntary prepayments or mandatory prepayments required pursuant to Section
2.05 (Reduction and Termination of the Commitments).

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      "Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio" means, as of any date of
determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date
to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most
recently ended.

      "Contract Provider" means any Person or any employee, agent or
subcontractor of such Person who provides professional health care services
under or pursuant to any contract with the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

      "Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any provision of any
security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its
Property is bound.

      "Control" has the meaning specified in the definition of "Affiliate."

      "Corporate Chart" means a corporate organizational chart, list or other
similar document in each case in form reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and setting forth, for each Person that is a Loan Party,
that is subject to Section 7.12 (Additional Subsidiaries and Guarantees) or that
is a Subsidiary of any of them, (a) the full legal name of such Person (and any
trade name, fictitious name or other name such Person may have had or operated
under), (b) the jurisdiction of organization, the organizational number (if any)
and the tax identification number (if any) of such Person, (c) the location of
such Person's chief executive office (or sole place of business) and (d) the
number of shares of each class of such Person's Capital Stock authorized (if
applicable), the number outstanding as of the date of delivery and the number
and percentage of such outstanding shares for each such class owned (directly or
indirectly) by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any of them.

      "Credit Extension" means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) a
L/C Credit Extension.

      "Customary Permitted Liens" means Permitted Liens of the type described in
clauses (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (k) of Section 8.01 (Liens).

      "Debt Issuance" means the incurrence of Indebtedness of the type specified
in clause (a) of the definition of "Funded Indebtedness" by the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries, other than the Senior Bridge Facility, the New Senior
Subordinated Notes and other Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03
(Indebtedness); provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
foregoing, Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section
8.03(k)(ii) (Indebtedness) shall be considered a "Debt Issuance" for purposes of
this Agreement.

      "Debtor Relief Laws" means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and
all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit
of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency,
reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other
applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of
creditors generally.

      "Default" means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of
Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both,
would be an Event of Default.

      "Default Rate" means an interest rate equal to:

      (a) in the case of Base Rate Loans, the Base Rate plus the Applicable
Margin for such Loans plus 2% per annum;

      (b) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (x) prior to the expiration of
the then applicable

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Interest Period for such Loans, the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin
for such Loans plus 2% per annum and (y) thereafter, the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are maintained as Base Rate Loans
plus 2% per annum; and

      (c) for all other Obligations, the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin
for Revolving Loans that are maintained as Base Rate Loans plus 2% per annum.

      "Defaulting Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.02 (Borrowings,
Conversions and Continuations of Loans).

      "Deposit Account" has the meaning given to such term in the UCC.

      "Deposit Account Bank" means a financial institution selected or approved
by the Administrative Agents.

      "Deposit Account Control Agreement" means a letter agreement, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agents, executed by the relevant Loan Party, the
Collateral Agent and the relevant Deposit Account Bank.

      "Disposition" or "Dispose" means the sale, transfer, license, lease or
other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any Property
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the Capital Stock of any
Subsidiary), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or
without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims
associated therewith, but excluding (a) the sale, lease, license, transfer or
other disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (b) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other
disposition of machinery and equipment no longer used or useful in the conduct
of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (c) any sale, lease, license,
transfer or other disposition of Property by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to
any Loan Party, (d) any Involuntary Disposition by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary and (e) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of
Property by any Foreign Subsidiary to another Foreign Subsidiary.

      "Disposition/Involuntary Disposition Deferred Amount" means, with respect
to any Reinvestment Event arising from a Disposition or Involuntary Disposition,
the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party in connection
therewith that are not initially applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section
2.08 (Mandatory Prepayments) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment
Notice.

      "Dollar" and "$" mean lawful money of the United States.

      "Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is organized under the
laws of any political subdivision of the United States.

      "Earn-Out Obligations" means, with respect to any Acquisition, all
deferred purchase price obligations (including earn-out payment obligations and
other contingent payment obligations) incurred by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to the documentation for such Acquisition (other than any
portion of such obligations payable in Capital Stock of the Borrower). For
purposes of Section 8.03 (Indebtedness), the amount of any "Earn-Out Obligation"
shall be the liability in respect thereof as recorded on the balance sheet of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

      "Eligible Assignee" means (a) a Lender or any Affiliate or Approved Fund
of such Lender, (b) a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, finance
company, insurance company or any other financial institution or fund, in each
case reasonably acceptable to the applicable Administrative Agent

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and regularly engaged in making, purchasing or investing in loans and having a
net worth, determined in accordance with GAAP, in excess of $250,000,000 or, to
the extent net worth is less than such amount, a bank, savings and loan
association, savings bank, finance company, insurance company, other financial
institution or fund, reasonably acceptable to the applicable Administrative
Agent and, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or (c) any
other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the applicable
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer (in the case of any Eligible Assignee of
Revolving Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments) and the Swing Line Lender (in
the case of any Eligible Assignee of Revolving Loans and Revolving Credit
Commitments) and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, "Eligible Assignee" shall not
include the Borrower or any of the Borrower's Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

      "Entitlement Holder" has the meaning given to such term in the UCC.

      "Entitlement Order" has the meaning given to such term in the UCC.

      "Environmental Laws" means any and all federal, state, local, foreign and
other applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements
or governmental restrictions or other legal requirements (a) related to Releases
or threatened Releases of any Hazardous Materials into the environment
(including soil, surface water, groundwater or air), (b) governing the use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials or
(c) related to the protection of the environment, natural resources or human
health or safety (as it relates to environmental protection). Such
"Environmental Laws" include the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et
seq.); the Hazardous Material Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section
1801 et seq.); the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as
amended (7 U.S.C. Section 136 et seq.); the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.); the Toxic Substance Control
Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.); the Clean Air Act, as amended
(42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.); the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.); the Occupational Safety and Health
Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq.); the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq.); and each of their state and local
counterparts or equivalents and any transfer of ownership notification or
approval statute, including the Industrial Site Recovery Act (N.J. Stat. Ann.
Section 13:1K-6 et seq.).

      "Environmental Liability" means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or
indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law,
(b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the
environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement
pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.

      "Equity Issuance" means any issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to
any Person of shares of its Capital Stock, other than (a) any issuance of shares
of its Capital Stock pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants, (b) any
issuance of shares of its Capital Stock pursuant to the conversion of any debt
securities to equity or the conversion of any class equity securities to any
other class of equity securities and (c) the Closing Date Equity Issuance.

      "Equity Issuance Deferred Amount" means, with respect to any Reinvestment
Event arising from an Equity Issuance to finance a proposed Permitted
Acquisition, an amount equal to 50% of the aggregate

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Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party in connection therewith that are
not initially applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(a) (Mandatory
Prepayments) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.

      "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

      "ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o)
of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412
of the Internal Revenue Code).

      "ERISA Event" means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan;
(b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan
subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation
of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of
ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is
in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the
treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of
ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds
under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a
trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the
imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC
premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate.

      "Eurodollar Base Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Period for any
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate determined by the applicable Administrative Agent
to be the offered rate for deposits in Dollars for the applicable Interest
Period appearing on the Dow Jones Markets Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on the second full Business Day next preceding the first day of
each Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on the Dow
Jones Markets Telerate Page 3750 (or otherwise on the Dow Jones Markets screen),
the Eurodollar Base Rate for the purposes of this definition shall be determined
by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying
eurodollar rates as may be selected by the applicable Administrative Agent or,
in the absence of such availability, the Eurodollar Base Rate shall be the rate
of interest determined by the applicable Administrative Agent to be the rate per
annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal office of such
Administrative Agent in London to major banks in the London interbank market at
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest
Period in an amount substantially equal to the Eurodollar Rate Loan of such
Administrative Agent for a period equal to such Interest Period.

      "Eurodollar Rate" means for any Interest Period with respect to any
Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the applicable
Administrative Agent to be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the
Eurodollar Base Rate for such Eurodollar Rate Loan for such Interest Period by
(b) one minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage for such Eurodollar Rate Loan
for such Interest Period.

      "Eurodollar Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on
the Eurodollar Rate.

      "Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" means, for any day during any Interest
Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five
decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender,
under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the
maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other
marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as "Eurocurrency liabilities"). The Eurodollar Rate for each
outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the

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effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.

      "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 9.01 (Events of
Default).

      "Excess Cash Flow" means, for the Borrower for any period, (a)
Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such period plus (b) the excess, if any,
of the Working Capital of the Borrower at the beginning of such period over the
Working Capital of the Borrower at the end of such period minus (c) the sum of
(without duplication) (i) scheduled and mandatory cash principal payments on the
Loans during such period and optional cash principal payments on the Loans
during such period (but only, in the case of payment in respect of Revolving
Loans, to the extent that the Revolving Credit Commitments are permanently
reduced by the amount of such payments), (ii) Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt
Payments made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period on
other Indebtedness to the extent such other Indebtedness and payments are
permitted by this Agreement, (iii) the aggregate principal amount of the New
Senior Subordinated Notes voluntarily prepaid, redeemed or repurchased but only
to the extent any such prepayment, redemption or repurchase is expressly
permitted under this Agreement; (iv) scheduled payments made by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries on Capital Leases to the extent such Capital Leases and
payments are permitted by this Agreement, (v) Capital Expenditures made by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period to the extent not
prohibited by this Agreement, (vi) the amount of Cash Interest Charges paid by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period, (vii) the amount of
federal, state, local and foreign income taxes paid in cash by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries for such period, (viii) expenditures made with respect to the
purchase consideration for Permitted Acquisitions (to the extent not financed
from the proceeds of any Disposition or any Equity Issuance or from the issuance
or assumption of Indebtedness) and (ix) the excess, if any, of the Working
Capital of the Borrower at the end of such period over the Working Capital of
the Borrower at the beginning of such period.

      "Exchange Indenture" has the meaning specified in the Senior Bridge Credit
Agreement

      "Exchange Securities" has the meaning specified in the Senior Bridge
Credit Agreement.

      "Excluded Property" means, with respect to any Loan Party:

      (a) any owned Real Property that has a fair market value of less than
$2,500,000 individually and $15,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Real
Property, unless requested by any Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders;

      (b) any Specified Leased Property;

      (c) any owned or leased real or personal Property which is located outside
of the United States unless requested by any Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders;

      (d) any leased personal Property unless requested by any Administrative
Agent or the Required Lenders;

      (e) any personal Property (including motor vehicles) in respect of which
perfection of a Lien is not either (i) governed by the UCC or (ii) effected by
appropriate evidence of the Lien being filed in either the United States
Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, unless
requested by any Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders;

      (f) any Property owned by any Loan Party that is subject to a purchase
money Lien or a Capital Lease permitted hereunder if the contract or other
agreement in which such Lien is granted (or in

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the documentation providing for such Capital Lease) prohibits or requires the
consent of any Person other than the Borrower and/or its Affiliates as a
condition to the creation of any other Lien on such Property;

      (g) any permit, lease, license, contract, instrument or other agreement if
the grant of a security interest in such permit, lease, license, contract,
instrument or other agreement is prohibited by the terms thereof or by Law and
would result in the termination of such permit, lease, license, contract,
instrument or other agreement, but only to the extent that (i) after reasonable
efforts, consent from the relevant party or parties has not been obtained and
(ii) any such prohibition could not be rendered unenforceable or otherwise
deemed ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable Law (including
Debtor Relief Laws) or principles of equity; and

      (h) any Property (other than Accounts) of Aeries Healthcare Illinois, Inc.
that is subject to a Lien securing any HUD Financing permitted hereunder;

      provided, however, the term "Excluded Property" shall not include any
Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Property (unless such
Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Property).

      "Excluded Subsidiaries" means, collectively, (i) PSI Surety, (ii) each HUD
Financing Subsidiary and (iii) each Immaterial Subsidiary.

      "Exclusion Event" means any event or events resulting in the exclusion of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of the Facilities from participation in
any Medical Reimbursement Program.

      "Existing Administrative Agent" means Bank of America, in its capacity as
Administrative Agent under the Existing Credit Agreement.

      "Existing Credit Agreement" means that certain Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2004, among the Borrower, the Subsidiaries
of the Borrower party thereto as guarantors, the lenders party thereto and the
Existing Administrative Agent.

      "Existing Senior Subordinated Notes" means the Borrower's existing 10 5/8%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013.

      "Existing Senior Subordinated Notes Documents" means (a) the Existing
Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture, (b) the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes,
(c) any guaranty agreement given by any Subsidiary in respect of the Existing
Senior Subordinated Notes and (d) all other documents, agreements and
instruments relating to the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes.

      "Existing Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture" means the Indenture dated
as of June 30, 2003 between the Borrower, the Subsidiaries party thereto as
guarantors and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee, governing the
terms of the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes.

      "Extraordinary Receipts" means any cash or Cash Equivalents received after
the Closing Date by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not in the ordinary
course of business arising from (i) indemnity payments and (ii) any purchase
price adjustment received in connection with the Ardent Acquisition or any other
Acquisition.

      "Facilities" means, at any time, a collective reference to the facilities
and Real Properties owned, leased, managed or operated by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary.

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      "Federal Funds Rate" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate
per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any
day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by the applicable Administrative Agent from three Federal
funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

      "Fee Letter" means the letter agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005, among
the Borrower and the Administrative Agents.

      "Fixed Assets" means, as of any date of determination, plant, property and
equipment of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on such
day as determined in accordance with GAAP.

      "Foreign Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 11.15(a)(i) (Tax
Forms).

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

      "FRB" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States.

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

      "Funded Indebtedness" means, as to any Person at a particular time,
without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as
indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

            (a) all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term
      (including the Obligations) and all obligations of such Person evidenced
      by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

            (b) all purchase money Indebtedness;

            (c) the principal portion of all obligations under conditional sale
      or other title retention agreements relating to Property purchased by such
      Person (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under
      agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of
      business);

            (d) the maximum amount available to be drawn under letters of credit
      (including standby and commercial), bankers' acceptances, bank guaranties,
      surety bonds and similar instruments;

            (e) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of
      Property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary
      course of business);

            (f) Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capital Leases,
      Synthetic Leases, Sale and Leaseback Transactions and Securitization
      Transactions;

            (g) all preferred stock or other equity interests providing for
      mandatory redemptions, sinking fund or like payments prior to the Term
      Loan Maturity Date ("Redeemable Stock");

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      provided that Redeemable Stock shall not include any preferred or other
      equity interest subject to mandatory redemption if (i) such mandatory
      redemption may be satisfied by delivering common stock or some other
      equity interest not subject to mandatory redemption or (ii) such mandatory
      redemption is triggered solely by reason of a "change of control" and is
      not required to be paid until after the Obligations are paid in full;

            (h) all Funded Indebtedness of others to the extent secured by (or
      for which the holder of such Funded Indebtedness has an existing right,
      contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of
      the proceeds of production from, Property owned or acquired by such
      Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed;

            (i) all Guarantees with respect to Funded Indebtedness of the types
      specified in clauses (a) through (h) above of another Person; and

            (j) all Funded Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a)
      through (i) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint
      venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in
      which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such
      Funded Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.

      "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board
and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied
and as in effect from time to time.

      "Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

      "Governmental Reimbursement Program Cost" means, with respect to any
Person, the sum of:

            (a) all amounts (including punitive and other similar amounts)
      agreed to be paid or payable (i) in settlement of claims or (ii) as a
      result of a final, non-appealable judgment, award or similar order, in
      each case, relating to participation in Medical Reimbursement Programs;

            (b) all final, non-appealable fines, penalties, forfeitures or other
      amounts rendered pursuant to criminal indictments or other criminal
      proceedings relating to participation in Medical Reimbursement Programs;
      and

            (c) the amount of final, non-appealable recovery, damages, awards,
      penalties, forfeitures or similar amounts rendered in any litigation,
      suit, arbitration, investigation, review or other legal or administrative
      proceeding of any kind relating to participation in Medical Reimbursement
      Programs.

      "Guarantee" means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by
another Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i)
to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of)
such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such
Indebtedness or other obligation,

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(iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial
statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary
obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other
obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner
the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment
or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect
thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person
securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or
not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person. The amount
of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in
respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the
maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term "Guarantee" as a verb has a
corresponding meaning.

      "Guaranty" means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Article IV (Guaranty).

      "Guarantors" means (a) the Borrower (solely in respect of the Obligations
of the other Loan Parties) and (b) each Person identified as a "Guarantor" on
the signature pages hereto and each other Person that delivers a Joinder
Agreement or otherwise becomes a party to this Agreement as a Guarantor pursuant
to Section 7.12 (Additional Subsidiaries and Guarantees), together with their
successors and permitted assigns.

      "Hazardous Materials" means all explosive or radioactive substances or
wastes and all hazardous or toxic materials, substances or wastes, all
contaminants or pollutants and all other substances or wastes of any nature
regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes.

      "HHS" means the United States Department of Health and Human Services and
any successor thereof.

      "Honor Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i) (Drawings and
Reimbursements; Funding of Participations).

      "HIPAA" means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996, Pub. L. 104-191, Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 1936.

      "HUD Financing" means Indebtedness of HUD Financing Subsidiaries that is
insured by the Federal Housing Administration, an organizational unit of the
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

      "HUD Financing Subsidiaries" means, collectively, (i) each of Holly Hill
Real Estate, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, PSI Cedar Springs
Hospital Real Estate, Inc., a Colorado corporation, Psychiatric Solutions of
Oklahoma Real Estate, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Riveredge Real Estate,
Inc., an Illinois corporation, Cypress Creek Real Estate, L.P., a Texas limited
partnership, Neuro Rehab Real Estate, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, Texas
Laurel Ridge Hospital Real Estate, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, Texas Oaks
Psychiatric Hospital Real Estate, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, Texas San
Marcos Treatment Center Real Estate, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, and West
Oaks Real Estate, L.P., a Texas limited partnership and (ii) each other
Subsidiary of the Borrower that enters into a HUD Financing that is expressly
permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 8.03 (Indebtedness); provided,
however, that in each case, each such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a HUD
Subsidiary only for so long as the documents governing the applicable HUD
Financing prohibit such

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Subsidiary from guaranteeing Indebtedness of the Borrower:

      "Immaterial Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that, as of any date of
determination, is without material operations and has total assets with an
aggregate fair market value of less than $10,000.

      "Indebtedness" means, as to any Person at a particular time, without
duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or
liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

            (a) all Funded Indebtedness;

            (b) the Swap Termination Value of any Swap Contract;

            (c) all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the
      types specified in clauses (a) and (b) above of any other Person; and

            (d) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through
      (c) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture
      that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such
      Person is a general partner or joint venturer unless such Indebtedness is
      expressly made non-recourse to such Person.

      "Indemnified Matters" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.05
(Indemnification by the Borrower; Limitation of Liability).

      "Indemnitee" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.05 (Indemnification
by the Borrower; Limitation of Liability).

      "Interest Period" means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period
commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or
continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or
six months (or, if available to all Lenders, nine or twelve months) thereafter,
as selected by the Borrower in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion
or Continuation, as applicable; provided that:

            (i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is
      not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
      unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case
      such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

            (ii) 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 end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the
      end of such Interest Period; and

            (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the applicable Maturity
      Date.

      "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

      "Investment" means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition
or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other
acquisition of Capital Stock of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital
contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other
acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another
Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person
or (c) an Acquisition. For purposes of determining covenant compliance, the
amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested,

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without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such
Investment.

      "Involuntary Disposition" means any loss of, damage to or destruction of,
or any condemnation or other taking for public use of, any Property of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary.

      "IP Rights" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.17 (Intellectual
Property; Licenses; Etc.).

      "IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

      "ISP98" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(h) (Applicability of
ISP98).

      "Joinder Agreement" means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit H (Form of Joinder Agreement) executed and delivered by a Domestic
Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.12 (Additional
Subsidiaries and Guarantees).

      "Land" of any Person means all of those plots, pieces or parcels of land
now owned, leased or hereafter acquired or leased or purported to be owned,
leased or hereafter acquired or leased (including, in respect of the Loan
Parties, as reflected in the most recent financial statements required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) (Financial Statements)) by such
Person.

      "Laws" means, collectively, all common law and all international, foreign,
federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations,
ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities,
including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration
thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests,
licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental
Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

      "L/C Advance" means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender's funding of
its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.

      "L/C Borrowing" means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing
under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made
or refinanced as a Borrowing of Revolving Loans.

      "L/C Credit Extension" means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or
increase of the amount thereof.

      "L/C Issuer" means Bank of America, in its capacity as issuer of Letters
of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder that
is approved by the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent and the
Borrower and agrees to become bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to
the L/C Issuer pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to
the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

      "L/C Obligations" means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate
undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all
Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this
Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its
terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of
Rule 3.14 of the ISP98, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be
"outstanding" in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

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      "Lender" means the Swing Line Lender and each other financial institution
or other entity (a) identified as a "Lender" on the signature pages hereto and
its successors and assigns or (b) from time to time becomes a party hereto by
execution of an Assignment and Assumption; and, as the context requires,
includes the L/C Issuer.

      "Lending Office" means, as to any Lender, the office of such Lender
specified as its "Lending Office" opposite its name on Schedule 11.02 (Lending
Offices and Addresses for Notices) or on the Assignment and Assumption by which
it became a Lender or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from
time to time specify to the Borrower and the applicable Administrative Agent.

      "Letter of Credit" means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder.

      "Letter of Credit Application" means an application and agreement for the
issuance or amendment of a letter of credit in the form from time to time in use
by the L/C Issuer.

      "Letter of Credit Expiration Date" means the day that is thirty days prior
to the Revolving Credit Termination Date then in effect (or, if such day is not
a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

      "Letter of Credit Sublimit" means an amount equal to the lesser of the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and $15,000,0000. The Letter of Credit
Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments.

      "Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or
preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of
any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing).

      "Loan" means any Term Loan, Revolving Loan or Swing Line Loan made by any
Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

      "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, each Note, each Letter of Credit,
each Letter of Credit Application, each Joinder Agreement, the Collateral
Documents, each Request for Credit Extension, each Compliance Certificate, the
Fee Letter, each Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Person that was an
Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or a Lender at the time it entered
into such Swap Contract, each Cash Management Document and each other document,
instrument or agreement from time to time executed by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or any Responsible Officer of any thereof and delivered in connection
with this Agreement.

      "Loan Parties" means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.

      "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse change in, or a
material adverse effect upon, (a) the business, assets, operations, properties,
condition (financial or otherwise) or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) the ability of the
Borrower or the Guarantors, taken as a whole, to perform their respective
obligations under the Loan Documents; (c) the legality, validity, binding effect
or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a
party; (d) the perfection or priority of the Liens Granted pursuant to the
Collateral Documents; or (e) the material rights and remedies of the Agents, the
Lenders or the L/C Issuer under the Loan Documents.

      "Maturity Date" means the Revolving Credit Termination Date and/or the
Term Loan Maturity

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Date, as the context requires.

      "Medicaid" means that certain means-tested entitlement program under Title
XIX of the Social Security Act, which provides federal grants to states for
medical assistance based on specific eligibility criteria, as set forth at
Section 1396, et seq. of Title 42 of the United Sates Code and any statute
succeeding thereto.

      "Medicaid Provider Agreement" means an agreement entered into between a
state agency or other such entity administering the Medicaid program and a
health care provider or supplier under which the health care provider or
supplier agrees to provide items and services for Medicaid patients in
accordance with the terms of the agreement and Medicaid Regulations.

      "Medicaid Regulations" means, collectively, (a) all federal statutes
(whether set forth in Title XIX of the Social Security Act or elsewhere)
affecting the medical assistance program established by Title XIX of the Social
Security Act and any statutes succeeding thereto; (b) all applicable provisions
of all federal rules, regulations, manuals and orders of all Governmental
Authorities promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described
in clause (a) above and all federal administrative, reimbursement and other
guidelines of all Governmental Authorities having the force of law promulgated
pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (a) above;
(c) all state statutes and plans for medical assistance enacted in connection
with the statutes and provisions described in clauses (a) and (b) above; and (d)
all applicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals and orders of all
Governmental Authorities promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the
statutes described in clause (c) above and all state administrative,
reimbursement and other guidelines of all Governmental Authorities having the
force of Law promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes
described in clause (b) above, in each case as may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.

      "Medical Reimbursement Programs" means a collective reference to the
Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE programs and any other health care program
operated by or financed in whole or in part by any foreign or domestic federal,
state or local government and any other non-government funded third party payor
programs.

      "Medicare" means that government-sponsored entitlement program under Title
XVIII of the Social Security Act, which provides for a health insurance system
for eligible elderly and disabled individuals, as set forth at Section 1395, et
seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code and any statute succeeding thereto.

      "Medicare Provider Agreement" means an agreement entered into between CMS
or other such entity administering the Medicare program on behalf of CMS, and a
health care provider or supplier under which the health care provider or
supplier agrees to provide items and services for Medicare patients in
accordance with the terms of the agreement and Medicare Regulations.

      "Medicare Regulations" means, collectively, all federal statutes (whether
set forth in Title XVIII of the Social Security Act or elsewhere) affecting the
health insurance program for the aged and disabled established by Title XVIII of
the Social Security Act and any statutes succeeding thereto; together with all
applicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals and orders and
administrative, reimbursement and other guidelines having the force of law of
all Governmental Authorities (including CMS, the OIG, HHS, or any Person
succeeding to the functions of any of the foregoing) promulgated pursuant to or
in connection with any of the foregoing having the force of Law, as each may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

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      "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

      "Mortgage Instrument" means each mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure
debt or like Real Property security instrument given by any Loan Party to the
Administrative Agent to secure the Obligations of such Loan Party, in each case
as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time.

      "Mortgage Supporting Documents" means, with respect to a Mortgage for a
parcel of Real Property, each the following:

            (a) (i) evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
      the Agents that the recording of counterparts of such Mortgage in the
      recording offices specified in such Mortgage will create a valid and
      enforceable first priority Lien on the Property described therein in favor
      of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (or in
      favor of such other trustee as may be required or desired under local Law)
      subject only to (A) Liens permitted under Section 8.01 (Liens) and (B)
      such other Liens as the Administrative Agents may reasonably approve and
      (ii) an opinion of counsel in each state in which any such Mortgage is to
      be recorded in form and substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory
      to the Administrative Agents;

            (b) (i) a mortgagee's title policy (or policies) or marked-up
      unconditional binder (or binders) for such insurance (or other evidence
      reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agents proving ownership
      thereof) ("Mortgagee's Title Insurance Policy"), dated a date reasonably
      satisfactory to the Administrative Agents, and shall (A) be in an amount
      not less than the then recently appraised fair market value (determined by
      reference to an appraisal, as required in the discretion of the
      Administrative Agents) of such parcel of Real Property in form and
      substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agents, provided, that the
      amount of such title insurance required pursuant to such Mortgagee's Title
      Insurance Policy shall not materially exceed such appraised fair market
      value, (B) be issued at ordinary rates, (C) insure that the Lien granted
      pursuant to the Mortgage insured thereby creates a valid first Lien on
      such parcel of Real Property free and clear of all defects and
      encumbrances, except for Customary Permitted Liens and for such defects
      and encumbrances as may be approved by the Administrative Agents, (D) name
      the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as the insured
      thereunder, (E) be in the form of ALTA Loan Policy - 1992 (or such local
      equivalent thereof as is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
      Agents), (F) contain a comprehensive lender's endorsement (including, but
      not limited to, a revolving credit endorsement and a floating rate
      endorsement), (G) be issued by Chicago Title Insurance Company, First
      American Title Insurance Company, Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation or
      any other title company reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
      Agents (including any such title companies acting as co-insurers or
      reinsurers) and (H) be otherwise in form and substance reasonably
      satisfactory to the Administrative Agents and (ii) a copy of all documents
      referred to, or listed as exceptions to title, in such title policy (or
      policies) in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
      the Administrative Agents;

            (c) maps or plats of a current as-built survey of such parcel of
      Real Property certified to and received by (in a manner reasonably
      satisfactory to each of them) the Collateral Agent and the title insurance
      company issuing the Mortgagee's Title Insurance Policy for such Mortgage,
      dated a date reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents and such
      title insurance company, by an independent professional licensed land
      surveyor reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents and such
      title insurance company, which maps or plats and the surveys on which they
      are based shall be made in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
      the Administrative Agents; provided, that the Agents agree that it will
      review any existing surveys describing such Real Property and will accept
      any such existing survey so long as the form and substance thereof is
      reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents, together with any

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      reasonably advisable updates to such existing survey and any bringdown
      certifications with respect to such existing survey; and provided,
      further, that the Administrative Agents agree that no update of any
      existing survey will be required unless it is reasonable to do so in the
      circumstances.

            (d) evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
      Administrative Agents that all premiums in respect of each Mortgagee's
      Title Insurance Policy, all recording fees and stamp, documentary,
      intangible or mortgage taxes, if any, in connection with the Mortgage have
      been paid;

            (e) a Phase I environmental report with respect to such parcel of
      Real Property, dated (i) in the case of any Real Property owned by the
      Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than AHS and its Subsidiaries), a
      date not earlier than January 1, 2002 and (ii) in the case of any owned
      Real Property and any Specified Leased Property by AHS and its
      Subsidiaries, a date not earlier than January 1, 2002, together with any
      other Phase I environmental report prepared by on or behalf of the
      Borrower or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in connection with the Ardent
      Acquisition, in each case, showing no material condition of environmental
      concern and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
      Administrative Agents; and

            (f) such other agreements, documents and instruments in form and
      substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents as the
      Administrative Agents reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to create,
      register or otherwise perfect, maintain, evidence the existence,
      substance, form or validity of, or enforce a valid and enforceable first
      priority Lien on such parcel of Real Property in favor of the Collateral
      Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (or in favor of such other
      trustee as may be required or desired under local Law) subject only to (A)
      Liens permitted under Section 8.01 (Liens) and (B) such other Liens as the
      Administrative Agents may reasonably approve.

      "Mortgagee's Title Insurance Policy" has the meaning specified in the
definition of Mortgage Supporting Documents.

      "Mortgages" means each mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or
like Real Property security instrument given by any Loan Party to the Collateral
Agent to secure the Obligations of such Loan Party, in each case as amended,
modified and supplemented from time to time.

      "Multiemployer Plan" means any employee benefit plan of the type described
in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan
years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

      "Net Cash Proceeds" means the aggregate proceeds consisting of cash or
Cash Equivalents received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the
Closing Date from any:

      (a) Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, in each case, net of (i) the
reasonable cash costs (including legal, accounting and investment banking fees,
and sales commissions) of such Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, as the
case may be, (ii) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result
thereof and (iii) any amount required to be paid or prepaid on Indebtedness
(other than the Obligations) secured by the Property subject to such Disposition
or Involuntary Disposition, as the case may be; provided, however, that evidence
of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above is provided to the Administrative
Agents in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agents; and
provided, further, that "Net Cash Proceeds" shall include any cash or Cash
Equivalents received upon the

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Disposition of any non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary in any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition; or

      (b) (i) Equity Issuance or (ii) any Debt Issuance, in each case, net of
brokers' and advisors' fees and other costs (including legal, accounting and
investment banking fees, and sales commissions) incurred in connection with such
transaction; provided, however, that in the case of this clause (b), evidence of
such costs is provided to the Administrative Agents in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agents.

      "New Senior Subordinated Notes" means the Borrower's senior subordinated
notes which are intended to be issued following the Closing Date (i) to
refinance in full the Senior Bridge Facility and (ii) to the extent that there
are available proceeds, to redeem or purchase Existing Senior Subordinated
Notes.

      "New Senior Subordinated Notes Documents" means (a) the New Senior
Subordinated Notes Indenture, (b) the New Senior Subordinated Notes, (c) each
supplemental indenture or other agreement pursuant to which any Subsidiary of
the Borrower Guarantees the Indebtedness in respect of the New Senior
Subordinated Notes and (d) all other documents, agreements and instruments
relating to the New Senior Subordinated Notes, in each case, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agents.

      "New Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture" means the Indenture, in form and
substance acceptable to CGMI, to be entered into between the Borrower, the
Subsidiaries party thereto as guarantors and a financial institution acceptable
to CGMI, as trustee, governing the terms of the New Senior Subordinated Notes.

      "Non-Cash Interest Charges" means, for any period of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of the following amounts to the
extent included in the definition of Consolidated Interest Charges: (a) the
amount of debt discount and debt issuance costs amortized, (b) charges relating
to write-ups or write-downs in the book or carrying value of existing
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness, (c) interest payable in evidences of
Indebtedness or by addition to the principal of the related Indebtedness and (d)
other non-cash interest.

      "Non-Consenting Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 11.01(c)
(Amendments, Etc.).

      "Nonrenewal Notice Date" has the meaning specified in Section
2.03(b)(Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Renewal
Letters of Credit).

      "Note" means any Revolving Note or Term Loan Note.

      "Notice of Borrowing" has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a)
(Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans).

      "Notice of Conversion or Continuation" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.10 (Conversion/Continuation Option).

      "Obligations" means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of, the Borrower and/or any Loan Party arising under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document (including each Cash Management Document or
Swap Contract that is a Loan Document) or otherwise with respect to any Loan or
Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or
hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the
commencement by or against the Borrower and/or any other Loan Party or any
Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such
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such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims
in such proceeding.

      "OIG" means the Office of Inspector General of HHS and any successor
thereof.

      "Organization Documents" means, (a) (i) with respect to any corporation,
the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or
comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction);
(ii) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles
of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (iii) with respect to
any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the
partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or
organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect
thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the
applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or
organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or
organization of such entity and (b) with respect to any Person, (i) to the
extent not covered by the preceding clause (a), any document setting forth the
manner of election and duties of the directors or managing members of such
Person (if any) and (ii) any document setting forth the manner of designation,
amount or relative rights, limitations and preferences of any class or series of
such Person's Capital Stock.

      "Outstanding Amount" means (i) with respect to any Loans on any date, the
aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any
borrowings and prepayments or repayments of any Loans occurring on such date and
(ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C
Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension
occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C
Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of
outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the
maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on
such date.

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

      "Pension Plan" means any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes
or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or
other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any
time during the immediately preceding five plan years.

