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Exhibit 4(e)

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

among

STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

and

STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES BERMUDA LTD.,

as
Borrowers

JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC,

as Super Priority Agent

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent and Trustee

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Second Priority Agent

dated as of April 8, 2010

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

          This
AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), is dated as of April 8, 2010
and entered into by and among Stratus Technologies, Inc. (the “U.S. Borrower”), Stratus
Technologies Bermuda Ltd. (the “Bermuda Borrower” and, together with the U.S. Borrower, the
“Borrowers”), Jefferies Finance LLC (“Jefferies”), in its capacity as administrative agent for the
Super Priority Claimholders (as defined below), including its successors and assigns from time to
time (the “Super Priority Agent”); The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
(“BNYM”) in its capacity as collateral agent for the Indenture Claimholders (as defined below),
including its successors and assigns from time to time (the “Collateral Agent”) and as trustee
(including its successors from time to time, the “Trustee”); and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas (“DBTCA”) in its capacity as administrative agent for the Second Lien Claimholders (as
defined below), including its successors and assigns from time to time (the “Second Priority
Agent”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in Section 1
below.

RECITALS 

          The U.S. Borrower, the Bermuda Borrower, DBTCA and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.
(“GSCP”), in its capacity as administrative agent for certain lenders, are party to that certain
Intercreditor Agreement dated as of March 29, 2006 (the “Existing Intercreditor Agreement”);

          The U.S. Borrower, the Bermuda Borrower, Stratus Technologies Bermuda Holdings Ltd. (“Bermuda
Holdings”), the lenders party thereto, the Super Priority Agent, Jefferies, as Sole Lead Arranger
and Sole Book Runner, Jefferies, as Sole Syndication Agent, and Jefferies, as Collateral Agent,
have entered into that Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof providing for a revolving
credit facility (as amended, restated, supplemented, modified, replaced or refinanced from time to
time, the “Revolving Credit Agreement”);

          The Borrowers, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee have entered into that Indenture dated as
of the date hereof providing for the authentication and delivery of notes (the “Notes”) issued by
the Borrowers (as amended, restated, supplemented, modified, replaced or refinanced from time to
time, the “Indenture”);

          The Borrowers, the lenders party thereto, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. (“GSCP”) and
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, GSCP as Syndication
Agent and DBTCA as Administrative Agent have entered into that First Amended and Restated Second
Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 28, 2006 providing for a term loan (as amended, restated,
supplemented, modified, replaced or refinanced from time to time, the “Second Lien Credit
Agreement”);

          Pursuant to (i) the Revolving Credit Agreement, Bermuda Holdings and the Bermuda Borrower have
agreed to guaranty the Super Priority Obligations and to cause certain current and future Subsidiaries to agree to guaranty the Super Priority
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(the “Super Priority Guaranty”); (ii) the Indenture and the Purchase Agreement (as defined in
the Indenture), Bermuda Holdings and the Borrowers have agreed to guaranty the Indenture
Obligations and to cause certain current and future Subsidiaries to agree to guaranty the Indenture
Obligations (the “Indenture Guaranty”); and (iii) the Second Lien Credit Agreement, Bermuda
Holdings and the Borrowers have agreed to guaranty the Second Lien Obligations and to cause certain
current and future Subsidiaries to agree to guaranty the Second Lien Obligations (the “Second Lien
Guaranty”);

          The obligations of the U.S. Borrower under the Revolving Credit Agreement and any Swap
Agreement with a Lender Counterparty and the obligations of Bermuda Holdings and the Subsidiary
guarantors under the Super Priority Guaranty will be secured on a first priority basis by Liens on
substantially all the assets of the U.S. Borrower, Bermuda Holdings and the Subsidiary guarantors
(such current and future Subsidiaries of the Bermuda Holdings providing a guaranty thereof, the
“Super Priority Subsidiary Guarantors”), respectively, pursuant to the terms of the Super Priority
Collateral Documents;

          The obligations of the Borrowers under the Indenture and the obligations of Bermuda Holdings and
the Subsidiary guarantors under the Indenture Guaranty will be secured on a second priority basis
by liens on substantially all the assets of the Borrowers, Bermuda Holdings and the Subsidiary
guarantors (such current and future Subsidiaries of Bermuda Holdings providing a guaranty thereof,
the “Indenture Subsidiary Guarantors”), respectively, pursuant to the terms of the Collateral
Documents;

          The obligations of the Borrowers under the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the
obligations of Bermuda Holdings and the Subsidiary guarantors under the Second Lien Guaranty will
be secured on a third priority basis by liens on substantially all the assets of the Borrowers,
Bermuda Holdings and the Subsidiary guarantors (such current and future Subsidiaries of Bermuda
Holdings providing a guaranty thereof, the “Second Lien Subsidiary Guarantors” and, together with
the Super Priority Subsidiary Guarantors and Indenture Subsidiary Guarantors, the “Subsidiary
Guarantors”), respectively, pursuant to the terms of the Second Lien Collateral Documents;

          The Super Priority Loan Documents, the Indenture Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents
provide, among other things, that the parties thereto shall amend and restate the Existing
Intercreditor Agreement in its entirety as this Agreement to set forth their respective rights and
remedies with respect to the Collateral;

          In order to induce the Super Priority Agent and the Super Priority Claimholders to consent to
the Grantors incurring the Indenture Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations and to induce the
Super Priority Claimholders to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to
or for the benefit of the U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor, each of the Trustee and the
Collateral Agent on behalf of the Indenture Claimholders and the Second Priority Agent on behalf of
the Second Lien Claimholders has agreed to the intercreditor and other provisions set forth in this
Agreement; and

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          In order to induce the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Claimholders to consent to the
Grantors incurring the Second Lien Obligations and to induce the Indenture Claimholders to extend
credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Borrowers or
any other Grantor, the Second Priority Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders has agreed
to the intercreditor and other provisions set forth in this Agreement.

AGREEMENT 

          In consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and
for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree to amend and restate
the Existing Intercreditor Agreement as follows:

          SECTION 1. Definitions.

          1.1. Defined Terms. As used in the Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:

          “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is
under common control with the Person specified. For purposes of this definition, a Person shall be
deemed to “control” or be “controlled by” a Person if such Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person
whether through ownership of equity interests, by contract or otherwise.

          “Agreement” means this Intercreditor Agreement, as amended, restated, renewed, extended,
supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

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

          “Bankruptcy Court” means a court having jurisdiction over an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.

          “Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for
the relief of debtors.

          “Bermuda Borrower” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

          “Bermuda Holdings” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this Agreement.

          “BNYM” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

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          “Borrowers”
has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this
Agreement.

          “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in New York City are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

          “Collateral” means all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether real, personal or
mixed, constituting Super Priority Collateral, Indenture Collateral and Second Lien Collateral.

          “Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

          “Collateral Documents” means the “Collateral Documents” (as defined in the Indenture), the
Indenture Mortgages and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is
granted securing any Indenture Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such
Liens are governed.

          “Comparable Collateral Document” means, in relation to any Collateral subject to any Lien
created under any Super Priority Collateral Document, the Indenture Document which creates a Lien
on the same Collateral, granted by the same Grantor or Grantors.

          “Comparable Second Lien Collateral Document” means, in relation to any Collateral subject to
any Lien created under any Collateral Document, the Second Lien Loan Document which creates a Lien
on the same Collateral, granted by the same Grantor or Grantors.

          “DBTCA” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

          “DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.1(a).

          “Discharge of Indenture Obligations” means, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided
in Section 5.7:

          (a) payment in full in cash (or defeasance in accordance with Article 9 of the Indenture or
the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture in accordance with Section 4.01 of the Indenture)
of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest would be allowed in such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), on all Indebtedness outstanding under the Indenture
Documents and constituting Indenture Obligations; and

          (b) payment in full in cash (or defeasance in accordance with Article 9
of the Indenture or the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture in accordance with

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Section 4.01 of the Indenture) of all other Indenture Obligations that are due and payable or
otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid.

          “Discharge of Super Priority Obligations” means, except to the extent otherwise expressly
provided in Section 5.6:

          (a) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest (including
interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether
or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), on all
Indebtedness outstanding under the Super Priority Loan Documents and constituting Super Priority
Obligations;

          (b) payment in full in cash of all other Super Priority Obligations that are due and
payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are
paid;

          (c) termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would
constitute Super Priority Obligations; and

          (d) termination or cash collateralization (in an amount
and manner reasonably satisfactory to the Super Priority Agent, but in no event greater than 105%
of the aggregate undrawn face amount) of all Swap Agreements with Lender Counterparties issued or
entered into, as the case may be, under the Super Priority Loan Documents and constituting Super
Priority Obligations.

          “Disposition”
means a sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition.

          “First Lien Agent”
or “First Lien Administrative Agent” means, prior to the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations,
the Super Priority Agent, and from and after the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations, the
Trustee or the Collateral Agent as the context may require.

          “First Lien Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Second Lien
Credit Agreement.

          “First Lien Loan Documents” or “First Lien Credit Documents” or “First Lien Documents” means,
collectively, the Indenture Documents and the Super Priority Loan Documents.

          “Grantors” means the Borrowers, Bermuda Holdings, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and each
other Person that has or may from time to time hereafter execute and deliver a Super Priority
Collateral Document, a Collateral Document or a Second Lien Collateral Document as a “Grantor” (or
the equivalent thereof).

          “GSCP” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this Agreement.

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          “Indebtedness” means and includes all Obligations that constitute “Indebtedness” within the
meaning of the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Indenture or the Second Lien Credit Agreement, as
applicable.

          “Indenture” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this Agreement.

          “Indenture Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of Indenture Obligations at
that time, including the Noteholders, the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the agents under the
Indenture Documents.

          “Indenture Collateral” means all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether real,
personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Indenture
Obligations.

          “Indenture Debt Notice” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.7.

          “Indenture Documents” means the Indenture, the Notes outstanding thereunder, the Indenture
Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, this Agreement and each of the other agreements, documents and
instruments providing for or evidencing any other Indenture Obligation, and any other document or
instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Indenture Obligations,
including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of Indenture Obligations to the
extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented,
modified, renewed or extended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.

          “Indenture Guaranty” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this Agreement.

          “Indenture Liens” means any Liens securing the Indenture Collateral pursuant to the Collateral
Documents, this Agreement or otherwise.

          “Indenture Mortgage” means a collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust, deed to
secure debt and any other document or instrument under which any Lien on real property owned by any
Grantor is granted to secure any Indenture Obligations or under which rights or remedies with
respect to any such Liens are governed.

          “Indenture Obligations” means, subject to the next paragraph, all Obligations outstanding
under the Indenture and the other Indenture Documents, including all amounts owed to the Trustee
and the Collateral Agent under the Indenture Documents and the Collateral Documents. “Indenture
Obligations” shall include all interest accrued or accruing (or which would, absent commencement of
an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with the rate specified in the relevant Indenture Document whether or
not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

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          Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the principal amount of the Notes outstanding under the
Indenture is in excess of the Maximum Indenture Indebtedness Amount, then only that portion of the
principal amount equal to the Maximum Indenture Indebtedness Amount shall be included in the
Indenture Obligations and interest shall only be included in the Indenture Obligations to the
extent related to such portion of the principal included in the Indenture Obligations. For the
avoidance of doubt, nothing in this definition shall affect the inclusion in the term “Indenture
Obligations” of amounts owed to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent under the Indenture in respect
of their fees, expenses and indemnities.

          “Indenture Obligations Amount” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(e).

          “Indenture Recovery” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.5(b).

          “Indenture Standstill Period” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.1(a).

          “Indenture Subsidiary Guarantors” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to
this Agreement.

          “Indenture Termination Fee” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.8(b).

          “Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

          (a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to
any Grantor;

          (b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or
proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding
with respect to any Grantor or with respect to a material portion of their respective assets;

          (c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether
voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or

          (d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and
liabilities of any Grantor.

          “Jefferies” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

          “Lender Counterparty” means (a) each Super Priority Lender or any Affiliate of a Super
Priority Lender, including, without limitation, each such Affiliate that enters into a joinder
agreement with the Super Priority Agent or (b) the Super Priority

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Agent or an Affiliate thereof, in each case, counterparty to a Swap Agreement (including any Person
who is a Super Priority Lender (and any Affiliate thereof) as of the date hereof, but subsequently,
whether before or after entering into a Swap Agreement, ceases to be a Super Priority Lender).

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

          “Maximum
Indenture Indebtedness Amount” means $215,000,000.

          “Maximum Super Priority
Indebtedness Amount” means $25,000,000 for the period from the date of this Agreement until the
date occurring six months after such date, and thereafter, $30,000,000.

          “New Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.7.

          “New Super Priority Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.6.

          “Noteholders” means the holders of the Notes outstanding under the Indenture.

          “Notes” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this Agreement.

          “Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of each Grantor from time to time owed to
any agent or trustee, the Super Priority Claimholders, the Indenture Claimholders, the Second Lien
Claimholders or any of them or their respective Affiliates, in each case under the Super Priority
Loan Documents, the Indenture Documents, the Second Lien Loan Documents or Swap Agreements, whether
for principal, interest or payments for early termination, fees, expenses, indemnification or
otherwise and all guarantees of any of the foregoing.

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

          “Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.5(a).

          “Refinance” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease,
amend, modify, supplement, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to
issue other indebtedness, in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness in whole or in
part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

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          “Revolving Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this
Agreement.

          “Second Lien Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of Second Lien Obligations
at that time, including the Second Lien Lenders and the agents under the Second Lien Loan
Documents.

          “Second Lien Collateral” means all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether real,
personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Second Lien
Obligations.

          “Second Lien Collateral Documents” means the Security Documents (as defined in the Second Lien
Credit Agreement) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is
granted securing any Second Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such
Liens are governed.

          “Second Lien Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this
Agreement.

          “Second Lien Guaranty” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this
Agreement.

          “Second Lien Lenders” means the “Lenders” under and as defined in the Second Lien Loan
Documents.

          “Second Lien Loan Documents” means the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the Credit Documents
(as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) and each of the other agreements, documents and
instruments providing for or evidencing any other Second Lien Obligation, and any other document or
instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any Second Lien Obligations,
including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of Second Lien Obligations, to the
extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented,
modified, renewed or extended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.

          “Second Lien Mortgage” means a collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust, deed to
secure debt and any other document or instrument under which any Lien on real property owned by any
Grantor is granted to secure any Second Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with
respect to any such Liens are governed.

          “Second Lien Obligations” means all Obligations outstanding under the Second Lien Credit
Agreement and the other Second Lien Loan Documents. “Second Lien Obligations” shall include all
interest accrued or accruing (or which would, absent commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, accrue) after commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with the rate specified
in the relevant Second Lien Loan Document whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as
a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

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          “Second Lien Obligations Amount” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(e).

          “Second Lien Standstill Period” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.1(a).

          “Second Lien Subsidiary Guarantors” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to
this Agreement.

          “Second Priority Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this
Agreement.

          “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of
the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to
the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether
directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person or a combination thereof.

          “Subsidiary Guarantors” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this
Agreement.

          “Super Priority Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this
Agreement.

          “Super Priority Cash Management Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, all
obligations of such Person in respect of overdrafts and liabilities owed to any other Person that
arise from treasury, depositary or cash management services, including in connection with any
automated clearing house transfers of funds, or any similar transactions, that are secured by any
Collateral under the Super Priority Collateral Documents.

          “Super Priority Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of Super Priority
Obligations at that time, including the Super Priority Lenders, the agents under the Super Priority
Loan Documents and the Lender Counterparties.

          “Super Priority Collateral” means all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether real,
personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Super Priority
Obligations.

          “Super Priority Collateral Documents” means the Security Documents (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) and any other agreement, document or instrument
pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Super Priority Obligations or under which rights
or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed.

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          “Super Priority Debt Notice” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 5.6.

          “Super Priority Guaranty” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this
Agreement.

          “Super Priority Lenders” means the “Lenders” under and as defined in the Super Priority Loan
Documents.

          “Super Priority Liens” means any Liens securing the Super Priority Collateral pursuant to the
Super Priority Collateral Documents, this Agreement or otherwise.

          “Super Priority Loan Documents” means the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Credit Documents
(as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), including Swap Agreements entered into with a
Lender Counterparty, and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or
evidencing any other Super Priority Obligation, and any other document or instrument executed or
delivered at any time in connection with any Super Priority Obligations, including any
intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of Super Priority Obligations, to the extent such
are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified,
renewed or extended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

          “Super Priority Obligations” means, subject to the next paragraph, all Obligations outstanding
under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the other Super Priority Loan Documents, including Swap
Agreements entered into with any Lender Counterparty and Super Priority Cash Management
Obligations. “Super Priority Obligations” shall include all interest accrued or accruing (or which
would, absent commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after commencement
of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with the rate specified in the relevant
Super Priority Loan Document whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in
such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) only that portion of the Super Priority Cash Management
Obligations not in excess of $1,500,000 shall be included in the Super Priority Obligations and (y)
if the sum of: (1) Indebtedness for borrowed money constituting principal outstanding under the
Revolving Credit Agreement (including any unfunded commitments) and the other Super Priority Loan
Documents; plus (2) the aggregate face amount of any letters of credit issued but not reimbursed
under the Revolving Credit Agreement, is in excess of the Maximum Super Priority Indebtedness
Amount, then only that portion of such Indebtedness and such aggregate face amount of letters of
credit equal to the Maximum Super Priority Indebtedness Amount shall be included in Super Priority
Obligations and interest and reimbursement obligations with respect to such Indebtedness and letters of credit shall only constitute Super Priority
Obligations to the extent related to Indebtedness and face amounts of letters of credit included in
the Super Priority Obligations.

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          “Super Priority Obligations Amount” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(e).

          “Super Priority Purchase Price” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.8(a).

          “Super Priority Recovery” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.5(a).

          “Super Priority Subsidiary Guarantors” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals
to this Agreement.

          “Super Priority Termination Fees” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.8(a).

          “Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative
transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more
rates, currencies, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing
indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or
any combination of these transactions; provided, that no phantom stock or similar plan providing
for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers,
employees or consultants of Bermuda Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a “Swap
Agreement”.

          “Triggering Event” means (a) the acceleration prior to maturity of all or any portion of the
Super Priority Obligations, (b) the exercise of any remedy with respect to Liens on the Collateral
by the Super Priority Agent, (c) a default in any payment under any of the Super Priority Loan
Documents, the Indenture Documents or the Second Lien Loan Documents which remains uncured or
unwaived for a period of 30 days in the aggregate, or (d) the commencement of an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding.

          “Trustee” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

          “U.S. Borrower” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

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

          1.2. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms in this Agreement 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:

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          (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall
be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time
amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed or extended;

          (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s permitted
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 Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of 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.

          1.3. Terms Used in Second Lien Security Documents. In each Security Document (under and as
defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement), the terms “First Lien Agent”, “First Lien
Administrative Agent”, “First Lien Credit Agreement”, “First Lien Loan Documents”, “First Lien
Credit Documents” and “First Lien Documents” (to the extent used in such Security Document) shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms herein, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in
such Security Document.

          SECTION 2. Lien Priorities.

          2.1. Relative Priorities. Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of
grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations granted on the
Collateral, of any Liens securing the Indenture Obligations granted on the Collateral or of any
Liens securing the Super Priority Obligations granted on the Collateral and notwithstanding any
provision of the UCC, or any other applicable law or the Second Lien Loan Documents or the
Indenture Documents or any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect, the Liens securing the
Super Priority Obligations or the Indenture Obligations or any other circumstance whatsoever, each
of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second
Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby agrees that:

          (a) so long as the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has not occurred, any Lien on the
Collateral securing any Super Priority Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the
Super Priority Agent or any Super Priority Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor,
regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or
otherwise, shall be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Collateral securing any
Indenture Obligations or any Second Lien Obligations;

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          (b) so long as the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has not occurred, any Lien on the
Collateral securing any Indenture Obligations or any Second Lien Obligations now or hereafter held
by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent, any Indenture Claimholders, any agent or trustee therefor,
the Second Priority Agent, any Second Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor,
regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or
otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Collateral securing
any Super Priority Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral securing any Super Priority Obligations
shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Collateral securing any
Indenture Obligations and any Second Lien Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens
securing any Super Priority Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation
of the Borrowers, any other Grantor or any other Person;

          (c) so long as the Discharge of Indenture Obligations has not occurred, any Lien on the
Collateral securing any Indenture Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the
Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how
acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall
be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien
Obligations; and

          (d) so long as the Discharge of Indenture Obligations has not occurred, any Lien on the
Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Second
Priority Agent, any Second Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how
acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall
be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Collateral securing any Indenture
Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral securing any Indenture Obligations shall be and remain
senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Collateral securing any Second Lien
Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any Indenture Obligations are
subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Borrowers, any other Grantor or any
other Person.

