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Exhibit 10.8

AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of June 26, 2008, is
made and entered into by and among each of the undersigned and each of the other Persons which
become Pledgors hereunder from time to time (each a “Pledgor” and collectively the “Pledgors”), and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, successor by merger to Firstar Bank, N.A. (“Firstar”), as
Collateral Agent for the Banks in connection with the Credit Agreement described below (the
“Secured Party”).

     WHEREAS, certain Loan Parties and Firstar entered into the Original Pledge Agreement (as
defined herein) in connection with that certain $20,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility Credit
Agreement dated April 27, 2001 (the “Original Credit Agreement”).

     WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to amend and restate the Original Credit Agreement pursuant
to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as from time to time restated, amended,
modified or supplemented, the “Credit Agreement”) dated as of June 26, 2008, by and among
Westmoreland Mining LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each of the
Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Banks now or hereafter party thereto, and PNC Bank,
National Association, as Agent (“PNC”), PNC and the Banks have agreed to provide certain loans and
other financial accommodations to the Borrower; and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to and in consideration of the Credit Agreement, the Original Pledge
Agreement shall be amended and restated and all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of
each of the corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships or other entities as set forth
on Schedule A hereto (each a “Pledged Company” and collectively the “Pledged Companies”) is
to be pledged to the Secured Party in accordance herewith (for the avoidance of doubt, TWCC shall
not in any event constitute a Pledged Company and the term “Pledged Company” shall not include
TWCC); and

     WHEREAS, each Pledgor acknowledges its receipt, whether direct or indirect, of the benefit of
certain revolving credit facilities which are being made available, either directly or indirectly,
to each Pledgor concurrently with the closing of the Credit Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, each Pledgor owns the outstanding equity interest in the Pledged Companies as set
forth on Schedule A hereto.

     NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:

     1. Defined Terms. 

     (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement
shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. Where applicable and
except as otherwise expressly provided herein, terms used herein (whether or not capitalized) shall
have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in New York
as amended from time to time (the “Code”).

 

 

     (b) “Equity Interests” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or
other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person
or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or
such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including
shares or partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether
or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.

     (c) “Organizational Documents” shall mean, with respect to any Pledged Company, as applicable,
its articles of incorporation, charter, bylaws, certificate of limited liability, limited liability
company operating agreement, partnership agreement, shareholder agreement, and member agreement,
and any similar organizational document.

     (d) “Original Pledge Agreement” shall mean that certain Pledge Agreement dated April 27, 2001
by and between the Pledgors party thereto and Firstar.

     (e) “Pledged Collateral” shall mean and include all of the following:

          (i) all Equity Interests and securities (collectively, “Investments”) listed on Schedule 1
attached hereto in respect of any Pledged Company identified thereon, and all rights and privileges
pertaining thereto, including, without limitation, all present and future Equity Interests and
securities receivable in respect of or in exchange for any such Investments, all rights under any
Organizational Documents and other similar agreements relating to any Investments, all rights to
subscribe for Equity Interests or securities incident to or arising from ownership of any
Investments, all cash, interest, additional Equity Interests or securities and other dividends or
distributions paid or payable on or in respect of any such Investments, and all books and records
(whether paper, electronic or any other medium) pertaining to the foregoing, including, without
limitation, all stock record and transfer books;

          (ii) all other Equity Interests and securities (collectively, “Additional Investments”) at any
time owned or acquired by any Pledgor (including any Additional Pledgor) in respect of any Pledged
Company, and all rights and privileges pertaining thereto, including, without limitation, all
present and future Equity Interests and securities receivable in respect of or in exchange for any
Additional Investments, all rights under any Organizational Documents and other similar agreements
relating to any Additional Investments, all rights to subscribe for Equity Interests or securities,
incident to or arising from ownership of any Additional Investments, all cash, interest, additional
Equity Interests or securities and other dividends or distributions paid or payable on or in
respect of any Additional Investments, and all books and records (whether paper, electronic or
other medium) pertaining to the foregoing, including, without limitation, all stock record and
transfer books;

          (iii) all books, records, ledgers, ledger cards, files correspondence, computer programs
software, disks, tapes and related data that at any time evidence or relate to any of the

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foregoing or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization
thereon; and

          (iv) whatever is received when any of the foregoing is sold, exchanged, replaced or otherwise
disposed of, including all proceeds (as defined in the Code) thereof.

     2. Grant of Security Interests.

     (a) In order to secure the prompt payment and performance in full of all Obligations of the
Borrower and each Guarantor in full as and when due in accordance with the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents (collectively, the “Secured Obligations”), each Pledgor hereby sells, assigns,
conveys, mortgages, pledges, hypothecates, transfers, confirms and grants unto the Secured Party
for the equal and ratable benefit and security of PNC, each of the Banks and any Affiliate of any
of the Banks, and the Secured Party, a lien on and a first priority security interest in all of
such Pledgor’s now existing and hereafter acquired or arising right, title and interest in, to and
under the Pledged Collateral whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence, whether now
held or owned or hereafter acquired, as now in existence or in effect or as hereafter modified,
amended or supplemented, and wherever the same may be located.

     (b) Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter as
required by Section 6(g), each Pledgor shall deliver to and deposit with the Secured Party in
pledge, all stock certificates, instruments or other documents evidencing the Pledged Collateral
owned by such Pledgor, together with undated stock powers, instruments or other documents signed in
blank by such Pledgor.

     (c) Any right, title and interest hereby assigned to the Secured Party hereunder includes,
without limitation, the right to further assign such right, title and interest.

     (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, each Pledgor, shall
remain liable under the applicable Organizational Documents to observe and perform all the
respective conditions and obligations to be observed and performed thereunder, all in accordance
with and pursuant to the terms and provisions of the applicable Organizational Documents. The
granting of any of the rights to the Secured Party hereunder shall not release such Pledgor from
any of its duties or obligations under the applicable Organizational Documents or constitute an
assumption by the Secured Party or such Bank of such duties and obligations. Neither the Secured
Party nor any Bank shall have any obligation or liability under the applicable Organizational
Documents by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the assignment of the rights hereunder
to the Secured Party or the receipt by the Secured Party of any payment under or relating to the
applicable Organizational Documents pursuant hereto, nor shall the Secured Party or any Bank be
required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of such Pledgor
under or pursuant to the applicable Organizational Documents, or to make any payment thereunder, or
to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by the Secured
Party or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under the applicable Organizational
Documents, or to present or file any claim, or to take any action to collect or enforce any
performance or the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to the Secured Party or to
which it may be entitled at any time or times pursuant hereto.

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     3. Further Assurances.