      "Permitted Acquisition" means (a) the Ardent Acquisition and (b) any other
Investment consisting of an Acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
subject in the case of this clause (b) to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:

      (i) the Property acquired (or the Property of the Person acquired) in such
Acquisition shall be located in the United States and shall be used or useful in
the same or a similar line of business as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries were
engaged in on the Closing Date (or any reasonable extensions or expansions
thereof);

      (ii) the applicable Agents shall have received all items in respect of the
Capital Stock or Property acquired in such Acquisition required to be delivered
by (and within the time periods specified by) the terms of Section 7.12
(Additional Subsidiaries and Guarantees), Section 7.15 (Additional Collateral)
and Section 7.18 (Collateral Access Agreements and Bailee's Letters);

      (iii) in the case of an Acquisition of the Capital Stock of another
Person, the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of such
other Person shall have duly approved such

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Acquisition;

      (iv) no additional Indebtedness shall be incurred, assumed or otherwise be
reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the acquired
Person after giving effect to the proposed Acquisition, except for (A) Loans
made hereunder and (B) Indebtedness that is permitted under Section 8.03
(Indebtedness);

      (v) except as may otherwise be agreed by the Administrative Agents, on or
prior to the date of any proposed Acquisition following the Closing Date for
which Total Consideration to be paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary exceeds
$50,000,000 in any Fiscal Year (either individually or when aggregated with the
Total Consideration paid during such Fiscal Year for all such Acquisitions
following the Closing Date), the Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agents, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agents, (A) an updated business plan and updated financial projections of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, prepared by the Borrower in good faith, after
giving effect to the proposed Acquisition on a Pro Forma Basis for the next four
fiscal quarters ending after the consummation of such Acquisition and (B) such
other financial information, financial analysis, documentation or other
information relating to such proposed Acquisition as any Administrative Agent or
any Lender shall reasonably request;

      (vi) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agents a Pro
Forma Compliance Certificate, calculated based upon the financial information
delivered to the Administrative Agents pursuant to the immediately preceding
clause (v), demonstrating that, upon giving effect to such Acquisition on a Pro
Forma Basis, the Loan Parties would be in compliance with the financial
covenants set forth in Section 8.11 (Financial Covenants) as of the most recent
fiscal quarter for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements
pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) (Financial Statements);

      (vii) on or prior to the date of such proposed Acquisition, the
Administrative Agents shall have received, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agents, copies of the acquisition agreement,
related Contractual Obligations and instruments and all opinions, certificates,
lien search results and other documents reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agents;

      (viii) (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and (B) the representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties
in this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all
material respects at and as if made as of the date of such Acquisition (after
giving effect thereto) except to the extent such representations and warranties
expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier
date;

      (ix) if such Acquisition involves the purchase of an interest in a
partnership between the Borrower (or a Subsidiary of the Borrower) as a general
partner and entities unaffiliated with the Borrower or such Subsidiary as the
other partners, such transaction shall be effected by having such equity
interest acquired by a corporate holding company directly or indirectly
wholly-owned by the Borrower that shall be newly formed for the sole purpose of
effecting such Acquisition; and

      (x) the Total Consideration paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary for any
such Acquisition shall not exceed (i) $50,000,000 individually for any such
Acquisition (whether such Acquisition occurs in a single transaction or in a
series of related transactions) or (ii) $150,000,000 in the aggregate for all
such Acquisitions during any fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

      "Permitted Investments" means, at any time, Investments by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms of
Section 8.02 (Investments).

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      "Permitted Liens" means, at any time, Liens in respect of Property of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the
terms of Section 8.01 (Liens).

      "Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness" means any unsecured Indebtedness of
Borrower that (a) is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash
of the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agents and in any event no less favorable to the Lenders than the
terms and conditions set forth in the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes
Indenture or the New Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture, (b) is not scheduled
to mature prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the scheduled
Term Loan Maturity Date, (c) has no scheduled amortization or payments of
principal prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date and (d) has covenant, default and
remedy provisions no more restrictive, or mandatory prepayment, repurchase or
redemption provisions no more onerous or expansive in scope, taken as a whole,
than those set forth in the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture or the
New Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture and in any event, such provisions to be
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agents.

      "Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority
or other entity.

      "Physician Support Obligation" means a loan to or on behalf of, or a
guarantee of indebtedness of a Qualified Physician made or given by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries, (a) in the ordinary course of its business and (b)
pursuant to a written agreement having a term not to exceed five years.

      "Plan" means any "employee benefit plan" (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such
plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Title IV of
ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

      "Pledge Agreement" means the Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement,
dated as of the Closing Date, executed in favor of the Collateral Agent by each
of the Loan Parties, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.

      "Pledged Collateral" has the meaning given such term in the Pledge
Agreement.

      "Pro Forma Basis" means, for purposes of calculating the financial
covenants in Section 8.11 (Financial Covenants) (including for purposes of
determining the Applicable Margin), that any Disposition, Involuntary
Disposition or Acquisition shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day
of the most recent four fiscal quarter period preceding the date of such
transaction for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant
to Section 7.01(a) or (b) (Financial Statements); provided that (a) with respect
to any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, (i) income statement and cash
flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Property
disposed of shall be excluded to the extent relating to any period occurring
prior to the date of such transaction and (ii) Indebtedness which is retired
shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the
applicable period and (b) with respect to any Acquisition, (i) income statement
items attributable to the Person or Property acquired shall be included to the
extent relating to any period applicable in such calculations to the extent (A)
such items are not otherwise included in such income statement items for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any
defined terms set forth in Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) and (B) such items are
supported by financial statements or other information reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agents and (ii) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the Person or Property acquired) in
connection with such transaction and any Indebtedness of the Person or Property
acquired which is not retired in connection with such transaction (A) shall be
deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period and
(B) if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied
rate of interest

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for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by
utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such
Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination.

      "Pro Forma Compliance Certificate" means a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower containing reasonably detailed calculations of the
financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11 (Financial Covenants) (i) as of
the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower has delivered
financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) (Financial Statements)
after giving effect to the applicable transaction on a Pro Forma Basis and (ii)
for each of the four fiscal quarters tested following the applicable
Acquisition, commencing with the fiscal quarter during which such Acquisition
was consummated, determined in the case of this clause (ii) based on the
financial information furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agents
pursuant to clause (v) of the definition of Permitted Acquisition.

      "Pro Rata Share" means or (other than in the expression "equally and
ratably") "ratably" means, with respect to any Lender, (a) with respect to the
Revolving Credit Facility, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving
Credit Commitment of such Lender by (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments of all Lenders (or, at any time after the Revolving Credit
Termination Date, the percentage obtained by dividing the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Revolving Credit Outstandings owing to such Lender by
the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Outstandings
owing to all Lenders) and (b) with respect to the Term Loan Facility, the
percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Term Loan Commitment of such Lender by
(ii) the aggregate Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders (or, at any time after
the Closing Date, the percentage obtained by dividing the principal amount of
such Lender's Term Loans by the aggregate Term Loans of all Lenders).

      "Proceeds" has the meaning given to such term in the UCC.

      "Projections" means those financial projections dated as of the Closing
Date, covering the fiscal years ending in 2005 through 2012 inclusive (and
prepared on a quarterly basis through the end of fiscal year 2006), to be
delivered to the Administrative Agents and the Lenders by the Borrower.

      "Property" means any interest of any kind in any property or asset,
whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.

      "Proposed Change" has the meaning specified in Section 11.01(c)
(Amendments, Etc.).

      "PSI Surety" means PSI Surety, Inc., a Montana corporation.

      "Purchasing Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 11.16 (Sharing of
Payments, Etc.).

      "Qualified Physicians" means one or more physicians or health care
professionals providing service to patients in a health care facility owned,
leased, operated or managed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

      "Real Property" of any Person means the Land of such Person, together with
the right, title and interest of such Person, if any, in and to the streets, the
Land lying in the bed of any streets, roads or avenues, opened or proposed, in
front of, the air space and development rights pertaining to the Land and the
right to use such air space and development rights, all rights of way,
privileges, liberties, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances belonging or
in any way appertaining thereto, all fixtures, all easements now or hereafter
benefiting the Land and all royalties and rights appertaining to the use and
enjoyment of the Land, including all alley, vault, drainage, mineral, water, oil
and gas rights, together with all of the buildings and other improvements now or
hereafter erected on the Land and any fixtures appurtenant

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thereto.

      "Redeemable Stock" has the meaning specified in the definition of clause
(g) of the definition of "Funded Indebtedness".

      "Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11 (Evidence of Debt).

      "Reimbursement Obligations" means, as and when matured, the obligation of
the Borrower or any other Loan Party to pay, on the date payment is made or
scheduled to be made to the beneficiary under each such Letter of Credit (or at
such other date as may be specified in the reimbursement agreement applicable to
such Letter of Credit) and in the currency drawn (or in such other currency as
may be specified in such reimbursement agreement, if any), all amounts of each
draft and other requests for payments drawn under Letters of Credit, and all
other matured reimbursement or repayment obligations of the Borrower or any
other Loan Party to the L/C Issuer with respect to amounts drawn under Letters
of Credit.

      "Reinvestment Deferred Amount" means, as the context requires, the
Disposition/Involuntary Disposition Deferred Amount or the Equity Issuance
Deferred Amount.

      "Reinvestment Event" means any Equity Issuance in connection with a
proposed Permitted Acquisition, Disposition or Involuntary Disposition in
respect of which the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.

      "Reinvestment Notice" means a written notice executed by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower stating that no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and (i) in the case of any Disposition or Involuntary
Disposition, that the Borrower (directly or indirectly through one of its
Subsidiaries) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net
Cash Proceeds of such Disposition or Involuntary Disposition to acquire
replacement assets useful in its or one of its Subsidiaries' businesses or, in
the case of an Involuntary Disposition, to effect repairs or (ii) in the case of
any such Equity Issuance, that the Borrower (directly or indirectly through one
of its Subsidiaries) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of
the Net Cash Proceeds of such Equity Issuance to finance all or a portion of a
Permitted Acquisition.

      "Reinvestment Prepayment Amount" means, with respect to any Net Cash
Proceeds of any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating
thereto less any amount expended or required to be expended pursuant to a
Contractual Obligation entered into prior to the relevant Reinvestment
Prepayment Date (i) in the case of any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition,
to acquire replacement assets useful in the business of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, or in the case of an Involuntary Disposition, to effect
repairs or replacements or (ii) in the case of any Equity Issuance, to
consummate the applicable Permitted Acquisition.

      "Reinvestment Prepayment Date" means, with respect to any Net Cash
Proceeds of any Reinvestment Event, (i) in the case of any Disposition or
Involuntary Disposition constituting a Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a)
the date occurring 365 days after such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date that
is five Business Days after the date on which the Borrower shall have notified
the Administrative Agents of the Borrower's determination not to acquire
replacement assets useful in the Borrower's or a Subsidiary's business (or, in
the case of an Involuntary Disposition, not to effect repairs) with all or any
portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount and (ii) in the case of any
Equity Issuance constituting a Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date
occurring 180 days after such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date that is five
Business Days after the date on which the Borrower shall have notified the
Administrative Agents of the Borrower's determination not to consummate the

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applicable Permitted Acquisition.

      "Related Documents" means the Ardent Acquisition Agreement, the Senior
Bridge Credit Agreement, (following issuance of the New Senior Subordinated
Notes) the New Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture, the Existing Senior
Subordinated Notes Indenture and each other document and instrument executed
with respect to either thereof.

      "Related Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section 10.09
(Collateral Matters Relating to Related Obligations).

      "Release" means, with respect to any Person, any release, spill, emission,
leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching
or migration, in each case, of any Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor
environment or into or out of any property owned, leased or operated by such
Person, including the movement of Hazardous Materials through or in the air,
soil, surface water, ground water or property.

      "Remedial Action" means all actions required to (a) clean up, remove,
treat or in any other way address any Hazardous Material in the indoor or
outdoor environment, (b) prevent the Release or threat of Release or minimize
the further Release so that Hazardous Material does not migrate or endanger or
threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor
environment or (c) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and
post-remedial monitoring and care.

      "Reportable Event" means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.

      "Request for Credit Extension" means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, a
Notice of Borrowing, (b) with respect to a conversion or continuation of Loans,
a Notice of Conversion or Continuation, (c) with respect to an L/C Credit
Extension, a Letter of Credit Application and (d) with respect to a Swing Line
Loan, a Swing Line Loan Request.

      "Required Lenders" means, collectively, (a) on and after the Closing Date
and on and prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, more than fifty
percent (50%) of the sum of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Revolving
Credit Commitments and the principal amount of all Term Loans then outstanding
and (b) after the Revolving Credit Termination Date, more than fifty percent
(50%) of the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings and the
principal amount of all Term Loans then outstanding. A Defaulting Lender shall
not be included for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

      "Required Revolving Credit Lenders" means, collectively, Revolving Credit
Lenders having more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate outstanding amount
of the Revolving Credit Commitments or, after the Revolving Credit Termination
Date, more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Revolving Credit
Outstandings. A Defaulting Lender shall not be included in the calculation of
"Required Revolving Credit Lenders."

      "Required Term Loan Lenders" means, collectively, Term Loan Lenders having
more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Term Loan Commitments
or, after the Closing Date, more than fifty percent (50%) of the principal
amount of all Term Loans then outstanding.

      "Responsible Officer" means the chief executive officer, president, chief
financial officer, or treasurer of a Loan Party. Any document delivered
hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be
conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate,

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partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such
Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of
such Loan Party.

      "Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether in
cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Capital Stock of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other
property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of
any such Capital Stock or of any option, warrant or other right to acquire any
such Capital Stock.

      "Reverse Spin-Off" means the reverse spin-off transaction between AHS and
Ardent LLC contemplated by the Ardent Acquisition Agreement to occur prior to
the Closing Date pursuant to which AHS shall have transferred to Ardent LLC the
Capital Stock of its subsidiaries and certain other assets and liabilities that
do not constitute part of the Ardent Acquired Business.

      "Revolving Credit Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of Revolving
Loans made on the same day by the Revolving Credit Lenders ratably according to
their respective Revolving Credit Commitments.

      "Revolving Credit Commitment" means, with respect to each Revolving Credit
Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Loans
and acquire interests in other Revolving Credit Outstandings in the aggregate
principal amount outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such
Revolving Credit Lender's name on Schedule I (Commitments) under the caption
"Revolving Credit Commitment," as amended to reflect each Assignment and
Assumption executed by such Revolving Credit Lender and as such amount may be
reduced pursuant to this Agreement.

      "Revolving Credit Facility" means the Revolving Credit Commitments and the
provisions herein related to the Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and Letters
of Credit.

      "Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent" has the meaning specified
in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

      "Revolving Credit Lender" means each Lender that (a) has a Revolving
Credit Commitment, (b) holds a Revolving Loan or (c) participates in any Letter
of Credit.

      "Revolving Credit Termination Date" means the earliest of (a) the
Scheduled Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of all of the Aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05 (Reduction and Termination
of the Commitments) and (c) the date on which the Obligations become due and
payable pursuant to Section 9.02 (Remedies Upon an Event of Default).

      "Revolving Credit Outstandings" means, at any particular time, the sum of
(a) the principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding at such time, (b)
the L/C Obligations outstanding at such time and (c) the principal amount of the
Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time.

      "Revolving Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a) (Revolving
Credit Commitments).

      "Revolving Note" means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the
order of any Revolving Credit Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount
of such Revolving Credit Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment evidencing the
aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting
from the Revolving Loans owing to such Revolving Credit Lender.

      "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies,

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Inc. and any successor thereto.

      "Sarbanes-Oxley Act" means the United States Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

      "Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means, with respect to the Borrower or
any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby
the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or
personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it
intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property
being sold or transferred.

      "Scheduled Maturity Date" means December 21, 2009.

      "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

      "Secured Parties" means the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, each Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and any other holder of any Obligation.

      "Securities Account" has the meaning given to such term in the UCC.

      "Securities Account Control Agreement" means a letter agreement, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agents, executed by the relevant Loan Party,
the Collateral Agent and the relevant Approved Securities Intermediary.

      "Securitization Transaction" means any financing transaction or series of
financing transactions (including factoring arrangements) pursuant to which the
Borrower or any Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a
security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease
payments or residuals or similar rights to payment to a special purpose
subsidiary or affiliate of any Person.

      "Security Agreement" means the Second Amended and Restated Security
Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed in favor of the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties by each of the Loan Parties, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

      "Selling Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 11.16 (Sharing of
Payments, Etc.).

      "Senior Bridge Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement for the Senior
Bridge Facility, dated as of the date of this Agreement, among the Borrower, the
Subsidiaries party thereto as guarantors, the lenders party thereto and CNAI, as
administrative agent.

      "Senior Bridge Facility" means a senior term loan facility to the Borrower
in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000.

      "Senior Bridge Loans" means (x) the senior loans to be made pursuant to
the Senior Bridge Credit Agreement on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal
amount of $150,000,000 with a maturity date of 1 year following the Closing Date
and (y) any such loans which are extended until the tenth anniversary of the
Closing Date pursuant to the Senior Bridge Credit Agreement.

      "Senior Subordinated Notes" means, collectively, the Existing Senior
Subordinated Notes and the New Senior Subordinated Notes.

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      "Senior Subordinated Notes Documents" means, collectively, the Existing
Senior Subordinated Notes Documents and the New Senior Subordinated Notes
Documents.

      "Senior Subordinated Notes Indentures" means, collectively, the Existing
Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture and the New Senior Subordinated Notes
Indenture.

      "Social Security Act" means the Social Security Act of 1965 as set forth
in Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and any successor statute
thereto, as interpreted by the rules and regulations issued thereunder, in each
case as in effect from time to time.

      "Solvent" means, with respect to any Person as of any date of
determination, that, as of such date, (a) the value of the assets of such Person
(both at fair value and present fair saleable value) is greater than the total
amount of liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated liabilities) of
such Person, (b) such Person is able to pay all liabilities of such Person as
such liabilities mature and (c) such Person does not have unreasonably small
capital. In computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at
any time, such liabilities shall be computed at the amount that, in light of all
the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that
can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

      "Special Purpose Vehicle" means any special purpose funding vehicle
identified as such in writing by any Lender to the applicable Administrative
Agent.

      "Specified Leased Property" means (i) the Facility leased by Columbus
Hospital, LLC located at Columbus Hospital, Columbus, Indiana and (ii) any other
Real Estate leased by any Loan Party for which the monthly rental obligations do
not exceed $20,000.

      "Subordinated Indebtedness" means (a) the New Senior Subordinated Notes,
(b) the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes and (c) any other Indebtedness of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary which by its terms is subordinated to the Obligations
in a manner and to an extent acceptable to the Administrative Agents.

      "Subordinated Indebtedness Documents" means (a) the New Senior
Subordinated Notes Documents, when issued, (b) the Existing Senior Subordinated
Notes Documents and (c) all other documents, agreements and instruments
governing any Subordinated Indebtedness.

      "Subsidiary" of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the
shares of Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or other governing body (other than Capital Stock having such power
only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially
owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to a "Subsidiary" or to
"Subsidiaries" shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

      "Substitute Institution" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(a)
(Substitution of Lenders).

      "Substitution Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(a)
(Substitution of Lenders).

      "Swap Contract" means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps,
credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps,
commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or
options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or
forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options,
forward

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foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions,
currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any
combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of
the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to
any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the
related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or
governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master
Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together
with any related schedules, a "Master Agreement"), including any such
obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

      "Swap Termination Value" means, in respect of any Swap Contract, after
taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement
relating to such Swap Contract, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap
Contract has been closed out and a termination value is determined in accordance
therewith, such termination value, and (b) for any date prior to the date
referenced in clause (a), the amount determined as the market-to-market value
for such Swap Contract, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other
readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap
Contract (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

      "Swing Line Lender" means Bank of America, in its capacity as provider of
Swing Line Loans or any successor swing line lender hereunder that is approved
by the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent and the Borrower and
agrees to become bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to the Swing
Line Lender pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

      "Swing Line Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a) (The Swing
Line).

      "Swing Line Loan Request" means a notice of a Borrowing of Swing Line
Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(b) (Borrowing Procedures), which, if in writing,
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B (Form of Swing Line Loan
Request).

      "Swing Line Note" means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the
order of the Sing Line Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of the
Swing Line Loan owing to such Lender.

      "Swing Line Sublimit" means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
$5,000,000 or (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line
Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments.

      "Syndication Completion Date" means the earlier of (i) the date on which
the Arrangers shall have determined that the primary syndication of the
Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility has been completed and (ii)
July 31, 2005.

      "Synthetic Lease" means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating
lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement
whereby the arrangement is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax
purposes but is classified as an operating lease or does not otherwise appear on
a balance sheet under GAAP.

      "Term Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b) (Term Loan
Commitments).

      "Term Loan Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of Term Loans made on
the same day by the Term Loan Lenders ratably according to their respective Term
Loan Commitments.

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      "Term Loan Commitment" means, with respect to each Term Loan Lender, the
commitment of such Lender to make Term Loans to the Borrower in the aggregate
principal amount outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such
Lender's name on Schedule I (Commitments) under the caption "Term Loan
Commitment" as amended to reflect each Assignment and Assumption executed by
such Lender and as such amount may be reduced pursuant to this Agreement.

      "Term Loan Facility" means the Term Loan Commitments and the provisions
herein related to the Term Loans.

      "Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent" has the meaning specified in the
introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

      "Term Loan Lender" means each Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or
that holds a Term Loan.

      "Term Loan Maturity Date" means the seventh anniversary of the Closing
Date.

      "Term Loan Note" means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the
order of any Term Loan Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of the
Term Loan owing to such Lender.

      "Threshold Amount" means $5,000,000.

      "Total Consideration" means, with respect to any Acquisition, all cash and
non-cash consideration, including the amount of Indebtedness assumed, the amount
reasonably anticipated to be payable in connection with any deferred purchase
price obligation (including any earn-out obligation) as determined by the
Borrower in good faith at the time of the consummation of such Acquisition, and
the value of any Capital Stock of the Borrower issued to the seller.

      "Total Revolving Outstandings" means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
all Revolving Loans, all Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.

      "Transactions" means, collectively, the transactions contemplated in
connection with the Reverse Spin-Off, the amendment and restatement of the
Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement, the borrowing of the
Senior Bridge Loans and the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan
Parties of the Senior Bridge Credit Agreement, (following the Closing Date) the
refinancing in full of the Senior Bridge Facility from the issuance and sale of
the New Senior Subordinated Notes (or other Subordinated Indebtedness permitted
by Section 8.13(c) (Prepayment of Other Indebtedness; Modification of Debt
Agreements), the AHS Tender Offer, the Closing Date Equity Issuance, the initial
Borrowing of the Loans and other Credit Extensions under this Agreement, the
Ardent Acquisition and the payment of related fees and expenses.

      "TRICARE" means the United States Department of Defense health care
program for service families (including TRICARE Prime, TRICARE Extra and TRICARE
Standard), and any successor or predecessor thereof.

      "Trigger Date" means the later of (x) receipt by the Administrative Agents
of the quarterly financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending on June 30,
2005 pursuant to Section 7.01 (b) (Financial Statements) and (y) the date on
which all Indebtedness under the Senior Bridge Facility (including any Exchange
Notes) has been repaid in full.

      "Type" means, with respect to any Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan
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Loan.

      "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in
the State of New York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of
mandatory provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of
the Collateral Agent's and the Secured Parties' security interest in any
Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a
jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term "UCC" shall mean the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of
the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and
for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.

      "Unfunded Pension Liability" means the excess of a Pension Plan's benefit
liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that
Pension Plan's assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for
funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code
for the applicable plan year.

      "United States" and "U.S." mean the United States of America.

      "Unreimbursed Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i)
(Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations).

      "Unused Commitment Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(a)
(Unused Commitment Fee).

      "Unused Commitment Fee Rate" means 0.50% per annum.

      "Voting Stock" means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock issued by
such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right so to vote
has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency; provided, that for
purposes of Section 7.15 (Additional Collateral), the term "Voting Stock" means,
as to any issuer of Capital Stock, the issued and outstanding shares of each
class of Capital Stock or other ownership interests of such issuer entitled to
vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.956-2(c)(2)).

      "Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means any Person 100% of whose Capital Stock is
at the time owned by the Borrower directly or indirectly through other Persons
100% of whose Capital Stock is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Borrower.

      "Working Capital" means, for any Person at any date, the amount, if any,
by which the Consolidated Current Assets of such Person at such date exceeds the
Consolidated Current Liabilities of such Person at such date.

1.02 OTHER INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS.

      With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless
otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

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

            (b)   (i) The words "herein," "hereto," "hereof" and "hereunder" and
      words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such
      Loan Document as a whole

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      and not to any particular provision thereof.

                  (i) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to
            the Loan Document in which such reference appears.

                  (ii) The term "including" is by way of example and not
            limitation.

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

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

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

            (e) Upon the appointment of any successor Revolving Credit Facility
      Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.07 (Successor Agents),
      references to Bank of America with respect to the role of Revolving Credit
      Facility Administrative Agent in Section 10.04 (The Agents Individually)
      shall be deemed to refer to the financial institution then acting as the
      Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent or one of its Affiliates if it so
      designates.

            (f) Upon the appointment of any successor Term Loan Facility
      Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.07 (Successor Agents),
      references to CNAI in Section 10.4 (The Agents Individually) and to
      Citigroup in the definition of Base Rate and to Citibank in the definition
      of Eurodollar Rate shall be deemed to refer to the financial institution
      then acting as the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent or one of its
      Affiliates if it so designates.

            (g) Upon the appointment of any successor Collateral Agent pursuant
      to Section 10.07 (Successor Agents), references to Bank of America with
      respect to the role of Collateral Agent in Section 10.4 (The Agents
      Individually) shall be deemed to refer to the financial institution then
      acting as the Collateral Agent or one of its Affiliates if it so
      designates.

1.03  ACCOUNTING TERMS.

      (a) Except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein, all accounting
terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in
conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other
financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement
shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in
effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in
preparing the most recent audited financial statements of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) (Financial Statements);
provided, however, that calculations of Attributable Indebtedness under any
Synthetic Lease or the implied interest component of any Synthetic Lease shall
be made by the Borrower in accordance with accepted financial practice and
consistent with the terms of such Synthetic Lease.

      (b) Together with each Compliance Certificate, the Borrower will provide a
written summary of any changes in GAAP that materially impact the calculation of
the financial covenants in Section 8.11 (Financial Covenants) contained in such
Compliance Certificate. If at any time any change in GAAP

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would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in
any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so
request, the Administrative Agents, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate
in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent
thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required
Lenders); provided, however, that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or
requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such
change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agents
and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this
Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation
between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving
effect to such change in GAAP.

      (c) Notwithstanding the above, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree
that all calculations of the financial covenants in Section 8.11 (Financial
Covenants) (including for purposes of determining compliance with such financial
covenants and determining the Applicable Margin) shall be made on a Pro Forma
Basis.

1.04  ROUNDING.

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

1.05  REFERENCES TO AGREEMENTS AND LAWS.

      Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization
Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual
instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements,
extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent
that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other
modifications are not prohibited by this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law; and
(c) references to any statute shall be to such statute as amended or modified
from time to time and to any successor legislation thereto, in each case as in
effect at the time any such reference is operative.

1.06  TIMES OF DAY.

      Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be
references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

1.07  LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNTS.

      Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a
Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of
such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all increases thereof contemplated
by such Letter of Credit or the Letter of Credit Application therefor, whether
or not such maximum face amount is in effect at such time.

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                                   ARTICLE II

                      THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.01 THE COMMITMENTS.

      (a) Revolving Credit Commitments. On the terms and subject to the
conditions contained in this Agreement, each Revolving Credit Lender severally
agrees to make loans in Dollars (each a "Revolving Loan") to the Borrower from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the date hereof until
the Revolving Credit Termination Date in an aggregate principal amount at any
time outstanding for all such loans by such Revolving Credit Lender not to
exceed such Revolving Credit Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment; provided,
however, that at no time shall any Revolving Credit Lender be obligated to make
a Revolving Loan in excess of such Revolving Credit Lender's Pro Rata Share of
the Available Credit. Within the limits of the Revolving Credit Commitment of
each Revolving Credit Lender, amounts of Revolving Loans repaid may be
reborrowed under this Section 2.01. From and including the Closing Date, the
"Revolving Commitments" (under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)
of each Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement shall
be deemed Revolving Credit Commitments under this Agreement in the respective
amounts provided herein.

      (b) Term Loan Commitments. On the terms and subject to the conditions
contained in this Agreement, each Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make a
loan (each a "Term Loan") in Dollars to the Borrower on the Closing Date, in an
amount not to exceed such Lender's Term Loan Commitment. Amounts of Term Loans
repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.

2.02 BORROWINGS, CONVERSIONS AND CONTINUATIONS OF LOANS.

      (a) Each Borrowing shall be made on notice given by the Borrower to the
applicable Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) on the date of the
Proposed Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans and (ii) on
the date which is three Business Days prior to the date of the proposed
Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans. Each such notice
shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A (Form of Notice of Borrowing) (a
"Notice of Borrowing"), specifying, (A) the date of such proposed Borrowing
(which, in the case of the Term Loan Borrowing, shall be the Closing Date), (B)
the aggregate amount of such proposed Borrowing, (C) whether any portion of the
proposed Borrowing will be of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans and (D)
for each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the initial Interest Period or Periods thereof.
Loans shall be made as Base Rate Loans unless, subject to Sections 3.02
(Illegality), 3.03 (Determination of Rates; Inability to Determine Rates), 3.04
(Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy) or 3.05 (Funding Losses),
the Notice of Borrowing specifies that all or a portion thereof shall be
Eurodollar Rate Loans. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Section 2.04 (Swing Line Loans), if any Notice of Borrowing requests a Borrowing
of Base Rate Loans, the Swing Line Lender may make a Swing Line Loan available
to the Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed such proposed Borrowing,
and the aggregate amount of the corresponding proposed Borrowing shall be
reduced accordingly by the principal amount of such Swing Line Loan; provided,
that no such reduction shall cause the corresponding proposed Borrowing to fail
to meet the requirements of the next sentence. Each Revolving Credit Borrowing
shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $1,000,000 or an integral
multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Term Loan Borrowing shall be in an
aggregate amount of not less than $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof.

            (i) In the case of any Revolving Credit Borrowings, the Revolving
Credit Facility Administrative Agent shall give to each Revolving Credit Lender
prompt notice of the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent's receipt of
a Notice of Borrowing and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are

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properly requested in such Notice of Borrowing, the applicable interest rate
determined pursuant to Section 3.03(a) (Determination of Rates; Inability to
Determine Rates). Each Revolving Credit Lender shall, before 12:00 p.m. on the
date of the proposed Borrowing, make available to the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent at its Administrative Agent's Office, in immediately
available funds, such Revolving Credit Lender's Pro Rata Share of such proposed
Borrowing. Upon fulfillment (or due waiver in accordance with Section 11.01
(Amendments, Etc.)) (i) on the Closing Date, of the applicable conditions set
forth in Section 5.01 (Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions) and
(ii) at any time (including the Closing Date), of the applicable conditions set
forth in Section 5.02 (Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension), and after
the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent's receipt of such funds, the
Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent shall make such funds available
to the Borrower.

            (ii) In the case of any Term Loan Borrowings, the Term Loan Facility
Administrative Agent shall give to each Term Loan Lender prompt notice of the
Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent's receipt of a Notice of Borrowing and,
if Eurodollar Rate Loans are properly requested in such Notice of Borrowing, the
applicable interest rate determined pursuant to Section 3.03 (Determination of
Interest Rates; Inability to Determine Rates); provided, however, that no
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be permitted to have an Interest Period that is
longer than one week at any time prior to the Syndication Completion Date. Each
Term Loan Lender shall, before 11:00 a.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing,
make available to the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent at its
Administrative Agent's Office, in immediately available funds, such Term Loan
Lender's Pro Rata Share of such proposed Borrowing. Upon fulfillment (or due
waiver in accordance with Section 11.01 (Amendments, Etc.)) on the Closing Date
of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.01 (Conditions Precedent to
Initial Credit Extensions) and Section 5.02 (Conditions Precedent to Each Credit
Extension), and after the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent's receipt of
such funds, the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent shall make such funds
available to the Borrower.

      (b) Unless the applicable Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from any applicable Lender prior to the date of any proposed Borrowing that such
Lender will not make available to such Administrative Agent such Lender's Pro
Rata Share of such Borrowing (or any portion thereof), such Administrative Agent
may assume that such Lender has made such Pro Rata Share available to such
Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with this
Section 2.02 and such Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount.
If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such Pro Rata Share
available to the applicable Administrative Agent, such Lender and the Borrower
severally agree to repay to the applicable Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such
amount is repaid to the applicable Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of
the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising
such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate for
the first Business Day and thereafter at the interest rate applicable at the
time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing. If such Lender shall repay to the
applicable Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such corresponding
amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender's Loan as part of such Borrowing
for purposes of this Agreement. If the Borrower shall repay to the applicable
Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such payment shall not relieve
such Lender of any obligation it may have hereunder to the Borrower.

      (d) The failure of any Lender to make on the date specified any Loan or
any payment required by it (such Lender being a "Defaulting Lender"), including
any payment in respect of its participation in Swing Line Loans and L/C
Obligations, shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations to make such
Loan or payment on such date but no such other Lender shall be responsible for
the failure of any Defaulting Lender to make a Loan or payment required under
this Agreement.

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2.03 LETTERS OF CREDIT.

      (a)   The Letter of Credit Commitment.

            (i) On the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this
Agreement,

                  (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of
            the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1)
            from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the
            Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue
            Letters of Credit in Dollars for the account of the Borrower or any
            Loan Party, and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously
            issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b) (Procedures for
            Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Renewal Letters of
            Credit) below, and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit;
            and

                  (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to
            participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the
            Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the L/C Issuer
            shall not be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect
            to any Letter of Credit, and no Revolving Credit Lender shall be
            obligated to participate in any Letter of Credit if, after giving
            effect to such L/C Credit Extension, (x) the Total Revolving
            Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit
            Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving
            Loans of any Revolving Credit Lender, plus such Revolving Credit
            Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C
            Obligations, plus such Revolving Credit Lender's Pro Rata Share of
            the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans would exceed such
            Revolving Credit Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment, or (z) the
            Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of
            Credit Sublimit. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the
            terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower's ability to obtain
            Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the
            Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit
            to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been
            drawn upon and reimbursed.

            (ii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any
Letter of Credit if:

                  (A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental
            Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or
            restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any
            Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive
            (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
            Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or
            request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters
            of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall
            impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit
            any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C
            Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the
            Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed
            loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date
            and which such L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

                  (B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii) below, the expiry date of
            such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months
            after the date of issuance or last renewal, unless the Required
            Lenders have approved such expiry date;

                  (C) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would
            occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the
            Lenders have approved such expiry date;

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                  (D) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or
            more policies of such L/C Issuer; or

                  (E) such Letter of Credit is in an initial amount less than
            $100,000 or is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars.

                  (F) a default of any Revolving Lender's obligations to fund
            pursuant to Section 2.03(c) (Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of
            Participations) exists or any Revolving Lender is at such time a
            Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into
            satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such Revolving Lender
            to eliminate the L/C Issuer's risk with respect to such Revolving
            Lender.

            (iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to amend any
Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to
issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B)
the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment
to such Letter of Credit.

            (iv) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue or
amend any Letter of Credit if such L/C Issuer has received written notice from
any Lender, any Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, on or prior to the
Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of such Letter
of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article V
(Conditions Precedent) shall not then be satisfied.

      (b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit;
Auto-Renewal Letters of Credit.

            (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case
      may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the applicable L/C
      Issuer (with a copy to the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent)
      in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and
      signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit
      Application must be received by such L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit
      Facility Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least three
      Business Days (or such later date and time as such L/C Issuer may agree in
      a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed
      issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a
      request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of
      Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the
      applicable L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested
      Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof;
      (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary
      thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of
      any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be
      presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G)
      such other matters as the applicable L/C Issuer may reasonably require. In
      the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of
      Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail
      satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be
      amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a
      Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such
      other matters as the applicable L/C Issuer may reasonably require.

            (ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the
      applicable L/C Issuer will confirm with the Revolving Credit Facility
      Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that such Administrative
      Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the
      Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide such Administrative
      Agent with a copy thereof. Upon receipt by such L/C Issuer of confirmation
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      Facility Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is
      permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms
      and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue
      a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or enter into the
      applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with
      such L/C Issuer's usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon
      the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall
      be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to,
      purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in each Letter of Credit
      issued by such L/C Issuer in an amount equal to the product of such
      Revolving Credit Lender's Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter
      of Credit.

