Document:

Exhibit 10.3

AMENDMENT

                    AMENDMENT,
dated as of December 9, 2011 (this “Amendment”), to the Credit
Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2011 (as amended, modified, restated and
supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among XL GROUP
PLC, an Irish public limited company (“XL Group”), XLIT LTD., an
exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“XLIT”),
X.L. AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (“XL America”), XL INSURANCE
(BERMUDA) LTD, a Bermuda limited liability company (“XL Insurance (Bermuda)”),
XL RE LTD, a Bermuda limited liability company (“XL Re”), XL RE EUROPE
LIMITED, an Irish limited liability company (“XL Re Europe”), XL
INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, a limited company domiciled in the United Kingdom (“XL
Insurance”), XL INSURANCE SWITZERLAND LTD, a company limited by shares
organized under the laws of Switzerland (“XL Switzerland”), and XL LIFE
LTD, a Bermuda company (“XL Life” and together with XL Group, XLIT, XL
America, XL Insurance (Bermuda), XL Re, XL Re Europe, XL Insurance and XL
Switzerland, each an “Account Party” and collectively, the “Account
Parties”; XL Group, XLIT, XL America, XL Insurance (Bermuda), XL Re and XL
Life, each a “Guarantor” and collectively the “Guarantors”; the
Account Parties and the Guarantors being collectively referred to as the “Obligors”),
the several lenders from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”),
the several agents party thereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative
agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as
collateral agent.

W I T N E S S E T H:

                    WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders agreed to make certain extensions
of credit to the Account Parties; 

                    WHEREAS,
the Account Parties have requested that certain provisions of the Credit
Agreement be amended as set forth herein; and 

                    WHEREAS,
the Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of the aggregate amount of Commitments
(such Lenders, the “First Amendment Required Lenders”) are willing to
agree to such amendments on the terms set forth herein; 

                    NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

                    SECTION
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. 

                    SECTION
2. Amendments.

                    2.1
References Generally. References in the Credit Agreement (including references
to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect
references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be
deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

	
  

 
	
                     2.2
 Amended Language. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended with the stricken
 text deleted (indicated textually in the same manner as the following
 example: stricken text)
 and with the double-underlined text added (indicated textually in the same
 manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement
 attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

                    2.3
Amendment to Schedules. Schedule VI attached hereto as Exhibit B is hereby
added to the Credit Agreement as Schedule VI thereto.

                    SECTION
3. Effective Date. This Amendment shall become effective on the date
(the “First Amendment Effective Date”) on which the Administrative Agent
shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, in each case executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer of each of the Obligors and the First
Amendment Required Lenders.

                    SECTION
4. Expenses. The Obligors agree to pay or reimburse the Administrative
Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in
connection with this Amendment, any other
documents prepared in connection herewith and the transaction contemplated
hereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent.

                    SECTION
5. Representations and Warranties. The Obligors hereby represent and warrant that (a) each of the representations and
warranties made in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement shall be, after giving
effect to this Amendment, true and correct in all material respects as if made
on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date (or, if any such representation
or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of
such specific date), (b) after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (c) this Amendment
has been duly executed and delivered by each Obligor and constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligors, enforceable
against such Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by (x) bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, examination or similar laws of general
applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and (y) the
application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

                    SECTION
6. GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS
AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER 

AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

                    SECTION
7. Amendments; Execution in Counterparts. (a) This Amendment shall not
constitute an amendment of any other provision of the Credit Agreement not
referred to herein and shall not be construed as a waiver or consent to any
further or future action on the part of the Obligors that would require a
waiver or consent of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent. Except as
expressly amended hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall
remain in full force and effect and each of the Obligors agrees, with respect
to each Credit Document to which it is a party, that all of its obligations,
liabilities and indebtedness under such Credit Document, as amended hereby,
including guarantees, shall remain in full force and effect. The term “Credit Documents” in the Credit Agreement and the other Credit
Documents shall include this Amendment.

                    (b)
This Amendment may not be amended nor may any provision hereof be waived except
pursuant to a writing signed by the Obligors, the Administrative Agent and the
First Amendment Required Lenders. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of separate counterparts, and
all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and
the same instrument. 

                    SECTION
8. Release of Claims. Each Obligor, by signing below, hereby waives and releases each of the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Lenders, their respective affiliates and their
and their affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys,
advisors and consultants from any and all claims, offsets, defenses and
counterclaims of any Obligor arising on or prior to the execution of this
Amendment in connection with any action or inaction by any such Person under or
in respect of the Credit Documents or this Amendment, such waiver and release
being with full knowledge and understanding of the circumstances and effect
thereof and after having consulted legal counsel with respect thereto.

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                    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective
proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 Signed and
 Delivered as a Deed

 
	
  

 	
 for and on
 behalf of

 
	
  

 	
 XL GROUP
 PLC,

 
	
  

 	
 as an
 Account Party and a Guarantor

 
	
  

 	
 by its duly
 authorized attorney

 
	
  

 	
 in the presence
 of:

 

	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
  
 	
 By 
 	
 /s/ Simon
 Rich
 
	
  
 	
  
 	

 
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Name: Simon
 Rich
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Title:
 Attorney 
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
  
 	
 /s/ Patricia
 Pacheco
 
	
  
 	

 
 
	
  
 	
 Witness
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Name:
 Patricia Pacheco
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Title:
 Executive Assistant
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
  
 	
 XLIT LTD., 
 
	
  
 	
 as an
 Account Party and a Guarantor
 
	
  
 	
  
 
	
  
 	
 By 
 	
 /s/ Simon Rich
 
	
  
 	
  
 	

 
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Name: Simon
 Rich
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Title:
 Attorney 
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
  
 	
 X.L.
 AMERICA, INC.,
 
	
  
 	
 as an
 Account Party and a Guarantor
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
  
 	
 By
 	
 /s/ Richard
 G. McCarty
 
	
  
 	
  
 	

 
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Name:
 Richard G. McCarty
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Title: Senior Vice President,

 General Counsel & Secretary
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 

	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	 
	XL INSURANCE (BERMUDA) LTD, 

     as an Account Party and a Guarantor

	 
	 
	 

	
  
 	
 By
 	
 /s/ C.
 Stanley Lee
 
	
  
 	
  
 	

 
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Name: C.
 Stanley Lee
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Title: Chief
 Financial Officer
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
  
 	
 XL RE LTD, 

 as an Account Party and a Guarantor
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
  
 	
 By
 	
 /s/ Mark
 Twite
 
	
  
 	
  
 	

 
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Name: Mark
 Twite
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Title: Senior Vice President and

 Chief Financial Officer
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
  
 	
 Signed and
 Delivered as a Deed

 for and on behalf of

 XL RE EUROPE LIMITED,

 as an Account Party 

 by its duly authorized attorney

 in the presence of:
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
  
 	
 By
 	
 /s/ David
 Watson
 
	
  
 	
  
 	

 
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Name: David
 Watson
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Title:
 Attorney
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
  
 	
 /s/ Michele
 Mulready
 
	
  
 	

 
 
	
  
 	
 Witness
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Name:
 Michele Mulready
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
 Title:
 Company Secretary
 
	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 XL INSURANCE
 COMPANY LIMITED,

 as an Account Party

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By

 	
 /s/ Graham
 Lambourne

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Name: Graham
 J. Lambourne

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Title:
 Director

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 XL INSURANCE
 SWITZERLAND LTD,

 as an Account Party

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By

 	
 /s/ Daniel
 Maurer

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Name: Daniel
 Maurer

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Title:
 Chairman

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By

 	
 /s/ Bruno Länzlinger

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Name: Bruno
 Länzlinger

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Title: CEO

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 XL LIFE LTD,

 as an Account Party and a Guarantor

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By

 	
 /s/ Simon
 Rich

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Name: Simon
 Rich

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 Title:
 Director

 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 LENDERS

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 JPMORGAN
 CHASE BANK, N.A.,

 individually and as Administrative Agent

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Melvin D. Jackson

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Melvin D. Jackson

 
	
  

 	
 Title: Vice President

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 CITIBANK,
 N.A.,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Maureen P. Maroney

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Maureen P. Maroney

 
	
  

 	
 Title: Vice President

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 THE ROYAL
 BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Joseph W. Lux

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Joseph W. Lux

 
	
  

 	
 Title: Managing Director

 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 THE BANK OF
 NOVA SCOTIA,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 David Schwartzbard

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: David Schwartzbard

 Title: Director

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 BARCLAYS
 BANK PLC,

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 David Barton

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: David Barton

 Title: Director

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 THE BANK OF
 NEW YORK MELLON,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Michael Pensari

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Michael Pensari

 Title: Managing Director

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 BANK OF
 AMERICA, N.A.,

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Debra Basler

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Debra Basler

 Title: Managing Director

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 THE BANK OF
 TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Oscar D. Cortez

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Oscar D. Cortez

 Title: Vice President

 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 CREDIT
 AGRICOLE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT 

 BANK,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Charles Kornberger

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Charles Kornberger

 Title: Managing Director

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Frank Tatulli

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Frank Tatulli

 Title: Managing Director

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 DEUTSCHE
 BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 John S. McGill

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: John S. McGill

 Title: Director

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Virginia Cosenza

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Virginia Cosenza

 Title: Vice President

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 GOLDMAN
 SACHS BANK USA,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Ashwin Ramakrishna

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Ashwin Ramakrishna

 Title: Authorized Signatory

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 HSBC BANK
 USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Jody Feldman

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Jody Feldman

 Title: Vice President

 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 LLOYDS TSB
 BANK PLC,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Julia R Franklin

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Julia R Franklin

 
	
  

 	
 Title: Vice President

 F014

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Karen Weich

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Karen Weich

 
	
  

 	
 Title: Vice President

 W011

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 MIZUHO
 CORPORATE BANK, LTD.,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 David Lim

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: David Lim

 Title: Authorized Signatory

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 WELLS FARGO
 BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Grainne M. Pergolini

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Grainne M. Pergolini

 Title: Director

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
    BNP
 PARIBAS,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Joseph Malley

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Joseph Malley

 Title: Managing Director

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Nair P. Raghu

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Nair P. Raghu

 Title: Vice President

 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
   COMERICA
 BANK,

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 By:

 	
   /s/
 Chatphet Saipetch

 
	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
  

 	
 Name: Chatphet Saipetch

 Title: V.P.

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 

 EXHIBIT A
EXECUTION VERSIONCONFORMED
 TO REFLECT AMENDMENT NO. 1

	
  

 
	
 CREDIT AGREEMENT

 
	
  

 
	
 dated as of

 
	
  

 
	
 March 25, 2011

 
	
  

 
	
 between

 
	
  

 
	
 XL GROUP PLC,

 
	
 XL GROUP LTD., X.L. AMERICA, INC., XL INSURANCE

 
	
 (BERMUDA) LTD, XL RE LTD, XL RE EUROPE LIMITED, XL INSURANCE COMPANY 

 LIMITED, XL INSURANCE SWITZERLAND LTD AND XL LIFE LTD,

 
	
 as Account Parties,

 
	
  

 
	
 XL GROUP PLC,

 
	
 XL GROUP LTD., X.L. AMERICA, INC., XL INSURANCE (BERMUDA) LTD, XL RE
 LTD 

 AND XL LIFE LTD,

 
	
 as Guarantors,

 
	
  

 
	
 The LENDERS Party Hereto,

 
	
  

 
	
 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

 
	
 as Administrative Agent

 
	
  

 
	
 and

 
	
  

 
	
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

 
	
  

 
	
 as Collateral Agent

 
	
  

 
	

 

 
	
 $1,000,000,000

 
	
  

 
	

 

 
	
  

 
	
 J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 
	
  

 
	
 and

 
	
  

 
	
 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
 Bookrunners

 
	
  

 
	

 

 
	
 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

 
	
 as Syndication Agent

 
	
  

 
	

 

 
	
  

 
	
 CITIBANK, N.A., THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. and WELLS
 FARGO 

 BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 
	
 as Documentation Agents

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
 Page

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	

 

 
	
 ARTICLE I

 	
  

 	
 1

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 DEFINITIONS

 	
  

 	
 1

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 1.01. Defined
 Terms

 	
  

 	
 1

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 1.02. Terms
 Generally

 	
  

 	
 1921

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 1.03. Accounting
 Terms; GAAP, Local GAAP, SAP and SFR

 	
  

 	
 2021

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 1.04. Exchange
 Rates; Currency Equivalents

 	
  

 	
 2022

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 ARTICLE II

 	
  

 	
 2122

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 THE CREDITS

 	
  

 	
 2122

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.01. Syndicated
 Letters of Credit

 	
  

 	
 2122

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.02. Issuance and
 Administration

 	
  

 	
 2224

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.03.
 Reimbursement of LC Disbursements, Etc.

 	
  

 	
 2325

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.04.
 Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit

 	
  

 	
 2527

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.05. Participated
 Letters of Credit

 	
  

 	
 3133

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.06. Alternative
 Currency Letters of Credit

 	
  

 	
 3537

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.07. Termination,
 Reduction and Increase of the Commitments

 	
  

 	
 3638

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.08. Fees

 	
  

 	
 3740

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.09. Interest

 	
  

 	
 3941

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.10. Increased
 Costs

 	
  

 	
 3942

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.12. Payments
 Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

 	
  

 	
 4346

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.13. Mitigation
 Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

 	
  

 	
 4548

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.14. Defaulting
 Lenders

 	
  

 	
 4649

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 2.15. Absence of
 Rating

 	
  

 	
 4750

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 ARTICLE III

 	
  

 	
 4751

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 GUARANTEE

 	
  

 	
 4751

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 3.01. The
 Guarantee

 	
  

 	
 4751

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 3.02. Obligations
 Unconditional

 	
  

 	
 4851

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 3.03.
 Reinstatement

 	
  

 	
 4852

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 3.04. Subrogation

 	
  

 	
 4952

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 3.05. Remedies

 	
  

 	
 4952

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 3.06. Continuing
 Guarantee

 	
  

 	
 4952

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 3.07. Rights of
 Contribution

 	
  

 	
 4953

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 3.08. General
 Limitation on Guarantee Obligations

 	
  

 	
 5053

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 ARTICLE IV

 	
  

 	
 5154

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 REPRESENTATIONS AND
 WARRANTIES

 	
  

 	
 5154

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.01.
 Organization; Powers

 	
  

 	
 5154

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.02.
 Authorization; Enforceability

 	
  

 	
 5154

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.03. Governmental
 Approvals; No Conflicts

 	
  

 	
 5154

 

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 SECTION 4.04. Financial
 Condition; No Material Adverse Change

 	
  

 	
 5154

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.05. Properties

 	
  

 	
 5255

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.06. Litigation
 and Environmental Matters

 	
  

 	
 5255

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.07. Compliance
 with Laws and Agreements

 	
  

 	
 5356

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.08. Investment
 Company Status

 	
  

 	
 5356

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.09. Taxes

 	
  

 	
 5356

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.10. ERISA

 	
  

 	
 5356

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.11. Disclosure

 	
  

 	
 5356

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.12. Use of
 Credit

 	
  

 	
 5457

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.13. Subsidiaries

 	
  

 	
 5457

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.14. Withholding
 Taxes

 	
  

 	
 5457

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.15. Stamp Taxes

 	
  

 	
 5457

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 4.16. Legal Form

 	
  

 	
 5457

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 ARTICLE V

 	
  

 	
 5558

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 CONDITIONS

 	
  

 	
 5558

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 5.01. Effective
 Date

 	
  

 	
 5558

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 5.02. Each Credit
 Event

 	
  

 	
 5659

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 ARTICLE VI

 	
  

 	
 5760

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 	
  

 	
 5760

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 6.01. Financial
 Statements and Other Information

 	
  

 	
 5760

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 6.02. Notices of
 Material Events

 	
  

 	
 6063

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 6.03. Preservation
 of Existence and Franchises

 	
  

 	
 6063

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 6.04. Insurance

 	
  

 	
 6063

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 6.05. Maintenance
 of Properties

 	
  

 	
 6063

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION
 6.06. Payment of Taxes and Other Potential Charges and Priority Claims;
 Payment of Other Current Liabilities

 	
  

 	
 6164

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 6.07. Financial
 Accounting Practices

 	
  

 	
 6164

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 6.08. Compliance
 with Applicable Laws

 	
  

 	
 6164

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 6.09. Use of
 Letters of Credit

 	
  

 	
 6265

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 6.10. Continuation
 of and Change in Businesses

 	
  

 	
 6265

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 6.11. Visitation

 	
  

 	
 6265

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 ARTICLE VII

 	
  

 	
 6265

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 	
  

 	
 6265

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 7.01. Mergers

 	
  

 	
 6265

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 7.02. Dispositions

 	
  

 	
 6366

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 7.03. Liens

 	
  

 	
 6367

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 7.04. Transactions
 with Affiliates

 	
  

 	
 6669

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 7.05. Ratio of
 Total Funded Debt to Total Capitalization

 	
  

 	
 6669

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 7.06. Consolidated
 Net Worth

 	
  

 	
 6669

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 7.07. Indebtedness

 	
  

 	
 6669

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 7.08. Financial
 Strength Ratings

 	
  

 	
 6770

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 7.09. Private Act

 	
  

 	
 6770

 

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 SECTION 7.10. Collateral
 Accounts

 	
  

 	
 6770

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 ARTICLE VIII

 	
  

 	
 6771

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 	
  

 	
 6771

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 ARTICLE IX

 	
  

 	
 7074

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 	
  

 	
 7074

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 ARTICLE X

 	
  

 	
 7780

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
 MISCELLANEOUS

 	
  

 	
 7780

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.01. Notices

 	
  

 	
 7780

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.02. Waivers;
 Amendments

 	
  

 	
 7881

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.03. Expenses;
 Indemnity; Damage Waiver

 	
  

 	
 7983

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.04. Successors
 and Assigns

 	
  

 	
 8185

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.05. Survival

 	
  

 	
 8589

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.06.
 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

 	
  

 	
 8589

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.07.
 Severability

 	
  

 	
 8689

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.08. Right of
 Setoff

 	
  

 	
 8690

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.09. Governing
 Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

 	
  

 	
 8690

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.10. WAIVER OF
 JURY TRIAL

 	
  

 	
 8791

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.11. Headings

 	
  

 	
 8791

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.12. Treatment
 of Certain Information; Confidentiality

 	
  

 	
 8791

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.13. Judgment
 Currency

 	
  

 	
 8892

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.14. USA PATRIOT
 Act

 	
  

 	
 8993

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.15. RELEASE OF
 LIENS

 	
  

 	
 8993

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
 SECTION 10.16. NO
 FIDUCIARY DUTY

 	
  

 	
 9094

 

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 SCHEDULE I

 	
 -

 	
 Commitments

 
	
 SCHEDULE II

 	
 -

 	
 Indebtedness and Liens

 
	
 SCHEDULE III

 	
 -

 	
 Litigation

 
	
 SCHEDULE IV

 	
 -

 	
 Environmental Matters

 
	
 SCHEDULE V

 	
 -

 	
 Subsidiaries

 
	
 SCHEDULE VI

 	
 -

 	
 Existing Letters of Credit

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 EXHIBIT A

 	
 -

 	
 Form of Assignment and
 Assumption

 
	
 EXHIBIT B

 	
 -

 	
 Form of Confirming Lender
 Agreement

 

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                    CREDIT
AGREEMENT dated as of March 25, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among XL GROUP
PLC, an Irish public limited company (“XL Group”), XL GROUP LTD., an
exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“XL
Group Ltd”), X.L. AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (“XL America”),
XL INSURANCE (BERMUDA) LTD, a Bermuda limited liability company (“XL
Insurance (Bermuda)”), XL RE LTD, a Bermuda limited liability company (“XL
Re”), XL RE EUROPE LIMITED, an Irish limited liability company (“XL Re
Europe”), XL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, a limited company domiciled in the
United Kingdom (“XL Insurance”), XL INSURANCE SWITZERLAND LTD, a company
limited by shares organized under the laws of Switzerland (“XL Switzerland”),
and XL LIFE LTD, a Bermuda company (“XL Life” and together with XL
Group, XL Group Ltd, XL America, XL Insurance (Bermuda), XL Re, XL Re Europe,
XL Insurance and XL Switzerland, each an “Account Party” and
collectively, the “Account Parties”; XL Group, XL Group Ltd, XL America,
XL Insurance (Bermuda), XL Re and XL Life, each a “Guarantor” and
collectively the “Guarantors”; the Account Parties and the Guarantors
being collectively referred to as the “Obligors”), the LENDERS party hereto,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON, as Collateral Agent.

                    The
Account Parties have requested that the Lenders issue letters of credit for
their account in an aggregate face amount not exceeding $1,000,000,000 at any
one time outstanding, and the Lenders are prepared to issue such letters of
credit upon the terms and conditions hereof. Accordingly, the parties hereto
agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

                    SECTION
1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have
the meanings specified below:

                    “Account”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge Agreement.

                    “Account
Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory
paragraph of this Agreement.

                    “Account
Party Jurisdiction” means (a) Bermuda, (b) the Cayman Islands, (c) Ireland,
(d) Switzerland, (e) the United Kingdom, (f) the United States and (g) any
other country (i) where any Account Party is licensed or qualified to do
business or (ii) from or through which payments hereunder are made by any
Account Party.

                    “Adjusted
LIBO Rate” means an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the one month LIBO Rate multiplied by
(b) the one month Statutory Reserve Rate.

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                    “Administrative
Agent” means JPMCB, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders
hereunder.

                    “Administrative
Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by
the Administrative Agent.

                    “Advance
Rate” means for any category of cash or obligation or investment specified
below in the column entitled “Cash and Eligible Assets” (other than cash, the “Eligible
Assets”), the percentage set forth opposite such category of cash or
Eligible Assets below in the column entitled “Advance Rate” and, in each case,
subject to the original term to maturity criteria set forth therein:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Cash and Eligible Assets

 	
 Advance Rate

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Cash and Cash Equivalents Denominated in Dollars, EU Cash and GB Cash

 	
 100% of Market

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 U.S. Commercial
 Paper (Rating A1/P1 or better, Non-convertible)

 	
 98% of Market

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 U.S. Government Bills,
 Notes and, U.S. Government
 Guaranteed or Sponsored Agency Securities and US-TIPS

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Maturity
 less than 2 years

 	
 98% of Market

 
	
 Maturity 2
 years to less than 5 years

 	
 95% of Market

 
	
 Maturity 5
 years to up to 10 years

 	
 95% of Market

 
	
 Maturity
 over 10 years

 	
 93%of Market

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 U.S. Corporate Bonds (Rating AAA/Aaa or
 better, Non-convertible)

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Maturity
 less than 5

 	
 95% of Market

 
	
 Maturity 5
 years to up to 10 years

 	
 90% of Market

 
	
 Maturity
 over 10 years

 	
 85% of Market

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 U.S. Corporate Bonds (Rating AA-/Aa3 or
 better, Non-convertible)

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Maturity
 less than 5 years

 	
 90% of Market

 
	
 Maturity 5
 years to up to 10 years

 	
 85% of Market

 
	
 Maturity
 over 10 years

 	
 80% of Market

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 U.S. Corporate Bonds (Rating A-/A3 or better, Non-convertible)

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Maturity
 less than 11 years

 	
 80% 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 U.S. Municipal
 Bonds (Rating AA-/Aa3 or better, Non-convertible)

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Maturity less
 than 5 years

 	
 95% of Market

 
	
 Maturity 5 years
 or longer

 	
 90% of Market

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Supranational Securities (Rating AAA/Aaa or better, Non-convertible)

 	
  

 

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 Maturity
 less than 2 years

 	
 95% 

 
	
 Maturity 2
 years to up to 10 years

 	
 90% 

 
	
 Maturity
 over 10 years

 	
 85% 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 US-GNMAMBS, US-FNMAMBS and US-FHLMCMBS

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Maturity less than 5 years

 	
 98% of Market

 
	
 Maturity 5
 years to up to 10 years

 	
 95% of Market

 
	
 Maturity over 10 years

 	
 93% of Market

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 DE-NOTE2, DE NOTE5.5 DE-BOND, GB-GILT, FR-BTF, FR-BTAN and FR-OAT

 (Rating AA-/Aa3 or better)

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
 Maturity less
 than 5 years

 	
 95% of Market

 
	
 Maturity 5 years to up to 10
 years

 	
 93% of Market

 
	
 Maturity over 10
 years and less than 30 years

 	
 90% of Market

 

	
  

 
	
 For purposes of this definition of “Advance Rate”, if any Eligible
 Asset is provided a rating by more than one Rating Agency, then the lower of
 all such ratings shall be used. As used in this Agreement, “EU Cash” shall mean the
 lawful currency of the member states of the European Union that adopt the
 single currency in accordance with the EC Treaty, “GB Cash” shall mean the
 lawful currency of the United Kingdom, “GB-GILT” shall mean fixed
 coupon, sterling denominated negotiable debt obligations issued by either the
 Bank of England (prior to April 1, 1998) or Her Majesty’s Treasury (after
 April 1, 1998) backed by the credit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
 and Northern Ireland with initial maturity of greater than 365 days when
 issued, “DE-NOTE2” shall mean negotiable debt obligations issued
 pursuant to Artikel 115 Grundgesetz and backed by Federal Republic of
 Germany, having an original maturity at issuance of 2 years, “DE-NOTE5.5”
 shall mean negotiable debt obligations issued pursuant to Artikel 115
 Grundgesetz and backed by Federal Republic of Germany, having a maturity at
 issuance of 5.5 years, “DE-BOND” shall mean negotiable debt
 obligations issued pursuant to Artikel 115 Grundgesetz and backed by Federal
 Republic of Germany, having a maturity at issuance of 10 to 30 years, “FR-BTF”
 shall mean discount debt securities issued by the French Treasury having an
 initial maturity at issuance of 13, 26 or 52 weeks, “FR-BTAN” shall mean
 fixed interest debt securities issued by the French Treasury having an
 initial maturity at issuance of 2 or 5 years, “FR-OAT” shall mean
 fixed or floating interest debt securities issued by the French Treasury
 having an initial maturity at issuance of between 4 and 30 years, provided
 that any floating rate OATs (i.e. OATs that are indexed to the Consumer Price
 Index (OATi’s)) and OATs that are linked to the TEC10 index (TEC OATs) are
 excluded, and“Supranational
 Securities” shall mean securities issued or backed by the International Bank
 for Reconstruction & Development, European Bank for Reconstruction &
 Development, Inter American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund,
 European Investment Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank
 and Nordic Development Bank, “US-GNMAMBS” shall mean single-class fully
 modified pass-through certificates (GNMA Certificates) in book-entry form
 backed by single-family residential mortgage loans, the full and timely payment of principal
 and interest of which certificates is guaranteed by
 the Government National Mortgage Association (excluding Real Estate Mortgage
 Investment Conduit (REMIC) or other multi-class pass-through certificates,
 collateralized mortgage obligations, pass-through certificates backed by
 adjustable rate mortgages, securities paying interest or principal only and 

 

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 derivatives and similar derivatives securities)., “US-FNMAMBS” shall mean
 single-class pass-through certificates (FNMA Certificates) in book-entry form
 backed by single-family residential mortgage loans, the timely payment of
 principal and interest of which certificates is guaranteed by the Federal
 National Mortgage Association (excluding Real Estate Mortgage Investment
 Conduit (REMIC) or other multi-class pass-through certificates,
 collateralized mortgage obligations, pass-through certificates backed by
 adjustable rate mortgages, securities paying interest or principal only and
 derivatives and similar derivatives securities), “US-FHLMCMBS” shall mean
 single-class participation certificates (FHLMC Certificates) in book-entry
 form backed by single-family residential mortgage loans, the timely payment
 of principal and interest of which certificates is guaranteed by the Federal
 Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (excluding Real Estate Mortgage Investment
 Conduit (REMIC) or other multi-class pass-through certificates,
 collateralized mortgage obligations, pass-through certificates backed by
 adjustable rate mortgages, securities paying interest or principal only and
 derivatives and similar derivatives securities) and “US-TIPS” shall mean
 securities issued by the Department of the Treasury backed by the credit of
 the United States of America where the principal is changed based on changes
 of the consumer price index.