     Prior to or concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and thereafter at any time and
from time to time upon reasonable request of PNC, each Pledgor shall execute and deliver to the
Secured Party all financing statements, continuation financing statements, assignments,
certificates and documents of title, affidavits, reports, notices, schedules of account, letters of
authority, further pledges, powers of attorney and all other documents (collectively, the “Security
Documents”) which PNC may reasonably request, in form reasonably satisfactory to PNC, and take such
other action which PNC may reasonably request, to create and maintain, perfect and continue
perfected and to create and maintain a Prior Security Interest in favor of the Secured Party in the
Pledged Collateral and to fully consummate the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.
Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Secured Party (and any of the
Secured Party’s officers or employees or agents designated by the Secured Party) as such Pledgor’s
true and lawful attorney with power to sign the name of such Pledgor on all or any of the Security
Documents which the Secured Party determines must be executed, filed, recorded or sent in order to
perfect or continue perfected the Secured Party’s security interest in the Pledged Collateral in
any jurisdiction. Such power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until all of the
Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full and the Commitments have
terminated.

     4. Pledged Companies Acknowledgment and Assignment of Pledged Collateral.

     Each Pledgor shall cause the Pledged Companies to execute and to deliver to the Secured Party
concurrently herewith an Acknowledgment Regarding Pledge Agreement (the “Acknowledgment”) in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit “A”. Concurrently herewith each Pledgor of any membership
interests in any Pledged Company shall execute and deliver to Secured Party a fully executed
Assignment of Membership Interest in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “B” and each
Pledgor of any capital stock in any Pledged Company shall execute and deliver to Secured Party a
fully executed Stock Power in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “C” with respect to the
Pledged Collateral. Each Pledgor hereby authorizes the Secured Party, after the occurrence of an
Event of Default, and upon the completion of a sale conducted pursuant to Article 9 of the Code in
effect in the State of New York at that time, to complete the Assignment of Membership Interest or
Stock Power, as applicable, and if the assignee is not the Secured Party to fill in the name of the
purchaser of the Pledged Collateral at such sale conducted pursuant to Article 9 of the Code as the
assignee, and the date on which such sale was conducted, and, thereafter, to deliver a true copy of
the fully executed original to the Pledged Company, and, if any, other members or shareholders of
the Pledged Company. Each Pledgor agrees that the Pledged Company and its constituent members or
shareholders shall be entitled to rely conclusively on such Assignment of Membership Interest or
Stock Power and shall have no liability to such Pledgor for any loss of damage which such Pledgor
may incur by reason of said reliance, this provision being expressly for the benefit of such
members or shareholders.

     5. Representations and Warranties.

     The Pledgors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Secured Party as
follows:

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     (a) Each Pledgor has and will continue to have (or, in the case of after-acquired Pledged
Collateral, at the time such Pledgor acquires rights in such Pledged Collateral, will have and will
continue to have), title to its Pledged Collateral, free and clear of all Liens except Permitted
Liens (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in clauses (iv), (vii) and (viii) of the
definition of that term).

     (b) The capital stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests and other
ownership interests constituting the Pledged Collateral have been duly authorized and validly
issued to a Pledgor (as set forth on Schedule A hereto), are fully paid and nonassessable
and constitute one hundred percent (100 %) of the issued and outstanding capital stock, member
interests (exclusive of any non-economic interest held by any Independent Manager), partnership
interests of each of the Pledged Companies.

     (c) The security interests in the Pledged Collateral granted hereunder are valid, perfected
and of first priority, subject to the Lien of no other Person except for the prior lien of the
Purchasers to secure obligations under the Credit Agreement and Permitted Liens.

     (d) There are no restrictions upon the transfer of the Pledged Collateral, other than
restrictions set forth thereon in the Loan Documents and the Note Purchase Documents, and each
Pledgor has the power and authority and right to transfer the Pledged Collateral owned by such
Pledgor free of any encumbrances and without obtaining the consent of any other Person.

     (e) Each Pledgor has all necessary corporate or limited liability company power to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement.

     (f) There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the knowledge of
any Pledgor, threatened against such Pledgor with respect to the Pledged Collateral, at law or
equity before any Official Body, which individually or in the aggregate could be reasonably
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. No Pledgor is in violation of any order, writ,
injunction or any decree of any Official Body (including without limitation Environmental Laws or
the USA Patriot Act) which either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Change.

     (g) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Pledgor and constitutes the
valid and legally binding obligation of each Pledgor, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent that enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforceability of
creditor’s rights generally or limiting the right of specific performance or other equitable
remedies.

     (h) Neither the execution and delivery by such Pledgor of this Agreement, nor the compliance
with the terms and provisions hereof, nor the enforcement of any rights hereunder (including, but
not limited to, a foreclosure sale of the Pledged Collateral), will violate: (i) any provision of
any Law or conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any
judgment, order, injunction, decree or ruling of any Official Body to which such Pledgor is subject
or any provision of any agreement, understanding or arrangement to

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which Pledgor is a party or by
which such Pledgor is bound; or (ii) any Coal Lease or any of the Coal Supply Contracts set forth on Schedule 1 or any permit, but the Pledgor makes no
representation as to the ability of any Person who acquires the Pledged Stock to conduct mining
operations until such Person has complied with applicable law relating to the continuation of
mining permits in the event of a change of control of a permitee.

     (i) Each Pledgor’s chief executive office address is as set forth on the Schedule 1.1(B) of
the Credit Agreement.

     (j) Such Pledgor’s exact legal name is as set forth on the signature page hereto;

     (k) The state of incorporation, formation or organization, as applicable, of such Pledgor is
as set forth on Schedule A hereto;

     (l) Other than the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, no shareholder or other
similar agreements are applicable to any of the Pledged Collateral, the applicable Organizational
Documents of each Company contain no restrictions on the rights of shareholders, members or
partners other than those that normally would apply to a company organized under the laws of the
jurisdiction of organization of each of the companies; and, all rights of such Pledgor in
connection with its ownership of each of the Pledged Companies which is a corporation are evidenced
and governed solely by the stock certificates, instruments or other documents evidencing ownership
and the applicable Organizational Documents of each of the Companies which is a corporation.

     (m) No dividends or other distributions have been made by any of the Pledged Companies to any
Pledgor which is prohibited by the Credit Agreement.

     (n) There is no action nor legal, administrative or other proceeding pending or, to any
Pledgor’s knowledge, threatened which materially and adversely affects any Pledgor’s title to the
Pledged Collateral or any Pledgor’s grant of a security interest hereunder, nor does any Pledgor
know of any basis for the assertion of any such claim.

     (o) Any and all information heretofore furnished to the Secured Party by such Pledgor in
connection with the financial condition, assets, liabilities, business or prospects of any Pledged
Company or the value or condition of the Pledged Collateral was true and correct in all material
respects as of the date furnished, and all such information hereafter furnished to the Secured
Party by such Pledgor will be true and correct in all material respects as of the date furnished.

     (p) True and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of the Pledgors are attached to
the Acknowledgment and have been delivered to the Secured Party.

     (q) The benefits received by such Pledgor from the execution of the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby are the fair
equivalent of and constitute fair consideration for the grant of the security interests in the
Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, and the other Obligations incurred by such Pledgor
under this Agreement; and

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     (r) Such Pledgor has, with the assistance and advice of counsel, read and reviewed the Credit
Agreement and such of the other Loan Documents as such Pledgor or such Pledgor’s counsel deems
necessary or desirable to read and review. Such Pledgor is familiar with the affairs and financial
condition of the Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties and has requested of the
Loan Parties and such Subsidiaries such other documents and information as such Pledgor has deemed
appropriate to make such Pledgor’s own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement,
independently and without any information from or reliance upon the Secured Party or any Bank.

