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EXHIBIT NO. 10(B)

                 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION
                      EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
                        (2000 AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT)

         WHEREAS, The Progressive Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation
Plan is currently maintained pursuant to a 2000 Amendment and Restatement
("Plan"); and

         WHEREAS, it is deemed desirable to amend the Plan further;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended in the respects hereinafter
set forth, effective December 1, 2001:

         1.       Article 8 of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its
                  entirety to provide as follows:

                                    ARTICLE 8
                                CLAIMS PROCEDURES

8.1      Establishment of Claims Procedures

         The Committee shall establish reasonable procedures under which a
         claimant, who may be a Participant, or Beneficiary, or his/her duly
         authorized representative, may present a claim for benefits under this
         Plan.

8.2      Claims Denials

         Unless such claim is allowed in full by the Committee, written notice
         of the denial shall be furnished to the claimant within ninety (90)
         days (which may be extended by a period not to exceed an additional
         ninety (90) days if special circumstances so require and written notice
         to the claimant is given prior to the expiration of the initial ninety
         (90) day period describing such circumstances and indicating the date
         by which the Committee expects to render its determination) setting
         forth the following in a manner calculated to be understood by the
         claimant:

                  (i)      The specific reason(s) for the denial;

                  (ii)     Specific reference(s) to any pertinent provision(s)
                           of the Plan or rules promulgated pursuant thereto on
                           which the denial is based;

                  (iii)    A description of any additional information or
                           material as may be necessary to perfect the claim,
                           together with an explanation of why it is necessary;

                  (iv)     A description of the Plan's claims review procedures
                           and the time limits applicable to such procedures,
                           including a statement of the claimant's
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                           right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of
                           ERISA following an adverse benefit determination on
                           review; and

                  (v)      An explanation of the steps to be taken if the
                           claimant wishes to resubmit his/her claim for review.

8.3      Appeals of Denied Claims

         Within a reasonable period of time after the denial of the claim, but
         in any event, not to be more than sixty (60) days, the claimant or
         his/her duly authorized representative may make written application to
         the Committee for a review of such denial. The claimant or his/her
         representative, may, upon request and free of charge, review or receive
         copies of documents, records and other information relevant to the
         claimant's claim for benefits, and may submit written comments,
         documents, records and other information relating to the claim for
         benefits.

8.4      Review of Appeals

         If an appeal is timely filed, the Committee shall conduct a full and
         fair review of the claim and mail or deliver to the claimant its
         written decision within sixty (60) days after the claimant's request
         for review (which may be extended by a period not to exceed an
         additional sixty (60) days if special circumstances or a hearing so
         require and written notice to the claimant is given prior to the
         expiration of the initial sixty (60) day period describing such special
         circumstances and indicating the date by which the Committee expects to
         render its determination). In conducting its review, the Committee
         shall take into account all comments, documents, records and other
         information submitted by the claimant relating to the claim, without
         regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the
         initial benefit determination. The Committee's decision on review
         shall:

                  (i)      Be written in a manner calculated to be understood by
                           the claimant;

                  (ii)     State the specific reason(s) for the decision;

                  (iii)    Make specific reference to pertinent provision(s) of
                           the Plan;

                  (iv)     State that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon
                           request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and
                           copies of, all documents, records and other
                           information relevant to the claimant's claim for
                           benefits; and

                  (v)      Include a statement of the claimant's right to bring
                           a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA.

8.5      Extensions

         If a period of time is extended, as permitted under Sections 8.2 and
         8.4 above, due to a claimant's failure to submit information to decide
         a claim, the period for making the benefit determination on review
         shall be tolled from the date on which the notification of the
         extension is sent to the claimant until the date on which the claimant
         responds to the request for additional information.
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         2.       Except as expressly provided in this Amendment, the terms and
                  provisions of the Plan shall remain entirely unchanged and
                  continue in full force and effect.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto caused this Amendment
to be executed by its duly authorized representative effective as of the date
set forth above.

         THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION

         By:  /s/ Charles E. Jarrett
              ----------------------
         Title: Secretary
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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

                                    FOURTH AMENDMENT dated as of April 19, 2002
                           (this "Amendment"), to the Credit Agreement dated as
                           of May 28, 1999, as amended by the First Amendment
                           dated as of October 8, 1999, the Second Amendment,
                           Consent and Waiver dated as of March 9, 2000 and the
                           Third Amendment, Consent and Waiver dated as of
                           January 24, 2001 (the "Credit Agreement"), among
                           GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION (the "Company"), GK
                           TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED, GENERAL CABLE HOLDINGS
                           (UK) LIMITED, GENERAL CABLE ACQUISITIONS (SPAIN),
                           S.A., GENERAL CABLE HOLDINGS, INC., the other
                           BORROWING SUBSIDIARIES from time to time party
                           thereto, the LENDERS from time to time party thereto,
                           JPMORGAN CHASE BANK (formerly known as THE CHASE
                           MANHATTAN BANK), as administrative agent (in such
                           capacity, the "Administrative Agent") and as
                           collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity,
                           the "Collateral Agent"), J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED
                           (formerly known as CHASE MANHATTAN INTERNATIONAL
                           LIMITED), as London Agent, and BANK ONE, MICHIGAN,
                           MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION and PNC BANK,
                           NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Documentation Agents.