 

                    
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person
that directly, or indirectly, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.

                    “Aggregate
LC Exposure” means the aggregate amount of the LC Exposures of each of the
Lenders.

                    “Agreement”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of
this Agreement.

                    “Alternate
Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a)
the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate for
such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the one month Adjusted LIBO Rate that
would be calculated as of such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, as
of the next preceding Business Day) plus 1.0%. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including
the date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or
the Adjusted LIBO Rate, as the case may be.

                    “Alternative
Currency” means any currency other than Dollars (a) that is freely
transferable and convertible into Dollars in the London foreign exchange market
and (b) for which no central bank or other governmental authorization in the
country of issue of such currency is required to permit use of such currency by
any Lender for issuing, renewing, extending or amending letter of credits or
funding or making drawings thereunder and/or to permit any Account Party to pay
the reimbursement obligations and interest thereon, each as contemplated
hereunder, unless such authorization has been obtained and is in full force and
effect.

                    “Alternative
Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount
denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable
Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing
Lender, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate
(determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of
such Alternative Currency with Dollars.

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                    “Alternative
Currency LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar
Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Alternative
Currency Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the Dollar Equivalent
of the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements under Alternative Currency
Letters of Credit that have not been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Account
Parties at such time. The Alternative Currency LC Exposure of any Lender shall
at any time be such Lender’s share of the total Alternative Currency LC
Exposure at such time. 

                    “Alternative
Currency Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit issued by a Lender in
an Alternative Currency pursuant to Section 2.06.

                    “Alternative
Currency Letter of Credit Report” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.06(b).

                    “Applicable
Percentage” means with respect to any Lender in relation to its obligations
to issue or participate in Letters of Credit (or related matters), the percentage
of the Commitments of all the Lenders represented by such Lender’s Commitment.
If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall
be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect
to any assignments.

                    “Approved
Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions
of credit in the ordinary course of its business and 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.

                    “Assignment
and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender
and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section 10.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of
Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

                    “Availability
Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to and
including the Commitment Termination Date.

                    “Bankruptcy
Event” means with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of
a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator,
trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or
similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business
appointed for it, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence
in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall
not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of
any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or
instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that such ownership interest does
not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of
courts within the United States or from the enforcement in the United States of
judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such
Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or
disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

                    “Bermuda
Companies Law” means the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, as amended, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder. 

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                    “Bermuda
Insurance Law” means the Insurance Act 1978 of Bermuda, as amended, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.

                    “Board”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States
of America.

                    “Borrowing
Base” means at any time, and in respect
of each Account Party, the aggregate amount of cash and the aggregate Market Value (as defined in the
Collateral Account Control Agreement) of Eligible
Assets held in the Accounts applicable to such Account Party (including any
cash or Eligible Securities deposited on behalf of such Account Party by a
Guarantor) under the applicable Collateral Account Control Agreement at such time multiplied in each case by the
respective Advance Rates for cash and such Eligible Assets, in each case as of
the close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day or, if such
amount is not determinable as of the close of business on such immediately
preceding Business Day, as of the close of business on the most recent Business
Day on which such amount is determinable; provided that no Collateral
(including without limitation cash) shall be included in the calculation of
Borrowing Base unless (i) the Collateral Agent has a first priority perfected
lien on and security interest in such Collateral pursuant to the Security
Documents and (ii) there shall exist no other Liens on such Collateral; provided
further that (1) no Eligible Asset shall be included in the calculation
of Borrowing Base unless it is listed on a national securities exchange or
freely tradeable at readily established prices in over-the-counter
transactions, (2) no single issuer of U.S. Commercial Paper (Rating A1/P1 or better),
U.S. Corporate Bonds, U.S. Municipal Securities, German debt obligations,
French debt obligations or U.K. debt obligations shall comprise at any time
more than 7.5% of the aggregate Borrowing Base for all Account Parties at such
time, (3) all maturities are calculated from the relevant date of determination
of the aggregate Borrowing Base and (4) all Collateral must be performing; provided, further, that (i) the Borrowing
Base in respect of any Account Party
at any time shall be the amount thereof as set forth in the Borrowing Base
Report (as defined in the Collateral
Account Control Agreement) then most
recently delivered by the Service Provider (as defined in the Collateral
Account Control Agreement) to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4(H) of the Collateral Account Control Agreement and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, each Account Party will
take all such actions as shall be necessary to cause the Borrowing Base of such
Account Party at all times to be at least 100% of the aggregate face amount of
all Letters of Credit issued on behalf of such Account Party in accordance with
Section 5 of the Collateral Account Control Agreement.

                    “Business
Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City, London, Ireland andor
 in the case of any Specified Account Party, the jurisdiction of organization of
such Account Party, requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit are
authorized or required by law to remain closed.

                    “Capital
Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to
pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying
the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases
on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such
obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance
with GAAP.

                    “Cash
Equivalents” means at any time:

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                    (a)
time deposits, certificates of deposit or money market deposits, maturing not
more than two years after the date of determination, which are issued by a
financial institution which is rated at least AA- by S&P or Aa3 by Moody’s
(whether or not a Lender);

                    (b)
investments in money market funds that invest solely in Cash Equivalents
described in clause (a) and are rated AAA by S&P.

                    “Change
in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events or
conditions: (a) any Person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be a
Person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, acquires beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a
purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of transactions, of
shares of capital stock of XL Group entitling such Person to exercise 40% or
more of the total voting power of all shares of capital stock of XL Group that
is entitled to vote generally in elections of directors, other than an
acquisition by XL Group, any of its Subsidiaries or any employee benefit plans
of XL Group; or (b) XL Group merges or consolidates with or into any other
Person (other than a Subsidiary), another Person (other than a Subsidiary)
merges into XL Group or XL Group conveys, sells, transfers or leases all or
substantially all of its assets to another Person (other than a Subsidiary),
other than any transaction: (i) that does not result in a reclassification,
conversion, exchange or cancellation of the outstanding shares of capital stock
of XL Group (other than the cancellation of any outstanding shares of capital
stock of XL Group held by the Person with whom it merges or consolidates) or
(ii) which is effected solely to change the jurisdiction of incorporation of XL
Group and results in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding
shares of capital stock of XL Group solely into shares of capital stock of the
surviving entity; or (c) a majority of the members of XL Group’s board of
directors are persons who are then serving on the board of directors without
having been elected by the board of directors or having been nominated for
election by its shareholders.

                    “Change
in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the
date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the
date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of
Section 2.10(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s
holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after
the date of this Agreement.

                    “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

                    “Collateral”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge Agreement.

                    “Collateral
Account Control Agreement” means the Collateral Account Control Agreement,
among each Account Party, The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacities as
Custodian and as Collateral Agent, and the Administrative Agent, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

                    “Collateral
Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as collateral
agent for the Secured Parties hereunder.

                    “Commitment”
means, with respect to any Lender, the commitment of such Lender to issue
Syndicated Letters of Credit and Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit and acquire

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participations
in Participated Letters of Credit, as such commitment may be (i) reduced from
time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (ii) reduced or increased from time
to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04.
The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule I or in
the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed
its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’
Commitments is $1,000,000,000.

                    “Commitment
Termination Date” means March 25, 2014.

                    “Confirming
Lender” means, with respect to any Lender, any other Person which is listed
on the NAIC Approved Bank List that has agreed, by delivery of an agreement
between such Lender and such other Person in substantially the form of Exhibit
B or any other form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to honor the
obligations of such Lender in respect of a draft complying with the terms of a
Syndicated Letter of Credit or a Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, as the case
may be, as if, and to the extent, such other Person were the “issuing lender”
(in place of such Lender) named in such Syndicated Letter of Credit or
Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, as the case may be.

                    “Consolidated
Net Worth” means, at any time, the consolidated stockholders’ equity of XL
Group and its Subsidiaries, provided that the calculation of such
consolidated stockholders’ equity shall exclude (a) the effect thereon of any
adjustments required under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115
(“Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities”) and (b)
any Exempt Indebtedness (and the assets relating thereto) in the event such
Exempt Indebtedness is consolidated on the consolidated balance sheet of XL
Group and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

                    “Consolidated
Total Assets” means, on any date, total assets of XL Group and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP as of
the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of
determination.

                    “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.

                    “Credit
Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Letter of Credit
Documents and the Security Documents.

                    “Custodian”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge Agreement.

                    “Default”
means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which
upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an
Event of Default.

                    “Defaulting
Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within three Business Days of
the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its
participations in Letters of Credit or (ii) pay over to any Obligor any other
amount required to be paid by it hereunder, in either case, unless such Lender
notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of
such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding
(which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any,
shall be specifically identified in writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has
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or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend
or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement
(unless such writing or public statement states that such position is based on
such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding
(which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any,
shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be
satisfied, or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend
credit), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the
Administrative Agent, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in
writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its
obligations to fund participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit,
provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to
this clause (c) upon such receipt of such certification in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the
subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

                    “Dollar
Equivalent” means, as used in each Alternative Currency Letter of Credit
Report and in respect of any Alternative Currency Letter of Credit, the amount
of Dollars obtained by converting the Alternative Currency LC Exposure with
respect to such Alternative Currency Letter of Credit, on the basis of the Spot
Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the
purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.

                    “Dollars”
or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

                    “Effective
Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 5.01 are
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.02).

                    “Eligible
Assets” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term
Advance Rate.

                    “Environmental
Laws” means any Law, whether now existing or subsequently enacted or
amended, relating to (a) pollution or protection of the environment, including
natural resources, (b) exposure of Persons, including but not limited to
employees, to Hazardous Materials, (c) protection of the public health or
welfare from the effects of products, by-products, wastes, emissions,
discharges or releases of Hazardous Materials or (d) regulation of the
manufacture, use or introduction into commerce of Hazardous Materials,
including their manufacture, formulation, packaging, labeling, distribution,
transportation, handling, storage or disposal.

                    “Environmental
Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or
indemnities), of an Account Party or any Subsidiary 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 or agreement
pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.

                    “Equity
Rights” means, with respect to any Person, any subscriptions, options,
warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including
any shareholders’ or voting trust agreements) for the issuance, sale,
registration or voting of, or securities convertible into, any additional
shares of capital stock of any class, or partnership or other ownership
interests of any type in, such Person.

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                    “ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time
to time.

                    “ERISA
Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with any Account Party, is treated as a single employer under Section
414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of
the Code.

                    “ERISA
Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than
an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with
respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c)
the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of
an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any
Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Account Party or any of such Account Party’s
ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by any Account Party or any ERISA
Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an
intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer
any Plan; (f) the incurrence by any Account Party or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial
withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by any
Account Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any
Multiemployer Plan from any Account Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice,
concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

                    “Event
of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.

                    “Excess
Funding Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.07.

                    “Excess
Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.07.

                    “Excluded
Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any
other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of
any Obligor hereunder, or under any Credit Document, (a) income or franchise
Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income, net profits or overall gross
receipts (including, without limitation, branch profits or similar taxes) by
the United States of America, or by any jurisdiction under the laws of which
such recipient is organized or resident, in which such recipient’s principal
office is located or with which such recipient has any other connection (other
than a connection that arises solely by reason of an Account Party having
executed, delivered or performed its obligations or a Lender or the
Administrative Agent having received a payment under this Agreement or any
Credit Document), (b) any Tax imposed pursuant to a law in effect at the time
such recipient first becomes a party to this Agreement or designates a new
lending office (or at the time such recipient acquires an additional interest,
but only with respect to Taxes attributable to such additional interest) except
to the extent that such recipient (or such recipient’s assignor, if any) was
entitled at the time of the designation of a new lending office (or assignment)
to receive additional amounts from the Account Parties with respect to such Tax
under Section 2.11(a) or 2.11(c), (c) any Tax that is attributable to a
recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.11(f), and (d) any Tax imposed
pursuant to FATCA.

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                    “Exempt
Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of any Person (other than XL Group or
any of its Affiliates) that is consolidated on the balance sheet of XL Group
and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (whether or not
required to be so consolidated); provided that (a) at the time of the
incurrence of such Indebtedness by such Person, the cash flows from the assets
of such Person shall reasonably be expected by such Person to liquidate such
Indebtedness and all other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person
and (b) no portion of such Indebtedness of such Person shall be Guaranteed
(other than guarantees of the type referred to in clause (a) or (b) of the
definition of Indebtedness) by, or shall be secured by a Lien on any assets
owned by, XL Group or any of its Subsidiaries and neither such Person nor any
of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have any direct or indirect recourse
to XL Group or any of its Subsidiaries (other than in respect of liabilities
and guarantees of the type referred to in clause (a) or (b) of the definition
of Indebtedness).

                    “Existing
Credit Agreement” means the 5-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 21,
2007 among XL Group Ltd. (formerly XL Capital Ltd), XL America, XL Insurance
(Bermuda), and XL Re, the lenders party thereto and JPMCB, as administrative
agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, including any renewals, extensions or replacements thereof that increase
the principal amount thereof as of the Effective Date; provided, however,
that to the extent such principal amount exceeds $3,000,000,000 at any time,
such excess amount shall not be deemed to be incurred under the Existing Credit
Agreement. 

                    “FATCA”
means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date of this Agreement
(including any amended or successor provisions thereto, to the extent
substantially comparable thereto), and any regulations or official
interpretations thereof.

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

                    “Financial
Officer” means, with respect to any Obligor, a principal financial officer
of such Obligor.

                 “First Amendment Effective Date”
means December 9, 2011.

                    “GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

                    “GIC”
means a guaranteed investment contract or funding agreement or other similar
agreement issued by an Account Party or any of its Subsidiaries that guarantees
to a counterparty a rate of return on the invested capital over the life of
such contract or agreement.

                    “Governmental
Authority” means the government of the United States of America, or of any
other nation (including the European Union), or any political subdivision
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central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government.

                    “Granting
Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04.

                    “Guarantee”
means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any obligations of such
Person (other than endorsements in the ordinary course of business of
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) guaranteeing or intended to
guarantee any Indebtedness of any other Person in any manner, whether direct or
indirect, and including any obligation, whether or not contingent, (i) to
purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting security therefor
for the purpose of assuring the holder of such Indebtedness, (ii) to advance or
provide funds or other support for the payment or purchase of any such
Indebtedness or to maintain working capital, solvency or other balance sheet
condition of such other Person (including keepwell agreements, maintenance
agreements, comfort letters or similar agreements or arrangements) for the
benefit of any holder of Indebtedness of such other Person, (iii) to lease or
purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring
the holder of such Indebtedness, or (iv) to otherwise assure or hold harmless
the holder of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof. The amount of
any Guarantee hereunder shall (subject to any limitations set forth therein) be
deemed to be an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the
Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee is made. The terms “Guarantee”
and “Guaranteed” used as a verb shall have a correlative meaning.

                    “Guaranteed
Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

                    “Guarantors”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of
this Agreement.

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

                    “Hedging
Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency
exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or
currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.

                    “Indebtedness”
means, for any Person, without duplication: (i) all indebtedness or liability
for or on account of money borrowed by, or for or on account of deposits with
or advances to (but not including accrued pension costs, deferred income taxes
or accounts payable of) such Person; (ii) all obligations (including contingent
liabilities) of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, banker’s acceptances
or similar instruments; (iii) all indebtedness or liability for or on account
of property or services purchased or acquired by such Person; (iv) any
indebtedness or liability secured by a Lien on property owned by such Person
(whether or not assumed) and Capital Lease Obligations of such Person (without
regard to any limitation of the rights and remedies of the holder of such Lien
or the lessor under such capital lease to repossession or sale of such
property); (v) the maximum available amount of all standby letters of credit
issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts
drawn thereunder (to the extent unreimbursed); and (vi) all Guarantees of such
Person; provided that the following shall be excluded from Indebtedness
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purposes of this Agreement: (a) all payment liabilities of any such
Person under insurance and reinsurance policies from time to time issued by
such Person, including guarantees of any such payment liabilities; (b) all
other liabilities (or guarantees thereof) arising in the ordinary course of any
such Person’s business as an insurance or reinsurance company (including GICs
and Stable Value Instruments and any Specified Transaction Agreement relating
thereto), or as a corporate member of The Council of Lloyd’s, or as a provider
of financial or investment services or contracts (including GICs and Stable
Value Instruments and any Specified Transaction Agreement relating thereto);
and (c) any Exempt Indebtedness.

                    “Indemnified
Taxes” means (a) Taxes imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender on
or with respect to any payment hereunder or under any Credit Document, other
than Excluded Taxes and (b) Other Taxes.

                    “Insurance
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary (other than XL Life Insurance and Annuity
Company) which is subject to the regulation of, and is required to file
statutory financial statements with, any governmental body, agency or official
in any State or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia
which regulates insurance companies or the doing of an insurance business
therein.

                    “ISDA”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03(e).

                    “Issuing
Lender” means (a) with respect to any Participated Letter of Credit, JPMCB,
in its capacity as the issuer of such Participated Letter of Credit hereunder,
and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.05(j), (b) with
respect to any Syndicated Letter of Credit, each Lender, in its capacity as the
issuer of such Syndicated Letter of Credit and (c) with respect to any
Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, the Lender named therein as the issuer
thereof.

                    “JPMCB”
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

                    “Law”
means any law (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty,
regulation, rule, ordinance, order, injunction, writ, decree or award of any
Governmental Authority.

                    “LC
Disbursement” means (a) with respect to any Participated Letter of Credit
or Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, a payment made by the Issuing Lender
thereof pursuant thereto and (b) with respect to any Syndicated Letter of
Credit or Alternative Currency Letter of Credit, a payment made by a Lender
pursuant thereto.

                    “LC
Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount
of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate
amount of all LC Disbursements under Letters of Credit that have not yet been
reimbursed by or on behalf of the Account Parties at such time. The LC Exposure
of any Lender at any time shall be the sum of (i) its Applicable Percentage of
the total LC Exposure (excluding any Alternative Currency LC Exposure) plus
(ii) the Alternative Currency LC Exposure (if any) of such Lender at such time.

                    “Lenders”
means the Persons listed on Schedule I and any other Person that shall have
become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or an agreement
pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07(c), other than any such Person that
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Lender may, at its option, issue any Letter of Credit to any Account
Party by causing any foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate of such Lender to
issue such Letter of Credit; provided that any exercise of such option
shall not affect the obligations of such Account Party in respect of such
Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms hereunder).

                    “Letter
of Credit Documents” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit,
collectively, any application therefor and any other agreements, instruments,
guarantees or other documents (whether general in application or applicable
only to such Letter of Credit) governing or providing for the rights and
obligations of the parties concerned or at risk with respect to such Letter of
Credit.

                    “Letters
of Credit” means each of the Syndicated Letters of Credit, the
Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit, the Participated Letters of Credit and the
Alternative Currency Letters of Credit.

                    “LIBO
Rate” means the rate appearing on Reuters Page LIBOR01 (or on any successor
or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such
Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on
such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time
to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to
Dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, as the rate for the offering of Dollar deposits with a maturity
equal to one month. In the event that such rate is not available at such time
for any reason, then the LIBO Rate shall be the rate at which Dollar deposits
of $5,000,000 and for a maturity equal to one month are offered by the
principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available
funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time.

                    “Lien”
means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien,
security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security arrangement of any
nature whatsoever, including but not limited to any conditional sale or title
retention arrangement, and any assignment, deposit arrangement or lease
intended as, or having the effect of, security.

                 “Life Operations” has the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 7.02(e).

                    “Local
GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the jurisdiction of
any Account Party.

                    “Margin
Stock” means “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X of
the Board.

                    “Material
Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on: (a) the assets,
business, financial condition or operations of an Account Party and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (b) the ability of an Account Party to
perform any of its payment or other material obligations under this Agreement.

                    “Multiemployer
Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

                    “NAIC”
means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

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                    “NAIC
Approved Bank” means (a) any Person that is a bank listed on the most
current “Bank List” of banks approved by the NAIC (the “NAIC Approved Bank
List”) or (b) any Lender as to which its Confirming Lender is a bank listed
on the NAIC Approved Bank List.

                    “NAIC
Approved Bank List” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition
of “NAIC Approved Bank” in this Section.

                    “Non-Syndicated
Letters of Credit” means letters of credit issued under Section 2.04.

                    “Non-U.S.
Benefit Plan” means any plan, fund (including any superannuation fund) or
other similar program established or maintained outside the United States by
any Account Party or any of their Subsidiaries, with respect to which such
Account Party or such Subsidiary has an obligation to contribute, for the
benefit of employees of such Account Party or such Subsidiary, which plan, fund
or other similar program provides, or results in, the type of benefits described
in Section 3(1) or 3(2) of ERISA, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the
Code.

                    “Obligors”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of
this Agreement.

                    “Other
Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any other similar excise or property Taxes, arising from any payment made
hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of this Agreement or
any other Credit Document, including any interest, additions to tax or
penalties applicable thereto.

                    “Participant”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04.

                    “Participant
Registry” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(c)(iii).

                    “Participated
Letters of Credit” means letters of credit issued under Section 2.05.

                    “PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA
and any successor entity performing similar functions.

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

                    “Pledge
Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2011, among
each Account Party, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

                    “Plan”
means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which any Account Party or any ERISA
Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of
ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

                    “Prime
Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to
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change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date
such change is publicly announced as being effective.

                    “Private
Act” means separate legislation enacted in Bermuda with the intention that
such legislation apply specifically to an Account Party, in whole or in part.

                    “Pro
Rata Share” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.07.

                    “Quarterly
Date” means the last Business Day of March, June, September and December in
each year, the first of which shall be the first such day after the date
hereof.

                 “Rating Agency” means (a) Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,
(b) Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and (c) Fitch, Inc.

                    “Register”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04.

                    “Reimbursement
Obligation” means the obligation hereunder of the Specified Account Party
to reimburse (i) with respect to any Participated Letter of Credit or
Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender thereof and (ii) with
respect to any Syndicated Letter of Credit or Alternative Currency Letter of
Credit, the Lenders thereof, in each case, for amounts drawn under Letters of
Credit.

                    “Related
Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and
advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

                    “Required
Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Commitments representing more
than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments at such time; provided
that, if the Commitments have expired or been terminated, “Required Lenders”
means Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate LC Exposure at such time. 

                    “Revaluation
Date” means each of the following: (i) each date of issuance, renewal or
amendment of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii)
each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of
increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount),
(iii) each date of any payment by the Specified Account Party under any Letter
of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency and (iv) such additional dates
as the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender shall determine or the
Required Lenders shall require; provided that not more than four
requests in the aggregate may be made in any calendar year pursuant to this
clause (iv).

                    “SAP”
means, as to each Account Party and each Subsidiary that offers insurance
products, the statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the
relevant Governmental Authority for such Account Party’s or such Subsidiary’s
domicile for the preparation of its financial statements and other reports by
insurance corporations of the same type as such Account Party or such
Subsidiary in effect on the date such statements or reports are to be prepared,
except if otherwise notified by XL Group as provided in Section 1.03.

                    “SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor entity.

                 “Secured Credit Agreement” means
the 4-Year Credit Agreement dated as of December 9, 2011 among the Account
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administrative agent and The Bank of New York
Mellon, as collateral agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, including any renewals, extensions or replacements
thereof that increase the principal amount thereof as of the First Amendment
Effective Date; provided, however, that to the extent such principal amount
exceeds $650,000,000 at any time, such excess amount shall not be deemed to be
incurred under the Secured Credit Agreement for purposes of Section 7.03 and
Section 7.07.

                    “Security
Documents” means the Pledge Agreement and the Collateral Account Control
Agreement.

                    “SFR”
means the Statutory Financial Return of XL Life Ltd.

                    “Significant
Subsidiary” means, at any time, each Subsidiary of XL Group that, as of
such time, meets the definition of a “significant subsidiary” under Regulation
S-X of the SEC.

                    “Specified
Account Party” means the Account Party on behalf of which any specific
Letter of Credit was issued to support the obligations of such Account Party.

                    “Specified
Transaction Agreement” means any agreement, contract or documentation with
respect to the following types of transactions: cash pooling arrangements, rate
swap transaction, swap option, basis swap, asset swap, forward rate
transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap,
equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign
exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction,
current swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency
option, credit protection transaction, credit swap, credit default swap, credit
default option, total return swap, credit spread transaction, repurchase
transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction,
securities lending or borrowing transaction, weather index transaction or
forward purchase or sale of a security, commodity or other financial instrument
or interest, and transactions on any commodity futures or other exchanges,
markets and their associated clearing houses (including any option with respect
to any of these transactions).

                    “Spot
Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent
or with respect to any Letters of Credit, the Issuing Lender, to be its spot
rate for the purchase of such currency with another currency through its
principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the
date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange
computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or the
Issuing Lender may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution
designated by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender if it does not
have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency;
and provided further the Issuing Lender may use such spot rate
quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the
case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.

                    “SPV”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04.

                    “Stable
Value Instrument” means any insurance, derivative or similar financial
contract or instrument designed to mitigate the volatility of returns during a
given period on a specified portfolio of securities held by one party (the “customer”)
through the commitment of the other party (the “SVI provider”) to
provide the customer with a credited rate of return on the portfolio, typically
determined through an interest-crediting mechanism (and in exchange for which
the SVI provider typically receives a fee).

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                    “Statutory
Reserve Rate” means, for any day, a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the
numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number
one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including
any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a
decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject
on such day with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding
(currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the
Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such
Regulation D. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and
as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

                    “Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”), at any date, any
corporation (or similar entity) of which a majority of the shares of
outstanding capital stock normally entitled to vote for the election of
directors (regardless of any contingency which does or may suspend or dilute
the voting rights of such capital stock) is at such time owned directly or
indirectly by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise specified, “Subsidiary”
means a Subsidiary of an Account Party.

                    “Supplemental
Commitment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(c).

                    “Supplemental
Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(c).

                    “Syndicated
Letters of Credit” means letters of credit issued under Section 2.01.

                    “Taxes”
means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any
interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

                    “Total
Funded Debt” means, at any time, all Indebtedness of XL Group and its
Subsidiaries and any other Person which would at such time be classified in
whole or in part as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of XL Group
and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (it being understood
for avoidance of doubt that any liability or obligation excluded from the
definition of Indebtedness shall not constitute Indebtedness for purposes of
this definition).

                    “Transactions”
means the execution, delivery and performance by the Obligors of this Agreement
and the other Credit Documents to which any Account Party is intended to be a
party and the issuance of Letters of Credit.

                 “Unsecured Credit Agreement” means
the 4-Year Credit Agreement dated as of December 9, 2011 among the Account
Parties, the lenders party thereto and JPMCB, as administrative agent, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including any renewals, extensions or replacements thereof that increase the
principal amount thereof as of the First Amendment Effective Date; provided,
however, that to the extent such principal amount exceeds $1,350,000,000 at any
time, such excess amount shall not be deemed to be incurred under the Unsecured
Credit Agreement for purposes of Section 7.07.

                    “Withdrawal
Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are
defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

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                    “Withholding
Agent” means any Obligor and the Administrative Agent.

                    SECTION
1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including”
shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
“shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument, statute, law,
rule, regulation or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, statute, law, rule, regulation
 or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or
modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall
be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words
“herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits
and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall
be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights.