     6. General Covenants.

     The Pledgors hereby jointly and severally covenant and agree as follows:

     (a) Each Pledgor shall do all reasonable acts that may be necessary and appropriate to
maintain, preserve and protect the Pledged Collateral; each Pledgor shall be responsible for the
risk of loss of, damage to, or destruction of the Pledged Collateral owned by such Pledgor, unless
such loss is the result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Party. Each
Pledgor shall notify the Secured Party in writing ten (10) days prior to any change in such
Pledgor’s chief executive office address.

     (b) Each Pledgor shall appear in and defend any action or proceeding of which such Pledgor is
aware which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect, to any material extent, such
Pledgor’s title to, or the Secured Party’s interest in, the Pledged Collateral or the proceeds
thereof; provided, however, that with the consent of the Secured Party, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, such Pledgor may settle such actions or
proceedings with respect to the Pledged Collateral.

     (c) Each Pledgor shall, and shall cause each of the Pledged Companies to, keep separate,
accurate and complete records of the Pledged Collateral, disclosing the Secured Party’s security
interest hereunder.

     (d) Such Pledgor shall comply with all Laws applicable to the Pledged Collateral unless any
noncompliance that would not individually or in the aggregate materially impair the use or value of
the Pledged Collateral or the Secured Party’s rights hereunder.

     (e) Such Pledgor shall pay any and all taxes, duties, fees or imposts of any nature imposed by
any Official Body on any of the Pledged Collateral, except to the extent that such liabilities,
including taxes, assessments or charges, are being contested in good faith and by and lawful
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which such reserve or other appropriate
provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made, but only to the extent that
failure to discharge any such liabilities would not result in any additional liability which would
adversely affect to a material extent the financial condition of any Pledgor or Subsidiary of any
Pledgor or which would affect a material portion of the Pledged Collateral, provided that
the Pledgors and their Subsidiaries will pay all such liabilities forthwith upon the commencement
of proceedings to foreclose any Lien which may have attached as security therefor.

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     (f) Such Pledgor shall permit the Secured Party, its officers, employees and agents at
reasonable times to inspect all books and records related to the Pledged Collateral, except as may
be permitted under the Credit Agreement.

     (g) To the extent, following the date hereof, any Pledgor acquires capital stock, shares
securities, member interests, partnership interests and other ownership interests of any of the
Pledged Companies or any of the rights, property or securities, shares, capital stock, member
interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests described in the definition of
Pledged Collateral with respect to any of the Pledged Companies (other than the Excluded
Investments), such stock, rights, property or securities, shares, capital stock, member interests,
partnership interests or ownership interests shall be subject to the terms hereof and, upon such
acquisition, shall be deemed to be hereby pledged to the Secured Party; and, such Pledgor thereupon
shall deliver all such securities, shares, capital stock, member interests, partnership interests
and other ownership interests together with an updated Schedule A hereto, to the Secured
Party.

     (h) No Pledgor shall, without the prior written consent of the Secured Party, (i) sell,
assign, transfer, exchange, lease, lend or dispose of (directly, indirectly, or voluntarily), or
grant any option with respect to, any of the Pledged Collateral or (ii) create or permit to exist
any Lien in or with respect to the Pledged Collateral, except for the Lien in favor of the Secured
Party and the junior lien in favor of the Banks. The inclusion of “proceeds” as a component of the
Pledged Collateral shall not be deemed a consent by the Secured Party to any sale, assignment,
transfer, exchange, lease, loan, granting of an option with respect to or disposition of all or any
part of the Pledged Collateral.

     (i) No Pledgor shall: (i) amend in any respect its certificate of incorporation (including any
provisions or resolutions relating to capital stock), certificate of limited partnership,
certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational document
without providing at least ten (10) calendar days’ prior written notice to the Banks, in the event
such change would be material and adverse to the Banks as determined by the Banks in their sole
discretion, obtaining the prior written consent of the Secured Party; (ii) consent or vote to
approve the sale or mortgaging of any asset of any Pledged Company except in the ordinary course of
business, or (iii) with respect to a Pledgor of membership interests in any Pledged Company, take
any action in furtherance of any modification of the Organizational Documents of such Pledged
Company, or any other action, that would have the effect of constituting member interests in the
Company “securities” within the meaning, or otherwise subjecting such member interests to the
coverage, of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction.

     (j) Each Pledgor shall, at its own expense, perform and observe all of the terms and
provisions of the applicable Organizational Documents to be performed or observed by such Pledgor,
maintain the applicable Organizational Documents in full force and effect, and enforce such
Pledgor’s rights under the applicable Organizational Documents in accordance with its terms. Such
Pledgor shall promptly deliver to Secured Party any notice of default which such Pledgor receives
with respect to the applicable Organizational Documents.

     (k) Except as otherwise permitted in the Credit Agreement, no Pledgor shall permit any of its
Subsidiaries which is a Pledged Company to directly or indirectly (i) sell, assign,

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pledge or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Debt of, or claim against, or any shares of
stock or similar interests or other securities (or warrants, rights or options to acquire stock or
similar interests or other securities) of any other Subsidiary of such Pledgor, or (ii) issue or
sell any shares of its stock or similar interests or other securities (or warrants, rights or
options to acquire stock or similar interests or other securities ) of such Subsidiary.

     7. Other Rights With Respect to Pledged Collateral.

     (a) So long as no Event of Default under the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual and
other rights pertaining to the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof and each Pledgor shall have
the right to deal with the Pledged Collateral and to receive distribution in the ordinary course of
business, for any purpose and in a manner not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement
(including, without limitation, Section 6(i) hereof), the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents; provided, however, that such Pledgor shall not exercise or shall refrain from exercising
any such right if it would result in a Potential Default or an Event of Default.

     (b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Secured Party
at the expense of such Pledgor, may: (i) take control of and manage all or any of the Pledged
Collateral; (ii) apply to the payment of any of the Secured Obligations, whether any be due and
payable or not, any moneys, including cash dividends and income from any Pledged Collateral, now or
hereafter in the hands of the Secured Party or any Affiliate of the Secured Party, on deposit or
otherwise, belonging to Pledgors, as the Secured Party in its sole discretion shall determine; and
(iii) do anything which any Pledgor is required but fails to do hereunder.

     (c) If any Pledgor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Secured Party may
itself perform or cause the performance of such agreement, and the expenses of the Secured Party
incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Pledgor. However, nothing in this
Agreement shall obligate the Secured Party to act.

     (d) Each Pledgor hereby appoints Secured Party to be such Pledgor’s attorney-in-fact with full
authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor or otherwise, from
time to time (but only upon an Event of Default) in Secured Party’s discretion to take any action
and to execute any instrument which Secured Party may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to receive, endorse and collect all
instruments made payable to such Pledgor representing any dividend or other distribution in respect
of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same.