            (iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit
      Application, the applicable L/C Issuer shall issue a Letter of Credit that
      has automatic renewal provisions (each, an "Auto-Renewal Letter of
      Credit"); provided that any such Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit must permit
      such L/C Issuer to prevent any such renewal at least once in each
      twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter
      of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later
      than a day (the "Nonrenewal Notice Date") in each such twelve-month period
      to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless
      otherwise directed by the applicable L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be
      required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer for any such
      renewal. Once an Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit has been issued, the
      Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not
      require) such L/C Issuer to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at
      any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration
      Date; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such
      renewal if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would have no
      obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its renewed form
      under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section
      2.03(a)(ii)(The Letter of Credit Commitment) or otherwise), or (B) it has
      received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the
      day that is five (5) Business Days before the Nonrenewal Notice Date (I)
      from the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent that the Required
      Lenders have elected not to permit such renewal or (II) from the Revolving
      Credit Facility Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one
      or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 (Conditions
      Precedent to Each Credit Extension) is not then satisfied.

            (iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any
      amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto
      or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also deliver
      to the Borrower and the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent a
      true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

      (c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

            (i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any
      notice of drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer
      shall notify the Borrower and the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative
      Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the
      L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an "Honor Date"), the
      Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Revolving Credit
      Facility Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such
      drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such
      time, the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent shall promptly
      notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the
      unreimbursed drawing (the "Unreimbursed Amount"), and the amount of such
      Revolving Credit Lender's Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the
      Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans
      to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed
      Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section
      2.02 (Borrowings, Conversions

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      and Continuations of Loans) for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans,
      but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate
      Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02
      (Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension) (other than the delivery
      of a Notice of Borrowing). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the
      Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section
      2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing;
      provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect
      the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

            (ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender (including the Revolving Credit
      Lender acting as the applicable L/C Issuer) shall, upon any notice
      pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) above, make funds available to the
      Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent for the account of the
      applicable L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent's Office of the
      Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent in an amount equal to its
      Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the
      Business Day specified in such notice by the Revolving Credit Facility
      Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section
      2.03(c)(iii) below, each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds
      available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in
      such amount. The Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent shall
      remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.

            (iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully
      refinanced by a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set
      forth in Section 5.02 (Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension)
      cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed
      to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the
      amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C
      Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and
      shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving
      Credit Lender's payment to the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative
      Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii)
      above shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C
      Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Credit
      Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section
      2.03.

            (iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Loan or
      L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the applicable
      L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in
      respect of such Revolving Credit Lender's Pro Rata Share of such amount
      shall be solely for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer.

            (v) Each Revolving Credit Lender's obligation to make Revolving
      Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under
      Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be
      absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance,
      including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
      right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against such L/C Issuer,
      the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the
      occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event
      or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided,
      however, that each Revolving Credit Lender's obligation to make Revolving
      Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set
      forth in Section 5.02 (Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension)
      (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Notice of Borrowing). No such
      making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation
      of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment
      made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest
      as provided herein.

            (vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the
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      Facility Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount
      required to be paid by such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the
      foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in
      Section 2.03(c)(ii), such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from
      such Revolving Credit Lender (acting through the Revolving Credit Facility
      Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for
      the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which
      such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per
      annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. A
      certificate of such L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender
      (through the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent) with respect
      to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent
      manifest error.

      (d) Repayment of Participations.

            (i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any
      Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such
      Revolving Credit Lender's L/C Advance in respect of such payment in
      accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Revolving Credit Facility
      Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any
      payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon
      (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of
      Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Revolving Credit Facility
      Administrative Agent), the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent
      will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof
      (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the
      period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender's L/C Advance was
      outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Revolving Credit
      Facility Administrative Agent.

            (ii) If any payment received by the Revolving Credit Facility
      Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section
      2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances
      described in Section 11.06 (Marshalling; Payments Set Aside) (including
      pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its
      discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Revolving
      Credit Facility Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer
      its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Revolving Credit Facility
      Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand
      to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Credit Lender, at a
      rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in
      effect.

      (e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the
L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C
Issuer and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

            (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit,
      this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or
      instrument relating thereto;

            (ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or
      other right that the Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary
      or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any
      such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), such L/C Issuer or
      any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the
      transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any
      agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

            (iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented
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      Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any
      respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
      respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any
      document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

            (iv) any payment by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit
      against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly
      comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by
      such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be
      a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of
      creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to
      any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any
      arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or

            (v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not
      similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that
      might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the
      Borrower.

      The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and
each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of
noncompliance with the Borrower's instructions or other irregularity, the
Borrower will immediately notify the applicable L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall
be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against such L/C Issuer and
its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

      (f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower
agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall
not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft,
certificates and documents expressly required by such Letter of Credit) or to
ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the
authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the
L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person or any of the respective correspondents,
participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for
(i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with
the approval of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Lenders, as
applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence
or willful misconduct by such L/C Issuer; or (iii) the due execution,
effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related
to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The Borrower hereby
assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with
respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this
assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower's pursuing
such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at
law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related
Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of
the L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described
in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such clauses, the Borrower may have
a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the
Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to
consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower
proves were caused by such L/C Issuer's willful misconduct or gross negligence
or such L/C Issuer's willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the
presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s)
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit issued by
it. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may
accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without
responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the
validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or
purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits
thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be
invalid or ineffective for any reason.

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      (g) Cash Collateral. Upon the request of the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent, (i) if an L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial
drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an
L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any
Letter of Credit may for any reason remain outstanding and partially or wholly
undrawn, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding
Amount of all L/C Obligations (determined as of the date of such L/C Borrowing
or the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, as the case may be). For purposes
hereof, "Cash Collateralize" means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit
Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances
pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby
consented to by the Revolving Credit Lenders) in an amount equal to the
Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations. The Borrower hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit
Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances
therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash collateral shall be maintained
in one or more Deposit Accounts subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement.

      (h) Applicability of ISP98. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the
applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, the
rules of the "International Standby Practices 1998" published by the Institute
of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be
in effect at the time of issuance) shall apply to each Letter of Credit.

      (i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Revolving Credit
Facility Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in
accordance with its Pro Rata Share a Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of
Credit equal to (i) the Applicable Margin applicable to Revolving Loans that are
Eurodollar Rate Loans multiplied by (ii) the daily maximum amount available to
be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then
in effect under such Letter of Credit). Such Letter of Credit fees shall be
computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such Letter of Credit fees shall be
due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June,
September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the
issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and
thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Margin during any
quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and
multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such
quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect.

      (j) Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Borrower
shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the fees specified in
Section 2.12 (Fees).

      (k) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. In the event of any
conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit
Application, the terms hereof shall control.

2.04 SWING LINE LOANS.

      (a) The Swing Line. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained
in this Agreement, the Swing Line Lender agrees to make loans (each such loan, a
"Swing Line Loan") to the Borrower in Dollars from time to time on any Business
Day from the date hereof until the Revolving Credit Termination Date in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing
Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when
aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans
and L/C Obligations of the Swing Line Lender in its capacity as a Revolving
Credit Lender, may exceed the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender's Revolving
Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Borrowing
of Swing Line Loans, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the
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Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of
any Revolving Credit Lender, plus such Revolving Credit Lender's Pro Rata Share
of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Revolving Credit
Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall
not exceed such Revolving Credit Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment, and
provided, further, that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing
Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the limits set
forth in this clause (a), amounts of Swing Line Loans repaid may be reborrowed
under this clause (a). Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.
Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender
shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to,
purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan
in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender's Pro Rata
Share multiplied by the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

      (b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Borrowing of Swing Line Loans shall be made
upon the Borrower's irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the
Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.
Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Revolving
Credit Facility Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested
borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be
a minimum principal amount of $100,000, or a whole multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business
Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the
Swing Line Lender and the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent of a
written Swing Line Loan Request, appropriately completed and signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line
Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Request, the Swing Line Lender will
confirm with the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent (by telephone or
in writing) that the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent has also
received such Swing Line Loan Request and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will
notify the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent (by telephone or in
writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received
notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender)
prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing of Swing Line Loans (A)
directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of
the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section
2.04(a) (The Swing Line), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions
specified in Article V (Conditions Precedent) is not then satisfied, then,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not
later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan
Request, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.

      (c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.

            (i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute
      discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby
      irrevocably requests and authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on
      its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an
      amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender's Pro Rata Share of the
      amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in
      writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Notice of Borrowing
      for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section
      2.02 (Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans), without regard
      to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of
      Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate
      Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02
      (Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension). The Swing Line Lender
      shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Notice of
      Borrowing promptly after delivering such notice to the Revolving Credit
      Facility Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an amount equal to
      its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Notice of Borrowing
      available to the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent in

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      immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at
      the Administrative Agent's Office of the Revolving Credit Facility
      Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such
      Notice of Borrowing, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each
      Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to
      have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Revolving
      Credit Facility Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to
      the Swing Line Lender.

            (ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by
      such a Borrowing of Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i),
      the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set
      forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that
      each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the
      relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lender's payment to the
      Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent for the account of the
      Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment
      in respect of such participation.

            (iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the
      Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent for the account of the
      Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant
      to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified
      in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover
      from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting through the Revolving Credit
      Facility Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest
      thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date
      on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at
      a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in
      effect. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving
      Credit Lender (through the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent)
      with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be
      conclusive absent manifest error.

            (iv) Each Revolving Credit Lender's obligation to make Revolving
      Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans
      pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and
      shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off,
      counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving
      Credit Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any
      other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance
      of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or
      not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each
      Revolving Credit Lender's obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to
      this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section
      5.02 (Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension). No such purchase or
      funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the
      obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with
      interest as provided herein.

      (d) Repayment of Participations.

            (i) At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and
      funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender
      receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line
      Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Pro Rata Share
      of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments,
      to reflect the period of time during which such Lender's risk
      participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing
      Line Lender.

            (ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of
      principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by
      the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section
      11.06 (Marshalling; Payments Set Aside) (including

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      pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its
      discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line
      Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Revolving Credit
      Facility Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such
      demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to
      the Federal Funds Rate. The Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent
      will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.

      (e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall
be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans.
Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Loans that are Base Rate
Loans or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such
Revolving Credit Lender's Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in
respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line
Lender.

      (f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all
payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly
to the Swing Line Lender.

2.05 REDUCTION AND TERMINATION OF THE COMMITMENTS

      (a) The Borrower may, upon at least three Business Days' prior notice to
the applicable Administrative Agent, terminate in whole or reduce in part
ratably the unused portions of the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of
the Revolving Credit Lenders or, prior to the Closing Date, the unused portions
of the Term Loan Commitments of the Term Loan Lenders; provided, however, that
each partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than
$5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. The amount
of any Term Loan Commitment that is not borrowed on the Closing Date shall
thereafter be terminated. In addition, all outstanding Revolving Credit
Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

      (b) The then current Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments shall be
reduced on each date on which a prepayment of Revolving Loans or Swing Line
Loans is made or required to be made pursuant to Section 2.08 (Mandatory
Prepayments) (or would be required to be made had the then outstanding Revolving
Loans and Swing Line Loans equaled the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments
then in effect), in each case in the amount of such prepayment (or deemed
prepayment) (and the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender
shall be reduced by its Pro Rata Share of such amount).

2.06 REPAYMENT OF LOANS.

      (a) The Borrower promises to repay the entire unpaid principal amount of
the Revolving Loans and the Swing Line Loans on the Revolving Credit Termination
Date.

      (b) The Borrower promises to repay to the Swing Line Lender, each Swing
Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) written demand by the Swing Line Lender
and (ii) the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

      (c) The Borrower promises to repay the Term Loans at the dates and in the
amounts set forth below:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       Date                                                                      Amount
------------------                                                            ------------
<S>                                                                           <C>
September 30, 2005                                                            $    812,500

December 31, 2005                                                             $    812,500

March 31, 2006                                                                $    812,500

June 30, 2006                                                                 $    812,500

September 30, 2006                                                            $    812,500

December 31, 2006                                                             $    812,500

March 31, 2007                                                                $    812,500

June 30, 2007                                                                 $    812,500

September 30, 2007                                                            $    812,500

December 31, 2007                                                             $    812,500

March 31, 2008                                                                $    812,500

June 30, 2008                                                                 $    812,500

September 30, 2008                                                            $    812,500

December 31, 2008                                                             $    812,500

March 31, 2009                                                                $    812,500

June 30, 2009                                                                 $    812,500

September 30, 2009                                                            $    812,500

December 31, 2009                                                             $    812,500

March 31, 2010                                                                $    812,500

June 30, 2010                                                                 $    812,500

September 30, 2010                                                            $    812,500

December 31, 2010                                                             $    812,500

March 31, 2011                                                                $    812,500

June 30, 2011                                                                 $    812,500

September 30, 2011                                                            $    812,500

December 31, 2011                                                             $    812,500

March 31, 2012                                                                $    812,500

July 1, 2012                                                                  $303,062,500
</TABLE>

provided, however, that the Borrower shall repay the entire unpaid principal
amount of the Term Loans on the Term Loan Maturity Date.

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2.07 OPTIONAL PREPAYMENTS.

      (a) Revolving Loans; Swing Line Loans. The Borrower may prepay the
outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans in
whole or in part at any time; provided, however, that if any prepayment of any
Eurodollar Rate Loan is made by the Borrower other than on the last day of an
Interest Period for such Loan, the Borrower shall also pay any amount owing
pursuant to Section 3.05 (Funding Losses); and provided, further, that each
partial prepayment of (i) Revolving Loans shall be in an aggregate amount not
less than $5,000,000 or integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and
(ii) Swing Line Loans shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $100,000 or
integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof.

      (b) Term Loans. The Borrower may, upon at least three Business Days' prior
notice to the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent stating the proposed date
and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, prepay the outstanding
principal amount of the Term Loans, in whole or in part, together with accrued
interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid;
provided, however, that if any prepayment of any Eurodollar Rate Loan is made by
the Borrower other than on the last day of an Interest Period for such Loan, the
Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.05 (Funding
Losses); and provided, further, that each partial prepayment shall be in an
aggregate amount not less than $5,000,000 or integral multiples of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof and that any such partial prepayment shall be applied to reduce
ratably the remaining installments of such outstanding principal amount of the
Term Loans in the stated order of their maturities. Upon the giving of such
notice of prepayment, the principal amount of the Term Loans specified to be
prepaid shall become due and payable on the date specified for such prepayment.

      (c) The Borrower shall not voluntarily prepay the principal amount of any
Revolving Loan or any Term Loan other than as provided in this Section 2.07.

2.08 MANDATORY PREPAYMENTS.

      (a) Upon receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of

            (i) (x) Net Cash Proceeds arising from any Disposition, Involuntary
Disposition, Debt Issuance or (y) without duplication, Extraordinary Receipts,
in each case, the Borrower shall immediately prepay the Loans (or Cash
Collateralize the Letters of Credit) in an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash
Proceeds or

            (ii) Net Cash Proceeds arising from any Equity Issuance, the
Borrower shall immediately prepay the Loans (or Cash Collateralize the Letters
of Credit) in an amount equal to 50% of such Net Cash Proceeds. Any such
mandatory prepayment shall be applied in accordance with clause (c) below;

provided, however, that:

                  (A) no Net Cash Proceeds of any Equity Issuance or any Debt
            Issuance shall be applied to prepay the Loans to the extent that
            such Net Cash Proceeds are required to prepay the Senior Bridge
            Loans pursuant to the Senior Bridge Credit Agreement or to redeem or
            purchase any Exchange Securities (if issued) pursuant to the
            Exchange Indenture;

                  (B) no Net Cash Proceeds of any Equity Issuance shall be
            required to be applied to prepay the Loans to the extent that they
            are directly applied by the Borrower to

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            repay, redeem or purchase any Senior Subordinated Notes or other
            Subordinated Indebtedness; provided, however, that such Net Cash
            Proceeds may only be so applied pursuant to this clause (B) if,
            immediately after giving effect to such repayment, redemption or
            purchase, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than
            4.50:1;

                  (C) in the case of any Net Cash Proceeds arising from any (I)
            Equity Issuance made to finance a Permitted Acquisition, (II)
            Disposition or (III) Involuntary Disposition, (X) if the Borrower
            shall have delivered a Reinvestment Notice with respect to such Net
            Cash Proceeds, no prepayment shall be required under this Section
            2.08(a) with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of such Reinvestment
            Event until the applicable Reinvestment Prepayment Date and (Y) on
            the applicable Reinvestment Prepayment Date, the Borrower shall
            prepay the Loans (or Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit) in an
            amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount applicable to
            such Reinvestment Event, if any, on the Reinvestment Prepayment Date
            with respect to such Reinvestment Event, which mandatory prepayment
            shall be applied in accordance with clause (c) below;

                  (D) the Borrower shall not be required to make a prepayment
            pursuant to this Section 2.08(a) with the Net Cash Proceeds arising
            from the Disposition or Involuntary Disposition of any Property that
            is subject to (I) a HUD Financing or (II) other Indebtedness that is
            secured by a Lien on such Property that is prior to the Lien of the
            Collateral Agent, in each case to the extent that the Borrower or
            the applicable Subsidiary is required pursuant to the documentation
            governing such HUD Financing or other Indebtedness to apply such Net
            Cash Proceeds to prepay such HUD Financing or other Indebtedness;
            and

                  (E) nothing in this Section 2.08 shall be construed to permit
            (or be a consent to) the issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness
            or Equity Securities, the Disposition of any Property or the
            Involuntary Disposition of any Property that is not, in any such
            case, otherwise permitted by this Agreement.

      (b) The Borrower shall prepay the Loans within 95 days after the last day
of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on or about December
31, 2006, in an amount equal to 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year;
provided, however, that (x) if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is less
than 4.5:1.00 as of the last day of the four fiscal quarter period most recently
ended, such percentage shall be reduced to 25% and (y) if the Consolidated Total
Leverage Ratio is less than 3.5:1.00 as of the last day of the four fiscal
quarter period most recently ended, such percentage shall be reduced zero. Any
such mandatory prepayment shall be applied in accordance with clause (c) below.

      (c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.13(g) (Payments and
Computations), any prepayments made by the Borrower required to be applied in
accordance with this clause (c) shall be applied as follows: first, other than
in respect of prepayments made with the Net Cash Proceeds of a Reinvestment
Event (but including the Net Cash Proceeds of a Reinvestment Event on the
applicable Reinvestment Prepayment Date), to repay the outstanding principal
balance of the Term Loans, until such Term Loans shall have been prepaid in
full; second, to repay the outstanding principal balance of the Swing Line Loans
until such Swing Line Loans shall have been repaid in full; third, solely in the
case of any prepayments made by the Borrower with the Net Cash Proceeds of any
Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, to repay the outstanding principal
balance of the Revolving Loans until such Revolving Loans shall have been paid
in full; and then, to Cash Collateralize any L/C Obligations in the manner set
forth in Section 9.03 (Actions in Respect of Letters of Credit) until all such
L/C Obligations have been fully Cash Collateralized in the manner set forth
therein. All repayments of the Term Loans made

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pursuant to this clause (c) shall be applied to reduce ratably the remaining
installments of such outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans in the
inverse order of their maturities. All repayments of Revolving Loans and Swing
Line Loans required to be made pursuant to this clause (c) shall result in a
permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent provided
in Section 2.05(b) (Reduction and Termination of the Commitments); provided,
however, that, if such repayment was made from the Net Cash Proceeds of a
Reinvestment Event, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments shall not be
reduced by such prepayment to the extent of the Reinvestment Deferred Amount of
such Reinvestment Event until the Reinvestment Prepayment Date corresponding
thereto and, on such Reinvestment Prepayment Date, the Aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitments shall be reduced only to the extent of the Reinvestment
Prepayment Amount applicable to such Reinvestment Event, if any; and provided,
further, that, upon the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default on or
before the Reinvestment Prepayment Date corresponding to such Reinvestment
Event, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments shall be reduced by the entire
Reinvestment Deferred Amount corresponding to such Reinvestment Event.

      (d) If at any time, the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit
Outstandings exceeds the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time,
the Borrower shall forthwith prepay the Swing Line Loans first and then the
Revolving Loans then outstanding in an amount equal to such excess. If any such
excess remains after repayment in full of the aggregate outstanding Swing Line
Loans and Revolving Loans, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Letter of
Credit Obligations in the manner set forth in Section 9.03 (Actions in Respect
of Letters of Credit).

2.09 INTEREST.

      (a) Rate of Interest. All Loans and the outstanding amount of all other
Obligations (other than pursuant to Swap Contracts that are Loan Documents, to
the extent such Swap Contracts provide for the accrual of interest on unpaid
obligations) shall bear interest, in the case of Loans, on the unpaid principal
amount thereof from the date such Loans are made and, in the case of such other
Obligations, from the date such other Obligations are due and payable until, in
all cases, paid in full, except as otherwise provided in clause (c) below, as
follows:

            (i) if a Base Rate Loan or such other Obligation, at a rate per
annum equal to the sum of (A) the Base Rate as in effect from time to time and
(B) the Applicable Margin; and

            (ii) if a Eurodollar Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the sum
of (A) the Eurodollar Rate determined for the applicable Interest Period and (B)
the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time during such Interest Period.

      (b) Interest Payments. Interest accrued on (i) each Base Rate Loan (other
than Swing Line Loans) shall be payable in arrears (A) on the first Business Day
of each calendar quarter, commencing on the first such day following the making
of such Base Rate Loan, (B) in the case of Base Rate Loans that are Term Loans,
upon the payment or prepayment thereof in full or in part and (C) if not
previously paid in full, at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) of
such Base Rate Loan, (ii) Swing Line Loans shall be payable in arrears on the
first Business Day of the immediately succeeding calendar quarter, (iii) each
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be payable in arrears (A) on the last day of each
Interest Period applicable to such Loan and, if such Interest Period has a
duration of more than three months, on each date during such Interest Period
occurring every three months from the first day of such Interest Period, (B)
upon the payment or prepayment thereof in full or in part and (C) if not
previously paid in full, at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) of
such Eurodollar Rate Loan and (iv) the amount of all other Obligations shall be
payable on demand from and after the time such Obligation becomes due and
payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise).

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      (c) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the rates of interest specified in
clause (a) above or elsewhere herein, effective immediately upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default and for as long thereafter as such Event of Default shall
be continuing, the principal balance of all Loans and the amount of all other
Obligations then due and payable shall bear interest at the Default Rate
applicable to such Loans or other Obligations from time to time. Such interest
shall be payable on the date that would otherwise be applicable to such interest
pursuant to clause (b) above or otherwise on demand.

2.10 CONVERSION/CONTINUATION OPTION.

      (a) The Borrower may elect (i) on any Business Day to convert Base Rate
Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) or any portion thereof to Eurodollar Rate
Loans and (ii) at the end of any applicable Interest Period, to convert
Eurodollar Rate Loans or any portion thereof into Base Rate Loans or to continue
such Eurodollar Rate Loans or any portion thereof for an additional Interest
Period; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of the Eurodollar Loans for
each Interest Period must be in the amount of (x) in the case of any Revolving
Loans, at least $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof
and (y) in the case of the Term Loans, at least $1,000,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Each conversion or continuation shall
be allocated among the Loans of each Lender in accordance with such Lender's Pro
Rata Share. Each such election shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit D
(Form of Notice of Conversion or Continuation) (a "Notice of Conversion or
Continuation") and shall be made by giving the Administrative Agent at least
three Business Days' prior written notice specifying (A) the amount and type of
Loan being converted or continued, (B) in the case of a conversion to or a
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, the applicable Interest Period and (C) in
the case of a conversion, the date of such conversion.

      (b) The applicable Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
applicable Lender of its receipt of a Notice of Conversion or Continuation and
of the options selected therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no
conversion in whole or in part of Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans
having Interest Periods which are longer than one week shall be permitted at any
time prior to the Syndication Completion Date and (ii) no conversion in whole or
in part of Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans and no continuation in whole
or in part of Eurodollar Rate Loans upon the expiration of any applicable
Interest Period shall be permitted at any time at which (A) a Default or an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or (B) the continuation
of, or conversion into, a Eurodollar Rate Loan would violate any provision of
Sections 3.02 (Illegality), 3.03 (Determination of Rates; Inability to Determine
Rates), 3.04 (Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy) or 3.05
(Funding Losses). If, within the time period required under the terms of this
Section 2.10, the Administrative Agent does not receive a Notice of Conversion
or Continuation from the Borrower containing a permitted election to continue
any Eurodollar Rate Loans for an additional Interest Period or to convert any
such Loans, then, upon the expiration of the applicable Interest Period, such
Loans shall be automatically converted to Base Rate Loans, Each Notice of
Conversion or Continuation shall be irrevocable.

2.11 EVIDENCE OF DEBT.

      (a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an
account or accounts evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Loan or other Credit Extension of such Lender from time to
time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such
Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

      (b) (i) Each Administrative Agent, acting as agent of the Borrower solely
for this purpose, shall establish and maintain at its address referred to in
Section 11.02 (Notices, Etc.) a record of ownership (the "Register") in which
each Administrative Agent agrees to register by book entry:

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                  (A) in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility
            Administrative Agent, such Administrative Agent's, each Revolving
            Credit Lender's and the L/C Issuer's interest in each Revolving
            Loan, each Letter of Credit and each L/C Obligation, and in the
            right to receive any payments hereunder and any assignment of any
            such interest or rights. In addition, the Revolving Credit Facility
            Administrative Agent, acting as agent of the Borrower solely for
            this purpose, shall establish and maintain accounts in the
            applicable Register in accordance with its usual practice in which
            it shall record (I) the names and addresses of the Revolving Credit
            Lenders and the L/C Issuer, (II) the Commitments of each Revolving
            Credit Lender from time to time, (III) the amount of each Revolving
            Loan made and, if a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Interest Period
            applicable thereto, (IV) the amount of any principal or interest due
            and payable, and paid, by the Borrower to, or for the account of,
            each Revolving Credit Lender hereunder, (V) the amount that is due
            and payable, and paid, by the Borrower to, or for the account of,
            the L/C Issuer, including the amount of L/C Obligations (specifying
            the amount of any L/C Obligations in respect of Unreimbursed
            Amounts) due and payable to an L/C Issuer, and (VI) the amount of
            any sum received by the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative
            Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder from the Borrower, whether
            such sum constitutes principal or interest (and the type of Loan to
            which it applies), fees, expenses or other amounts due under the
            Loan Documents and each Revolving Credit Lender's and L/C Issuer's,
            as the case may be, share thereof, if applicable; and

                  (B) in the case of the Term Loan Facility Administrative
            Agent, such Administrative Agent's and each Term Loan Lender's
            interest in each Term Loan and in the right to receive any payments
            hereunder and any assignment of any such interest or rights. In
            addition, the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent, acting as
            agent of the Borrower solely for this purpose and for tax purposes,
            shall establish and maintain accounts in the applicable Register in
            accordance with its usual practice in which it shall record (I) the
            names and addresses of the Term Loan Lenders, (II) the Commitments
            of each Term Loan Lender from time to time, (III) the amount of each
            Term Loan made and, if a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Interest Period
            applicable thereto, (IV) the amount of any principal or interest due
            and payable, and paid, by the Borrower to, or for the account of,
            each Term Loan Lender hereunder and (V) the amount of any sum
            received by the Term Loan Administrative Agent hereunder from the
            Borrower, whether such sum constitutes principal or interest (and
            the type of Loan to which it applies), fees, expenses or other
            amounts due under the Loan Documents and each Term Loan Lender's
            share thereof, if applicable.

            (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the Loans (including the Notes evidencing such Loans) and the L/C
Obligations are registered obligations and the right, title, and interest of the
Lenders and the L/C Issuer and their assignees in and to such Loans or L/C
Obligations, as the case may be, shall be transferable only upon notation of
such transfer in the applicable Register. A Note shall only evidence the
Lender's or a registered assignee's right, title and interest in and to the
related Loan, and in no event is any such Note to be considered a bearer
instrument or obligation. This Section 2.11(b) and Section 11.07 (Assignments
and Participations) shall be construed so that the Loans and L/C Obligations are
at all times maintained in "registered form" within the meaning of Sections
163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related regulations (or any
successor provisions of the Code or such regulations).

      (c) The entries made in the Register and in the accounts therein
maintained pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above shall, to the extent permitted
by applicable Law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations recorded therein; provided, however, that the failure of any

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Lender or any Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error
therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of the Borrower to repay
the Loans and other Obligations in accordance with their terms. In addition, the
Loan Parties, each Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the applicable Register as a Lender
or as an L/C Issuer, as applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement.
Information contained in the Register with respect to any Lender or L/C Issuer
shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, each Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer at any reasonable time and
from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

      (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, in the event
that any Lender requests that the Borrower execute and deliver a promissory note
or notes payable to such Lender in order to evidence the Indebtedness owing to
such Lender by the Borrower hereunder, the Borrower shall promptly execute and
deliver a Note or Notes to such Lender evidencing any Revolving Loans, Term
Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, of such Lender, substantially in
the forms of Exhibit E-1 (Form of Revolving Note), Exhibit E-2 (Form of Term
Loan Note) or Exhibit E-3 (Form of Swing Line Note), as applicable,
respectively.

2.12 FEES.

      (a) Unused Commitment Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay in immediately
available Dollars to each Revolving Credit Lender a commitment fee on the actual
daily amount by which the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Revolving Credit
Lender exceeds such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the sum of (i) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of the
aggregate L/C Obligations (the "Unused Commitment Fee") from the date hereof
through the Revolving Credit Termination Date at the Unused Commitment Fee Rate,
payable in arrears (x) on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter,
commencing on the first such Business Day following the Closing Date and (y) on
the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

      (b) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay the following
amounts with respect to Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer:

            (i) to the L/C Issuer for its own account with respect to each
Letter of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, an issuance fee equal to 0.125% of
the maximum undrawn face amount of such Letter of Credit, payable on the date of
issuance of such Letter of Credit;

            (ii) to the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent for the
ratable benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, with respect to each Letter of
Credit, a fee accruing in Dollars at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable
Margin for Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Rate Loans on the maximum undrawn
face amount of such Letter of Credit, payable in arrears (A) on the first
Business Day of each calendar quarter, commencing on the first such Business Day
following the issuance of such Letter of Credit and (B) on the Revolving Credit
Termination Date; provided, however, that during the continuance of an Event of
Default, such fee shall be increased by two percent (2%) per annum (instead of,
and not in addition to, any increase pursuant to Section 2.09(c) (Interest)) and
shall be payable on demand; and

            (iii) to the L/C Issuer of any Letter of Credit, with respect to the
issuance, amendment or transfer of each Letter of Credit and each drawing made
thereunder, documentary and processing charges in accordance with such L/C
Issuer's standard schedule for such charges in effect at the time of issuance,
amendment, transfer or drawing, as the case may be.

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      (c) Additional Fees. The Borrower has agreed to pay to certain of the
Agents and the Arrangers additional fees, the amount and dates of payment of
which are embodied in the Fee Letter.

2.13 PAYMENTS AND COMPUTATIONS.

      (a) The Borrower shall make each payment hereunder (including fees and
expenses) not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day when due, in Dollars to (i) in the
case of any payments in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Revolving
Credit Facility Administrative Agent and (ii) in the case of payments in respect
of the Term Loan Facility, to the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent, in
each case, at its respective address referred to in Section 11.02 (Notices,
Etc.) in immediately available funds without set-off or counterclaim. The
applicable Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter cause to be
distributed immediately available funds relating to the payment of principal,
interest or fees to the applicable Lenders, in accordance with the application
of payments set forth in clause (f) or (g) below, as applicable, for the account
of their respective Lending Offices; provided, however, that amounts payable
pursuant to Sections 3.02 (Illegality), 3.03 (Determination of Rates; Inability
to Determine Rates), 3.04 (Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy)
or 3.05 (Funding Losses) shall be paid only to the affected Lender or Lenders
and amounts payable with respect to Swing Line Loans shall be paid only to the
Swing Line Loan Lender. Payments received by the applicable Administrative Agent
after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed to be received on the next Business Day.

      (b) All computations of interest and of fees shall be made by the
applicable Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case
for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last
day) occurring in the period for which such interest and fees are payable. Each
determination by such Administrative Agent of a rate of interest hereunder shall
be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

      (c) Each payment by the Borrower of any Loan, Reimbursement Obligation
(including interest or fees in respect thereof) and each reimbursement of
various costs, expenses or other Obligations shall be made in Dollars; provided,
however, that (i) the reimbursement agreement relating to any Letter of Credit
may specify another currency for the Reimbursement Obligation in respect of such
Letter of Credit and (ii) other than for payments in respect of a Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation, Loan Documents duly executed by the Administrative
Agents or any Swap Contract may specify other currencies of payment for
Obligations created by or directly related to such Loan Document or Swap
Contract.

      (d) Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day
other than a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to
the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case
be included in the computation of payment of interest or fees, as the case may
be; provided, however, that if such extension would cause payment of interest on
or principal of any Eurodollar Rate Loan to be made in the next calendar month,
such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. All
repayments of any Revolving Loans or Term Loans shall be applied as follows:
first, to repay such Loans outstanding as Base Rate Loans and then, to repay
such Loans outstanding as Eurodollar Rate Loans, with those Eurodollar Rate
Loans having earlier expiring Eurodollar Interest Periods being repaid prior to
those having later expiring Eurodollar Interest Periods.

      (e) Unless the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent (in the case
of payments under the Revolving Credit Facility) or the Term Loan Facility
Administrative Agent (in the case of payments under the Term Loan Facility), as
the case may be, shall have received notice from the Borrower or the applicable
Lenders prior to the date on which any payment is due hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment in full, such Administrative Agent may
assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to such Administrative
Agent on such date and such Administrative Agent

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may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each
applicable Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such
Lender. If and to the extent that the Borrower shall not have made such payment
in full to the applicable Administrative Agent, each applicable Lender shall
repay to such Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed
to such Lender together with interest thereon (at the Federal Funds Rate for the
first Business Day and thereafter, at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans)
for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the
date such Lender repays such amount to the applicable Administrative Agent.

      (f) Except for payments and other amounts received by the Revolving Credit
Facility Administrative Agent (in the case of payments under the Revolving
Credit Facility) or the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent (in the case of
payments under the Term Loan Facility) and applied in accordance with the
provisions of clause (g) below (or required to be applied in accordance with
Section 2.08(c) (Mandatory Prepayments)), all payments and any other amounts
received by any Administrative Agent from or for the benefit of the Borrower
shall be applied as follows: first, in the case of payments under the Revolving
Credit Facility, to pay principal of, and interest on, any portion of the Loans
the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent may have advanced pursuant to
the express provisions of this Agreement on behalf of any Revolving Credit
Lender, for which the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent has not
then been reimbursed by such Lender or the Borrower, second, to pay all other
Obligations then due and payable and third, as the Borrower so designates.
Payments in respect of Swing Line Loans received by the Revolving Credit
Facility Administrative Agent shall be distributed to the Swing Line Lender;
payments in respect of Revolving Loans received by the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent shall be distributed to each Revolving Credit Lender in
accordance with such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments; payments in respect of the Term Loans received by the Term Loan
Facility Administrative Agent shall be distributed to each Term Loan Lender in
accordance with such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Term Loans; and all payments
of fees and all other payments in respect of any other Obligation shall be
allocated among such of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer as are entitled thereto
and, for such payments allocated to the Lenders, in proportion to their
respective Pro Rata Shares.