For all purposes of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not be charged with notice or
knowledge of the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations unless and until it shall have received
written notice thereof from a Grantor or the Super Priority Agent.

          2.2. Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each of the Second Priority Agent, for itself
and on behalf of each Second Lien Claimholder, the Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of
each Indenture Claimholder, and the Super Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Super
Priority Claimholder, agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support
any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding), (i) the validity or enforceability of any Super Priority Collateral Document,
Collateral Document or Second Lien Collateral Document or any obligation thereunder, (ii) the
perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the Super
Priority Claimholders in the Super Priority Collateral, by or on behalf of any of the Indenture
Claimholders in the Indenture Collateral, or by or on behalf of any of the Second Lien Claimholders
in the Second Lien Collateral, as the case may be, or the provisions of this Agreement, or (iii) the
relative rights and duties

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of the holders of Super Priority Obligations, Indenture Obligations or Second Lien Obligations
granted and/or established pursuant to this Agreement, any Super Priority Collateral Document, any
Collateral Document or any Second Lien Collateral Document;
provided, that nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Super Priority Agent or any
Super Priority Claimholder to enforce this Agreement, including the provisions of this Agreement
relating to the priority of the Liens securing the Super Priority Obligations as provided in
Sections 2.1 and 3.1; provided, further, that after the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations
occurs, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the
Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholder to enforce this Agreement, including the provisions
of this Agreement relating to the priority of the Liens securing the Indenture Obligations as
provided in Sections 2.1 and 3.1.

          2.3. No New Liens. (a) So long as the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has
not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or
against any of the Borrowers or any other Grantor, the parties hereto agree that the Borrowers
shall not, and shall not permit any other Grantor to:

          (i) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Indenture
Obligations or Second Lien Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such
asset or property to secure the Super Priority Obligations; or

          (ii) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Super
Priority Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property
to secure the Indenture Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations.

To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting
any other rights and remedies available to the Super Priority Agent and/or the Super Priority
Claimholders, (x) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Indenture Claimholders, agrees that any
amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in
contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.2 and (y) the Second Priority
Agent, on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that any amounts received by or
distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this
Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.2.

          (b) So long as the Discharge of Indenture Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any of the Borrowers or any
other Grantor, the parties hereto agree that the Borrowers shall not, and shall not permit any
other Grantor to:

          (i) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Second Lien
Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property to secure
the Indenture Obligations; or

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          (ii) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any
Indenture Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or
property to secure the Second Lien Obligations.

To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting
any other rights and remedies available to the Collateral Agent and/or the Indenture Claimholders,
the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that any amounts received
by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of
this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.2.

          2.4. Similar Liens and Agreements.The parties hereto agree that it is their intention that
the Super Priority Collateral, the Indenture Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral be
identical. In furtherance of the foregoing and of Section 8.9, the parties hereto agree, subject to
the other provisions of this Agreement:

          (a) upon request by the Super Priority Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Second Priority Agent, to
cooperate in good faith (and to direct their counsel to cooperate in good faith) from time to time
in order to determine the specific items included in the Super Priority Collateral, the Indenture
Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral and the steps taken to perfect their respective Liens
thereon and the identity of the respective parties obligated under the Super Priority Loan
Documents, the Indenture Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents; and

          (b) that the documents and agreements creating or evidencing the Super Priority Collateral, the
Indenture Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral and guarantees for the Super Priority
Obligations, the Indenture Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, subject to Sections 5.3(d)
and 5.3(e), shall be in all material respects the same forms of documents other than with respect
to the first lien, the second lien and the third lien nature of the Obligations thereunder and with
respect to the Collateral Agent, such other changes as are customary where a collateral agent is
acting on behalf of securityholders and is not a lender acting on its own behalf and on behalf of
other lenders.

          SECTION 3. Enforcement.

          3.1. Exercise of Remedies.

          (a) Until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any of the Borrowers or any
other Grantor, the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Claimholders and the Second Priority Agent
and the Second Lien Claimholders:

          (i) will not exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any
Collateral (including the exercise of any right of setoff or any right under any lockbox agreement,
account control agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement
to which the Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholder or the Second Priority Agent or any
Second Lien Claimholder is a party) or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such

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rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure); provided, however, that (x) the
Collateral Agent may exercise any or all such rights or remedies after a period of at least
90 days has elapsed since the date on which the Super Priority Agent receives notice from
the Collateral Agent of a declaration of an “Event of Default” under the Indenture Documents
(the “Indenture Standstill Period”); provided, further, however, that notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or any Indenture
Claimholder exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral if,
notwithstanding the expiration of the Indenture Standstill Period, the Super Priority Agent
or Super Priority Claimholders shall be pursuing in a commercially reasonable manner the
exercise of their rights or remedies with respect to all or any material portion of the
Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Collateral Agent and the
Second Priority Agent by the Super Priority Agent) and (y) the Second Lien Claimholders may
exercise any rights or remedies after a period of 90 days has elapsed following the
termination of the Indenture Standstill Period, and the period, if any, during which neither
the Collateral Agent nor any other Indenture Claimholder may enforce or exercise any rights
or remedies with respect to the Collateral due to the proviso in clause (x) above (the
“Second Lien Standstill Period”) subject to the following proviso; provided, further,
however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event may
the Second Priority Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder enforce or exercise any
rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of the
Second Lien Standstill Period, the Super Priority Agent, any other Super Priority
Claimholder, the Collateral Agent or any other Indenture Claimholder shall have commenced,
and shall be pursuing in a commercially reasonable manner, the exercise of any rights or
remedies with respect to all or any material portion of the Collateral (prompt notice of any
exercise by the Collateral Agent or any other Indenture Claimholder to be given to the
Second Priority Agent by the Collateral Agent);

          (ii) will not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by
the Super Priority Agent or any Super Priority Claimholder or any other exercise by the
Super Priority Agent or any Super Priority Claimholder of any rights and remedies relating
to the Collateral under the Super Priority Loan Documents or otherwise; and

          (iii) subject to their rights under clause (a)(i) above and except as may be permitted in
Sections 3.1(d) and 3.1(e), will not object to the forbearance by the Super Priority Agent
or the Super Priority Claimholders from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or
action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral;

provided, that, in the case of (i), (ii) and (iii) above, the Liens granted to
secure the Indenture Obligations of the Indenture Claimholders and the Second Lien
Obligations of the Second Lien Claimholders shall attach to any proceeds resulting from
actions taken by the Super Priority Agent or any Super Priority Claimholder in accordance
with this Agreement after application of such proceeds to the extent necessary to meet the
requirements of a Discharge of Super Priority Obligations.

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The Collateral Agent agrees to provide at least ten Business Days’ prior written
notice to the Super Priority Agent of its intention to foreclose upon or dispose of any
Collateral; provided, however, that the failure to give any such notice
shall not in any way limit its ability to foreclose upon or dispose of any Collateral to
the extent that such foreclosure is not otherwise prohibited by the provisions of this
Agreement.

          (b) After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred and until the Discharge of
Indenture Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has
been commenced by or against any of the Borrowers or any other Grantor, the Second Priority Agent
and the Second Lien Claimholders:

          (i) will not exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any
Collateral (including the exercise of any right of setoff or any right under any lockbox agreement,
account control agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement
to which the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder is a party) or institute any
action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure);
provided, however, that the Second Priority Agent may exercise any or all such
rights or remedies after the Second Lien Standstill Period, or, in the event there has been no
Indenture Standstill Period, a period of 180 days has elapsed since the date on which the
Collateral Agent has delivered to the Second Priority Agent written notice of any event of default
under the Indenture Documents; provided, further, however, that
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Second Priority Agent or any
Second Lien Claimholder exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral if,
notwithstanding the expiration of the Second Lien Standstill Period, the Collateral Agent or the
Indenture Claimholders shall be pursuing in a commercially reasonable manner the exercise of their
rights or remedies with respect to all or any material portion of the Collateral (prompt notice of
such exercise to be given to the Second Priority Agent by the Collateral Agent);

          (ii) will not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Collateral Agent
or any Indenture Claimholder or any other exercise by the Collateral Agent or any Indenture
Claimholder of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral under the Indenture Documents or
otherwise; and

          (iii) subject to their rights under clause (b)(i) above and except as may be
permitted in Section 3.1(e), will not object to the forbearance by the Collateral Agent or the
Indenture Claimholders from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other
exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral;

provided, that in the case of (i),
(ii) and (iii) above, the Liens granted to secure the Second Lien Obligations of the Second Lien
Claimholders shall attach to any proceeds resulting from actions taken by the Collateral Agent or
any Indenture

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Claimholder in accordance with this Agreement after application of such proceeds to the
extent necessary to meet the requirements of a Discharge of Indenture Obligations. The
Second Priority Agent agrees to provide at least ten Business Days’ prior written notice to
the Super Priority Agent and the Collateral Agent of its intention to foreclose upon or
dispose of any Collateral; provided, however, that the failure to give any
such notice shall not in any way limit its ability to foreclose upon or dispose of any
Collateral to the extent that such foreclosure is not otherwise prohibited by the
provisions of this Agreement.

          (c) (i) Until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the U.S. Borrower or any
other Grantor, subject to Section 3.1(a)(i), the Super Priority Agent and the Super Priority
Claimholders shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off
and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition,
or restrictions with respect to the Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of the
Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholder or the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien
Claimholder; provided, that the Lien securing the Indenture Obligations and the Lien securing the
Second Lien Obligations shall remain on the proceeds of such Collateral released or disposed of
subject to the relative priorities described in Section 2. In exercising rights and remedies with
respect to the Collateral, the Super Priority Agent and the Super Priority Claimholders may enforce
the provisions of the Super Priority Loan Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such
order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such
exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or
otherwise dispose of Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or
disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the UCC and of
a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

          (ii) After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred but until the Discharge of
Indenture Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has
been commenced by or against any of the Borrowers or any other Grantor, subject to Section
3.1(b)(i), the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Claimholders shall have the exclusive right to
enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off and the right to credit bid their debt) and
make determinations regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions with respect to the
Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of the Second Priority Agent or any Second
Lien Claimholder; provided, that the Lien securing the Second Lien Obligations shall remain on the
proceeds of such Collateral released or disposed of subject to the relative priorities described in
Section 2. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, the Collateral Agent
and the Indenture Claimholders may enforce the provisions of the Indenture Documents and exercise
remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of
their sole discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed
by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in
connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the UCC
and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

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          (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent and any Indenture Claimholder may:

          (1)
file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the Indenture
Obligations; provided,
that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any of the Borrowers
or any other Grantor;

          (2) take any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Collateral
securing the Super Priority Obligations, or the rights of the Super Priority Agent or the Super
Priority Claimholders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, perfect,
preserve or protect its Lien on the Collateral;

          (3) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim,
adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the
disallowance of the claims of the Indenture Claimholders, including any claims secured by the
Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

          (4) file any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements which assert rights or interests
available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors arising under either any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding or applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each case not inconsistent with the terms of this
Agreement;

          (5) vote on any plan of reorganization, file any proof of claim, make other filings and make
any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
with respect to the Indenture Obligations and the Collateral; and

          (6) exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral after the
termination of the Indenture Standstill Period to the extent permitted by Section 3.1(a)(i).

     The Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Indenture Claimholders, agrees that it will
not take or receive any Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral in connection with the exercise of
any right or remedy (including set-off) with respect to any Collateral in its capacity as a
creditor in violation of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless
and until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in
Sections 3.1(a), 6.3(c) and this Section 3.1(d), the sole right of the Collateral Agent and the
Indenture Claimholders with respect to the Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Collateral pursuant
to the Collateral Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share
of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred.

          (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Second Priority Agent and any Second Lien Claimholder
may:

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          (1) file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the Second Lien Obligations;
provided, that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any
of the Borrowers or any other Grantor;

          (2) take any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Collateral
securing the Super Priority Obligations and the Indenture Obligations, or the rights of the
Super Priority Agent, the Super Priority Claimholders, the Collateral Agent or the
Indenture Claimholders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create,
perfect, preserve or protect its Lien on the Collateral;

          (3) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion,
claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise
seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Second Lien Claimholders, including any
claims secured by the Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement;

          (4) file any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements which assert rights or
interests available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors arising under either any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each case not
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement;

          (5) vote on any plan of reorganization, file any proof of claim, make other filings
and make any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, with respect to the Second Lien Obligations and the Collateral; and

          (6) exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral after the
termination of the Second Lien Standstill Period to the extent permitted by 3.1(b)(i).

     The Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that
it will not take or receive any Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral in connection with the
exercise of any right or remedy (including set-off) with respect to any Collateral in its capacity
as a creditor in violation of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
unless and until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations and the Discharge of Indenture
Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in Sections 3.1(a) and (b), 6.3(c) and this
Section 3.1(e), the sole right of the Second Priority Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders with
respect to the Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Collateral pursuant to the Second Lien
Collateral Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the
proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations and the Discharge of
Indenture Obligations has occurred.

     (f) Subject to Sections 3.1(a) and (d) and Section 6.3(c):

          (1) the Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Indenture Claimholders, agrees that the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Claimholders will

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not take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies under the Super Priority Loan
Documents or is otherwise prohibited hereunder, including any Disposition of the Collateral,
whether by foreclosure or otherwise;

          (2) the Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Indenture Claimholders, hereby
waives any and all rights it or the Indenture Claimholders may have as a junior lien
creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Super Priority Agent or the Super
Priority Claimholders seek to enforce or collect the Super Priority Obligations or the Liens
securing the Super Priority Obligations granted in any of the Super Priority Collateral
undertaken in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any action or failure to
act by or on behalf of the Super Priority Agent or Super Priority Claimholders is adverse to
the interest of the Indenture Claimholders; and

          (3) the Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or
restriction contained in the Collateral Documents or any other Second Lien Collateral
Document (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and
remedies of the Super Priority Agent or the Super Priority Claimholders with respect to the
Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Super Priority Collateral Document.

     (g) Subject to Sections 3.1(a) and (e) and Section 6.3(c):

          (1) the Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of the
Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that the Second Priority Agent and the Second Lien
Claimholders will not take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies under the
Super Priority Loan Documents or is otherwise prohibited hereunder, including any
Disposition of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise;

          (2) the Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien
Claimholders, hereby waives any and all rights it or the Second Lien Claimholders may have
as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Super Priority
Agent or the Super Priority Claimholders seek to enforce or collect the Super Priority
Obligations or the Liens securing the Super Priority Obligations granted in any of the Super
Priority Collateral undertaken in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any
action or failure to act by or on behalf of the Super Priority Agent or Super Priority
Claimholders is adverse to the interest of the Second Lien Claimholders; and

          (3) the Second Priority Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or
restriction contained in the Second Lien Collateral Documents or any other Second Lien Loan
Document (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and
remedies of the Super Priority Agent or the Super Priority Claimholders with respect to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Super
Priority Collateral Documents.

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          (h) Subject to Sections 3.1(b) and (e) and Section 6.3(c):

          (1) the Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of the
Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that the Second Priority Agent and the Second Lien
Claimholders will not take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies under the
Indenture Documents or is otherwise prohibited hereunder, including any Disposition of the
Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise;

          (2) the Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders,
hereby waives any and all rights it or the Second Lien Claimholders may have as a junior
lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Collateral Agent or the
Indenture Claimholders seek to enforce or collect the Indenture Obligations or the Liens
securing the Indenture Obligations granted in any of the Indenture Collateral undertaken in
accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on
behalf of the Collateral Agent or Indenture Claimholders is adverse to the interest of the
Second Lien Claimholders; and

          (3) the Second Priority Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or
restriction contained in the Second Lien Collateral Documents or any other Second Lien Loan
Document (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and
remedies of the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders with respect to the
Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Second Lien Collateral Documents.

          (i) Except as otherwise specifically set forth in Sections 3.1(a) and (d), the Collateral
Agent and the Indenture Claimholders may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors
against the Borrowers or any other Grantor that has guaranteed or granted Liens to secure the
Indenture Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Indenture Documents and applicable law;
provided, that in the event that any Indenture Claimholder becomes a judgment Lien creditor
in respect of Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with
respect to the Indenture Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject to the terms of this
Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the Super Priority Obligations) as the other
Liens securing the Indenture Obligations.

          (j) Except as otherwise specifically set forth in Sections 3.1(a), (b) and (e), the Second
Priority Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against the Borrowers or any other Grantor that has
guaranteed or granted Liens to secure the Second Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of
the Second Lien Loan Documents and applicable law; provided, that in the event that any
Second Lien Claimholder becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a result of
its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect to the Second Lien Obligations,
such judgment Lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in
relation to the Super Priority Obligations and the Indenture Obligations) as the other Liens
securing the Second Lien Obligations are subject to this Agreement.

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          (k) Except as otherwise set forth herein, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt
by the Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholders of the required payments of interest,
principal and other amounts owed in respect of the Indenture Obligations, so long as such receipt
is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by the Collateral Agent or any Indenture
Claimholders of rights or remedies as a secured creditor (including set-off) or enforcement in
contravention of this Agreement of any Lien held by any of them. Nothing in this Agreement impairs
or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the Super Priority Agent or the Super
Priority Claimholders may have with respect to the Super Priority Collateral.

          (l) Except as otherwise set forth herein, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt
by the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders of the required payments of interest,
principal and other amounts owed in respect of the Second Lien Obligations, so long as such receipt
is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by the Second Priority Agent or any Second
Lien Claimholders of rights or remedies as a secured creditor (including set-off) or enforcement in
contravention of this Agreement of any Lien held by any of them. Nothing in this Agreement impairs
or otherwise adversely affects (i) any rights or remedies the Super Priority Agent or the Super
Priority Claimholders may have with respect to the Super Priority Collateral and (ii) any rights or
remedies the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders may have with respect to the Indenture
Collateral.

          SECTION 4. Payments. 

          4.1.
Application of Proceeds. (a) So long as the Discharge of Super
Priority Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has
been commenced by or against the U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor, Collateral or proceeds thereof
received in connection with the Disposition of, or collection on, such Collateral upon the exercise of remedies by the Super Priority Agent or Super
Priority Claimholders, shall be applied by the Super Priority Agent to the Super Priority
Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Super Priority Loan Documents. Upon the
Discharge of Super Priority Obligations, the Super Priority Agent shall deliver to the Collateral
Agent any Collateral and proceeds of Collateral held by it in the same form as received, with any
necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct to be applied
by the Collateral Agent to the Indenture Obligations in such order as specified in the Collateral
Documents.

          (b) So long as the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred and the Discharge of
Indenture Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has
been commenced by or against any of the Borrowers or any other Grantor, Collateral or proceeds
thereof received in connection with the Disposition of, or collection on, such Collateral upon the
exercise of remedies by the Collateral Agent or Indenture Claimholders, shall be applied by the
Collateral Agent to the Indenture Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Indenture
Documents. Upon the Discharge of Indenture Obligations, the Collateral Agent shall deliver to the
Second Priority Agent any Collateral and proceeds of Collateral held by it in the same form as
received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may

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otherwise direct to be applied by the Second Priority Agent to the Second Lien Obligations in such
order as specified in the Second Lien Collateral Documents.

          4.2. Payments Over in Violation of Agreement. (a) So long as the Discharge of Super
Priority Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has
been commenced by or against the U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor, any Collateral or proceeds
thereof (including assets or proceeds subject to Liens referred to in the final sentence of Section
2.3(a)) received by the Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholders or the Second Priority Agent
or any Second Lien Claimholders in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including
set-off) relating to the Collateral shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over
to the Super Priority Agent for the benefit of the Super Priority Claimholders in the same form as
received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise
direct. The Super Priority Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for
the Collateral Agent or any such Indenture Claimholders and for the Second Priority Agent or any
such Second Lien Claimholders. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable
until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations.