     (e) The Banks’ and the Secured Party’s recourse against the Parent shall be solely limited to
the Parent’s interest in the Pledged Collateral and the enforcement of their rights under this
Pledge Agreement.

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     8. Additional Remedies Upon Event of Default.

          Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and while such Event of Default shall be
continuing, the Secured Party shall have, in addition to all rights and remedies of a secured party
under the Code or other applicable Law, and in addition to its rights under Section 6 above and
under the other Loan Documents, the following rights and remedies:

     (a) The Secured Party may, after ten (10) business days’ advance written notice to a Pledgor,
sell, assign, give an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of such Pledgor’s Pledged
Collateral or any part thereof at public or private sale, at any of the Secured Party’s offices or
elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Secured
Party may deem commercially reasonable. Each Pledgor agrees that ten (10) business days’ advance
notice of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be
made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Secured Party shall not be obligated to make
any sale of Pledged Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Secured Party
may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place
fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which
it was so adjourned. Each Pledgor recognizes that the Secured Party may be compelled to resort to
one or more private sales of the Pledged Collateral to a restricted group of purchasers who will be
obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities, shares, capital stock, member
interests, partnership interests or ownership interests for their own account for investment and
not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.

     (b) The proceeds of any collection, sale or other disposition of the Pledged Collateral, or
any part thereof, shall, after the Secured Party has made all deductions of reasonable expenses,
including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred in connection
with repossession, collection, sale or disposition of such Pledged Collateral or in connection with
the enforcement of the Secured Party’s rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral, including in
any insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings, be applied against the Secured
Obligations, whether or not all the same be then due and payable, as follows:

     (i) first, to the Secured Obligations and to reimburse the Secured Party for reasonable
out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements, including without limitation reasonable
attorneys’ fees and legal expenses, incurred by the Secured Party in connection with
realizing on the Pledged Collateral or collection of any obligation of any Pledgor under any
of the Loan Documents, including advances made subsequent to an Event of Default by the
Secured Party for the reasonable maintenance, preservation, protection or enforcement of, or
realization upon, the Pledged Collateral, including without limitation advances for taxes,
insurance, and the like, and reasonable expenses incurred to sell or otherwise realize on,
or prepare for sale of or other realization on, any of the Pledged Collateral, in such order
as the Secured Party may determine in its discretion; and

     (ii) the balance, if any, as required by Law.

(c) (i) The Secured Party shall have the right to have the Pledged Collateral transferred
into the name of Secured Party pursuant to Section 8 hereof.

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     (ii) All rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights
which such Pledgor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 7(a) above
and to receive distributions shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested
in Secured Party, who shall thereafter upon notice to such Pledgor have the sole right to
exercise such voting and other consensual rights and to receive one hundred percent (100%)
of all distributions, which shall be promptly applied by Secured Party against the Secured
Obligations in the order and manner specified in Section 8(b) hereof.

     (iii) All distributions which are received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of
Section 8(b) shall be received in trust for the benefit of Secured Party, shall be
segregated from other funds of such Pledgor, and forthwith shall be paid over to Secured
Party as Pledged Collateral in the same form as received (with any necessary endorsements),
unless such Pledgor shall have previously cured and/or the Secured Party shall have waived
the Event of Default giving rise to the Event of Default hereunder.

     (iv) Secured Party shall have the right to take control of and manage all or any of the
Pledged Collateral.

     9. Secured Party’s Duties.

          (a) The powers conferred on the Secured Party hereunder are solely to protect its interest in
the Pledged Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except
for the safe custody of any Pledged Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys
actually received by it hereunder, the Secured Party shall have no duty as to any Pledged
Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or
any other rights pertaining to any Pledged Collateral.

          (b) It is anticipated that additional persons will from time to time become Subsidiaries of
the Borrower or a Guarantor, each of whom will be required to join this Pledge Agreement. It is
acknowledged and agreed that new Subsidiaries of the Borrower or of a Guarantor will become
Pledgors hereunder and will be bound hereby simply by executing and delivering to Secured Party and
PNC a Guarantor Joinder in the form of Exhibit 1.1(G)(1) to the Credit Agreement. In
addition, a new Schedule A hereto shall be provided to Agent showing the pledge of the
ownership interest in such new Subsidiary and any ownership interests that such new Subsidiary owns
in any other Person.

     10. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

          No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Secured Party, any
right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The remedies herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided under the other Loan Documents or by Law.
Each Pledgor waives any right to require the Secured Party to proceed against any other Person or
to exhaust any of the Pledged Collateral or other security for the Secured Obligations or to pursue
any remedy in the Secured Party’s power.

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     11. No Discharge Until Indefeasible Payment of the Secured Obligations. 

     The pledge, security interests, and other Liens and the obligations of the Pledgors hereunder
shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise diminished by any failure, default, omission, or
delay by the Secured Party, any Bank, any Pledgor or any other obligor on any of the Secured
Obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which
may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Pledgor or which would otherwise
operate as a discharge of any Pledgor as a matter of law or equity. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor hereby consents to, and the pledge, security interests,
and other Liens given by any Pledgor hereunder shall not be diminished, terminated, or otherwise
similarly affected by any of the following at any time and from time to time:

     (a) Any lack of genuineness, legality, validity, enforceability, or allowability (in a
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, or otherwise), or any avoidance or
subordination, in whole or in part, of any Loan Document, any interest or currency swap, future,
option or other interest rate provision or similar agreement (collectively, “Bank-Provided Interest
Rate Hedges”) or any of the Secured Obligations and regardless of any law, regulation, or order now
or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of the Secured Obligations, any of the
terms of the Loan Documents or the Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedges, or any rights of the Secured
Party or the Banks or any other Person with respect thereto;

     (b) Any increase, decrease, or change in the amount, nature, type or purpose of any of, or any
release, surrender, exchange, compromise or settlement of any of the Secured Obligations (whether
or not contemplated by the Loan Documents or the Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedges as presently
constituted); any change in the time, manner, method, or place of payment or performance of, or in
any other term of, any of the Secured Obligations; any execution or delivery of any additional Loan
Documents or any Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedges; or any amendment, modification or supplement
to, or refinancing or refunding of, any Loan Document, any Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedge or any
of the Secured Obligations;

     (c) Any failure to assert or any breach of or default under any Loan Document, any
Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedge or any of the Secured Obligations; any extensions of credit in
excess of the amount committed under or contemplated by the Loan Documents or the Bank-Provided
Interest Rate Hedges, or in circumstances in which any condition to such extensions of credit has
not been satisfied; any other exercise or non-exercise, or any other failure, omission, breach,
default, delay, or wrongful action in connection with any exercise or non-exercise, of any right or
remedy against any Pledgor or any other Person under or in connection with any Loan Document, any
Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedge or any of the Secured Obligations; any refusal of payment or
performance of any of the Secured Obligations, whether or not with any reservation of rights
against any Pledgor; or any application of collections (including but not limited to collections
resulting from realization upon any direct or indirect security for the Secured Obligations) to
other obligations, if any, not entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, in preference to Secured
Obligations entitled to the benefits of this Agreement or, if any collections are applied to
Secured Obligations, any application to particular Secured Obligations;