      (g) The Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the right to direct the
application of any and all payments in respect of the Obligations and any
proceeds of Collateral after the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default and agrees that, notwithstanding the provisions of Section
2.08(c) (Mandatory Prepayments) and clause (f) above, each Administrative Agent
may, and, upon either (A) the written direction of the Required Lenders or (B)
the acceleration of the Obligations pursuant to Section 9.02 (Remedies Upon
Event of Default) shall, instruct the Collateral Agent to deliver a Blockage
Notice to each Deposit Account Bank for each Approved Deposit Account and apply
all payments in respect of any Obligations and all funds on deposit in any Cash
Collateral Account (including all proceeds arising from a Reinvestment Event (if
any) that are held in the Cash Collateral Account pending application of such
proceeds as specified in a Reinvestment Notice) and all other proceeds of
Collateral in the following order:

            (i) first, to pay interest on and then principal of any portion of
the Revolving Loans that the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent may
have advanced on behalf of any Lender for which the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent has not then been reimbursed by such Lender or the
Borrower;

            (ii) second, to pay Obligations in respect of any expense
reimbursements or indemnities and Cash Management Obligations then due to any
Agent;

            (iii) third, to pay Obligations in respect of any expense
reimbursements or indemnities and Cash Management Obligations then due to the
Lenders and the L/C Issuer;

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            (iv) fourth, to pay Obligations in respect of any fees then due to
any Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer;

            (v) fifth, to pay interest then due and payable in respect of the
Loans and Reimbursement Obligations;

            (vi) sixth, to pay or prepay principal amounts on the Loans and
Reimbursement Obligations and to Cash Collateralize the outstanding L/C
Obligations in the manner described in Section 9.03 (Actions in Respect of
Letters of Credit), and to pay Cash Management Obligations and amounts owing
with respect to Swap Contracts, ratably to the aggregate principal amount of
such Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and Outstanding Amounts, Cash Management
Obligations, and Obligations owing with respect to Swap Contracts; and

            (vii) seventh, to the ratable payment of all other Obligations;

      provided, however, that if sufficient funds are not available to fund all
payments to be made in respect of any Obligation described in any of clauses
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) above, the available funds being
applied with respect to any such Obligation (unless otherwise specified in such
clause) shall be allocated to the payment of such Obligation ratably, based on
the proportion of each Agent's and each Lender's or L/C Issuer's interest in the
aggregate outstanding Obligations described in such clauses; provided, however,
that payments that would otherwise be allocated to the Revolving Credit Lenders
shall be allocated first to repay Swing Line Loans until such Loans are repaid
in full and then to repay the Revolving Loans. The order of priority set forth
in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) above may at any time and
from time to time be changed by the agreement of each Lender directly affected
thereby without necessity of notice to or consent of or approval by the
Borrower, any Secured Party that is not a Lender or L/C Issuer or by any other
Person that is not a Lender or L/C Issuer. The order of priority set forth in
clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above may be changed only with the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agents in addition to that of each Lender
directly affected thereby.

2.14 INCREASES IN COMMITMENTS.

      (a) So long as (x) no Default exists or would result after giving effect
to the making of the Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loans
referred to below and the use of proceeds therefrom and (y) after giving effect
to the making of the Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loans
referred to below and the use of proceeds therefrom, the Borrower would be in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11 (Financial
Covenants) on a Pro Forma Basis as of such date and as of the last day of the
most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered in
accordance with Section 7.01(a) or (b) (Financial Statements), then upon written
notice to the Administrative Agents, the Borrower may from time to time request
(i) additional term loans (the "Incremental Term Loans" and the related
commitments, the "Incremental Term Loan Commitments") in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $100,000,000; provided, that any such increase shall be in
an aggregate amount of $50,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof, and (ii) additional revolving loans (the "Incremental Revolving Loans"
and the related commitments, the "Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments") in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000; provided, that any
such increase shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; provided, further, that (I) the
aggregate amount of Incremental Term Loan Loans and Incremental Revolving Loans
(and the respective related commitments) which may be provided hereunder shall
not exceed $100,000,000 and (II) any existing Lender that may be requested to
provide all or a portion of any Incremental Term Loans and related commitments
or any Incremental Revolving Loans and related commitments may elect or decline,
in its sole discretion, to provide any such loans and commitments. The
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pari passu in right of payment and right of security in respect of the
Collateral with the Term Loans and (B) other than amortization, pricing and
maturity date, shall have the same terms as the Term Loans existing immediately
prior to the effectiveness of the amendment creating such Incremental Term
Loans; provided, however, that (x) if the interest rate spreads relating to such
new Incremental Term Loans exceed the Applicable Margin at any pricing level for
the Term Loans (including any upfront fees or original issue discount payable to
the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans), by more than 25 basis points
then the Applicable Margin for the Term Loans shall be adjusted to be equal to
such interest rate spreads, (y) the Incremental Term Loans shall not have a
final maturity date earlier than the Term Loan Maturity Date, and (z) the
Incremental Term Loans shall not have a weighted average life to maturity that
is shorter than the then-remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term
Loans. Any Term Lender or additional bank or financial institution that agrees
to make available an Incremental Term Loan Commitment (an "Incremental Term
Lender") shall become a Lender or make its Incremental Term Loan Commitment
available, as the case may be, under this Agreement, pursuant to an amendment
(an "Incremental Facility Amendment") to this Agreement giving effect to the
modifications permitted by this Section 2.14 and, as appropriate, the other Loan
Documents, executed by the Loan Parties, each Incremental Term Lender and the
Administrative Agents only, and to any other documentation, in each case on
terms and documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agents. The
Incremental Revolving Loans (A) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and
right of security in respect of the Collateral with the Revolving Loans and (B)
other than pricing and maturity date, shall have the same terms as Revolving
Loans existing immediately prior to the effectiveness of the amendment creating
such Incremental Revolving Loans; provided, however, that (x) if the interest
rate spreads and unused commitment fees relating to such new Incremental
Revolving Loans exceed the Applicable Margin and Unused Commitment Fees at any
pricing level for the Revolving Credit Facility (including any upfront fees or
original issue discount payable to the Lenders providing such Incremental
Revolving Loans) by more than 25 basis points, then the Applicable Margin and
Unused Commitment Fees for the Revolving Credit Facility shall be adjusted to be
equal to such interest rate spreads, and (y) the Incremental Revolving Loans
shall not have a final maturity date earlier than the applicable maturity date
of the Revolving Credit Facility. Any Revolving Credit Lender or additional bank
or financial institution that agrees to make available an Incremental Revolving
Commitment (an "Incremental Revolving Credit Lender") shall become a Lender or
make its Incremental Revolving Commitment available, as the case may be, under
this Agreement, pursuant to an Incremental Facility Amendment to this Agreement
giving effect to the modifications permitted by this Section 2.14 and, as
appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Loan Parties, each
Incremental Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agents, and to any other
documentation, in each case on terms and documentation satisfactory to the
Administrative Agents. An Incremental Facility Amendment may, without the
consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the
Administrative Agents, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.14.

      (b) If any Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Loan
Commitments are made in accordance with this Section 2.14, the Administrative
Agent and Borrower shall determine the effective date (each, an "Incremental
Facility Effective Date") and the final allocation of such increase. The
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and the Lenders of the final
allocation of such increase and the Incremental Facility Effective Date. As a
condition precedent to such increase, Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of Borrower dated as of the Incremental
Facility Effective Date signed by a Financial Officer of Borrower (i) certifying
and attaching (A) the resolutions adopted by Borrower approving or consenting to
such increase and (B) a certificate demonstrating pro forma compliance with the
Financial Covenants as set forth in Section 2.14(a) and (ii) certifying that,
before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and
warranties set forth in Article VI (Representations and Warranties) and the
other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and
as of the Incremental Facility Effective Date (unless expressly stated to relate
to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be
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correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), and (B) no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing.

      (c) The Borrower shall use the proceeds of any Incremental Term Loans and
Incremental Revolving Loans for working capital and general corporate purposes
(including to finance Permitted Acquisitions and making Capital Expenditures
that are not prohibited by this Agreement).

                                  ARTICLE III

                     TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

3.01 TAXES.

      (a) Subject to Section 11.15 (Tax Forms), any and all payments by any Loan
Party to or for the account of any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document
shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or
future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees,
withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding, in the case of each Agent and each Lender, taxes imposed on or
measured by its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu
of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof)
under the Laws of which such Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is
organized or maintains a lending office (all such non-excluded taxes, duties,
levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges,
and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes"). If any Loan Party
shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum
payable under any Loan Document to any Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable
shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions
(including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section
3.01), each of the applicable Agents and such Lender receives an amount equal to
the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Loan
Party shall make such deductions, (iii) such Loan Party shall pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in
accordance with applicable Laws, and (iv) within thirty days after the date of
such payment, such Loan Party shall furnish to the applicable Agents (which
shall forward the same to such Lender) the original or a certified copy of a
receipt evidencing payment thereof or if no receipt is available, other evidence
of payment reasonably satisfactory to such Agent.

      (b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future
stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes or
charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan
Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or
registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document (hereinafter
referred to as "Other Taxes").

      (c) If the Borrower shall be required to deduct or pay any Taxes or Other
Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to any Agent
or any Lender, the Borrower shall also pay to such Agent or to such Lender, as
the case may be, at the time interest is paid, such additional amount that such
Agent or such Lender specifies is necessary to preserve the after-tax yield
(after factoring in all taxes, including taxes imposed on or measured by net
income) that such Agent or such Lender would have received if such Taxes or
Other Taxes had not been deducted or paid.

      (d) The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Agent and each Lender for (i)
the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes
imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section
3.01) paid by such Agent and such Lender, (ii) amounts payable under Section
3.01(c) and (iii) any liability (including additions to tax, penalties, interest
and expenses)

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arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case whether or not such
Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the
relevant Governmental Authority. Payment under this clause (d) shall be made
within thirty days after the date the Lender or the applicable Agent makes a
demand therefor.

      (e) If any Loan Party is required to pay any amount to any Lender or any
Agent pursuant to this Section 3.01, then such Lender or such Agent, as the case
may be, shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory
restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its Lending Office so as to
eliminate any such additional payment which may thereafter accrue, if such
change in the reasonable judgment of such Lender is not otherwise
disadvantageous to such Lender.

3.02 ILLEGALITY.

      If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any
Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its
applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans as it
would otherwise be obligated hereunder to make, maintain or fund, or materially
restricts the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits
of, Dollars in the applicable Eurodollar interbank market, or to determine or
charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, then, on notice thereof by
such Lender to the Borrower through the applicable Administrative Agent, any
obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to
convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such
Lender notifies the applicable Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the
circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of
such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to
the applicable Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all
Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day
of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to
maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender
may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans. Upon any such
prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the
amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different
Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will
not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially
disadvantageous to such Lender.

3.03 DETERMINATION OF RATES; INABILITY TO DETERMINE RATES.

      (a) The Eurodollar Rate for each Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall be determined by the applicable Administrative Agent pursuant to the
procedures set forth in the definition of "Eurodollar Rate." Such determination
shall be presumed to be correct absent manifest error and shall be binding on
the Borrower.

      (b) If any Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine in
connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or
continuation of a Eurodollar Rate Loan that (a) deposits in Dollars are not
being offered to banks in the London interbank market for the applicable amount
and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable
means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested
Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or (c) the
Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a
proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to
the Lenders of funding such Loan, the applicable Administrative Agent (or, if
the Required Lenders make such determination, following notice thereof) will
promptly notify the Borrower and all Lenders thereof. Thereafter, the obligation
of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended
until the applicable Administrative Agent revokes such notice. Upon receipt of
such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of,
conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans

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or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request
for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

3.04 INCREASED COST AND REDUCED RETURN; CAPITAL ADEQUACY.

      (a) If any Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or
any change in or in the interpretation of any Law, or such Lender's compliance
therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to
make or making, funding, maintaining or purchasing participations in Eurodollar
Rate Loans or (as the case may be) issuing or participating in Letters of
Credit, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in
connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this clause (a)
any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes or
Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.01 (Taxes) shall govern), (ii) changes in the
basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United
States or any foreign jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either
thereof under the Laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Lending
Office, and (iii) reserve requirements utilized, as to Eurodollar Rate Loans, in
the determination of the Eurodollar Rate), then from time to time upon demand of
such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the applicable Administrative Agent),
the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate
such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.

      (b) If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding
capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, or
compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of
reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender's obligations hereunder
(taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and
such Lender's desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of
such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the applicable Administrative Agent),
the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate
such Lender for such reduction.

3.05 FUNDING LOSSES.

      Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the applicable Administrative
Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for
and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a
result of:

            (a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan
      other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the
      Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by
      reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

            (b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure
      of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any
      Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by
      the Borrower; or

            (c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the
      last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the
      Borrower pursuant to Section 3.07 (Substitution of Lenders);

      including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising
      from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain
      such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such
      funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary
      administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the
      foregoing.

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      For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders
under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each
Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Base Rate used in determining
the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in
the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a
comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so
funded.

3.06 MATTERS APPLICABLE TO ALL REQUESTS FOR COMPENSATION.

      A certificate of the applicable Administrative Agent or any Lender
claiming compensation under this Article III and setting forth the additional
amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence
of manifest error. In determining such amount, the applicable Administrative
Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

3.07 SUBSTITUTION OF LENDERS.

      (a) In the event that

            (i) (A) the Borrower is required to make any payment pursuant to
Section 3.01 (Taxes) that is attributable to a particular Lender, (B) it becomes
illegal for any Lender to continue to fund or make any Eurodollar Rate Loan and
such Lender notifies the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.02 (Illegality), (C) any
Lender makes a claim under Section 3.04 (Increased Costs and Reduced Return;
Capital Adequacy) or (D) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender,

            (ii) in the case of clause (i)(C) above, as a consequence of
increased costs in respect of which such claim is made, the effective rate of
interest payable to such Lender under this Agreement with respect to its Loans
exceeds the effective average annual rate of interest payable to the Required
Lenders under this Agreement, and

            (iii) in the case of clause (i)(A), (B) and (C) above, Lenders
holding at least 75% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and Lenders
holding at least 75% of the Term Loan Commitments are not subject to such
increased costs or illegality, payment or proceedings (any such Lender, an
"AFFECTED LENDER"),

      the Borrower may substitute any Lender and, if reasonably acceptable to
the applicable Administrative Agent, any other Eligible Assignee (a "Substitute
Institution") for such Affected Lender hereunder, after delivery of a written
notice (a "Substitution Notice") within a reasonable time (in any case not to
exceed 90 days) following the occurrence of any of the events described in
clause (i)(A), (B), (C) or (D) above by the Borrower to the applicable
Administrative Agent and the Affected Lender that the Borrower intends to make
such substitution; provided, however, that, in the case of any Affected Lender,
if more than one such Lender claims increased costs, illegality or right to
payment arising from the same act or condition and such claims are received by
the Borrower within 30 days of each other, then the Borrower may substitute all,
but not (except to the extent the Borrower has already substituted one of such
Affected Lenders before the Borrower's receipt of the other Affected Lenders'
claim) less than all, such Lenders making such claims.

      (b) If the Substitution Notice was properly issued under this Section
3.07, the Affected Lender shall sell, and the Substitute Institution shall
purchase, all rights and claims of such Affected Lender under the Loan Documents
and the Substitute Institution shall assume, and the Affected Lender shall be
relieved of, the Affected Lender's Revolving Credit Commitments and all other
prior unperformed obligations of the Affected Lender under the Loan Documents
(other than in respect of any damages in respect of any such unperformed
obligations; provided, that in no event shall such Affected

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Lender be liable for any exemplary or punitive damages to the extent permitted
by applicable Law). Such purchase and sale (and the corresponding assignment of
all rights and claims under this Agreement) shall be effective on (and not
earlier than) the later of (i) the receipt by the Affected Lender of its Pro
Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Outstandings and its Pro Rata Share of the
Term Loans, together with any other Obligations owing to it, (ii) the receipt by
the applicable Administrative Agent of an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to it and the Borrower whereby the Substitute
Institution shall agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and (iii) the
payment in full to the Affected Lender in cash of all fees, unreimbursed costs
and expenses and indemnities accrued and unpaid through such effective date.
Upon the effectiveness of such sale, purchase and assumption, the Substitute
Institution shall become a "Lender" hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement
having a Commitment, in the amount of such Affected Lender's Commitment assumed
by it and such Commitment of the Affected Lender shall be terminated; provided,
however, that all indemnities under the Loan Documents shall continue in favor
of such Affected Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

      (c) Each Lender agrees that, if it becomes an Affected Lender and its
rights and claims are assigned hereunder to a Substitute Institution pursuant to
this Section 3.07, it shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an
Assignment and Assumption to evidence such assignment, together with any Note
(if such Loans are evidenced by a Note) evidencing the Loans subject to such
Assignment and Assumption; provided, however, that the failure of any Affected
Lender to execute an Assignment and Assumption shall not render such assignment
invalid.

3.08 SURVIVAL.

      All of the Borrower's obligations under this Article III shall survive
termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and repayment of all
Obligations.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    GUARANTY

4.01 THE GUARANTY.

      (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each
Lender, each Affiliate of a Lender that enters into a Swap Contract or Cash
Management Document, the Collateral Agent and each Administrative Agent as
hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment
of the Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory
prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise)
strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Guarantors hereby further
agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at
stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash
collateralization or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally,
promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the
case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations,
the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity,
as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash
collateralization or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension
or renewal.

      (b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in
any other of the Loan Documents, Swap Contracts or Cash Management Documents,
the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount
that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor
Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any applicable state Law.

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4.02 OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL.

      The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.01 (The Guaranty) are
joint and several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value,
genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Loan
Documents, Swap Contracts or Cash Management Documents, or any other agreement
or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release, impairment or
exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, irrespective of any other
circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this
Section 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute
and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that
such Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or
contribution against the Borrower or any other Guarantor for amounts paid under
this Article IV until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full and
the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments have expired or terminated. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following
shall not alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall
remain absolute and unconditional as described above:

            (a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to any
      Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the
      Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be
      waived;

            (b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the
      Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the
      Loan Documents shall be done or omitted;

            (c) the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or
      any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any
      respect, or any right under any of the Loan Documents or any other
      agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents shall be waived
      or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor
      shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise
      dealt with;

            (d) any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Collateral Agent, any
      Administrative Agent or any Lender or Lenders as security for any of the
      Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or

            (e) any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or
      voidable (including for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or
      shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including any creditor
      of any Guarantor).

      With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly
waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices
whatsoever, and any requirement that any Agent or any Lender exhaust any right,
power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Loan Documents or
any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, or against
any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the
Obligations.

4.03 REINSTATEMENT.

      The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article IV shall be
automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by
or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be
otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result
of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each
Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Collateral Agent, each
Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable

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costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred
by the Collateral Agent, such Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection
with such rescission or restoration, including any such reasonable costs and
expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment
constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Law.

4.04 CERTAIN ADDITIONAL WAIVERS.

      Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse
to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of
subrogation pursuant to Section 4.02 (Obligations Unconditional) and through the
exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.06 (Rights of
Contribution).

4.05 REMEDIES.

      The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, as
between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Agents and the Lenders, on the
other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as
provided in Section 9.02 (Remedies Upon Event of Default) (and shall be deemed
to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in
said Section 9.02) for purposes of Section 4.01 (The Guaranty) notwithstanding
any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or
preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as
against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the
Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the
Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith
become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 4.01 (The
Guaranty). The Guarantors acknowledge and agree that their obligations hereunder
are secured in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and that
the Agents and the Lenders may exercise their remedies thereunder in accordance
with the terms thereof.

4.06 RIGHTS OF CONTRIBUTION.

      The Guarantors agree among themselves that, in connection with payments
made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have contribution rights against the other
Guarantors as permitted under applicable Law. Such contribution rights shall be
subordinate and subject in right of payment to the Obligations of such
Guarantors under the Loan Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights
of contribution until all Obligations under this Agreement have been paid in
full and the Commitments have terminated.

4.07 GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT; CONTINUING GUARANTEE.

      The guarantee in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of
collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations
whenever arising.

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                                   ARTICLE V

                              CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

5.01 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL CREDIT EXTENSIONS. The obligation of each
Lender on the Closing Date to make any Loan and of the L/C Issuer on the Closing
Date to issue or maintain any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction or
due waiver in accordance with Section 11.01 (Amendments; Etc.) of each of the
following conditions precedent:

      (a) Certain Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received on or
prior to the Closing Date each of the following, each dated as of the Closing
Date unless otherwise indicated or agreed to by the Administrative Agents, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents:

            (i) this Agreement, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and,
for the account of each Lender requesting the same, a Note or Notes of the
Borrower conforming to the requirements set forth herein;

            (ii) the Security Agreement, duly executed by the Borrower and each
Guarantor, together with each of the following:

                  (A) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agents that,
            upon the filing and recording of instruments delivered at the
            Closing Date, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured
            Parties) shall have a valid and perfected first priority security
            interest in the Collateral (subject to only Customary Permitted
            Liens and other non-consensual Permitted Liens having priority over
            the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent), including (x) such
            documents duly executed by each Loan Party as the Agents may request
            with respect to the perfection of the Collateral Agent's security
            interests in the Collateral pursuant to the terms of the Collateral
            Documents (including financing statements under the UCC, patent,
            trademark and copyright security agreements suitable for filing with
            the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or the U.S. Copyright Office,
            as the case may be, and other applicable documents under the laws of
            any jurisdiction with respect to the perfection of Liens created by
            the Security Agreement) and (y) copies of UCC search reports as of a
            recent date listing all effective financing statements that name any
            Loan Party as debtor, together with copies of such financing
            statements, none of which shall cover the Collateral except for
            those that shall be terminated on the Closing Date or evidence
            Permitted Liens;

                  (B) all instruments representing Pledged Notes being pledged
            pursuant to the Security Agreement duly endorsed in favor of the
            Collateral Agent or executed in blank;

                  (C) Deposit Account Control Agreements from all Deposit
            Account Banks to the extent required by Section 7.16 (Control
            Accounts; Approved Deposit Accounts); and

                  (D) Securities Account Control Agreements from all Securities
            Intermediaries with respect to all Securities Accounts and
            Securities Entitlements of the Borrower and such each Guarantor;

            (iii) the Pledge Agreement, duly executed by the Borrower and each
Guarantor, together with share certificates representing all of the certificated
Pledged Collateral being pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement and stock
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certificates evidencing such Pledged Collateral executed in blank (other than
such share certificates representing Pledged Collateral and related stock powers
and instruments of transfer as the Administrative Agents have agreed will be
delivered pursuant to Section 7.19(a));

            (iv) subject to Section 7.18 (Collateral Access Agreements and
Bailee's Letters), the Collateral Access Agreements and Bailee's Letters as set
forth on Schedule 7.18 (Collateral Access Agreements and Bailee's Letters);

            (v) Mortgages in favor of the Collateral Agent for all of the owned
Real Properties of the Loan Parties identified on Schedule 6.21(a) (Locations of
Real Property), other than those Real Properties of the Loan Parties
constituting Excluded Property and except as otherwise may be agreed by the
Administrative Agents, together with all Mortgage Supporting Documents (other
than such Mortgage Title Insurance Policies as the Administrative Agents have
agreed will be delivered pursuant to Section 7.19(b)) relating thereto;

            (vi) a favorable opinion of (A) Waller Landsen Dortch & Davis,
counsel to the Loan Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit I (Form of
Opinion of Counsel for the Loan Parties) and (B) counsel to the Loan Parties in
each jurisdiction for which the Administrative Agents require a legal opinion in
connection with the delivery of Mortgages (other than, with respect to this
clause (B), such legal opinions as the Administrative Agents have agreed will be
delivered pursuant to Section 7.19(c)) each in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agents, and in the case of all legal opinions delivered
pursuant to this Agreement, addressed to the Agents, the Lenders and the L/C
Issuer and addressing such other matters as any Lender or L/C Issuer through any
Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

            (vii) a copy of each Related Document certified as being complete
and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower;

            (viii) a copy of the articles or certificate of incorporation (or
equivalent Organization Document) of each Loan Party, certified as of a recent
date by the Secretary of State of the state of organization of such Loan Party,
together with certificates of such official attesting to the good standing of
each such Loan Party in such State as of a recent date;

            (ix) certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each
Loan Party certifying (A) the names and true signatures of each officer of such
Loan Party that has been authorized to execute and deliver any Loan Document or
any other document required hereunder to be executed and delivered by or on
behalf of such Loan Party, (B) the by-laws (or equivalent Organization Document)
of such Loan Party as in effect on the date of such certification, (C) the
resolutions of such Loan Party's Board of Directors (or equivalent governing
body) approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and (D) that there
have been no changes in the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent
Organization Document) of such Loan Party from the certificate of incorporation
(or equivalent Organization Document) delivered pursuant to clause (ix) above;

            (x) a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower
stating in reasonable detail that the Borrower is Solvent after giving effect to
the initial Credit Extensions, the application of the proceeds thereof in
accordance with Section 6.19 (Use of Proceeds) and the payment of all estimated
Attorney Costs, and accounting and other fees related hereto and to the other
Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;

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            (xi) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the
effect that (A) the conditions set forth in Section 5.02(b) (Conditions
Precedent to Each Credit Extension) have been satisfied and (B) there shall be
no action, investigation or proceeding (whether an individual proceeding or a
series of related proceedings) or development in any action, investigation or
proceeding (whether an individual proceeding or a series of related proceedings)
that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
or have a material adverse effect on the ability of the parties to consummate
the Transactions, the funding of the initial Credit Extensions under this
Agreement or any of the other Transactions;

            (xii) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
specifying all information necessary for the Administrative Agents and the
Lenders to issue wire transfer instructions on behalf of each of the Loan
Parties for the initial and subsequent Credit Extensions to be made under this
Agreement, including sources and application of funds, disbursement
authorizations, in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agents;

            (xiii) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents
that the insurance coverage required by Section 7.07 (Maintenance of Insurance)
or by any Collateral Document is in full force and effect, together with
endorsements naming the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as
an additional insured or loss payee, as the case may be, under all insurance
coverage to be maintained with respect to the properties of the Borrower and the
Guarantors; and

            (xiv) such other certificates, documents, agreements and information
(including information with respect to Environmental Liabilities) respecting any
Loan Party as any Lender through any Administrative Agent may reasonably
request.

      (b) Fees and Expenses Paid. There shall have been paid to the applicable
Administrative Agent or Arranger, for the account of the Agents, the Arrangers
and the Lenders, as applicable, all fees and expenses (including Attorney Costs)
due and payable on or before the Closing Date (including all such fees described
in the Fee Letter); provided, further that any such fees payable on the Closing
Date pursuant to the Fee Letter shall be paid by the Borrower as provided
therein.

      (c) Consummation of Transactions; Etc.

            (i) the Administrative Agents shall have received a certificate, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to them, from a Responsible Officer
of the Borrower, for the benefit of the Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer,
certifying that each of the Transactions (other than the initial Credit
Extensions and the issuance of the New Senior Subordinated Notes) has been
consummated or shall be consummated simultaneously with the making of the
initial Credit Extensions under this Agreement in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Ardent Acquisition Agreements and the Related Documents with respect
thereto, the Senior Bridge Credit Agreement, the documentation governing the AHS
Tender Offer and all other related documentation (without any waiver, amendment
or modification of any material provision thereof, except with the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agents);

            (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received certificates
representing all of the certificated Capital Stock of AHS and its Subsidiaries
acquired pursuant to the Ardent Acquisition, together with stock powers or other
appropriate instruments of transfer for such certificates executed in blank and
such Capital Stock shall be subject to a first priority, perfected Lien in favor
of the Collateral Agent;

            (iii) the Administrative Agents shall be satisfied with (A) any
material amendments to the Ardent Acquisition Agreement and the schedules
thereto and any Related Document related thereto

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and (B) any material change to the structure of the Ardent Acquisition or any of
the other Transactions (other than the initial Credit Extensions) from that
previously disclosed to the Administrative Agents;

            (iv) the Administrative Agents shall have received, in form an
substance reasonably satisfactory to them, a certificate from a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower that the Ardent Acquired Business shall have no
Indebtedness for borrowed money outstanding on the Closing Date (other than (x)
in the event that any AHS Notes remain outstanding following the consummation of
the AHS Tender Offer, Indebtedness in respect of the AHS Untendered Notes;
provided, that cash in an amount sufficient to redeem (within 35 days of the
Closing Date, or if the AHS Trustee requires 15 days prior notice pursuant to
the terms of the AHS Indenture, within 45 days of the Closing Date) such
outstanding Indebtedness in full (including principal, accrued and unpaid
interest and any applicable premium) shall have been deposited in an escrow
account pursuant to escrow arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative
Agents and (y) Indebtedness of the Ardent Acquired Business that is permitted
pursuant to Section 8.03 (Indebtedness));

            (v) the Closing Date Equity Issuance shall have been made on terms
and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents and the
Lenders; and

            (vi) the Borrower shall have received not less than $150,000,000 in
gross cash proceeds from the Senior Bridge Loans pursuant to the Senior Bridge
Credit Agreement, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agents.

      (d) Financial Statements of the Borrower. The Lenders shall have received
(a) audited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets and related statements
of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (other than the Ardent Acquired Business), for the fiscal years
2002, 2003 and 2004, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States and prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act and (b) to the extent available, unaudited consolidated
and consolidating balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders'
equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the
Ardent Acquired Business) for each completed fiscal quarter since the date of
such audited financial statements (and, to the extent available, for each
completed month since the last such quarter) and in the case of clauses (a) and
(b), which audited and unaudited financial statements (x) shall be in form and
scope satisfactory to the Lenders and (y) shall not be materially inconsistent
with the financial statements previously provided to the Lenders.

      (e) Financial Statements of the Ardent Acquired Business. The Lenders
shall have received (a) audited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets
and related statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the
Ardent Acquired Business for the fiscal years 2002, 2003 and 2004, prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
and prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and (b)
to the extent available, unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets
and related statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the
Ardent Acquired Business, in each case, for each completed fiscal quarter since
the date of such audited financial statements (and, to the extent available, for
each completed month since the last such quarter) and in the case of clauses (a)
and (b), which audited and unaudited financial statements (x) shall be in form
and scope satisfactory to the Lenders and (y) shall not be materially
inconsistent with the financial statements previously provided to the Lenders.

      (f) Pro Forma Financial Statements; Projections.

            (i) The Lenders shall have received a pro forma consolidated and
consolidating balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the
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Transactions, together with a certificate of the chief financial officer of the
Borrower to the effect that such financial statements accurately present the pro
forma financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a basis
consistent with pro forma financial statements set forth in a registration
statement filed with the SEC, and the Lenders shall be satisfied that such
balance sheets are not materially inconsistent with the forecasts previously
provided to the Lenders.

            (ii) The Borrower shall have delivered the Projections, prepared on
a quarterly basis through the end of 2006, which projections shall be
satisfactory to the Administrative Agents.

      (g) Maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio. The Administrative Agents
shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence (including a certificate of
the chief financial officer of the Borrower accompanied by satisfactory
supporting schedules and other data) that the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio,
on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the Transactions, is less than or
equal to 6.25 to 1.

5.02 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH CREDIT EXTENSION.

The obligation of each Lender on any date (including the Closing Date) to make
any Loan and of the L/C Issuer on any date (including the Closing Date) to issue
any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions precedent:

      (a) Request for Borrowing or Issuance of Letter of Credit. (i) With
respect to any Loan, the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent (in the
case of the Revolving Credit Facility) and the Term Loan Facility Administrative
Agent (in the case of the Term Loan Facility), as the case may be, shall have
received a duly executed Notice of Borrowing (or in the case of Swing Line
Loans, a duly executed Swing Line Loan Request), and, with respect to any Letter
of Credit, the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent and the applicable
L/C Issuer shall have received a duly executed Letter of Credit Application.

      (b) Representations and Warranties; No Defaults. The following statements
shall be true on the date of such Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit, both
before and after giving effect thereto and, in the case of any Loan, to the
application of the proceeds therefrom:

            (i) the representations and warranties set forth in Article VI
(Representations and Warranties) and in the other Loan Documents shall be true
and correct on and as of the Closing Date and shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of any such date after the Closing Date with the
same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which
case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all
material respects as of such earlier date; and

            (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.

      (c) No Legal Impediments. The making of the Loans or the issuance of such
Letter of Credit on such date does not violate any Law in any material respect
on the date of or immediately following such Loan or issuance of such Letter of
Credit and is not enjoined, temporarily, preliminarily or permanently.

      (d) Permitted Incurrence. If after giving effect to such Credit Extension
the aggregate principal amount of all "Indebtedness" (as such term is defined in
the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture) outstanding under this
Agreement would exceed $85,000,000, the Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agents a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower that:

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            (i) certifies that after giving effect to such Credit Extension, all
of the Obligations shall constitute "Senior Debt" under the Existing Senior
Subordinated Notes Documents;

            (ii) identifies the provision of Section 4.09 of the Existing Senior
Subordinated Notes Indenture under which such Credit Extension is incurred (it
being understood that the Borrower shall designate clause (1) of the definition
of "Permitted Debt" in Section 4.09 of the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes
Indenture to the extent the Borrower has availability under such clause); and

            (iii) contains reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating that
such Credit Extension may be incurred under such provision of Section 4.09 of
the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture.

      (e) Additional Matters. The applicable Administrative Agent shall have
received such additional documents, information and materials as any Lender,
through such Administrative Agent, may reasonably request.

      Each submission by the Borrower to the applicable Administrative Agent of
a Notice of Borrowing or Swing Line Loan Request, as the case may be, and the
acceptance by the Borrower of the proceeds of each Loan requested therein, and
each submission by the Borrower to the L/C Issuer of a Letter of Credit
Application, and the issuance of each Letter of Credit requested therein, shall
be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower and the
other Loan Parties as to the matters specified in clause (b) above on the date
of the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit.

5.03 DETERMINATIONS OF INITIAL BORROWING CONDITIONS.

      For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in
Section 5.01 (Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions), each Lender
shall be deemed to have consented to, approved, accepted or be satisfied with,
each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved
by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer of the
applicable Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by
the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the
initial Borrowing or initial issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder specifying
its objection thereto and such Lender shall not have made available to the
applicable Administrative Agent such Lender's Pro Rata Share of such Borrowing.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

      To induce the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Agents to enter into this
Agreement, each of Borrower and each other Loan Party represents and warrants to
the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Agents, on and as of the Closing Date and
after giving effect to the Ardent Acquisition and the making of the Credit
Extensions and the other financial accommodations on the Closing Date and on and
as of each date as required by Section 5.02(b)(i) (Conditions Precedent to Each
Credit Extension) that:

6.01 EXISTENCE, QUALIFICATION AND POWER.

      Each Loan Party (a) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability
company duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under
the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all
requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own its assets and carry on its
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proposed to be conducted and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and
is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its
ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in
clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.02 AUTHORIZATION; NO CONTRAVENTION.

      The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan
Document to which such Loan Party is party, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not (a) contravene or
violate the terms of such Loan Party's Organization Documents; (b) conflict with
or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under,
(i) any Related Document or other Contractual Obligation to which such Loan
Party is a party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any
Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Loan Party or the
Property of such Loan Party is subject; (c) violate any Law (including
Regulation U or Regulation X issued by the FRB); or (d) result in a limitation
on any licenses, permits or other approvals applicable to the business,
operations or properties of such Loan Party or adversely affect the ability of
such Loan Party to participate in any Medical Reimbursement Programs.