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders and the
Issuing Bank have agreed to extend credit to the Borrowers on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth therein.

                  WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Required Lenders
amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as set forth in this Amendment
and the Lenders whose signatures appear below, constituting at least the
Required Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement), are willing to amend the
Credit Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements
herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and
receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:

                  SECTION 1.  DEFINED TERMS.  Capitalized terms used and not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

                  SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1.01 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.

                  (a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the definition of "Applicable Rate" set forth therein in its entirety

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and substituting in lieu thereof the following definition:

                                    "'APPLICABLE RATE' means, for any day (a)
                           with respect to (i) any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan
                           that is (A) a Revolving Loan or (B) a Tranche A Term
                           Loan or (ii) the commitment fees payable hereunder,
                           as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set
                           forth under the appropriate caption in Table I below
                           or (b) with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency
                           Loan that is a Tranche B Term Loan, the applicable
                           rate per annum set forth under the appropriate
                           caption in Table II below, in each case based upon
                           the Leverage Ratio as of the most recent
                           determination date:

                  TABLE I

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                                     Abr            Eurocurrency         Commitment Fee
                                                    ------------         --------------
      Leverage Ratio:              Spread              Spread                 Rate
      ---------------              ------              ------                 ----
         CATEGORY 1
<S>                                  <C>                 <C>                  <C>
greater than 4.5                     2.50%               3.50%                0.500%

         CATEGORY 2
less than or equal to
 4.5 and greater than 4.0            2.25%               3.25%                0.500%

         CATEGORY 3
less than or equal to
4.0 and greater than 3.5             2.00%               3.00%                0.500%

         CATEGORY 4
less than or equal to
3.5 and greater than 3.0             1.75%               2.75%                0.425%

         CATEGORY 5
less than or equal to
3.0 and greater than 2.5             1.50%               2.50%                0.375%

         CATEGORY 6
less than or equal to 2.5            1.25%               2.25%                0.350%

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                  TABLE II

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                                       ABR         EUROCURRENCY
              LEVERAGE RATIO:         SPREAD        SPREAD
                 CATEGORY 1
<S>                                 <C>             <C>
greater than 4.5                      3.00%           4.00%

                 CATEGORY 2
less than or equal to
4.5 and and greater than 4.0          2.75%           3.75%

                 CATEGORY 3
less than or equal to
4.0 and and greater than 3.5          2.50%           3.50%

                 CATEGORY 4
less than or equal to
3.5 and greater than 2.5              2.25%           3.25%

                 CATEGORY 5
 greater than 2.5                     2.00%           3.00%

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                  Except as set forth below, the Leverage Ratio used on any date
                  to determine the Applicable Rate shall be that in effect at
                  the fiscal quarter end next preceding the Financial Statement
                  Delivery Date occurring on or most recently prior to such
                  date; PROVIDED that if any Financial Statement Delivery Date
                  shall have occurred and the financial statements required to
                  have been delivered under Section 5.01(a) or (b) by such date
                  have not yet been delivered, the Applicable Rate shall, until
                  such financial statements shall have been delivered, be
                  determined by reference to Category 1 in the applicable Table.
                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and including the
                  "Amendment Effective Date", as defined in the Fourth Amendment
                  to this Agreement, to and excluding the Financial Statement
                  Delivery Date immediately following June 30, 2002, the
                  Applicable Rate will for all purposes be determined by
                  reference to Category 1 in the applicable Table.".

                  (b) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the definition of "EBITDA" set forth therein in its entirety and
substituting in lieu thereof the following definition:

                           "'EBITDA' means, for any period, the consolidated net
                  income of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for
                  such period PLUS, to the extent deducted in computing such
                  consolidated net income for such period, the sum (without
                  duplication) of (a) income tax expense, (b) Interest Expense,
                  (c) depreciation and amortization expense, (d) non-recurring
                  restructuring charges and (e) extraordinary losses, MINUS, to
                  the extent added in computing such consolidated net income for
                  such period, (a) consolidated interest income, (b)
                  non-recurring gains booked on or after January 1, 2002 and (c)
                  extraordinary gains. Solely for purposes of determining
                  compliance with the covenants contained in Article VI,
                  following the completion of any acquisition or sale of any
                  Subsidiary or other significant business unit, EBITDA for any
                  period of four fiscal quarters, including the quarter during
                  which such sale or acquisition shall have been completed,
                  shall be determined on a pro forma basis giving effect to such
                  sale or acquisition (and excluding that portion of

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                  EBITDA attributable to the assets sold therein or including
                  that portion of EBITDA attributable to the assets acquired
                  therein, as applicable) as if such sale or acquisition had
                  occurred on the first day of such period."