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     (d) Any taking, exchange, amendment, modification, supplement, termination, subordination,
release, loss, or impairment of, or any failure to protect, perfect, or preserve the value of, or
any enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection
with, or any failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action by the Secured Party or
the Banks, or any of them, or any other Person in connection with the enforcement of, realization
upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or, any other action or
inaction by the Secured Party or the Banks or any other Person in respect of, any direct or
indirect security for any of the Secured Obligations (including the Pledged Collateral). As used
in this Agreement, “direct or indirect security” for the Secured Obligations, and similar
phrases, includes any collateral security, guaranty, suretyship, letter of credit, capital
maintenance agreement, put option, subordination agreement, or other right or arrangement of any
nature providing direct or indirect assurance of payment or performance of any of the Secured
Obligations, made by or on behalf of any Person;

     (e) Any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, charter revocation, or
forfeiture, or other change in, restructuring or termination of the corporate, limited liability
company or partnership structure or existence of any Pledgor or any other Person; any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to any Pledgor or any other Person;
or any action taken or election (including but not limited to any election under Section 1111(b)(2)
of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any comparable law of any jurisdiction) made by the Secured Party or
the Banks, or any of them, or any Pledgor or any other Person in connection with any such
proceeding;

     (f) Any defense, setoff, or counterclaim which may at any time be available to or be asserted
by any Pledgor or any other Person with respect to any Loan Document, any Bank-Provided Interest
Rate Hedge or any of the Secured Obligations; or any discharge by operation of law or release of
any Pledgor or any other Person from the performance or observance of any Loan Document, any
Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedge or any of the Secured Obligations; or

     (g) Any other event or circumstance, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, and
whether known or unknown, which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or limit the
liability of a guarantor or a surety, including any Pledgor, excepting only full, strict, and
indefeasible payment and performance of the Secured Obligations in full.

     12. Waivers.

     Each Pledgor hereby waives any and all defenses which such Pledgor may now or hereafter have
based on principles of suretyship, impairment of collateral, or the like and each Pledgor hereby
waives any defense to or limitation on such Pledgor’s obligations under this Agreement arising out
of or based on any event or circumstance referred to in Section 11 hereof. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Pledgor
hereby further waives each of the following:

     (a) Except as otherwise required under any of the Loan Documents, all notices, disclosures and
demands of any nature which otherwise might be required from time to time to preserve intact any
rights against any Pledgor, including the following: any notice of any event

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or circumstance
described in Section 11 hereof; any notice required by any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction; any notice of nonpayment, nonperformance,
dishonor, or protest under any Loan Document, any Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedge or any of the
Secured Obligations; any notice of the incurrence of any Secured Obligations; any notice of any
default or any failure on the part of any Pledgor or any other Person to comply with any Loan
Document, any Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedge or any of the Secured Obligations or any
requirement pertaining to any direct or indirect security for any of the Secured Obligations; and
any notice or other information pertaining to the business, operations, condition (financial or
otherwise), or prospects of any Pledgor or any other Person;

     (b) Any right to any marshalling of assets, to the filing of any claim against any Pledgor or
any other Person in the event of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar proceeding,
or to the exercise against any Pledgor or any other Person of any other right or remedy under or in
connection with any Loan Document, any Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedge or any of the Secured
Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Secured Obligations; any requirement
of promptness or diligence on the part of the Secured Party or the Banks, or any of them, or any
other Person; any requirement to exhaust any remedies under or in connection with, or to mitigate
the damages resulting from default under, any Loan Document, any Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedge
or any of the Secured Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Secured
Obligations; any benefit of any statute of limitations; and any requirement of acceptance of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or any Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedge, and any requirement
that any Pledgor receive notice of any such acceptance; and

     (c) Any defense or other right arising by reason of any Law now or hereafter in effect in any
jurisdiction pertaining to election of remedies (including but not limited to anti-deficiency laws,
“one action” laws, or the like), or by reason of any election of remedies or other action or
inaction by the Secured Party or the Banks, or any of them (including but not limited to
commencement or completion of any judicial proceeding or nonjudicial sale or other action in
respect of collateral security for any of the Secured Obligations), which results in denial or
impairment of the right of the Secured Party or the Banks, or any of them, to seek a deficiency
against any Pledgor or any other Person or which otherwise discharges or impairs any of the Secured
Obligations.

     13. Assignment.

          Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, all rights of the Secured Party under this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns. All obligations of each
Pledgor shall bind its successors and assigns; provided, however, each Pledgor may not assign or
transfer any of its rights and obligations hereunder or any interest herein.

     14. Severability; Modification to Conform to Law.

     (a) It is the intention of the parties that this Agreement be enforceable to the fullest
extent permissible under applicable Law, but that the unenforceability (or modification to conform
to such Law) of any provision or provisions hereof shall not render unenforceable, or

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impair, the
remainder hereof. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable in
whole or in part in any jurisdiction, this Agreement shall, as to such jurisdiction, be deemed amended to modify or delete, as necessary, the offending provision or
provisions and to alter the bounds thereof in order to render it or them valid and enforceable to
the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, without in any manner affecting the validity or
enforceability of such provision or provisions in any other jurisdiction or the remaining
provisions hereof in any jurisdiction without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof.

     (b) Without limitation of the preceding subsection (a), to the extent that applicable Law
(including applicable Laws pertaining to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent or preferential
transfer) otherwise would render the full amount of any Pledgor’s obligations hereunder invalid,
voidable or unenforceable on account of the amount of a Pledgor’s aggregate liability under this
Agreement, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the
aggregate amount of such liability shall, without any further action by the Secured Party or any of
the Banks or such Pledgor or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest
amount which is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding, which (without
limiting the generality of the foregoing) may be an amount which is equal to the greater of:

     (i) the fair consideration actually received by such Pledgor under the terms and as a
result of the Loan Documents and the Bank-Provided Interest Rate Hedges and the value of the
benefits described in Section 24(b) hereof, including (and to the extent not inconsistent
with applicable federal and state laws affecting the enforceability of guaranties)
distributions, commitments, and advances made to or for the benefit of such Pledgor with the
proceeds of any credit extended under the Loan Documents or the Bank-Provided Interest Rate
Hedges, or

     (ii) the excess of (1) the amount of the fair value of the assets of such Pledgor as of
the date of this Agreement as determined in accordance with applicable federal and state
laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors as in effect on the date hereof,
over (2) the amount of all liabilities of such Pledgor as of the date of this Agreement,
also as determined on the basis of applicable federal and state laws governing the
insolvency of debtors as in effect on the date hereof.

     (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 15 or elsewhere in this
Agreement, this Agreement shall be presumptively valid and enforceable to its full extent in
accordance with its terms, as if this Section 15 (and references elsewhere in this Agreement to
enforceability to the fullest extent permitted by Law) were not a part of this Agreement, and in
any related litigation the burden of proof shall be on the party asserting the invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision hereof or asserting any limitation on any Pledgor’s obligations
hereunder as to each element of such assertion.