6.03 GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATION; OTHER CONSENTS.

      No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or
notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is
necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance
by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, other than (i) those that have already been obtained and are in full
force and effect and (ii) filings to perfect the Liens created by the Collateral
Documents.

6.04 BINDING EFFECT.

      Each Loan Document has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
each Loan Party that is party thereto. Each Loan Document constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party thereto,
enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws or by equitable
principles relating to enforceability.

6.05 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT; SOLVENCY.

      (a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as
otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date
thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby,
except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material
Indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes,
commitments and Indebtedness.

      (b) From the date of the Audited Financial Statements to and including the
Closing Date, there has been no Disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
or any Involuntary Disposition, of any material part of the business or Property
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and no purchase or other
Acquisition by any of them of any business or Property (including any Capital
Stock of any other Person) material in relation to the consolidated financial
condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case,
which is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or

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in the notes thereto and has not otherwise been disclosed in writing to the
Agents, the Arrangers and the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date.

      (c) The Projections have been prepared by the Borrower in light of the
past operations of its business, and reflect projections for the seven year
period beginning on the Closing Date. The Projections are based upon estimates
and assumptions stated therein, all of which the Borrower believes to be
reasonable and fair in light of current conditions and current facts known to
the Borrower and, as of the Closing Date, reflect the Borrower's good faith and
reasonable estimates of the future financial performance of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and of the other information projected therein for the periods set
forth therein (it being understood that the Projections are not a guaranty of
future performance and that actual results during the periods covered by the
Projections may differ from the projected results therein and that such
differences may be material).

      (d) The financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and (b)
(Financial Statements) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may
otherwise be permitted under Section 7.01(a) and (b) (Financial Statements)) and
present fairly (on the basis disclosed in the footnotes to such financial
statements) in all material respects the consolidated financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of
the dates thereof and for the periods covered thereby.

      (e) Since December 31, 2004, there has been no event or circumstance that
has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

      (f) Both before and after giving effect to (a) the Loans and other Credit
Extensions to be made or extended on the Closing Date or such other date as
Loans and other Credit Extensions requested hereunder are made or extended, (b)
the disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans pursuant to the instructions of
the Borrower, (c) the Ardent Acquisition and the consummation of the other
Transactions contemplated hereby and (d) the payment and accrual of all
transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, each Loan Party is Solvent.

6.06 LITIGATION.

      There are no actions, suits, investigations, litigation, criminal
prosecutions, civil investigative demands, imposition of criminal or civil fines
or penalties, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of
the Loan Parties, threatened or contemplated, at Law, in equity, in arbitration
or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or against any of their respective Properties or revenues that (a)
purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or
(b) if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected, individually or in
the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.07 NO DEFAULT; NO BURDENSOME RESTRICTIONS.

      (a) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default under or with
respect to any Contractual Obligation that could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.

      (b) No Default has occurred and is continuing.

      (c) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary (i) is a party to any
Contractual Obligation the compliance with one or more of which would have, in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or the performance of which by any such
Person, either unconditionally or upon the happening of an event, would result
in the creation of a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on the assets or
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Person or (ii) is subject to one or more charter or corporate restrictions that
would, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.08 OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY; LIENS.

      Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable
title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all Real Property
necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such
defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Property of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

6.09 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.

      Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect:

      (a) Each of the Facilities and all operations at the Facilities are and,
to the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, have been in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws and there are no conditions relating to
the Facilities or the Businesses that could reasonably be expected to give rise
to liability under any applicable Environmental Laws.

      (b) None of the Facilities contains, or has previously contained, any
Hazardous Materials at, on or under the Facilities in amounts or concentrations
that constitute or constituted a violation of, or could reasonably be expected
to give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws.

      (c) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has received any written
notice of, or inquiry from any Governmental Authority regarding, any violation,
alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding
environmental matters or Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Facilities
or the Businesses, nor does any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party have
knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being
threatened.

      (d) Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of from any
Facilities of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (irrespective of whether such
Facilities are now, or were previously, owned, leased or operated by such
Person), or generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the
Facilities or any other location, in each case by or on behalf the Borrower or
any Subsidiary in violation of, or in a manner that would be reasonably likely
to give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law.

      (e) No judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Loan Parties,
threatened, under any Environmental Law to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary
is or will be named as a party, nor are there any consent decrees or other
decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other
administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law
with respect to the Borrower, any Subsidiary, the Facilities or the Businesses.

      (f) There has been no Release or, threat of Release of Hazardous Materials
at or from the Facilities, or arising from or related to the operations
(including disposal) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the
Facilities or otherwise in connection with the Businesses, in violation of or in
amounts or in a manner that could reasonably be expected to give rise to
liability under Environmental Laws.

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      (g) As of the Closing Date, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have
provided the Administrative Agents with copies of all material environmental
reports, assessments, audits and/or documentation relating to any current or
former Facilities or current Environmental Liabilities to the extent in the
possession, custody or control of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

6.10 INSURANCE.

      The properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are insured with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies and, to the extent not
prohibited by Section 7.07 (Maintenance of Insurance) or Section 8.02
(Investments) of this Agreement, with PSI Surety, in such amounts (after giving
effect to any self-insurance compatible with the following standards), with such
deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies
engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where
the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary operates.

6.11 TAXES.

      The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and other
material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all
federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other
governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or
assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate
reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax
assessment against the Borrower or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a
Material Adverse Effect.

6.12 ERISA COMPLIANCE.

      (a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or
state Laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS
or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with
respect thereto and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, nothing has occurred
which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. Each Loan Party
and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan
subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, and no application for a
funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section
412 of the Internal Revenue Code has been made with respect to any Plan.

      (b) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties,
threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority,
with respect to any Plan that could be reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the
fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

      (c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur;
(ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) no Loan Party or
any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability
under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums
due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) no Loan Party or any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and
no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of
ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with
respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) no Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate
has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of
ERISA.

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6.13 SUBSIDIARIES.

      (a) As of the Closing Date, the authorized capital stock of the Borrower
consists of 48,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of
which 32,405,000 shares are issued and outstanding. As of the Closing Date,
except as set forth on Schedule 6.13 (Ownership of Borrower; Subsidiaries), no
Capital Stock of the Borrower is subject to any outstanding option, warrant,
right of conversion or purchase or any similar right. As of the Closing Date,
there are no agreements or understandings to which the Borrower is a party with
respect to the voting, sale or transfer of any shares of Capital Stock of the
Borrower or any agreement restricting the transfer or hypothecation of any such
shares. All of the outstanding capital stock of the Borrower has been validly
issued, is fully paid and non-assessable.

      (b) Set forth on Schedule 6.13 (Ownership of Borrower; Subsidiaries) is a
complete and accurate list as of the Closing Date of each Subsidiary (separately
identifying any Subsidiary that is an Immaterial Subsidiary), together with the
percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly) by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary. None of the shares of Capital Stock of any
Subsidiary is subject to any outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion
or purchase or any similar right. All of the outstanding Capital Stock of each
Subsidiary is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

6.14 MARGIN REGULATIONS; INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT; PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY
ACT.

      (a) The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one
of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin
stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. No proceeds of
any Loan 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
in contravention of Regulation T, U or X of the FRB.

      (b) None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower or any
Subsidiary (i) is a "holding company," or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding
company," or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company"
of a "holding company," within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, or (ii) is or is required to be registered as an "investment
company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

6.15 DISCLOSURE.

      No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished
(whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any
Arranger, any Agent or any Lender (including the Confidential Information
Memorandum) in connection with the Transactions, the other transactions
contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder
(as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any
material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial
information, the Loan Parties represent only that such information was prepared
in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it
being understood that such projected financial information is not a guaranty of
future performance and that actual results during the periods covered by the
Projections may differ from the projected results therein and that such
differences may be material).

6.16 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.

      (a) Each of the Borrower and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the
requirements of all

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Laws (including Medicare Regulations, Medicaid Regulations, HIPAA, 42 U.S.C.
Section 1320a-7b and 42 U.S.C. Section 1395nn) and all orders, writs,
injunctions, decrees, licenses and permits applicable to it, its Properties or
the Facilities, except in such instances in which (i) such requirement of Law or
order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (ii) the failure to comply
therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

      (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (a):

            (i) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary, nor any individual
      employed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected
      to have criminal culpability or to be excluded from participation in any
      Medical Reimbursement Program for corporate or individual actions or
      failures to act known to the Borrower or any Subsidiary where such
      culpability or exclusion has resulted or could reasonably be expected to
      result in an Exclusion Event;

            (ii) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no officer or other
      member of management continues to be employed by the Borrower or any
      Subsidiary who may reasonably be expected to have individual culpability
      for matters under investigation by the OIG or other Governmental Authority
      unless such officer or other member of management has been, within a
      reasonable period of time after discovery of such actual or potential
      culpability, either suspended or removed from positions of responsibility
      related to those activities under challenge by the OIG or other
      Governmental Authority;

            (iii) current billing policies, arrangements, protocols and
      instructions of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries comply with requirements
      of Medical Reimbursement Programs and are administered by properly trained
      personnel, except where any such failure to comply would not reasonably be
      expected to result in an Exclusion Event; and

            (iv) current medical director compensation arrangements of the
      Borrower and its Subsidiaries comply with state and federal anti-kickback,
      fraud and abuse, and self-referral laws, including without limitation 42
      U.S.C. Section 1320a-7b and 42 U.S.C. Section 1395nn, and all regulations
      promulgated under such laws, except where any such failure to comply would
      not reasonably be expected to result in an Exclusion Event.

      (c) The Borrower has in place a compliance program for the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries that is reasonably designed to provide effective internal
controls that promote adherence to, prevent and detect material violations of
any Laws applicable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and which includes the
implementation of internal audits and monitoring on a regular basis to monitor
compliance with the compliance program and with Laws.

6.17 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LICENSES; ETC.

      (a) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the legal right to
use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents,
patent rights, Internet domain names, franchises, licenses and other
intellectual property rights (collectively, "IP Rights") that are reasonably
necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict
with the rights of any other Person.

      (b) Set forth on Schedule 6.17 (IP Rights) is a list of all IP Rights
registered or pending registration with the United States Copyright Office or
the United States Patent and Trademark Office and owned by any Loan Party, or
that any Loan Party has the right to use, as of the Closing Date.

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      (c) Except for such claims and infringements that could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no claim has been asserted and is
pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any IP Rights or the
validity or effectiveness of any IP Rights, nor does any Loan Party know of any
such claim.

      (d) To the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Loan Parties, the
use of any IP Rights, slogan or other advertising device, product, process,
method, substance, part or component, or other material now employed, or now
contemplated to be employed, by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or the
granting of a right or a license in respect of any the foregoing from the
Borrower or any Subsidiary does not infringe on the rights of any Person.

      (e) As of the Closing Date, none of the IP Rights owned by any of the Loan
Parties is subject to any licensing agreement or similar arrangement except as
set forth on Schedule 6.17 (IP Rights).

6.18 BROKER'S FEES.

      Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any obligation to any Person
in respect of any finder's, broker's, investment banking or other similar fee in
connection with any of the transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents.

6.19 USE OF PROCEEDS.

      (a) The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Letters of Credit are
being used by the Borrower (and, to the extent distributed to them by the
Borrower, each other Loan Party) solely (i) for the payment of transaction
costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the
Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) for working
capital and general corporate purposes (including consummating the Ardent
Acquisition and Permitted Acquisitions and making Capital Expenditures that are
not prohibited under this Agreement); provided, however, that on the Closing
Date after giving effect to the initial extensions of credit hereunder and the
consummation of the Transactions scheduled to occur on the Closing Date, the
Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed $75,000,000.

      (b) The proceeds of the Term Loans are being used by the Borrower solely
(i) to finance the Ardent Acquisition and for the payment of related transaction
costs, fees and expenses and (ii) for the payment of transaction costs, fees and
expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby on or prior to the Closing Date.

6.20 LABOR MATTERS.

      There are no collective bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans
covering the employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as of the Closing Date
and neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has suffered any strikes, walkouts,
work stoppages or other material labor difficulty within the last five years.

6.21 BUSINESS LOCATIONS.

      Set forth on Schedule 6.21(a) (Locations of Real Property) is a list of
all Real Property located in the United States that is owned or leased by any
Loan Party as of the Closing Date. Set forth on Schedule 6.21(b) (Locations of
Tangible Personal Property) is a list of all locations where any tangible
personal property of any Loan Party is located as of the Closing Date. Set forth
on Schedule 6.21(c) (Locations of Chief Executive Office) is the chief executive
office, tax payer identification number and organizational identification number
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organization of each Loan Party is as set forth on the signature pages hereto.
Except as set forth on Schedule 6.21(e) (Changes in Legal Name, State of
Formation and Structure), no Loan Party has during the five years preceding the
Closing Date (i) changed its legal name, (ii) changed its state of formation, or
(iii) been party to a merger, consolidation or other change in structure.

6.22 PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN THE COLLATERAL.

      The Collateral Documents create valid security interests in, and Liens on,
the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, which security interests and
Liens are perfected security interests and Liens, prior to all other Liens
(other than Permitted Liens having priority over the Liens of the Collateral
Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents).

6.23 SUBORDINATION.

      (a) The Obligations are "Senior Debt" under (i) the Existing Senior
Subordinated Notes Documents and (ii) following issuance of the New Senior
Subordinated Notes, the New Senior Subordinated Notes Documents.

      (b) The Obligations are "Designated Senior Debt" under each of the Senior
Subordinated Notes Documents and, other than the Senior Bridge Loans, no other
Indebtedness or other obligations constitute "Designated Senior Debt" under any
of the Senior Subordinated Notes Documents,.

6.24 RELATED DOCUMENTS.

      (a) The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the
Related Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby by such Loan Party:

            (i) are within such Loan Party's respective corporate, limited
      liability company, partnership or other powers;

            (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
      action, including the consent of stockholders where required;

            (iii) do not and will not (A) contravene or violate any Loan Party's
      Organization Documents, (B) violate any Law applicable to any Loan Party,
      or any order or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator except
      to the extent such violation could not reasonably be expected to have a
      Material Adverse Effect, (C) conflict with or result in the breach or
      contravention of, constitute a default under, or result in or permit the
      termination or acceleration of, any Contractual Obligation of any Loan
      Party or any of its Subsidiaries, except for those that, in the aggregate,
      could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (D)
      result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property of any
      Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries other than a Permitted Lien; and

            (iv) do not require the consent of, authorization by, approval of,
      notice to, or filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority or
      any other Person, other than those that (A) will have been obtained at the
      Closing Date, each of which will be in full force and effect on the
      Closing Date, none of which will on the Closing Date impose materially
      adverse conditions upon the exercise of control by the Borrower over any
      of its Subsidiaries and (B) in the aggregate, if not obtained, could not
      reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

      (b) Each of the Related Documents has been or at the Closing Date will
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executed and delivered by each Loan Party party thereto and at the Closing Date
will be the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party
thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws or by
equitable principles relating to enforceability.

      (c) None of the Related Documents has been amended or modified in any
respect and no provision therein has been waived, except in each case to the
extent permitted by Section 8.17 (Modification of Related Documents), and each
of the representations and warranties therein are true and correct in all
material respects and no default or event that, with the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both, would be a default has occurred thereunder.

6.25 FRAUD AND ABUSE.

      To the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Loan Parties, neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary nor any of their respective officers or
directors has engaged in any activities that are prohibited under any applicable
provision of the Social Security Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
including HIPAA, the Medicare Regulations or the Medicaid Regulations that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.26 LICENSING AND ACCREDITATION.

      (a) Except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has, to the
extent applicable: (i) obtained (or been duly assigned) all required
certificates of need or determinations of need as required by the relevant state
Governmental Authority for the acquisition, construction, expansion of,
investment in or operation of its businesses and Facilities as currently
operated; (ii) obtained and maintains in good standing all required licenses,
permits, authorizations and approvals of each Governmental Authority necessary
to the conduct of its business and Facilities; (iii) to the extent prudent and
customary in the industry in which it is engaged, obtained and maintains
accreditation from all generally recognized accrediting agencies; (iv) entered
into and maintains in good standing its Medicare Provider Agreements and
Medicaid Provider Agreements; and (v) ensured that all such required licenses
are in full force and effect on the date hereof and have not been revoked or
suspended or otherwise limited.

      (b) To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, each Contract Provider is duly
licensed by each state, state agency, commission or other Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction over the provision of such services by such Person in the
locations where the Borrower and its Subsidiaries conduct business, to the
extent such licensing is required to enable such Person to provide the
professional services provided by such Person and otherwise as is necessary to
enable the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to operate as currently operated and as
contemplated to be operated.

6.27 REIMBURSEMENT FROM MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS.

      The accounts receivable of Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been and
will continue to be adjusted to reflect the reimbursement policies (both those
most recently published in writing as well as those not in writing which have
been verbally communicated) of Medical Reimbursement Programs, including without
limitation Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, private insurance
companies, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations,
alternative delivery systems, managed care systems, government contracting
agencies and other third party payors. In particular, accounts receivable
relating to such Medical Reimbursement Programs do not and shall not exceed in
any material respect amounts any obligee is entitled to receive under any
capitation arrangement, fee schedule, discount formula, cost-based reimbursement
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charges.

6.28 MEDICARE AND MEDICAID NOTICES AND FILINGS RELATED TO HEALTH CARE BUSINESS.

      To the extent applicable and except to the extent as would not be
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each of the
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has timely filed all reports required to
be filed in connection with Medicare and applicable Medicaid programs and due on
or before the date hereof, and all required reports and administrative forms and
filings are true and complete in all material respects; (ii) there are no
claims, actions, proceedings or appeals pending (and neither Borrower nor any of
its Subsidiaries has filed anything that would result in any claims, actions or
appeals) before any Governmental Authority with respect to any Medicare or
Medicaid cost reports or claims filed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
on or before the date hereof, or with respect to any adjustments, denials,
recoupments or disallowances by any intermediary, carrier, other insurer,
commission, board or agency in connection with any cost reports or claims; (iii)
no validation review, survey, inspection, audit, investigation or program
integrity review related to the Borrower or any Subsidiary has been conducted by
any Governmental Authority or government contractor in connection with the
Medicare or Medicaid programs, and no such reviews are scheduled, pending or,
threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and (iv) each of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed all material reports, data
and other information required by any other Governmental Authority with
authority to regulate the Borrower or any such Subsidiary or its business in any
manner.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                              AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

      Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party agrees with the Lenders,
the L/C Issuer and the Agents to each of the following, as long as any
Obligation or any Revolving Credit Commitment remains outstanding and, in each
case, unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent in writing, that it shall
and shall cause each Subsidiary to:

7.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

      Deliver to the Administrative Agents and each Lender, in form and detail
satisfactory to the Administrative Agents and the Required Lenders:

      (a) as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, consolidated and consolidating
balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal
year, and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income or
operations, retained earnings, shareholders' equity and cash flows for such
fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of
the end of and for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and
prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and
opinion of Ernst & Young or other independent certified public accountants of
nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agents, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any "going concern" or
like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the
scope of such audit; and

      (b) as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days
after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of
the Borrower, consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related
consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations, retained
earnings, shareholders' equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for
the portion of the Borrower's fiscal year then ended,

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setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and
for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the
corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and
certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders'
equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with
GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes.

As to any information contained in the Borrower's periodic reports filed with
the SEC on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as the case may be, furnished pursuant to
Section 7.02(e)(i) (Certificates; Other Information), the Borrower shall not be
separately required to furnish such information under clause (a) or (b) above,
but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower
to furnish the information and materials described in clauses (a) and (b) above
at the times specified therein.

7.02 CERTIFICATES; OTHER INFORMATION.

      Deliver to the Administrative Agents and each Lender, in form and detail
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

      (a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to
in Section 7.01(a) (Financial Statements), a certificate of its independent
certified public accountants certifying such financial statements; and

      (b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to
in Sections 7.01(a) and (b) (Financial Statements):

            (i) a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible
      Officer of the Borrower; and

            (ii) (A) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
      certifying that the Corporate Chart attached thereto (or the last
      Corporate Chart delivered pursuant to this clause (ii)) is true, correct,
      complete and current as of the date of such financial statements; provided
      that following the delivery of the initial Corporate Chart required to be
      delivered pursuant to this clause (ii), the Borrower shall not be required
      to deliver additional Corporate Charts unless any changes have been made
      to the corporate structure of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or the
      other information presented in the Corporate Chart from that presented in
      the Corporate Chart then most recently delivered by the Borrower pursuant
      to this clause (ii); and

                 (B) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in
      form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agents that, to the
      knowledge of the Borrower, all certificates, statements, updates and other
      documents (including updated schedules) required to be delivered pursuant
      to the Security Agreement and/or the Pledge Agreement by any Loan Party in
      the preceding fiscal period fiscal period have been delivered thereunder
      (or such delivery requirement was otherwise duly waived or extended).

      The reporting requirements set forth in this clause (ii) are in addition
      to, and are not intended to and shall not replace or otherwise modify, any
      obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document (including other
      notice or reporting requirements). Compliance with the reporting
      obligations in this clause (ii) shall only provide notice to the
      Administrative Agents and shall not, by itself, modify any obligation of
      any Loan Party under any Loan Document, update any Schedule to this
      Agreement or any schedule to any other Loan Document or cure, or otherwise

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      modify in any way, any failure to comply with any covenant, or any breach
      of any representation or warranty, contained in any Loan Document or any
      other Default or Event of Default;

      (c) within thirty (30) days after end of each fiscal year, the annual
business plan and budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries containing, among
other things, projected financial statements for each fiscal quarter of the next
fiscal year;

      (d) copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or
recommendations promptly after being submitted to the board of directors (or the
audit committee of the board of directors) of the Borrower by independent
accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;

      (e) promptly after the same are available, (i) copies of each annual
report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to
the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic
and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower may file or
be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or to a holder of any Indebtedness owed by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary in its capacity as such a holder and not otherwise required to be
delivered to the Administrative Agents pursuant hereto and (ii) upon the request
of any Administrative Agent all reports and written information to and from the
United States Environmental Protection Agency, or any state or local agency
responsible for environmental matters, the United States Occupational Health and
Safety Administration, or any state or local agency responsible for health and
safety matters, or any successor agencies or authorities concerning
environmental, health or safety matters; and

      (f) promptly, such additional information regarding the business,
financial or corporate affairs of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance
with the terms of the Loan Documents, as any Administrative Agent or any Lender
may from time to time reasonably request.

      Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b)
(Financial Statements) or Section 7.02(e) above may (to the extent any such
documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) be delivered
electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link
thereto on the Borrower's website on the Internet at the website address listed
on Schedule 11.02 (Lending Offices and Addresses for Notices); or (ii) on which
such documents are posted on the Borrower's behalf on IntraLinks(TM) or other
Approved Electronic Platform to which each Lender and each Administrative Agent
have access; provided, that: (i) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such
documents to the Administrative Agents or any Lender that requests the Borrower
to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper
copies is given by the applicable Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii)
the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) each
Administrative Agent and each Lender of the posting of any such documents and
provide to each Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions
(i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies
of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 7.02(b) above to the
Administrative Agents and each of the Lenders. Except for such Compliance
Certificates, the Administrative Agents shall have no obligation to request the
delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any
event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with
any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for
requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

7.03 NOTICES.

      (a) Promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) after any
Loan Party obtains knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agents and each
Lender of the occurrence of any Default.

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      (b) Promptly after any Loan Party obtains knowledge thereof, notify the
Administrative Agents and each Lender of any matter that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

      (c) Promptly after any Loan Party obtains knowledge thereof, notify the
Administrative Agents and each Lender of the occurrence of any ERISA Event.

      (d) Promptly notify the Administrative Agents and each Lender of any
material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary.

      (e) Promptly after any Loan Party obtains knowledge thereof, notify the
Administrative Agent and each Lender of any litigation, investigation or
proceeding affecting any Loan Party in which the amount involved or relief
sought would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

      (f) Promptly after any Loan Party obtains knowledge thereof, notify the
Administrative Agents and each Lender of (i) the institution of any
investigation, review or proceeding against any Loan Party to suspend, revoke or
terminate (or that may result in the termination of) any Medicaid Provider
Agreement or Medicare Provider Agreement, or any such investigation or
proceeding that may result in an Exclusion Event or (ii) any notice of loss or
threatened loss of accreditation, loss of participation under any Medical
Reimbursement Program or loss of applicable health care license, in the case of
clauses (i) and (ii), that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.

      (g) Promptly after any Loan Party obtains knowledge thereof, notify the
Administrative Agents and each Lender of any event or condition which has caused
the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.09 (Environmental
Compliance) to be untrue or incorrect and, upon request by any Administrative
Agent, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agents, at the
Loan Parties' expense, a report of an environmental assessment of reasonable
scope, form and depth, (including, where appropriate, invasive soil or
groundwater sampling) by a consultant reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agents as to the nature and extent of the presence of any
Hazardous Materials on any Facilities and as to the compliance by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries with Environmental Laws at such Facilities. If the
Loan Parties fail to deliver such an environmental report within seventy-five
(75) days after receipt of such written request then the Administrative Agents
may arrange for same, and the Loan Parties hereby grant to the Administrative
Agents and their respective representatives access to the Facilities to
reasonably undertake such an assessment (including, where appropriate, invasive
soil or groundwater sampling). The reasonable cost of any assessment arranged
for by the Administrative Agents pursuant to this provision will be payable by
the Loan Parties on demand and added to the obligations secured by the
Collateral Documents.

      Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall be accompanied by a
statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the
occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower or the
applicable Loan Party has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each
notice pursuant to Section 7.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all
provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been
breached.

7.04 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS.

      Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its
obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and
governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the
same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by
the Borrower or such Subsidiary; and (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid,
would by law become a Lien upon its Property

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unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being
maintained by the Borrower or such Subsidiary.

7.05 PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE, ETC.

      (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal
existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a
transaction permitted by Section 8.04 (Fundamental Changes) or 8.05
(Dispositions).

      (b) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its good
standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except to the
extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

      (c) Take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges,
permits, licenses, franchises, certifications and approvals as are necessary for
the conduct of its business as currently conducted and herein contemplated,
including without limitation professional licenses, CLIA certifications,
Medicare Provider Agreements and Medicaid Provider Agreements, except to the
extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

      (d) Preserve or renew all of its material registered patents, copyrights,
trademarks, trade names and service marks, except to the extent the failure to
do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

7.06 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.

      (a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and
equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear and Involuntary Dispositions excepted.

      (b) Make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements
thereof, except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

      (c) Use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and
maintenance of its facilities.

7.07 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE.

      Maintain in full force and effect insurance (including worker's
compensation insurance, liability insurance, casualty insurance, business
interruption insurance and reinsurance) with PSI Surety (to the extent PSI
Surety is capitalized in accordance with this Agreement) and/or financially
sound and reputable insurance companies and reinsurance companies or
associations (as applicable), in such amounts, with such deductibles and
covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar
businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Borrower or the
applicable Subsidiary operates. The Collateral Agent shall be named as loss
payee or mortgagee, as its interest may appear, and/or additional insured with
respect to any such insurance providing coverage in respect of any Collateral,
and each provider of any such insurance shall agree, by endorsement upon the
policy or policies issued by it or by independent instruments furnished to the
Collateral Agent, that it will give the Collateral Agent thirty (30) days prior
written notice before any such policy or policies shall be altered or canceled.

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7.08 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.

      Except the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect:

      (a) Comply with the requirements of all Laws (including without limitation
Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, HIPAA, Medicare Regulations,
Medicaid Regulations) and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable
to it or to its business or Property, except in such instances in which such
requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted;

      (b) Ensure that (i) billing policies, arrangements, protocols and
instructions will comply with reimbursement requirements under Medicare,
Medicaid and other Medical Reimbursement Programs and will be administered by
properly trained personnel; and (ii) medical director compensation arrangements
and other arrangements with referring physicians will comply with applicable
state and federal self-referral and anti-kickback laws, including without
limitation 42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-7b(b)(1) - (b)(2) 42 U.S.C. and 42 U.S.C.
Section 1395nn; and

      (c) Make commercially reasonable efforts to implement policies that are
consistent with HIPAA on or before the date that any provision of HIPAA becomes
applicable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

7.09 BOOKS AND RECORDS.

      (a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and
correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of
all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the
Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

      (b) Maintain such books of record and account in conformity in all
material respects with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority
having regulatory jurisdiction over the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case
may be.

7.10 ACCESS; INSPECTION RIGHTS.

      (a) Permit representatives and independent contractors of the
Administrative Agents, the Collateral Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect
any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating
records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its
affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent
public accountants (provided that the Borrower shall be provided an opportunity
to attend such meetings), all at the expense of the Lenders and at such
reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably
desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided, however, that
when an Event of Default exists, the Agents or any Lender (or any of their
respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the
foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business
hours and without advance notice.

      (b) Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Collateral
Agent or the Administrative Agents to conduct an annual audit of the Collateral
at the expense of the Borrower upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower.
To the extent required by applicable Law, prior to receiving any information
that contains patient information subject to (i) state privacy laws, (ii) the
Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act, 42 U.S.C. 290ee-3 et
seq., (iii) the HIPAA, 42 U.S.C. 1320d et seq., or (iv) regulations promulgated
pursuant to the foregoing statutes, each Agent and the

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Lenders agree to execute an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agents and the Lenders that complies with the requirements
relating to "business associates" as set forth in 45 C.F.R. 502(e) and any
applicable state Laws.

7.11 USE OF PROCEEDS.

      Use the proceeds of the Loans and other Credit Extensions as provided in
Section 6.19 (Use of Proceeds).

7.12 ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARIES AND GUARANTEES.

      (a) Within thirty (30) days (or such longer period as the Administrative
Agents may agree) after (x) the acquisition or formation of any Subsidiary
(other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Subsidiary ceases to be an
Excluded Subsidiary:

            (i) notify the Administrative Agents thereof in writing, together
      with notice of (A) the jurisdiction of formation of such Subsidiary, (B)
      number of shares of each class of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary
      outstanding, (C) number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class
      of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary owned (directly or indirectly) by the
      Borrower or any Subsidiary and (D) number and effect, if exercised, of all
      outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all
      other similar rights with respect thereto; and

            (ii) cause such Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) to
      (A) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Administrative
      Agents a Joinder Agreement and joinder agreements pursuant to which such
      Subsidiary shall become a party to the Pledge Agreement and Security
      Agreement or such other document as the Administrative Agents shall deem
      appropriate for such purposes, and (B) deliver to the Agents documents of
      the types referred to in clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (ix) and (x) of
      Section 5.01(a) (Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions) and
      favorable opinions of counsel to such Person acceptable to the
      Administrative Agents (which shall cover, among other things, the
      legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation
      referred to in clause (A) and the creation and perfection of security
      interests and Liens), all in form, content and scope reasonably
      satisfactory to the Agents; provided, however, (x) if such Subsidiary is a
      Foreign Subsidiary and compliance with clause (a) above would reasonably
      be expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower
      and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, then such Subsidiary shall not be
      required to comply with this clause (ii) and (y) if such Subsidiary is an
      Immaterial Subsidiary, then such Subsidiary shall not be required to
      comply with this clause (ii) so long as the aggregate amount of assets
      owned by all Immaterial Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors does not, as
      of any date of determination, exceed $250,000 in the aggregate.

      (b) Guarantee of Other Indebtedness. If any Subsidiary that is not a
Guarantor (including any Foreign Subsidiary and any Excluded Subsidiary)
provides a Guarantee in respect of any Senior Subordinated Notes, any other
Subordinated Indebtedness or any other Indebtedness of the Borrower in excess of
the Threshold Amount, such Subsidiary shall, concurrent with providing the
Guarantee in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness, Senior Secured
Indebtedness or any other Indebtedness of the Borrower in excess of the
Threshold Amount, (i) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the
Administrative Agents a Joinder Agreement and joinder agreements pursuant to
which such Subsidiary shall become a party to the Pledge Agreement and Security
Agreement or such other document as the Administrative Agents shall deem
appropriate for such purposes and (ii) deliver to the Agents documents of the
types referred to in clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (ix) and (x) of Section
5.01(a) (Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions) and favorable
opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among

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other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the
documentation referred to in clause (A) and the creation and perfection of
security interests and Liens), all in form, content and scope reasonably
satisfactory to the Agents.

7.13  ERISA COMPLIANCE.

      Do, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to do, each of the following:
(a) maintain each Plan in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or
state Law; (b) cause each Plan that is qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code to maintain such qualification; and (c) make all required
contributions to any Plan subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code.

7.14  ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.

      Do, and cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower to, comply in all material
respects with Environmental Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, the
Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, upon receipt of any notification
or otherwise obtaining knowledge of any Release or other event that has any
reasonable likelihood of any of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower
incurring Environmental Liabilities in excess of the Threshold Amount in the
aggregate, (a) conduct, or pay for consultants to conduct, tests or assessments
of environmental conditions at such operations or properties, including the
investigation and testing of subsurface conditions and (b) take such Remedial
Action and undertake such investigation or other action as required by
Environmental Laws or as any Governmental Authority requires or as is
appropriate and consistent with good business practice to address the Release or
event and otherwise ensure compliance with Environmental Laws.

7.15  ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL.

      To the extent not delivered to the Administrative Agent on or before the
Closing Date (including in respect of after-acquired property and, as
applicable, Persons that become Subsidiaries of any Loan Party after the Closing
Date), the Borrower agrees promptly (and in any event, within 30 days of the
Closing Date or the date of acquisition of such property or Persons (or such
later date as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agents)) to do, or cause
each Subsidiary of the Borrower to do, each of the following:

      (a) at all times (except in respect of all owned and leased Property of
each Loan Party acquired after the Closing Date, in which case, no later than 30
days after (x) the Closing Date or (y) (if later) the date of acquisition of
such property (or such later date as may be agreed to by the Administrative
Agents)) the Loan Parties will (subject to Section 7.12 (Additional Subsidiaries
and Guarantees)) (a) cause all of the owned and leased Property (other than
Excluded Property) of each Loan Party to be subject at all times to first
priority, perfected Liens and, in the case of owned and leased Real Property,
title insured Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent to secure the
Obligations pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents or,
with respect to any such Property acquired subsequent to the Closing Date, such
other additional security documents or joinders to existing Collateral Documents
as the Administrative Agents may reasonably request, subject in any case to
Permitted Liens and (b) deliver such other documentation as the Administrative
Agents may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing, including
appropriate UCC-1 financing statements, Mortgage Supporting Documents,
Collateral Access Agreements, Bailee's Letters, certified resolutions,
Organization Documents and other authorizing documents of such Person, favorable
opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the
legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation
referred to above and the perfection of the Collateral Agent's Liens thereunder)
and other items of the types required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (iii),
(iv), (v), (vi), (ix) and (x) of Section

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5.01(a) (Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions), all in form,
content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents.

      (b) without limiting the generality of the above, the Loan Parties will
(subject to Section 7.12 (Additional Subsidiaries and Guarantees)) cause (a)
100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of each Domestic Subsidiary and
(b) 66% (or such greater percentage that, due to a change in an applicable Law
after the date hereof, (1) could not reasonably be expected to cause the
undistributed earnings of such Foreign Subsidiary as determined for United
States federal income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to such
Foreign Subsidiary's United States parent and (2) could not reasonably be
expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole) of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock and
100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock that is not Voting Stock in
each Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by the Borrower or any Domestic
Subsidiary to be subject at all times to a first priority, perfected Lien in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to
the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents or such other security
documents as the Administrative Agents shall reasonably request.