                  (c) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the definition of "Collateral" set forth therein in its entirety and
substituting in lieu thereof the following definition:

                           "'Collateral' means any and all "Collateral", as
                  defined in any Security Document (as the context requires) and
                  shall also include the Mortgaged Properties."

                  (d) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the word "and" immediately before clause (b) in the definition of
"Collateral Requirement" and substituting in lieu thereof a comma, and by
inserting the following words immediately before the period at the end thereof:

                  "and (c) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i)
                  counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged
                  Property, duly executed and delivered by the record owner of
                  such Mortgaged Property, (ii) such other documents as the
                  Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably
                  request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged
                  Property, including copies of the deeds or other instruments
                  under which the record owners of the Mortgaged Properties
                  shall have acquired the same (containing legal descriptions of
                  the Mortgaged Properties sufficient to permit the Mortgaged
                  Properties to be correctly described in the Mortgages related
                  thereto), but not including policies of title insurance or
                  surveys of the Mortgaged Properties, and (iii) an amount in
                  cash sufficient for the payment of all mortgage recording
                  taxes or other taxes or fees that must be paid in connection
                  with the recording of the Mortgages, and (d) the
                  Administrative Agent shall have received either (i) a
                  counterpart of each of the Security Documents, duly executed
                  and delivered on behalf of all Loan Parties party thereto, or
                  (ii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Loan Party after
                  the Effective Date, a supplement to each Security Document, in
                  the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on
                  behalf of such Loan Party; PROVIDED that (A) the Collateral
                  Agent may agree that the Liens of the Security Documents will
                  not be perfected with respect to specified assets if it shall
                  determine, based on information provided by the Company which
                  is, in the judgment of the Collateral Agent sufficient to make
                  the determination in question, that the expense or difficulty

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                  of perfecting such Liens with respect to such assets would be
                  excessive in view of the benefit to the Lenders that would
                  result therefrom, (B) the Collateral Agent may grant
                  extensions of time for the perfection of pledges or security
                  interests in particular assets or the obtaining of legal
                  opinions or other documents with respect thereto where it
                  determines that perfection cannot be accomplished or such
                  opinions or documents cannot be provided without undue effort
                  or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be
                  required by this Agreement and (C) the requirements set forth
                  in clause (c) above will not be required to be satisfied for a
                  period of 60 days after the date of the Fourth Amendment to
                  this Agreement.".

                  (e) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting immediately after the words "Security Agreement" in the definition of
"Loan Documents" the words ", the Mortgages".

                  (f) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting immediately following the words "Security Agreement" in the definition
of "Security Documents" the words ", the Mortgages".

                  (g) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the following definitions in the correct alphabetical order:

                           "FOURTH AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE" means the
                  "Amendment Effective Date", as such term is defined in the
                  Fourth Amendment to this Agreement.

                           "MORTGAGED PROPERTIES" means, at any time, each
                  parcel of real property and the improvements thereto
                  identified on Schedule 1.01(c) hereto, and each other parcel
                  of real property and the improvements thereto now or hereafter
                  owned by a Loan Party, located in the United States of America
                  and having a net book value in excess of $500,000, other than
                  properties listed on Schedule 3.05(c) hereto and properties
                  acquired after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date that are
                  subject to prior mortgages securing industrial development
                  revenue bonds or other obligations that would prohibit such
                  properties from being subjected to Mortgages securing the
                  Obligations.

                           "MORTGAGE" means a mortgage, deed of trust,
                  assignment of leases and rents, leasehold mortgage or other
                  security document granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to
                  secure the Obligations. Each Mortgage shall be

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                  satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent.

                           "SENIOR LEVERAGE RATIO" means, at any time, the ratio
                  of (a) Total Debt (excluding any Indebtedness that is
                  subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms
                  approved in writing by the Administrative Agent) at such
                  time to (b) EBITDA for the most recent period of four
                  consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended at or prior
                  to such time."

                  SECTION 3. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2.11 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
Section 2.11(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
immediately following the words "to acquire real property, equipment or other
tangible assets" the words "in an amount not to exceed the amount available for
Capital Expenditures pursuant to Section 6.13".