          (b) So long as the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred and the Discharge of Indenture Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any of the Borrowers or any
other Grantor, any Collateral or proceeds thereof (including assets or proceeds subject to Liens
referred to in the final sentence of Section 2.3(b)) received by the Second Priority Agent or any
Second Lien Claimholders in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including set-off)
relating to the Collateral shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Indenture Claimholders in the same form as received, with
any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The
Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second
Priority Agent or any such Second Lien Claimholders. This authorization is coupled with an interest
and is irrevocable until the Discharge of Indenture Obligations.

          SECTION
5. Other Agreements. 

          5.1. Releases. (a) (i) If in connection with the exercise of the Super Priority
Agent’s remedies in respect of the Collateral provided for in Section 3.1, the Super Priority
Agent, for itself or on behalf of any of the Super Priority Claimholders, releases any of its Liens
on any part of the Collateral or releases any Grantor from its obligations under its guaranty of
the Super Priority Obligations in connection with the sale of the stock, or substantially all the
assets, of such Grantor, then the Liens, if any, of the Collateral Agent, for itself or for the
benefit of the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, for itself or for the benefit
of the Second Lien Claimholders, on such Collateral, and the obligations of such Grantor under its
guaranty of the Indenture Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, shall be automatically,
unconditionally and simultaneously released. The Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any
such Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, for itself or on behalf of any such
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Grantor, without recourse or warranty, such termination statements, releases and other documents as
the Super Priority Agent or such Grantor may reasonably request to effectively confirm such
release.

          (ii) If in connection with the exercise of the Collateral Agent’s remedies in respect of the
Collateral provided for in Section 3.1, the Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any of the
Indenture Claimholders, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral or the Trustee
releases any Grantor from its obligations under its guaranty of the Indenture Obligations in
connection with the sale of the stock, or substantially all the assets, of such Grantor, then the
Liens, if any, of the Second Priority Agent, for itself or for the benefit of the Second Lien
Claimholders, on such Collateral, and the obligations of such Grantor under its guaranty of the Second Lien Obligations, shall
be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released. The Second Priority Agent, for
itself or on behalf of any such Second Lien Claimholders, promptly shall execute and deliver to the
Collateral Agent or such Grantor such termination statements, releases and other documents as the
Collateral Agent or such Grantor may request to effectively confirm such release.

          (b) (i) If in connection with a Disposition of any Collateral permitted under the terms of all
of the Super Priority Loan Documents, the Indenture Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents
(other than in connection with the exercise of the Super Priority Agent’s remedies in respect of
the Collateral provided for in Section 3.1), the Super Priority Agent, for itself or on behalf of
any of the Super Priority Claimholders, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral, or
releases any Grantor from its obligations under its guaranty of the Super Priority Obligations in
connection with the sale of the stock, or substantially all the assets, of such Grantor, in each
case other than (A) in connection with the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations, (B) after the
occurrence and during the continuance of any “Event of Default” under the Indenture and (C) after
the occurrence and during the continuance of any “Event of Default” under the Second Lien Credit
Agreement, then the Liens, if any, of the Collateral Agent, for itself or for the benefit of the
Indenture Claimholders, and of the Second Priority Agent, for itself or for the benefit of the
Second Lien Claimholders, on such Collateral, and, if applicable, the obligations of such Grantor
under its guaranty of the Indenture Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, shall be
automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released. The Collateral Agent, for itself or on
behalf of any such Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, for itself or on behalf
of any such Second Lien Claimholders, promptly shall execute and deliver to the Super Priority
Agent or such Grantor, without recourse or warranty, such termination statements, releases and
other documents as the Super Priority Agent or such Grantor may reasonably request to effectively
confirm such release.

          (ii) After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations and prior to the Discharge of Indenture
Obligations, if in connection with a Disposition of Collateral permitted under the terms of both
the Indenture Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents (other than in connection with the
exercise of the Collateral Agent’s remedies in respect of the Collateral provided for in Section
3.1), the Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any of the Indenture Claimholders, releases
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Collateral, or the Trustee releases any Grantor from its obligations under its guaranty of the
Indenture Obligations in connection with the sale of the stock, or substantially all the assets, of
such Grantor, in each case other than (A) in connection with the Discharge of Indenture Obligations and (B) after the occurrence and during the continuance of any “Event of
Default” under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, then the Liens, if any, of the Second Priority
Agent, for itself or for the benefit of the Second Lien Claimholders, on such Collateral, and the
obligations of such Grantor under its guaranty of the Second Lien Obligations, shall be
automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released. The Second Priority Agent, for itself
or on behalf of any such Second Lien Claimholders, promptly shall execute and deliver to such
Grantor such termination statements, releases and other documents as such Grantor may request to
effectively confirm such release.

          (c) (i) Until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations occurs, the Collateral Agent, for
itself and on behalf of the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, for itself and
on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Super
Priority Agent and any officer or agent of the Super Priority Agent, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in
the place and stead of the Collateral Agent or such holder and of the Second Priority Agent or such
holder or in the Super Priority Agent’s own name, from time to time in the Super Priority Agent’s
discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1 with respect to the
Collateral, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and
instruments which may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1 with respect to
the Collateral, including any endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release.

          (ii) After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations occurs and until the Discharge of
Indenture Obligations occurs, the Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second
Lien Claimholders, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and any officer
or agent of the Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of the Second
Priority Agent or such holder or in the Collateral Agent’s own name, from time to time in the
Collateral Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1 with
respect to the Collateral, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all
documents and instruments which may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1
with respect to the Collateral, including any endorsements or other instruments of transfer or
release.

          (d) (i) Until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations occurs, to the extent that the Super
Priority Agent or the Super Priority Claimholders (i) have released any Lien on Collateral or any
Grantor from its obligation under its guaranty and any such Liens or guaranty are later reinstated
or (ii) obtain any new liens or additional guarantees from any Grantor, then the Collateral Agent,
for itself and for the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, for itself and for
the Second Lien Claimholders shall be granted a Lien on any such Collateral, subject to the lien
subordination provisions of this Agreement, and an additional guaranty, as the case may be.

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          (ii) After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations occurs and until the Discharge of
Indenture Obligations occurs, to the extent that the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders
(i) have released any Lien on Collateral or any Grantor from its obligation under its guaranty and
any such Liens or guaranty are later reinstated or (ii) obtain any new liens or additional
guarantees from any Grantor, then the Second Priority Agent, for itself and for the Second Lien
Claimholders, shall be granted a Lien on any such Collateral, subject to the lien subordination
provisions of this Agreement, and an additional guaranty, as the case may be.

          (e) In the event that the sum of (x) the principal amount of the funded Super Priority
Obligations plus the aggregate face amount of letters of credit, if any, issued under the Revolving
Credit Agreement and not reimbursed plus the aggregate amount of unfunded commitments under the
Revolving Credit Agreement (collectively the “Super Priority Obligations Amount”) plus (y)
the principal amount of the Notes comprising the Indenture Obligations (the “Indenture Obligations
Amount”) at any date of determination no longer constitutes at least 15% of the sum of (I) the
Super Priority Obligations Amount, plus (II) the Indenture Obligations Amount plus
(III) the principal amount of funded Second Lien Obligations plus the aggregate principal
amount of unfunded commitments under the Second Lien Credit Agreement (the “Second Lien Obligations
Amount”), then any release provided for in Sections 5.1(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) above (except for
releases given in connection with a Disposition permitted under the Indenture Documents and the
Second Lien Loan Documents) shall require the consent of Super Priority Claimholders, Indenture
Claimholders and Second Lien Claimholders representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the sum of
(A) the Super Priority Obligations Amount, (B) the Indenture Obligations Amount and (C) the Second
Lien Obligations Amount. The Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on a certificate of (i) the
Second Priority Agent as to the amount of the Second Lien Obligations Amount and (ii) the Super
Priority Agent as to the amount of the Super Priority Obligations Amount.

          5.2. Insurance. (a) Unless and until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has
occurred, subject to the terms of, and the rights of the Grantors under, the Super Priority Loan
Documents, the Super Priority Agent and the Super Priority Claimholders shall have the sole and
exclusive right to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Collateral in the event
of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding
(or any deed in lieu of condemnation) affecting the Collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of
Super Priority Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Super
Priority Loan Documents, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award (or any payments with
respect to a deed in lieu of condemnation) to the extent required by the Super Priority Loan
Documents shall be paid to the Super Priority Agent for the benefit of the Super Priority
Claimholders pursuant to the terms of the Super Priority Collateral Documents (including, without
limitation, for purposes of cash collateralization of letters of credit) and thereafter, to the extent no Super Priority
Obligations are outstanding, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Collateral
Documents, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Indenture Claimholders to the extent
required under the Collateral Documents and then, to the extent no Indenture Obligations are
outstanding, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Second Lien Collateral Documents,
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benefit of the Second Lien Claimholders to the extent required under the Second Lien Collateral
Documents and then, to the extent no Second Lien Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the
subject property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may otherwise direct. Until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred,
if the Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholders or the Second Priority Agent or any Second
Lien Claimholder shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such
award or payment in contravention of this Agreement, it shall segregate and hold in trust and
forthwith pay such proceeds over to the Super Priority Agent in accordance with the terms of
Section 4.2.

          (b) After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred and unless and until the
Discharge of Indenture Obligations has occurred, subject to the terms of, and the rights of the
Grantors under, the Indenture Documents, the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Claimholders shall
have the sole and exclusive right (but shall not be obligated) to adjust settlement for any
insurance policy covering the Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any
award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any deed in lieu of condemnation)
affecting the Collateral. After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred and
unless and until the Discharge of Indenture Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights of
the Grantors under the Indenture Documents, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award (or
any payments with respect to a deed in lieu of condemnation) to the extent required by the
Indenture Documents shall be paid to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Indenture
Claimholders pursuant to the terms of the Indenture Documents and thereafter, to the extent no
Indenture Obligations are outstanding, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Second
Lien Collateral Documents, to the Second Priority Agent for the benefit of the Second Lien
Claimholders to the extent required under the Second Lien Collateral Documents and then, to the
extent no Second Lien Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the subject property, such other
Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred and until the Discharge of Indenture
Obligations has occurred, if the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders shall, at
any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award or payment in
contravention of this Agreement, it shall segregate and hold in trust and forthwith pay such proceeds over to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.

          5.3.
Amendments to Super Priority Loan Documents, Indenture Documents and Second
Lien Loan Documents. (a) The Super Priority Loan Documents may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms and the Revolving
Credit Agreement may be Refinanced, in each case, without notice to, or the consent
of the Trustee or the Indenture Claimholders or the Second Priority Agent or the
Second Lien Claimholders, all without affecting the lien subordination or other
provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that the holders of such
Refinancing debt bind themselves in a writing addressed to the Collateral Agent and
the Indenture Claimholders and the Second Priority Agent and the Second Lien
Claimholders to the terms of this Agreement and any such amendment, supplement,
modification or Refinancing shall not, without the consent of the Collateral Agent
and the Second Priority Agent:

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               (1) increase the sum of (without duplication) (A) the then outstanding aggregate principal
amount of the Revolving Credit Agreement and (B) the aggregate amount of revolving commitments
under the Revolving Credit Agreement and (C) the aggregate face amount of any letters of credit
issued under the Revolving Credit Agreement and not reimbursed, in excess of the Maximum Super
Priority Indebtedness Amount; or

               (2) increase the “Applicable Margin” or similar component of the interest rate or yield
provisions applicable to the Super Priority Obligations by more than 2% per annum (excluding
increases (A) resulting from application of the pricing grid set forth in the Revolving Credit
Agreement as in effect on the date hereof or (B) resulting from the accrual of interest at the
default rate).

          (b) The Indenture Documents may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance
with their terms; provided, that, without the prior written consent of the Second Priority Agent
and, so long as Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has not occurred, the Super Priority Agent,
no Indenture Document may be Refinanced, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered
into to the extent such Refinancing, amendment, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new
Indenture Document would:

          (1) increase the principal amount of the Notes in excess of $215,000,000;

          (2) increase the interest rate or yield provisions applicable to the Indenture Obligations by
more than 2% per annum (excluding increases resulting from the accrual of interest at the default
rate);

          (3) change any default or “Event of Default” thereunder in a manner adverse to any Grantor
(other than to eliminate any such “Event of Default” or increase any grace period related thereto
or otherwise make such “Event of Default” or condition less restrictive or burdensome on the
borrowers or issuers thereunder);

          (4) change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of principal or
interest are due thereon;

          (5) change the prepayment provisions thereof;

          (6) increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to
confer any additional material rights on the Indenture Claimholders which would be adverse
to any borrower or issuer thereunder or any Super Priority Lender; or

          (7) contravene the provisions of this Agreement.

          The Indenture Documents may be Refinanced (i) without the consent of the Super Priority Agent
and the Super Priority Claimholders, to the extent the terms and conditions of such Refinancing
debt meet the requirements of this Section 5.3(b), the average life to maturity thereof is greater
than or equal to that of the Indenture and the

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holders of such Refinancing debt bind themselves to the terms of this Agreement in a writing
addressed to the Super Priority Claimholders, and (ii) without notice to or the consent of the
Second Priority Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders, to the extent the terms and conditions of
such Refinancing debt meet the requirements of this Section 5.3(b) and the holders of such
Refinancing debt bind themselves to the terms of this Agreement in a writing addressed to the
Second Priority Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders.

          (c) Without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent and, so long as the Discharge of
Super Priority Obligations has not occurred, the Super Priority Agent, no Second Lien Loan Document
may be Refinanced, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such
Refinancing, amendment, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Second Lien Loan
Document, would:

               (1) increase the principal amount of the Second Lien Credit Agreement in excess of the amount
permitted under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Indenture as of their date;

               (2) increase the “Applicable Margin” or similar component of the interest rate or yield
provisions applicable to the Second Lien Obligations by more than 2% per annum (excluding increases
resulting from the accrual of interest at the default rate);

               (3) change any default or “Event of Default” thereunder in a manner adverse to the borrower or
issuer parties thereunder (other than to eliminate any such “Event of Default” or increase any
grace period related thereto or otherwise make such “Event of Default” or condition less
restrictive or burdensome on the borrowers or issuers thereunder);

               (4) change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due
thereon;

               (5) change the mandatory prepayment provisions such that such provisions are more restrictive
or burdensome on the borrowers or issuers thereunder;

               (6) increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional material rights on the Second Lien Lenders
which would be adverse to any borrower or issuer thereunder, any Super Priority Lender or any
Indenture Claimholder; or

               (7) contravene the provisions of this Agreement.

          The Second Lien Credit Agreement may be Refinanced without the consent of the
Trustee, the Indenture Claimholders, the Super Priority Agent or the Super
Priority Claimholders to the extent the terms and conditions of such Refinancing
debt meet the requirements of this Section 5.3(c), the average life to maturity
thereof is greater than or equal to that of the Second Lien Credit Facility and
the holders of such Refinancing debt bind themselves to the terms of this
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Agent and the Indenture Claimholders and, so long as the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations
has not occurred, the Super Priority Claimholders.

          (d) In the event any Super Priority Agent or the Super Priority Claimholders and the relevant
Grantor enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the Super Priority
Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to
any departures from any provisions of, any Super Priority Collateral Document or changing in any
manner the rights of the Super Priority Agent, such Super Priority Claimholders, the U.S. Borrower
or any other Grantor thereunder, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically
to any comparable provision of the Comparable Collateral Document and the Comparable Second Lien
Collateral Document without the consent of the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders or
the Second Priority Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders, as applicable, and without any action by
the Collateral Agent, the Second Priority Agent, the Borrowers or any other Grantor,
provided, that:

          (1) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect of:

          (A) removing or releasing assets subject to the Lien of the Collateral Documents or the Second
Lien Collateral Documents, except to the extent that a release of such Lien is permitted or
required by Section 5.1 of this Agreement and provided that there is a corresponding release of the
Liens securing the Super Priority Obligations;

          (B) imposing duties on the Collateral Agent (or any other agent under a Comparable Collateral
Document) or the Second Priority Agent without its consent;

          (C) permitting other Liens on the Collateral not permitted under the terms of the Indenture
Documents or the Second Lien Loan Documents or Section 6; or

          (D) being prejudicial to the interests of the Indenture Claimholders or the Second Lien
Claimholders to a greater extent than the Super Priority Claimholders; and

          (2) notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given to the Collateral Agent
and the Second Priority Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the effective date of such
amendment, waiver or consent.

          (e) In the event the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders and the relevant Grantor
enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of
the Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or
consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any Collateral Document or changing in any
manner the rights of the Collateral Agent, such Indenture Claimholders, the Borrowers or any other
Grantor thereunder, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any
comparable provision of the Comparable Second Lien Collateral

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Document without the consent of the Second Priority Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders and
without any action by the Second Priority Agent, the Borrowers or any other Grantor,
provided, that:

          (1) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect of:

          (A) removing or releasing assets subject to the Lien of the Second Lien Collateral Documents,
except to the extent that a release of such Lien is permitted or required by Section 5.1 of this
Agreement and provided that there is a corresponding release of the Liens securing the Indenture
Obligations;

          (B) imposing duties on the Second Priority Agent without its consent;

          (C) permitting other Liens on the Collateral not permitted under the terms of the Second Lien Loan
Documents or Section 6; or

          (D) being prejudicial to the interests of the Second Lien Claimholders to a greater extent than the
Indenture Claimholders; and

          (2) notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given to the Second Priority Agent
within ten (10) Business Days after the effective date of such amendment, waiver or consent.

          5.4. Legends.

          (a) The Borrowers agree that each Collateral Document and Second Lien Collateral Document
shall include the following language (or language to similar effect approved by the Super Priority
Agent and the Collateral Agent):

“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and
security interest granted to the [Collateral Agent][Second Priority Agent] pursuant to this
Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the [Collateral Agent][Second Priority Agent]
hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 8, 2010
(as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor
Agreement”), among Stratus Technologies, Inc., Stratus Technologies Bermuda Ltd., Jefferies Finance
LLC as Super Priority Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent,
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Second Priority Agent and certain other persons party or
that may become party thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of
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terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.”

          (b) In addition, the Borrowers agree that (i) each Indenture Mortgage and Second Lien Mortgage
covering any Collateral shall contain such other language as the Super Priority Agent may
reasonably request to reflect the subordination of such Second Lien Mortgage and such Indenture
Mortgage to the Super Priority Collateral Document covering such Collateral and (ii) each Second
Lien Mortgage covering any Collateral shall contain such other language as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably request or that shall be necessary to reflect the subordination of such Second Lien
Mortgage to the Collateral Document covering such Collateral.

          5.5. Bailee for Perfection. (a) Until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations
has occurred:

          (i) The Super Priority Agent agrees to hold that part of the Collateral that is in its
possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) to the extent that
possession or control thereof is taken to perfect a Lien thereon under the UCC (such Collateral
being the “Pledged Collateral”) as agent for the Super Priority Claimholders and as bailee for the
Collateral Agent and the Second Priority Agent (such bailment being intended, among other things,
to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC) and any assignee
solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted under the Super Priority Loan
Documents, the Indenture Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents, respectively, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Section 5.5(a).

          (ii) The Super Priority Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Super
Priority Claimholders, the Collateral Agent, any Indenture Claimholder, the Second Priority
Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder to ensure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or
owned by any of the Grantors or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person except as
expressly set forth in this Section 5.5(a). The duties or responsibilities of the Super
Priority Agent under this Section 5.5(a) shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged
Collateral as bailee in accordance with this Section 5.5(a) and delivering the Pledged
Collateral upon a Discharge of Super Priority Obligations as provided in paragraph (iv)
below.

          (iii) The Super Priority Agent acting pursuant to this Section 5.5(a) shall not have
by reason of the Super Priority Collateral Documents, the Collateral Documents, the Second
Lien Collateral Documents, this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in
respect of the Super Priority Claimholders, the Collateral Agent, any Indenture Claimholder, the Second Priority
Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder.