      (c) with respect to each Account for which either the perfection,
enforceability, or validity of the Collateral Agent's Liens in such Account, or
the Administrative Agent's right or ability to obtain direct payment to the
Administrative Agent of the proceeds of such Account, is governed by any
federal, state, or local statutory requirements other than those of the Uniform
Commercial Code, the Loan Parties will take such steps as the Administrative
Agent may from time to time reasonably request, including compliance with the
Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, the Social Security Act, the Medicare
Regulations and the Medicaid Regulations.

7.16  CONTROL ACCOUNTS; APPROVED DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS

      (a) Cause each of the Loan Parties to (i) deposit in an Approved Deposit
Account all cash it receives, (ii) not establish or maintain any Securities
Account that is not a Control Account and (iii) not establish or maintain any
Deposit Account other than with a Deposit Account Bank; provided, however, that
each of the Borrower and each of the Loan Parties may (i) maintain payroll,
withholding tax and other fiduciary accounts that are not subject to a Deposit
Account Control Agreement, (ii) maintain accounts with the Agents and (iii)
maintain other Deposit Accounts that are not subject to Deposit Account Control
Agreements as long as the aggregate balance in all such accounts does not exceed
$2,500,000 as at the end of each Business Day. The Borrower shall ensure that
the Deposit Accounts that are not subject to Deposit Account Control Agreements
shall, on each Business Day, be swept to one or more Deposit Accounts that are
subject to Deposit Account Control Agreements with a Deposit Account Bank to the
extent necessary to comply with the requirements of the immediately preceding
sentence.

      (b) Each of the Agents may establish one or more Cash Collateral Accounts
with such depositaries and Approved Securities Intermediaries as it in its sole
discretion shall determine; provided, however, that no Cash Collateral Account
shall be established with respect to the assets of any Subsidiary that is not a
Loan Party. The Borrower agrees that each such Cash Collateral Account shall
meet the requirements set forth in the definition of "Cash Collateral Account".
Without limiting the foregoing, funds on deposit in any Cash Collateral Account
may be invested (but the applicable Agent shall be under no obligation to make
any such investment) in Cash Equivalents at the direction of the applicable
Agent and, except during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Agent
agrees with the Borrower to issue Entitlement Orders for such investments in
Cash Equivalents as requested by the Borrower; provided, however, that no Agent
shall have any responsibility for, or bear any risk of loss of, any such
investment or income thereon. None of the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the
Borrower or any other Loan Party or Person claiming on behalf of or through the
Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall have any
right to demand payment of any funds held in any Cash Collateral Account at any

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time prior to the termination of all outstanding Letters of Credit and the
payment in full of all then outstanding and payable monetary Obligations. Each
Agent shall apply all funds on deposit in a Cash Collateral Account as provided
in Section 2.08(c) (Mandatory Prepayments).

7.17  INTEREST RATE CONTRACTS.

      On or prior to the date that is 90 days after the Closing Date, the
Borrower shall enter into one or more Swap Contracts (including Swap Contracts,
if any, existing on the Closing Date) on terms and with counterparties
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents, covering a notional amount
sufficient to ensure that interest on at least 50% of the Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness is paid (or is effectively paid) on a fixed rate basis for a period
of at least three years following the Closing Date; provided, however, that in
the event that the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than 3.0:1.0
(determined as of the last day of the four fiscal quarter period most recently
ended), the Borrower shall not be required to maintain such Swap Contracts.

7.18  COLLATERAL ACCESS AGREEMENTS AND BAILEE'S LETTERS

      (a) To the extent not delivered to the Collateral Agent on or prior to the
Closing Date, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, within 90 days
after the Closing Date (or such later date as shall be acceptable to the Agents
in their sole discretion), and deliver to the Collateral Agent such Collateral
Access Agreements and Bailee's Letters specified on Schedule 7.18 (Collateral
Access Agreements and Bailee's Letters).

      (b) With respect to any leased Real Property of any Loan Party now
existing or acquired or used after the Closing Date, to the extent that at any
date of determination the monthly rental obligations of such Loan Party with
respect to such leased Real Property exceed $20,000 per month, use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain Collateral Access Agreements from the owner or
lessor of such Real Property and deliver such Collateral Access Agreements to
the Collateral Agent within 90 days of such date of determination (or such later
date as the Administrative Agents may agree).

      (c) With respect to any Collateral of any Loan Party that is now or
hereafter becomes stored or otherwise located at a location that is not owned or
leased by a Loan Party, to the extent that at any date of determination the fair
market value of such Collateral exceeds $100,000 at any individual location or
$250,000 in the aggregate for all such Collateral, use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain Bailee's Letters from the owner or lessor of the Real Property
at such location where Collateral is stored or otherwise located and deliver
such Bailee's Letters to the Collateral Agent within 90 days of such date of
determination (or such later date as the Administrative Agents may agree).

7.19  CERTAIN POST-CLOSING DATE REQUIREMENTS

      (a) T o the extent not delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(iii) to the
Collateral Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, deliver to the Agents such
share certificates representing Pledged Collateral and related stock powers and
instruments of transfer as shall be required by the Administrative Agents not
later than ten Business Days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the
Administrative Agents may agree).

      (b) To the extent not delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(v) to the
Administrative Agents on or prior to the Closing Date, deliver to the Agents
such Mortgage Title Insurance Policies as shall be required by the
Administrative Agents not later than three Business Days after the Closing Date
(or such later date as the Administrative Agents may agree).

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      (c) To the extent not delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(vi) to the
Administrative Agents on or prior to the Closing Date, deliver to the Agents
such legal opinions as shall be required by the Administrative Agents in
connection with the delivery of Mortgages not later than three Business Days
after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agents may
agree).

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                               NEGATIVE COVENANTS

      Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party agrees with the Lenders,
the L/C Issuer and the Agents that as long as any Obligation or any Revolving
Credit Commitment remains outstanding and, in each case, unless the Required
Lenders otherwise consent in writing, no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit
any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

8.01  LIENS.

      Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its
Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:

      (a) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;

      (b) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.01
(Existing Liens) and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that the
Property covered thereby is not increased and any renewal or extension of the
obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 8.03(b)
(Indebtedness);

      (c) Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or
governmental charges or levies not yet due or which are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves
with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in
accordance with GAAP;

      (d) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen,
mechanics, materialmen and suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant
to customary reservations or retentions of title arising in the ordinary course
of business, provided that such Liens secure only amounts not yet due and
payable or, if due and payable, are unfiled and no other action has been taken
to enforce the same or are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings for which adequate reserves determined in accordance with GAAP have
been established;

      (e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection
with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

      (f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, licenses
and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other
than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

      (g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances
affecting Real Property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount,
and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property
subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the
business of the applicable Person;

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      (h) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money (or appeal or other
surety bonds relating to such judgments) not in excess of the Threshold Amount
(except to the extent covered by independent third-party insurance as to which
the insurer has acknowledged in writing its obligation to cover), unless any
such judgment remains undischarged for a period of more than thirty (30)
consecutive days during which execution is not effectively stayed;

      (i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(c)
(Indebtedness); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any
Property other than the Property financed by such Indebtedness, (ii) the
Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value,
whichever is lower, of the Property being acquired on the date of acquisition
and (iii) such Liens attach to such Property concurrently with or within ninety
days after the acquisition thereof;

      (j) leases, licenses or subleases granted to others solely to the extent
that such leases, licenses or subleases do not interfere in any material respect
with the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

      (k) any interest of title of a lessor under, and Liens arising from UCC
financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or agreements in
foreign jurisdictions) relating to, operating leases permitted by this
Agreement;

      (l) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase
agreements permitted under Section 8.02 (Investments);

      (m) normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor
of banks or other depository institutions;

      (n) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform
Commercial Code on items in the course of collection;

      (o) Liens created or deemed to exist by the establishment of trusts for
the purpose of satisfying (i) Governmental Reimbursement Program Costs of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) other actions or claims pertaining to the
same or related matters or other Medical Reimbursement Programs, provided, that
in each case, the Borrower and such Subsidiary shall have established adequate
reserves for such claims or actions;

      (p) Liens of sellers of goods to the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries
arising under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code or similar provisions of
applicable Law in the ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold
and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related expenses;

      (q) Liens on the Property of PSI Surety created or deemed to exist in
connection with its self-insurance programs;

      (r) Liens on the Property of the HUD Financing Subsidiaries securing HUD
Financings to the extent such HUD Financings are permitted under this Agreement;
and

      (s) Liens on the Property (other than Accounts) of Aeries Healthcare of
Illinois, Inc. securing the applicable HUD Financing.

      (t) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.03(n); provided,
that such Liens shall only attach to the proceeds of insurance which have been
financed by such Indebtedness.

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8.02  INVESTMENTS.

      Make any Investments, except:

      (a) Investments consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents;

      (b) Investments consisting of Accounts and promissory notes created,
acquired or made and trade credit extended in the ordinary course of business
and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;

      (c) Investments consisting of stock, obligations, securities or other
property received in settlement of Accounts from financially troubled obligors
in the ordinary course of business;

      (d) Investments existing as of the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule
8.02 (Existing Investments);

      (e) Guarantees permitted by Section 8.03 (Indebtedness);

      (f) Permitted Acquisitions;

      (g) loans and advances to employees, directors and officers in the
ordinary course of business (other than any such loans or advance that would be
in violation of Section 4.02 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) in an aggregate amount
for all such loans and advances not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time
outstanding;

      (h) Investments made by any Loan Party in any Subsidiary that is not a
Loan Party; provided, that the aggregate outstanding amount of all such
Investments permitted pursuant to this clause (h) shall not exceed $1,000,000 at
any time;

      (i) Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary in another Foreign Subsidiary;

      (j) Investments in any Person that is a Loan Party prior to giving effect
to such Investment;

      (k) Investments in PSI Surety to pay its reasonable general corporate and
overhead expenses and to cause PSI Surety to maintain the minimum amount of
capital required by applicable Laws, provided that the aggregate amount of
Investments in PSI Surety pursuant to this clause (k) shall not exceed
$2,000,000 in any fiscal year;

      (l) Investments consisting of non-cash consideration received in
connection with a Disposition permitted under Section 8.05 (Dispositions);

      (m) Investments consisting of Physician Support Obligations; provided,
that (i) in the case of any such Investment that is a Guarantee, such Guarantee
is permitted under Section 8.03(i) (Indebtedness) and (ii) the aggregate amount
of all such Investments does not exceed $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

      (n) Investments arising under Swap Contracts permitted under Section
8.03(d) (Indebtedness); and

      (o) Investments not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses in an
amount outstanding amount for all such Investments permitted pursuant to this
clause (o) not to exceed $25,000,000.

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8.03  INDEBTEDNESS.

      Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

      (a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;

      (b) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries set forth in
Schedule 8.03 (Existing Indebtedness);

      (c) purchase money Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of
Capital Leases or Synthetic Leases) hereafter incurred by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries to finance the purchase of Fixed Assets, provided that (i) such
Indebtedness when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of the asset(s)
financed, (ii) no such Indebtedness shall be refinanced for a principal amount
in excess of the principal balance outstanding thereon at the time of such
refinancing and (iii) the total amount of all such Indebtedness at any time
outstanding shall not exceed $10,000,000;

      (d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that (i) such
obligations are entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business
for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities,
commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by
such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person, and
not for purposes of speculation or taking a "market view"; and (ii) such Swap
Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party
from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the
defaulting party;

      (e) intercompany Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.02 (Investments);

      (f) Indebtedness arising under the Senior Bridge Credit Facility
(including any Exchange Securities) in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $150,000,000 (as such amount may be increased to the extent any interest
accrued thereon is to be paid-in-kind) and any refinancing thereof by the
issuance of the New Senior Subordinated Notes or of any other Indebtedness which
(i) is subordinated to the prior payment in cash of the Obligations, is not
scheduled to mature prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the
scheduled Term Loan Maturity Date and has no scheduled amortization or payments
of principal prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date and (ii) has terms and
conditions which are acceptable to CGMI and are not materially less favorable to
the Borrower or the Lenders than the terms of the Senior Bridge Credit Facility
(including any Exchange Securities);

      (g) additional HUD Financings incurred or assumed after the Closing Date
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 outstanding at any
time;

      (h) Earn-Out Obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000
at any one time outstanding, provided that such Earn-Out Obligations are
subordinated to the Obligations in a manner and to an extent acceptable to the
Administrative Agents;

      (i) Guarantees by any Loan Party of Indebtedness incurred by Qualified
Physicians in the ordinary course of business; provided, that (i) the aggregate
amount of all such Indebtedness that is Guaranteed by the Loan Parties does not
exceed $5,000,000 and (ii) any such Guarantee shall be expressly subordinated in
right of payment to the Obligations;

      (j) other additional unsecured Indebtedness entered into on and after the
Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any
one time outstanding;

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      (k) Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (on terms and conditions
acceptable to the Administrative Agents) issued after the Closing Date (i) in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding
and (ii) in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 solely to the
extent that the Net Cash Proceeds of such Indebtedness are applied to prepay the
Loans as provided in Section 2.08 (Mandatory Prepayments); and

      (l) subject to Section 8.13 (c) (Prepayment of Other Indebtedness;
Modification of Debt Agreements), renewals, refinancings and extensions of
Indebtedness permitted under clauses (b), (c) and (f) (and in the case of such
clause (f), with respect to the New Senior Subordinated Notes or any other
Indebtedness which refinances the Senior Bridge Facility (including any Exchange
Securities) and satisfies the requirements of such clause (f)) on terms and
conditions not materially less favorable to the applicable obligors or the
Lenders; provided, that the principal amount of such Indebtedness so renewed,
refinanced or extended shall not be renewed, refinanced or extended for a
principal amount in excess of the principal balance outstanding thereof at the
time of such renewal, refinancing or extension.

      (m) Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness permitted under this Section
8.03 (Indebtedness)

      (n) Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the
ordinary course of business.

8.04  FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES.

      Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or
(except to the extent expressly permitted by Section 8.05) Dispose of (whether
in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of
its assets and Properties (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in
favor of any Person; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 8.04 but subject to the terms of Sections 7.12 (Additional
Subsidiaries and Guarantees) and 7.15 (Additional Collateral), (a) the Borrower
may merge or consolidate with any Subsidiary, provided that the Borrower shall
be the continuing or surviving corporation of such merger or consolidation, (b)
any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Subsidiary, provided that
(i) if a Guarantor is a party thereto, then a Guarantor shall be the continuing
or surviving corporation of such merger or consolidation and (ii) if a Guarantor
is not a party thereto and a Domestic Subsidiary is a party thereto, then a
Domestic Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such
merger or consolidation, (c) any Subsidiary may merge with any Person that is
not a Loan Party in connection with a Disposition permitted under Section 8.05
(Dispositions), (d) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may merge with any Person
that is not a Loan Party in connection with a Permitted Acquisition provided
that, if such transaction involves the Borrower, the Borrower shall be the
continuing or surviving corporation of such merger, and (e) any Wholly Owned
Subsidiary may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time provided
that such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as the case may be, could not
have a Material Adverse Effect.

8.05  DISPOSITIONS.

      Except as otherwise permitted under Section 8.04 (Fundamental Changes),
make any Disposition unless:

      (a) if such Disposition is an Investment, such transaction is not
prohibited by the terms of Section 8.02 (Investments);

      (b) if such transaction is a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, such
transaction is not prohibited by the terms of Section 8.16 (Sale and Leaseback
Transactions; Operating Leases);

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      (c) such transaction does not involve the sale or other disposition of a
minority equity interest in any Subsidiary;

      (d) such transaction does not involve a sale or other disposition of
Accounts other than Accounts owned by or attributable to other Property
concurrently being Disposed of in a transaction otherwise permitted under this
Section 8.05;

      (e) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from giving
effect to such Disposition;

      (f) the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be cash or Cash
Equivalents received contemporaneous with the consummation of such Disposition
and shall be in an amount not less than the fair market value of the Property
disposed of; and

      (g) the aggregate fair market value of all the Property sold or otherwise
Disposed of by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in any fiscal year shall not
exceed an amount equal to seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of the aggregate
consolidated net book value of the Fixed Assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year.

8.06  RESTRICTED PAYMENTS.

      Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur
any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:

      (a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the holders of its
Capital Stock;

      (b) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend
payments or other distributions payable solely in the Capital Stock of the
Person making such dividend or distribution; and

      (c) the Borrower may repurchase the Capital Stock of the Borrower held by
departing employees, former employees, directors and former directors of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 in the
aggregate during any fiscal year of the Borrower.

8.07  CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS.

      Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those
lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing
Date or any business substantially related or incidental thereto.

8.08  TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND INSIDERS.

      Enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of transactions
with any officer, director or Affiliate of such Person other than (a)
transactions between Loan Parties, (b) intercompany transactions expressly
permitted by Section 7.07 (Maintenance of Insurance), Section 8.02
(Investments), Section 8.03 (Indebtedness), Section 8.04 (Fundamental Changes),
Section 8.05 (Dispositions) or Section 8.06 (Restricted Payments), (c)
reasonable compensation and reimbursement of expenses of, and indemnification
of, officers and directors, and (d) except as otherwise specifically limited in
this Agreement, other transactions which are entered into in the ordinary course
of such Person's business on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to
such Person as would be obtainable by it in a comparable arms-length transaction
with a Person other than an officer, director or Affiliate.

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8.09  BURDENSOME AGREEMENTS.

      Enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation that encumbers or
restricts the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than any Excluded
Subsidiary) to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions to any Loan
Party on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or
participation in, or measured by, its profits, (b) pay any Indebtedness or other
obligation owed to any Loan Party, (c) make loans or advances to any Loan Party,
(d) sell, lease or transfer any of its Property to any Loan Party, (e) grant any
Lien on any of its Property to secure the Obligations pursuant to the Loan
Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension
thereof or (f) act as a Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or any
renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except (in
respect of any of the matters referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above) for
(i) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any document or instrument
governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.03(c) (Indebtedness),
provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset
or assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith, (iii) any Permitted
Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien, provided that
any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets
subject to such Permitted Lien, (iv) customary restrictions and conditions
contained in any agreement relating to the sale or other Disposition of any
Property permitted under Section 8.05 (Dispositions) pending the consummation of
such sale or other Disposition and (v) in the case of the matters referred to in
clause (a) through (d) above, Contractual Obligations of any Person that becomes
a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, provided that such Contractual Obligations
were in existence at the time such Person became a Subsidiary and were not
created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a
Subsidiary.

8.10  USE OF PROCEEDS.

      Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly,
and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin
stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to
others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund
indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.

8.11  FINANCIAL COVENANTS.

      (a) Maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio. At any time, permit the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any four consecutive
fiscal quarter period, taken together as one accounting period, of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth
below opposite such four fiscal quarter period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOUR-QUARTER PERIOD ENDING:                       MAXIMUM CONSOLIDATED TOTAL LEVERAGE RATIO
---------------------------                       -----------------------------------------
<S>                                               <C>
June 30, 2005                                                     6.00 to 1.00

September 30, 2005                                                6.00 to 1.00

December 31, 2005                                                 6.00 to 1.00

March 31, 2006                                                    6.00 to 1.00

June 30, 2006                                                     6.00 to 1.00

September 30, 2006                                                5.50 to 1.00

</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                                               <C>
December 31, 2006                                                 5.50 to 1.00

March 31, 2007 and thereafter                                     4.50 to 1.00
</TABLE>

      (b) Minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. At any time, permit the
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any four consecutive
fiscal quarter period, taken together as one accounting period, of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth below
opposite such four fiscal quarter period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOUR-QUARTER PERIOD ENDING:                       MINIMUM CONSOLIDATED INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO
---------------------------                       --------------------------------------------
<S>                                               <C>
June 30, 2005                                                     2.25 to 1.00

September 30, 2005                                                2.25 to 1.00

December 31, 2005                                                 2.25 to 1.00

March 31, 2006                                                    2.25 to 1.00

June 30, 2006                                                     2.25 to 1.00

September 30, 2006                                                2.25 to 1.00

December 31, 2006                                                 2.25 to 1.00

March 31, 2007                                                    2.50 to 1.00

June 30, 2007                                                     2.50 to 1.00

September 30, 2007                                                2.50 to 1.00

December 31, 2007                                                 2.50 to 1.00

March 31, 2008                                                    2.75 to 1.00

June 30, 2008                                                     2.75 to 1.00

September 30, 2008                                                2.75 to 1.00

December 31, 2008                                                 2.75 to 1.00

March 31, 2009 and thereafter                                     3.00 to 1.00
</TABLE>

8.12  CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

      Permit Capital Expenditures of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis to exceed in the aggregate in any fiscal year an amount equal
to ten percent (10%) of the aggregate consolidated net book value of the Fixed
Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the immediately
preceding fiscal year.

8.13  PREPAYMENT OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS; MODIFICATION OF DEBT AGREEMENTS.

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      (a) Amend or modify any of the terms of the Senior Bridge Credit Facility,
any Exchange Securities, any Senior Subordinated Notes or of any other
Subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (or the Senior
Subordinated Notes Indenture or any other indenture or agreement entered into in
connection therewith) if such amendment or modification would add or change any
terms in a manner adverse to the Borrower, any Subsidiary, the Agents or the
Lenders (including any amendment or modification that would shorten the final
maturity or average life to maturity or require any payment to be made sooner
than originally scheduled or increase the interest rate applicable thereto) or
confer additional material rights to the holder of such Indebtedness in a manner
adverse to Borrower, any Subsidiary, the Agents or the Lenders (other than
supplements to the Senior Subordinated Note Indentures which add one or more
Subsidiaries of the Borrower as guarantors thereunder, which Subsidiaries are,
or shall concurrently therewith become, Guarantors pursuant to this Agreement).

      (b) Amend or modify any of the subordination provisions of any
Subordinated Indebtedness.

      (c) Make any optional principal prepayment with respect to Indebtedness
arising under the Senior Bridge Credit Facility or any Exchange Securities prior
to the scheduled maturity thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall
not restrict a refinancing or repayment thereof directly with the proceeds of
(i) any Equity Issuance and (ii) any Indebtedness issued under Section 8.03 (f)
or (l) (Indebtedness) which satisfies the requirements of such sections.

      (d) Make (or give any notice with respect thereto) any principal payment
(including any prepayment, whether optional or mandatory, upon conversion or
otherwise) on, or redeem, repurchase, acquire for value (including without
limitation, by way of depositing money or securities with the trustee with
respect thereto before due for the purpose of paying when due), refund,
refinance or exchange any Senior Subordinated Notes or any other Subordinated
Indebtedness, other than:

            (i) in the case of the AHS Untendered Notes, the redemption or
purchase thereof pursuant to the Transactions; and

            (ii) in each other case, a refinancing or repayment thereof directly
with the proceeds of (A) any Equity Issuance to the extent that such proceeds
are not required to be applied to prepay the Loans or other Credit Extensions in
accordance with Section 2.08 (Mandatory Prepayments) and (B) any Indebtedness
issued under Section 8.03 (k) or (l) (Indebtedness);

            provided, that any Indebtedness issued or incurred pursuant to
clauses (i) or (ii) above shall not have (1) a shorter final maturity or shorter
average life to maturity or require any payment to be made sooner than is
scheduled therefor under the terms of the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or exchanged, (2) interest rates
materially in excess of the then prevailing market interest rates as determined
by the Administrative Agents, (3) except as otherwise agreed to by the
Administrative Agents, terms materially less favorable to the Lenders than the
terms of the Indebtedness so refinanced or (4) require the payment of a fee to
the holders of such Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or exchanged (unless
such fee is approved by the Administrative Agents).

8.14  ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS; FISCAL YEAR; LEGAL NAME, STATE OF FORMATION AND
      FORM OF ENTITY.

      (a) Amend, modify or change its Organization Documents in a manner that
(i) materially affects the rights and privileges of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower or (ii) is adverse to the interests of the Agents,
the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under the Loan Documents or in the Collateral.

      (b) Change its fiscal year.

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      (c) Without providing twenty (20) days prior written notice to the Agents,
change its name, state of formation or form of organization.

8.15  OWNERSHIP OF SUBSIDIARIES.

      Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary,
(i) permit any Person (other than the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary)
to own any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary, except to qualify directors where
required by applicable Law or to satisfy other requirements of applicable Law
with respect to the ownership of Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries, (ii)
permit any Subsidiary to issue or have outstanding any shares of preferred
Capital Stock or (iii) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any
Capital Stock of any Subsidiary.

8.16  SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS; OPERATING LEASES.

      (a) Enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

      (b) Create or suffer to exist any obligations for the payment of rent for
any property under lease or agreement to lease, except:

            (i) leases in existence as of the Closing Date, and any renewal,
refunding, extension or refinancing thereof; provided that with respect to
Capital Leases and Synthetic Leases (A) the amount of such Capital Lease or
Synthetic Lease is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding,
renewal or extension except by an amount equal to the fees and expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with such refinancing, and (B) none of the
instruments and agreements evidencing or governing such Capital Lease or
Synthetic Lease shall be amended, modified or supplemented after the Closing
Date, including in connection with any refinancing, refunding, renewal or
extension, to change any terms of subordination, repayment or rights of
enforcement, conversion, put, exchange or other rights, or to make any covenants
or events of default materially more restrictive or in any event more
restrictive than as set forth herein, from such terms and rights as in effect on
the Closing Date; and

            (ii) operating leases (other than those constituting Synthetic
Leases) entered into or assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the
Closing Date in the ordinary course of business.

8.17  MODIFICATION OF RELATED DOCUMENTS.

      (a) Alter, rescind, terminate, amend, supplement, waive or otherwise
modify any provision of any Related Document, except for (i) modifications to
the terms of the Senior Bridge Credit Agreement, any of the Senior Subordinated
Notes or any other Subordinated Indebtedness (or any indenture or agreement
entered into in connection therewith) permitted under Section 8.13 (Prepayment
of Other Indebtedness; Modification of Debt Agreements) and (ii) modifications
that do not materially affect the rights and privileges of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary under such Related Document and that do not materially affect the
interests of the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents or in the Collateral;
or

      (b) Permit any breach or default to exist under any Related Document or
take or fail to take any action thereunder, if to do so could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

8.18  NO SPECULATIVE TRANSACTIONS.

      Engage in any transaction involving Swap Contracts or any similar
speculative transactions of the type contemplated within the definition of "Swap
Contract" in Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) except as

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required by Section 7.17 (Interest Rate Contracts) or for the sole purpose of
hedging in the normal course of business and consistent with industry practices.

8.19  COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA.

      Permit, nor shall any ERISA Affiliate, cause or permit to occur, (a) an
event that could result in the imposition of a Lien under Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 or 4068 of ERISA or (b) ERISA Events that would have a
Material Adverse Effect in the aggregate.

8.20  ENVIRONMENTAL.

      Allow a Release of any Hazardous Material in violation of any
Environmental Law; provided, however, that the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties shall not be deemed in violation of this Section 8.20 if all
Environmental Liabilities incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the
Loan Parties as the consequence of all such Releases shall not exceed the
Threshold Amount in the aggregate.

8.21  ADDITIONAL SENIOR DEBT.

      Designate any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations and the Senior
Bridge Loans) as "Designated Senior Debt" (or any other comparable terms) under
any of the Senior Subordinated Notes Documents.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                         EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

9.01  EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

      Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

      (a) Non-Payment. The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i)
when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or
any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within three (3) days after the same becomes due,
any interest on any Obligation or any fee under any of the Loan Documents or
(iii) within five (5) days after the same becomes due, any other Obligation or
other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

      (b) Specific Covenants.

            (i) Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or
      agreement contained in any of Section 7.01 (Financial Statements), 7.02
      (Certificates; Other Information), 7.03 (Notices), or 7.16(a) (Control
      Accounts; Approved Deposit Accounts) and such failure continues for five
      (5) Business Days; or

            (ii) Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant
      or agreement contained in any of Section 7.05(a) (Preservation of
      Existence, Etc.), 7.10 (Access; Inspection Rights), 7.11 (Use of
      Proceeds), 7.12 (Additional Subsidiaries and Guarantees), 7.15 (Additional
      Collateral), 7.19 (Certain Post-Closing Date Requirements) or Article VIII
      (Negative Covenants); or

      (c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other
covenant or agreement (not specified in clauses (a) or (b) above) contained in
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performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after the
earlier of (i) a Responsible Person of any Loan Party becoming aware of such
failure or (ii) notice thereof to any Loan Party by any Administrative Agent; or

      (d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty,
certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the
Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any
document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or
misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

      (e) Cross-Default. (i) The Borrower or any Subsidiary fails to make any
payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment,
acceleration, demand, or otherwise, and after giving effect to any applicable
grace period) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than
Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an
aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and
including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit
arrangement) in excess of the Threshold Amount; (ii) the Borrower or any
Subsidiary fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating
to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or
agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs,
the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder
or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such
Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or
beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required,
such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid,
defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase,
prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated
maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect
thereof to be demanded; or (iii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early
Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event
of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary
is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any
Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the
Borrower or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either
event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower or such Subsidiary as a
result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or

      (f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries
institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for
or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material
part of its Property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the
application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged
or unstayed for sixty calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its Property
is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or
unstayed for sixty calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such
proceeding; or

      (g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) The Borrower or any Subsidiary
becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its
debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution
or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the
Property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within
thirty days after its issue or levy; or

      (h) Judgments. There is entered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i)
one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate
amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent
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in writing its obligation to cover; provided, however, that up to $2,000,000 of
coverage with respect to any Judgment may be provided by PSI Surety and
provided, further, that such dollar limit may be increased by the Administrative
Agents in their discretion), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final
judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement
proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B)
there is a period of ten (10) consecutive days during which a stay of
enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not
in effect; or

      (i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result
in liability of the Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan,
Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold
Amount, or (ii) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after
the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with
respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a
Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or

      (j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after its
execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted
hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full
force and effect or ceases to give the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Lenders, any material part of the Liens purported to be created thereby; or any
Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or
enforceability of any Loan Document or the Liens purported to be created
thereby; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or
obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind
any Loan Document; or

      (k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or

      (l) Senior Subordinated Notes; Senior Bridge Facility.

            (i) There shall occur an "Event of Default" (or any comparable term)
under, and as defined in, any of the Senior Subordinated Notes Documents or the
Senior Bridge Credit Agreement, (ii) any of the Obligations for any reason shall
cease to be "Senior Debt" (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, any
of the Senior Subordinated Notes Documents, (iii) any Indebtedness, other than
the Obligations and the Senior Bridge Loans, shall constitute "Designated Senior
Debt" (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, any of the Senior
Subordinated Notes Documents or (iv) the subordination provisions of any of the
Senior Subordinated Notes Documents shall, in whole or in part, terminate, cease
to be effective or cease to be legally valid, binding and enforceable against
any holder of any of the Senior Subordinated Notes.

      (m) Exclusion Event. There shall occur an Exclusion Event that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

9.02  REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

      During the continuance of any Event of Default,

      (a) (i) the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent may, and at the
request of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, shall, (ii) the Term Loan
Facility Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Term Loan
Lenders, shall and/or (iii) either Administrative Agent may, and at the request
of the Required Lenders, shall, in each case, by notice to the Borrower and the
other Agents, declare that all or any portion of the relevant Commitments be
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each Lender to make any Loan and the L/C Issuer to issue any Letter of Credit
shall immediately terminate; and

      (b) (i) the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent may, and at the
request of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, shall, (ii) the Term Loan
Facility Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Term Loan
Lenders, shall and/or (iii) either Administrative Agent may, and at the request
of the Required Lenders, shall, in each case, by notice to the Borrower and the
other Agents, declare the Loans, all interest thereon and all other amounts and
Obligations payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable,
whereupon the Loans, all such interest and all such amounts and Obligations
shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand,
protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived
by the Borrower;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of the Events of Default specified
in Section 9.01(f) (Insolvency Proceedings, Etc.) or Section 9.01(g) (Inability
to Pay Debts; Attachment), (x) the Commitments of each Lender to make Loans and
the commitments of each Lender and L/C Issuer to issue or participate in Letters
of Credit shall each automatically be terminated and (y) the Loans, all such
interest and all such amounts and Obligations shall automatically become and be
due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties. In addition to the remedies set forth above, the Collateral Agent may
exercise any remedies provided for by the Collateral Documents in accordance
with the terms thereof or any other remedies provided by applicable Law.

9.03  ACTIONS IN RESPECT OF LETTERS OF CREDIT.

      At any time (i) upon the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (ii) after the
Revolving Credit Termination Date when the aggregate funds on deposit in Cash
Collateral Accounts shall be less than outstanding amount of all L/C
Obligations, (iii) as may be required by Section 2.08(c) or (d) (Mandatory
Prepayments), the Borrower shall pay to the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the applicable
Administrative Agent's office referred to in Section 11.02 (Notices, Etc.), for
deposit in a Cash Collateral Account, (x) in the case of clauses (i) and (ii)
above, the amount required to that, after such payment, the aggregate funds on
deposit in the Cash Collateral Accounts equals or exceeds the sum of all
outstanding L/C Obligations and (y) in the case of clause (iii) above, the
amount required by Section 2.08(c) or (d) (Mandatory Prepayments). The Revolving
Credit Facility Administrative Agent may (and may direct the Collateral Agent
to), from time to time after funds are deposited in any Cash Collateral Account,
apply funds then held in such Cash Collateral Account to the payment of any
amounts, in accordance with Section 2.08(c) or (d) (Mandatory Prepayments) and
Section 2.13(g) (Payments and Computations), as shall have become or shall
become due and payable by the Borrower to the L/C Issuer or Lenders in respect
of the L/C Obligations. The Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent shall
promptly give written notice of any such application; provided, however, that
the failure to give such written notice shall not invalidate any such
application.

                                   ARTICLE X

                                     AGENTS

10.01 AUTHORIZATION AND ACTION

      (a) (i) Each Revolving Credit Lender, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C
Issuer hereby appoints Bank of America as the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent hereunder and each such Revolving Credit Lender, the Swing
Line Lender and the L/C Issuer authorizes the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise
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this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Revolving
Credit Facility Administrative Agent under such agreements and to exercise such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the foregoing,
each Revolving Credit Lender, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer hereby
authorizes the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent to execute and
deliver, and to perform its obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to
which the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent is a party, to exercise
all rights, powers and remedies that the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent may have under such Loan Documents.

            (ii) Each Term Loan Lender hereby appoints CNAI as the Term Loan
Facility Administrative Agent hereunder and each such Term Loan Lender
authorizes the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent to take such action as
agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Term Loan Facility Administrative
Agent under such agreements and to exercise such powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, each Term Loan Lender hereby
authorizes the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent to execute and deliver,
and to perform its obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to which the
Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent is a party, to exercise all rights,
powers and remedies that the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent may have
under such Loan Documents.

            (iii) Each Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer
hereby appoints Bank of America as the Collateral Agent hereunder and each
Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer authorizes the Collateral
Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the
Collateral Agent under such agreements and to exercise such powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, each
Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the
Collateral Agent to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under,
each of the Loan Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party, to exercise
all rights, powers and remedies that the Collateral Agent may have under such
Loan Documents and, in the case of the Collateral Documents, to act as agent for
the Administrative Agents, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the other Secured
Parties under such Collateral Documents.