                    SECTION
1.03. Accounting Terms; GAAP, Local GAAP, SAP and SFR. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial
nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, Local GAAP, SAP or SFR, as
the context requires, each as in effect from time to time; provided
that, if XL Group notifies the Administrative Agent that the Account Parties
request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any
change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP, Local GAAP, SAP or SFR, as the
case may be, or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision
(or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Account Parties that the Required
Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose),
regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in
GAAP, Local GAAP, SAP or SFR, as the case may be, or in the application
thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP, Local
GAAP, SAP or SFR, as the case may be, as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have
been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

                    SECTION
1.04. Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents

(a) The Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable,
shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for
calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Letters of Credit denominated in
Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such
Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts
between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except
for purposes of financial statements delivered by Obligors hereunder or
calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided
herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes
of the Credit Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined
by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable.

(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with the issuance,
amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required
minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Letter of Credit
is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall

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be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount,
as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case
may be.

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS 

                    SECTION
2.01. Syndicated Letters of Credit.

                    (a)
General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, at the
request of any Account Party the Lenders agree at any time and from time to
time during the Availability Period to issue Syndicated Letters of Credit for
the account of such Account Party in an aggregate amount that will not result
in the LC Exposure exceeding the Commitments (it being understood that
Syndicated Letters of Credit may be issued, or be outstanding, for the account
of more than one of the Account Parties at any time). Each Syndicated Letter of
Credit shall be in such form as is consistent with the requirements of the applicable
regulatory authorities as reasonably required by the Administrative Agent (in
consultation with XL Group) or as otherwise agreed to by the Administrative
Agent and XL Group; provided that, without the prior consent of each
Lender, no Syndicated Letter of Credit may be issued that would vary the
several and not joint nature of the obligations of the Lenders thereunder as
provided in the next succeeding sentence. Each Syndicated Letter of Credit
shall be issued by all of the Lenders, acting through the Administrative Agent,
at the time of issuance as a single multi-bank letter of credit, but the
obligation of each Lender thereunder shall be several and not joint, based upon
its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount of such Syndicated Letter
of Credit.

                    (b)
Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal or Extension. To request the
issuance of a Syndicated Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or
extension of an outstanding Syndicated Letter of Credit), an Account Party shall
hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent) to
the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of
a Syndicated Letter of Credit, or identifying the Syndicated Letter of Credit
to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension, as the case may be (which shall be a Business
Day), the date on which such Syndicated Letter of Credit is to expire (which
shall comply with paragraph (d) of this Section), the amount of such Syndicated
Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and the terms
and conditions of (and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare,
amend, renew or extend, as the case may be) such Syndicated Letter of Credit.
If any Syndicated Letter of Credit shall provide for the automatic extension of
the expiry date thereof unless the Administrative Agent gives notice that such
expiry date shall not be extended, then the Administrative Agent will give such
notice if requested to do so by the Required Lenders in a notice given to the
Administrative Agent not more than 60 days, but not less than 45 days, prior to
the current expiry date of such Syndicated Letter of Credit. If requested by
the Administrative Agent, such Account Party also shall submit a letter of
credit application on JPMCB’s standard form in connection with any request for
a Syndicated Letter of Credit. In the event of any inconsistency between the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form
of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by such Account Party
to, or entered into by such Account Party with, the Administrative Agent
relating to a Syndicated Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall control.

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                    (c)
Limitations on Amounts. A Syndicated Letter of Credit shall be issued,
amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon such issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of each Syndicated Letter of Credit XL Group shall be
deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension, (i) the Aggregate LC Exposure of the Lenders
shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments and (ii) the LC
Exposure (excluding any Alternative Currency LC Exposure) of each Lender shall
not exceed the Commitment of such Lender.

                    (d)
Expiry Date. Each Syndicated Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior
to the close of business on the date one year after the date of the issuance of
such Syndicated Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof,
one year after such renewal or extension); provided that in no event
shall any Syndicated Letter of Credit have an expiry date later than the first
anniversary of the Commitment Termination Date.

                    (e)
Obligation of Lenders. The obligation of any Lender under any Syndicated
Letter of Credit shall be several and not joint and shall at any time be in an
amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate undrawn
amount of such Syndicated Letter of Credit, and each Syndicated Letter of
Credit shall expressly so provide.

                    (f)
Adjustment of Applicable Percentages. Upon (i) each increase of the
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.07(c) or (ii) the assignment by a Lender of
all or a portion of its Commitment and its interests in the Syndicated Letters
of Credit pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each beneficiary under an outstanding Syndicated Letter
of Credit of the Lenders that are parties to such Syndicated Letter of Credit
and their respective Applicable Percentages as of the effective date of, and
after giving effect to, such increase or assignment, as the case may be.

                    (g) Continuation of Existing
Syndicated Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each
Syndicated Letter of Credit under (and as defined in) the Existing Credit
Agreement which is outstanding on the First Amendment Effective Date and listed
on Schedule VI as a “Syndicated Letter of Credit” shall automatically be deemed
continued hereunder by all of the Lenders having Commitments on the First
Amendment Effective Date. The obligation of each such Lender in respect of each
such continued Syndicated Letter of Credit shall be several and not joint, based
upon its Applicable Percentage and the aggregate undrawn amount thereof, and
each such Syndicated Letter of Credit shall be deemed a Syndicated Letter of
Credit for all purposes of this Agreement as of the First Amendment Effective
Date. The Administrative Agent shall, on the First Amendment Effective Date or
as promptly as practicable thereafter, notify the beneficiary of each such
Syndicated Letter of Credit that is being continued hereunder as to the names
of the Lenders that, as of the First Amendment Effective Date, will be issuing
lenders under, and party to, such Syndicated Letter of Credit and the Lenders’
respective Applicable Percentages thereunder as of the First Amendment
Effective Date.

                    SECTION
2.02. Issuance and Administration. Each Syndicated Letter of Credit
shall be executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent in the name and on
behalf of, and as attorney-in-fact for, each Lender party to such Syndicated
Letter of Credit, and the Administrative Agent shall act under each Syndicated
Letter of Credit, and each Syndicated Letter of Credit shall expressly provide
that the Administrative Agent shall act, as the agent of each Lender to (a)
receive drafts, other demands for payment and other documents presented by the beneficiary
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demands and documents are in compliance with the terms and conditions
of such Syndicated Letter of Credit and (c) notify such Lender and the Account
Parties that a valid drawing has been made and the date that the related LC
Disbursement is to be made; provided that the Administrative Agent shall
have no obligation or liability for any LC Disbursement under such Syndicated
Letter of Credit, and each Syndicated Letter of Credit shall expressly so
provide. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and designates the
Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact, acting through any duly
authorized officer of JPMCB, to execute and deliver in the name and on behalf
of such Lender each Syndicated Letter of Credit to be issued by such Lender
hereunder. Promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Lender
will furnish to the Administrative Agent such powers of attorney or other
evidence as any beneficiary of any Syndicated Letter of Credit may reasonably
request in order to demonstrate that the Administrative Agent has the power to
act as attorney-in-fact for such Lender to execute and deliver such Syndicated
Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Administrative Agent has no responsibility hereunder with respect to the
issuance, renewal, extension, amendment or other administration of any
Alternative Currency Letter of Credit, except as expressly set forth in Section
2.06.

                    SECTION
2.03. Reimbursement of LC Disbursements, Etc.

                    (a)
Reimbursement. If any Lender shall make any LC Disbursement in respect
of any Syndicated Letter of Credit or Alternative Currency Letter of Credit,
the Specified Account Party with respect thereto agrees to reimburse such
Lender in respect of such LC Disbursement under (x) a Syndicated Letter of
Credit by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC
Disbursement not later than noon, New York City time, on (i) the Business Day
that the Account Parties receive notice of such LC Disbursement, if such notice
is received prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, or (ii) the Business Day
immediately following the day that the Account Parties receive such notice, if
such notice is not received prior to such time and (y) an Alternative Currency
Letter of Credit, by paying such Lender on the date, in the currency and amount
thereof, together with interest thereon (if any), and in the manner (including
the place of payment) as such Lender and such Specified Account Party shall
have separately agreed pursuant to Section 2.06.

                    (b)
Obligations Absolute. The several obligations of the Specified Account
Party with respect to any Letter of Credit to reimburse LC Disbursements in
respect thereof as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and
irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Syndicated
Letter of Credit or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other
document presented under a Syndicated Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment under a Syndicated Letter of Credit
against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply strictly
with the terms of such Syndicated Letter of Credit (provided that such
Specified Account Party shall not be obligated to reimburse such LC
Disbursements unless payment is made against presentation of a draft or other
document that at least substantially complies with the terms of such Syndicated
Letter of Credit), (iv) the occurrence of any Default or (v) any other event or
circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that
might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of the obligations of such Specified Account Party hereunder.

                    Neither
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Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of
or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Syndicated Letter of
Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective
of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any
error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any
draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Syndicated Letter
of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any
error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from
causes beyond their control; provided that the foregoing shall not be
construed to excuse the Administrative Agent or a Lender from liability to the
Account Parties to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to
consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the
Account Parties to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the
Account Parties that are caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of the Administrative Agent or a Lender. The parties hereto expressly agree
that:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (i)
 the Administrative Agent may accept documents that appear on their face to be
 in substantial compliance with the terms of a Syndicated Letter of Credit
 without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
 information to the contrary, and may make payment upon presentation of
 documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the
 terms of such Syndicated Letter of Credit;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (ii)
 the Administrative Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to
 decline to accept such documents and to make such payment if such documents
 are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Syndicated Letter of
 Credit; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (iii)
 this sentence shall establish the standard of care to be exercised by the
 Administrative Agent when determining whether drafts and other documents
 presented under a Syndicated Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof
 (and the parties hereto hereby waive, to the extent permitted by applicable
 law, any standard of care inconsistent with the foregoing).

 

                    (c)
Disbursement Procedures. The Administrative Agent shall, within a
reasonable time following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting
to represent a demand for payment under any Syndicated Letter of Credit. The
Administrative Agent shall promptly after such examination (i) notify each of
the Lenders and the Specified Account Party with respect to such Letter of
Credit by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or email) of such demand for payment
and (ii) deliver to each Lender a copy of each document purporting to represent
a demand for payment under such Syndicated Letter of Credit. With respect to
any drawing properly made under a Syndicated Letter of Credit, each Lender will
make an LC Disbursement in respect of such Syndicated Letter of Credit in
accordance with its liability under such Syndicated Letter of Credit and this
Agreement, such LC Disbursement to be made to the account of the Administrative
Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.
The Administrative Agent will make any such LC Disbursement available to the
beneficiary of such Syndicated Letter of Credit by promptly crediting the
amounts so received, in like funds, to the account identified by such
beneficiary in connection with such demand for payment. Promptly following any
LC Disbursement by any Lender in respect of any Syndicated Letter of Credit,
the Administrative Agent will notify the Account Parties of such LC
Disbursement; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such
notice shall not relieve such Specified Account Party of its obligation to
reimburse the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

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                    (d)
Interim Interest. If any LC Disbursement with respect to a Syndicated
Letter of Credit is made, then, unless such LC Disbursement is reimbursed in
full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall
bear interest, subject to Section 2.09(a), for each day from and including the
date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that such LC
Disbursement is reimbursed, at the rate per annum equal to 1% plus the
Alternate Base Rate.

                    SECTION
2.04. Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit.

                    (a)
General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, at the
request of any Account Party the Lenders agree at any time and from time to
time during the Availability Period to issue Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit
for the account of such Account Party in an aggregate amount that will not
result in the LC Exposure exceeding the Commitments (it being understood that
Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit may be issued, or be outstanding, for the
account of more than one of the Account Parties at any time). Each
Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit shall be in such form as is consistent with the
requirements of the applicable regulatory authorities in the jurisdiction of
issue as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or as otherwise
agreed to by the Administrative Agent and XL Group. Each Non-Syndicated Letter
of Credit shall be issued by the respective Issuing Lender thereof, through the
Administrative Agent as provided in Section 2.04(c), in the amount of such Issuing
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount of Non-Syndicated
Letters of Credit being requested by such Account Party at such time, and
(notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Letter of Credit Document to
the contrary) such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit shall be the sole
responsibility of such Issuing Lender (and of no other Person, including any
other Lender or the Administrative Agent). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, no Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit may be requested
hereunder for any jurisdiction unless XL Group provides evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that Syndicated Letters of Credit do
not comply with the insurance laws of such jurisdiction.

                    (b)
Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal or Extension. To request the
issuance of Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or
extension of outstanding Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit), an Account Party
shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent) to
the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of
Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit, or identifying the Non-Syndicated Letters of
Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension, as the case may be (which shall be a Business
Day), the date on which such Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit are to expire
(which shall comply with paragraph (e) of this Section), the aggregate amount
of all Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit to be issued in connection with such
request, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and the terms and
conditions of (and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare,
amend, renew or extend, as the case may be) such Non-Syndicated Letters of
Credit. If Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit issued in connection with the same
request shall provide for the automatic extension of the expiry date thereof
unless the Issuing Lender thereof or the Administrative Agent gives notice that
such expiry date shall not be extended, then the Administrative Agent (acting
on behalf of the relevant Issuing Lenders) will give such notice for all such
Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit if requested to do so by the Required Lenders
in a notice given to the Administrative Agent not more than 60 days, but not
less than 45 days, prior to the current expiry date of such Non-Syndicated
Letter of Credit. If requested by the Administrative Agent, such Account Party
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application on JPMCB’s standard form in connection with any request for
a Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit. In the event of any inconsistency between
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any
form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by such
Account Party to, or entered into by such Account Party with, the
Administrative Agent (acting on behalf of the relevant Issuing Lenders)
relating to a Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall control.

                    (c)
Issuance and Administration. Each Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit shall
be executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent (which term, for purposes
of this Section 2.04 and any other provisions of this Agreement, including
Article IX and Section 10.03, relating to Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit,
shall be deemed to refer to, unless the context otherwise requires, JPMCB
acting in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or in its individual
capacity, in either case as attorney-in-fact for the respective Issuing
Lender), acting through any duly authorized officer of JPMCB, in the name and
on behalf of, and as attorney-in-fact for, the Issuing Lender party to such
Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit. With respect to each Non-Syndicated Letter of
Credit, the Administrative Agent shall act in the name and on behalf of, and as
attorney-in-fact for, the Lender issuing such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit
and in that capacity shall, and each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and
designates the Administrative Agent, acting through any duly authorized officer
of JPMCB, to so act in the name and on behalf of, and as attorney-in-fact for,
each Lender with respect to each Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit to be issued
by such Lender hereunder and, without limiting any other provision of this
Agreement, to, (i) execute and deliver in the name and on behalf of such Lender
each Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit to be issued by such Lender hereunder,
(ii) receive drafts, other demands for payment and/or other documents presented
by the beneficiary thereunder, (iii) determine whether such drafts, demands
and/or documents are in compliance with the terms and conditions thereof, (iv)
notify the beneficiary of any such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit of the
expiration or non-renewal thereof in accordance with the terms thereof, (v)
advise such beneficiary of any change in the office for presentation of drafts
under any such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, (vi) enter into with the
Specified Account Party any such letter of credit application or similar
agreement with respect to any such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit as the
Administrative Agent shall require, (vii) remit to the beneficiary of any such
Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit any payment made by such Lender and received by
the Administrative Agent in connection with a drawing thereunder, (viii)
perform any and all other acts which in the sole opinion of the Administrative
Agent may be necessary or incidental to the performance of the powers herein
granted with respect to such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, (ix) notify such
Lender and the Specified Account Party that a valid drawing has been made and
the date that the related LC Disbursement is to be made; provided that
the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation or liability for any LC
Disbursement under such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit and (x) delegate to any
agent of JPMCB and such agent’s Related Parties, or any of them, the
performance of any of such powers. Each Lender hereby ratifies and confirms
(and undertakes to ratify and confirm from time to time upon the request of the
Administrative Agent) whatsoever the Administrative Agent (or any Related Party
thereof) shall do or purport to do by virtue of the power herein granted.
Promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Lender will furnish
to the Administrative Agent such powers of attorney or other evidence as any
beneficiary of any Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit may reasonably request in
order to demonstrate that the Administrative Agent has the power to act as
attorney-in-fact for such Lender with respect to such Non-Syndicated Letter of
Credit (together with such evidence of the due authorization, execution,
delivery and validity of such power of attorney as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request). Without limiting any provision of Article IX, the
Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and
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rights and powers under
this Section through its Related Parties.

                    (d)
Limitations on Amounts. Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit shall be
issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon such issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of each Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit XL
Group shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to
such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, (i) the Aggregate LC Exposure
of the Lenders shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments and
(ii) the LC Exposure (excluding any Alternative Currency LC Exposure) of each
Lender shall not exceed the Commitment of such Lender.

                    (e)
Expiry Date. Each Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit shall expire at or
prior to the close of business on the date one year after the date of the
issuance of such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any
renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension); provided
that in no event shall any Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit have an expiry date
later than the first anniversary of the Commitment Termination Date.

                    (f)
Participations. By the issuance of a Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit (or
an amendment to a Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit increasing the amount
thereof) by the respective Issuing Lender, and without any further action on
the part of such Issuing Lender or the Lenders, such Issuing Lender hereby
grants to each Lender (other than the Issuing Lender itself), and each such Lender
hereby acquires from such Issuing Lender, a participation in such
Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of
the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Non-Syndicated Letter of
Credit. The obligation of each Lender under
a Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit shall be several and not joint. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to
acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Non-Syndicated
Letter of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any
Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default
or reduction or termination of the Commitments. In consideration and in
furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally
agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for account of the respective
Issuing Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement
made by an Issuing Lender in respect of any Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit
promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time from the time
such LC Disbursement is made until such LC Disbursement is reimbursed by the
Specified Account Party or at any time after any reimbursement payment is
required to be refunded to the Specified Account Party for any reason. Such
payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any
payment from the Specified Account Party pursuant to the next following
paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the
respective Issuing Lender or, to the extent that the Lenders have made payments
pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Lender, then to such
Lenders and such Issuing Lender as their interests may appear. Any payment made
by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Lender for any
LC Disbursement shall not relieve the Specified Account Party of its obligation
to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

                    (g)
Reimbursement. If any Issuing Lender shall make any LC Disbursement in
respect of any Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, the Specified Account Party
with respect thereto agrees to reimburse such Issuing Lender in respect of such
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Administrative Agent an
amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than noon, New York City time,
on (i) the Business Day that the Account Parties receive notice of such LC
Disbursement, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Account
Parties receive such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time.

                    If
the Specified Account Party fails to make such payment when due, the
Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC
Disbursement, the payment then due from the Specified Account Party in respect
thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof.

                    (h)
Obligations Absolute. The several obligations of the Specified Account
Party with respect to any Letter of Credit to reimburse LC Disbursements in
respect of any Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit as provided in paragraph (g) of
this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be
performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and
all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or
enforceability of any Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, or any term or provision
therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Non-Syndicated
Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or
any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment
by the Issuing Lender under a Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply strictly with
the terms of such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit (provided that such
Specified Account Party shall not be obligated to reimburse such LC
Disbursements unless payment is made against presentation of a draft or other
document that at least substantially complies with the terms of such Non-Syndicated
Letter of Credit), (iv) the occurrence of any Default or (v) any other event or
circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that
might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of the obligations of such Specified Account Party hereunder.

                    Neither
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor any Issuing Lender, nor any of their
respective Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by
reason of or in connection with the payment or failure to make any payment
under a Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit (irrespective of any of the
circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence) as a result of determining
whether drafts or other documents presented under a Non-Syndicated Letter of
Credit comply with the terms thereof, or any error, omission, interruption,
loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other
communication under or relating to any Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit (including
any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in
interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond
the control of an Issuing Lender; provided that the foregoing shall not
be construed to excuse the Administrative Agent or a Lender from liability to
the Account Parties to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to
consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the
Account Parties to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the
Account Parties that are caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of the Administrative Agent or a Lender when determining whether drafts and
other documents presented under a Non Syndicated Letter of Credit comply with
the terms hereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (i)
 the Administrative Agent may accept documents that appear on their face to be
 in substantial compliance with the terms of a Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit
 without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
 information to the 

 

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 contrary, and may
 make payment upon presentation of documents that appear on their face to be
 in substantial compliance with the terms of such Non-Syndicated Letter of
 Credit;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (ii)
 the Administrative Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to
 decline to accept such documents and to make such payment if such documents
 are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Non-Syndicated Letter of
 Credit; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (iii)
 this sentence shall establish the standard of care to be exercised by the
 Administrative Agent when determining whether drafts and other documents
 presented under a Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit comply with the terms
 thereof (and the parties hereto hereby waive, to the extent permitted by
 applicable law, any standard of care inconsistent with the foregoing).

 

                    (i)
Disbursement Procedures. The Administrative Agent shall, within a
reasonable time following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting
to represent a demand for payment under any Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit.
The Administrative Agent shall promptly after such examination (i) notify each
of the Lenders and the Specified Account Party with respect to such Letter of
Credit by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or email) of such demand for payment
and (ii) deliver to each Lender (including the Issuing Lender) a copy of each
document purporting to represent a demand for payment under such Non-Syndicated
Letter of Credit. With respect to any drawing properly made under a
Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender thereof will make an LC
Disbursement in respect of such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit in accordance
with its liability under such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit and this
Agreement, such LC Disbursement to be made to the account of the Administrative
Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.
The Administrative Agent will make any such LC Disbursement available to the
beneficiary of such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit by promptly crediting the
amounts so received, in like funds, to the account identified by such
beneficiary in connection with such demand for payment. Promptly following any
LC Disbursement by any Issuing Lender in respect of any Non-Syndicated Letter
of Credit, the Administrative Agent will notify the Account Parties of such LC
Disbursement; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such
notice shall not relieve the Specified Account Party of its obligation to
reimburse such Issuing Lender with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

                    (j)
Interim Interest. If any LC Disbursement with respect to a
Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit is made, then, unless such LC Disbursement is
reimbursed in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount
thereof shall bear interest, subject to Section 2.09(a), for each day from and
including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that
such LC Disbursement is reimbursed, at the rate per annum equal to 1% plus
the Alternate Base Rate.

                    (k)
Adjustments to Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit. Upon each increase of
the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.07(c), (i) each Non-Syndicated Letter of
Credit then outstanding hereunder shall, as of the effective date of such
increase, be amended by the respective Issuing Lenders thereof (through the
Administrative Agent) to reflect the Lenders having Commitments after giving
effect to such increase and having, with respect to each such Non-Syndicated
Letter of Credit issued by an existing Lender, a face amount based upon such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Commitments and/or (ii) as applicable,
new Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit shall be issued hereunder as of such
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Supplemental Lender
which has undertaken a new or incremental Commitment in connection with such
increase in a face amount based upon such Supplemental Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of such Commitments. Upon the assignment by a Lender of all or a
portion of its Commitment and its interests in the Non-Syndicated Letters of
Credit pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, (i) XL Group shall, at the
reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, execute such documents as may
be necessary in connection with amendments to each Non-Syndicated Letter of
Credit issued by such assigning Lender then outstanding hereunder (or to
replace each such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit with a new Non-Syndicated
Letter of Credit of such assigning Lender) to reflect such assigning Lender’s
Commitment and with a face amount based upon such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage after giving effect to such assignment and/or (ii) as applicable, a
new Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit shall be issued hereunder as of the
effective date of such assignment by the assignee Lender which has undertaken a
new or incremental Commitment in connection with such assignment in a face
amount based upon such assignee Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
Commitments after giving effect to such assignment.

                    (l)
Continuation of Existing Non-Syndicated Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, each Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit under (and as
defined in) the Existing Credit Agreement which is outstanding on First
Amendment Effective Date and listed on Schedule VI as a “Non-Syndicated Letter
of Credit” shall, effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date, be deemed
continued hereunder and shall be amended by the respective Issuing Lender
(through the Administrative Agent) to reflect (i) the Lenders having
Commitments as of the First Amendment Effective Date and (ii) with respect to
each such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit issued by a Lender that is party to the
Existing Credit Agreement, a face amount based upon the respective Lender’s
Applicable Percentage as in effect on the First Amendment Effective Date, and
each such Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit, as so amended, shall be deemed
continued hereunder as a Non-Syndicated Letter of Credit issued by such Lender
for all purposes of this Agreement as of the First Amendment Effective Date.

                    SECTION
2.05. Participated Letters of Credit.

                    (a)
General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, any
Account Party may request the Issuing Lender to issue, at any time and from
time to time during the Availability Period, Participated Letters of Credit for
its own account. Each Participated Letter of Credit shall be in such form as is
consistent with the requirements of the applicable regulatory authorities
reasonably required by the Administrative Agent (in consultation with XL Group)
or as otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and XL Group.
Participated Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of
the Commitments.

                    (b)
Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal or Extension. To request the
issuance of a Participated Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or
extension of an outstanding Participated Letter of Credit), an Account Party
shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Lender) to the
Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the
requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice
requesting the issuance of a Participated Letter of Credit, or identifying the
Participated Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying
the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a
Business Day), the date on which such Participated Letter of Credit

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is to expire (which
shall comply with paragraph (d) of this Section), the amount of such
Participated Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof
and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or
extend such Participated Letter of Credit. If Participated Letters of Credit
issued in connection with the same request shall provide for the automatic
extension of the expiry date thereof unless the Issuing Lender thereof or the
Administrative Agent gives notice that such expiry date shall not be extended,
then the Administrative Agent (acting on behalf of the relevant Issuing Lender)
will give such notice for all such Participated Letters of Credit if requested
to do so by the Issuing Lender in a notice given to the Administrative Agent
not more than 60 days, but not less than 45 days, prior to the current expiry
date of such Participated Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Lender,
such Account Party also shall submit a letter of credit application on the
Issuing Lender’s standard form in connection with any request for a
Participated Letter of Credit. In the event of any inconsistency between the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form
of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Account
Party to, or entered into by such Account Party with, the Issuing Lender
relating to a Participated Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall control.

                    (c)
Limitations on Amounts. A Participated Letter of Credit shall be issued,
amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of each Participated Letter of Credit XL Group shall be deemed to
represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension (i) the Aggregate LC Exposure of the Lenders shall not
exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments and (ii) the LC Exposure of the
Issuing Lender (determined for these purposes without giving effect to the
participations therein of the Lenders pursuant to paragraph (e) of this
Section) shall not exceed the Commitment of such Issuing Lender.

                    (d)
Expiry Date. Each Participated Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior
to the close of business on the date one year after the date of the issuance of
such Participated Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension
thereof, one year after such renewal or extension); provided that in no
event shall any Participated Letter of Credit have an expiry date later than
the first anniversary of the Commitment Termination Date.

                    (e)
Participations. By the issuance of a Participated Letter of Credit (or
an amendment to a Participated Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof)
by the Issuing Lender, and without any further action on the part of the
Issuing Lender or the Lenders, the Issuing Lender hereby grants to each Lender,
and each Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Lender, a participation in
such Participated Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Participated Letter of
Credit. The obligation of each Lender under
a Participated Letter of Credit shall be several and not joint. Each
Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations
pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Participated Letters of Credit is
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance
whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Participated
Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or
termination of the Commitments. In consideration and in furtherance of the
foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to
the Administrative Agent, for account of the Issuing Lender, such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Lender in respect of any
Participated Letter of Credit promptly upon the request of the Issuing Lender
at any time from the time such LC Disbursement is made until such LC
Disbursement is reimbursed by the Specified Account Party or at any time after
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Account Party for any
reason. Such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding
or reduction whatsoever. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent
of any payment from the Specified Account Party pursuant to the next following
paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the
Issuing Lender or, to the extent that the Lenders have made payments pursuant
to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Lender, then to such Lenders and the
Issuing Lender as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender
pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any LC
Disbursement shall not relieve the Specified Account Party of its obligation to
reimburse such LC Disbursement.