          (iv) Upon the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations, the Super Priority Agent shall
deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) together with any necessary endorsements,
first, to the Collateral Agent to the extent Indenture

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Obligations remain outstanding, second, to the Second Priority Agent to the extent
Second Lien Obligations remain outstanding if there has been a Discharge of Indenture
Obligations, and third, to the U.S. Borrower to the extent no Super Priority Obligations,
Indenture Obligations or Second Lien Obligations remain outstanding (in each case, so as to
allow such Person to obtain possession or control of such Pledged Collateral). The Super
Priority Agent further agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by the Grantors,
the Collateral Agent or the Second Priority Agent in connection with the Collateral Agent or
the Second Priority Agent obtaining a first-priority interest in the Collateral or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

          (v) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, so long as the Discharge of Super Priority
Obligations has not occurred, the Super Priority Agent shall be entitled to deal with the
Pledged Collateral or Collateral within its “control” in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and other Super Priority Collateral Documents as if the Liens of the Collateral
Agent, Indenture Claimholders the Second Priority Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders did
not exist.

          (b) After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred:

          (i) The Collateral Agent agrees to hold that part of the Pledged Collateral that is in
its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as
agent for the Indenture Claimholders and as bailee for the Second Priority Agent (such
bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections
8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC) and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting
the security interest granted under the Indenture Documents and the Second Lien Loan
Documents, respectively, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5(b).

          (ii) The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Indenture
Claimholders, the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder to ensure that the
Indenture Collateral is genuine or owned by any of the Grantors or to preserve rights or
benefits of any Person except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.5(b). The duties or
responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Section 5.5(b) shall be limited solely
to holding the Indenture Collateral as bailee in accordance with this Section 5.5(b) and
delivering the Indenture Collateral upon a Discharge of Indenture Obligations as provided in
paragraph (iv) below.

          (iii) The Collateral Agent acting pursuant to this Section 5.5(b) shall not have by
reason of the Collateral Documents, the Second Lien Collateral Documents, this Agreement or
any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Indenture Claimholder, the
Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder.

          (iv) Upon the Discharge of Indenture Obligations, the Collateral Agent shall deliver
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necessary endorsements, first, to the Second Priority Agent to the extent Second
Lien Obligations remain outstanding, and second, to the Borrowers to the extent no
Indenture Obligations or Second Lien Obligations remain outstanding (in each case, so as to
allow such Person to obtain possession or control of such Indenture Collateral). The
Collateral Agent further agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by the Second
Priority Agent in connection with the Second Priority Agent obtaining a first-priority
interest in the Collateral or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

          (v) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, so long as the Discharge of Indenture
Obligations has not occurred, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to deal with the
Indenture Collateral or Collateral within its “control” in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and other Second Lien Collateral Documents as if the Liens of the Second
Priority Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders did not exist.

          5.6. When Discharge of Super Priority Obligations Deemed to Not
Have Occurred. If concurrently with the Discharge of Super Priority
Obligations, the U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor thereafter enters into any
Refinancing of any Super Priority Loan Document evidencing a Super Priority
Obligation which Refinancing is permitted hereby, then such Discharge of Super
Priority Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all
purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken as a
result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of Super Priority Obligations),
and, from and after the date on which the Super Priority Debt Notice is delivered
to the Collateral Agent and the Second Priority Agent in accordance with the next
sentence, the obligations under such Refinancing of the Super Priority Loan
Document shall automatically be treated as Super Priority Obligations for all
purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and
rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the Super Priority Agent
under such Super Priority Loan Documents shall be the Super Priority Agent for all
purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of a notice from the U.S. Borrower or any
other Grantor and the Super Priority Agent (the “Super Priority Debt Notice”) stating that the U.S. Borrower or such
other Grantor has entered into a new Super Priority Loan Document (which notice
shall include the identity of the new Super Priority Agent, such agent, the “New
Super Priority Agent”), each of the Collateral Agent and the Second Priority Agent
shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments
or supplements to this Agreement) as the U.S. Borrower or such other Grantor or
such New Super Priority Agent shall reasonably request in order to provide to the
New Super Priority Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in
all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and (b) deliver to the New
Super Priority Agent any Pledged Collateral held by it together with any necessary
endorsements (or otherwise allow the New Super Priority Agent to obtain control of
such Pledged Collateral). The New Super Priority Agent shall agree in a writing
addressed to the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Claimholders and the Second
Priority Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement. If the new Super Priority Obligations under the new Super Priority Loan
Documents are secured by assets of the Grantors constituting Collateral that do not
also secure the Indenture Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, then the
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Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations shall be secured at such time by a second priority Lien
on such assets to the same extent provided in the Collateral Documents and a third priority Lien on
such assets to the same extent provided in the Second Lien Collateral Document, as the case may be,
and this Agreement.

          5.7. When Discharge of Indenture Obligations Deemed to Not Have
Occurred. If concurrently with the Discharge of Indenture Obligations, the Borrowers or any other
Grantor thereafter enter into any Refinancing of any Indenture Document evidencing an Indenture
Obligation which Refinancing is permitted hereby, then such Discharge of Indenture Obligations
shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than
with respect to any actions taken as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of
Indenture Obligations), and, from and after the date on which the Indenture Debt Notice is
delivered to the Second Priority Agent in accordance with the next sentence, the obligations under
such Refinancing of the Indenture Document shall automatically be treated as Indenture Obligations
for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in
respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the Collateral Agent under such Indenture Documents
shall be the Collateral Agent for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of a notice from
the Borrower or any other Grantor and the Collateral Agent (the “Indenture Debt Notice”) stating
that the Borrowers or such other Grantor have entered into a new Indenture Document (which notice
shall include the identity of the new Collateral Agent, such agent, the “New Collateral Agent”),
the Second Priority Agent shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to
this Agreement) as the Borrowers or such other Grantor or such New Collateral Agent shall
reasonably request in order to provide to the New Collateral Agent the rights contemplated hereby,
in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and (b) deliver
to the New Collateral Agent any Pledged Collateral held by it together with any necessary
endorsements (or otherwise allow the New Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Pledged
Collateral). The New Collateral Agent shall agree in a writing addressed to the Second Priority
Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If the new
Indenture Obligations under the new Indenture Documents are secured by assets of the Grantors
constituting Collateral that do not also secure the Second Lien Obligations, then the Second Lien
Obligations shall be secured at such time by a third priority Lien on such assets to the same
extent provided in the Second Lien Collateral Documents and this Agreement.

          5.8. Purchase Right. (a) Without prejudice to the enforcement of any remedy of the Super
Priority Claimholders, so long as a Triggering Event has occurred and is continuing, any of the
Noteholders may, at their sole expense and effort, upon written notice (which notice shall be
irrevocable) to the Borrowers, the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the Super Priority Agent,
require the Super Priority Claimholders to transfer and assign to such Noteholders, without
warranty or representation or recourse, all (but not less than all) of the Super Priority
Obligations; provided, that (x) such assignment shall not conflict with any law, rule or regulation
or order of any court or other governmental authority having jurisdiction, and (y) such Noteholders
shall have paid to the Super Priority Agent, for the account of the Super Priority Claimholders, in
immediately available funds, an amount (such amount, the “Super Priority Purchase Price”) equal to
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principal of such Indebtedness plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
plus all accrued and unpaid fees (other than any prepayment penalties or premiums (the
“Super Priority Termination Fees”)) plus all the other Super Priority Obligations then
outstanding (which shall include, with respect to (i) the aggregate face amount of the letters of
credit outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreement, an amount in cash equal to 105% thereof,
(ii) each Swap Agreement, 100% of the aggregate amount of such Super Priority Obligations, after
giving effect to any netting arrangements, that the applicable Borrower or Grantor would be
required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time, and (iii) each agreement that
evidences any Super Priority Cash Management Obligations, 100% of the aggregate amount of such
Super Priority Obligations). If the right set forth in this Section 5.8(a) is exercised, (1) the
parties shall endeavor to close promptly thereafter but in any event within twenty Business Days of
the notice (or the Super Priority Claimholders shall no longer be required to transfer any such
Super Priority Obligations), (2) such purchase of the Super Priority Obligations shall be exercised
pursuant to documentation mutually acceptable to each of the Super Priority Agent and such
Noteholders and (3) such Super Priority Obligations shall be purchased pro rata among the
Noteholders giving notice to the Trustee of their intent to exercise the purchase option hereunder
according to such Noteholders’ portion of the Indenture Obligations outstanding on the date of
purchase. In order to effectuate the foregoing, the Super Priority Agent shall calculate, upon the
written request of the Trustee (acting at the direction of one or more Noteholders) from time to
time, the amount in cash that would be necessary so to purchase the Super Priority Obligations.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) if one or more Second Lien Claimholders elect
to exercise their purchase option under Section 5.8(b) below and give the notice provided for
therein, each Noteholder that exercised its purchase option under this Section 5.8(a) shall be
relieved of all of its obligations under this Section 5.8(a) and (B) if, at any time following the
consummation of such transfer and assignment and the occurrence of the Discharge of Super Priority
Obligations and the Discharge of Indenture Obligations (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the
payment of any fees that become due as a result of the prepayment or termination of the Indenture
Obligations), the Noteholders recover any Super Priority Termination Fees prior to the first
anniversary of the date of such transfer and assignment is consummated, they shall turn over such
fees to the Super Priority Claimholders in the form and to the extent received.

          (b) Without prejudice to the enforcement of any remedy of the Super Priority Claimholders or
the Indenture Claimholders, upon the occurrence and continuation of the acceleration prior to
maturity of the Super Priority Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Super Priority Loan
Documents and of the Indenture Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Indenture Documents,
any Second Lien Claimholder may, at its sole expense and effort, upon written notice (which notice
shall be irrevocable) to the Borrowers, the Super Priority Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Trustee
and the Second Priority Agent, require the Super Priority Claimholders and the Indenture
Claimholders to transfer and assign to such Second Lien Claimholders, without warranty or
representation or recourse, all (but not less than all) of the Super Priority Obligations and
Indenture Obligations; provided that (x) such assignment shall not conflict with any law, rule or
regulation or order of any court or other governmental authority having jurisdiction, and (y) such
Second Lien Claimholders shall have paid to the Super Priority Agent and the Trustee, for the
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in immediately available funds, an amount equal to, (x) in respect of the Super Priority
Obligations, the Super Priority Purchase Price and, (y) in respect of the Indenture Obligations,
100% of the principal of such Indebtedness plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon plus all
accrued and unpaid fees (other than any prepayment penalties or premiums (the “Indenture
Termination Fees”)) plus all other Super Priority Obligations and Indenture Obligations then
outstanding. If the right set forth in this Section 5.8(b) is exercised, (1) the parties shall
endeavor to close promptly thereafter but in any event within ten Business Days of the notice set
forth in the first sentence of this Section 5.8(b) (or the Super Priority Claimholders shall no
longer be required to transfer any such Super Priority Obligations and the Indenture Claimholders
shall no longer be required to transfer any such Indenture Obligations), (2) such purchase of the
Super Priority Obligations and the Indenture Obligations shall be exercised pursuant to
documentation mutually acceptable to each of the Super Priority Agent, such Second Lien
Claimholders, the Trustee (solely with respect to the Indenture Obligations owing to it) and a
purchase agent appointed by the Noteholders, and (3) such Super Priority Obligations and such
Indenture Obligations shall be purchased pro rata among the Second Lien Claimholders giving notice
to the Second Priority Agent of their intent to exercise the purchase option hereunder according to
such Second Lien Claimholders’ portion of the Second Lien Obligations outstanding on the date of
purchase. In order to effectuate the foregoing, the Super Priority Agent and the Trustee will each
calculate, upon the written request of the Second Priority Agent (acting at the direction of one or
more Second Lien Claimholders) from time to time, the amount in cash that would be necessary so to
purchase the Super Priority Obligations and/or the Indenture Obligations, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if, at any time following the consummation of such
transfer and assignment and the occurrence of the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations, the
Discharge of Indenture Obligations and the payment in full in cash of the Second Lien Obligations
(other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the payment of any fees that become due as a result of the
prepayment or termination of the Second Lien Obligations), the Second Lien Claimholders recover any
Super Priority Termination Fees or any Indenture Termination Fees prior to the first anniversary of
the date of such transfer and assignment is consummated, they shall turn over such fees to the
Super Priority Claimholders or the Indenture Claimholders, as applicable, in the form and to the
extent received. In connection with any purchase of Indenture Obligations pursuant to this Section
5.8(b), the Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall not be deemed to have made any representations
or warranties with respect to the Indenture Obligations (other than the amount necessary to
purchase such obligations) and shall not be deemed to be participating in any distribution thereof
within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

          SECTION 6. Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.

          6.1. Finance and Sale Issues. (a) Until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations
has occurred, if the U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding and the Super Priority Agent shall desire to permit the use of “Cash
Collateral” (as such term is defined in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code), on which the Super
Priority Agent or any other creditor has a Lien or to permit the U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor
to obtain financing, whether from the Super Priority Claimholders or any other Person under Section
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Bankruptcy Law (“DIP Financing”) then each of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien
Claimholders, agrees that (x) it will raise no objection to such Cash Collateral use or DIP
Financing so long as (i) such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing is on commercially reasonable
terms, (ii) the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Claimholders and the Second Priority Agent and
the Second Lien Claimholders retain the right to object to any ancillary agreements or arrangements
regarding the Cash Collateral use or the DIP Financing that are materially prejudicial to their
interests and (iii) (a) the DIP Financing does not compel the U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor to
seek confirmation of a specific plan of reorganization for which all or substantially all of the
material terms are set forth in the DIP Financing documentation or a related document or (b) the
DIP Financing documentation or Cash Collateral order does not expressly require the liquidation of
the Collateral prior to a default under the DIP Financing documentation or Cash Collateral order
and (y) it will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith
(except, as expressly agreed by the Super Priority Agent or to the extent permitted by Section
6.3). To the extent the Liens securing the Super Priority Obligations are subordinated to or pari
passu with such DIP Financing which meets the requirements of clauses (i) through (iii) above, each
of the Collateral Agent and the Second Priority Agent shall be deemed to have subordinated its
Liens in the Collateral to the Liens securing such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating
thereto).

          (b) After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations and until the Discharge of Indenture
Obligations has occurred, if the Borrowers or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding and the Collateral Agent shall desire to permit the use of Cash
Collateral or DIP Financing then the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien
Claimholders, agrees that (x) it will raise no objection to such Cash Collateral use or DIP
Financing so long as (i) such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing is on commercially reasonable
terms, (ii) the Second Priority Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders retain the right to object
to any ancillary agreements or arrangements regarding the Cash Collateral use or the DIP Financing
that are materially prejudicial to their interests and (iii) (A) the DIP Financing does not compel
the Borrowers or any other Grantor to seek confirmation of a specific plan of reorganization for
which all or substantially all of the material terms are set forth in the DIP Financing
documentation or a related document or (B) the DIP Financing documentation or Cash Collateral order
does not expressly require the liquidation of the Collateral prior to a default under the DIP
Financing documentation or Cash Collateral order and (y) it will not request adequate protection or
any other relief in connection therewith (except, as expressly agreed by the Collateral Agent or to
the extent permitted by Section 6.3). To the extent the Liens securing the Indenture Obligations
are subordinated to or pari passu with such DIP Financing which meets the requirements of clauses
(i) through (iii) above, the Second Priority Agent shall be deemed to have subordinated its Liens
in the Collateral to the Liens securing such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto).

          6.2. Relief from the Automatic Stay. (a) Until the Discharge of Super Priority
Obligations has occurred, each of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Indenture
Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders,
agrees that none of them shall seek (or support any other Person

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seeking) relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding in respect of the Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Super Priority
Agent, unless a motion for adequate protection permitted under Section 6.3 has been denied by the
Bankruptcy Court.

          (b) After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations and until the Discharge of Indenture
Obligations has occurred, the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien
Claimholders, agrees that none of them shall seek (or support any other Person seeking) relief from
the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the
Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, unless a motion for adequate
protection permitted under Section 6.3 has been denied by the Bankruptcy Court.

          6.3. Adequate Protection. (a) Each of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and
the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien
Claimholders, agrees that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting):

          (i) any request by the Super Priority Agent or the Super Priority Claimholders for adequate
protection; or

          (ii) any objection by the Super Priority Agent or the Super Priority Claimholders to any
motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the Super Priority Agent or the Super Priority
Claimholders claiming a lack of adequate protection.

          (b) the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees
that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting):

          (i) any request by the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders for adequate protection;
or

          (ii) any objection by the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders to any motion,
relief, action or proceeding based on the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders claiming a
lack of adequate protection.

          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this Section 6.3, in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding:

          (i) if the Super Priority Claimholders (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection
in the form of additional collateral in connection with any Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing,
then each of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself or any of the Indenture Claimholders, and
the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself or any of the Second Lien Claimholders, may seek or
request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such additional collateral, which Lien will be
subordinated to the Super Priority Liens on the same basis as the other Liens

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securing the Indenture Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations are so subordinated to
the Super Priority Obligations under this Agreement; and

          (ii) in the event the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself or any of the Indenture
Claimholders, seeks or requests adequate protection in respect of Indenture Obligations and
such adequate protection is granted in the form of additional collateral, then the
Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself or any of the Indenture Claimholders, agrees that
until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations, the Super Priority Agent shall also be
granted a senior Lien on such additional collateral as security for the Super Priority
Obligations and for any Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing provided by the Super Priority
Claimholders and that any Lien on such additional collateral securing the Indenture
Obligations shall be subordinated to the Super Priority Liens on the same basis as the other
Liens securing the Indenture Obligations are so subordinated to such Super Priority
Obligations under this Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 6.1 or
in connection with the exercise of remedies with respect to the Collateral, nothing herein
shall limit the rights of the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders from seeking
adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Collateral in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding (including adequate protection in the form of a cash payment,
periodic cash payments or otherwise).

          (iii) if the Indenture Claimholders (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate
protection in the form of additional collateral in connection with any Cash Collateral use
or DIP Financing, then the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself or any of the Second
Lien Claimholders, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such
additional collateral, which Lien will be subordinated to the Super Priority Liens and to
the Indenture Liens on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Lien
Obligations are so subordinated to the Super Priority Obligations and the Indenture
Obligations under this Agreement; and

          (iv) in the event the Second Priority Agent, on behalf
of itself or any of the Second Lien Claimholders, seeks or requests adequate protection in
respect of Second Lien Obligations, and such adequate protection is granted in the form of
additional collateral, then the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself or any of the
Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that the Super Priority Agent and the Collateral Agent
shall also be granted a senior Lien on such additional collateral as security for the Super
Priority Obligations and the Indenture Obligations and for any Cash Collateral use or DIP
Financing provided by the Super Priority Claimholders and the Indenture Claimholders and
that any Lien on such additional collateral securing the Second Lien Obligations shall be
subordinated to the Super Priority Liens and to the Indenture Liens on the same basis as the
other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations are so subordinated to such Super Priority
Obligations and the Indenture Obligations under this Agreement. Except as otherwise
expressly set forth in Section 6.1 or in connection with the exercise of remedies with
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Second Priority Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders from seeking adequate protection with
respect to their rights in the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
(including adequate protection in the form of a cash payment, periodic cash payments or
otherwise).

          6.4. No Waiver. (a) Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the
Super Priority Agent or any Super Priority Claimholder from objecting in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or any of the
Indenture Claimholders or the Second Priority Agent or any of the Second Lien Claimholders,
including the seeking by the Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholders or by the Second
Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders of adequate protection (except as provided in
Section 6.3) or the asserting by the Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholders or by the
Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder of any of its rights and remedies under the
Indenture Documents or Second Lien Loan Documents, respectively, or otherwise.

          (b) Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the Collateral Agent or any
Indenture Claimholder from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to
any action taken by the Second Priority Agent or any of the Second Lien Claimholders, including the
seeking by the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders of adequate protection (except
as provided in Section 6.3) or the asserting by the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien
Claimholder of any of its rights and remedies under the Second Lien Loan Documents or otherwise.

          6.5. Avoidance Issues. (a) If any Super Priority Claimholder is required in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of
the U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor any amount paid in respect of Super Priority Obligations (a
“Super Priority Recovery”), then such Super Priority Claimholders shall be entitled to a
reinstatement of Super Priority Obligations with respect to all such recovered amounts.