      (b) As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents (including enforcement or collection), no Agent shall be
required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to
act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or
refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, Required
Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Term Loan Lenders, as the case may be, and
such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and the L/C Issuer;
provided, however, that no Agent shall be required to take any action that (i)
such Agent in good faith believes exposes it to personal liability unless such
Agent receives an indemnification satisfactory to it from the Lenders and the
L/C Issuer with respect to such action or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement or
applicable Law. Each Agent agrees to give to each other Agent, each Lender and
the L/C Issuer prompt notice of each notice given to it by any Loan Party
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

      (c) In performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, (i) the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent is acting
solely on behalf of the Swing Line Lender, the Revolving Credit Lenders and the
L/C Issuer, (ii) the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent is acting solely on
behalf of the Term Loan Lenders and (iii) the Collateral Agent is acting solely
on behalf of the Administrative Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, except,
in the cases of the Administrative Agents, to the limited extent provided in
Section 2.11(b) (Evidence of Debt), and each of their respective duties are
entirely administrative in nature. No Agent assumes, and shall not be deemed to
have assumed, any obligation other than as expressly set forth herein and in the
other Loan Documents or any other relationship as the agent, fiduciary or
trustee of or for any Lender, L/C Issuer or holder of any other

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Obligation. Any of the Agents may perform any of its respective duties under any
Loan Document by or through its agents or employees.

      (d) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any
Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the
L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the
Administrative Agents in this Article X (Agents) with respect to any acts taken
or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit
issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements
for letters of credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the
term "Administrative Agent" as used in this Article X (Agents) and in the
definition of "Agent-Related Person" included the L/C Issuer with respect to
such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided herein with respect to
the L/C Issuer.

10.02 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT'S RELIANCE, ETC.

      None of the Agents, any of its respective Affiliates or any of their
respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it, him, her or them under or in
connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except for its, his,
her or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting the
foregoing, each Administrative Agent and, other than in respect of clause (a),
the Collateral Agent (a) may treat the payee of any Note as its holder until
such Note has been assigned in accordance with Section 11.07 (Assignments and
Participations), (b) may rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section
2.11 (Evidence of Debt), (c) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel
to the Borrower or any other Loan Party), independent public accountants and
other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such
counsel, accountants or experts, (d) makes no warranty or representation to any
other Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer and shall not be responsible to any other
Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer for any statements, warranties or
representations made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (e) shall
not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire either as to the performance or
observance of any term, covenant or condition of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, as to the financial condition of any Loan Party or as to the
existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default, (f) shall
not be responsible to any other Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer for the due
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value
of, or the attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien created or purported
to be created under or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or
thereto and (g) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or
other instrument or writing (which writing may be a telecopy or electronic mail)
or any telephone message believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the
proper party or parties.

10.03 POSTING OF APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

      (a) Each of the Agents, Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Borrower and each
Guarantor agrees that each Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may,
but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved Electronic Communications
available to the applicable Lenders and the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, by
posting such Approved Electronic Communications on IntraLinks(TM) or a
substantially similar electronic platform chosen by the Agents to be their
electronic transmission system for matters in connection with this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents (the "Approved Electronic Platform").

      (b) Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal
are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies
implemented or modified by the applicable Agent from time to time (including, as
of the Closing Date, a dual firewall and a User ID/Password

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Authorization System) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a
single-user-per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the
Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders,
the L/C Issuer, the Borrower and the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that the
distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure
and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such
distribution. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded
by such distribution and for the other consideration provided hereunder, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Lenders,
the L/C Issuer, the Borrower and the Guarantors hereby approves distribution of
the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform
and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.

      (c) The Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved Electronic
Platform are provided "as is" and "as available". None of the Agents or any of
their respective Affiliates or any of the other Agent-Related Persons warrant
the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications
and the Approved Electronic Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for
errors or omissions in the Approved Electronic Communications and the Approved
Electronic Platform. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory
(including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose,
non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code
defects) is made by any of the Agent-Related Persons in connection with the
Approved Electronic Communications or the Approved Electronic Platform.

      (d) Each of the Agents, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Borrower and the
Subsidiary Guarantors agree that the Agents (or any of them) may, but (except as
may be required by applicable Law) shall not be obligated to, store the Approved
Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with
such Agent's generally-applicable document retention procedures and policies.

      (e) The Borrower hereby acknowledges that certain of the Lenders may be
"public-side" Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material
non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a
"Public Lender"). The Borrower hereby agrees that (a) all Approved Electronic
Communications that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly
and conspicuously marked "PUBLIC" which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word
"PUBLIC" shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (b) by marking
Approved Electronic Communications "PUBLIC," the Borrower shall be deemed to
have authorized the Agents, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such
Approved Electronic Communications as not containing any material non-public
information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of
United States federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the
extent such Approved Electronic Communications constitute Information, they
shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.07 (Assignments and Participations);
(y) all Approved Electronic Communications marked "PUBLIC" are permitted to be
made available through a portion of the Approved Electronic Platform designated
as "Public Investor;" and (z) the Agents, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall
be entitled to treat any Approved Electronic Communications that are not marked
"PUBLIC" as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Approved
Electronic Platform not marked as "Public Investor."

10.04 THE AGENTS INDIVIDUALLY.

      With respect to its respective Pro Rata Share, each of CNAI and Bank of
America shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is
subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to the extent set forth
herein for any other Lender. The terms "Lenders", "Revolving Credit Lenders",
"Term Loan Lenders", "Required Lenders", "Required Revolving Credit Lenders" and
"Required Term Loan Lenders" and any similar terms shall, unless the context
clearly otherwise indicates, include, without limitation, each Agent in its
individual capacity as a Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender,

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Term Loan Lender or as one of the Required Lenders, as the case may be. Each of
CNAI and Bank of America and their respective Affiliates may accept deposits
from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other
business with, any Loan Party as if such Person were not acting as an Agent
under the Loan Documents.

10.05 LENDER CREDIT DECISION.

      Each Lender and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that it shall, independently
and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender conduct its own
independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Borrower
and each other Loan Party in connection with the making and continuance of the
Loans and with the issuance of the Letters of Credit. Each Lender and the L/C
Issuer also acknowledges that it shall, independently and without reliance upon
any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it
shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in
taking or not taking action under this Agreement and other Loan Documents.

10.06 INDEMNIFICATION.

      Each (a) Revolving Credit Lender and the Swing Line Lender agrees to
indemnify the Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative
Agent and each of its respective Affiliates, and each of their respective
directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (to the extent not
reimbursed by the Borrower) and (b) each Term Loan Lender agrees to indemnify
the Collateral Agent and the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent and each of
its respective Affiliates, and each of their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents and advisors (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower),
in each case from and against such Lender's aggregate Pro Rata Share of any and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including reasonable fees, expenses
and disbursements of financial and legal advisors) of any kind or nature
whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, the
applicable Agent or any of its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees,
agents and advisors in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted by the applicable Agent
under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided, however, that 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 or such Affiliate's gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse each
applicable Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket
expenses (including Attorney Costs and reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of financial advisors) incurred by such Agent in connection with
the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or
enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of,
or legal advice in respect of its rights or responsibilities under, this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, to the extent that such Agent is not
reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower or another Loan Party.

10.07 SUCCESSOR AGENTS

      (a) Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent. The Revolving Credit
Facility Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the other Agents, the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Swing Line Lender
and the Borrower.

            (i) Upon any such resignation, CNAI shall have the right (in its
sole discretion) but not the obligation to become the successor Revolving Credit
Facility Administrative Agent by delivering written notice of such acceptance to
the other Agents, the Revolving Credit Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line
Lender and the Borrower within 15 days after its receipt of the retiring
Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent's notice of resignation.

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            (ii) In the event that CNAI shall not have agreed to act as
successor Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent as provided in the
preceding clause (i) or in the event that CNAI is the retiring Revolving Credit
Facility Administrative Agent, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall have
the right to appoint a successor Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent.
If no successor Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent shall have been
so appointed by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, and shall have accepted
such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent's giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring
Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Revolving
Credit Facility Lenders, appoint a successor Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent, selected from among the Revolving Credit Facility Lenders.
In either case, such appointment shall be subject to the prior written approval
of the Borrower and the other Agents (which approval may not be unreasonably
withheld and, in the case of the Borrower only, shall not be required upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default).

            (iii) Upon CNAI agreeing to act as a successor Revolving Credit
Facility Administrative Agent in accordance with clause (i) above or the
acceptance of any appointment as Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent
by a successor Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent in accordance with
clause (ii) above, as the case may be, such successor Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent, and the retiring Revolving Credit Facility Administrative
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents. Prior to any retiring Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder as Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent, the retiring Revolving Credit Facility Administrative
Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the
successor Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent its rights as Revolving
Credit Facility Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. After such
resignation, the retiring Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent shall
continue to have the benefit of this Article X as to any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by it while it was Revolving Credit Facility Administrative
Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

      (b) Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent. The Term Loan Facility
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to
the other Agents, the Term Loan Lenders and the Borrower.

            (i) Upon any such resignation, Bank of America shall have the right
(in its sole discretion) but not the obligation to become the successor Term
Loan Facility Administrative Agent by delivering written notice of such
acceptance to the other Agents, the Term Loan Lenders and the Borrower within 15
days after its receipt of the retiring Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent's
notice of resignation.

            (ii) In the event that Bank of America shall not have agreed to act
as successor Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent as provided in the
preceding clause (i) or in the event that Bank of America is the retiring Term
Loan Facility Administrative Agent, the Required Term Loan Lenders shall have
the right to appoint a successor Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent. If no
successor Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed
by the Required Term Loan Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment,
within 30 days after the retiring Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent's
giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Term Loan Facility
Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Term Loan Facility Lenders, appoint a
successor Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent, selected from among the Term
Loan Facility Lenders. In either case, such appointment shall be subject to the
prior written approval of the Borrower and the other Agents (which

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approval may not be unreasonably withheld and, in the case of the Borrower only,
shall not be required upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default).

            (iii) Upon Bank of America agreeing to act as a successor Term Loan
Facility Administrative Agent in accordance with clause (i) above or the
acceptance of any appointment as Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent by a
successor Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent in accordance with clause (ii)
above, as the case may be, such successor Term Loan Facility Administrative
Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent,
and the retiring Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent shall be discharged
from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Prior to any retiring Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent's
resignation hereunder as Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent, the retiring
Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be
reasonably necessary to assign to the successor Term Loan Facility
Administrative Agent its rights as Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent under
the Loan Documents. After such resignation, the retiring Term Loan Facility
Administrative Agent shall continue to have the benefit of this Article X as to
any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Term Loan Facility
Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

      (c) Collateral Agent. The Collateral Administrative Agent may resign at
any time by giving written notice thereof to the other Agents, the Lenders, the
L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and the Borrower.

            (i) Upon any such resignation, CNAI shall have the right (in its
sole discretion) but not the obligation to become the successor Collateral Agent
by delivering written notice of such acceptance to the other Agents, the
Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and the Borrower within 15 days
after its receipt of the retiring Collateral Agent's notice of resignation

            (ii) In the event that CNAI shall not have agreed to act as
successor Collateral Agent as provided in the preceding clause (i) or in the
event that CNAI is the retiring Collateral Agent, the Required Lenders shall
have the right to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. If no successor
Collateral Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall
have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Collateral
Agent's giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may,
on behalf of the Secured Parties, appoint a successor Collateral Agent, selected
from among the Lenders. In either case, such appointment shall be subject to the
prior written approval of the Borrower and the other Agents (which approval may
not be unreasonably withheld and, in the case of the Borrower only, shall not be
required upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default).
Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent by a successor
Collateral Agent, such successor Collateral Agent shall succeed to, and become
vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring
Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Prior
to any retiring Collateral Agent's resignation hereunder as Collateral Agent,
the retiring Collateral Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably
necessary to assign to the successor Collateral Administrative Agent its rights
as Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents. After such resignation, the
retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to have the benefit of this Article X
as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Collateral
Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

10.08 PAYING AGENTS; COLLATERAL AND GUARANTY MATTERS.

      (a) (i) The Swing Line Lender, each Revolving Credit Lender and the L/C
Issuer agrees that any action taken by the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where required by the express
terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders) in accordance

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with the provisions of this Agreement or of the other Loan Documents, and the
exercise by the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) of the powers set forth
herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon the Swing Line Lender and all of
the Revolving Credit Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the other Secured Parties.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Revolving Credit Facility
Administrative Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to
act as the disbursing and collecting agent for the Revolving Credit Lenders and
the L/C Issuer with respect to all payments and collections arising in
connection with the Revolving Credit Facility.

            (ii) Each Term Loan Lender agrees that any action taken by the Term
Loan Facility Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where required
by the express terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders) in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or of the other Loan Documents,
and the exercise by the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) of the powers set forth
herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Term Loan Lenders and
other Secured Parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right
and authority to act as the disbursing and collecting agent for the Term Loan
Lenders with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with
the Term Loan Facility any other Obligations under the Loan Documents (other
than in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility or any Swap Contracts or Cash
Management Documents that constitute Loan Documents).

      (b) Each Lender and the L/C Issuer agrees that any action taken by the
Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where required by the express
terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement or of the other Loan Documents, and the
exercise by the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where so required,
such greater proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together
with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized
and binding upon the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the other Secured Parties.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall
have the sole and exclusive right and authority to (i) act as the disbursing and
collecting agent for the Lenders and the L/C Issuer with respect to all payments
and collections arising in connection with the Collateral Documents; provided,
that the Collateral Agent shall pay such amounts to the applicable
Administrative Agent for application in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) execute and deliver each Collateral
Document and accept delivery of each such agreement delivered by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) act as collateral agent for the Administrative
Agents, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the other Secured Parties for purposes
of the perfection of all security interests and Liens created by such agreements
and all other purposes stated therein, provided, however, that the Collateral
Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Administrative Agent, each
Lender and the L/C Issuer to act as collateral sub-agent for the Collateral
Agent, the Administrative Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer for purposes of
the perfection of all security interests and Liens with respect to the
Collateral, including any Deposit Accounts maintained by a Loan Party with, and
cash and Cash Equivalents held by, such Administrative Agent, Lender or such L/C
Issuer, (iv) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (v) take
such action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority
of the security interests and Liens created or purported to be created by the
Collateral Documents and (vi) except as may be otherwise specifically restricted
by the terms hereof or of any other Loan Document, exercise all remedies given
to the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the other Secured
Parties with respect to the Collateral under the Loan Documents relating
thereto, applicable Law or otherwise.

      (c) (i) Each of the Administrative Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer
hereby consents to the release and hereby directs, in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Collateral Agent to

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release (or, in the case of clause (b) below, release or subordinate) any Lien
held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against any
of the following:

                  (A) all of the Collateral and all Loan Parties, upon
            termination of the Commitments and payment and satisfaction in full
            of all Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations and all other
            Obligations that the Agents have been notified in writing are then
            due and payable (and, in respect of contingent L/C Obligations, with
            respect to which Cash Collateral in the amount of such L/C
            Obligations has been deposited or a back-stop letter of credit has
            been issued, in either case in Dollars and on terms satisfactory to
            the Administrative Agents and the L/C Issuer);

                  (B) any assets that are subject to a Lien permitted by Section
            8.01(i) (Liens); and

                  (C) any part of the Collateral contributed to a HUD Subsidiary
            or sold or otherwise Disposed of by a Loan Party if such
            contribution, sale or other Disposition is permitted by this
            Agreement (or permitted pursuant to a waiver of or consent to a
            transaction otherwise prohibited by this Agreement).

            (ii) Each of the Administrative Agents, the Lenders and the L/C
Issuer hereby directs the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver or file such
termination and partial release statements and do such other things as are
necessary to release Liens to be released pursuant to this Section 10.08
promptly upon the effectiveness of any such release. Upon request by the Agents,
the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the authority of the Collateral
Agent to release or subordinate its interest in particular types of Property
pursuant to this Section 10.08 (c).

      (d) Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby consents to the release
and hereby directs the Administrative Agents, at their option and in their
discretion, to release any Guarantor from its Obligations under the Guaranty if
such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted
under this Agreement (or permitted pursuant to a waiver of or consent to a
transaction otherwise prohibited by this Agreement). Upon request by the
Administrative Agents, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the
Administrative Agents' authority to release any Guarantor from its Obligations
under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 10.08(d).

10.09 COLLATERAL MATTERS RELATING TO RELATED OBLIGATIONS

      The benefit of the Loan Documents and of the provisions of this Agreement
relating to the Collateral shall extend to and be available in respect of any
Obligation arising under any Swap Contract or Cash Management Obligation or that
is otherwise owed to Persons other than the Agents, the Lenders and the L/C
Issuer (collectively, "Related Obligations") solely on the condition and
understanding, as among the Agents and all Secured Parties, that (a) the Related
Obligations shall be entitled to the benefit of the Loan Documents and the
Collateral to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and to such extent the Collateral Agent shall hold, and have the
right and power to act with respect to, the Guaranty and the Collateral on
behalf of and as agent for the holders of the Related Obligations, but each
Agent is otherwise acting solely as agent for the Lenders and the L/C Issuer and
shall have no fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty, duty of care, duty of disclosure
or other obligation whatsoever to any holder of Related Obligations, (b) all
matters, acts and omissions relating in any manner to the Guaranty, the
Collateral, or the omission, creation, perfection, priority, abandonment or
release of any Lien, shall be governed solely by the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and no separate Lien, right, power or
remedy shall arise or exist in favor of any Secured Party under any separate
instrument or agreement or in respect of any Related Obligation, (c) each
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Party shall be bound by all actions taken or omitted, in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, by any Agent and the
Required Lenders, each of whom shall be entitled to act at its sole discretion
and exclusively in its own interest given its own Commitments and its own
interest in the Loans, L/C Obligations and other Obligations to it arising under
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without any duty or liability to any
other Secured Party or as to any Related Obligation and without regard to
whether any Related Obligation remains outstanding or is deprived of the benefit
of the Collateral or becomes unsecured or is otherwise affected or put in
jeopardy thereby, (d) no holder of Related Obligations and no other Secured
Party (except the Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to the extent set
forth in this Agreement) shall have any right to be notified of, or to direct,
require or be heard with respect to, any action taken or omitted in respect of
the Collateral or under this Agreement or the Loan Documents and (e) no holder
of any Related Obligation shall exercise any right of setoff, banker's lien or
similar right except to the extent provided in Section 11.09 (Set-off) and then
only to the extent such right is exercised in compliance with Section 11.16
(Sharing of Payments, Etc.).

10.10 ARRANGERS; OTHER AGENTS. None of the Arrangers, the Lenders or other
Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a
"documentation agent," "co-documentation agent," "co-agent," "book manager,"
"book-running manager," "lead manager," "arranger," "lead arranger" or
"co-arranger" shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility
or duty under this Agreement other than, in the case of such Persons in their
respective capacities as Lenders, those applicable to all Lenders as such.
Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Arrangers, the Lenders or other
Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship
with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not
rely, on any of the Arrangers, the Lenders or other Persons so identified in
deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action
hereunder.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

11.01 AMENDMENTS, ETC.

      (a) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document nor consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in
any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and (x) in the case
of an amendment to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, signed
by the Administrative Agents, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, (y) in
the case of any such waiver or consent, signed by the Required Lenders (or by
the Administrative Agents with the consent of the Required Lenders) and (z) in
the case of any other amendment (except as provided in clause (iii) below and
except as provided in Section 2.14 (Increases in Commitments)), by the Required
Lenders (or the Administrative Agents with the consent of the Required Lenders),
the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, and then any such waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose
for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall,
unless in writing and signed by each Lender directly affected thereby, in
addition to the parties required by clauses (x), (y) or (z) above, do any of the
following:

            (i) waive any condition specified in Section 5.01 (Conditions
Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions) or 5.02 (Conditions Precedent to Each
Credit Extension), except with respect to a condition based upon another
provision hereof, the waiver of which requires only the concurrence of the
Required Lenders and, in the case of the conditions specified in Section 5.01
(Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions), subject to the provisions
of Section 5.03 (Determination of Initial Borrowing Conditions);

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            (ii) extend or increase the Commitment of such Lender or subject
such Lender to any additional obligation (or reinstate any Revolving Credit
Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 2.08 (Mandatory Prepayments) or 9.02
(Remedies Upon Event of Default));

            (iii) extend the scheduled final maturity of any Loan owing to such
Lender, or waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled date fixed for the payment or
reduction of principal of any such Loan (it being understood that Section 2.08
(Mandatory Prepayments) does not provide for scheduled dates fixed for payment)
or for the reduction of such Lender's Commitment; provided, however, that any
extension of the Revolving Credit Termination Date shall require the consent
only of each Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and each Revolving Credit
Lender;

            (iv) reduce or forgive the principal amount of any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation owing to such Lender (other than by the payment or
prepayment thereof pursuant to the terms of this Agreement);

            (v) reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or Reimbursement
Obligations outstanding to such Lender except as otherwise permitted hereunder
or any fee payable hereunder to such Lender;

            (vi) postpone any scheduled date fixed for payment of such interest
or fees owing to such Lender or waive any such payment;

            (vii) change the aggregate number of Lenders required for any or all
Lenders to take any action hereunder;

            (viii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral except as
provided in Section 10.08 (Paying Agents; Collateral and Guaranty Matters) or
release the Borrower from its payment obligation to such Lender under this
Agreement or the Notes owing to such Lender (if any) or release any material
Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty except in connection with the
sale or other Disposition of such material Guarantors (or all or substantially
all of the assets thereof) permitted by this Agreement (or permitted pursuant to
a waiver or consent of a transaction otherwise prohibited by this Agreement); or

            (ix) amend Section 2.13 (Payments and Computations), Section
10.08(c) or (d) (Paying Agents; Collateral and Guaranty Matters), this Section
11.01, Section 11.16 (Sharing of Payments, Etc.) or the definitions of the terms
"Required Lenders," "Required Revolving Credit Lenders," "Required Term Loan
Lenders," or "Pro Rata Share";

      and provided, further, that (v) any modification of the application of
payments to the Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.08 (Mandatory Prepayments) shall
require the consent of the Required Term Loan Lenders and any such modification
of the application of payments to the Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.08
(Mandatory Prepayments) or the reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments
pursuant to Section 2.05 (Reduction or Termination of the Commitments) shall
require the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, (w) no amendment,
waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by any Special Purpose
Vehicle that has been granted an option pursuant to Section 11.07(e)
(Assignments and Participations) affect the grant or nature of such option or
the right or duties of such Special Purpose Vehicle hereunder, (x) no amendment,
waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in
addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or
duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (y)
no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the
Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such
action, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this
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Loan Documents and (z) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing
and signed by the Collateral Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to
take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Collateral Agent under this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

      (b) Each Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with
the written concurrence of any applicable 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 the Borrower in any
case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in
similar or other circumstances unless otherwise required hereunder.

      (c) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or
termination (a "Proposed Change") requiring the consent of all affected Lenders,
the consent of Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of other Lenders
whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not
obtained as described in this Section 11.01 being referred to as a
"Non-Consenting Lender"), then, so long as the Lender acting as the Revolving
Credit Facility Administrative Agent (in the case of Revolving Lenders) and the
Lender acting as the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent (in the case of
Term Loan Lenders) is not a Non-Consenting Lender, at the Borrower's request, an
Eligible Assignee reasonably acceptable to the applicable Administrative Agent
shall have the right with such Administrative Agent's consent and in such
Administrative Agent's reasonable discretion (but shall have no obligation) to
purchase from all (and not less than all) such Non-Consenting Lenders, and each
such Non-Consenting Lender agrees that it shall, upon the applicable
Administrative Agent's request, sell and assign to (i) the Lender acting as the
Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent or such Eligible Assignee, all of
the Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Outstandings of each such
Non-Consenting Lender if such Non-Consenting Lender is a Revolving Lender and
(ii) the Lender acting as the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent or such
Eligible Assignee, all of the Outstanding Amount of the Term Loan owing to each
such Non-Consenting Lender if such Non-Consenting Lender is a Term Loan Lender,
in each case for an amount equal to the principal balance of all such Revolving
Loans or Term Loans, as applicable, held by the Non-Consenting Lenders and all
accrued and unpaid interest and fees with respect thereto through the date of
sale; provided, however, that each such Eligible Assignee shall consent to such
Proposed Change and shall pay, to the extent not paid by the Borrower, the
$3,500 assignment fee pursuant to Section 11.07; provided, further, that such
purchase and sale shall be recorded in the Register maintained by the applicable
Administrative Agent and shall not be effective until (x) the applicable
Administrative Agent shall have received from each such Eligible Assignee a duly
executed Assignment and Assumption and (y) each such Non-Consenting Lender shall
have received payments of all the Outstanding Amounts of the Revolving Loans or
the Outstanding Amount of the Term Loan, as applicable, held by it and all
accrued and unpaid interest and fees with respect thereto through the date of
the sale. Each Lender agrees that, if it becomes a Non-Consenting Lender, it
shall execute and deliver to the applicable Administrative Agent an Assignment
and Assumption to evidence such sale and purchase and shall deliver to the
applicable Administrative Agent any Note (if the assigning Lender's Loans are
evidenced by Notes) subject to such Assignment and Assumption; provided,
however, that the failure of any Non-Consenting Lender to execute an Assignment
and Assumption shall not render such sale and purchase (and the corresponding
assignment) invalid and such assignment shall be recorded in the applicable
Register.

11.02 NOTICES, ETC.

      (a) Addresses for Notices. All notices, demands, requests and other
communications provided for in this Agreement shall be given in writing, or by
any telecommunication device capable of creating a written record (including
electronic mail), and addressed to the party to be notified as follows:

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            (i)   if to the Borrower:

                  Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
                  840 Crescent Centre Drive
                  Suite 460
                  Franklin, TN 37067
                  Attention: Brent Turner
                  Telecopy no: (615) 312-5711
                  E-Mail Address: bturner@psysolutions.com

            (ii) if to the L/C Issuer, at the address set forth under its name
on Schedule 11.02 (Lending Offices and Addresses for Notices);

            (iii) if to any Lender, at its Lending Office specified opposite its
name on Schedule 11.02 (Lending Offices and Addresses for Notices) or on the
signature page of any applicable Assignment and Assumption;

            (iv) if to the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or the Swing Line Lender:

                  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
                  231 South LaSalle Street
                  Chicago, Illinois  60697
                  Mail Code: IL1-231-08-30
                  Attention: Walter Batson
                  Telecopy no: (877) 207-2381
                  E-Mail Address: walter.k.batson@bankofamerica.com

                  with a copy to the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent at
                  its address below

            (v)   if to the Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent:

                  CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.
                  390 Greenwich Street
                  New York, New York 10013
                  Attention: Dawayne Sims
                  Telecopy no: (212) 994-0961
                  E-Mail Address: dawayne.sims@citigroup.com

                  with a copy to the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative
                  Agent at its address above

      or at such other address as shall be notified in writing (x) in the case
of the Borrower, the Administrative Agents, the Collateral Agent and the Swing
Line Lender, to the other parties and (y) in the case of all other parties, to
the Borrower, the Administrative Agents and the Collateral Agent. All such
notices and communications shall be effective upon personal delivery (if
delivered by hand, including any overnight courier service), when deposited in
the mails (if sent by mail), or when properly delivered (if sent by a
telecommunications device or through the Internet); provided, however, that
notices and communications to an Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II
(The Commitments and Credit

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Extensions) or Article X (Agents) shall not be effective until received by the
applicable Administrative Agent.

      (b) Effectiveness of Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents and
other communications described in clause (a) above shall be effective (i) if
delivered by hand, including any overnight courier service, upon personal
delivery, (ii) if delivered by mail, when deposited in the mails, (iii) if
delivered by posting to an Approved Electronic Platform, an Internet website or
a similar telecommunication device requiring a user prior access to such
Approved Electronic Platform, website or other device, when such notice, demand,
request, consent and other communication shall have been made generally
available on such Approved Electronic Platform, Internet website or similar
device to the class of Person being notified (regardless of whether any such
Person must accomplish, and whether or not any such Person shall have
accomplished, any action prior to obtaining access to such items, including
registration, disclosure of contact information, compliance with a standard user
agreement or undertaking a duty of confidentiality) and (iv) if delivered by
electronic mail or any other telecommunications device, when transmitted to an
electronic mail address (or by another means of electronic delivery) as provided
in clause (a) above; provided, however, that notices and communications to any
Agent pursuant to Article II (The Commitments and Credit Extensions) or Article
X (Agents) shall not be effective until received by such Agent.

      (c) Use of Electronic Platform. Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above
(unless the any Agent requests that the provisions of clause (a) and (b) above
be followed) and any other provision in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document providing for the delivery of, any Approved Electronic Communication by
any other means, the Loan Parties shall deliver all Approved Electronic
Communications to the applicable Agent by properly transmitting such Approved
Electronic Communications electronically (in a format acceptable to the
applicable Administrative Agent) to (i) in the case of the Term Loan
Administrative Agent, oploanswebadmin@citigroup.com, (ii) in the case of the
Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent, _____________(1) or (iii) in any
case, such other electronic mail address (or similar means of electronic
delivery) as the applicable Agent may notify the Borrower and the other Agents.
Nothing in this clause (c) shall prejudice the right of any Agent or any Lender
or L/C to deliver any Approved Electronic Communication to any Loan Party in any
manner authorized in this Agreement.

11.03 NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.

      No failure on the part of any Lender, L/C Issuer or any Agent to exercise,
and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The
remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies
provided by Law.

11.04 ATTORNEY COSTS, EXPENSES AND TAXES.

      (a) Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party agrees upon demand to
pay, or reimburse each Agent for all of such Agent's reasonable external audit,
legal, appraisal, valuation, filing, document duplication and reproduction and
investigation expenses and for all other reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses of every type and nature (including (x) the Attorney Costs of counsel
to the Administrative Agents and the Collateral Agent, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
LLP, (y) the Attorney Costs of such other local legal counsel as may be retained
by the Agents in connection with the security arrangements contemplated by the
Loan Documents and, if necessary or reasonably advisable in

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connection with the Loan Documents, regulatory counsel, and (z) the costs and
expenses of auditors, accountants, appraisers, printers, insurance and
environmental advisors, and other consultants and agents) incurred by the Agents
in connection with any of the following: (i) the Agents' audit and investigation
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with the preparation,
negotiation or execution of any Loan Document or the Agents' periodic audits of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (ii) the
preparation, negotiation, execution or interpretation of this Agreement
(including the satisfaction or attempted satisfaction of any condition set forth
in Article V (Conditions Precedent)), any Loan Document or any proposal letter
or commitment letter issued in connection therewith, or the making of the Loans
or other Credit Extensions hereunder, (iii) the creation, perfection or
protection of the Liens under any Loan Document (including any Attorney Costs
for local counsel in various jurisdictions), (iv) the ongoing administration of
this Agreement and the Loans and other Credit Extensions, including consultation
with attorneys in connection therewith and with respect to the rights and
responsibilities of the Agents hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (v)
the protection, collection or enforcement of any Obligation or the enforcement
of any Loan Document, (vi) the commencement, defense or intervention in any
court proceeding relating in any way to the Obligations, the Borrower, any other
Loan Party, any of the Borrower's Subsidiaries, the Ardent Acquisition, the
other Transactions, the Related Documents, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, (vii) the response to, and preparation for, any subpoena or request
for document production with which any Agent is served or deposition or other
proceeding in which any Agent is called to testify, in each case, relating in
any way to the Obligations, the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any of the
Borrower's Subsidiaries, the Ardent Acquisition, the Related Documents, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or (viii) any amendment, consent, waiver,
assignment, restatement, or supplement to any Loan Document or the preparation,
negotiation and execution of the same.

      (b) Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party further agrees to pay
or reimburse each of the Agents and each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer upon
demand for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs,
allocated costs of internal counsel and costs of settlement), incurred by any
Agent, such Lenders or such L/C Issuer in connection with any of the following:
(i) in enforcing any Loan Document or Obligation or any security therefor or
exercising or enforcing any other right or remedy available by reason of an
Event of Default, (ii) in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of
the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a "work-out" or in
any insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding, (iii) in commencing, defending or
intervening in any litigation or in filing a petition, complaint, answer, motion
or other pleadings in any legal proceeding relating to the Obligations, the
Borrower, any other Loan Party, any of the Borrower's Subsidiaries and related
to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby or by any other Loan
Document or Related Document or (iv) in taking any other action in or with
respect to any suit or proceeding (bankruptcy or otherwise) described in clause
(i), (ii) or (iii) above.

      (c) All amounts due under this Section 11.04 shall be payable within ten
Business Days after demand therefor. The agreements in this Section 11.04 shall
survive the termination of the Commitments and repayment of all Obligations.

11.05 INDEMNIFICATION BY THE BORROWER; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

      (a) Indemnification.

            (i) Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Agent, each Arranger, each Lender and the L/C
Issuer (including each Person obligated on a Swap Contract that is a Loan
Document if such Person was a Lender or L/C Issuer at the time of it entered
into such Swap Contract) and each of their respective Affiliates, and each of
the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, representatives,
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the foregoing (including those retained in connection with the satisfaction or
attempted satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V (Conditions
Precedent) (each such Person being an "Indemnitee") from and against any and all
claims, damages, liabilities, obligations, losses, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, disbursements and expenses, joint or several, of any
kind or nature (including reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of
financial and legal advisors to any such Indemnitee) that may be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in connection with or
arising out of any investigation, litigation or proceeding, whether or not such
investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any such indemnitee or any
of its directors, security holders or creditors or any such Indemnitee,
director, security holder or creditor is a party thereto, whether direct,
indirect, or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or local law
or other statutory regulation, securities or commercial law or regulation, or
under common law or in equity, or on contract, tort or otherwise, in any manner
relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any
Obligation, any Letter of Credit, any Related Document, or any act, event or
transaction related or attendant to any thereof, or the use or intended use of
the proceeds of the Credit Extensions or in connection with any investigation of
any potential matter covered hereby (collectively, the "Indemnified Matters");
provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have
any liability under this Section 11.05 to an Indemnitee with respect to any
Indemnified Matter that has resulted primarily from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of that Indemnitee, as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order. Without limiting the
foregoing, "Indemnified Matters" shall include (A) all Environmental Liabilities
arising from or connected with the past, present or future operations of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries involving any property subject to a
Collateral Document, or damage to real or personal property or natural resources
or harm or injury alleged to have resulted from any Release of Hazardous
Materials on, upon or into such property or any contiguous real estate, (B) any
costs or liabilities incurred in connection with any Remedial Action concerning
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (C) any costs or liabilities incurred
in connection with any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for
Environmental Liabilities and (D) any costs or liabilities incurred in
connection with any other matter under any Environmental Law, including the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (49
U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.) and applicable state property transfer laws,
whether, with respect to any such matter, such Indemnitee is a mortgagee
pursuant to any leasehold mortgage, a mortgagee in possession, the successor in
interest to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or the owner, lessee or
operator of any property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by virtue of
foreclosure, except, with respect to those matters referred to in clauses (A),
(B), (C) and (D) above, to the extent (x) incurred following foreclosure by any
Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, or any Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer
having become the successor in interest to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries and (y) attributable to acts of such Agent, such Lender or such L/C
Issuer or any agent on behalf of such Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer.