                    (f)
Reimbursement. If any Lender shall make any LC Disbursement in respect
of any Participated Letter of Credit, the Specified Account Party with respect
thereto agrees to reimburse such Lender in respect of such LC Disbursement by
paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not
later than noon, New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that the Account
Parties receive notice of such LC Disbursement, if such notice is received
prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, or (ii) the Business Day immediately
following the day that the Account Parties receive such notice, if such notice
is not received prior to such time.

                    If
the Specified Account Party fails to make such payment when due, the
Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC
Disbursement, the payment then due from the Specified Account Party in respect
thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof.

                    (g)
Obligations Absolute. The several obligations of the Specified Account
Party with respect to any Letter of Credit to reimburse LC Disbursements in
respect of any Participated Letter of Credit as provided in paragraph (f) of
this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be
performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and
all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or
enforceability of any Participated Letter of Credit, or any term or provision
therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Participated Letter
of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by
the Issuing Lender under a Participated Letter of Credit against presentation
of a draft or other document that does not comply strictly with the terms of
such Participated Letter of Credit (provided that such Specified Account
Party shall not be obligated to reimburse such LC Disbursements unless payment
is made against presentation of a draft or other document that at least
substantially complies with the terms of such Participated Letter of Credit),
(iv) the occurrence of any Default or (v) any other event or circumstance
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for
the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of
the obligations of such Specified Account Party hereunder.

                    Neither
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Lender, nor any of their
respective Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by
reason of or in connection with the payment or failure to make any payment
under a Participated Letter of Credit (irrespective of any of the circumstances
referred to in the preceding sentence) as a result of determining whether
drafts or other documents presented under a Participated Letter of Credit
comply with the terms thereof, or any error, omission, interruption, loss or
delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication
under or relating to any Participated Letter of Credit (including any document
required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of
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the Issuing Lender; provided
that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Lender from
liability to the Account Parties to the extent of any direct damages (as
opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived
by the Account Parties to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by
the Account Parties that are caused by the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct when determining whether drafts and other documents
presented under a Participated Letter of Credit comply with the terms hereof.
The parties hereto expressly agree that:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (i)
 the Issuing Lender may accept documents that appear on their face to be in
 substantial compliance with the terms of a Participated Letter of Credit
 without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
 information to the contrary, and may make payment upon presentation of
 documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the
 terms of such Participated Letter of Credit;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (ii)
 the Issuing Lender shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to decline
 to accept such documents and to make such payment if such documents are not
 in strict compliance with the terms of such Participated Letter of Credit;
 and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (iii)
 this sentence shall establish the standard of care to be exercised by the
 Issuing Lender when determining whether drafts and other documents presented
 under a Participated Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof (and the
 parties hereto hereby waive, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any
 standard of care inconsistent with the foregoing).

 

                    (h)
Disbursement Procedures. The Issuing Lender shall, within a reasonable
time following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to
represent a demand for payment under a Participated Letter of Credit. The
Issuing Lender shall promptly after such examination notify the Administrative
Agent and the Specified Account Party with respect to such Letter of Credit by
telephone (confirmed by telecopy or email) of such demand for payment and
whether the Issuing Lender has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder;
provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall
not relieve the Specified Account Party of its obligation to reimburse the
Issuing Lender and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

                    (i)
Interim Interest. If any LC Disbursement is made with respect to a
Participated Letter of Credit, then, unless such LC Disbursement is reimbursed
in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof
shall bear interest, subject to Section 2.09(a), for each day from and
including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that
such LC Disbursement is reimbursed, at the rate per annum equal to 1% plus
the Alternate Base Rate. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be
for account of the Issuing Lender, except that interest accrued on and after
the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section to
reimburse the Issuing Lender shall be for account of such Lender to the extent
of such payment.

                    (j)
Replacement of the Issuing Lender. The Issuing Lender may be replaced at
any time by written agreement between XL Group, the Administrative Agent, the
replaced Issuing Lender and the successor Issuing Lender. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Lender.
At the time any such replacement shall become effective, XL Group shall pay all
unpaid fees accrued for account of the replaced Issuing Lender pursuant to
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(i) the successor
Issuing Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced
Issuing Lender under this Agreement with respect to Participated Letters of
Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing
Lender” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing
Lender, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Lenders, as the context
shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Lender hereunder, the
replaced Issuing Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have
all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Lender under this Agreement with
respect to Participated Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such
replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Participated Letters
of Credit.

                    (k)
Adjustment of Applicable Percentages. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, upon (i) each increase of the Commitments pursuant to Section
2.07(c), each Lender’s participation in each Participated Letter of Credit then
outstanding shall automatically be adjusted to reflect its Applicable
Percentage after giving effect to such increase and (ii) the assignment by a
Lender of all or a portion of its Commitment and its interests in the
Participated Letters of Credit pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, the
respective assigning Lender’s participation in each Participated Letter of
Credit then outstanding shall automatically be adjusted to reflect, and the
respective assignee Lender shall be deemed to acquire a participation in each
such Participated Letter of Credit in an amount equal to, its Applicable
Percentage after giving effect to such assignment.

                    (l)
Continuation of Existing Participated Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, each Participated Letter of Credit under (and as defined
in) the Existing Credit Agreement which is outstanding on the First Amendment
Effective Date and listed on Schedule VI as a “Participated Letter of Credit”
shall automatically be deemed continued hereunder on the First Amendment
Effective Date by the Issuing Lender of such Participated Letter of Credit, and
as of the First Amendment Effective Date the Lenders shall acquire a
participation therein as if such Participated Letter of Credit were issued
hereunder, and each such Participated Letter of Credit shall be deemed a
Participated Letter of Credit for all purposes of this Agreement as of the
First Amendment Effective Date.

                    SECTION
2.06. Alternative Currency Letters of Credit.

                    (a)
Requests for Offers. From time to time during the Availability Period, a
Specified Account Party may request any or all of the Lenders to make offers to
issue an Alternative Currency Letter of Credit for account of such Specified
Account Party. Each Lender may, but shall have no obligation to, make such
offers on terms and conditions that are satisfactory to such Lender, and such
Specified Account Party may, but shall have no obligation to, accept any such
offers. An Alternative Currency Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended,
renewed or extended only if (and upon such issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of each Alternative Currency Letter of Credit XL Group shall be
deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension, the Aggregate LC Exposure shall not exceed the
aggregate amount of the Commitments. Each such Alternative Currency Letter of
Credit shall be issued, and subsequently, renewed, extended, amended and
confirmed, on such terms as XL Group, the Specified Account Party and such
Lender shall agree, including expiry, drawing conditions, reimbursement,
interest, fees and provision of cover; provided that the expiry of any
Alternative Currency Letter of Credit shall not be later than the one-year
anniversary from the date of issuance thereof (or, in the case of any renewal
or extension thereof, one-year after such renewal or extension).

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                    (b)
Reports to Administrative Agent. XL Group shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders a report in respect of each
Alternative Currency Letter of Credit (an “Alternative Currency Letter of
Credit Report”) on and as of the date (i) on which such Alternative
Currency Letter of Credit is issued, (ii) of the issuance, renewal, extension
or amendment of a Syndicated Letter of Credit or a Non-Syndicated Letter of
Credit, if any Alternative Currency Letter of Credit is then outstanding and
(iii) on which the Commitments are to be reduced pursuant to Section 2.07,
specifying for each such Alternative Currency Letter of Credit (after giving effect
to issuance thereof, as applicable): 

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (A)
 the date on which such Alternative Currency Letter of Credit was or is being
 issued;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (B)
 the Alternative Currency of such Alternative Currency Letter of Credit;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (C)
 the aggregate undrawn amount of such Alternative Currency Letter of Credit
 (in such Alternative Currency);

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (D)
 the aggregate unpaid amount of LC Disbursements under such Alternative
 Currency Letter of Credit (in such Alternative Currency);

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (E)
 the Alternative Currency LC Exposure (in Dollars) in respect of such
 Alternative Currency Letter of Credit; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (F)
 the aggregate amount of Alternative Currency LC Exposures (in Dollars).

 

                    Each
Alternative Currency Letter of Credit Report shall be delivered to the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time)
on the date on which it is required to be delivered.

                    SECTION
2.07. Termination, Reduction and Increase of the Commitments.

                    (a)
Scheduled Termination. Unless previously terminated, the Commitments
shall terminate at the close of business on the Commitment Termination Date.

                    (b)
Voluntary Termination or Reduction. The Account Parties may at any time
terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that
(i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is $25,000,000
or a larger multiple of $5,000,000 and (ii) the Account Parties shall not
terminate or reduce the Commitments if the Aggregate LC Exposure would exceed
the Commitments. XL Group shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election
to terminate or reduce the Commitments under this paragraph (b) at least three
Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction,
specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following
receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders
of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by XL Group pursuant to this
paragraph (b) shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of
termination of the Commitments delivered by XL Group may state that such notice
is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case
such notice may be revoked by XL Group (by notice to the Administrative Agent
on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not
satisfied. Subject to the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, any
termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction
of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with
their respective Commitments.

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                    (c)
Increases to Commitments. XL Group shall have the right, at any time by
notice to the Administrative Agent, to increase the Commitments hereunder (i)
by including as a Lender hereunder with a new Commitment, any Person which is a
NAIC Approved Bank (or any other Person whose obligations in respect of Letters
of Credit issued under the Agreement shall be confirmed by a NAIC Approved
Bank) that is not an existing Lender or (ii) by having an existing Lender
increase its Commitment then in effect (with the consent of such Lender in its
sole discretion) (each new or increasing Lender, a “Supplemental Lender”)
in each case with the approval (not to be unreasonably withheld) of the
Administrative Agent, which notice shall specify the name of each Supplemental
Lender, the aggregate amount of such increase and the portion thereof being
assumed by each such Supplemental Lender, and the date on which such increase
is to become effective (each a “Supplemental Commitment Date”) (which
shall be a Business Day at least three Business Days after the delivery of such
notice and 30 days prior to the Commitment Termination Date); provided
that (w) the aggregate amount of increases of the Commitments under this
paragraph shall not exceed $500,000,000, (x) no existing Lender shall have any
obligation to participate in such increase of aggregate Commitments (y) the
Commitment of any Supplemental Lender that is not an existing Lender shall be
in an amount of at least $25,000,000 and (z) the aggregate amount of the
increase of the Commitments effected on any day shall be in an aggregate amount
of at least $25,000,000 and larger multiples of $1,000,000. Each such
Supplemental Lender shall enter into an agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to XL Group and the Administrative Agent pursuant to which such
Supplemental Lender shall, as of the applicable Supplemental Commitment Date,
undertake a Commitment (or, if any such Supplemental Lender is an existing
Lender, pursuant to which such Supplemental Lender’s Commitment shall be
increased in the agreed amount on such date) and such Supplemental Lender shall
thereupon become (or, if it is already a Lender, continue to be) a “Lender” for
all purposes hereof; provided that, in the case of any Supplemental
Lender that is not a Lender immediately prior to such Supplemental Commitment
Date and is not listed on the NAIC Approved Bank List, such Supplemental Lender
and its Confirming Lender shall have entered into an agreement of the type
contemplated in the definition of “Confirming Lender” in Section 1.01.

                    Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no increase in the Commitments hereunder pursuant to this
Section shall be effective unless on the applicable Supplemental Commitment
Date:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (i)
 no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (ii)
 the representations and warranties of the Obligors set forth in this
 Agreement (other than in Section 4.04(b)) shall be true and correct in all
 material respects on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or
 warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of
 such specific date).

 

Each such notice shall
be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by XL Group as to the
matters specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence
as of such date.

                    SECTION
2.08. Fees.

                    (a)
Commitment Fee. XL Group agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for
account of each Lender a commitment fee which shall accrue at a rate per annum
equal to 0.125% on the average daily unused amount of such Lender’s Commitment
during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the
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Commitments. Commitment
fees accrued through and including each Quarterly Date shall be payable on the
third Business Day following such Quarterly Date, commencing on the first such
date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees
shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments terminate.

                    (b)
Commission. XL Group agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for
account of each Lender a commission which shall accrue at a rate per annum
equal to 0.50% on the face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit. Such
commission shall be shared ratably among the Lenders participating in such
Letters of Credit. Commissions accrued through and including each Quarterly
Date shall be payable on the third Business Day following such Quarterly Date,
commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided
that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments
terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments
terminate shall be payable on demand.

                    (c)
Participated Letter of Credit Fees. XL Group agrees to pay to the
Issuing Lender of any Participated Letter of Credit a fronting fee which shall
accrue at a rate per annum as agreed in writing between XL Group and the
Issuing Lender on the face amount in respect of such Participated Letter of
Credit (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC
Disbursements). Fronting fees accrued through and including each Quarterly Date
shall be payable on the third Business Day following such Quarterly Date,
commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided
that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments
terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments
terminate shall be payable on demand.

                    (d)
LC Administrative Fees. XL Group agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent and the Issuing Lender (to extent that such Issuing Lender is not the
same Person as the Administrative Agent), each for its own account, within 10
Business Days after demand the Administrative Agent’s or the Issuing Lender’s
standard administrative fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal
or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. 

                    (e)
Administrative Agent Fees. XL Group agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times
separately agreed upon between XL Group and the Administrative Agent.

                    (f)
Collateral Agent Fees. XL Group agrees to pay to the Collateral Agent,
for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately
agreed upon between XL Group and the Collateral Agent.

                    (g)
Payment and Computation of Fees. All fees payable hereunder shall be
paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative
Agent for distribution, in the case of the fees referred to in paragraphs (a)
through (c) of this Section, to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall
not be refundable under any circumstances. All fees payable under paragraphs
(a) through (c) of this Section shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360
days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the
first day but excluding the last day).

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                    SECTION
2.09. Interest.

                    (a)
Default Interest. If any amount of reimbursement obligation, interest,
fees, and other amounts payable by the Account Parties hereunder is not paid
when due, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before
judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of any Reimbursement
Obligations, 3.0% plus the Alternate Base Rate and (ii) in the case of
any amounts other than Reimbursement Obligations, 2.0% plus the
Alternate Base Rate.

                    (b)
Payment of Interest. Interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
Section shall be payable on demand.

                    (c)
Computation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate
Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate
shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap
year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate
Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative
Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

                    SECTION
2.10. Increased Costs.

                    (a)
Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (i)
 impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
 requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
 extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the
 Adjusted LIBO Rate); 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (ii)
 impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition
 affecting this Agreement or any Letter of Credit (or any participation
 therein); or

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (iii)
 change the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender in respect thereof
 (except for Indemnified Taxes, Excluded Taxes and changes in the rate of tax
 on the overall net income of such Lender);

 

                    and
the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender
of making or maintaining, or participating in, any Letter of Credit (or of
maintaining any participation therein) or to reduce the amount of any sum
received or receivable by such Lender hereunder, then XL Group (and in the case
of any specific Letter of Credit, the Specified Account Party on behalf of
which such Letter of Credit was issued) agrees that it will pay to such Lender
such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such
additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, (i)
all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the
Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
(or any successor or similar authority) or by United States or foreign
regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, and (ii) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or, requirements and
directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, shall in each case be
deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

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                    (b)
Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law
regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the
rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding
company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit
issued or participated in by such Lender to a level below that which such
Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change
in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of
such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time
to time XL Group (and in the case of any specific Letter of Credit, the
Specified Account Party on behalf of which such Letter of Credit was issued)
will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

                    (c)
Certificates from Lenders. A certificate of a Lender setting forth such
Lender’s good faith determination of the amount or amounts necessary to
compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified
in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to XL Group and shall
be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error. XL
Group (and in the case of any specific Letter of Credit, the Specified Account
Party on behalf of which such Letter of Credit was issued) shall pay such
Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after
receipt thereof by XL Group.

                    (d)
Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such
Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that XL Group and
any Specified Account Party shall not be required to compensate a Lender
pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more
than 90 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies XL Group of the Change
in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s
intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that,
if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is
retroactive, then the 90 day period referred to above shall be extended to
include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

                    (e)
Comparable Treatment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section, no Lender shall demand compensation for any increased cost or
reduction pursuant to this Section if such Lender is not demanding such
compensation in similar circumstances under comparable provisions of other
credit agreements.

                    SECTION
2.11. Taxes.

                    (a)
Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any
Obligor hereunder, or under any Credit Document, shall be made free and clear
of and without deduction for or withholding of any amounts in respect of Taxes,
unless such withholding is required by applicable law as determined in good
faith by the applicable Withholding Agent; provided that if any
Indemnified Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, then (i) the sum payable by the applicable
Obligor shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required
deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section) the Administrative Agent or Lender (as the case may be) receives
an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such amounts been
withheld and (ii) such amounts shall be withheld and paid to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

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                    (b)
Payment of Other Taxes by the Account Parties. In addition, each
Specified Account Party shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.

                    (c)
Indemnification by the Account Parties. XL Group (and in the case of any
specific Letter of Credit, the Specified Account Party on behalf of which such
Letter of Credit was issued) shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after written demand to XL
Group therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes
(including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts
payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not
such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, as the case may be, were correctly or
legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate
setting forth the Administrative Agent’s, the Collateral Agent’s or such
Lender’s, as the case may be, good faith determination of the amount of such
payment or liability (along with a reasonably detailed explanation and
computation of such payment or liability) delivered to XL Group by a Lender, or
by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf, the Collateral Agent on its own
behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive as between such Lender or
the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and the Account Parties absent
manifest error.

                    (d)
Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent for the full amount of any
Taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority that are attributable to such
Lender and that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, together with
all interest, penalties, reasonable costs and expenses arising therefrom or
with respect thereto, as determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith.
A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any
Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

                    (e)
Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any Specified Account Party to a
Governmental Authority, XL Group on behalf of such Specified Account Party
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a
receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy
of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

                    (f)
Exemptions. (1) Each recipient of payments under this Agreement or any
Credit Document (or a Transferee, including any Participant, in which case such
Participant’s obligations to a Specified Account Party and the Administrative
Agent described in this Section 2.11(f) shall also extend to the Lender from
which the related participation shall have been purchased) (i) that is a “United
States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “U.S. Lender”)
shall deliver to the Specified Account Party and the Administrative Agent two
properly completed and duly signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service
(“IRS”) Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such U.S. Lender is
exempt from U.S. federal withholding tax or (ii) that is not a “United States
Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”)
shall deliver to the Specified Account Party and the Administrative Agent (I)
two copies of IRS Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY(or any
successor form) (together with any applicable underlying IRS forms), (II) in
the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding
tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of
“portfolio interest”, a certification to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender
is not (a) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b)
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“10 percent shareholder”
of the Specified Account party within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of
the Code, (c) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section
881(c)(3)(C) of the Code or (d) conducting a trade or business in the United
States with which the relevant interest payments are effectively connected; and
the applicable IRS Form W-8 (or any successor form) properly completed and duly
executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from U.S. federal
withholding tax on payments under this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents, or (III) any other form prescribed by applicable requirements of
U.S. federal income tax law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a
reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary
documentation as may be prescribed by applicable requirements of law to permit
the Specified Account Party and the Administrative Agent to determine the
withholding or deduction required to be made. Such forms shall be delivered by
each U.S. Lender and each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a
party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the
date such Participant purchases the related participation) and from time to
time thereafter upon the request of the Specified Account Party or the
Administrative Agent. In addition, each U.S. Lender and each Non-U.S. Lender
shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any
form previously delivered by it. Each U.S. Lender and each Non-U.S. Lender
shall promptly notify the Specified Account Party and the Administrative Agent
at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any
previously delivered certificate to the Specified Account Party (or any other
form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no U.S. Lender or Non-U.S.
Lender shall be required to deliver any form pursuant to this Section that such
Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.

                    (2) If a payment made to any
recipient under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal
withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such recipient were to fail to comply with
the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in
Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such recipient shall
deliver to each Account Party and the Administrative Agent at the time or times
prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by any Account
Party or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable
law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such
additional documentation reasonably requested by any Account Party or the
Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Account Parties and the
Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to
determine whether such recipient has complied with such recipient’s obligations
under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such
payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.11(f)(2), “FATCA” shall include
any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement. Each recipient
agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered under this
clause expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall
update such form or certification or promptly notify the Account Parties and
the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

                    (3) Each U.S. Lender and each Non-U.S
Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S.
withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Specified
Account Party is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with
respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Specified Account
Party (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times
prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Specified Account
Party or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed
documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be
made without withholding or at a reduced rate; provided that such U.S.
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Non-U.S. Lender is
legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in its
reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would not
materially prejudice its legal or commercial position.

                    (g)
If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its reasonable
discretion, that it has received a refund from the relevant Governmental
Authority of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by an
Account Party or with respect to which an Account Party has paid additional
amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay over such refund to such Account
Party (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts
paid, by such Account Party under this Section with respect to the Taxes or
Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of
the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any
interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such
refund); provided that such Account Party, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to
such Account Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by
the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender
in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such
refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to
require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax
returns (or any other information relating to its taxes not expressly required
to be made available hereunder which it reasonably deems confidential) to any
Account Party or any other Person.

                    SECTION
2.12. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.

                    (a)
Payments by the Account Parties. Each Account Party shall make each
payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of fees, reimbursement of
LC Disbursements or interest thereon, under Section 2.10 or 2.11, or otherwise)
or under any other Credit Document (except to the extent otherwise provided
therein) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in
immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim; provided
that any payments in respect of Alternative Currency Letters of Credit shall be
made in the manner (including the time and place of payment) as shall have been
separately agreed between the relevant Account Party and Lender pursuant to
Section 2.06. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the
discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the
next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All
such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 1111
Fannin Street, Houston, Texas except payments pursuant to Sections 2.10, 2.11
and 10.03, which shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for
account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following
receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a
Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest
thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments
hereunder shall be made in Dollars.

                    (b)
Application of Insufficient Payments. If at any time insufficient funds
are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all
amounts of unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder,
such funds shall be applied (i) first, to pay interest and fees then due
hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the
amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, to pay
unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of unreimbursed LC
Disbursements then due to such parties.

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                    (c)
Pro Rata Treatment. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: each
reimbursement of LC Disbursements (other than in respect of Alternative
Currency Letters of Credit) shall be made to the relevant Lenders, each payment
of fees under Section 2.08 shall be made for account of the relevant Lenders,
each termination or reduction of the amount of the Commitments under Section
2.07 and any interest paid in respect of any Reimbursement Obligation shall be
applied to the respective Commitments of the Lenders, in each case pro rata
according to the amounts of their respective Commitments (or, in the case of
any such reimbursement or payment after the termination of the Commitments, pro
rata according to the Aggregate LC Exposure). 

                    (d)
Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any
right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any
of its LC Disbursements (other than with respect to Alternative Currency
Letters of Credit) or accrued interest thereon resulting in such Lender
receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its LC
Disbursements (other than with respect to Alternative Currency Letters of
Credit) and accrued interest thereon then due than the proportion received by
any other relevant Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion
shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the LC Disbursements
(other than with respect to Alternative Currency Letters of Credit) of such
other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments
shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount
of their respective LC Disbursements (other than with respect to Alternative
Currency Letters of Credit) and accrued interest thereon; provided that
(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the
payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be
rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery,
without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be
construed to apply to any payment made by any Account Party pursuant to and in
accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by
a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in
any of its LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to any
Account Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the
provisions of this paragraph shall apply). Each Account Party consents to the
foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable
law and to the extent that it is a Specified Account Party, that any Lender
acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise
against such Account Party rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such
Account Party in the amount of such participation.

                    (e)
Presumptions of Payment. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have
received notice from an Account Party prior to the date on which any payment is
due to the Administrative Agent for account of the relevant Lenders hereunder
that such Account Party will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent
may assume that such Account Party has made such payment on such date in
accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to
the relevant Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the relevant Account
Party has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally
agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so
distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and
including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date
of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.

                    (f)
Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent. If any Lender shall fail
to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to this Agreement, then
the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary
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thereafter received by
the Administrative Agent for account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s
obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are
fully paid.

                    SECTION
2.13. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

                    (a)
Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests
compensation under Section 2.10, or if any Account Party is required to pay any
additional amount or indemnification payment to any Lender or any Governmental
Authority for account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.11, then such Lender
shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for
funding or booking its Letters of Credit hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in
the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i)
would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.10 or 2.11, as
the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such
Lender. XL Group hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
Nothing in this Section 2.13(a) shall affect or postpone any of the obligations
of the Account Parties or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Sections 2.10 or
2.11.

                    (b)
Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender (i) requests compensation under
Section 2.10, or if any Account Party is required to pay any additional amount
to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for account of any Lender pursuant
to Section 2.11, (ii) becomes a Defaulting Lender, (iii) has refused to consent
to any waiver or amendment with respect to any Credit Document that requires
the consent of all the Lenders or of such Lender as a Lender directly and
adversely affected by such waiver or amendment and has been consented to by the
Required Lenders or (iv) if any Lender ceases to be a NAIC Approved Bank, then
XL Group may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and
the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in
Section 10.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement
to an assignee selected by XL Group that shall assume such obligations (which
assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided
that (i) XL Group shall have received the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii)
such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to its outstanding
LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts
payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding
LC Disbursements and accrued interest and fees) or the relevant Account Party
(in the case of all other amounts), (iii) in the case of any such assignment
resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.10 or payments required
to be made pursuant to Section 2.11, such assignment will result in a reduction
in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any
such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by
such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the relevant Account
Party to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

                    (c)
The Account Parties shall not be responsible for any costs and expenses
incurred by any Lender that arranges for its obligations under the Letters of
Credit to be confirmed by a NAIC Approved Bank or by such confirming bank. 

                    SECTION
2.14. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement
to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following
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Defaulting Lender:

                    (a)
fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such
Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.08;

                    (b)
the Commitment and the Aggregate LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall
not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may
take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or
other modification pursuant to Section 10.02); provided, that this
clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an
amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or
each Lender affected thereby; 

                    (c)
if any LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender
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 all or any part of the LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be
 reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their
 respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent the sum of all
 non-Defaulting Lenders’ Aggregate LC Exposure plus such Defaulting Lender’s
 LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’
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                     (ii)
 if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only
 partially, be effected, the applicable Specified Account Party shall within
 one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent ensure that the
 Borrowing Base includes an amount of cash equal to or greater than the
 Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation
 pursuant to clause (i) above) for so long as such LC Exposure are
 outstanding;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (iii)
 if the applicable Account Party cash collateralizes any portion of such
 Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, no Specified
 Account Party shall be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender
 pursuant to Section 2.08 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure
 during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash
 collateralized;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (iv)
 if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to
 clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section
 2.08 shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’
 Applicable Percentages; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (v)
 if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither
 reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above,
 then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender or
 any other Lender hereunder, all fees payable under Section 2.08 with respect
 to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the
 Administrative Agent until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is
 reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and

 

                    (d)
so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Issuing Lender shall be
required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is
satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then
outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the
non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Obligors
in accordance with clause (c) above, and participating interests in any newly
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increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting
Lenders in a manner consistent with clause (c)(i) above (and such Defaulting
Lender shall not participate therein).

                    In
the event that the Administrative Agent, XL Group and each Issuing Lender each
agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused
such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the LC Exposure of the Lenders
shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment.

                    SECTION
2.15. Absence of Rating

. In the event that XL Insurance (Bermuda), XL Re or XL Re Europe ceases to
receive a financial strength rating from A.M. Best & Co. (or its
successor), such Account Party shall no longer be entitled to request the
issuance of further Letters of Credit hereunder.