          (b) If any Indenture Claimholder is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or
otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Borrowers or any other Grantor any
amount paid in respect of Indenture Obligations (a “Indenture Recovery”), then such Indenture
Claimholders shall be entitled to a reinstatement of Indenture Obligations with respect to all such
recovered amounts.

          (c) If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to a Super Priority Recovery or an
Indenture Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior
termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of
the parties hereto from such date of reinstatement.

          6.6. Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt
obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor
are distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, all
on account of Super Priority Obligations, on account of Indenture Obligations and on account of
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debt obligations distributed on account of the Super Priority Obligations, on account of the
Indenture Obligations and on account of Second Lien Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same
property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations
pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.

          6.7. Post-Petition Interest. (a) None of the Collateral Agent, any Indenture
Claimholder, the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder shall oppose or seek to
challenge any claim by the Super Priority Agent or any Super Priority Claimholder for allowance in
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Super Priority Obligations consisting of post-petition
interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of any Super Priority Claimholder’s Lien,
without regard to the existence of the Lien of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Indenture
Claimholders or the Second Priority Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders on the
Collateral.

          (b) None of the Super Priority Agent, any Super Priority Claimholder, the Second Priority
Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Collateral
Agent or any Indenture Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of
Indenture Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the
value of the Lien of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Indenture Claimholders on the Collateral
(after taking into account the Super Priority Collateral).

          (c) None of the Super Priority Agent, any Super Priority Claimholder, the Collateral Agent or
any Indenture Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Second Priority Agent
or any Second Lien Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Second
Lien Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value
of the Lien of the Second Priority Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders on the
Collateral (after taking into account the Super Priority Collateral and the Indenture Collateral).

          6.8. Waiver. (a) Each of the Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the
Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien
Claimholders, waives any claim it may hereafter have against any Super Priority Claimholder arising
out of the election of any Super Priority Claimholder of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of
the Bankruptcy Code, and/or out of any cash collateral or financing arrangement or out of any grant
of a security interest in connection with the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.

          (b) The Second Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders,
waives any claim it may hereafter have against any Indenture Claimholder arising out of the
election of any Indenture Claimholder of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy
Code, and/or out of any cash collateral or financing arrangement or out of any grant of a security
interest in connection with the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

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          6.9. Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification. The Second Priority
Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, the Collateral Agent, for itself
and on behalf of the Indenture Claimholders, and the Super Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf
of the Super Priority Claimholders, acknowledge and agree that: (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to
the Super Priority Collateral Documents, the Collateral Documents and the Second Lien Collateral
Documents constitute three separate and distinct grants of Liens; and (b) because of, among other
things, their differing rights in the Collateral, the Second Lien Obligations, the Indenture
Obligations and the Super Priority Obligations are fundamentally different from each other and must
be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding.

To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence,
if it is held that (i) the claims of any two or three of the class of Super Priority Claimholders,
the class of Indenture Claimholders and the class of Second Lien Claimholders in respect of the
Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior, junior and
subordinated secured claims), then each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that,
subject to Sections 2.1 and 4.1, all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes
of senior, junior and subordinated secured claims against the Grantors in respect of the
Collateral, with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Collateral is
sufficient (for this purpose (x) ignoring all claims held by the Indenture Claimholders and the
Second Lien Claimholders, with respect to payments to the Super Priority Claimholders and (y)
ignoring all claims held by the Second Lien Claimholders with respect to payments to the Indenture
Claimholders), (A) the Super Priority Claimholders shall be entitled to receive, in addition to
amounts otherwise distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other
claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest, including any additional interest
payable pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement, arising from or related to a default, which is
disallowed as a claim in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, before any distribution is made
in respect of the claims held by the Indenture Claimholders or the Second Lien Claimholders with
respect to the Collateral, and (B) after such payments to the Super Priority Claimholders, the
Indenture Claimholders shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts otherwise distributed
to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in
respect of post-petition interest, including any additional interest payable pursuant to the
Indenture, arising from or related to a default, which is disallowed as a claim in any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding, before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the
Second Lien Claimholders with respect to the Collateral, with each of the Collateral Agent, for
itself and on behalf of the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, for itself and
on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the
Super Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Super Priority Claimholders, amounts
otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this
sentence (with respect to the payment of post-petition interest), even if such turnover has the
effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Indenture Claimholders or the Second Lien
Claimholders, as applicable; or (ii) after the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations, the claims
of the Indenture Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders in respect of the Collateral
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separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each of the parties hereto hereby
acknowledges and agrees that, subject to Sections 2.1 and 4.1, all distributions shall be made as
if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect
of the Collateral, with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the
Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Lien
Claimholders), the Indenture Claimholders shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts
otherwise distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all
amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest, including any additional interest payable
pursuant to the Indenture, arising from or related to a default, which is disallowed as a claim in
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, before any distribution is made in respect of the claims
held by the Second Lien Claimholders with respect to the Collateral, with the Second Priority
Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby acknowledging and agreeing
to turn over to the Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Indenture Claimholders,
amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent
of this sentence (with respect to the payment of post-petition interest), even if such turnover has
the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second Lien Claimholders.

          SECTION 7. Reliance; Waivers; Etc.

          7.1. Reliance. Other than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, the Super
Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Super Priority Claimholders under its Super Priority
Loan Documents, acknowledges that it and such Super Priority Claimholders have, independently and
without reliance on the Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholder or the Second Priority Agent
or any Second Lien Claimholder, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate,
made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Super Priority Loan Documents and be
bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own credit decision in
taking or not taking any action under the Revolving Credit Agreement or this Agreement. The
Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Indenture Claimholders, acknowledges that it and the
Indenture Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on the Super Priority Agent or any
Super Priority Claimholder or the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder, and based
on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and
decision to enter into each of the Indenture Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement
and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under
the Indenture Documents or this Agreement. The Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Second Lien Claimholders, acknowledges that it and the Second Lien Claimholders have, independently
and without reliance on the Super Priority Agent or any Super Priority Claimholder or the
Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholder, and based on documents and information deemed by
them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the Second Lien
Loan Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own
credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Second Lien Loan Documents or this
Agreement.

          7.2. No Warranties or Liability.
 The Super Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Super Priority Claimholders under the Super
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acknowledges and agrees that each of the Collateral Agent, the Indenture Claimholders, the Second
Priority Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders have made no express or implied representation or
warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility
or enforceability of any of the Indenture Documents, the Second Lien Loan Documents, the ownership
of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided
herein, the Indenture Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders will be entitled to manage and
supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Indenture Documents and the
Second Lien Loan Documents, respectively, in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in
their sole discretion, deem appropriate.

          Except as otherwise provided herein, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Indenture Claimholders under the Indenture Documents, acknowledges and agrees that the Super
Priority Agent, the Super Priority Claimholders, the Second Priority Agent and the Second Lien
Claimholders have made no express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to
the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the
Super Priority Loan Documents, the Second Lien Loan Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or
the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Super
Priority Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise
their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Super Priority Loan Documents and the
Second Lien Loan Documents, respectively, in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in
their sole discretion, deem appropriate.

          Except as otherwise provided herein, the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Second Lien Claimholders under the Second Lien Loan Documents, acknowledges and agrees that the
Super Priority Agent, the Super Priority Claimholders, the Collateral Agent and the Indenture
Claimholders have made no express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to
the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the
Super Priority Loan Documents, the Indenture Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the
perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Super
Priority Claimholders and the Indenture Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their
respective loans and extensions of credit under the Super Priority Loan Documents and Indenture
Documents, respectively, in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole
discretion, deem appropriate.

          (A) The Super Priority Agent and the Super Priority Claimholders shall have no duty to the
Collateral Agent, any of the Indenture Claimholders, the Second Priority Agent or any of the Second
Lien Claimholders, (B) the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Claimholders shall have no duty to
the Super Priority Agent, any of the Super Priority Claimholders, the Second Priority Agent or any
of the Second Lien Claimholders, and (C) the Second Priority Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders
shall have no duty to the Super Priority Agent, any of the Super Priority Claimholders, the
Collateral Agent or any of the Indenture Claimholders, in each case to act or refrain from acting
in a manner which allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or
default under any agreements with the Borrowers or any other Grantor (including the Super Priority
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Documents, the Indenture Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents), regardless of any knowledge
thereof which they may have or be charged with.

          7.3. No Waiver of Lien Priorities. (a) (i) No right of the Super Priority
Claimholders, the Super Priority Agent or any of them to enforce any provision of this Agreement or
any Super Priority Loan Document shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act
or failure to act on the part of the U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor or by any act or failure to
act by any Super Priority Claimholder or the Super Priority Agent, or by any noncompliance by any
Person with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the Super Priority Loan
Documents, any of the Indenture Documents or any of the Second Lien Loan Documents, regardless of
any knowledge thereof which the Super Priority Agent or the Super Priority Claimholders, or any of
them, may have or be otherwise charged with.

          (ii) After the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations, no right of the Indenture
Claimholders, the Collateral Agent or any of them to enforce any provision of this Agreement or any
Indenture Document shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to
act on the part of the Borrowers or any other Grantor or by any act or failure to act by any
Indenture Claimholder or the Collateral Agent, or by any noncompliance by any Person with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the Indenture Documents or any of the
Second Lien Loan Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof which the Collateral Agent or the
Indenture Claimholders, or any of them, may have or be otherwise charged with.

          (b) (i) Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph (a)(i) (but
subject to the rights of the U.S. Borrower and the other Grantors under the Super Priority Loan
Documents and subject to the provisions of Section 5.3(a)), the Super Priority Claimholders, the
Super Priority Agent and any of them may, at any time and from time to time in accordance with the
Super Priority Loan Documents and/or applicable law, without the consent of, or notice to, the
Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholders or the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien
Claimholders, without incurring any liabilities to the Collateral Agent or any Indenture
Claimholders or the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders and without impairing or
releasing the Lien priorities and other benefits provided in this Agreement (even if any right of
subrogation or other right or remedy of the Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholders or
Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders is affected, impaired or extinguished
thereby) do any one or more of the following:

          (1) change the manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the time of payment of, or amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of
any of the Super Priority Obligations or any Lien on any Super Priority Collateral or guaranty
thereof or any liability of the U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor, or any liability incurred
directly or indirectly in respect thereof (including any increase in or extension of the Super
Priority Obligations, without any restriction as to the tenor or terms of any such increase or
extension) or otherwise amend, renew, exchange, extend, modify or supplement in any manner any
Liens held by the Super Priority Agent or any of the Super Priority Claimholders, the

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Super Priority Obligations or any of the Super Priority Loan Documents; provided, that any
such increase in the Super Priority Obligations shall not increase the sum of the
Indebtedness constituting principal under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the face
amount of any letters of credit issued under the Revolving Credit Agreement and not
reimbursed to an amount in excess of the Maximum Super Priority Indebtedness Amount;

          (2) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with in any
manner and in any order any part of the Super Priority Collateral or any liability of the
U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor to the Super Priority Claimholders or the Super Priority
Agent, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof;

          (3) settle or compromise any Super Priority Obligation or any other liability of the U.S. Borrower or any
other Grantor or any security therefor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in
respect thereof and apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to any liability
(including the Super Priority Obligations) in any manner or order; and

          (4) exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against the U.S. Borrower or any
security or any other Grantor or any other Person, elect any remedy and otherwise deal
freely with the U.S. Borrower, any other Grantor or any Super Priority Collateral and any
security and any guarantor or any liability of the U.S. Borrower or any other Grantor to
the Super Priority Claimholders or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect
thereof.

          (ii) Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph (a)(ii) (but
subject to the rights of the Borrowers and the other Grantors under the Indenture Documents and
subject to the provisions of Section 5.3(b)), the Indenture Claimholders, the Collateral Agent and
any of them may, at any time and from time to time in accordance with the Indenture Documents
and/or applicable law, without the consent of, or notice to, the Second Priority Agent or any
Second Lien Claimholders, without incurring any liabilities to the Second Priority Agent or any
Second Lien Claimholders and without impairing or releasing the Lien priorities and other benefits
provided in this Agreement (even if any right of subrogation or other right or remedy of the Second
Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby) do
any one or more of the following:

          (1) change the manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the time of payment of, or amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of any of
the Indenture Obligations or any Lien on any Indenture Collateral or guaranty thereof or any
liability of the Borrowers or any other Grantor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly
in respect thereof (including any increase in or extension of the Indenture Obligations, without
any restriction as to the tenor or terms of any such increase or extension) or otherwise amend,
renew, exchange, extend, modify or supplement in any manner any Liens held by the Collateral Agent
or any of the Indenture Claimholders, the Indenture Obligations or any of the

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Indenture Documents; provided, that any such increase in the Indenture Obligations
shall not increase the sum of the Indebtedness constituting principal of the Notes under
the Indenture to an amount in excess of the Maximum Indenture Indebtedness Amount;

          (2) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with in any
manner and in any order any part of the Indenture Collateral or any liability of the
Borrowers or any other Grantor to the Indenture Claimholders or the Collateral Agent, or
any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof;

          (3) settle or compromise any Indenture Obligation or any other liability of the Borrowers or any other Grantor or
any security therefor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof
and apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to any liability (including the
Indenture Obligations) in any manner or order; and

          (4) exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against the Borrowers or any security or any other Grantor
or any other Person, elect any remedy and otherwise deal freely with the Borrowers, any
other Grantor or any Indenture Collateral and any security and any guarantor or any
liability of the Borrowers or any other Grantor to the Indenture Claimholders or any
liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof.

          (c) (i) Except as otherwise provided herein, each of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of
itself and the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Second Lien Claimholders, also agrees that the Super Priority Claimholders and the Super Priority
Agent shall have no liability to the Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholders or the Second
Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders, and each of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of
itself and the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Second Lien Claimholders, hereby waives any claim against any Super Priority Claimholder or the
Super Priority Agent, arising out of any and all actions which the Super Priority Claimholders or
the Super Priority Agent may take or permit or omit to take with respect to:

          (1) the Super Priority Loan Documents (other than this Agreement);

          (2) the collection of the Super Priority Obligations; or

          (3) the foreclosure upon, or sale, liquidation or other disposition
of, any Super Priority Collateral. Each of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second
Lien Claimholders, agrees that, except as provided in Section 5.5, the Super Priority
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in respect of the maintenance or preservation of the Super Priority Collateral, the Super
Priority Obligations or otherwise.

          (ii) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and
the Second Lien Claimholders, also agrees that the Indenture Claimholders and the Collateral Agent
shall have no liability to the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders, and the
Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby waives any
claim against any Indenture Claimholder or the Collateral Agent, arising out of any and all actions
which the Indenture Claimholders or the Collateral Agent may take or permit or omit to take with
respect to:

          (1) the Indenture Documents (other than this Agreement);

          (2) the collection of the Indenture Obligations; or

          (3) the foreclosure upon, or sale, liquidation or other disposition
of, any Indenture Collateral. The Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second
Lien Claimholders, agrees that the Indenture Claimholders and the Collateral Agent have no
duty to them in respect of the maintenance or preservation of the Indenture Collateral, the
Indenture Obligations or otherwise.

          (d) (i) Until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations, each of the Collateral Agent, on
behalf of itself and the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the
benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be
available under applicable law with respect to the Collateral or any other similar rights a junior
secured creditor may have under applicable law.

          (ii) Until the Discharge of Indenture Obligations, the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of
itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim
the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be
available under applicable law with respect to the Collateral or any other similar rights a junior
secured creditor may have under applicable law.

          7.4. Obligations Unconditional.
All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the Super Priority Agent and the Super
Priority Claimholders, the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority
Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and
effect irrespective of:

          (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Super Priority Loan Documents, any Indenture Documents or any Second Lien Loan Documents;

          (b) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in
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the Super Priority Obligations, Indenture Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, or any amendment
or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of
conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any Super Priority Loan Document, any Indenture Document or
any Second Lien Loan Document;

          (c) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any exchange of any security
interest in any Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification,
whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Super Priority
Obligations, Indenture Obligations or Second Lien Obligations or any guaranty thereof;

          (d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Borrowers or any
other Grantor; or

          (e) any other circumstances which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, the Borrowers or any other Grantor in respect of the Super Priority Agent, the Super
Priority Obligations, any Super Priority Claimholder, the Collateral Agent, the Indenture
Obligations, any Indenture Claimholder, the Second Priority Agent, the Second Lien Obligations or
any Second Lien Claimholder in respect of this Agreement.

          SECTION 8. Miscellaneous.

          8.1. Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement
and the provisions of the Super Priority Loan Documents, the Indenture Documents or the Second Lien
Loan Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control.

          8.2. Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. (a) This
Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

          (b) This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and the Super Priority Claimholders
may continue, at any time and without notice to the Collateral Agent, any Indenture Claimholder
subject to the Indenture Documents, the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder
subject to the Second Lien Loan Documents, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and
lend monies to or for the benefit of the Borrowers or any Grantor constituting Super Priority
Obligations in reliance hereof. Each of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Indenture
Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders,
hereby waives any right it may have under applicable law to revoke this Agreement or any of the
provisions of this Agreement.

          (c) This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and, after the Discharge of Super
Priority Obligations, the Indenture Claimholders may continue, at any time and without notice to
the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder subject to the Second Lien Loan Documents,
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accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Borrowers or any Grantor constituting
Indenture Obligations in reliance hereof.

          (d) The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. All references to the Borrowers or any
other Grantor shall include the Borrowers or such Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and
any receiver or trustee for the Borrowers or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force
and effect:

          (i) with respect to the Super Priority Agent, the Super Priority Claimholders and the Super
Priority Obligations, on the date of Discharge of Super Priority Obligations, subject to the rights
of the Super Priority Claimholders under Section 6.5;

          (ii) with respect to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Indenture Claimholders and the
Indenture Obligations, on the date of Discharge of Indenture Obligations, subject to the rights of
the Indenture Claimholders under Section 6.5; and

          (iii) with respect to the Second Priority Agent, the Second Lien Claimholders and the Second
Lien Obligations, upon the later of (1) the date upon which the obligations under the Second Lien
Credit Agreement terminate if there are no other Second Lien Obligations outstanding on such date
and (2) if there are other Second Lien Obligations outstanding on such date, the date upon which
such Second Lien Obligations terminate.

          8.3. Amendments; Waivers.
No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by the Second
Priority Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Super Priority Agent shall be deemed to be made unless
the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of each party hereto or its authorized agent and each
waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in
no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties
to such party in any other respect or at any other time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Borrowers shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver
of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent its rights are directly affected (which
includes, but is not limited to any amendment to the Grantors’ ability to cause additional
obligations to constitute Super Priority Obligations, Indenture Obligations or Second Lien
Obligations as the Borrowers may designate or any amendment in respect of Section 5.1 that imposes
additional conditions or requirements to effect a release of Collateral or any amendment in respect
of Section 5.3 that imposes additional conditions or requirements to adopt modifications of the
Super Priority Loan Documents, Indenture Documents or Second Lien Loan Documents, as the case may
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          8.4. Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries. The Super Priority Agent and the Super Priority Claimholders, in the first
instance, the Collateral Agent and the Indenture Claimholders, in the second instance, and the
Second Priority Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders, in the third instance, shall each be
responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of the Borrowers and
their Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the Super Priority Obligations, the
Indenture Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon
the risk of nonpayment of the Super Priority Obligations, the Indenture Obligations or the Second
Lien Obligations. None of the Super Priority Agent or any Super Priority Claimholders, the
Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholder or the Second Priority Agent or any Second Lien
Claimholder shall have a duty to advise of information known to it or them regarding such condition
or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event the Super Priority Agent or any of the Super
Priority Claimholders, the Collateral Agent or any of the Indenture Claimholders or the Second
Priority Agent or any of the Second Lien Claimholder in its or their sole discretion, undertakes at
any time or from time to time to provide any such information to the Super Priority Agent or any
Super Priority Claimholder, the Collateral Agent or any Indenture Claimholder or the Second
Priority Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder, it or they shall be under no obligation:

          (a) to make, and it or they shall not make, any express or implied representation or warranty,
including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such
information so provided;

          (b) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent
occasion;

          (c) to undertake any investigation; or

          (d) to disclose any information, which pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance
practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain
confidential.