            (ii) Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party shall indemnify
the Agents, Lenders and the L/C Issuer for, and hold the Agents, the Lenders and
the L/C Issuer harmless from and against, any and all claims for brokerage
commissions, fees and other compensation made against the Agents, the Lenders
and the L/C Issuer for any broker, finder or consultant with respect to any
agreement, arrangement or understanding made by or on behalf of the Borrower or
any other Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

            (iii) Each of the Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties, at
the request of any Indemnitee, shall have the obligation to defend against any
investigation, litigation or proceeding or requested Remedial Action, in each
case contemplated in clause (a) above, and the Borrower and such other Loan
Parties, in any event, may participate in the defense thereof with legal counsel
of the Borrower's choice. In the event that such indemnitee requests the
Borrower or any Loan Party to defend against such investigation, litigation or
proceeding or requested Remedial Action, the Borrower or such Loan Party shall
promptly do so and such Indemnitee shall have the right to have legal counsel of
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choice participate in such defense. No action taken by legal counsel chosen by
such Indemnitee in defending against any such investigation, litigation or
proceeding or requested Remedial Action, shall vitiate or in any way impair the
obligation and duty hereunder of the Borrower and such other Loan Parties to
indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnitee.

            (iv) Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party agrees that any
indemnification or other protection provided to any Indemnitee pursuant to this
Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 11.05) or any other Loan Document
shall (A) survive payment in full of the Obligations and (B) inure to the
benefit of any Person that was at any time an Indemnitee under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document.

      (b) Limitation of Liability.

            (i) Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party agrees that no
Indemnitee shall have any liability (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) to
any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their
respective equity holders or creditors for or in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby and in the other Loan Documents and Related
Documents, except to the extent such liability is determined in a final
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
primarily from such Indemnitee's gross negligence or willful misconduct. In no
event, however, shall any Indemnitee be liable on any theory of liability for
any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (including any loss of
profits, business or anticipated savings). Each of the Borrower and each of the
other Loan Parties hereby waives, releases and agrees (each for itself and on
behalf of its Subsidiaries) not to sue upon any such claim for any special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages, whether or not accrued and whether
or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.

            (ii) IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY AGENT AFFILIATE HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY
LOAN PARTY, LENDER, L/C ISSUER OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT OR CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY
LOAN PARTY OR ANY AGENT AFFILIATE'S TRANSMISSION OF APPROVED ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR ANY USE OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC
PLATFORM, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH LIABILITY OF ANY AGENT AFFILIATE IS FOUND IN
A FINAL NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE
RESULTED PRIMARILY FORM SUCH AGENT AFFILIATE'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL
MISCONDUCT.

11.06 MARSHALLING; PAYMENTS SET ASIDE.

      None of any Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer shall be under any
obligation to marshal any assets in favor of the Borrower or any other party or
against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that the
Borrower makes a payment or payments to any Agent, the Lenders or the L/C Issuer
or any such Person receives payment from the proceeds of the Collateral 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 or required to be repaid to
a trustee, receiver or any other party, then to the extent of such recovery, the
obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens,
right and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in full force and
effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had
not occurred.

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11.07 ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS.

      (a) Each Lender may sell, transfer, negotiate or assign to one or more
Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations hereunder
(including all of its rights and obligations with respect to the Term Loans, the
Revolving Loans, the Swing Line Loans and the Letters of Credit); provided,
however, that

            (i) (A) if any such assignment shall be of the assigning Lender's
Revolving Credit Outstandings and Revolving Credit Commitments, such assignment
shall cover the same percentage of such Lender's Revolving Credit Outstandings
and Revolving Credit Commitment and (B) if any such assignment shall be of the
assigning Lender's Term Loans and Term Loan Commitment (if any), such assignment
shall cover the same percentage of such Lender's Term Loans and Term Loan
Commitment (if any);

            (ii) the aggregate amount being assigned pursuant to each such
assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Assumption with
respect to such assignment) shall in no event (if less than the Assignor's
entire interest) be less than (x) in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility,
$5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or (y) in the
case of the Term Loan Facility, $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000
in excess thereof, except, in any case, (A) with the consent of the Borrower
(not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the applicable Administrative
Agent or (B) if such assignment is being made to a Lender or an Affiliate or
Approved Fund of such Lender;

            (iii) if such Eligible Assignee is not, prior to the date of such
assignment, a Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of a Lender, such
assignment shall be subject to the prior consent of the applicable
Administrative Agent and the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed); and

            (iv) any assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment must be
approved by the Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer
and the Swing Line Lender (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed);

provided, further, that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section
11.07, the consent of the Borrower shall not be required (x) for any assignment
occurring when any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
(y) for any assignment by any Administrative Agent or any of their respective
Affiliates made within 30 Business Days after the Closing Date. Any such
assignment need not be ratable as among the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving
Credit Facility;

      (b) The parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording, an Assignment and
Assumption, together with any Note (if the assigning Lender's Loans are
evidenced by a Note) subject to such assignment. Upon the execution, delivery,
acceptance and recording of any Assignment and Assumption and, other than in
respect of assignments made pursuant to Section 3.07 (Substitution of Lenders)
and Section 11.01(c) (Amendments, Etc.), the receipt by the applicable
Administrative Agent from the assignee (other than an assignee that is CNAI,
Bank of America or any of their respective Affiliates) of an assignment fee in
the amount of $3,500 from and after the effective date specified in such
Assignment and Assumption (provided that in respect of multiple contemporaneous
assignments by any Lender to its Approved Funds, such assignment fee shall be in
an amount equal to $3,500 for the first such assignment to an Approved Fund of
such Lender), (i) the assignee thereunder shall become a party hereto and, to
the extent that rights and obligations under the Loan Documents have been
assigned to such assignee pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, have the
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such L/C Issuer hereunder and thereunder, (ii) the Notes (if any) corresponding
to the Loans assigned thereby shall be transferred to such assignee by notation
in the Register and (iii) the assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that
rights and obligations under this Agreement have been assigned by it pursuant to
such Assignment and Assumption, relinquish its rights (except for those
surviving the payment in full of the Obligations) and be released from its
obligations under the Loan Documents, other than those relating to events or
circumstances occurring prior to such assignment (and, in the case of an
Assignment and Assumption covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning
Lender's rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, such Lender shall
cease to be a party hereto).

      (c) Each Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in
Section 11.02 (Notices, Etc.) a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered
to and accepted by it and shall record in the applicable Register the names and
addresses of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, as applicable, and the principal
amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations, as applicable, owing to each such
Lender from time to time and the Commitments of each Lender. Any assignment
pursuant to this Section 11.07 shall not be effective until such assignment is
recorded in the Register.

      (d) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Assumption executed by an
assigning Lender and an assignee, the Administrative Agent shall, if such
Assignment and Assumption has been completed, (i) accept such Assignment and
Assumption, (ii) record, or cause to be recorded, the information contained
therein in the applicable Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the
Borrower. Within five Business Days after its receipt of such notice, the
Borrower, at its own expense, shall, if requested by such assignee, execute and
deliver to the applicable Administrative Agent new Notes to the order of such
assignee in an amount equal to the Commitments and Credit Extensions assumed by
such assignee pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption and, if the assigning
Lender has surrendered any Note for exchange in connection with the assignment
and has retained Commitments or Credit Extensions hereunder, new Notes to the
order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Commitments and Credit
Extensions retained by it hereunder. Such new Notes shall be dated the same date
as the surrendered Notes and be in substantially the form of Exhibit E-1 (Form
of Revolving Note), Exhibit E-2 (Form of Term Loan Note) or Exhibit E-3 (Form of
Swing Line Note), as applicable.

      (e) In addition to the other assignment rights provided in this Section
11.07, each Lender may:

            (i) grant to a Special Purpose Vehicle the option to make all or any
part of any Loan that such Lender would otherwise be required to make hereunder
and the exercise of such option by any such Special Purpose Vehicle and the
making of Loans pursuant thereto shall satisfy (once and to the extent that such
Loans are made) the obligation of such Lender to make such Loans thereunder,
provided, however, that (x) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment or an
offer to commit by such a Special Purpose Vehicle to make Loans hereunder and no
such Special Purpose Vehicle shall be liable for any indemnity or other
Obligation (other than the making of Loans for which such Special Purpose
Vehicle shall have exercised an option, and then only in accordance with the
relevant option agreement) and (y) such Lender's obligations under the Loan
Documents shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain responsible to the
other parties for the performance of its obligations under the terms of this
Agreement and shall remain the holder of the Obligations for all purposes
hereunder, and

            (ii) assign or pledge, as collateral or otherwise, all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired (including rights to payments of principal or interest on the Loans and
Notes or any other instrument evidencing its rights as a Lender under this
Agreement), to, without notice to or consent of the applicable Administrative
Agent or the Borrower, (A) any Federal Reserve Bank (pursuant to Regulation A of
the FRB), (B) any holder of, trustee for the benefit of, or any other
representative of holders of, the holders of such Revolving Credit Lender's

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Securities and (C) any Special Purpose Vehicle to which such Revolving Credit
Lender has granted an option pursuant to clause (i) above;

provided, however, that no such assignment or grant shall release such Lender
from any of its obligations hereunder except as expressly provided in clause (i)
above and except, in the case of a subsequent foreclosure pursuant to an
assignment as collateral, if such foreclosure is made in compliance with the
other provisions of this Section 11.07 other than this clause (e) or clause (f)
below. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that, prior to the date that is
one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial
paper or other senior debt of any such Special Purpose Vehicle, such party shall
not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, any
Special Purpose Vehicle that has been granted an option pursuant to this clause
(e) any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or liquidation proceeding (such
agreement shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations). The terms of
the designation of, or assignment to, such Special Purpose Vehicle shall not
restrict such Lender's ability to, or grant such Special Purpose Vehicle the
right to, consent to any amendment or waiver to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or to the departure by the Borrower from any provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document without the consent of such Special Purpose
Vehicle except, as long as the Agents and the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the
other Secured Parties shall continue to, and shall be entitled to continue to,
deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's
obligations under this Agreement, to the extent any such consent would reduce
the principal amount of, or the rate of interest on, any Obligations, amend
clause (e) or postpone any scheduled date of payment of such principal or
interest. Each Special Purpose Vehicle shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 3.01 (Taxes), 3.02 (Illegality) and Section 3.04(b) (Increased Cost and
Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy) as if it were such Lender; provided, however,
that anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no Borrower shall, at any
time, be obligated to make under Section 3.01 (Taxes), 3.02 (Illegality) or
Section 3.04(b) (Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy) a to any
such Special Purpose Vehicle and any such Lender any payment in excess of the
amount the Borrower would have been obligated to pay to such Lender in respect
of such interest if such Special Purpose Vehicle had not been assigned the
rights of such Lender hereunder; and provided, further, that such Special
Purpose Vehicle shall have no direct right to enforce any of the terms of this
Agreement against the Borrower, the Agents or the other Lenders. In the case of
any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank loans, such Lender may, without
the consent of Borrower or the applicable Administrative Agent, collaterally
assign or pledge all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement,
including the Loans and Notes or any other instrument evidencing its rights as a
Lender under this Agreement, to any holder of, trustee for, or any other
representative of holders of, obligations owed or securities issued, by such
fund, as security for such obligations or securities.

      (f) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more Persons in or to
all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents
(including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Term Loans,
Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit). The terms of such
participation shall not, in any event, require the participant's consent to any
amendments, waivers or other modifications of any provision of any Loan
Documents, the consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, or to the
exercising or refraining from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may
have under or in respect of the Loan Documents (including the right to enforce
the obligations of the Loan Parties), except if any such amendment, waiver or
other modification or consent would (i) reduce the amount, or postpone any date
fixed for, any amount (whether of principal, interest or fees) payable to such
participant under the Loan Documents, to which such participant would otherwise
be entitled under such participation or (ii) result in the release of all or
substantially all of the Collateral other than in accordance with Section 10.08
(Paying Agents; Collateral and Guaranty Matters). In the event of the sale of
any participation by any Lender, (w) such Lender's obligations under the Loan
Documents shall remain unchanged, (x) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties for the performance of such obligations, (y)
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purposes of this Agreement and (z) the Borrower, the Agents and the other
Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement. Each
participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 (Taxes), Section
3.02 (Illegality) and Section 3.04(b) (Increased Cost and Reduced Return;
Capital Adequacy) as if it were a Lender; provided, however, that anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower shall not, at any time, be
obligated to make under Section 3.01 (Taxes), Section 3.02 (Illegality) and
Section 3.04(b) (Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy) to the
participants in the rights and obligations of any Lender (together with such
Lender) any payment in excess of the amount the Borrower would have been
obligated to pay to such Lender in respect of such interest had such
participation not been sold.

      (g) The L/C Issuer may at any time assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to any other Lender by an instrument in form and substance
satisfactory to the Borrower, the Administrative Agents, such L/C Issuer and
such Lender. If the L/C Issuer ceases to be a Lender hereunder by virtue of any
assignment made pursuant to this Section 11.07, then, as of the effective date
of such cessation, such L/C Issuer's obligations to issue Letters of Credit
pursuant to Section 2.03 (Letters of Credit) shall terminate and such L/C Issuer
shall be an L/C Issuer hereunder only with respect to outstanding Letters of
Credit issued prior to such date.

      (h) The Swing Line Lender may at any time assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to any other Lender by an instrument in form and substance
satisfactory to the Borrower, the Administrative Agents, such Swing Line Lender
and such other Lender. If the Swing Line Lender ceases to be a Lender hereunder
by virtue of any assignment made pursuant to this Section 11.07, then, as of the
effective date of such cessation, such Swing Line Lender's obligations to make
Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04 (Swing Line Loans) shall terminate and
such Swing Line Lender shall be a Swing Line Lender hereunder only with respect
to outstanding Swing Line Loans issued prior to such date.

11.08 CONFIDENTIALITY.

      Each Lender and each Agent agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the
Confidential Borrower Information, except that Confidential Borrower Information
may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates' directors, officers, trustees,
employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors
(it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Borrower Information
and instructed to keep such Confidential Borrower Information confidential), (b)
to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required
by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process,
(d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of
any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or
thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the
same as those of this Section 11.08, to any assignee of or participant in, or
any prospective assignee of or participant in, any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement, (g) with the written consent of the Borrower, (h) to
current or prospective assignees, participants and Special Purpose Vehicles
grantees of any option described in Section 11.07(e) (Assignments and
Participations), contractual counterparties in any Swap Contract permitted
hereunder and to their respective legal or financial advisors, in each case and
to the extent such assignees, participants, grantees or counterparties agree to
be bound by, and to cause their advisors to comply with, the provisions of this
Section 11.08 or (i) to the extent such Confidential Borrower Information (i)
becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section
11.08 or (ii) becomes available to any Lender or Agent on a nonconfidential
basis from a source other than the Borrower. Any Person required to maintain the
confidentiality of Confidential Borrower Information as provided in this Section
11.08 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such
Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of
such Confidential Borrower Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information.

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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the
contrary, the Borrowers, each Lender and each Agent (and each employee,
representative or other agent of the Borrowers) may disclose to any and all
persons, without limitation of any kind, the U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax
structure of the Transactions and all materials of any kind (including opinions
or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Borrower relating to such U.S.
tax treatment and U.S. tax structure..

11.09 SET-OFF.

      Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default
each Lender and each Affiliate of a Lender is hereby authorized at any time and
from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply
any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final)
at any time held and other Indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or its
Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and
all of the Obligations now or hereafter existing whether or not such Lender
shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and
even though such Obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to
notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application made by such Lender
or its Affiliates; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall
not affect the validity of such set-off and application. Each Lender agrees that
it shall not, without the express consent of the Required Lenders (and that, it
shall, to the extent lawfully entitled to do so, upon the request of the
Required Lenders) exercise its set-off rights under this Section 11.09 against
any deposit accounts of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries maintained with
such Lender or any Affiliate thereof. The rights of each Lender under this
Section 11.09 are in addition to the other rights and remedies (including other
rights of set-off) that such Lender may have.

11.10 INTEREST RATE LIMITATION.

      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document,
the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed
the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the
"Maximum Rate"). If any Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount
that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the
principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the
Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or
received by any Agent or any Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may,
to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is
not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude
voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate,
allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest
throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

11.11 COUNTERPARTS.

      This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall
be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate
counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages
are attached to the same document. Delivery of an executed signature page of
this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement
signed by all parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and each Agent.

11.12 INTEGRATION.

      This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the
complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof
and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements,

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written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between
the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the
provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of
supplemental rights or remedies in favor of any Agent or the Lenders in any
other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each
Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties
thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but
rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

11.13 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

      All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan
Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection
herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and
thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by
the Agents and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by any Agent or
any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that any Agent or any Lender
may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit
Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or
any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter
of Credit shall remain outstanding.

11.14 SEVERABILITY.

      If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to
be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall
endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which
comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

11.15 TAX FORMS.

      (a) (i) Each Lender that is not a "United States person" within the
meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a "Foreign Lender") shall deliver to
the applicable Administrative Agent, prior to receipt of any payment subject to
withholding under the Code (or upon accepting an assignment of an interest
herein), two duly signed completed copies of (A) either (I) IRS Form W-8BEN or
any successor thereto relating to such Foreign Lender and entitling it to an
exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax (including any exemption
pursuant to Section 881(c) of the Code) on all payments to be made to such
Person by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) or (II) IRS Form W-8ECI or
any successor thereto relating to all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender
by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or such other evidence satisfactory
to the Borrower and the applicable Administrative Agent that such Foreign Lender
is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. withholding tax and (B)
in the case of any Lender claiming an exemption from, or reduction of,
withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to
payments of "portfolio interest", such Foreign Lender shall also provide a
certificate of such Foreign Lender is not (I) a "bank" for purposes of Section
881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, (II) a 10% shareholder (within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (3) a controlled
foreign corporation related to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (within the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code). Thereafter and from time to time,
each such Foreign Lender shall (A) promptly submit to the applicable
Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of one of
such forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the
relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available under then
current United States laws and regulations to avoid, or such evidence as is
satisfactory to the Borrower and the applicable Administrative Agent of any
available exemption from or reduction of, United States withholding taxes in

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respect of all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement, (B) promptly notify the applicable Administrative
Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any
claimed exemption or reduction, and (C) take such steps as shall not be
materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and
as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending
Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws that the Borrower make any
deduction or withholding for taxes from amounts payable to such Person.

            (ii) Each Foreign Lender, to the extent it does not act or ceases to
act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable
to such Lender under any of the Loan Documents (for example, in the case of a
participation by such Lender), shall deliver to the applicable Administrative
Agent on the date when such Foreign Lender ceases to act for its own account
with respect to any portion of any such sums paid or payable, and at such other
times as may be necessary in the determination of the applicable Administrative
Agent (in its reasonable discretion), (A) two duly signed completed copies of
the forms or statements required to be provided by such Lender as set forth
above, to establish the portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to
which such Lender acts for its own account that is not subject to U.S.
withholding tax, and (B) two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (or
any successor thereto), together with any information such Lender chooses to
transmit with such form, and any other certificate or statement of exemption
required under the Code, to establish that such Lender is not acting for its own
account with respect to a portion of any such sums payable to such Lender.

            (iii) The Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional
amount to any Foreign Lender under Section 3.01(a) (Taxes) (A) with respect to
any Taxes required to be deducted or withheld on the basis of the information,
certificates or statements of exemption such Lender transmits with an IRS Form
W-8IMY pursuant to this Section 11.15(a) or (B) if such Lender shall have failed
to satisfy the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.15(a); provided that if
such Lender shall have satisfied the requirements of this Section 11.15(a) on
the date such Lender became a Lender or ceased to act for its own account with
respect to any payment under any of the Loan Documents, nothing in this Section
11.15(a) shall relieve the Borrower of its obligation to pay any amounts
pursuant to Section 3.01(a) (Taxes) 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 or other Person for
the account of which such Lender receives any sums payable under any of the Loan
Documents is not subject to withholding or is subject to withholding at a
reduced rate.

            (iv) Each Administrative Agent may, without reduction, withhold any
Taxes required to be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the
Loan Documents with respect to which the Borrower is not required to pay
additional amounts under this Section 11.15(a).

      (b) Upon the request of the applicable Administrative Agent, each Lender
that is a "United States person" within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of
the Code shall deliver to the applicable Administrative Agent two duly signed
completed copies of IRS Form W-9. If such Lender fails to deliver such forms,
then the applicable Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment
to such Lender an amount equivalent to the applicable back-up withholding tax
imposed by the Code, without reduction.

      (c) If any Governmental Authority asserts that any Administrative Agent
did not properly withhold or backup withhold, as the case may be, any tax or
other amount from payments made to or for the account of any Lender, such Lender
shall indemnify each applicable Administrative Agent therefor,

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including all penalties and interest, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on
the amounts payable to such Administrative Agent under this Section, and costs
and expenses (including Attorney Costs) of such Administrative Agent. The
obligation of the Lenders under this Section shall survive the termination of
the Commitments, repayment of all Obligations and the resignation of the
applicable Administrative Agent.

11.16 SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC.

      (a) If any Lender (directly or through an Affiliate thereof) obtains any
payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of
set-off (including pursuant to Section 11.09 (Set-off) or otherwise) of the
Loans owing to it, any interest thereon, fees in respect thereof or amounts due
pursuant to Section 11.04 (Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes) or 11.05
(Indemnification by the Borrower; Limitation of Liability) (other than payments
pursuant to Section 3.01 (Taxes), 3.02 (Illegality), 3.03 (Determination of
Rates; Inability to Determine Rates), 3.04 (Increased Cost and Reduced Return;
Capital Adequacy) or 3.05 (Funding Losses)) or otherwise receives any Collateral
or any Proceeds of Collateral (other than payments pursuant to Section 3.01
(Taxes), 3.02 (Illegality), 3.03 (Determination of Rates; Inability to Determine
Rates), 3.04 (Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy) or 3.05
(Funding Losses) (in each case, whether voluntary, involuntary, through the
exercise of any right of set-off or otherwise (including pursuant to Section
11.09 (Set-off)) in excess of its Pro Rata Share of all payments of such
Obligations obtained by all the Lenders, such Lender (a "Purchasing Lender")
shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders (each, a "Selling Lender") such
participations in their Loans or other Obligations as shall be necessary to
cause such Purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of
them.

      (b) If all or any portion of any payment received by a Purchasing Lender
is thereafter recovered from such Purchasing Lender, such purchase from each
Selling Lender shall be rescinded and such Selling Lender shall repay to the
Purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together
with an amount equal to such Selling Lender's ratable share (according to the
proportion of (i) the amount of such Selling Lender's required repayment in
relation to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the Purchasing Lender) of
any interest or other amount paid or payable by the Purchasing Lender in respect
of the total amount so recovered.

      (c) The Borrower agrees that any Purchasing Lender so purchasing a
participation from a Selling Lender pursuant to this Section 11.16 may, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including
the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such
Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such
participation.

11.17 GOVERNING LAW.

      This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall
be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the
State of New York.

11.18 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

      EACH OF THE AGENTS, THE LENDERS, THE L/C ISSUER AND THE BORROWER
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT.

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11.19 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS.

      (a) Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document may be brought in the courts of the State of New York
located in the City of New York or of the United States of America for the
Southern District of New York, and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the Borrower hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally
and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The parties
hereto hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to the
laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of
them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding
in such respective jurisdictions.

      (b) Nothing contained in this Section 11.18 shall affect the right of any
Agent or any Lender to serve process in any manner permitted by law or commence
legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Borrower or any other Loan
Party in any other jurisdiction.

      (c) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary
to convert a sum due hereunder in Dollars into another currency, the parties
hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the
rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking
procedures that Citigroup could purchase Dollars with such other currency at the
spot rate of exchange quoted by Citibank at 11:00 a.m. on the Business Day
preceding that on which final judgment is given, for the purchase of Dollars,
for delivery two Business Days thereafter.

11.20 DESIGNATED SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.

      The parties hereto intend for this Agreement to be the "Credit Agreement"
under, and as defined in, the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes Documents and
any other Subordinated Indebtedness Documents. If for any reason this Agreement
is not deemed to be the "Credit Agreement" under, and as defined in, the
Existing Senior Subordinated Notes Documents or such other Subordinated
Indebtedness Documents, as the case may be, the Borrower hereby specifically
designates the Obligations as "Designated Senior Debt" for purposes of the
Existing Senior Subordinated Notes Documents any other Subordinated Indebtedness
Documents.

11.21 USA PATRIOT ACT NOTICE.

      The Agents and the Lenders hereby notify the Borrower that pursuant to the
requirements of the Patriot Act, each Lender is required to obtain, verify and
record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the
name, address, tax identification number and other information regarding the
Borrower that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with
the Patriot Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the
Patriot Act and is effective as to each Lender.

11.22 SECTION TITLES.

      The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without
substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the
agreement between the parties hereto, except when used to reference a section.
Any reference to the number of a clause, sub-clause or subsection hereof
immediately followed by a reference in parenthesis to the title of the Section
containing such clause, sub-clause or subsection is a reference to such clause,
sub-clause or subsection and not to the entire Section; provided, however, that,
in case of direct conflict between the reference to the title and the reference
to the number of such Section, the reference to the title shall govern absent
manifest error. If any reference to the number of a Section (but not to any
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followed immediately by a reference in parenthesis to the title of a Section,
the title reference shall govern in case of direct conflict absent manifest
error.

11.23 ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

      This Agreement, together with all of the other Loan Documents and all
certificates and documents delivered hereunder or thereunder, embodies the
entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. In the event of any
conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the
terms of this Agreement shall govern.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first above written.

BORROWER:

PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation

By:  /s/ Steven T. Davidson
     --------------------------
Name: Steven T. Davidson
Title: Vice President

GUARANTORS:

AERIES HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
AERIES HEALTHCARE OF ILLINOIS, INC., an Illinois corporation
BOUNTIFUL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, INC., a Utah corporation
BRENTWOOD ACQUISITION, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BRENTWOOD ACQUISITION - SHREVEPORT, INC., a Delaware corporation
COLLABORATIVE CARE CORPORATION, a Tennessee corporation
EAST CAROLINA PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES CORPORATION, a North Carolina corporation
FORT LAUDERDALE HOSPITAL, INC., a Florida corporation
GREAT PLAINS HOSPITAL, INC., a Missouri corporation
GULF COAST TREATMENT CENTER, INC., a Florida corporation
H. C. CORPORATION, an Alabama corporation
HAVENWYCK HOSPITAL INC., a Michigan corporation
HSA HILL CREST CORPORATION, an Alabama corporation
HSA OF OKLAHOMA, INC., an Oklahoma corporation
INFOSCRIBER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
LAURELWOOD CENTER, INC., a Mississippi corporation
MICHIGAN PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, INC., a Michigan corporation
PEAK BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation
PREMIER BEHAVIORAL SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation
PREMIER BEHAVIORAL SOLUTIONS OF ALABAMA, INC., a Delaware corporation
PSI CEDAR SPRINGS HOSPITAL, INC., a Delaware corporation
PSI COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY MANAGEMENT, INC., a Tennessee corporation
PSI-EAP, INC., a Delaware corporation
PSI HOSPITALS, INC., a Delaware corporation
PSI PRIDE INSTITUTE, INC., a Minnesota corporation
PSI SUMMIT HOSPITAL, INC., a New Jersey corporation
PSYCHIATRIC MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, INC., a California corporation
PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS, INC., a Tennessee corporation
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS HOSPITALS, INC., a Delaware corporation
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF ALABAMA, INC. a Tennessee corporation
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF ARIZONA, INC., a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
    ---------------------------------
Name: Steven T. Davidson
Title: Vice President of each of the foregoing Guarantors

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PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF LEESBURG, INC., a Tennessee corporation
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., a Tennessee corporation
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF OKLAHOMA, INC., a Delaware corporation
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC., a Delaware corporation
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF TENNESSEE, INC., a Tennessee corporation
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF VIRGINIA, INC., a Tennessee corporation
RAMSAY MANAGED CARE, INC., a Delaware corporation
RAMSAY TREATMENT SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation
RAMSAY YOUTH SERVICES OF GEORGIA, INC., a Delaware corporation
RHCI SAN ANTONIO, INC., a Delaware corporation
SOLUTIONS CENTER OF LITTLE ROCK, INC., a Tennessee corporation
SUNSTONE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC., a Tennessee corporation
THE COUNSELING CENTER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, INC., a Tennessee corporation
TRANSITIONAL CARE VENTURES, INC., a Delaware corporation
TRANSITIONAL CARE VENTURES (TEXAS), INC., a Delaware corporation
PSI TEXAS HOSPITALS, LLC, a Texas limited liability company
THERAPEUTIC SCHOOL SERVICES, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company
CANYON RIDGE HOSPITAL, INC., a California corporation
TUCSON HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation
WELLSTONE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation
WELLSTONE REGIONAL HOSPITAL ACQUISITION, LLC, an Indiana limited liability
company
WHISPER RIDGE OF STAUNTON, INC., a Delaware corporation
PREMIER BEHAVIORAL SOLUTIONS OF FLORIDA, INC., a Delaware corporation
PSI CROSSINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
RAMSAY YOUTH SERVICES PUERTO RICO, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation

AHS CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company
ARDENT HEALTH SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
BHC ALHAMBRA HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC BELMONT PINES HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC CANYON RIDGE HOSPITAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC CEDAR CREST RTC, INC., a Texas corporation
BHC CEDAR VISTA HOSPITAL, INC., a California corporation
BHC CLINICAS DEL ESTE HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC COLUMBUS HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC FAIRFAX HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC FORT LAUDERDALE HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC FOX RUN HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC FREMONT HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC GULF COAST MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC HEALTH SERVICES OF NEVADA, INC., a Nevada corporation
BHC HERITAGE OAKS HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC HOSPITAL HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation
BHC INTERMOUNTAIN HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC LEBANON HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation

By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
    ---------------------------------
Name: Steven T. Davidson
Title: Vice President of each of the foregoing Guarantors

BHC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation
BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF INDIANA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF KENTUCKY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF LOUISIANA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF NEW MEXICO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF PENNSYLVANIA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company
BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF STREAMWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF TULSA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC MILLWOOD HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC MONTEVISTA HOSPITAL, INC., a Nevada corporation
BHC MESILLA VALLEY HOSPITAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC NEWCO 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC NEWCO 3, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC NEWCO 4, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC NEWCO 5, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC NEWCO 6, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC NEWCO 7, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC NEWCO 8, LLC a Delaware limited liability company
BHC NEWCO 9, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC NEWCO 10, LLC a Delaware limited liability company
BHC NORTHWEST PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC OF INDIANA GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, a Tennessee general partnership
BHC OF NORTHERN INDIANA, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC PACIFIC GATEWAY HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC PACIFIC SHORES HOSPITAL, INC., a California corporation
BHC PACIFIC VIEW RTC, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC PHYSICIAN SERVICES OF KENTUCKY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BHC PINNACLE POINTE HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC Properties, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
BHC ROSS HOSPITAL, INC., a California corporation
BHC SAN JUAN CAPESTRANO HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC STREAMWOOD HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC VALLE VISTA HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC VISTA DEL MAR HOSPITAL, INC., a Tennessee corporation
BHC WINDSOR HOSPITAL, INC., a Ohio corporation
BLOOMINGTON MEADOWS, G.P., a Delaware general partnership
COLUMBUS HOSPITAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC CENTERS OF TEXAS, INC., a Texas corporation
CPC/CLINICAS DEL ESTE, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation
INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS CORP., a Puerto Rico corporation
INDIANA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTES, INC., a Delaware corporation
LEBANON HOSPITAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
MESILLA VALLEY GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, a New Mexico general partnership
MESILLA VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC., a New Mexico corporation
MESILLA VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES, INC., a New Mexico corporation

By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
    --------------------------------
Name: Steven T. Davidson
Title: Vice President of each of the foregoing Guarantors

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PSI VERMILION, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company
PSI WILLOW CREST, INC., an Oklahoma corporation
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF MONTANA, INC., a Montana corporation
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS OF UTAH, INC., a Utah corporation
NORTHERN INDIANA HOSPITAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
VALLE VISTA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
WILLOW SPRINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
RED ROCK SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
PALMETTO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM, L.L.C., a South Carolina limited liability
company
PALMETTO LOWCOUNTRY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, L.L.C., a South Carolina limited
liability company
PALMETTO PEEDEE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, L.L.C., a South Carolina limited liability
company

By:      /s/ Steven T. Davidson
    ---------------------------------
Name:  Steven T. Davidson
Title: Vice President of each of the foregoing Guarantors

MILLWOOD HOSPITAL, L.P., a Texas limited partnership
NEURO INSTITUTE OF AUSTIN, L.P., a Texas limited partnership
TEXAS CYPRESS CREEK HOSPITAL, L.P., a Texas limited partnership
TEXAS LAUREL RIDGE HOSPITAL, L.P., a Texas limited partnership
TEXAS OAKS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, L.P., a Texas limited partnership
TEXAS SAN MARCOS TREATMENT CENTER, L.P., a Texas limited partnership
TEXAS WEST OAKS HOSPITAL, L.P., a Texas limited partnership

By: PSI TEXAS HOSPITALS, LLC, its general partner

    By: PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS HOSPITALS, INC., its sole member

        By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
            ---------------------------------
        Name: Steven T. Davidson
        Title: Vice President

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BHC OF INDIANA GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, a Tennessee general partnership

          By:     BHC COLUMBUS HOSPITAL, INC.
                  BHC LEBANON HOSPITAL, INC.
                  BHC OF NORTHERN INDIANA, INC.
                  BHC VALLE VISTA HOSPITAL, INC.,  its partners

                  By:      /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                           ------------------------------------------
                  Name:    Steven T. Davidson
                           ------------------------------------------
                  Title:   Vice President
                           ------------------------------------------

BLOOMINGTON MEADOWS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware general partnership

          By:     BHC OF INDIANA GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, its partner

                  By:      BHC COLUMBUS HOSPITAL, INC.
                           BHC LEBANON HOSPITAL, INC.
                           BHC OF NORTHERN INDIANA, INC.
                           BHC VALLE VISTA HOSPITAL, INC., its partners

                           By:      /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                    --------------------------
                           Name:    Steven T. Davidson
                                    --------------------------
                           Title:   Vice President
                                    --------------------------

MESILLA VALLEY GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, a New Mexico general partnership

          By:     MESILLA VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC.
                  MESILLA VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES, INC., its partners

                          By:       /s/ Steven T. Davidson
                                    --------------------------
                          Name:     Steven T. Davidson
                                    --------------------------
                          Title:    Vice President
                                    --------------------------

H.C. PARTNERSHIP, an Alabama general partnership

By: H.C. CORPORATION
    HSA HILL CREST CORPORATION, its partners

    By: /s/ Steven T. Davidson
        ------------------------------
    Name: Steven T. Davidson
    Title: Vice President

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CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.
as Term Loan Facility Administrative Agent and a Lender

By: /s/ Ross A. Mac Intyre
    --------------------------------
Name: Ross A. Mac Intyre
Title: Managing Director

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Revolving Credit Facility Administrative Agent,
the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer and a Lender

By: /s/ Elizabeth L. Knox
    --------------------------------
Name: Elizabeth L. Knox
Title: SVP

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Arranger, Documentation Agent and Co-
Syndication Agent

By: /s/ Ross A. Mac Intyre
    --------------------------------
Name: Ross A. Mac Intyre
Title: Managing Director

Banc of America Securities LLC, as Arranger and
Co-Syndication Agent

By: /s/ Elizabeth L. Knox
    --------------------------------
Name: Elizabeth L. Knox
Title: SVP

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