ARTICLE III

GUARANTEE

                    SECTION
3.01. The Guarantee. Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally
irrevocably guarantees to each Lender, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative
Agent and their respective successors and assigns the prompt payment in full
when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Reimbursement Obligations (and interest thereon) and LC Disbursements (and
interest thereon) made by the Lenders to each of the Account Parties (other
than such Guarantor in its capacity as an Account Party hereunder) and all
other amounts from time to time owing to the Lenders, the Collateral Agent or
the Administrative Agent by such Account Parties under this Agreement, in each
case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being
herein collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor
hereby further jointly and severally agrees that if any Account Party (other
than such Guarantor in its capacity as an Account Party hereunder) shall fail
to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, such Guarantor will 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 Guaranteed Obligations,
the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or
renewal.

                    SECTION
3.02. Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantors under
Section 3.01 are absolute and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of
the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the
obligations of the Account Parties under this Agreement or any other agreement
or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any substitution, release,
non-perfection or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the
Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor,
it being the intent of this Article that the obligations of the Guarantors
hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, joint and several, under any and
all circumstances (and any defenses arising from the foregoing are hereby
waived to the extent permitted by applicable law). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or
more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors
hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (i)
 at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors, the time 

 

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 for any performance of or compliance with
 any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or
 compliance shall be waived;

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (ii)
 any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or any
 other agreement or instrument referred to herein shall be done or omitted; or

 
	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (iii)
 the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or
 any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended
 in any respect, or any right under this Agreement or any other agreement or
 instrument referred to herein shall be waived or any other guarantee of any
 of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or
 exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;

 

and any other defenses arising from the foregoing are hereby waived to
the extent permitted by applicable law.

The Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of
payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender exhaust any right,
power or remedy or proceed against any Account Party under this Agreement or
any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, or against any other
Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed
Obligations.

                    SECTION
3.03. Reinstatement. The obligations of the Guarantors under this
Article shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any
reason any payment by or on behalf of any Account Party in respect of the
Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder
of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in
bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and the Guarantors jointly and
severally agree that they will indemnify the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and
expenses (including reasonable fees of counsel) incurred by the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission
or restoration, including any such 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.

                    SECTION
3.04. Subrogation. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree
that until the payment and satisfaction in full of all Guaranteed Obligations
and the expiration and termination of the Commitments they shall not exercise
any right or remedy arising by reason of any performance by them of their
guarantee in Section 3.01, whether by subrogation or otherwise, against any
Account Party or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or
any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations.

                    SECTION
3.05. Remedies. The Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as
between the Guarantors and the Lenders, the obligations of the Account Parties
under this Agreement may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as
provided in Article VIII (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due
and payable in the circumstances provided in Article VIII) for purposes of
Section 3.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically
due and payable) as against any Account Party and that, in the event of such
declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due
and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by any Account
Party) shall forthwith become due and payable

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by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 3.01.

                    SECTION
3.06. Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this Article is a
continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever
arising.

                    SECTION
3.07. Rights of Contribution. The Guarantors (other than XL Group)
hereby agree, as between themselves, that if any such Guarantor shall become an
Excess Funding Guarantor (as defined below) by reason of the payment by such
Guarantor of any Guaranteed Obligations, each other Guarantor (other than XL
Group) shall, on demand of such Excess Funding Guarantor (but subject to the
next sentence), pay to such Excess Funding Guarantor an amount equal to such
Guarantor’s Pro Rata Share (as defined below and determined, for this purpose,
without reference to the properties, debts and liabilities of such Excess
Funding Guarantor) of the Excess Payment (as defined below) in respect of such
Guaranteed Obligations. The payment obligation of a Guarantor to any Excess Funding
Guarantor under this Section shall be subordinate and subject in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of the obligations of such Guarantor under
the other provisions of this Article III and such Excess Funding Guarantor
shall not exercise any right or remedy with respect to such excess until
payment and satisfaction in full of all of such obligations.

                    For
purposes of this Section, (i) “Excess Funding Guarantor” means, in
respect of any Guaranteed Obligations, a Guarantor that has paid an amount in
excess of its Pro Rata Share of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) “Excess
Payment” means, in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations, the amount paid
by an Excess Funding Guarantor in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such
Guaranteed Obligations and (iii) “Pro Rata Share” means, for any
Guarantor, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the amount by which the
aggregate present fair saleable value of all properties of such Guarantor
(excluding any shares of stock of any other Guarantor) exceeds the amount of
all the debts and liabilities of such Guarantor (including contingent,
subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the
obligations of such Guarantor hereunder and any obligations of any other
Guarantor that have been Guaranteed by such Guarantor) to (y) the amount by
which the aggregate fair saleable value of all properties of all of the
Guarantors (other than XL Group) exceeds the amount of all the debts and
liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated
liabilities, but excluding the obligations of the Guarantors under this Article
III) of all of the Guarantors (other than XL Group), determined (A) with
respect to any Guarantor that is a party hereto on the date hereof, as of the
date hereof, and (B) with respect to any other Guarantor, as of the date such
Guarantor becomes a Guarantor hereunder.

                    SECTION
3.08. General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations. In any action or
proceeding involving any corporate law, or any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the
obligations of any Guarantor under Section 3.01 would otherwise, taking into
account the provisions of Section 3.07, be held or determined to be void,
invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors,
on account of the amount of its liability under Section 3.01, then,
notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the amount of such
liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, any Lender, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Person, be
automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and
enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined
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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

                    XL
Group, and to the extent any representation pertains specifically to any
Account Party, XL Group and, with respect to itself only, such Account Party,
represents and warrants to the Lenders that: 

                    SECTION
4.01. Organization; Powers. Each Account Party and each of its
Significant Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all
requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and,
except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to
do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required.

                    SECTION
4.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each
Account Party’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate and, if required, by all necessary shareholder action. Each of this
Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the Collateral Account Control Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by each Account Party and constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Account Party, enforceable against
such Account Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability
may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, examination
or similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights and (b) the application of general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).

                    SECTION
4.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions and the
entry into each of this Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the Collateral
Account Control Agreement (a) do not require any consent or approval of
(including any exchange control approval), registration or filing with, or any
other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained
or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable
law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of
each Account Party or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any order of any
Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any
material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon each Account
Party or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or assets, or give rise to a right
thereunder to require any payment to be made by any such Person, and (d) will
not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of each Account
Party or any of its Significant Subsidiaries.

                    SECTION
4.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.

                    (a)
Financial Condition. XL Group has heretofore furnished to the Lenders
the financial statements specified in Section 6.01(a)(i) with respect to the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. Such financial statements present fairly
in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of XL
Group and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and for such period on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

                    (b)
No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2010, there has been no
material adverse change in the assets, business, financial condition or
operations of each Account Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except
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prior to the Effective Date with the SEC pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                    SECTION
4.05. Properties. 

                    (a) Property Generally. Each Account Party and
each of its Significant Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid license or
leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its
business, subject only to Liens permitted by Section 7.03 and except for minor
defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business
as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended
purposes.

                    (b)
Intellectual Property. Each Account Party and each of its Significant
Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames,
copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business,
and the use thereof by such Account Party and its Subsidiaries does not
infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements
that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                    SECTION
4.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters.

                    (a)
Actions, Suits and Proceedings. Except as disclosed in Schedule III or
as routinely encountered in claims activity, there are no actions, suits or
proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority now pending
against or, to the knowledge of each Account Party, threatened against or
affecting such Account Party or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which an
adverse determination that would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a
Material Adverse Effect is likely or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the
Transactions.

                    (b)
Environmental Matters. Except as disclosed in Schedule IV and except
with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would
not be likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Account Party nor any
of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to
obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required
for its business under any Environmental Law, (ii) has incurred any
Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to
any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental
Liability.

                    Schedules
III and IV referred to in this Section 4.06 shall be deemed automatically
updated from time to time to include disclosures included in filings made by XL
Group or XL Group Ltd with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, after the Effective Date, it being understood, however, that
any such updates shall not affect or limit in any manner any of the obligations
of the Account Parties under this Agreement in effect immediately prior to such
disclosure and shall not be taken into account for purposes of the last
paragraph of Section 2.07(c), Section 5.02 and clause (c) of Article VIII.

                    SECTION
4.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each Account Party and each
of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of
any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures,
agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where
the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is
continuing.

                    SECTION
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“investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940.

                    SECTION
4.09. Taxes. Each Account Party and each of its Subsidiaries has timely
filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been
filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by
it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which such Person has set aside on its books adequate
reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to file any such Tax return or
pay any such Taxes could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.

                    SECTION
4.10. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to
occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which
liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated
benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date
of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the
fair market value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                    Except
as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i)
all contributions required to be made by any Account Party or any of their
Subsidiaries with respect to a Non-U.S. Benefit Plan have been timely made,
(ii) each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan has been maintained in compliance with its
terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable laws and has been
maintained, where required, in good standing with the applicable Governmental
Authority and (iii) neither any Account Party nor any of their Subsidiaries has
incurred any obligation in connection with the termination or withdrawal from
any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan.

                    SECTION
4.11. Disclosure. The reports, financial statements, certificates or
other information furnished by each Account Party to the Lenders in connection
with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (taken as a
whole) do not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit 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, such Account Party represents
only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions
believed to be reasonable at the time.

                    SECTION
4.12. Use of Credit. No Account Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is
engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of
extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of
buying or carrying Margin Stock, and no Letter of Credit will be used in
connection with buying or carrying any Margin Stock (except for repurchases of
the capital stock of XL Group and purchases of Margin Stock in accordance with
XL Group’s Statement of Investment Policy Objectives and Guidelines as in
effect on the date hereof or as it may be changed from time to time by a
resolution duly adopted by the board of directors of XL Group (or any committee
thereof)). Not more than 25 percent of the value of the assets of any Account
Party will be Margin Stock.

                    SECTION
4.13. Subsidiaries. Set forth in Schedule V is a complete and correct
list of all of the Subsidiaries of XL Group as of December 31, 2010, together
with, for each such Subsidiary, (i) the jurisdiction of organization of such
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ownership interests in such Subsidiary and (iii) the percentage of
ownership of such Subsidiary represented by such ownership interests. Except as
disclosed in Schedule V, as of the date hereof, (x) each of XL Group and its
Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of Liens, and has the unencumbered right to
vote, all outstanding ownership interests in each Person shown to be held by it
in Schedule V, (y) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such
Person organized as a corporation is validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and (z) except as disclosed in filings of XL Group with the SEC
prior to the date hereof, there are no outstanding Equity Rights with respect
to any Account Party.

                    SECTION
4.14. Withholding Taxes. Based upon information with respect to each
Lender provided by each Lender to the Administrative Agent, as of the date hereof,
the payment of the LC Disbursements and interest thereon, the fees under
Section 2.08 and all other amounts payable hereunder will not be subject, by
withholding or deduction, to any Indemnified Taxes imposed by Bermuda, the
Cayman Islands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or Ireland.

                    SECTION
4.15. Stamp Taxes. To ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or
admissibility in evidence of this Agreement, it is not necessary, as of the
date hereof, that this Agreement or such promissory notes or any other document
be filed or recorded with any Governmental Authority in Bermuda or Ireland, or
that any stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of this Agreement in any
such jurisdiction, or such promissory notes or any other document other than
such filings and recordations that have already been made and such stamp or
similar taxes that have been paid.

                    SECTION
4.16. Legal Form. This Agreement is in proper legal form under the laws
of any Account Party Jurisdiction for the admissibility thereof in the courts
of such Account Party Jurisdiction.

ARTICLE V

CONDITIONS

                    SECTION
5.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders (or the Issuing
Lender, as the case may be) to issue Letters of Credit are subject to the
receipt by the Administrative Agent of each of the following documents, each of
which shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and to the extent
specified below, to each Lender) in form and substance (or such condition shall
have been waived in accordance with Section 10.02):

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a)
 Executed Counterparts. (i) From each party hereto either (x) a
 counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (y) written
 evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy
 transmission of a signed signature page to this Agreement) that such party
 has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and (ii) each
 Security Document, executed and delivered by each party thereto.

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (b) Opinions
 of Counsel to the Obligors. Opinions, each dated the Effective Date, of
 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special U.S. counsel for the
 Obligors and opinions provided by counsel to the applicable Obligors in the
 jurisdictions of Ireland, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the United Kingdom and
 Switzerland, in each case, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
 Agent and its counsel.

 

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           (d) Corporate
 Documents. Such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or
 its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence
 and good standing, if applicable, of the Obligors, the authorization of the
 Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Obligors, this
 Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably
 satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (e) Officer’s
 Certificate. A certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the
 President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of XL Group, confirming
 compliance with the conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of the first
 sentence of Section 5.02.

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (f) Existing
 Credit Agreement. Evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
 Agent that the Commitments under (and as defined in) the Existing Credit
 Agreements have reduced in an amount equal to the aggregate Commitments
 hereunder. 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (g) Financial
 Statements. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the financial
 statements specified in Section 6.01(a)(i) with respect to the fiscal year
 ended December 31, 2010 (it being understood that delivery to the
 Administrative Agent of XL Group’s Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC
 shall satisfy the financial statement delivery requirements under this
 Section 5.01(g)).

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (h) Other
 Documents. Such other documents as the Administrative Agent or any Lender
 or special New York counsel to JPMCB may reasonably request.

 

                    The
obligation of any Lender to make its initial issuance of a Letter of Credit
hereunder is also subject to (i) the payment by XL Group of such fees as XL
Group shall have agreed to pay to any Lender or the Administrative Agent in
connection herewith, including the reasonable fees and expenses of Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special New York counsel to JPMCB, in connection
with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the other Credit Documents and the extensions of credit hereunder (to the
extent that reasonably detailed statements for such fees and expenses have been
delivered to XL Group) and (ii) all necessary actions (including obtaining lien
searches) to establish that the Collateral Agent will have a perfected first
priority security interest (subject to permitted Liens) in the Collateral under
this Agreement and the Security Documents.

                    The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Account Parties and the Lenders of the
Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders (or the Issuing
Lender, as the case may be) to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not
become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or
waived pursuant to Section 10.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on March 25, 2011 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or
waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

                    SECTION
5.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to issue,
continue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit is additionally subject
to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a) the
 representations and warranties of the Obligors set forth in this Agreement,
 the Pledge Agreement and the Collateral Account Control Agreement (other
 than, at any time after the Effective Date, in Section 4.04(b)) shall be true
 and correct on and as of the date of issuance, continuation, amendment,
 renewal or extension of such Letter of 

 

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 Credit (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated
 to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date);

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (b) at
 the time of and immediately after giving effect to the issuance, amendment,
 renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, no Default shall have occurred
 and be continuing; 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (c) in
 the case of any Alternative Currency Letter of Credit, receipt by the
 Administrative Agent of a request for offers as required by Section 2.06(a);
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           (d) at
 the time of and immediately after giving effect to the issuance, amendment,
 renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, the Borrowing Base of the
 Specified Account Party requesting issuance continuation, amendment, renewal
 or extension of any Letter Credit shall not be less than the aggregate face
 amount of all the Letters of Credit issued on behalf of such Specified
 Account Party.

 

Each
issuance, continuation, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit
shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Obligors on
the date thereof as to the matters specified in clauses (a) and (b) of the
immediately preceding sentence.

ARTICLE VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

                    Until
the Commitments have expired or been terminated, all fees payable hereunder
shall have been paid in full, all Letters of Credit shall have expired or
terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, XL Group, and
to the extent any covenant applies specifically to any Account Party or its
financial statements, XL Group and, with respect to itself only, such Account
Party, covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

                    SECTION
6.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Administrative
Agent and each Lender will receive:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a) by
 April 10 of each year, (i) the audited balance sheet and related statements
 of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of XL Group and its
 consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for the immediately preceding
 fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for (or, in the
 case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year (if
 such figures were already produced for such corresponding period), reported
 on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without
 a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any
 qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that
 such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the
 financial condition and results of operations of XL Group and its
 consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
 consistently applied (it being understood that delivery to the Lenders of XL
 Group’s Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC shall satisfy the financial
 statement delivery requirements under this clause (i) so long as the
 financial information required to be contained in such report is
 substantially the same as the financial information required under this
 clause (i)); and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related
 statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of XL Group Ltd
 and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for the immediately 

 

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 preceding fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
 the figures for (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the
 previous fiscal year (if such figures were already produced for such
 corresponding period), certified by a Financial Officer of XL Group Ltd as
 presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and
 results of operations of XL Group Ltd and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
 consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to
 normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (b) (i)
 by May 15 of each year, the balance sheet and related statements of
 operations and stockholders’ equity of each of XL Insurance (Bermuda), XL Re,
 XL Re Europe, XL Insurance, XL Switzerland and XL Life (in each case, in the
 event consolidated financial statements are prepared in the ordinary course
 of business, prepared in a manner that consolidates the applicable
 consolidated Subsidiaries) as of the end of and for the immediately preceding
 year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for (or, in
 the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year (if
 such figures were already produced for such corresponding period), in each
 case audited and reported on by independent public accountants of recognized
 national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or
 exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such
 audit) in accordance with GAAP, Local GAAP, SAP or SFR, as the case may be,
 consistently applied; (ii) by June 15 of each year, the unaudited
 consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations,
 stockholders’ equity and cash flows of XL America and its consolidated
 Subsidiaries as of the end of and for the immediately preceding fiscal year,
 setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for (or, in the
 case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year (if
 such figures were already produced for such corresponding period), certified
 by a Financial Officer of XL America as presenting fairly in all material
 respects the financial condition and results of operations of XL America and
 its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
 consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the
 absence of footnotes; and (iii) by June 15 of each year, audited statutory
 financial statements for each Insurance Subsidiary of XL America as of the
 end of and for the immediately preceding fiscal year, in each case reported
 on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without
 a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any
 qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that
 such audited financial statements present fairly in all material respects the
 financial condition and results of operations of such Insurance Subsidiary in
 accordance with SAP consistently applied;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (c)
 within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of
 each fiscal year of XL Group, (i) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet
 and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of
 XL Group and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such
 fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth
 in each case in comparative form the figures for (or, in the case of the
 balance sheet, as of the end of) the corresponding period or periods of the
 previous fiscal year (if such figures were already produced for such
 corresponding period or periods), all certified by a Financial Officer of XL
 Group as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition
 and results of operations of XL Group and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
 consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to
 normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes (it being
 understood that delivery to the Lenders of XL Group’s Report on Form 10-Q
 filed 

 

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 with the SEC shall satisfy the financial statement delivery
 requirements under this clause (i) so long as the financial information
 required to be contained in such report is substantially the same as the
 financial information required under this clause (i)); and (ii) an unaudited
 balance sheet and related statements of operations and stockholders’ equity
 of each of XL Group Ltd, XL America, XL Insurance (Bermuda), XL Re, XL Re
 Europe, XL Insurance, XL Switzerland and XL Life (in each case, in the event
 consolidated financial statements are prepared in the ordinary course of
 business, prepared in a manner that consolidates the applicable consolidated
 Subsidiaries) as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then
 elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative
 form the figures for (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of)
 the corresponding period or periods of the previous fiscal year (if such
 figures were already produced for such corresponding period or periods), all
 certified by a Financial Officer of the respective Account Party as
 presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and
 results of operations of such Account Party (or, if applicable, of such
 Account Party and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) in
 accordance with GAAP, Local GAAP, SAP or SFR, as the case may be,
 consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the
 absence of footnotes;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (d)
 concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a),
 (b) or (c) of this Section, a certificate signed on behalf of each Account
 Party by a Financial Officer (i) certifying as to whether a Default has
 occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and
 any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting
 forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Sections
 7.03, 7.05, 7.06 and 7.07 and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP, Local
 GAAP, SAP or SFR or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of
 the financial statements referred to in Section 4.04 and, if any such change
 has occurred, specifying any material effect of such change on the financial
 statements accompanying such certificate; 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (e)
 promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and
 other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by such Account
 Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries with the SEC, or any Governmental
 Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or
 with any U.S. or other securities exchange, or distributed by such Account
 Party to its shareholders generally, as the case may be;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (f)
 concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a),
 (b) or (c) of this Section, a certificate of a Financial Officer of XL Group,
 setting forth on a consolidated basis for XL Group and its consolidated
 Subsidiaries as of the end of the fiscal year or quarter to which such
 certificate relates (i) the aggregate book value of assets which are subject
 to Liens permitted under Section 7.03(g) and the aggregate book value of
 liabilities which are subject to Liens permitted under Section 7.03(g)(it
 being understood that the reports required by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of
 this Section shall satisfy the requirement of this clause (i) of this
 paragraph (f) if such reports set forth separately, in accordance with GAAP,
 line items corresponding to such aggregate book values) and (ii) a
 calculation showing the portion of each of such aggregate amounts which
 portion is attributable to transactions among wholly-owned Subsidiaries of XL
 Group; 

 

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           (g)
 within 90 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of
 each fiscal year and within 135 days after the end of each fiscal year of XL
 Group (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010), a statement
 of a Financial Officer of XL Group listing, as of the end of the immediately
 preceding fiscal quarter of XL Group, the amount of cash and the securities
 of the Account Parties and their Subsidiaries that have been posted as
 collateral under Section 7.03(e); and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (h)
 promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the
 operations, business affairs and financial condition of XL Group or any of
 its Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the
 Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
                     SECTION
 6.02. Notices of Material Events. Each Account Party will furnish to
 the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the
 following:

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a) the
 occurrence of any Default; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (b) any
 event or condition constituting, or which could reasonably be expected to
 have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each
notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Financial Officer or other executive officer of the relevant Account Party
setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and
any action taken or proposed to be taken by such Account Party with respect
thereto.

                    SECTION
6.03. Preservation of Existence and Franchises. Each Account Party will,
and will cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, maintain its corporate
existence and its material rights and franchises in full force and effect in
its jurisdiction of incorporation; provided that the foregoing shall not
prohibit (x) any
merger or consolidation permitted under Section 7.01.7.01 or (y) any Disposition permitted
under Section 7.02(e). Each Account Party will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, qualify and remain qualified as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which failure to receive or retain
such qualification would have a Material Adverse Effect.

                    SECTION
6.04. Insurance.
Each Account Party will, and will cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries
to, maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with
respect to its properties in such amounts as is customary in the case of
corporations engaged in the same or similar businesses having similar
properties similarly situated.

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                    SECTION
6.05. Maintenance of Properties. Each Account Party will, and will cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair,
working order and condition the properties now or hereafter owned, leased or
otherwise possessed by and used or useful in its business and will make or
cause to be made all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements and
improvements thereto so that the business carried on in connection therewith
may be properly conducted at all times except if the failure to do so would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not impose on such Account Party or any Subsidiary of such
Account Party any obligation in respect of any property leased by such Account
Party or such Subsidiary in addition to such Account Party’s obligations under
the applicable document creating such Account Party’s or such Subsidiary’s
lease or tenancy.

                    SECTION
6.06. Payment of Taxes and Other Potential Charges and Priority Claims;
Payment of Other Current Liabilities. Each Account Party will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay or discharge:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a) on or prior to
 the date on which penalties attach thereto, all taxes, assessments and other
 governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or any of its properties or
 income; 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (b) on or prior to
 the date when due, all lawful claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers,
 warehousemen, landlords and other like Persons which, if unpaid, might result
 in the creation of a Lien upon any such property; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (c) on or prior to
 the date when due, all other lawful claims which, if unpaid, might result in
 the creation of a Lien upon any such property (other than Liens not forbidden
 by Section 7.03) or which, if unpaid, might give rise to a claim entitled to
 priority over general creditors of such Account Party or such Subsidiary in
 any proceeding under the Bermuda Companies Law, or Bermuda Insurance Law, or
 any insolvency proceeding, liquidation, receivership, rehabilitation,
 dissolution or winding-up involving such Account Party or such Subsidiary;

 

provided
that unless and until foreclosure, distraint, levy, sale or similar proceedings
shall have been commenced, such Account Party or such Subsidiary need not pay
or discharge any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim (i) so long as the
validity thereof is contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted and so long as such reserves or other appropriate
provisions as may be required by GAAP, Local GAAP, SAP or SFR, as the case may
be, shall have been made therefor or (ii) so long as such failure to pay or
discharge would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

                    SECTION
6.07. Financial Accounting Practices. Each Account Party will, and will
cause each of its consolidated Subsidiaries to, make and keep books, records
and accounts which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect its
transactions and dispositions of its assets and maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements required under Section 6.01 in conformity with GAAP, Local GAAP, SAP
and SFR, as applicable, and to maintain accountability for assets.

                    SECTION
6.08. Compliance with Applicable Laws. Each Account Party will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all applicable Laws (including
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limited to the Bermuda
Companies Law or Bermuda Insurance Law) in all respects; provided that
such Account Party or any Subsidiary of such Account Party will not be deemed
to be in violation of this Section as a result of any failure to comply with
any such Law which would not (i) result in fines, penalties, injunctive relief
or other civil or criminal liabilities which, in the aggregate, would have a
Material Adverse Effect or (ii) otherwise impair the ability of such Account
Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

                    SECTION
6.09. Use of Letters of Credit. No Letter of Credit will be used,
whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any
of the regulations of the Board, including Regulations U and X. Each Account
Party will use the Letters of Credit issued for its account hereunder in the
ordinary course of business of such Account Party and its Affiliates. For the
avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that any Account Party may apply for a
Letter of Credit hereunder to support the obligations of any Affiliate of XL
Group, it being understood that such Account Party shall nonetheless remain the
account party and as such be liable with respect to such Letter of Credit. 

                    SECTION
6.10. Continuation of and Change in Businesses. The Account Parties and
their respective Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will continue to
engage in substantially the same business or businesses they engaged in (or
propose to engage in) on the date of this Agreement and businesses related or
incidental thereto; provided
that the foregoing shall not prohibit any Disposition permitted under Section
7.02(e).

                    SECTION
6.11. Visitation. Each Account Party will permit such Persons as any
Lender may reasonably designate to visit and inspect any of the properties of
such Account Party, to discuss its affairs with its financial management, and
provide such other information relating to the business and financial condition
of such Account Party at such times as such Lender may reasonably request. Each
Account Party hereby authorizes its financial management to discuss with any
Lender the affairs of such Account Party.

ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

                    Until
the Commitments have expired or terminated, all fees payable hereunder have
been paid in full, all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC
Disbursements have been reimbursed, XL Group, and to the extent any covenant
applies specifically to any Account Party, such Account Party, with respect to
itself only, covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

                    SECTION
7.01. Mergers. No Account Party will merge with or into or consolidate
with any other Person, except that if no Default shall occur and be continuing
or shall exist at the time of such merger or consolidation or immediately
thereafter and after giving effect thereto (a) any Account Party may merge or
consolidate with any other corporation, including a Subsidiary, if such Account
Party shall be the surviving corporation, (b) XL Group may merge with or into
or consolidate with any other Person in a transaction that does not result in a
reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of XL Group (other than the cancellation of any
outstanding shares of capital stock of XL Group held by the Person with whom it
merges or consolidates), (c) any Account Party may enter into a merger or
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incorporation of such
Account Party and results in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of
outstanding shares of capital stock of such Account Party solely into shares of
capital stock of the surviving entity and (d) any Account Party may merge or
consolidate with any other Account Party or any Subsidiary if the obligations
hereunder of the non-surviving Account Party with respect to any outstanding
Letters of Credit issued for its account have been (i) assumed by another
Account Party, (ii) terminated or expired or (iii) dealt with in any other
manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

                    SECTION
7.02. Dispositions. No Account Party will, nor will it permit any of its
Significant Subsidiaries to, sell, convey, assign, lease, abandon or otherwise
transfer or dispose of, voluntarily or involuntarily (any of the foregoing
being referred to in this Section as a “Disposition” and any series of
related Dispositions constituting but a single Disposition), any of its
properties or assets, tangible or intangible (including but not limited to
sale, assignment, discount or other disposition of accounts, contract rights,
chattel paper or general intangibles with or without recourse), except:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a)
 Dispositions in the ordinary course of business involving current assets or
 other invested assets classified on such Account Party’s or its respective
 Subsidiaries’ balance sheet as available for sale or as a trading account;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (b)
 sales, conveyances, assignments or other transfers or dispositions in
 immediate exchange for cash or tangible assets, provided that any such
 sales, conveyances or transfers shall not individually, or in the aggregate
 for the Account Parties and their respective Subsidiaries (taken together with any other Dispositions
 previously made pursuant to this Section 7.02(b)), exceed 5% of
 Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the making of such Disposition;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (c)
 Dispositions of equipment or other property which is obsolete or no longer
 used or useful in the conduct of the business of such Account Party or its
 Subsidiaries;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (d)
 Dispositions from an Account Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary to any other
 Account Party or wholly-owned Subsidiary; or

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (e)
 the Disposition of XL Lifeall or any portion of the life reinsurance operations (the “Life
 Operations”) conducted directly or indirectly by any Account Party (including
 through the Disposition of a Subsidiary that conducts Life Operations);
 provided that prior, if, after giving effect
 to such Disposition, such Account Party would no
 longer exist or have any operations, such Disposition shall only be permitted
 if the obligations hereunder of XL Lifesuch Account Party with respect to any
 outstanding Letters of Credit issued for its account have been (i) assumed by
 another Account Party, (ii) terminated or expired or (iii) dealt with in any
 other manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent..

 

                    SECTION
7.03. Liens. No Account Party will, nor will it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any
property or assets, tangible or intangible, now owned or hereafter acquired by
it, except:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a) Liens securing
 Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement or otherwise granted under the
 Security Documents (including extensions, renewals and replacements thereof);
 

 

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           (b)
 Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to refinance or replaceunder the
ExistingSecured Credit
 Agreement or otherwise
 granted under the security documents described therein (including extensions,
 renewals and replacements thereof); 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (c)
 Liens existing on the date hereof (and extension, renewal and replacement
 Liens upon the same property, provided that the principal amount
 secured by each Lien constituting such an extension, renewal or replacement
 Lien shall not exceed the amount secured by the Lien theretofore existing)
 and listed on Part B of Schedule II;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (d)
 Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.07(d) covering assets
 whose market value is not materially greater than the amount of the
 Indebtedness secured thereby plus a commercially reasonable margin;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (e)
 Liens on cash and securities of an Account Party or any of its Subsidiaries
 incurred as part of treasury management or the management of its investment
 portfolio including, but not limited to, (i) any custody, investment
 management or other service provider arrangements or (ii) pursuant to any
 International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”)
 documentation or any Specified Transaction Agreement in accordance with XL
 Group’s Statement of Investment Policy Objectives and Guidelines as in effect
 as of the date of entry into the ISDA or Specified Transaction Agreement or
 as it may be changed from time to time by a resolution duly adopted by the
 board of directors of XL Group (or any committee thereof);

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (f)
 Liens on cash and securities not to exceed $1,000,000,000 in the aggregate
 securing obligations of an Account Party or any of its Subsidiaries arising
 under any ISDA documentation or any other Specified Transaction Agreement (it
 being understood that in no event shall this clause (f) preclude any Person
 (other than any Subsidiary of XL Group) in which XL Group or any of its
 Subsidiaries shall invest (each an “investee”) from granting Liens on
 such Person’s assets to secure hedging obligations of such Person, so long as
 such obligations are non-recourse to XL Group or any of its Subsidiaries
 (other than any investees)), provided that, for purposes of
 determining the aggregate amount of cash and/or securities subject to such
 Liens under this clause (f), the aggregate amount of cash and/or securities
 on which any Account Party or any Subsidiary shall have granted Liens in
 favor of the counterparties of such Account Party or such Subsidiary at any
 time shall be netted against the aggregate amount of cash and/or securities
 on which such counterparties shall have granted Liens in favor of such
 Account Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, at such time, so long
 as the relevant agreements between such Account Party or such Subsidiary, as
 the case may be, provide for the netting of their respective obligations
 thereunder;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (g) Liens
 on (i) assets received, and on actual or imputed investment income on such
 assets received incurred as part of its business including activities
 utilizing ISDA documentation or any Specified Transaction Agreement relating
 and identified to specific insurance payment liabilities or to liabilities
 arising in the ordinary course of any Account Parties’ or any of their
 Subsidiary’s business as an insurance or reinsurance company (including GICs
 and Stable Value Instruments) or corporate member of The Council of Lloyd’s or
 as a provider of financial or investment services or contracts, or the
 proceeds thereof (including GICs and Stable Value Instruments), in each case
 held in a segregated trust, trust or other account and securing such
 liabilities, (ii) assets securing Exempt Indebtedness of any Person (other
 than XL Group or any of its Affiliates) in the event 

 

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 such Exempt Indebtedness is consolidated on the consolidated balance
 sheet of XL Group and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP
 or (iii) any other assets subject to any trust or other account arising out
 of or as a result of contractual, regulatory or any other requirements; provided
 that in no case shall any such Lien secure Indebtedness and any Lien which
 secures Indebtedness shall not be permitted under this clause (g);

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (h) Liens
 arising from taxes, assessments, charges, levies or claims described in
 Section 6.06 that are not yet due or that remain payable without penalty or
 to the extent permitted to remain unpaid under the provision of Section 6.06;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (i) Liens
 on property securing all or part of the purchase price thereof to such
 Account Party and Liens (whether or not assumed) existing on property at the
 time of purchase thereof by such Account Party (and extension, renewal and
 replacement Liens upon the same property); provided (i) each such Lien
 is confined solely to the property so purchased, improvements thereto and
 proceeds thereof, and (ii) the aggregate amount of the obligations secured by
 all such Liens on any particular property at any time purchased by such
 Account Party, as applicable, shall not exceed 100% of the lesser of the fair
 market value of such property at such time or the actual purchase price of
 such property;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (j) Liens
 existing on property of a Person immediately prior to its being consolidated
 with or merged into any Account Party or any of their Subsidiaries or its
 becoming a Subsidiary, and Liens existing on any property acquired by any
 Account Party or any of their Subsidiaries at the time such property is so
 acquired (whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby shall have been
 assumed) (and extension, renewal and replacement Liens upon the same
 property, provided that the amount secured by each Lien constituting
 such an extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall not exceed the amount
 secured by the Lien theretofore existing), provided that (i) no such
 Lien shall have been created or assumed in contemplation of such
 consolidation or merger or such Person’s becoming a Subsidiary or such
 acquisition of property and (ii) each such Lien shall extend solely to the
 item or items of property so acquired and, if required by terms of the
 instrument originally creating such Lien, other property which is an
 improvement to or is acquired for specific use in connection with such
 acquired property;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (k)
 zoning restrictions, easements, minor restrictions on the use of real
 property, minor irregularities in title thereto and other minor Liens that do
 not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of a property or asset
 to, or materially impair its use in the business of, such Account Party or
 any such Subsidiary;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (l)
 statutory and common law Liens of materialmen, mechanics, carriers,
 warehousemen and landlords and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary
 course of business; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (m) Liens
 incurred in connection with the bonding of any judgment; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (n)
 Liens created pursuant to the second and third to last paragraphs of Article
 VIII of the Unsecured Credit Agreement.

 

                    SECTION
7.04. Transactions with Affiliates. No Account Party will, nor will it
permit any of its Significant Subsidiaries to, enter into or carry out any
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(including
purchase or lease property or services to, loan or advance to or enter into,
suffer to remain in existence or amend any contract, agreement or arrangement
with) any Affiliate of such Account Party, or directly or indirectly agree to
do any of the foregoing, except (i) transactions involving guarantees or
co-obligors with respect to any Indebtedness described in Part A of Schedule
II, (ii) transactions among the Account Parties and their wholly-owned
Subsidiaries, (iii) transactions with Affiliates in good faith in the ordinary
course of such Account Party’s business consistent with past practice and on
terms no less favorable to such Account Party or any Subsidiary than those that
could have been obtained in a comparable transaction on an arm’s length basis
from an unrelated Person and (iv) transactions permitted by Sections 7.01 and
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           SECTION
 7.05. Ratio of Total Funded Debt to Total Capitalization. XL Group
 will not permit at any time its ratio of (a) Total Funded Debt to (b) the sum
 of Total Funded Debt plus Consolidated Net Worth to be greater than
 0.35:1.00.

 

                    SECTION
7.06. Consolidated Net Worth. XL Group will not permit at any time its
Consolidated Net Worth to be less than the sum of (a) $6,494,000,000 plus (b) 25%
of consolidated net income (if positive) of XL Group and its Subsidiaries for
each fiscal quarter ending on or after September 30, 2010.

                    SECTION
7.07. Indebtedness. No Account Party will, nor will it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, at any time create, incur, assume or permit to exist any
Indebtedness, or agree, become or remain liable (contingent or otherwise) to do
any of the foregoing, except:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a)
 Indebtedness created hereunder;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (b)
 Indebtedness incurred under the ExistingSecured Credit Agreement and Indebtedness incurred under
 the Unsecured Credit Agreement;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (c) other
 Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and described in Part A of Schedule
 II and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do
 not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
          (d) other
 secured Indebtedness (including secured reimbursement obligations with
 respect to letters of credit) of any Account Party or any Subsidiary in an
 aggregate principal amount (for all Account Parties and their respective
 Subsidiaries) not exceeding at any time outstanding 15% of Consolidated Net
 Worth at the time of
 incurrence;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (e)
 Indebtedness incurred in transactions described in Section 7.03(e) and (f); 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (f)
 Indebtedness consisting of accounts or claims payable and accrued and
 deferred compensation (including options) incurred in the ordinary course of
 business by any Account Party or any Subsidiary; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (g)
 unsecured Indebtedness, so long as upon the incurrence thereof no Default
 would occur or exist.

 

                    SECTION
7.08. Financial Strength Ratings. None of XL Insurance (Bermuda), XL Re
and XL Re Europe will permit at any time its financial strength ratings to be
less than “A-” from A.M. Best & Co. (or its successor), except (i) as a
result of a merger permitted by Section 7.01 where the surviving corporation
has a financial strength rating not less than “A-” from A.M. Best & Co. (or
its successor) or (ii) in the event that A.M. Best & Co (or its successor)
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rate
such company.

                    SECTION
7.09. Private Act. No Account Party will become subject to a Private Act
other than the X.L. Insurance Company, Ltd. Act, 1989 and the XL Life Ltd
Amendment and Consolidation Act 2001.

                    SECTION
7.10. Collateral Accounts. If, on any date, the aggregate face amount (or its Dollar Equivalent)
of all Letters of Credit issued on behalf any Account Party exceeds the
Borrowing Base of such Account Party on such date and either (i) the
Administrative Agent has delivered written notice thereof to such Account
Party, (ii) any Account Party has actual knowledge (or should reasonably know)
of such excess or (iii) any Account Party shall have received a Borrowing Base
Report showing such excess, then such Account Party (or XL Group) shall within
three Business Days pay or deliver to the Custodian, to be held in accordance
with the Pledge Agreement and applicable Collateral Account Control Agreement,
an amount of cash and/or Eligible Assets sufficient to cause the Borrowing Base
of such Account Party to be at least equal to the aggregate face amount of all
Letters of Credit issued on behalf of such Account Party.

ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

                    If
any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a)
 any Account Party shall fail to pay any reimbursement obligation in respect
 of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable,
 whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or
 otherwise;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (b)
 any Account Party shall fail to pay any interest on any LC Disbursement or
 any fee payable under this Agreement or any other amount (other than an
 amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this
 Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such
 failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 5 or more days;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (c)
 any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Account Party in or
 in connection with this Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Collateral
 Account Control Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof,
 or in any certificate or financial statement furnished pursuant to the
 provisions hereof, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any
 material respect as of the time made (or deemed made) or furnished;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (d)
 any Account Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
 agreement contained in Section 6.03 (with respect to an Account Party) or
 Article VII;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (e)
 any Obligor shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
 agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause
 (a), (b) or (d) of this Article or the reporting requirement pursuant to
 Section 6.01(f)), the Pledge Agreement or the Collateral Account Control
 Agreement and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 or
 more days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent (given at the
 request of any Lender) to such Obligor;

 

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           (f)
 any Account Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall default (i) in any payment
 of principal of or interest on any other obligation for borrowed money in
 principal amount of $50,000,000 or more, or any payment of any principal
 amount of $50,000,000 or more under Hedging Agreements, in each case beyond
 any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (ii) in the performance
 of any other agreement, term or condition contained in any such agreement
 (other than Hedging Agreements) under which any such obligation in principal
 amount of $50,000,000 or more is created, if the effect of such default is to
 cause or permit the holder or holders of such obligation (or trustee on
 behalf of such holder or holders) to cause such obligation to become due
 prior to its stated maturity or to terminate its commitment under such
 agreement, provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to secured
 Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer
 of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (g)
 a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have
 been entered adjudging any Account Party a bankrupt or insolvent, or
 approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization of such Account
 Party under the Bermuda Companies Law or the Companies Law (2010 Revision) of
 the Cayman Islands or any other similar applicable Law, and such decree or
 order shall have continued undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days;
 or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the
 appointment of an examiner, receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee in
 bankruptcy or insolvency of such Account Party or a substantial part of its
 property, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have
 been entered, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and
 unstayed for a period of 60 days;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (h)
 any Account Party shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated a voluntary
 bankrupt, or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against
 it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization
 under the Bermuda Companies Law or the Companies Law (2010 Revision) of the
 Cayman Islands or any other similar applicable Law, or shall consent to the
 filing of any such petition, or shall consent to the appointment of an
 examiner, receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency
 of it or a substantial part of its property, or shall make an assignment for
 the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
 debts generally as they become due, or corporate or other action shall be
 taken by such Account Party in furtherance of any of the aforesaid purposes;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (i)
 one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in
 excess of $100,000,000 shall be rendered against any Account Party or any of
 its Subsidiaries or any combination thereof and the same shall not have been
 vacated, discharged, stayed (whether by appeal or otherwise) or bonded
 pending appeal within 90 days from the entry thereof;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (j)
 an ERISA Event (or similar event with respect to any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan)
 shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken
 together with all other ERISA Events and such similar events that have
 occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Account
 Parties and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $100,000,000;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (k)
 a Change in Control shall occur;

 

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           (l)
 XL Group shall cease to own, beneficially and of record, directly or
 indirectly, all of the outstanding voting shares of capital stock of XL Group
 Ltd, XL Switzerland, XL Re Europe, XL Insurance (Bermuda), XL Insurance, XL
 Re or XL America; 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (m)
 the guarantee contained in Article III shall terminate or cease, in whole or
 material part, to be a legally valid and binding obligation of each Guarantor
 (other than as a result
 of a Disposition of a Guarantor under Section 7.02(e)) or any
 Guarantor or any Person acting for or on behalf of any of such parties shall
 contest such validity or binding nature of such guarantee itself or the
 Transactions, or any othersuch Person shall assert any of the foregoing; or

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (n)
 any of the Security Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be in full
 force and effect, or any Account Party shall so assert, or any Lien created
 by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be enforceable and of the
 same effect and priority purported to be created thereby.

 

then, and in every such
event (other than an event with respect to any Account Party described in
clause (g) or (h) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the
continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of
the Required Lenders shall, take any or all of the following actions:

          (i)
declare the commitment of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender to
issue, amend, extend or otherwise modify any Letter of Credit to be terminated,
whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;

          (ii)
declare all amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any Credit Document to
be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Account
Parties;

          (iii)
require that the Eligible Assets in any Collateral Account consist solely of
cash or such other Eligible Assets as the Administrative Agent may require; and

          (iv)
exercise on behalf of itself, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing
Lenders all rights and remedies available to it, the Collateral Agent, the
Lenders and the Issuing Lenders under the Credit Documents;

provided, however, that
upon the occurrence of an event with respect to any Account Party described in
clause (g) or (h) of this Article, the obligation of the Administrative Agent and
each Issuing Lender to issue, amend, extend or otherwise modify any Letter of
Credit shall automatically terminate, all amounts owing or payable hereunder or
under any Credit Document shall automatically become due and payable, in each
case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of
which are hereby waived by the Account Parties, and such amounts shall become
due and payable without further act of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent or any Lender.

ARTICLE IX

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT

                    Each
of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its
agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its
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such powers as are
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and under the other
Credit Documents (including, but not limited to, providing instructions to the
Collateral Agent and the Custodian as provided therein), together with such
actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

                    The
Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights
and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its
Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any
kind of business with any Account Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate
thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

                    The
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other
implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing,
(b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary
action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and
powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required
to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders, and (c) except as expressly set
forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and
shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to
any Account Party or any of their Subsidiaries that is communicated to or
obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates
in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action
taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required
Lenders or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless
and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by an
Account Party or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be
responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any
statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this
Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness
of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other
than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.

                    The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any
liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement,
instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may
rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to
be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying
thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be
counsel for any Account Party), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

                    The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights
and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may
perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their
respective Related Parties. The exculpatory

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provisions of the preceding
paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the
Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their
respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

                    The
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the
Account Parties. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the
right, in consultation with XL Group, to appoint a successor. If no successor
shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted
such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives
notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation
shall nonetheless become effective and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent
shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and (2) the
Required Lenders shall perform the duties of the Administrative Agent (and all
payments and communications provided to be made by, to or through the
Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly) until
such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for
above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to
and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder (if not
already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The fees
payable by XL Group to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as
those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between XL Group and
such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the
provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for its
benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it
was acting as Administrative Agent.

                    Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to
enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to
time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not
taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any
document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

                    Each
of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints The Bank of New York Mellon to serve
initially as Collateral Agent hereunder and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take
such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the
Collateral Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as
are reasonably incidental thereto. The Bank of New York Mellon and any
person succeeding it as Collateral Agent hereunder shall have the same rights
and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not the Collateral Agent, and The Bank of New York
Mellon or such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money
to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Account Party or any
Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Collateral Agent
hereunder.

                    The
Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents to which it is a
party, including but not limited to the Pledge Agreement and the Control
Agreement, and the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed in such
capacity to enter, execute, deliver and perform under such

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agreements
and any amendments thereto from time to time. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, (a) the Collateral Agent shall not be subject to any
fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred
and is continuing, (b) the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except rights and
powers expressly contemplated hereby, and (c) except as expressly set forth
herein, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not
be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Account
Party or any of their Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the
bank serving as Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The
Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or in the absence of
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Collateral Agent shall be
deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice
thereof is given to the Collateral Agent by an Account Party or a Lender, and
the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain
or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in
connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or
other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the
performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or
conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness
or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or
document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or
elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to
be delivered to the Collateral Agent. The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any
liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Collateral Agent is
authorized to follow and rely upon all notices, requests, directions and
instructions given by officers named in incumbency certificates furnished to
the Collateral Agent from time to time by the parties hereto, and the
Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in executing any request,
direction and instruction from any officer of a party named in an incumbency
certificate delivered hereunder prior to receipt by it of a more current
certificate. The Collateral Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally
or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall
not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Collateral Agent may consult
with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Account Party), independent
accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any
action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such
counsel, accountants or experts.

                    The
Collateral Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and
powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Collateral
Agent. The Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its
duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related
Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to
any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Collateral Agent and any
such sub-agent.

                    The
Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Administrative Agent
and the Account Parties. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall
have the right, in consultation with XL Group, to appoint a successor. If no
successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have
accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Collateral Agent
gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent’s
resignation shall nonetheless become effective and (1) the retiring Collateral
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and (2) the
Required Lenders shall perform the duties of the Collateral Agent (and all
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made
by, to or through the Collateral Agent shall instead be made by or to each
Lender directly) until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor
agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of its
appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall
succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties
of the retiring (or retired) Collateral Agent and the retiring Collateral Agent
shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder (if not already
discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The fees payable by
XL Group to a successor Collateral Agent shall be the same as those payable to
its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between XL Group and such successor.
After the Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this
Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect
of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as
Collateral Agent.

                    Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Collateral Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent or any other
Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to
time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not
taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any
document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

                    The
Collateral Agent shall (a) not be responsible for any recitals contained in
this Agreement, or in any certificate or other document referred to or provided
for in, or received by it under, this Agreement, or for the value, validity,
effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement
(other than as against the Collateral Agent), any Collateral or any other
document referred to or provided for herein or therein or for any failure by
any other Person (except the Collateral Agent) to perform any of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder or for the perfection, priority or
maintenance of any security interest created hereunder; and (b) not be
responsible for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under
any other document or instrument referred to or provided for herein or in
connection herewith or therewith, except for its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct.

                    No
provision of this Agreement shall require the Collateral Agent to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability in the performance of any
of its duties hereunder.

                    The
Collateral Agent shall have no obligation or responsibility to file UCC
financing or continuation statements (except as expressly directed in writing
by the Administrative Agent) or to determine whether the filing of any such
statements is at any time necessary. 

                    The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon any certification,
order, judgment, opinion, notice or other written communication (including,
without limitation, any thereof by electronic means, telecopy or facsimile)
believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by
or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons (without being required to
determine the correctness of any fact stated therein) and consult with and
conclusively rely upon advice, opinions and statements of legal counsel and
other experts selected by the Collateral Agent. As to any matters not expressly
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Agreement,
the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in
refraining from acting, hereunder in accordance with instructions given by the
Administrative Agent. 

                    Whenever
in the administration of the provisions of this Agreement the Collateral Agent
shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, or omitting to take, or suffering any action hereunder, or
suffering to exist any state of events, such matter (unless other evidence in
respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on the part of the Collateral Agent, be deemed to be conclusively proved
and established by a certificate of an officer of the Administrative Agent
delivered to the Collateral Agent, and such certificate, in the absence of bad
faith on the part of the Collateral Agent, shall be full warrant to the
Collateral Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the
provisions of this Agreement in reliance thereon. 

                    The
Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, entitlement order, approval or other paper or
document.

                    Any
entity into which the Collateral Agent may be merged or converted or with which
it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation
to which the Collateral Agent shall be a party, or any entity succeeding to all
or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Collateral Agent
shall be the successor of the Collateral Agent hereunder without the execution
or filing of any paper with any party hereto or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto except where an instrument of transfer or assignment
is required by law to effect such succession, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.

                    The
Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may (without having to account therefor to
any other party hereto) accept deposits from, lend money to, make investments
in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with
the any other Person interested herein as if it were not acting as the
Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may accept fees
and other consideration without having to account for the same, provided that
the Collateral Agent agrees that it shall not accept, receive or permit there
to be created in favor of itself and shall take no affirmative action to permit
there to be created in favor of any other Person any security interest, lien or
other encumbrance of any kind in or upon the Collateral other than the lien
created under the Credit Documents.

                    The
Collateral Agent shall have the right to appoint agents or advisors in
connection with any of its duties hereunder, and the Collateral Agent shall not
be liable for any action taken or omitted by, or in reliance upon the advice
of, such agents or advisors selected in good faith.

                    In
no event shall Collateral Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or
delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement arising out of
or caused directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control,
including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquake; fires; floods; wars;
civil or military disturbances; terrorist acts; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions,
loss or malfunctions of utilities; or acts of civil or military authority or
governmental actions; it being understood that the Collateral Agent shall use
commercial reasonable efforts to resume performance as soon as practicable
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                    In
no event shall the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent be liable for
any indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind
whatsoever, including, but not limited to, lost profits, even if such loss or
damage was foreseeable or it has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or
damage and regardless of the form of action. 

                    The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to seek written directions from the
Administrative Agent prior to taking any action under this Agreement or any
other Credit Document and shall be fully protected and indemnified hereunder in
respect of any action taken or not taken in accordance with any directions
received from the Administrative Agent; provided that such protection
and indemnity shall not apply to the extent that the Collateral Agent has acted
with gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

                    The
Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility for or liability with respect to
monitoring compliance of any other party to this Agreement, any other Credit
Document or any other document related hereto or thereto.

                    The
Collateral Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights
and powers hereunder or under any other Credit Document by or through any one
or more sub-agents, delegates or attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral
Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the supervision, or
for acts or omissions, of any such sub-agents, delegates or attorneys-in-fact
appointed by the Collateral Agent in good faith. The Collateral Agent and any
such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights
and powers by or through its respective Affiliates. 

                    The
rights and protections of the Collateral Agent set forth herein shall also be
applicable to the Collateral Agent in its capacity as pledgee or any of its
other capacities (including as Collateral Agent) under the Credit Documents.

                    The
exculpatory provisions of this Article IX shall apply to any sub-agent or
Affiliate of the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, respectively.

                    Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Bookrunners, the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agents named on the
cover page of this Agreement shall not have any duties or liabilities under
this Agreement, except in their capacity, if any, as Lenders.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

                    SECTION
10.01. Notices. Except in the case of notices and other communications
expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered
by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or
sent by telecopy or email, as follows:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (a)
 if to any Account Party, to XL Group at XL House, One Bermudiana Road,
 Hamilton HM 08 Bermuda, Attention of Timothy Goodyer (email address
 Timothy.Goodyer@xlgroup.com); with a copy to Kirstin R. Gould, Esq. at
 the same address and email address Kirstin.Gould@xlgroup.com;

 

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           (b)
 if to the Administrative Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 1111 Fannin
 Street, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002-6925, Attention of Wanda G Grace
 (Telecopy No. (713) 750-2223; Telephone No. (713) 374-4472); email address,
 wanda.g.grace@jpmchase.com;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           with
 a copy to

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           JPMorgan
 Chase Bank, N.A., 277 Park Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10172,
 Attention of Brij S Grewal (Telecopy No. (917) 456-3256; email address brijendra.s.grewal@jpmorgan.com;
 Telephone No. (212) 270-5305);

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (c)
 if to the Collateral Agent, to Bank of New York Mellon, 101 Barclay Street,
 Mailstop: 101-0850, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Insurance Trust
 & Escrow Group, Facsimile: (732) 667-9536); and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (d)
 if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its
 Administrative Questionnaire.

 

Any party hereto may change its address, telecopy number or email
address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other
parties hereto (or, in the case of any such change by a Lender, by notice to
the Account Parties and the Administrative Agent). All notices and other
communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

                    Notices
and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to
notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative
Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or any Account Party
may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided
that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications. Without limiting the foregoing, the Account Parties may furnish
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the financial statements required
to be furnished by it pursuant to Section 6.01(a), 6.01(b) or 6.01(c) by
electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative
Agent.

                    SECTION
10.02. Waivers; Amendments.