     15. Governing Law.

     This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the
State of New York, except to the extent the validity or perfection of the security interests

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or the
remedies hereunder in respect of any Pledged Collateral are governed by the law of a jurisdiction
other than the State of New York.

     16. Notices.

     All notices, statements, requests, demands, directions and other communications (collectively,
“notices”) given to or made upon any party hereto under the provisions of this Agreement shall be
as set forth in Section 11.6 [Notices] of the Credit Agreement. The Secured Party and the Banks may
rely on any notice (whether or not made in the manner contemplated by this Agreement) purportedly
made by or on behalf of any Pledgor, and the Secured Party and the Banks shall have no duty to
verify the identity or authority of the Person giving such notice.

     17. Specific Performance.

     Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that, in addition to the other rights of the Secured
Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, because the Secured Party’s remedies at law for
failure of such Pledgor to comply with the provisions hereof relating to the Secured Party’s rights
(i) to inspect the books and records related to the Pledged Collateral, (ii) to receive the various
notifications such Pledgor is required to deliver hereunder, (iii) to obtain copies of agreements
and documents as provided herein with respect to the Pledged Collateral, (iv) to enforce the
provisions hereof pursuant to which such Pledgor has appointed the Secured Party its
attorney-in-fact, and (v) to enforce the Secured Party’s remedies hereunder, would be inadequate
and that any such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages, such Pledgor agrees that
each such provision hereof may be specifically enforced.

     18. Voting Rights in Respect of the Pledged Collateral.

     Subject to Section 8 above, long as no Event of Default shall occur and be continuing under
the Credit Agreement, each Pledgor may exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights
pertaining to the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the
terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided, however, that such
Pledgor will not exercise or will refrain from exercising any such voting and other consensual
right pertaining to the Pledged Collateral, as the case may be, if such action would have a
material adverse effect on the value of any Pledged Collateral. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing and in addition thereto, the Pledgors shall not vote to enable, or take any other
action to permit, any of the Pledged Companies to issue any stock, member interests, partnership
interests or other equity securities, member interests, partnership interests or other ownership
interests of any nature or to issue any other securities, shares, capital stock, member interests,
partnership interests or other ownership interests convertible into or granting the right to
purchase or exchange for any stock, member interests, partnership interests or other equity
securities, member interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests of any nature of
any such Pledged Company or to enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or
ability of the Pledgor or the Secured Party to sell, assign or transfer any of the Pledged
Collateral.

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     19. Consent to Jurisdiction.

     EACH OF THE PLEDGORS AGREES THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO EXECUTE OR OTHERWISE ENFORCE ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED AGAINST THE
PLEDGORS, OR ANY OF THEM, FOR BREACH HEREOF, OR AGAINST ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES, MAY BE BROUGHT IN
THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORK BY ANY BANK OR THE SECURED PARTY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY BANK OR THE SECURED PARTY, AS SUCH
BANK OR THE SECURED PARTY MAY ELECT, AND EACH OF THE PLEDGORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS FOR PURPOSES OF ANY SUCH
LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING. THE PLEDGORS HEREBY AGREE THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH
PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY
SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THEM AT THEIR ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN
SECTION 11.6 [NOTICES] OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH EACH BANK
SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED PURSUANT THERETO. IN ADDITION, EACH OF THE PLEDGORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, 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
BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH
COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.

     20. Waiver of Jury Trial.

     EACH PLEDGOR AND EACH OF THE COMPANIES 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.

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     21. Entire Agreement; Amendments.

     This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements relating to a grant of a security
interest in the Pledged Collateral by any Pledgor. This Agreement may not be amended or
supplemented except by a writing signed by the Secured Party and the Pledgors.

     22. Counterparts; Telecopy Signatures.

     This Agreement may be executed by different parties hereto on any number of separate
counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all
such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Each Pledgor acknowledges
and agrees that a telecopy or electronic transmission to the Secured Party or any Bank of the
signature pages hereof purporting to be signed on behalf of any Pledgor shall constitute effective
and binding execution and delivery hereof by such Pledgor.

     23. Acknowledgment of Credit Agreement & Benefits.

     (a) Each Pledgor hereby acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents and each Pledgor certifies that the representations and warranties made
therein with respect to such Pledgor are true and correct. Further, each Pledgor acknowledges and
agrees to perform, comply with, and be bound by all of the provisions of the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.

     (b) Each Pledgor hereby acknowledges, represents, and warrants that it receives synergistic
benefits by virtue of its affiliation with the Borrower and the other Pledgors and that it will
receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Credit
Agreement and that such benefits, together with the rights of contribution and subrogation that may
arise in connection herewith are a reasonably equivalent exchange of value in return for providing
this Agreement.

     24. Descriptive Headings.

     The descriptive headings which are used in this Agreement are for the convenience of the
parties only and shall not affect the meaning of any provision of this Agreement.

     25. Consent by Parent.

     Parent hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of and consents to and agrees to be bound by the terms
of, the Collateral Agency Agreement and (ii) (a) acknowledges receipt of and consents to and agrees
to be bound by the terms of, the Intercreditor Agreement (b) agrees not to take any action that
would have the effect of contravening the terms thereof, (c) agrees to comply with all terms
thereof requiring its compliance or consent, and (d) agrees that it is not a third-party
beneficiary thereof.

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     26. No Novation. 

     This Agreement amends and restates the Original Pledge Agreement and this Agreement is not
intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity,
satisfaction, discharge of prior duties, novation, or termination of the indebtedness, liabilities,
expenses, or obligations under the Original Intercreditor Agreement. This Agreement and the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all other prior and contemporaneous
understandings and agreements.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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[SIGNATURE PAGE 1 OF 2 TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT]

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Brian J. Kabbes
 	 
	 	Name:  	Brian J. Kabbes 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE 2 OF 2 TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	          /s/ Douglas P.Kathol
 	 
	 	Name:  	Douglas P. Kathol 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President-Development and Treasurer 	 

Address:

2 North Cascade Ave.

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WESTMORELAND MINING LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	                      /s/ Douglas P.Kathol
 	 
	 	Name:  	Douglas P. Kathol 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 

Address:

2 North Cascade Ave.

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

 

SCHEDULE A

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT

Description of Pledged Collateral

A.   Corporations

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Type and Amount of
	Pledgor	 	Pledged Shares	 	Ownership
	Westmoreland Mining LLC

	 	Western Energy Company
	 	118,111.429 shares (100%)
	 

	 	Dakota Westmoreland Corporation
	 	1,000 shares (100%)
	 

	 	Westmoreland Savage Corporation
	 	1,000 shares (100%)

B.   Limited Liability Companies

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Type and Amount of
	Pledgor	 	Pledged Shares	 	Ownership
	Westmoreland Coal Company

	 	Westmoreland Mining LLC
	 	100% limited liability company
interests

C.   Partnerships

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Type and Amount of
	Pledgor	 	Pledged Shares	 	Ownership
	N/Aexv10w9

Exhibit 10.9

Execution Version

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIGNITE SUPPLY AGREEMENT

     This First Amendment (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of June 26, 2008 (the
“First Amendment Execution Date”) by and between Texas Westmoreland Coal Co., a Montana corporation
(“TWCC”) with address at P.O. Box 915, Jewett, TX 75846 and NRG Texas Power LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“NRG”) with offices at 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 2300, Houston, Texas 77010.
Westmoreland Coal Company, a Delaware corporation (“WCC”) with offices at 2 N. Cascade Avenue, 2nd
Floor, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 and Westmoreland Mining LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“WML”) with offices at 2 N. Cascade Avenue, 2nd Floor, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903,
join in the execution hereof for the purposes set forth below. TWCC and NRG may individually be
referred to as a “Party” or collectively as the “Parties”.