          8.5. Subrogation. (a) With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in
cash, property or other assets that any of the Indenture Claimholders or the Collateral Agent or
the Second Lien Claimholders or the Second Priority Agent pays over to the Super Priority Agent or
the Super Priority Claimholders under the terms of this Agreement, the Indenture Claimholders and
the Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders and the Second Priority Agent, as applicable,
shall be subrogated to the rights of the Super Priority Agent and the Super Priority Claimholders;
provided, that each of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Indenture Claimholders,
and the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby agrees
not to assert or enforce all such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment
hereunder until the Discharge of Super Priority Obligations has occurred. The Borrowers acknowledge
and agree that the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other assets
received by the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders or by the Second Priority Agent or
the Second Lien Claimholders that are paid over to the Super

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Priority Agent or the Super Priority Claimholders pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce any
of the Indenture Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations, as applicable.

          (b) With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other
assets that any of the Second Lien Claimholders or the Second Priority Agent pays over to the
Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders under the terms of this Agreement, the Second Lien
Claimholders and the Second Priority Agent shall be subrogated to the rights of the Collateral
Agent and the Indenture Claimholders; provided, that the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby agrees not to assert or enforce all such rights of
subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of Indenture
Obligations has occurred. The Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the value of any payments or
distributions in cash, property or other assets received by the Second Priority Agent or the Second
Lien Claimholders that are paid over to the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders pursuant
to this Agreement shall not reduce any of the Second Lien Obligations.

          8.6. Application of Payments.
 (a) All payments received by the Super Priority Agent or the Super Priority Claimholders may be
applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Super Priority
Obligations provided for in the Super Priority Loan Documents. Each of the Collateral Agent, on
behalf of itself and the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Second Lien Claimholders, assents to any extension or postponement of the time of payment
of the Super Priority Obligations or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect
thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security which may at any time secure any
part of the Super Priority Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily
or secondarily liable therefor.

          (b) All payments received by the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders may be
applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Indenture Obligations
provided for in the Indenture Documents. The Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Second Lien Claimholders, assents to any extension or postponement of the time of payment of the
Indenture Obligations or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any
substitution, exchange or release of any security which may at any time secure any part of the
Indenture Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily
liable therefor.

          8.7. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS. (a) ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY
PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS
AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY:

          (1) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS;

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          (2) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS;

          (3) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE
MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE PARTY AT
ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.8; AND

          (4) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (3) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER
PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT,
AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT.

          (b) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF
ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED
TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO
THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL
OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A
MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS
WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS
RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED
THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL
RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE; MEANING THAT IT MAY
NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY
REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 8.7(b) AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL
APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO. IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

          (c) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
SUPER PRIORITY LOAN DOCUMENT, INDENTURE DOCUMENT OR SECOND LIEN LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF
CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR ACTION OF ANY PARTY HERETO.

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          8.8. Notices. All notices to the Second Lien Claimholders, the Indenture Claimholders
and the Super Priority Claimholders permitted or required under this Agreement shall also be sent
to the Second Priority Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Super Priority Agent, respectively.
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be
personally served, telexed or sent by telefacsimile or United States mail or courier service and
shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for
against receipt thereof, upon receipt of telefacsimile or telex, or three Business Days after
depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed. For the
purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth on Annex I hereto, or,
as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to
all of the other parties.

          8.9. Further Assurances. The Super Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Super
Priority Claimholders under the Super Priority Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of
itself and the Indenture Claimholders under the Indenture Documents, and the Second Priority Agent,
on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders under the Second Lien Loan Documents, and the
Borrowers, agree that each of them shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver
such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the Super Priority
Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Second Priority Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the
terms of and the Lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement.

          8.10. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          8.11. Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Super Priority Agent, the Super Priority Claimholders, the Collateral Agent, the Indenture
Claimholders, the Second Priority Agent, the Second Lien Claimholders and their respective
successors and assigns.

          8.12. Specific Performance. Each of the Super Priority Agent, the Collateral Agent and
the Second Priority Agent may demand specific performance of this Agreement. The Super Priority
Agent, on behalf of itself and the Super Priority Claimholders, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of
itself and the Indenture Claimholders, and the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Second Lien Claimholders, hereby irrevocably waive any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at
law and any other defense which might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any
action which may be brought by the Super Priority Agent or the Super Priority Claimholders, the
Collateral Agent or the Indenture Claimholders, or the Second Priority Agent or the Second Lien
Claimholders, as the case may be.

          8.13. Headings. Section headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience
of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be
given any substantive effect.

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          8.14.
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different
parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a signature page of this Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection
herewith by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement or such other document or instrument, as applicable.

          8.15.
Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a
party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to
execute this Agreement.

          8.16.
No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall
inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and its respective successors and assigns and
shall inure to the benefit of each of the Super Priority Claimholders, the Indenture Claimholders
and the Second Lien Claimholders. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair, as between the U.S.
Borrower and the other Grantors and the Super Priority Agent and the Super Priority Claimholders,
as between the Borrowers and the other Grantors and the Collateral Agent and the Indenture
Claimholders, or as between the Borrowers and the other Grantors and the Second Priority Agent and
the Second Lien Claimholders, the obligations of the Borrowers and the other Grantors to pay
principal, interest, fees and other amounts as provided in the Super Priority Loan Documents, the
Indenture Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents, respectively.

          8.17.
Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Agreement are and
are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Super Priority Agent and
the Super Priority Claimholders in the first instance, the Collateral Agent and the Indenture
Claimholders in the second instance, and the Second Priority Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders
in the third instance. Except as provided in Section 8.3, none of the Borrowers, any other Grantor
or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights hereunder and neither the Borrowers nor any
Grantor may rely on the terms hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the
obligations of the Borrowers or any other Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the
Super Priority Obligations, the Indenture Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations as and when
the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.

          8.18.
Agreement of First Lien Administrative Agent under Existing
Intercreditor Agreement.
GSCP, being the First Lien Administrative Agent under the Existing Intercreditor Agreement, hereby
enters into this Agreement (constituting an amendment and restatement of the Existing Intercreditor
Agreement), and each other party to this Agreement hereby acknowledges and agrees that GSCP enters
into this Agreement solely for the purpose of satisfying the requirement under Section 8.3
(Amendments; Waivers) of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement that any amendment of the Existing
Intercreditor Agreement be in a writing signed on behalf of each party thereto, it being understood
and agreed by each party hereto that, effective immediately upon the amendment and restatement of
the Existing Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to this

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Agreement, GSCP shall no longer be a party to this Agreement, and shall no longer have any rights,
obligations or liabilities hereunder.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Super Priority Agent

JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, as Super

Priority Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Carl A. Toriello
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Carl A. Toriello 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Operating Officer 	 
	 

Signature Page to the Intercreditor Agreement

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Collateral Agent and Trustee

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 
TRUST COMPANY,
N.A.,
 as Collateral Agent and Trustee

 
	 	By:  	/s/ Raymond K. O’Neil
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Raymond K. O’Neil 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Associate 	 
	 

Signature Page to the Intercreditor Agreement

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Second Priority Agent

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, 
as Second Priority Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Paul O’Leary
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Paul O’Leary 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Evelyn Thierry
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Evelyn Thierry 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director 	 
	 

Signature Page to the Intercreditor Agreement

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	The Bermuda Borrower

STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES BERMUDA LTD.

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
 	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 	 

Signature
Page to the Intercreditor Agreement

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Acknowledged and Agreed to by:

The U.S. Borrower

STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
 	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 	 

Signature
Page to the Intercreditor Agreement

 

 

Acknowledged and Agreed SOLELY for the purpose of, and to the extent provided in, Section
8.18 of this Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement:

GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,

as First Lien Administrative Agent under
Existing Intercreditor Agreement

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Douglas Tansey
 	 	 
	 	Name:  	Douglas Tansey 	 	 
	 	Title:  	Authorized Signatory 	 	 

Signature
Page to the Intercreditor Agreement

 

 

Annex I

Notices

Super Priority Agent

Jefferies Finance LLC

520 Madison Avenue

18th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Attention: E. Joseph Hess

Telephone: (212) 284-8168

Telecopier No.: (212) 284-3444

with a copy to:

Jefferies Finance LLC

520 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention: General Counsel

Collateral Agent and Trustee

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

525 William Penn Place

Pittsburgh, PA 15259

Attention: James M. Young, Senior Associate

Telecopier No.: 412-234-7535

Email: james.m.young@bnymellon.com

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Second Priority Agent

Paul J. O’Leary

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Leveraged Loan Portfolio

60 Wall Street, MS NYC60-1104

New York, New York 10005

Telephone: 212 250-6133

Telecopier No.: 212 797-5690

with a copy to:

White & Case LLP

1155 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Joseph Brazil, Esq.

Telecopier No.: (212) 354-8113

The U.S. Borrower

Stratus Technologies, Inc.

111 Powdermill Road

Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-3409

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telecopier No.: (978) 461-3750

with a copy to:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

Attention: Janet Vance, Esq.

Telecopier No.: (212) 351-4035

The Bermuda Borrower

Stratus Technologies Bermuda, Ltd.

c/o Coson Corporate Services

Milner House

18 Parliament Street

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

Attention: Secretary

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Table of Contents

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page
	SECTION 1. Definitions	 	 	3	 
	1.1.

	 	Defined Terms
	 	 	3	 
	1.2.

	 	Terms Generally
	 	 	12	 
	1.3.

	 	Terms Used in Second Lien Security Documents
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2. Lien Priorities	 	 	13	 
	2.1.

	 	Relative Priorities
	 	 	13	 
	2.2.

	 	Prohibition on Contesting Liens
	 	 	14	 
	2.3.

	 	No New Liens
	 	 	15	 
	2.4.

	 	Similar Liens and Agreements
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3. Enforcement	 	 	16	 
	3.1.

	 	Exercise of Remedies
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4. Payments	 	 	24	 
	4.1.

	 	Application of Proceeds
	 	 	24	 
	4.2.

	 	Payments Over in Violation of Agreement
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5. Other Agreements	 	 	25	 
	5.1.

	 	Releases
	 	 	25	 
	5.2.

	 	Insurance
	 	 	28	 
	5.3.

	 	Amendments to Super Priority Loan Documents, Indenture
Documents and Second Lien Loan Documents
	 	 	29	 
	5.4.

	 	Legends
	 	 	33	 
	5.5.

	 	Bailee for Perfection
	 	 	34	 
	5.6.

	 	When Discharge of Super Priority Obligations Deemed to
Not Have
Occurred
	 	 	36	 
	5.7.

	 	When Discharge of Indenture
Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred
	 	 	37	 
	5.8.

	 	Purchase Right
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6. Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings	 	 	39	 
	6.1.

	 	Finance and Sale Issues
	 	 	39	 
	6.2.

	 	Relief from the Automatic Stay
	 	 	40	 
	6.3.

	 	Adequate Protection
	 	 	41	 
	6.4.

	 	No Waiver
	 	 	43	 
	6.5.

	 	Avoidance Issues
	 	 	43	 
	6.6.

	 	Reorganization Securities
	 	 	43	 
	6.7.

	 	Post-Petition Interest
	 	 	44	 
	6.8.

	 	Waiver
	 	 	44	 
	6.9.

	 	Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification
	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7. Reliance; Waivers; Etc	 	 	46	 
	7.1.

	 	Reliance
	 	 	46	 
	7.2.

	 	No Warranties or Liability
	 	 	46	 
	7.3.

	 	No Waiver of Lien Priorities
	 	 	48	 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page
	7.4.

	 	Obligations Unconditional
	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8. Miscellaneous	 	 	52	 
	8.1.

	 	Conflicts
	 	 	52	 
	8.2.

	 	Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability
	 	 	52	 
	8.3.

	 	Amendments; Waivers
	 	 	53	 
	8.4.

	 	Information Concerning Financial Condition of the
Borrowers and their Subsidiaries
	 	 	54	 
	8.5.

	 	Subrogation
	 	 	54	 
	8.6.

	 	Application of Payments
	 	 	55	 
	8.7.

	 	SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS
	 	 	55	 
	8.8.

	 	Notices
	 	 	57	 
	8.9.

	 	Further Assurances
	 	 	57	 
	8.10.

	 	APPLICABLE LAW
	 	 	57	 
	8.11.

	 	Binding on Successors and Assigns
	 	 	57	 
	8.12.

	 	Specific Performance
	 	 	57	 
	8.13.

	 	Headings
	 	 	57	 
	8.14.

	 	Counterparts
	 	 	58	 
	8.15.

	 	Authorization
	 	 	58	 
	8.16.

	 	No Third Party Beneficiaries
	 	 	58	 
	8.17.

	 	Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights
	 	 	58	 
	8.18.

	 	Agreement of First Lien Administrative Agent under
Existing Intercreditor Agreement
	 	 	58	 

iiexv4wf

Exhibit 4(f)

$215,000,000

215,000 Units

consisting of

$480 principal amount of 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 of

STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES BERMUDA LTD.

and

$520 principal amount of 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 of

STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

April 8, 2010

JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

520 Madison Avenue 
New York,
New York 10022

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Stratus Technologies Bermuda Ltd., a company formed under the laws of Bermuda (the
“Bermuda Issuer”) and Stratus Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “U.S.
Issuer” and, together with the Bermuda Issuer, the “Issuers”) are issuing and selling
to Jefferies & Company, Inc. (the “Initial Purchaser”), upon the terms set forth in the
Purchase Agreement dated March 31, 2010 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among
the Issuers, the Initial Purchaser and the guarantors named therein (each such entity, a
“Guarantor”), 215,000 Units (each a “Unit” and, collectively, the “Units”),
each Unit consisting of $480 principal amount of 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 issued by the
Bermuda Issuer (the “Bermuda Issuer Notes”) and $520 principal amount of 12% Senior Secured
Notes due 2015 issued by the U.S. Issuer (the “U.S. Issuer Notes” and together with the Bermuda
Issuer Notes, the “Notes”). For purposes of this Agreement, Units shall exclude the 20.61
ordinary shares of Stratus Technologies Bermuda Holdings Ltd. (“Holdings”) and 4.69
preference shares of Holdings (collectively, the “Equity Shares”) that were offered in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes. As an inducement to the Initial Purchaser to
enter into the Purchase Agreement, each of the Issuers and the subsidiary guarantors listed in the
signature pages hereto agree with the Initial Purchaser, for the benefit of the Holders (as defined
below) of the Units (including, without limitation, the Initial Purchaser), as follows:

	1.	 	Definitions

     Capitalized terms that are used herein without definition and are defined in the Purchase
Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement. As used in
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

     Additional Interest: See Section 4(a).

     Advice: See Section 5(w).

     Agreement: This Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the
Issuers and the Initial Purchaser.

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     Applicable Period: See Section 2(e).

     Business Day: A day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in
the City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to be closed.

     Closing Date: April 8, 2010.

     Collateral Documents: Shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

     Day: Unless otherwise expressly provided, a calendar day.

     Effectiveness Date: The 420th day after the Closing Date.

     Effectiveness Period: See Section 3(a).

     Event Date: See Section 4(b).

     Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

     Exchange Bermuda Issuer Notes: The 12% senior secured notes due 2015 of the Bermuda Issuer,
identical in all material respects to the Bermuda Issuer Notes, including the guarantees endorsed
thereon, except for references to series and restrictive legends.

     Exchange Notes: The Exchange Bermuda Issuer Notes and Exchange U.S. Issuer Notes.

     Exchange Offer: See Section 2(a).

     Exchange Registration Statement: See Section 2(a).

     Exchange Units: The units, each consisting of $480 principal amount of Exchange Bermuda Issuer
Notes and $520 principal amount of Exchange U.S. Issuer Notes, identical in all material respects
to the Units, except for references to series and restrictive legends.

     Exchange U.S. Issuer Notes: The 12% senior secured notes due 2015 of the U.S. Issuer,
identical in all material respects to the U.S. Issuer Notes, including the guarantees endorsed
thereon, except for references to series and restrictive legends.

     Filing Date: The 300th day after the Closing Date.

     FINRA: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

     Guarantor: See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     Holder: Any beneficial holder of Registrable Units.

     Indemnified Party: See Section 7(c).

     Indemnifying Party: See Section 7(c).

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     Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are being
issued, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

     Initial Purchaser: See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     Initial Shelf Registration: See Section 3(a).

     Inspectors: See Section 5(o).

     Issuers: See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     Lien: Shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

     Losses: See Section 7(a).

     Notes: See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     Participating Broker-Dealer: See Section 2(e).

     Person: An individual, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, union, business association, firm, government or
agency or political subdivision thereof, or other legal entity.

     Private Exchange: See Section 2(f).

     Private Exchange Notes: See Section 2(f).

     Private Exchange Units: See Section 2(f).

     Prospectus: The prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as
part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the
Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms
of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Units covered by such Registration Statement, and
all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and
all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
Prospectus.

     Purchase Agreement: See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

     Records: See Section 5(o).

     Registrable Units: (1) Each Unit until the earliest to occur of:

     (a) the date on which such Unit is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Unit which
is entitled to be resold to the public by the holder thereof without complying with the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act;

     (b) the date on which such Unit has been disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration
Statement; and

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     (c) the date on which such Unit is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act; and

     (2) Each Exchange Unit held by a Participating Broker-Dealer until the date on which such
Exchange Unit is disposed of by a Participating Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of
Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Registration Statement (including the delivery of the
prospectus contained therein).

     Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Issuers and the Guarantors filed
with the SEC under the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the Exchange Registration
Statement, the Shelf Registration and any subsequent Shelf Registration) that covers any of the
Registrable Units pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus,
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all
exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
such registration statement.

     Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time
to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144A) or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC
providing for offers and sales of securities made in compliance therewith resulting in offers and
sales by subsequent holders that are not affiliates of an issuer or such securities being free of
the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

     Rule 144A: Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from
time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144) or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

     Rule 415: Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time
to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

     Rule 430A: Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from
time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

     SEC: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

     Securities: The Notes, the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes, the Units, the Exchange
Units and the Private Exchange Units.

     Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
SEC promulgated thereunder.

     Separation Event: Shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

     Shelf Notice: See Section 2(j).

     Shelf Registration: See Section 3(b).

     Subsequent Shelf Registration: See Section 3(b).

     TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

     Trustee: The trustee under the Indenture.

     Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which securities of the
Issuers are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

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	2.	 	Exchange Offer

	 	(a)	 	Unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by applicable laws or a policy of the
SEC, the Issuers shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) (i) prepare and file with the
SEC not later than the Filing Date, a registration statement (the “Exchange
Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act with respect
to an offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to the Holders of Registrable Units to issue and
deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Units, a like principal amount of Exchange
Units, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Registration
Statement to become effective no later than the Effectiveness Date, (iii) use it
commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Registration Statement effective until
the consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with its terms, and (iv) commence the
Exchange Offer and use commercially reasonable efforts to issue on or prior to 30 Business
Days after the date on which the Exchange Registration Statement is declared effective,
Exchange Units in exchange for all Units validly tendered prior thereto in the Exchange
Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the
Exchange Offer does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the
staff of the SEC and that there has been no action or proceeding instituted or threatened
by any governmental agency with respect to the Exchange Offer.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Exchange Notes shall be issued under, and entitled to the benefits of, (i) the
Indenture and (ii) the Collateral Documents.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Interest on the Exchange Notes and Private Exchange Notes will accrue from the last
interest payment due date on which interest was paid on the Notes surrendered in exchange
therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Notes, from the date of original issue of
the Notes. Each Exchange Note and Private Exchange Note shall bear interest at the rate set
forth thereon; provided, that interest with respect to the period prior to the issuance
thereof shall accrue at the rate or rates borne by the Notes from time to time during such
period.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Issuers may require each Holder as a condition to participation in the Exchange
Offer to represent (i) that any Exchange Units received by it will be acquired in the
ordinary course of business, (ii) that at the time of the commencement and consummation of
the Exchange Offer such Holder has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with
any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of
the Exchange Units in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) that if such
Holder is an “affiliate” of any of the Issuers within the meaning of Rule 405 of the
Securities Act, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act to the extent applicable to it, (iv) if such Holder is not a
broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the
distribution of the Units and (v) if such Holder is a Participating Broker-Dealer, that it
will deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of the Exchange Units.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Issuers shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) include within the Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution”
which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the
staff of the SEC with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer
that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange
Units received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer for its own account in exchange
for Units that were acquired by it as a result of market-making or other trading activity
(a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), whether such positions or policies have been
publicly disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies, in the
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	 	 	 	Issuers with advice of counsel, represent the prevailing views of the staff of the SEC. Such
“Plan of Distribution” section shall also allow, to the extent permitted by applicable policies and
regulations of the SEC, the use of the Prospectus by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act, including, to the extent so permitted, all Participating
Broker-Dealers, and include a statement describing the manner in which Participating Broker-Dealers
may resell the Exchange Units. The Issuers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the
Exchange Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus contained
therein, in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all Persons subject to the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time, subject to the
limitations herein, as such Persons must comply with such requirements in order to resell the
Exchange Units (the “Applicable Period”).
	 