                    (a)
No Deemed Waivers; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay by the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender in exercising any
right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or
remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement
or consent to any departure by the Account Parties therefrom shall in any event
be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this
Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be
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Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may have had
notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

                    (b)
Amendments. Neither this Agreement, nor the Pledge Agreement nor the
Collateral Account Control Agreement, nor any provision hereof or thereof may
be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in
writing entered into by the Obligors and the Required Lenders or by the
Obligors and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders
(provided that, in the case of the Pledge Agreement or Collateral
Account Control Agreement, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion,
enter into waivers, amendments or modifications which it reasonably deems
ministerial without the consent of the Required Lenders); provided that
no such agreement shall:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (i)
 increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such
 Lender,

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (ii)
 reduce the amount of any reimbursement obligation of an Account Party in
 respect of any LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or
 reduce any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, without the written
 consent of each Lender directly affected thereby,

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (iii)
 postpone the scheduled date of payment for reimbursement of any LC
 Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or
 reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the
 scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment or any Letter of Credit (other
 than an extension thereof pursuant to an “evergreen” provision” to the extent
 permitted hereunder), without the written consent of each Lender directly
 affected thereby,

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (iv)
 change Section 2.12(c) or 2.12(d) without the consent of each Lender directly
 affected thereby,

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (v)
 release any of the Guarantors from any of their guarantee obligations under
 Article III without the written consent of each Lender, 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (vi)
 release of all or substantially all of the Collateral without the consent of
 each Lender, 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (vii)
 change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage in the
 definition of the term “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof
 specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or
 modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent
 hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (viii)
 change Section 7.10 without the consent of each Lender; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (ix)
 increase the advance rates set forth in the definition of Advance Rate
 without the consent of the Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of the aggregate
 amount of the Commitments at such time, or if the Commitments have expired or
 been terminated, the Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of the Aggregate LC
 Exposure at such time;

 

and provided further that no such agreement shall amend,
modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, an
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the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, an Issuing
Lender or the Collateral Agent, as applicable.

          Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the
written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and each
Account Party (a) to increase the aggregate amount of Commitments under this
Agreement (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Commitment
of any individual Lender may not be increased without the consent of such
Lender), (b) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement
and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder
and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the
benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Letters of
Credit and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (c) to include
appropriately the financial institutions holding such credit facilities in any
determination of the Required Lenders.

                    SECTION
10.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

                    (a)
Costs and Expenses. The XL Group agrees to pay (i) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and their Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for
herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), and (ii) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements
of one legal counsel for the Administrative Agent, one legal counsel for the
Collateral Agent and one legal counsel for the Lenders, in connection with the
enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement,
including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Letters of
Credit issued hereunder, including in connection with any workout,
restructuring or negotiations in respect thereof.

                    (b)
Indemnification by the Account Parties. XL Group, and to the extent this
Section 10.03(b) applies to any Letter of Credit issued on behalf of, or
property of, any Account Party, such Account Party, jointly and severally with
XL Group, agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent,
each Issuing Lender and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the
foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”)
against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee (but not including Excluded
Taxes), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this
Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance
by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the
consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby,
(ii) any Letter of Credit or the use thereof (including any refusal by any
Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents
presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms
of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of
Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by such Account
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any
way to such Account Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or
prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that
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available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or related expenses result from or arise out of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Indemnitee.

                    (c)
Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Account Parties fail to
pay any amount required to be paid by them to the Administrative Agent under
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to
the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of
the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is
sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or
indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may
be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its
capacity as such.

                    (d)
Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, no Account Party shall assert, and each Account Party hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions,
any Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

                    (e)
Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly
after written demand therefor.

                    SECTION
10.04. Successors and Assigns.

                    (a)
Assignments Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) no Account Party may
assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without
the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or
transfer by an Account Party without such consent shall be null and void) and
(ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations
hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than
the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to
the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

                    (b)
Assignments by Lenders. (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in
paragraph (b)(ii) of this Section, any Lender may assign all or a portion of
its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of
its Commitment and the LC Disbursements at the time owing to it) to one or more
NAIC Approved Banks (or to any other Person whose obligations in respect of
Letters of Credit shall be confirmed by a NAIC Approved Bank)with the prior
written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (A)
 the Account Parties, provided that no consent of any Account Party
 shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an
 Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (g) or (h) of
 Article VIII has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and 

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (B)
 the Administrative Agent; and

 

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                     (C)
 the Issuing Lender with respect to Participated Letters of Credit.

 

                    (ii)
Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions: 

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (A)
 except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Approved Fund or an
 Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the
 assigning Lender’s Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning
 Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the
 Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
 Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the
 Account Parties and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided
 that no such consent of the Account Parties shall be required if an Event of
 Default under clause (a), (b), (g) or (h) of Article VIII has occurred and is
 continuing;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (B)
 each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate
 part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this
 Agreement;

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (C)
 the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
 Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing
 and recordation fee of $3,500; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
                     (D)
 the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver an Administrative
 Questionnaire to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to XL Group).

 

                    (iii)
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of
this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment
and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the
rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease
to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits and
subject to the limitations of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 10.03). Any assignment or
transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does
not comply with this Section 10.04 shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

                    (iv)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting
Lender”) may grant to a special purpose vehicle (an “SPV”) of such
Granting Lender, identified as such in writing from time to time by the
Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Account Parties, the option
to provide to the Account Parties all or any part of any LC Disbursement that
such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to the Account
Parties pursuant to Section 2.01, provided that (i) nothing herein shall
constitute a commitment by any SPV to make any LC Disbursement, (ii) if an SPV
elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any
part of such LC Disbursement, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make
such LC Disbursement pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) the Account Parties
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SPV in order to enforce any rights of the Account Parties hereunder.
The making of a LC Disbursement by an SPV hereunder shall utilize the
Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such LC
Disbursement were made by the Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees
that no SPV shall be liable for any payment under this Agreement for which a
Lender would otherwise be liable, for so long as, and to the extent, the
related Granting Lender makes such payment. In furtherance of the foregoing,
each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination
of this Agreement) 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
indebtedness of any SPV, it will not institute against, or join any other
person in instituting against, such SPV any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or similar proceedings under
the laws of the United States or any State thereof arising out of any claim
against such SPV under this Agreement. In addition, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Section, any SPV may with notice to, but without
the prior written consent of, the Account Parties or the Administrative Agent
and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its
interests in any Letter of Credit to its Granting Lender or to any financial
institutions (consented to by the Account Parties and the Administrative Agent)
providing liquidity and/or credit support (if any) with respect to commercial
paper issued by such SPV to issue such Letters of Credit and such SPV may
disclose, on a confidential basis, confidential information with respect to any
Account Party and its Subsidiaries to any rating agency, commercial paper
dealer or provider of a surety, guarantee or credit liquidity enhancement to
such SPV. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no SPV
shall be entitled to any greater rights under Section 2.10 or Section 2.11 than
its Granting Lender would have been entitled to absent the use of such SPV.
This paragraph may not be amended without the consent of any SPV at the time
holding LC Disbursements under this Agreement.

                    (v)
The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Account
Parties, shall maintain at one of its offices in New York City a copy of each
Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of
the names and addresses of the Lenders, the Commitment of, and principal amount
of the LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from
time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, and the Account Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the
terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement,
notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for
inspection by any Account Party and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from
time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

                    (vi)
Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an
assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative
Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the
processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b)(ii)(C) of this
Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b)(i)
of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and
Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No
assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been
recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

                    (c)
Participations. (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Account
Parties, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender, sell participations to
one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a
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this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including all or a
portion of its Commitment and the LC Disbursements owing to it); provided
that (A) any such participation sold to a Participant which is not a Lender, an
Approved Fund or a Federal Reserve Bank shall be made only with the consent
(which in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld) of XL Group and the
Administrative Agent, unless a Default has occurred and is continuing, in which
case the consent of XL Group shall not be required, (B) such Lender’s
obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall remain
unchanged, (C) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations and (D) the Account Parties, the
Administrative Agent 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 and the other Credit Documents. Any agreement
or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall
provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement
and the other Credit Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents; provided
that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not,
without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or
waiver described in the first proviso to Section 10.02(b) that affects such
Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Account Parties
agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits and subject to
the limitations of Sections 2.10 and 2.11 (subject to the requirements of such
Sections) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its
interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent
permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to
be subject to Section 2.12(d) as though it were a Lender.

                    (ii)
A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
Section 2.10 or 2.11 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to
receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant or the
Lender interest assigned, unless (A) the sale of the participation to such
Participant is made with the Account Parties’ prior written consent and (B) in
the case of Section 2.10 or 2.11, the entitlement to greater payment results
solely from a Change in Law formally announced after such Participant became a
Participant.

                    (iii)
In the event that any Lender sells participations in a Commitment, such Lender,
acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the XL Group, shall
maintain a register on which it enters the name of all participants in the
Commitments held by it (the “Participant Register”); provided that no
Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the
Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant
or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments,
Letters of Credit or its other obligations under this Agreement or any Credit
Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish
that such Commitment, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered
form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations or
otherwise required by applicable law. The entries in the Participant Register
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error, and the participating
Lender, each Account Party and the Administrative Agent shall treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Participant Register, pursuant to the terms
hereof, as the Participant for all purposes of this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

                    (d)
Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security
interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure
obligations of such Lender, including any such pledge or assignment to secure
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Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment
of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a
security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder
or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

                    (e)
No Assignments to Account Parties or Affiliates. Anything in this
Section to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender may assign or participate
any interest in any LC Exposure held by it hereunder to any Account Party or
any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries without the prior consent of each Lender.

                    SECTION
10.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Account Parties herein and in the certificates or other
instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be
considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the
issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any
such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of
any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is
extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the
principal of, or any accrued interest on, any fee or any other amount payable
under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is
outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The
provisions of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 10.03 and Article IX shall survive and
remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, the expiration or termination of the Letters
of Credit and the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the
termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

                    SECTION
10.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different
counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which
when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and any
separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent constitute the entire contract between and among
the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all
previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the
subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.01, this Agreement shall
become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and
when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which,
when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto,
and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopy shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

                    SECTION
10.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

                    SECTION
10.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, each Lender and their Affiliates (collectively, solely for
purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders”) are hereby authorized at any
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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 to or for the credit or the
account of any Account Party or Guarantor against any of and all the
obligations of such Account Party or Guarantor now or hereafter existing under
this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender
shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations
may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition
to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such
Lender may have.

                    SECTION
10.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

                    (a)
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the law of the State of New York.

                    (b)
Submission to Jurisdiction. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the
Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and of the United States District
Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any
thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in
respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such
New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each
of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this
Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement against any Obligor or its properties in the courts
of any jurisdiction.

                    (c)
Waiver of Venue. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do
so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of
any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in
any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or
proceeding in any such court.

                    (d)
Service of Process. By the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
each Account Party and each Guarantor acknowledges that they have by a separate
written instrument, designated and appointed CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth
Avenue, 13th floor, New York, New York 10011 (or any successor
entity thereto), as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in
any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement that may be
instituted in any federal or state court in the State of New York. Each party
to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 10.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect
the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law.

                    (e)
Waiver of Immunities. To the extent that any Account Party has or
hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any
legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment,
attachment in aid of execution or execution, on the ground of sovereignty or
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hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, such immunity in respect of its obligations under this
Agreement.

                    SECTION
10.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK
TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

                    SECTION
10.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents
used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

                    SECTION
10.12. Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.

                    (a)
Treatment of Certain Information. Each of the Account Parties
acknowledge that from time to time financial advisory, investment banking and
other services may be offered or provided to any Account Party or one or more
of their Subsidiaries (in connection with this Agreement or otherwise) by any
Lender or by one or more subsidiaries or affiliates of such Lender and each of
the Account Parties hereby authorizes each Lender to share any information
delivered to such Lender by such Account Party and its Subsidiaries pursuant to
this Agreement, or in connection with the decision of such Lender to enter into
this Agreement, to any such subsidiary or affiliate, it being understood that
(i) any such information shall be used only for the purpose of advising the
Account Parties or preparing presentation materials for the benefit of the
Account Parties and (ii) any such subsidiary or affiliate receiving such
information shall be bound by the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section
as if it were a Lender hereunder. Such authorization shall survive the
expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit, the expiration or
termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any
provision hereof.

                    (b)
Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent,
the Lenders and each SPV agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the
Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to
its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, 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 Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority
(including self-regulating organizations) having jurisdiction over the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender (or any Affiliate
thereof), (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by
any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this
Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any
suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of
rights hereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement in writing containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this paragraph and for the benefit of the
Account Parties, to (a) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective
assignee of or 

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Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement,
(b) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or
derivative transaction relating to any Account Party and its obligations or (c)
any credit insurance provider (or its advisors), (vii) with the consent of the
Account Parties or (viii) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly
available other than as a result of a breach of this paragraph or (B) becomes
available to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than an Account Party. For the
purposes of this paragraph, “Information” means all information received
from an Account Party relating to an Account Party or its business, other than
any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure
by such Account Party; provided
that, in the case of information received from an Account Party after the date
hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as
confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality
of Information as provided in this Section 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 Information as such Person would
accord to its own confidential information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each
of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders agree that
they will not trade the securities of any of the Account Parties based upon
non-public Information that is received by them.

                    SECTION
10.13. Judgment Currency. This is an international loan transaction in
which the obligations of each Account Party and the Guarantors under this
Agreement to make payment hereunder shall be satisfied only in Dollars and only
if such payment shall be made in New York City, and the obligations of each
Account Party and the Guarantors under this Agreement to make payment to (or
for account of) a Lender in Dollars shall not be discharged or satisfied by any
tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted into any
other currency or in another place except to the extent that such tender or
recovery results in the effective receipt by such Lender in New York City of
the full amount of Dollars payable to such Lender under this Agreement. If for
the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum
due hereunder in Dollars into another currency (in this Section called the “judgment
currency”), the rate of exchange that shall be applied shall be that at
which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent
could purchase such Dollars at the principal office of the Administrative Agent
in New York City with the judgment currency on the Business Day next preceding
the day on which such judgment is rendered. The obligation of each Account
Party and the Guarantors in respect of any such sum due from it to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender hereunder (in this
Section called an “Entitled Person”) shall, notwithstanding the rate of
exchange actually applied in rendering such judgment, be discharged only to the
extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Entitled Person of
any sum adjudged to be due hereunder in the judgment currency such Entitled
Person may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase and transfer
Dollars to New York City with the amount of the judgment currency so adjudged
to be due; and each Account Party and the Guarantors hereby, as a separate
obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, agrees to indemnify such
Entitled Person against, and to pay such Entitled Person on demand, in Dollars,
the amount (if any) by which the sum originally due to such Entitled Person in
Dollars hereunder exceeds the amount of the Dollars so purchased and
transferred.

                    SECTION
10.14. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender, the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent hereby notifies the Account Parties that pursuant to the
requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into
law October 26, 2001)), such Lender, the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies the Account Parties, which information includes the name and 

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address of the Account Parties and other information that will allow
such Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to identify each
Account Party in accordance with said Act. Each Account Party and each of its
Subsidiaries shall provide such information and take such actions as are
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in order to
assist the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in maintaining compliance with
the USA Patriot Act.

                    SECTION
10.15. RELEASE OF LIENS.(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the Collateral Agent is
hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to
or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 10.02) to take
any action requested by XL Group having the effect of releasing any Collateral
(i) to the extent permitted by the Pledge Agreement and the Collateral Account
Control Agreement or that has been consented to in accordance with Section
10.02 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below. Upon
three (3) Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent, each Account Party may in accordance with the Security Documents (x)
replace any cash or Eligible Assets with other cash or Eligible Assets to the
extent that (i) after giving effect thereto the Borrowing Base of such Account
Party is at least equal to the aggregate face value (or its Dollar Equivalent)
of all Letters of Credit issued on its behalf and (ii) such replacement shall
precede the related release and (y) to the extent that the Borrowing Base of
such Account Party exceeds the aggregate face value (or its Dollar Equivalent)
of all Letters of Credit issued on behalf of such Account Party, require the
release of such excess cash or Eligible Assets.

                    (b)
At such time as allthere are no Letters of Credit shall have
expired or been terminatedoutstanding hereunder and the
Commitments have been terminated, any other Obligations (as defined in the
Pledge Agreement) shall have been paid in full in cash and no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral shall cease to secure
the Obligations (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), the Collateral shall be
released from the Liens created by the Pledge Agreement, and the Pledge
Agreement and the Collateral Account Control Agreement and all obligations
(other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Account Party under the
Pledge Agreement and the Collateral Account Control Agreement shall terminate,
all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

                    SECTION
10.16. NO FIDUCIARY DUTY. The Administrative Agent, each Lender and
their Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders”),
may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Obligors, their
stockholders and/or their affiliates. Each Obligor agrees that nothing in the
Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create a fiduciary relationship
or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and
such Obligor, its stockholders or its affiliates, on the other. The Obligors
acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit
Documents are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the
one hand, and the Obligors, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and
with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed a fiduciary
responsibility in favor of any Obligor, its stockholders or its affiliates with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto
(irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will
advise any Obligor, its stockholders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any
other obligation to any Obligor except the obligations expressly set forth in
the Credit Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not
as the fiduciary of any Obligor, its management, stockholders, creditors or any

83

other
Person. Each Obligor acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own
legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is
responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such
transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Obligor agrees that it will
not claim that any Lender owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Obligor, in
connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

84

EXHIBIT B

SCHEDULE VI

Existing Letters of Credit

Syndicated Letters of Credit

	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
 BOOKING PARTY NAME
 	
  
 	
 REF NUMBER
 	
  
 	
 
EXPIRY /

 MATURITY

 DATE
 	
  
 	
 LC AVAILABLE

 AMOUNT
 	
  
 
	

 
 	
  
 	

 
 	
  
 	

 
 	
  
 	

 
 	
  
 
	
 XL Insurance (Bermuda) LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-577410
 	
  
 	
 09/30/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 106,000,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Insurance (Bermuda) LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-810888
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 16,000,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Insurance (Bermuda) LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-810880
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 3,200,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Insurance (Bermuda) LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-810881
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 237,000,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Insurance (Bermuda) LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-810882
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 102,000,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Insurance (Bermuda) LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-810884
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 26,426,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Insurance (Bermuda) LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-810885
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 7,157,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Insurance (Bermuda) LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-810886
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 3,579,000.00
 	
  
 
	
  XL
 Insurance (Bermuda) LTD Subtotal
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 501,362,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Capital Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206911
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 6,865.45
 	
  
 
	
 XL Capital Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206910
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,851.12
 	
  
 
	
 XL Capital Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206877
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 36,223.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Capital Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206876
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,357,351.10
 	
  
 
	
 XL Capital Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206875
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,828,223.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Capital Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205301
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 115,566.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Capital Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205300
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,350,396.53
 	
  
 
	
 XL Capital Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205299
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 20,635.41
 	
  
 
	
 XL Capital Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539012
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,547,438.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL Capital Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538712
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 8,542,188.97
 	
  
 
	
 XL Capital Ltd Subtotal
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 14,806,738.58
 	
  
 
	
 XL CAPITAL LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538387
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 70,906.50
 	
  
 
	
 XL CAPITAL LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538386
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 37,799.46
 	
  
 
	
 XL CAPITAL LTD
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-523536
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,158.68
 	
  
 
	
  XL
 CAPITAL LTD Subtotal
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 109,864.64
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-578188
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 265,482.37
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677759
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 7,223.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677757
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 84,977.30
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677756
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 3,958,230.80
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677752
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 62,582.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677750
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,442,640.46
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677384
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 6,799.24
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677366
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,428,757.43
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677363
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 447,914.18
 	
  
 

85

	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-652209
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 16,706.73
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-651689
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 22,703.75
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-578533
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 62,000,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-482208
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 33,554.99
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-578189
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 162,095.57
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677795
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 47,900.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-578071
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 15,205,869.50
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-578070
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 24,871.73
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-577885
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 20,300,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-577884
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 130,956.79
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-577411
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 15,885.78
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539542
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 746,370.10
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539334
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 24,833.46
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539317
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 7,760.46
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-578281
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 23,327,472.60
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205252
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 364,741.39
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-204131
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-679048
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 18,700,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678959
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 9,886.55
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678822
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 533,718.29
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678821
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 3,958.56
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678819
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 63,252.90
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678816
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 31,630.68
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678717
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 989.46
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678684
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 100,679.51
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678550
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,000,000.16
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677760
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 54,188.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678545
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 10,884.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677762
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 21,179.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678396
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 14,282.14
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678259
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 42,113.73
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678079
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 109,572.72
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678077
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 69,725.16
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678075
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 97,654.43
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677961
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 56,891.33
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677889
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 392,483.14
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677825
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,498.93
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677824
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 4,997.87
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677823
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 42,481.87
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677796
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 3,160.91
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-678546
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 44,966.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483525
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 21,250.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539316
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 438,332.68
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-523740
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 24,768.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-523597
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 104,880.80
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-523517
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 22,805.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-523455
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 23,657.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-523411
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 299,758.99
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483986
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 271,300.00
 	
  
 

86

	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483583
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 5,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483582
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 57,092.29
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-524444
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,303.14
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483580
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 45,326.79
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483524
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 50,733.14
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483399
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 202,242.50
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483398
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 17,879.94
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483365
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 300,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483364
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 273,625.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483177
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 81,078.90
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483073
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 94,700.76
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483072
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 21,416.94
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-482908
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,420,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-482823
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 5,819.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-482822
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 8,582.32
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-482209
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 30,710.98
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483581
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 27,991.38
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538872
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 108,778.88
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539106
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 7,939.24
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539051
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 15,610.43
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539009
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 5,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539008
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 9,351.44
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539005
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 28,980.67
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539004
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 5,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539003
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 5,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539002
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 8,236.70
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538993
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 12,405.11
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538929
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 3,589,072.78
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-523967
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 881,285.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538897
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 4,711,200.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-539244
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 7,400,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538844
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 89,495.93
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538722
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 32,667.24
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538571
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 50,702.46
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-537303
 	
  
 	
 06/30/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 24,550,614.61
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-539107
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 66,509.48
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-524733
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 105,796.80
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-524732
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 34,555.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538901
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 30,180.08
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696420
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 561,047.82
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-695928
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 399,729.87
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-796890
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 231,872.81
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-796888
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 759,402.49
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-713153
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 181,151.89
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696939
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 14,679.75
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696639
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 161,201.10
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696638
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 24,726.38
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696612
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,425.02
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696533
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 170,982.74
 	
  
 

87

	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696531
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 98,759.69
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696432
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 180,478.40
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696428
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,389,946.45
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-797012
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 10,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696416
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 126,668.75
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696415
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 21,452.56
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696388
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 934,167.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696384
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 24,018.60
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696383
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 87,610.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696277
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 4,543.85
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696269
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 144,147.44
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696222
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 3,650.34
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696221
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,288.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696220
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 398,259.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696103
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 95,402.08
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205253
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 82,803.11
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-696429
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 13,591,063.30
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810873
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 17,400,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810910
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 21,035.67
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810908
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,125,210.99
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810902
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 7,060.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810900
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 259,966.47
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810897
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 307,604.18
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810896
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 399,353.10
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810895
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 20,551.10
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810894
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 149,564.02
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810893
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 4,875.45
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810892
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,033,502.36
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810875
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 73,535.91
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-695926
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 17,106.86
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810867
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 56,538.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810864
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 3,249.22
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810861
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 6,141.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810856
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 6,124,327.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810841
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 4,722,139.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810840
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 5,456.34
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810839
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 5,858.44
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810838
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 9,148.52
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810835
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 304,859.66
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-797613
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 115,508.94
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-797610
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 136,914.44
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-797206
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 30,665.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810878
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 575,305.56
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206571
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 6,797.94
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-695930
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 49,416.10
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206776
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 6,795.04
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206752
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 82,008.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206734
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,439.06
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206733
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 76,588.79
 	
  
 

88

	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206667
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 539,578.33
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206648
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 662,374.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206647
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 118,758.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206645
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,043,281.40
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206598
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 135,545.25
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206597
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 8,442.75
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206780
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 6,311.62
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206572
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 103,413.32
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206785
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 18,727.59
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206563
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 540.57
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206561
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 697,756.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206559
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 275,151.60
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206557
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 5,828.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206351
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 210,173.91
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205832
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 22,977.55
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205828
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 547,731.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205826
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 25,628.44
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205825
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 11,188.53
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205824
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 542,956.02
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205306
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 20,300,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-810913
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,111,598.90
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206585
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 156,020.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-207032
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 10,253.32
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-695924
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,004.80
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-695832
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 11,840.30
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-695831
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 661,706.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-695830
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 5,202.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-244424
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 5,000.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-207225
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 7,484.85
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-207074
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 12,416.73
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-207071
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 100,884.50
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-207067
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 3,104.18
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-207054
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 6,208.37
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206777
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,269,820.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-207033
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 21,784.19
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-205254
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 69,277.85
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-207031
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 71,863.76
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-207019
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,497,187.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-207015
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 98,201.14
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206917
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 530,062.13
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206916
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 25,379.14
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206915
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 5,438.54
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206913
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 6,596.27
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206909
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 11,285.40
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206907
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 220,972.70
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206904
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 405.20
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206903
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 11,577.49
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-206896
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,203,126.14
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd
 	
  
 	
 U-207042
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,935,689.09
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE Ltd Subtotal
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 291,336,917.84
 	
  
 
	
 Grand
 Total
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 807,615,521.06
 	
  
 

89

Non-Syndicated
Letters of Credit

None.

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of Credit

	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
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 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-662737
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 48,513.46
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483939
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,220,079.86
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-483987
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 553,375.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-484934
 	
  
 	
 06/30/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 394,725.29
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-484935
 	
  
 	
 06/30/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 73,516.20
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 CUCS-523966
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 147,046.94
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-538558
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 106,090.51
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-652033
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 6,601.68
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-661599
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,613.45
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-798146
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,228,110.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677271
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 2,907,398.00
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677365
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 962,081.19
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-677754
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 26,480.55
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-679344
 	
  
 	
 12/31/12
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 248,576.80
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-221383
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 94,259.50
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-221384
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 1,682,844.94
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-696224
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 3,333,195.26
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 U-696431
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 482,786.25
 	
  
 
	
 XL RE LTD
 	
  
 	
 TUTS-652035
 	
  
 	
 12/31/11
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 112,654.27
 	
  
 
	
 Total
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
 $
 	
 13,630,949.16
 	
  
 

90Exhibit
10.4

PLEDGE AGREEMENT

          THIS PLEDGE
AGREEMENT (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”)
dated as of December 9, 2011 is among XL GROUP PLC, an Irish public limited
company (“XL Group”), XLIT LTD., an exempted company incorporated in the
Cayman Islands with limited liability (“XLIT”), X.L. AMERICA, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“XL America”), XL INSURANCE (BERMUDA) LTD, a
Bermuda limited liability company (“XL Insurance (Bermuda)”), XL RE LTD,
a Bermuda limited liability company (“XL Re”), XL RE EUROPE LIMITED, an
Irish limited liability company (“XL Re Europe”), XL INSURANCE COMPANY
LIMITED, a limited company domiciled in the United Kingdom (“XL Insurance”),
XL INSURANCE SWITZERLAND LTD, a company limited by shares organized under the
laws of Switzerland (“XL Switzerland”) and XL LIFE LTD, a Bermuda
company (“XL Life” and together with XL Group, XLIT, XL America, XL
Insurance (Bermuda), XL Re, XL Re Europe, XL Insurance and XL Switzerland, each
an “Pledgor” and collectively, the “Pledgors”) and The Bank of
New York Mellon, not in its individual capacity but solely as Collateral Agent
(in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), for the benefit of the
Secured Parties (as defined below). 

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS,
the Pledgors, various financial institutions, the Collateral Agent and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, have entered into a Secured Credit
Agreement dated as of December 9, 2011 (as amended or otherwise modified from
time to time, the “Credit Agreement”); and

          WHEREAS,
under the Credit Agreement, each of the Pledgors has agreed to grant to the
Collateral Agent security interests in each of their respective Accounts (as
defined below), and each of the Pledgors has agreed to deliver cash and
Eligible Assets to its Accounts from time to time in order to secure its
obligations under the Credit Agreement.

          NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

          1. Definitions.
In addition to terms defined in the preamble and recitals, (a) capitalized
terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the
Credit Agreement, and (b) the following terms have the following meanings (such
definitions to be applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such
terms):

          “Account”
means, with respect to any Pledgor, the segregated securities account (and
includes any sub-accounts thereof and deposit accounts related thereto)
established and maintained in accordance with the Control Agreement and bearing
the account number specified on Schedule II thereto with respect to such
Pledgor (as the same may be redesignated, renumbered or otherwise modified from
time to time, and including any account opened in replacement of or in
substitution for such account).

          “Cash
Collateral Account” has the meaning given to it in Section 6(f).

          “Collateral”
has the meaning given to it in Section 2.

          “Control
Agreement” means the Collateral Account Control Agreement, dated as of
December 9, 2011, among the Pledgors, the Collateral Agent, as pledgee, the
Custodian, the Administrative Agent and The Bank of New York Mellon, as service
provider.

          “Custodian”
means The Bank of New York Mellon (or any successor thereto permitted under the
Control Agreement).

          “Enforcement
Event” means the occurrence and continuation of any Event of Default under
the Credit Agreement, which has not been waived by the Administrative Agent; provided
that no Enforcement Event shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to XL
Insurance Switzerland Ltd., XL Re Europe Limited or XL Insurance Company
Limited (collectively, the “European Entities”), unless such European
Entity is the defaulting party.

          “Enforcement
Event Notice” means a notice delivered from the Administrative Agent to the
Collateral Agent (with a copy to XL Group) stating (i) that an Enforcement
Event has occurred and is continuing and (ii) which Pledgors are subject to
such Enforcement Event.

          “Investment
Property” shall have the meaning provided in Article 8 or Article 9, as
applicable, of the UCC. 

          “Liabilities”
means, with respect to any Pledgor and to the extent owing to one or more
Secured Parties, (i) all Obligations of such Pledgor, (ii) all obligations of
such Pledgor under this Agreement and the Control Agreement, and (iii) all
other obligations of such Pledgor directly related to any Letter of Credit issued
for the account of such Pledgor, in each case, howsoever created, arising or
evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter
existing, or due or to become due.

          “Notice
of Exclusive Control” has the meaning given to it in Section 6(d).

          “Obligations”
means, with respect to any Pledgor, the LC Disbursements (and interest thereon)
made by the Lenders to such Pledgor and all other amounts from time to time
owing by such Pledgor to the Lenders, the Collateral Agent or the
Administrative Agent by such Account Parties under any of the Credit Documents.

          “Proceeds”
means all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the
UCC.

          “Secured
Parties” means the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders, the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent.

          “UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York. 

          2. Grant
of Security Interest. As security for the payment of all of its Liabilities
(and not the Liabilities of any other Pledgor), each Pledgor hereby assigns to
the Collateral Agent, and grants to the Collateral Agent a continuing security
interest in, as agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all right, title
and interest of such Pledgor in the following property of such

Pledgor, whether now or hereafter existing or acquired, regardless of
where located (the “Collateral”):

                    (a)
its Account and all cash, Eligible Assets and all other property held therein
or credited thereto from time to time;

                    (b)
to the extent related to any property described in this Section 2, all books,
correspondence, credit files, records and other papers; and

                    (c)
all Proceeds of any of the foregoing.

          3. Warranties.
Each Pledgor warrants that: 

          (a) such
Pledgor is the sole entitlement holder of its Account and no other Person
(other than the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the Custodian
pursuant to the Control Agreement) has control or possession of, or any other
interest in, such Account or any cash, Eligible Assets or other property held
in or credited to such Account and, without limiting the foregoing, no control
agreements exist with respect to its Collateral other than the Control
Agreement;

          (b) such
Pledgor is and will be the lawful owner of all of its Collateral, free of all
Liens, other than the security interest created hereunder and Liens in favor of
the Custodian, as securities intermediary, with respect to its Account; and

          (c) under
the laws of the State of New York, (i) this Agreement creates a security
interest that is enforceable against the Collateral in which such Pledgor has
rights as of the date hereof and will create a security interest that is
enforceable against the Collateral in which such Pledgor hereafter acquires
rights at the time such Pledgor acquires any such rights and (ii) the
Collateral Agent has a perfected and first priority security interest in the
Collateral in which such Pledgor has rights as of the date hereof, and will
have a perfected and first priority security interest in the Collateral in
which such Pledgor hereafter acquires rights at the time such Pledgor acquires
any such rights, in each case securing the payment and performance of the
Liabilities of such Pledgor.

          4. Agreements
of the Pledgors; Control; Withdrawals. 

          (a)
Each Pledgor will, at the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request, at any
time and from time to time, promptly execute and deliver to the Collateral
Agent such financing statements, amendments and other documents (including
recording a charge or filing (i) in the case of a Pledgor organized under the
laws of a state of the United States, in such state, (ii) in the case of a Pledgor
not incorporated or organized under the laws of a state of the United States,
in the District of Columbia and, if applicable, in the state of the United
States in which such Pledgor maintains its chief executive office as such
office is identified to the Collateral Agent by such Pledgor), and do such
other related acts as the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of
the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request, in order to establish and
maintain valid, attached and perfected first-priority security interests under
the laws of the State of New York in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral
Agent, free and clear of all Liens except Liens in favor of the Custodian. 

          (b)
Each Pledgor irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent (at the request of the
Administrative Agent) at any time, and from time to time, to file and/or record
in any United States jurisdiction any initial financing statement and/or charge
and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral and (ii) contain
any other information required by Section 5 of Article 9 of the UCC of the
jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed regarding
the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or
amendment, the applicable laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such
Pledgor with respect to recording a security interest. Each Pledgor
acknowledges that pursuant to the Control Agreement, the Collateral Agent has
“control” (as that term is used in Section 9-106 of the UCC) of any securities
account comprising such Pledgor’s Account pursuant to Sections 9-106(a),
9-106(c) and 8-106(d)(1) of the UCC and also “control” (as that term is used in
Section 9-104 of the UCC) of any deposit account comprising such Pledgor’s
Account pursuant to Section 9-104 of the UCC. 

          (c)
Subject to the terms of the Control Agreement, the parties agree that unless
and until such time as the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of
the Administrative Agent) shall deliver a Notice of Exclusive Control to the
Custodian in respect of the Account of a Pledgor (and at any time after the
written rescission by the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of
the Administrative Agent) of such Notice of Exclusive Control), and upon three
(3) Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
each Pledgor shall have the right to instruct the Custodian to:

	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (i)
 substitute any cash or Eligible Assets held in the Account of such Pledgor
 with other cash or Eligible Assets, provided that, (i) immediately after
 giving effect to such substitution, the Borrowing Base of such Pledgor is at
 least equal to the aggregate face value (or its Dollar Equivalent) of all
 Letters of Credit issued on behalf of such Pledgor and (ii) such substitution
 shall precede the related release; and

 
	
  

 	
  

 
	
  

 	
           (ii) to the
 extent that the Borrowing Base of such Pledgor exceeds the aggregate face
 value (or its Dollar Equivalent) of all Letters of Credit issued on behalf of
 such Pledgor, transfer cash or Eligible Assets from such Account to any
 account specified by such Pledgor in an amount equal to such excess, in each
 case, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

For the
avoidance of doubt, any substituted (in the case of the foregoing clause (i))
or withdrawn (in the case of the foregoing clause (ii)) cash or Eligible Assets
shall cease to secure the Liabilities and shall be released without further
action from the Liens granted to the Secured Parties hereunder.

          (d)
Each Pledgor agrees that, immediately upon the delivery of a Notice of
Exclusive Control with respect to its Account (but only for so long as such
Notice of Exclusive Control has not been rescinded), (i) it will not have the
right to make or request any withdrawal from such Account (including any
sub-account or related account thereof) or otherwise to direct the Custodian’s
disposition of any Collateral of such Pledgor, and (ii) the Collateral Agent
has the exclusive right (acting at the written direction of the Administrative
Agent) to direct the Custodian’s disposition of the Collateral of such Pledgor
without further consent of or notice to

such Pledgor.
No Pledgor shall give any consent or waiver, authorize any assumption, make any
modification or supplement, or take any other action with respect to any
Collateral in any manner inconsistent with the manner in which such Pledgor
acts with respect to investments of the same type held by such Pledgor for its
own account.

          5.
Voting Rights; Rights to Income.

          (a)
Each Pledgor agrees, immediately upon the delivery of a Notice of Exclusive
Control with respect to its Account (but for so long as such Notice of
Exclusive Control has not been rescinded), (a) that the Collateral Agent
(acting at the written direction of the Administrative Agent) may exercise (to
the exclusion of such Pledgor) the voting power and all other incidental rights
of ownership with respect to any Investment Property constituting such
Pledgor’s Collateral, and such Pledgor hereby grants the Collateral Agent an
irrevocable proxy, exercisable under such circumstances, to vote such
Investment Property, and (b) to promptly deliver to the Collateral Agent such
additional proxies and other documents as may be necessary to allow the Collateral
Agent (acting at the written direction of the Administrative Agent) to exercise
such voting power. The Collateral Agent agrees that unless and until a Notice
of Exclusive Control with respect to the Account of a Pledgor shall have been
delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Collateral Agent (and at any time
after the rescission of such Notice of Exclusive Control), such Pledgor will
have the exclusive voting power with respect to any Investment Property
constituting Collateral of such Pledgor and the Collateral Agent will, upon the
written request of such Pledgor and upon the written direction of the
Administrative Agent, promptly deliver such proxies and other documents, if
any, as shall be reasonably requested by such Pledgor and completed and
provided for execution to the Collateral Agent which are necessary to allow
such Pledgor to exercise that voting power.

          (b)
Unless and until such time as the Collateral Agent (acting at the written
direction of the Administrative Agent) shall deliver a Notice of Exclusive
Control to the Custodian in respect of the Account of a Pledgor (and at any
time after the rescission of such Notice of Exclusive Control), such Pledgor
shall be entitled to receive (by delivery of the Custodian to such Pledgor in
accordance with the Control Agreement) all cash dividend payments, interest
payments and other distributions of cash received by the Custodian in respect
of any assets of such Pledgor credited to the Account of such Pledgor free and
clear of any Lien granted under this Agreement; provided, that after receipt of
any such Notice of Exclusive Control (but only for so long as such Notice of
Exclusive Control has not been rescinded), the Collateral Agent (acting at the
written direction of the Administrative Agent) shall instruct the Custodian to
deposit and retain in the Account of such Pledgor all such cash dividend
payments, interest payments and other distributions of cash received by the
Custodian in respect of any assets of such Pledgor credited to such Account. At
all times, any distributions other than cash received by the Custodian in
respect of any Collateral of such Pledgor shall be delivered by the Custodian
to the Account related to such Collateral, and the security interest granted
under this Agreement with respect to Collateral credited to such Account shall
automatically attach to such distributions other than cash for the benefit of
the Secured Parties.

          6.
Default and Remedies upon an Enforcement Event. (a) If the Collateral
Agent has received an Enforcement Event Notice with respect to one or more
Pledgors (which notice(s) have not been rescinded), then the Collateral Agent
may (and shall if so directed by the

Administrative Agent in writing) apply all or any portion of the credit
balance of the Account of each such Pledgors to the payment of the respective
Liabilities of each such Pledgor (and not the Liabilities of any other
Pledgor).

          (b) Without
limiting the foregoing, if the Collateral Agent has received an Enforcement Event
Notice with respect to one or more Pledgors (which notice(s) have not been
rescinded), the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the
Administrative Agent) may exercise all the rights of a secured party under the
UCC (whether or not in effect in the jurisdiction where such rights are
exercised) with respect to the Collateral of such Pledgors.

          (c) Without
limiting clause (a) above, each Pledgor agrees that, if the Collateral
Agent has received an Enforcement Event Notice with respect to it (which notice
has not been rescinded), then any item of its Collateral may be sold for cash
or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk, in
any number of lots at the same or different times, at any exchange, brokers’
board or elsewhere, by public or private sale, and at such times and on such
terms, as the Collateral Agent, acting at the written direction of the
Administrative Agent, shall elect. The Collateral Agent shall give the
applicable Pledgor such notice of any private or public sales as may be
required by the UCC or other applicable law. Each Pledgor recognizes that the
Collateral Agent may be unable to make a public sale of any or all of the
Collateral of such Pledgor, by reason of prohibitions contained in applicable
securities laws or otherwise, and expressly agrees that a private sale to a
restricted group of purchasers for investment and not with a view to any
distribution thereof shall be considered a commercially reasonable sale. The
Collateral Agent shall have the right upon any such public sale, and, to the
extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale, to purchase the whole or
any part of the Collateral of such Pledgor so sold, free of any right or equity
of redemption, which right or equity of redemption the applicable Pledgor
hereby releases to the extent permitted by law.

          (d) Without
limiting clause (a) above, if the Collateral Agent has received an
Enforcement Event Notice with respect to one or more Pledgors (which notice(s)
have not been rescinded), the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction
of the Administrative Agent) shall have the right to deliver to the Custodian,
in accordance with the Control Agreement, a “Notice of Exclusive Control” in
respect of the respective Account of each such Pledgor (a “Notice of
Exclusive Control”) pursuant to which the Collateral Agent shall have the
right (acting at the written direction of the Administrative Agent), so long as
the Enforcement Event Notice in respect of any particular Pledgor has not been
rescinded, to execute and deliver to the Custodian any entitlement order, to
execute and deliver other instructions directing the disposition of the
Collateral of any such particular Pledgor, to vote and to give consents,
ratifications and waivers with respect to the Collateral of any such particular
Pledgor and exercise all rights, privileges or options pertaining to the
Collateral of any such particular Pledgor, as if the Collateral Agent were the
absolute owner thereof; provided, that the Collateral Agent hereby covenants
that it will not deliver to the Custodian a Notice of Exclusive Control with
respect to the Account of any Pledgor or otherwise instruct the Custodian to
liquidate, transfer, restrict transfer of or otherwise act on the Collateral of
any Pledgor until it has received an Enforcement Event Notice in respect of
such Pledgor (which notice has not been rescinded).

          (e) For the
purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise its rights under this Section 6
or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, each Pledgor hereby constitutes
and

appoints the Collateral Agent (and any of the Collateral Agent’s
officers, employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent) its true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority to (i) sign and
file any financing statements or other documents, papers or instruments which
must be executed or filed to perfect or continue perfection, maintain the
priority of or provide notice of the pledge of and security interest in the
Collateral of such Pledgor under the laws of the state of New York, in each
case at the written direction of the Administrative Agent and (ii) if the
Collateral Agent has received an Enforcement Event Notice in respect of a
Pledgor (which has not been rescinded), do any and all acts that the
Administrative Agent requests in writing (including deliver a Notice of
Exclusive Control pursuant to Section 6(f)) and things for and on behalf
of the Pledgors that are necessary or desirable to protect, collect, realize
upon and preserve the Collateral of such Pledgor, to enforce the Collateral
Agent’s rights with respect to the Collateral of such Pledgor and to accomplish
the purposes hereof. Such appointment by the Pledgors is coupled with an
interest and is irrevocable so long as all Liabilities of the Pledgors have not
been paid and performed in full. Each Pledgor ratifies, to the extent permitted
by law, all that the Collateral Agent shall lawfully and in good faith do or
cause to be done by virtue of and in compliance with this Section 6(e).

          (f) To the
extent that any of the Liabilities of a Pledgor may be contingent, unmatured or
unliquidated (including with respect to undrawn amounts under any Letter of
Credit) after such time as an Enforcement Event Notice with respect to such
Pledgor shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent (and which has not
been rescinded), the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the
Administrative Agent) (i) shall instruct the Custodian to retain the proceeds
of any sale, collection, disposition or other realization upon the Collateral
of such Pledgors (or any portion thereof) in a separate cash collateral account
related to the Account of such Pledgor (a “Cash Collateral Account”)
until such time as the Administrative Agent directs the Collateral Agent to
apply such proceeds to the Liabilities of such Pledgor (and not to the
Liabilities of any other Pledgor), and such Pledgor agrees that such retention
of such proceeds by the Collateral Agent shall not be deemed strict foreclosure
with respect thereto; (ii) may conclusively rely on any estimate made by
the Administrative Agent of the liquidated amount of any such contingent,
unmatured or unliquidated claims against or in respect of a Pledgor and apply
the proceeds of the Collateral of such Pledgor against such amount as directed
by the Administrative Agent; and (iii) otherwise may proceed in any other
manner permitted by applicable law. Each Pledgor agrees that any Cash
Collateral Account shall be a blocked account and that upon the irrevocable
deposit of funds into such account, such Pledgor shall not have any right of
withdrawal with respect to such funds and any funds deposited into a Cash
Collateral Account shall not be withdrawn. Each Pledgor hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent a continuing security interest in all right, title and
interest of such Pledgor in and to any Cash Collateral Account and the deposits
and funds held therein, and the Collateral Agent shall have all rights of a
secured creditor under the UCC with respect thereto. Each Pledgor irrevocably
waives the right to make any withdrawal from any Cash Collateral Account until
payment in full in cash of all Liabilities of such Pledgor and the termination
or expiration of each Letter of Credit issued for the account of such Pledgor
pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

          (g) Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, EACH PLEDGOR HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NOTICE AND JUDICIAL HEARING IN CONNECTION
WITH THE COLLATERAL AGENT’S TAKING POSSESSION OR THE COLLATERAL AGENT’S
DISPOSITION OF ANY OF THE

COLLATERAL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY PRIOR NOTICE AND HEARING
FOR ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY OR REMEDIES, and each Pledgor hereby further waives,
to the extent permitted by law: (i) all damages occasioned by such taking of
possession or any such disposition except any damages which are the direct
result of the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and
non-appealable decision), and (ii) all rights of redemption, appraisement,
valuation, stay, extension or moratorium now or hereafter in force under any
applicable law in order to prevent or delay the enforcement of this Agreement
or the absolute sale of the Collateral of such Pledgor or any portion thereof,
and each Pledgor, for itself and all who may claim under it, insofar as it or
they now or hereafter lawfully may, hereby waives the benefit of all such laws.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, any sale of, or the grant of options
to purchase, or any other realization upon, any Collateral shall operate to
divest all right, title, interest, claim and demand, either at law or in
equity, of the relevant Pledgor therein and thereto, and shall be a perpetual
bar both at law and in equity against such Pledgor and against any Persons
claiming or attempting to claim the Collateral so sold, optioned or realized
upon, or any part thereof, from, through and under such Pledgor.

          7. Application
of Proceeds; Releases; Etc. (a) The Collateral Agent shall apply the
proceeds of any sale or other disposition or collection of any Collateral of
any Pledgor to the Liabilities of such Pledgor in the order directed by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. 

          (b) Upon
release of the Collateral of each Pledgor pursuant to Section 10.15(b)
of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction
of the Administrative Agent) shall (i) deliver or pay, or cause the Custodian
to delivery or pay in accordance with the Control Agreement, to the account
specified by each Pledgor (or its designee) any surplus Collateral held in the
Account of such Pledgor (or any proceeds thereof held by the Collateral Agent
elsewhere), and (ii) execute and deliver any financing statement amendments or
termination statements or such other documents, instruments, notices,
supplements or other agreements as may be provided to it by the Pledgors to
terminate any financing statements or evidence the termination thereof or any
other documents filed with respect to, or otherwise relating to, the
Collateral. The obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Section 7(b)
shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

          8. General.
(a) All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in
accordance with Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement.

          (b) Each
Pledgor agrees to pay all expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees and
charges (including time charges of attorneys who are employees of the
Collateral Agent), paid or incurred by the Collateral Agent in endeavoring to
collect the Liabilities of such Pledgor, or any part thereof, and in enforcing
this Agreement against such Pledgor, and such obligations will themselves be
Liabilities.

          (c) No
delay on the part of the Collateral Agent in the exercise of any right or
remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by
the Collateral Agent of any right or remedy shall preclude other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.

          (d) This
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the Commitments have
terminated, all Liabilities have been paid in full and each Letter of Credit
has terminated or expired pursuant to the Credit Agreement. At such time, the
Administrative Agent in writing will instruct the Collateral Agent to provide
the Custodian with written instructions in the form required to terminate the
Control Agreement. If at any time all or any part of any payment theretofore
applied by the Collateral Agent to any of the Liabilities is or must be
rescinded or returned by the Collateral Agent for any reason whatsoever
(including the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Pledgor), such
Liabilities shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, to the extent that such
payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in
existence, notwithstanding such application by the Collateral Agent, and this
Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be,
as to such Liabilities, all as though such application by the Collateral Agent
had not been made.

          (e)
Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in
such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any
provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable
law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the
remaining provisions of this Agreement.

          (f) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the
State of New York.

          (g) The
rights and privileges of the Collateral Agent hereunder shall inure to the
benefit of its successors and assigns. No Person other than the parties hereto
is an intended or third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions of this
Agreement.

          (h) This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different
parties hereto on separate counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
one and the same Agreement.

          (i) Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of
New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and of the
United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any
appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment,
and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees
that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such
Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any
such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement against any Pledgor or its properties in
the courts of any jurisdiction.

          (j) Neither
the Collateral Agent nor the Administrative Agent shall be responsible or
liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under
this Agreement arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by
circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including 

acts of God; earthquakes; fires; floods; wars; civil or military
disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions, loss or malfunctions
of utilities, computers (hardware or software) or communications service;
accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority; governmental
actions; or inability to obtain labor, material, equipment or transportation.

          (k) XL
Group agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent against and to hold the
Collateral Agent harmless from all costs, expenses, damages, liabilities or
claims, including reasonable fees of counsel, including any claim by any
Pledgor or the Administrative Agent, that are sustained by the Collateral Agent
as a result of the Collateral Agent’s action or inaction in connection with
this Agreement, except to the extent arising out of the Collateral Agent’s
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The foregoing indemnity
shall be a continuing obligation of the Pledgors and their respective
successors and assigns, notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement.

          (l) The
Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on an Enforcement Event Notice received
from the Administrative Agent, without any further inquiry or investigation of
any kind, for so long as it has not received written notice of the rescission
of such Enforcement Event Notice by and from the Administrative Agent. Subject
to the terms of the Credit Agreement, at any such time after its initial
delivery of an Enforcement Event Notice in respect of a Pledgor to the extent
no Event of Default remains continuing with respect to such Pledgor, the
Administrative Agent shall deliver a notice of rescission to the Collateral
Agent informing it that the Enforcement Event Notice has been rescinded.

          (m) Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest
extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in
paragraph (i) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such
court.

          (n) To the
extent that any Pledgor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from
jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of
notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or
execution, on the ground of sovereignty or otherwise) with respect to itself or
its property, it hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement.

          (o) EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH
PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF
ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY
WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND
(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN 

INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL
WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

          (p) The
obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect
without regard to, and shall not be impaired by any exercise or non-exercise,
or any waiver of, any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect of
this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

          (q) Any
Person that is required to execute a counterpart of this Agreement after the
date hereof pursuant to the requirements of the Credit Agreement or any other
Credit Document shall become a Pledgor hereunder by (x) executing a counterpart
hereof and delivering same to the Collateral Agent, or by executing an
assumption agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the Administrative Agent),
(y) delivering supplements to Schedule I and II as are necessary to cause such
schedules to be complete and accurate with respect to such additional Pledgor
on such date and complying with Section 10.14 of the Credit Agreement and (z)
taking all actions as specified in this Agreement as would have been taken by
such Pledgor had it been an original party to this Agreement, in each case with
all documents required above to be delivered to the Collateral Agent and with
all documents and actions required above to be taken to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Collateral Agent (acting at the written direction of the
Administrative Agent).

          (r) By the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Pledgor acknowledges that it has
by a separate written instrument, designated and appointed CT Corporation
System, 111 Eighth Avenue, 13th floor, New York, New York 10011 (or any
successor entity thereto), as its authorized agent upon which process may be
served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
that may be instituted in any federal or state court in the State of New York.
Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the
manner provided for notices in Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement. Nothing
in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law.

          (s) The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any Guarantor may, but is not
required to, deliver any cash or Eligible Assets to the Account of any Pledgor
for the purpose of securing the Liabilities of such Pledgor and that upon any
such cash or Eligible Assets being credited to the Account of any Pledgor, such
cash and Eligible Assets shall be deemed to be Collateral of such Pledgor.

          (t)
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each party hereto agrees that
the Administrative Agent may provide multiple directions and/or instructions to
the Collateral Agent in a single writing; provided that no such
instructions or directions shall relate to contingent events in the future.

 [Signature pages follow]

          IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the day and year
first above written.

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 

	
PLEDGORS:

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Signed and
Delivered as a Deed

	
 

	
for and on
behalf of

	
 

	
XL GROUP
PLC,

	
 

	
by its duly
authorized attorney

	
 

	
in the
presence of:

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By 

	
/s/ Simon
Rich

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Simon
Rich

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Title: Attorney

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
/s/ Patricia
Pacheco

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	
Witness

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Patricia Pacheco

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Title: Executive Assistant

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
XLIT LTD., 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By 

	
/s/ Simon
Rich

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Simon
Rich

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Title: Attorney 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By 

	
/s/ Robert
Hawley

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Robert
Hawley

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
  Title: Authorized Officer

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
X.L.
AMERICA, INC.,

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By 

	
/s/ Richard
G. McCarty

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Richard G. McCarty

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Title: 

	
Senior Vice
President,

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
General Counsel
& Secretary

	
 

	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 	
  
 
	
 
	
XL INSURANCE
(BERMUDA) LTD, 

	
 
	
 

	
 
	
By 
	
/s/ C.
Stanley Lee
	
 

	
 
	
 
	

	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Name: C.
Stanley Lee
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Title: Chief
Financial Officer 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
XL RE LTD, 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
By 
	
/s/ Mark
Twite
	
 

	
 
	
 
	

	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Name: Mark
Twite
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Title: 
	
Senior Vice
President and
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
Chief
Financial Officer
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
Signed and
Delivered as a Deed
	
 

	
 
	
for and on
behalf of
	
 

	
 
	
XL RE EUROPE
LIMITED,
	
 

	
 
	
by its duly
authorized attorney
	
 

	
 
	
in the
presence of:
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
By 
	
/s/ David
Watson
	
 

	
 
	
 
	

	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Name: David
Watson
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Title: Attorney 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
/s/ Michele
Mulready
	
 

	
 
	

	
 

	
 
	
Witness
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Name: Michele Mulready
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Title: Company Secretary 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
XL INSURANCE
COMPANY LIMITED,

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
By 
	
/s/ Graham
Lambourne
	
 

	
 
	
 
	

	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Name: Graham
J. Lambourne
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Title: Director
	
 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 

	
XL INSURANCE
SWITZERLAND LTD,

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By 

	
/s/ Daniel
Maurer

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Daniel
Maurer 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Title: Chairman

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By 

	
/s/ Bruno Länzlinger

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Bruno
Länzlinger

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Title: CEO

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
XL LIFE LTD,

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By 

	
/s/ Simon
Rich

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Simon
Rich

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Title: Director

	
 

	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 	
  

 
	
 

	
COLLATERAL AGENT:

	
 

	
THE BANK OF
NEW YORK MELLON,

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By: 

	
/s/ Jose
Alcantora

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Jose Alcantora

	
 

	
Title: Vice President

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Address:

	
101 Barclay
Street, 8W

	
 

	
 

	
New York, NY
10286

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Facsimile
Number:     732-667-9536

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Acknowledged
and, with respect to Section 8(l), agreed to by:

	
 

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

	
as
Administrative Agent

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By: 

	
/s/ Melvin
D. Jackson

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
Name: Melvin D. Jackson

	
Title: Vice President

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