RECITALS

     Whereas, WCC is the parent company of WML and WML is the parent company of TWCC;

     Whereas, NRG and TWCC have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Lignite Supply
Agreement dated as of September 28, 2007 (the “Supply Agreement”) whereby NRG would purchase from
TWCC, and TWCC would mine, produce and sell to NRG certain volumes of lignite from TWCC’s Jewett
Mine located at Jewett, Texas for use by NRG at its Limestone Electric Generating Station, located
adjacent to the Mine;

     Whereas, as of September 28, 2007, WCC executed and delivered to NRG a Guaranty Agreement (the
“WCC Guaranty Agreement”) whereby upon certain terms and conditions WCC guaranteed the obligations
of TWCC arising under the terms of the Supply Agreement;

     Whereas, the assets of and equity interests in WML and TWCC are currently pledged as
collateral security for certain indebtedness (the “Existing Senior Indebtedness”) to certain
institutional lenders (the “Existing WML Lenders”) incurred by WML and guaranteed by TWCC;

     Whereas, on or after the First Amendment Execution Date, WML is refinancing the Existing
Senior Indebtedness by obtaining financing (the “New Senior Indebtedness”) from certain
institutional lenders (the “New WML Lenders”) and, in connection therewith, the Existing WML
Lenders will release their security interest in the assets of and equity interests in TWCC and
release TWCC from its guaranty of the Existing Senior Indebtedness;

     Whereas, pursuant to a Letter Agreement dated September 28, 2007 (“the Letter Agreement”), WCC
and NRG have agreed upon certain terms and conditions that if WCC could gain the consent and
approval of the Existing WML Lenders, WML and TWCC agreed to provide to NRG certain security
documents to secure TWCC’s performance under the Supply Agreement; and

 

 

     Whereas, the Parties wish to set forth herein their understanding and agreement as to certain
matters and amend the Supply Agreement, and WML and WCC wish to join in the execution hereof.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

     1. Amendment of Definitions. All terms used in this Amendment and not defined herein
shall have the meaning set forth in the Supply Agreement.

     (a) The following definitions in the Supply Agreement are hereby amended to read as follows:

     “Guaranty” shall mean the Guaranty dated September 28, 2007 executed by
Westmoreland Coal Company guaranteeing the obligations of TWCC under this LSA.

     “Mortgage and Security Agreements” shall mean the documents described
in (b) and (c) of the definition of NRG Security Documents, and as provided in
Section 18.

     “Security Document Delivery” shall be deemed to have occurred upon the
execution and delivery of the Release Documents in recordable form and the execution
and delivery by Westmoreland Mining LLC and TWCC of the items reflected in (a)
through (d) of the definition of the NRG Security Documents.

     “Westmoreland Pledge Agreement” shall be deemed to refer to the
document described in (a) of the definition of NRG Security Documents, and as
provided in Section 18.

     (b) The following new definitions are hereby added to the Supply Agreement:

     “Existing Senior Indebtedness” shall mean the indebtedness existing as
of June 25, 2008, under any secured loan facility of Westmoreland Mining LLC,
including under (i) that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated April 27, 2001, as
amended and in effect by and among Westmoreland Mining LLC, the guarantors party
thereto, and the lenders and agents party thereto, and (ii) that certain Credit
Agreement, dated April 27, 2001, as amended and in effect, by and among Westmoreland
Mining LLC, and the lenders and agents party thereto.

     “First Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the date the First
Amendment of this LSA becomes effective, which shall be deemed to have occurred on
the execution and delivery of such document.

     “NRG Security Documents” shall mean the following:

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	 	(a)	 	the Pledge Agreement from Westmoreland Mining LLC to
NRG in the form attached as Exhibit 21 hereto;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Security Agreement from TWCC to NRG in the form
attached as Exhibit 22 hereto;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing,
and Assignment of Rents to Secure Performance from TWCC to NRG in the
form attached as Exhibit 23 hereto; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	UCC-1 financing statements in the form of Exhibit 24
attached hereto,

and as provided in Section 18.

     “Release Documents” shall mean (i) document(s) in the form of Exhibit
25 attached hereto releasing the liens and security interests securing the Existing
Senior Indebtedness, to the extent they cover property of TWCC, and (ii) document(s)
in a form reasonably satisfactory to NRG evidencing the release of TWCC from its
obligations under any guaranty given by it with respect to the Existing Senior
Indebtedness.”

     2. Obligation to Provide Security. A new Section 15.13 shall be added to the Supply
Agreement as follows:

     “15.13 Security. In order to secure the performance by TWCC under this LSA,
TWCC shall cause the items reflected in clauses (a) through (d) of the definition of
the NRG Security Documents to be executed (including in recordable form as
contemplated by the NRG Security Documents) and delivered to NRG as of the First
Amendment Effective Date and the obligation under that certain Letter Agreement,
dated as of September 28, 2007, between Westmoreland Coal Company and NRG, to
deliver a guaranty agreement from Westmoreland Mining LLC to NRG shall be
terminated. The Parties acknowledge that the Guaranty has been executed and
delivered.”

     3. Offset Right. A new Section 7.5 is hereby added to the Supply Agreement as
follows:

     “7.5 Offset. NRG shall have the express right, after a TWCC Event of Default,
to from time to time net out of, recoup from, or offset against any amount owed to
TWCC under this LSA any damages of NRG arising as a result of such TWCC Event of
Default (including damages for failure of future performance by TWCC incurred by NRG
as a result of such TWCC Event of Default (including damages of the type described
in Section 15.3 and 15.5, but otherwise subject to the limitation on the recovery
set out in Article 14 or otherwise set out in this LSA)).”