	 	(f)	 	If, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchaser holds any Units
acquired by it and having the status of an unsold allotment in the initial distribution, the
Issuers (upon the written request from the Initial Purchaser) shall, simultaneously with the
delivery of the Exchange Units in the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to the Initial Purchaser,
in exchange (the “Private Exchange”) for the Units held by the Initial Purchaser, a like
principal amount of units that are identical to the Exchange Units except for the existence of
restrictions on transfer thereof under the Securities Act and securities laws of the several states
of the United States (the “Private Exchange Units”) (and which underlying Notes (the
“Private Exchange Notes”) are issued pursuant to the Indenture). The Issuers shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Private Exchange Units to bear the same CUSIP number
as the Exchange Units, solely with such differences as may be necessary to reflect restrictions on
transfer applicable to the Private Exchange Units.
	 
	 	(g)	 	In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall (and shall cause each Guarantor
to):

	 	(i)	 	mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Registration
Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal that is an exhibit to the Exchange
Registration Statement, and any related documents;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days after the date notice
thereof is mailed to the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law)
	 
	 	(iii)	 	utilize the services of a depository for the Exchange Offer with an address in the
United States, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate thereof;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	permit Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable Units at any time prior to the close of
business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Exchange Offer shall remain open;
and
	 
	 	(v)	 	otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable laws.

	 	(h)	 	As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as
the case may be, the Issuers shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to):

	 	(i)	 	accept for exchange all Registrable Units validly tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer
or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, and not validly withdrawn;

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	 	(ii)	 	deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Units so accepted for
exchange; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder
tendering such Registrable Units and underlying Notes, Exchange Units and
underlying Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Units and underlying Private Exchange
Notes, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Notes of such Holder so
accepted for exchange.

	 	(i)	 	The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes shall be issued under the Indenture,
which will provide that the Exchange Notes will not be subject to the transfer restrictions
set forth in the Indenture, that the Private Exchange Notes will be subject to the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Indenture, and that the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange
Notes and the Notes, if any, will be deemed one class of security (subject to the
provisions of the Indenture) and entitled to participate in all the security granted by the
Issuers pursuant to the Collateral Documents and in any Guarantee (as such terms are
defined in the Indenture) on an equal and ratable basis.
	 
	 	(j)	 	If: (i) prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Registrable Units determines in its or their reasonable
judgment and notify the Issuers in writing that the Exchange Units would not, upon receipt,
be tradable by the Holders thereof without restriction under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and without material restrictions under applicable Blue Sky or state
securities laws; (ii) applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC would not permit
the consummation of the Exchange Offer on or prior to the Effectiveness Date; (iii)
subsequent to the consummation of the Private Exchange, any Holder of Private Exchange
Units so requests; (iv) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 30 Business Days from
the date on which the Exchange Registration Statement is declared effective; or (v) in the
case of (A) any Holder not permitted by applicable law or SEC policy to participate in the
Exchange Offer, (B) any Holder participating in the Exchange Offer that receives Exchange
Units that may not be sold without restriction under state and federal securities laws
(other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of either of the
Issuers within the meaning of the Securities Act) or (C) any broker-dealer that holds Units
acquired directly from the Issuers or any of their respective affiliates and, in each such
case contemplated by this clause (v), such Holder notifies the Issuers within three months
of consummation of the Exchange Offer, then the Issuers shall promptly (and in any event
within five Business Days) deliver to the Holders (or in the case of an occurrence of any
event described in clause (v) of this Section 2(i), to any such Holder) and the Trustee
notice thereof (the “Shelf Notice”) and shall file an Initial Shelf Registration
pursuant to Section 3.

	3.	 	Shelf Registration

     If a Shelf Notice is delivered pursuant to Section 2(j), then this Section 3 shall apply to
all Registrable Units. Otherwise, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with
Section 2, the provisions of Section 3 shall apply solely with respect to (i) Units held by any
Holder thereof not permitted to participate in the Exchange Offer, (ii) Units held by any
broker-dealer that acquired such Units directly from the Issuers or any of their respective
affiliates and (iii) Exchange Units that are not freely tradable as contemplated by Section
2(j)(v), provided in each case that the relevant Holder has duly notified the Issuers within three
months of the Exchange Offer as required by Section 2(j)(v).

	 	(a)	 	Initial Shelf Registration. The Issuers shall (and shall cause each Guarantor
to) file with the SEC a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to

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	 	 	 	Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Units (the “Initial Shelf Registration”).
If the Issuers (and any Guarantor) have not yet filed an Exchange Registration Statement,
the Issuers shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) file with the SEC the Initial Shelf
Registration on or prior to the Filing Date and shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to cause such Initial Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act
on or prior to the Effectiveness Date. Otherwise, the Issuers shall (and shall cause each
Guarantor to) use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC the Initial Shelf
Registration within 30 days of the delivery of the Shelf Notice and shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as promptly as practicable thereafter (but in no event more than 120 days
after delivery of the Shelf Notice). The Initial Shelf Registration shall be on an
appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Units for resale by Holders in
the manner or manners reasonably designated by them (including, without limitation, one or
more underwritten offerings). The Issuers and Guarantors shall not permit any securities
other than the Registrable Units to be included in any Shelf Registration without the
consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Units
to be covered by such Shelf Registration Statement. The Issuers shall (and shall cause each
Guarantor to) use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Initial Shelf Registration
continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date which is one year from the
date it is declared effective (subject to extension pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 5(w) (the “Effectiveness Period”), or such shorter period ending when (i)
all Registrable Units covered by the Initial Shelf Registration have been sold in the
manner set forth and as contemplated in the Initial Shelf Registration, (ii) a Subsequent
Shelf Registration covering all of the Registrable Units covered by and not sold under the
Initial Shelf Registration or an earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration has been declared
effective under the Securities Act or (iii) there cease to be any outstanding Registrable
Units.

	 	(b)	 	Subsequent Shelf Registrations. If the Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent
Shelf Registration (as defined below) ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during
the Effectiveness Period (other than because of the sale of all of the securities
registered thereunder), the Issuers shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the
effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 30 days of such cessation of
effectiveness amend such Shelf Registration in a manner to obtain the withdrawal of the
order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or file (and cause each Guarantor to file) an
additional “shelf” Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the
Registrable Units (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”). If a Subsequent Shelf
Registration is filed, the Issuers shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration to be declared
effective as soon as practicable after such filing and to keep such Subsequent Shelf
Registration continuously effective for a period equal to the number of days in the
Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days during which the Initial Shelf
Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration was previously continuously effective. As
used herein the term “Shelf Registration” means the Initial Shelf Registration and any
Subsequent Shelf Registrations.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Supplements and Amendments. The Issuers shall promptly supplement and amend any
Shelf Registration if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the
registration form used for such Shelf Registration, if required by the Securities Act, or
if reasonably requested in writing by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Units covered by such Shelf Registration or by any underwriter of
such Registrable Units.

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	 	(d)	 	Provision of Information. No Holder of Registrable Units shall be entitled to
include any of its Registrable Units in any Shelf Registration pursuant to this Agreement
unless such Holder furnishes to the Issuers and the Trustee in writing, within 20 days
after receipt of a written request therefor, such information as the Issuers and the
Trustee after conferring with counsel with regard to information relating to Holders that
would be required by the SEC to be included in such Shelf Registration or Prospectus
included therein, may reasonably request for inclusion in any Shelf Registration or
Prospectus included therein, and no such Holder shall be entitled to Additional Interest
pursuant to Section 4 hereof unless and until such Holder shall have provided such
information.

	4.	 	Additional Interest

	 	(a)	 	The Issuers and the Guarantors agree to pay additional cash interest on the Notes
(“Additional Interest”) under the circumstances and to the extent set forth below
(each of which shall be given independent effect):

	 	(i)	 	if neither the Exchange Registration Statement nor the Initial Shelf Registration has
been filed on or prior to the Filing Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes
over and above any stated interest at a rate of 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of
such Notes for the first 90 days immediately following the Filing Date, such Additional
Interest rate increasing by an additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each
subsequent 90-day period;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if neither the Exchange Registration Statement nor the Initial Shelf Registration is
declared effective on or prior to the Effectiveness Date, Additional Interest shall accrue
on the Notes over and above any stated interest at a rate of 0.25% per annum of the
principal amount of such Notes for the first 90 days immediately following the
Effectiveness Date, such Additional Interest rate increasing by an additional 0.25% per
annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	if (A) the Issuers (and any Guarantor) have not exchanged Exchange Units for all
Units validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer on or prior to
the date that is 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Date, (B) the Exchange
Registration Statement ceases to be effective at any time prior to the time that the
Exchange Offer is consummated, (C) if applicable, a Shelf Registration has been declared
effective and such Shelf Registration ceases to be effective at any time prior to the end
of the Effectiveness Period (other than such time as all Units have been disposed of
thereunder) and is not declared effective again within 30 days, or (D) pending the
announcement of a material corporate transaction, the Issuers issue a written notice
pursuant to Section 5(e)(v) or (vi) that a Shelf Registration Statement or Exchange
Registration Statement is unusable and the aggregate number of days in any 365-day period
for which all such notices issued or required to be issued, have been, or were required to
be, in effect exceeds 120 days in the aggregate or 60 days consecutively, in the case of a
Shelf Registration statement, or 15 days in the aggregate in the case of an Exchange
Registration Statement, then Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes, over and above
any stated interest, at a rate of 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of such Notes
commencing on (w) the 31st Business Day after the Effectiveness Date, in the case of (A)
above, or (x) the date the Exchange Registration Statement ceases to be effective without
being declared effective again within 30 days, in the case of clause (B) above, or (y) the
day such Shelf Registration ceases to be effective in the case of (C) above, or (z) the day
the Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration ceases to be

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	 	 	 	usable in case of clause (D) above in excess of the number of days referenced thereunder, such
Additional Interest rate increasing by an additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each such
subsequent 90-day period;

	 	 	 	provided, however, that the maximum Additional Interest rate on the Notes may not exceed at
any one time in the aggregate 1.00% per annum; provided further, that Additional Interest shall not
accrue at any particular time with respect to more than one of clauses (A), (B), (C) or (D) above;
and provided further, that (1) upon the filing of the Exchange Registration Statement or Initial
Shelf Registration (in the case of (i) above), (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange
Registration Statement or Initial Shelf Registration (in the case of (ii) above), or (3) upon the
exchange of Exchange Units for all Units tendered (in the case of (iii)(A) above), or upon the
effectiveness of the Exchange Registration Statement that had ceased to remain effective (in the
case of clause (iii)(B) above), or upon the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration which had ceased
to remain effective (in the case of (iii)(C) above), Additional Interest on the Notes as a result
of such clause (or the relevant subclause thereof) or upon the effectiveness of such Registration
Statement or Exchange Registration Statement (in the case of clause (iii)(D) above), as the case
may be, shall cease to accrue.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Issuers shall notify the Trustee within three Business Days after each and every
date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be
paid (an “Event Date”). Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to clause
(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of this Section 4 will be payable in cash, on the dates and in
the manner provided in the Indenture and whether or not any cash interest would then be
payable on such date, commencing with the first such semi-annual date occurring after any
such Additional Interest commences to accrue. The amount of Additional Interest will be
determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount
of the Notes, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such
Additional Interest rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the
actual number of days elapsed), and the denominator of which is 360.

	5.	 	Registration Procedures

     In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 2 or 3
hereof, the Issuers shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) effect such registrations to permit
the sale of such securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended method or methods of
disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in connection with any Registration Statement filed
by the Issuers hereunder, the Issuers shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to):

	 	(a)	 	Prepare and file with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Date, the Exchange Registration
Statement or if the Exchange Registration Statement is not filed because of the circumstances
contemplated by Section 2(j), a Shelf Registration as prescribed by Section 3, and use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain
effective as provided herein; provided that, if (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3 or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to
Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer
who seeks to sell Exchange Units during the Applicable Period relating thereto, before filing any
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto the Issuers shall
(and shall cause each Guarantor to), if requested, furnish to and afford the Holders of the
Registrable Units to be registered pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, each
Participating Broker-Dealer, the managing underwriters, if any, and each of their respective
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	 	 	 	to review copies of all such documents (including, if requested, copies of any documents
to be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed
(in each case at least five Business Days prior to such filing). Each of the Issuers and
Guarantors shall not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments
or supplements thereto in respect of which the Holders must provide information for the
inclusion therein without the Holders being afforded an opportunity to review such
documentation if the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Units covered by such Registration Statement, or any such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the managing underwriters, if any, or any of their
respective counsel shall reasonably object in writing on a timely basis.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Notes, the Exchange Notes or the Private
Exchange Notes, as the case may be (which indenture trustee may be in each case the same
indenture trustee as the indenture trustee for the Notes), and cause the Indenture to be
qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement;
and in connection therewith, to effect such changes to such Indenture as may be required for such
Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such trustee to execute, all documents as may be
required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the
SEC to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Prepare and file with the SEC such pre-effective amendments and post-effective amendments to
each Shelf Registration or Exchange Registration Statement, as the case may be, as may be necessary
to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the Effectiveness Period or the
Applicable Period, as the case may be; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any
Prospectus supplement required by applicable law, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; and comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to them with respect to
the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any securities being
sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus. None of the Issuers and the
Guarantors shall, during the Applicable Period, voluntarily take any action that would result in
selling Holders of the Registrable Units covered by a Registration Statement or Participating
Broker-Dealers seeking to sell Exchange Units not being able to sell such Registrable Units or such
Exchange Units during that period, unless such action is required by applicable law, rule or
regulation or permitted by this Agreement.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Furnish to such selling Holders and Participating Broker-Dealers who so request in writing (i)
upon the Issuers’ receipt, a copy of the order of the SEC declaring such Registration Statement and
any post effective amendment thereto effective, (ii) such reasonable number of copies of such
Registration Statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including, if
requested, any documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits), (iii) such reasonable
number of copies of the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each
preliminary Prospectus) and each amendment and supplement thereto, and such reasonable number of
copies of the final Prospectus as filed by the Issuers and each Guarantor pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and each
amendment and supplement thereto, and (iv) such other documents (including any amendments required
to be filed pursuant to clause (c) of this Section), as any such Person may reasonably request in
writing. The Issuers and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus by each of the
selling Holders of Registrable Units or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the

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	 	 	 	case may be, and the underwriters or agents, if any, and dealers, if any, in connection
with the offering and sale of the Registrable Units covered by, or the sale by
Participating Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Units pursuant to, such Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto.
	 
	 	(e)	 	If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus contained in an
Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Units during the
Applicable Period relating thereto, the Issuers shall notify in writing the selling Holders of
Registrable Units , or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the managing
underwriters, if any, and each of their respective counsel promptly (but in any event within two
Business Days) (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has
been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the
same has become effective (including in such notice a written statement that any Holder may, upon
request, obtain, without charge, one conformed copy of such Registration Statement or
post-effective amendment including, if requested, financial statements and schedules, documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii) of the issuance by the
SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that
purpose, (iii) if at any time when a Prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered
in connection with sales of the Registrable Units any material representation or warranty of any of
the Issuers and Guarantors contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement)
entered into pursuant to Section 5(n) hereof ceases to be true and correct, (iv) of the receipt by
the Issuers or any Guarantor of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification or exemption from qualification of a Registration Statement or any of the Registrable
Units or the Exchange Units to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the
happening of any event, the existence of any condition of any information becoming known that makes
any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or
that requires the making of any changes in, or amendments or supplements to, such Registration
Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (vi) of any reasonable
determination by the Issuers or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration
Statement would be appropriate and (vii) of any request by the SEC for amendments to the
Registration Statement or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating
thereto.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of a
Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the
Registrable Units or the Exchange Units to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer, for sale in
any jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued, to use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible date.
	 
	 	(g)	 	If (A) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, (B) a Prospectus contained in
an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
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	 	 	 	Units during the Applicable Period or (C) reasonably requested in writing by the managing
underwriters, if any, or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Units being sold in connection with an underwritten offering, (i) promptly
incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information or
revisions to information therein relating to such underwriters or selling Holders as the
managing underwriters, if any, or such Holders or any of their respective counsel
reasonably request in writing to be included or made therein and (ii) make all required
filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as
practicable after the Issuers have received notification of the matters to be incorporated
in such Prospectus supplements or post-effective amendment.
	 
	 	(h)	 	Prior to any public offering of Registrable Units or any delivery of a Prospectus contained in
the Exchange Registration Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange
Units during the Applicable Period, use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify, and
to cooperate in all reasonable respects with the selling Holders of Registrable Units or each such
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the underwriters, if any, and their respective
counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration
or qualification) of such Registrable Units or Exchange Units , as the case may be, for offer and
sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any
selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or any managing underwriter or underwriters, if any,
reasonably request in writing; provided that where Exchange Units held by Participating
Broker-Dealers or Registrable Units are offered other than through an underwritten offering, the
Issuers and each Guarantor agree to cause its or their counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations
and file any registrations and qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this Section 5(h),
keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period
such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and do any and all other acts or
things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the
Exchange Units held by Participating Broker-Dealers or the Registrable Units covered by the
applicable Registration Statement; provided that none of the Issuers or Guarantors shall be
required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so
qualified, (B) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (C) subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
	 
	 	(i)	 	If (A) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 or (B) a Prospectus contained in an
Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is requested to be delivered under the
Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Units during the
Applicable Period, cooperate in all reasonable respects with the selling Holders of Registrable
Units and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Units to be sold, which certificates shall
not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository
Trust Company, and enable such Registrable Units to be in such denominations and registered in such
names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or Holders may reasonably request.
	 
	 	(j)	 	Use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Units covered by any Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such governmental agencies or
authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter,
if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Units, except as may be required
solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling Holder’s business, in which case the
Issuers shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) cooperate in all reasonable respects with
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	 	 	 	filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals; provided that
none of the Issuers or Guarantors shall be required to (A) qualify generally to do
business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, (B) take any action that
would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject or (C) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject.
	 
	 	(k)	 	If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus contained in
an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered under
the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Units during the
Applicable Period, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraph 6(e)(v) or 6(e)(vi)
hereof, as promptly as practicable, prepare and file with the SEC, at the expense of the Issuers
and the Guarantors, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a
supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of the Registrable Units being sold thereunder or to the purchasers of the Exchange
Units to whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer, such Prospectus
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, and, if SEC review is required, use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to be declared effective as soon as
possible.
	 
	 	(l)	 	In connection with an Underwritten Offering, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Registrable Units covered by a Registration Statement to be rated with such appropriate rating
agencies, if so requested in writing by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Units covered by such Registration Statement or the managing underwriter or
underwriters, if any.
	 
	 	(m)	 	Prior to the initial issuance of the Exchange Units, (i) provide the Trustee with one or more
certificates for the Registrable Units in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust
Company and (ii) provide a CUSIP number for the Exchange Units.
	 