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     4. TWCC Event of Default. Sections 15.4(f), (g) and (h) are hereby amended to read as
follows:

“(f) Any failure by TWCC to perform any of its obligations hereunder (including
operating the Mine in material violation of permit requirements or applicable
governmental requirements) or under the Mortgage and Security Agreements not
specifically referred to in the other provisions of Section 15.1 or this Section
15.4, or any failure by Westmoreland Coal Company to perform any of its obligations
under the Guaranty or by Westmoreland Mining LLC to perform its obligations under
the Westmoreland Pledge Agreement, unless in any such case such failure has been
cured on or before the 20th day after notice thereof by NRG or such cure
has been initiated and is being diligently pursued; provided that such cure is
effected within forty-five (45) days from the receipt of such notice by TWCC,
Westmoreland Coal Company, or Westmoreland Mining LLC, as applicable (or,
notwithstanding the foregoing, such shorter period of time as may be necessary to
avoid the payment of penalties or the loss of any permit, authorization, license, or
concession);

(g) Failure of the Guaranty, the Mortgage and Security Agreements, or the
Westmoreland Pledge Agreement to be in full force and effect after the date
executed, or TWCC, Westmoreland Coal Company or Westmoreland Mining LLC repudiates
or denies liability under or seeks to terminate any of the Guaranty, the Mortgage
and Security Agreements, or the Westmoreland Pledge Agreement or seeks to have any
thereof found to be, or claims that any thereof is, void or of no force and effect;

(h) Bankruptcy of TWCC, Westmoreland Mining LLC, or Westmoreland Coal Company, or
the rejection of this LSA by the debtor in any such Bankruptcy;”

5. Calculation of Damages. Section 15.8 of the Supply Agreement is hereby amended to
read as follows:

“15.8 Payment and Calculation. Damages determined under this Section 15 shall be
payable within thirty (30) days after the terminating Party calculates and submits
the calculations, including workpapers and documentation, to the other Party. Upon
a TWCC Event of Default where NRG elects to exercise remedies under the NRG Security
Documents, NRG may make a credit bid at any foreclosure or other sale in exercise of
its remedies hereunder or under the NRG Security Documents in the amount of the
damages it reasonably calculates are due as a result of such breach (and may include
in such calculations any damages it expects to incur in the future as a result of
such breach, subject to the limitation set forth in Article 14). While TWCC and
Westmoreland Mining LLC accept that NRG may make a credit bid on such basis, neither
TWCC nor Westmoreland Mining LLC acknowledge, admit or otherwise agree that such
damages are necessarily owed and each of TWCC and Westmoreland Mining LLC reserves
the right to contest the amount of damages owed hereunder, other than for purposes

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of calculating an amount which may be used for a credit bid as contemplated by this
Section 15.8.”

     6. Assumption by Assignee. The following is added to Section 18 of the Supply
Agreement at the end of such Section:

“Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any assignee of TWCC under this LSA that
succeeds to any of the assets that are covered by the NRG Security Documents (including any
assignee pursuant to any sale carried out pursuant to the federal bankruptcy code or any
other bankruptcy, insolvency, or debtor’s relief law) shall prior to or concurrent with such
assignment execute and deliver at NRG’s election, (i) a written joinder to NRG Security
Documents in form reasonably acceptable to NRG whereby such assignee agrees to assume the
obligations under and be bound by the terms of the NRG Security Documents or (ii) new
security documents substantially in the form of the NRG Security Documents covering such
assets. The documents when executed shall be part of the NRG Security Documents, and as
applicable, the Mortgage and Security Agreements and the Westmoreland Pledge Agreement.”

     7. NRG Security Documents. The Supply Agreement is hereby amended by (i) adding
Exhibit A hereto to the Supply Agreement as Exhibit 21, (ii) adding Exhibit B hereto to the Supply
Agreement as Exhibit 22, (iii) adding Exhibit C hereto to the Supply Agreement as Exhibit 23, and
(iv) adding Exhibit D hereto to the Supply Agreement as Exhibit 24.

     8. Farm Road 39. In exchange for the agreement of NRG to amend the definition of
Security Document Delivery, TWCC agrees that it will pay the cost of the contemplated relocation of
Texas farm-to-market road FM 39 and related construction and materials costs. NRG agrees that if
for a period of 95 days after Security Document Delivery no Bankruptcy of TWCC, Westmoreland Mining
LLC or Westmoreland Coal Company has occurred, then NRG shall reimburse TWCC for such cost as Mine
Costs as part of the first invoice for Mine Costs delivered by TWCC after the end of such 95 day
period, provided such costs otherwise qualify under the Supply Agreement as Mine Costs and,
thereafter, NRG shall pay all such costs that qualify under the Supply Agreement as Mine Costs
pursuant to the Supply Agreement.

     9. Guaranty and Effect of Security Document Delivery.

     (a) The Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and WCC hereby confirms and ratifies
its obligations thereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) NRG hereby waives any obligation of
TWCC and/or WCC to obtain a Guaranty (as defined in the Supply Agreement) from WML of TWCC’s
obligations under the Supply Agreement and (ii) notwithstanding paragraph 4 of the Letter
Agreement, the WCC Guaranty Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

     (b) Upon the occurrence of Security Document Delivery all consequences of “Security Document
Delivery” under the Supply Agreement shall occur, including, without limitation, that the final
sentence of Section 12.1(b) shall no longer apply.

     (c) Upon the occurrence of Security Document Delivery, NRG hereby agrees that the rights of
NRG to terminate the Supply Agreement under Sections 3.2(d) and (e) of the Supply

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Agreement shall be, and shall be deemed to have been, irrevocably waived, and NRG shall no
longer have any right to terminate the Supply Agreement pursuant to the aforesaid Sections 3.2(d)
or (e).

     (d) Upon the occurrence of Security Document Delivery, that certain Letter Agreement, dated
September 28, 2007, by and among WCC and NRG, shall be deemed terminated and of no further force
and effect.

     10. General Provisions.

     (a) This Amendment may not be assigned or subcontracted by any Party without the prior written
consent of the other Parties.

     (b) This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and be governed by the laws of Texas.

     (c) In the event that any provision of this Amendment is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be unenforceable or void in any jurisdiction, the other provisions of this
Amendment shall remain in full force and applicable law shall be construed in order to effectuate
the purpose and intent of this Amendment.

     (d) This Amendment may be executed simultaneously in counterparts, each of which shall be
considered to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. Signatures sent by facsimile transmission shall have the same legal effect as
original signatures.

     (e) The Supply Agreement, other than as modified hereby, is hereby ratified and confirmed in
all respects, and all references in the Supply Agreement to “this LSA” shall be deemed to refer to
the Supply Agreement, as modified by this Amendment.

[Signature page follows.]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is duly executed as of the date first set forth above by
the authorized representatives of the Parties.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Texas Westmoreland Coal Co.	 	 	 	NRG Texas Power LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Douglas P. Kathol
 

	 	 
	 	By:
	 	/s/ Thad Hill
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	Douglas P. Kathol
	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Thad Hill	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	Vice President
	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President	 	 

     The following entities join in the foregoing Amendment to agree to and acknowledge the terms
thereof:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Westmoreland Coal Company	 	 	 	Westmoreland Mining LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Douglas P. Kathol
 

	 	 
	 	By:
	 	/s/ Douglas P. Kathol
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	Douglas P. Kathol
	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Douglas P. Kathol	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	Vice President-Development
and Treasurer
	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Vice President	 	 

[Signature Page to First Amendment to

Amended and Restated Lignite Supply Agreement]

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