	 	(n)	 	If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, enter into such agreements (including
an underwriting agreement in form, scope and substance as is customary in underwritten offerings of
debt securities similar to the Units, as may be reasonably appropriate in the circumstances) and
take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those reasonably requested in
writing by the managing underwriters, if any, or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Units being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or
the disposition of such Registrable Units, and in connection with any underwriting agreement
entered into in connection with an Underwritten Registration, (i) make such representations and
warranties to the underwriters with respect to the business of the Issuers and their respective
subsidiaries as then conducted, and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any,
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in form, substance
and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in Underwritten Offerings of debt
securities similar to the Units, as may be reasonably appropriate in the circumstances, and confirm
the same if and when reasonably required; (ii) obtain an opinion of counsel to the Issuers and the
Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters), addressed to each of the underwriters, if
any, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions of counsel to the Issuers and the
Guarantors requested in underwritten offerings of debt

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	 	 	 	securities similar to the Units, as may be reasonably appropriate in the circumstances;
(iii) obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof (which letters and updates (in
form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters)
from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuers and the Guarantors (and,
if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of any
of the Issuers or of any business acquired by any of the Issuers for which financial
statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration
Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection
with underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Units, as may be reasonably
in the circumstances, and such other customary matters as reasonably requested in writing
by the underwriters; and (iv) deliver such customary documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested in writing by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Registrable Units being sold and the managing underwriters, to evidence the
continued validity of the representations and warranties of any of the Issuers and their
respective subsidiaries made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with
any conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other similar agreement entered
into by the Issuers or any Guarantor.
	 
	 	(o)	 	If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus contained in
an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered under
the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Units during the
Applicable Period, make available for inspection by each such Participating Broker-Dealer, any
underwriter participating in any such disposition of Registrable Units, if any, and any attorney,
accountant or other agent retained by any such Participating Broker-Dealer or underwriter
(collectively, the “Inspectors”), at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable
business hours, all financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of each of the
Issuers and their respective subsidiaries (collectively, the “Records”) as shall be
reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and
cause the officers, directors and employees of each of the Issuers and their respective
subsidiaries to supply all information reasonably requested in writing by any such Inspector in
connection with such Registration Statement. Each Inspector shall agree in writing that it will
keep the Records confidential and not disclose any of the Records unless (i) the disclosure of
such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in such Registration
Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from
a court of competent jurisdiction, (iii) the information in such Records is public or has been
made generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure or failure to
safeguard by such Inspector or (iv) disclosure of such information is, in the reasonable written
opinion of counsel for any Inspector, necessary or advisable in connection with any action, claim,
suit or proceeding, directly or indirectly, involving or potentially involving such Inspector and
arising out of, based upon, related to, or involving this Agreement, or any transaction
contemplated hereby or arising hereunder. Each Inspector will be required to agree that
information obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall
not be used by it unless and until such is made generally available to the public. Each Inspector
will be required to further agree that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is
sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Issuers and, to the extent
practicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to allow the Issuers, at their expense, to
undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential. Each
selling Holder of such Registrable Units and each such Participating Broker Dealer shall be bound
by and obligated to comply with any confidentiality agreement entered into by any Inspector
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	 	(p)	 	Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make generally available to
Participating Broker-Dealers and underwriters, if any, with regard to any applicable Registration
Statement earning statements satisfying the provisions of section 11(a) of the Securities Act and
Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than 45
days after the end of any 12-month period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such
period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable
Units are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts underwritten offering and (ii)
if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the first fiscal
quarter of the Issuers after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which statements
shall cover said 12-month periods.
	 
	 	(q)	 	Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer or Private Exchange, obtain an opinion of counsel to the
Issuers and the Guarantors, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that (i) the Issuers and the
Guarantors have duly authorized, executed and delivered the Exchange Units or the Private Exchange
Units, as the case may be, (ii) the Exchange Units or the Private Exchange Units, as the case may
be, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors, enforceable
against the Issuers and the Guarantors in accordance with their respective terms, except as such
enforcement may be subject to customary United States and foreign exceptions and (iii) all
obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under the Exchange Units or the Private Exchange
Units, as the case may be, and the Indenture are secured by Liens (as defined in the Indenture) on
the assets securing the obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under the Notes, Indenture
and Collateral Documents to the extent and as discussed in the Registration Statement. Such opinion
shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph (q) if such opinion addresses such
matters in a manner substantially consistent with the opinions relating to such matters rendered to
the Trustee in connection with the initial issuance of the Notes.
	 
	 	(r)	 	Cooperate in all reasonable respects with each seller of Registrable Units covered by any
Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such
Registrable Units and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made
with FINRA.
	 
	 	(s)	 	Use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Units covered by a Registration Statement to
be listed on each securities exchange, if any, on which the Units or Notes issued by the Issuers
are then listed.
	 
	 	(t)	 	Use commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps reasonably necessary to effect the
registration of the Registrable Units covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
	 
	 	(u)	 	The Issuers may require each seller of Registrable Units or Participating Broker-Dealer as to
which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Issuers such information regarding such
seller or Participating Broker-Dealer and the distribution of such Registrable Units as the Issuers
may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing. The Issuers may exclude from such
registration the Registrable Units of any seller who fails to furnish such information within a
reasonable time (which time in no event shall exceed 20 days, subject to Section 3(d)) after
receiving such request. Each seller of Registrable Units or Participating Broker-Dealer as to which
any registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Issuers all information
required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished by such seller not
materially misleading.

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	 	(v)	 	Each Holder of Registrable Units and each Participating Broker-Dealer agrees by
acquisition of such Registrable Units or Exchange Units to be sold by such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, that, upon receipt of any notice from the Issuers of the
happening of any event of the kind described in Section 5(e)(ii), 5(e)(iv), 5(e)(v), or
5(e)(vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Units
covered by a Registration Statement and such Participating Broker-Dealer will forthwith
discontinue disposition of such Exchange Units pursuant to any Prospectus and, in each
case, forthwith discontinue dissemination of such Prospectus until such Holder’s or
Participating Broker-Dealer’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k), or until it is advised in writing (the
“Advice”) by the Issuers and the Guarantors that the use of the applicable
Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto
and, if so directed by the Issuers and the Guarantors, such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, will deliver to the Issuers all copies, other than
permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s or Participating Broker-Dealer’s possession,
of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Units current at the time of the receipt of
such notice. In the event the Issuers and the Guarantors shall give any such notice, the
Applicable Period shall be extended by the number of days during such periods from and
including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when each
Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received (x) the copies of the supplemented or
amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) or (y) the Advice.

	6.	 	Registration Expenses

	 	(a)	 	All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement
by the Issuers and the Guarantors shall be borne by the Issuers and the Guarantors, whether
or not the Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes effective, including,
without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees, including, without limitation,
(A) fees with respect to filings required to be made with FINRA in connection with any
underwritten offering and (B) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue
Sky laws as provided in Section 5(h) hereof (including, without limitation, reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable
Units or Exchange Units and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Units or
Exchange Units for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions (x) where the Holders
are located, in the case of the Exchange Units , or (y) as provided in Section 5(h), in the
case of Registrable Units or Exchange Units to be sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer
during the Applicable Period)), (ii) printing expenses, including, without limitation,
expenses of printing Prospectuses if the printing of Prospectuses is requested by the
managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Units included in any Registration Statement or by any
Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, as the case may be, (iii)
messenger, telephone and delivery expenses incurred in connection with the performance of
their obligations hereunder, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers, the
Guarantors and, subject to 7(b), the Holders, (v) fees and disbursements of all independent
certified public accountants referred to in Section 5 (including, without limitation, the
expenses of any special audit and “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such
performance), (vi) rating agency fees and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with
the listing of the Units to be registered on any securities exchange, (vii) Securities Act
liability insurance, if the Issuers and the Guarantors desire such insurance, (viii) fees
and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Issuers and the Guarantors, (ix) fees and
expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” or other independent appraiser
participating in an offering pursuant to Section 3 of Schedule E to the By-laws of FINRA,
but only where the need for such a “qualified independent underwriter” arises due to a
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	 	 	 	the Guarantors, provided, that such “qualified independent underwriter” or
independent appraiser shall be reasonably acceptable to the Issuers, (x) internal
expenses of the Issuers and the Guarantors (including, without limitation, all
salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the Issuers or the Guarantors
performing legal or accounting duties), (xi) the expense of any annual audit, (xii)
the fees and expenses of the Trustee and the Exchange Agent and (xiii) the expenses
relating to printing, word processing and distributing all Registration Statements,
underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements, indentures and any other
documents necessary in order to comply with this Agreement.

	 	(b)	 	The Issuers and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Holders up to $25,000 for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel chosen by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Units to be included in any
Registration Statement. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall pay all documentary, stamp,
transfer or other transactional taxes attributable to the issuance or delivery of the
Exchange Units or Private Exchange Units in exchange for the Units; provided that the
Issuers shall not be required to pay taxes payable in respect of any transfer involved in
the issuance or delivery of any Exchange Unit or Private Exchange Unit in a name other than
that of the Holder of the Note in respect of which such Exchange Unit or Private Exchange
Unit is being issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holders of the Registrable Units
being registered shall pay all agency fees and commissions and underwriting discounts and
commissions attributable to the sale of such Registrable Units and the fees and
disbursements of any counsel or other advisors or experts retained by such Holders
(severally or jointly), other than the counsel and experts specifically referred to above.

	7.	 	Indemnification

	 	(a)	 	Indemnification by the Issuers and the Guarantors. The Issuers and the
Guarantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of
Registrable Units, Exchange Units or Private Exchange Units and each Participating
Broker-Dealer selling Exchange Units during the Applicable Period, each Person, if any, who
controls each such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors and partners of each such
Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer and controlling person, to the fullest extent lawful,
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including,
without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees as
provided in this Section 7) and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable costs
and expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending
against any of the foregoing) (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, directly or indirectly
caused by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement,
Prospectus or form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any
preliminary prospectus, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as such Losses
are solely based upon information relating to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer
and furnished in writing to the Issuers and the Guarantors (or reviewed and approved in
writing) by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer or their counsel expressly for use
therein; provided, however, that the Issuers and the Guarantors will not be liable to any
Indemnified Party (as defined below) under this Section 7 to the extent Losses were solely
caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that was
contained or made in any preliminary prospectus and corrected in the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto if (i) the Prospectus does not contain
any other untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission of a
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	 	 	 	fact that was the subject matter of the related proceeding, (ii) any such Losses
resulted from an action, claim or suit by any Person who purchased Registrable
Units or Exchange Units which are the subject thereof from such Indemnified Party
and (iii) it is established in the related proceeding that such Indemnified Party
failed to deliver or provide a copy of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented)
to such Person with or prior to the confirmation of the sale of such Registrable
Units or Exchange Units sold to such Person if required by applicable law, unless
such failure to deliver or provide a copy of the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented) was a result of noncompliance by the Issuers with Section 5 of this
Agreement. The Issuers and the Guarantors also agree to indemnify underwriters,
selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals
participating in the distribution, their officers, directors, agents and employees
and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of Section 5 of the
Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided
above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders or the Participating
Broker-Dealer.

	 	(b)	 	Indemnification by Holder. In connection with any Registration Statement,
Prospectus or form of prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary
prospectus in which a Holder is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Issuers and
the Guarantors in writing such information as the Issuers and the Guarantors reasonably
request for use in connection with any Registration Statement, Prospectus or form of
prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus and shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers , the Guarantors, their respective directors and
officers and each Person, if any, who controls the Issuers and the Guarantors (within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act), and the
directors, officers and partners of such controlling persons, to the fullest extent lawful,
from and against all Losses arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or form of
prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or
any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such
losses are finally judicially determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final,
unappealable order to have resulted from an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact contained in or omitted
from any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Issuers and the
Guarantors expressly for use therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the
liability of any selling Holder be greater in amount than such Holder’s Maximum
Contribution Amount (as defined below).
	 
	 	(c)	 	Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any proceeding shall be brought or
asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified
Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the party or parties from which
such indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party” or “Indemnifying
Parties”, as applicable) in writing; provided, provided, that the failure to so notify
the Indemnifying Parties shall not (i) relieve such Indemnifying Party from any obligation
or liability unless and only to the extent it is materially prejudiced as a result thereof
and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligations to any
other Indemnified Party.

     The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, exercisable by giving written notice to an
Indemnified Party, within 20 Business Days after receipt of written notice from such Indemnified
Party of such proceeding, to assume, at its expense, the defense of any such proceeding, provided,
that
an Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such proceeding
and to participate in the defense

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thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified
Party or parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed to pay such fees and expenses; or
(2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such proceeding or
shall have failed to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party; or (3) the
named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party or any of its affiliates or controlling persons, and
such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more defenses
available to such Indemnified Party that are in addition to, or in conflict with, those defenses
available to the Indemnifying Party or such affiliate or controlling person (in which case, if such
Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Parties in writing that it elects to employ separate
counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Parties, the Indemnifying Parties shall not have the
right to assume the defense and the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of the Indemnifying Party; it being understood, however, that, the Indemnifying Party shall
not, in connection with any one such proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related
proceedings in the same jurisdiction, arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances,
be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (together with
appropriate local counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Party).

     No Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any settlement of any such proceeding effected
without its written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with its
written consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such proceeding, each
Indemnifying Party jointly and severally agrees, subject to the exceptions and limitations set
forth above, to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any and all
Losses by reason of such settlement or judgment. The Indemnifying Party shall not consent to the
entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement unless such judgment or settlement (i) includes
as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to each Indemnified Party
of a release, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, from all
liability in respect of such proceeding for which such Indemnified Party would be entitled to
indemnification hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Party is a party thereto) and (ii) does
not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on
behalf of any Indemnified Party.

	 	(d)	 	Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable to an Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold such Indemnified Party
harmless for any Losses in respect of which this Section 7 would otherwise apply by its
terms (other than by reason of exceptions provided in this Section 7), then each applicable
Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall have a joint and
several obligation to contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as
a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault
of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other hand,
in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such
Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and Indemnified Party, on the other hand, shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent any such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party
as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses
reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any proceeding, to the extent such
party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided
for in Section 7(a) or 7(b) was available to such party.

     The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section 7(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by other method of allocation that does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. Notwithstanding

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the provisions of this Section 7(d), a selling Holder shall not be required to contribute, in the
aggregate, any amount in excess of such Holder’s Maximum Contribution Amount. A selling Holder’s
“Maximum Contribution Amount” shall equal the excess of (i) the aggregate proceeds received
by such Holder pursuant to the sale of such Registrable Units or Exchange Units over (ii) the
aggregate amount of damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7(d) are several in proportion to the respective
principal amount of the Registrable Units held by each Holder hereunder and not joint. The
obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors to contribute pursuant to this Section 7(d) are joint
and several.

     The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 are in addition to any
liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.

	8.	 	Underwritten Registrations of Registrable Units

     If any of the Registrable Units covered by any Shelf Registration is to be sold in an
underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that
will manage the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of such Registrable Units included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment
banker or investment bankers and manager or managers must be reasonably acceptable to the Issuers.

     No Holder of Registrable Units may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable Units on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements
and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

	9.	 	Separation Event

     If a Separation Event occurs at any time prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer of
the Units pursuant to this Agreement, all terms and conditions set forth under this Agreement shall
apply to each of the Bermuda Issuer Notes and U.S. Issuer Notes (as independent securities) and
each of the defined terms “Bermuda Issuer Notes” and “U.S. Issuer Notes” shall replace “Units”
where appropriate and applicable so that the Bermuda Issuer Notes and U.S. Issuer Notes shall have
the same rights and obligations under this Agreement as the Units had under this Agreement prior to
the occurrence of such Separation Event.

	10.	 	Miscellaneous

	 	(a)	 	Remedies. In the event of a breach by any of the Issuers or Guarantors of any
of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder, in addition to being
entitled to exercise all rights provided herein, in the Indenture or, in the case of the
Initial Purchaser, in the Purchase Agreement, or granted by law, including recovery of
damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The
Issuers and the Guarantors agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation
for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by any of the Issuers or Guarantors of any of
the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agree that, in the event of any action
for specific
performance in respect of such breach, each Issuer shall (and shall cause each Guarantor
to) waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

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	 	(b)	 	No Inconsistent Agreements. None of the Issuers or the Guarantors has entered, as of
the date hereof, and none of the Issuers or the Guarantors shall enter, after the date of this
Agreement, into any agreement with respect to any of its securities that is inconsistent with the
rights granted to the Holders of Units in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof. None of the Issuers or the Guarantors has entered, and will not enter into any
agreement with respect to any of its securities that will grant to any Person piggyback rights
with respect to a Registration Statement.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Adjustments Affecting Registrable Units. The Issuers shall not, directly or
indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Units as a class that would adversely
affect the ability of the Holders to include such Registrable Units in a registration undertaken
pursuant to this Agreement.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified
or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given,
otherwise than with the prior written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Registrable Units in circumstances that would
adversely affect any Holders of Registrable Units; provided, however, that any amendment or
supplement to or other modification of Section 7 and this Section 11(d) shall not be effective as
to any Holder without the prior written consent of such Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates
exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable Units whose securities are being tendered
pursuant to the Exchange Offer or sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not
directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of
Registrable Units may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Units being tendered or being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Registration
Statement.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall
be made in writing by hand delivery, registered first-class mail, next-day air courier or
telecopier:

	 	(i)	 	if to a Holder of Units or to any Participating Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of
such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on the records of the
registrar of the Units, with a copy in like manner to the Initial Purchaser as follows:

Jefferies & Company, Inc.

520 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attention: General Counsel

	 	(ii)	 	if to the Initial Purchaser, at the address specified in Section 11(e)(1);
	 
	 	(iii)	 	if to the Issuers or any Guarantor, as follows:

111 Powdermill Road

Maynard, MA 01754

Attention: Robert Laufer

with a copy to:

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 
200
Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10166

Attention: Glenn R. Pollner

     All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by
hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the United States mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed, one Business Day after being deposited in the United States mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed; one Business Day after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery; and when receipt is acknowledged by the addressee, if telecopied.

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

	 	(f)	 	Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto, including, without
limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Units.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
	 
	 	(h)	 	Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
	 
	 	(i)	 	Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAW. THE ISSUERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND IRREVOCABLY ACCEPT FOR THEIR AND IN RESPECT OF
THEIR PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID
COURTS. THE ISSUERS IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY MAY EFFECTIVELY
DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY OBJECTION THAT THEY MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING
BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING
BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. THE ISSUERS
IRREVOCABLY CONSENT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY MAY
EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OF ANY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES
THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE
ISSUERS AT THEIR SAID ADDRESS, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER SUCH
MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY HOLDER TO SERVE PROCESS IN
ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE
PROCEED AGAINST THE ISSUERS IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

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	 	(j)	 	Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder
of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force
and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or
restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they
would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including
any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
	 
	 	(k)	 	Units Held by any of the Issuers or their Respective Affiliates. Whenever the consent
or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Units is required hereunder, Units held by any
of the Issuers or their respective affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by
the Holders of such required percentage.
	 
	 	(l)	 	Third Party Beneficiaries. Holders and Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third
party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons.
	 
	 	(m)	 	Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture
and the Collateral Documents, is intended by the parties as a final and exclusive statement of the
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein
and therein and any and all prior oral or written agreements, representations, or warranties,
contracts, understanding, correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Initial Purchaser
on the one hand and the Issuers and the Guarantors on the other, or between or among any agents,
representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors in interest or successors in
interest with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof are merged herein and replaced
hereby.

[Signature page follows]

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES BERMUDA LTD.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Frederick S. Prifty
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Frederick S. Prifty 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President 	 
	 
	 	STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/  Robert C. Laufer
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Robert C. Laufer 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES BERMUDA

HOLDINGS LTD.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Robert C. Laufer
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Robert C. Laufer 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	SRA TECHNOLOGIES CYPRUS LIMITED

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Robert C. Laufer
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Robert C. Laufer 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITED

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Frederick S. Prifty
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Frederick S. Prifty 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director 	 
	 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CEMPRUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Frederick S. Prifty
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Frederick S. Prifty 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President 	 
	 
	 	CEMPRUS, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Frederick S. Prifty
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Frederick S. Prifty 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President 	 
	 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:

JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CEMPRUS LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:

JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Kevin Lockhort
 	 
	 	Name:  	Kevin Lockhort 	 
	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 
	 

Registration Rights Agreement

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