                  SECTION 4.  AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE III OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.

                  (a) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3.05. Section 3.05 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by inserting in paragraph (a) thereof immediately
after the words "material to its business" the words "(including its Mortgaged
Properties)", and by adding the following paragraph (c) at the end thereof:

                           "(c) As of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the
                  Mortgaged Properties listed in Schedule 1.01(c) constitute all
                  the real properties owned by the Company or any Domestic
                  Subsidiary and located in the United States of America, other
                  than (i) any real properties with net book values not greater
                  than $500,000 for any such property and (ii) the properties
                  listed on Schedule 3.05(c) hereto. As of the Fourth Amendment
                  Effective Date, neither the Company nor any of its
                  Subsidiaries has received notice or has knowledge of any
                  pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any
                  Mortgaged Property or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu
                  of condemnation. As of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date,
                  neither any Mortgaged Property nor any interest therein is
                  subject to any right of first refusal, option or other
                  contractual right to purchase such Mortgaged Property or
                  interest therein."

                  (b) AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3.16.  Section 3.16 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following subsections at the end
thereof:

                           "(c) Each Mortgage, upon execution and delivery by
                  the parties thereto and the recording thereof in the county
                  specified on Schedule 3.16, will create in favor of the
                  Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
                  Parties, a legal, valid, enforceable and perfected Lien on all

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                  the applicable mortgagor's right, title and interest in and to
                  the Mortgaged Properties thereunder and the proceeds thereof,
                  prior and superior in right to any other Person (except as
                  otherwise permitted in such Mortgage).

                           (d) Upon the recordation of the Security Agreement
                  with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the
                  United States Copyright Office and the filing of financing
                  statements in appropriate form in the offices specified in
                  Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate, the Security
                  Agreement will constitute a fully perfected Lien on and
                  security interest in all right, title and interest of the
                  grantors thereunder in the Intellectual Property (as defined
                  in the Security Agreement) in which a security interest may be
                  perfected by filing in the United States and its territories
                  and possessions, in each case prior and superior in right to
                  any other Person (it being understood that subsequent
                  recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or
                  the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect
                  a Lien on registered trademarks and trademark applications or
                  copyrights, respectively, acquired by the Loan Parties after
                  the date hereof)."

                  SECTION 5. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 5.11 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
parenthetical therein and substituting in lieu thereof the words "(including the
filing and recording of Uniform Commercial Code and other financing statements,
fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents)".

                  SECTION 6.  AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.

                  (a) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.01(d). Section 6.01(d) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the figure "$25,000,000" and
substituting in lieu thereof the following:

         "(A) in the case of any such Indebtedness incurred prior to the Fourth
         Amendment Effective Date, the amount of such Indebtedness permitted
         under the provisions of this paragraph (d) as in effect immediately
         prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and (B) in the case of any
         such Indebtedness incurred on or after the Fourth Amendment Effective
         Date, $5,000,000."

                  (b)  AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.01(e).  Section 6.01(e) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

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                  "(e) Indebtedness of any Person that shall have become a
         Subsidiary prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date; PROVIDED that
         (i) such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person became a
         Subsidiary and was not created in contemplation of or in connection
         with such Person becoming a Subsidiary and (ii) such Indebtedness was
         permitted under the provisions of this paragraph (e) as in effect
         immediately prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date;"

                  (c) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.01(f). Section 6.01(f) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the figure "$20,000,000" and
substituting in lieu thereof the figure "$10,000,000".

                  (d) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.01(g). Section 6.01(g) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the figure "$25,000,000" and
substituting in lieu thereof the figure "$0".

                  (e)  AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.01(h).  Section 6.01(h) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                  "(h) other unsecured Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness
         permitted by paragraph (f) above) in an aggregate principal amount for
         all the Subsidiaries not exceeding the aggregate sale price of all
         arrangements permitted by Section 6.03; and"

                  (f) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.02(h). Section 6.02(h) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the figure "$25,000,000" and
substituting in lieu thereof the figure "$0".

                  (g) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.02(i). Section 6.02(i) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the figure "$100,000,000" and
substituting in lieu thereof the figure "$20,000,000".

                  (h)  AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.03.  Section 6.03 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

                  "SECTION 6.03. SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS. The Company
                  will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
                  directly or indirectly, enter into any arrangement with any
                  Person (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) whereby it shall
                  sell or transfer any property used or useful in its business,
                  whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent

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                  or lease such property or other property which it intends to
                  use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the
                  property being sold or transferred, except for any such
                  arrangement or arrangements with an aggregate sale price not
                  exceeding $5,000,000."

                  (i) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.05(e). Section 6.05(e) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the figure "$10,000,000" and
substituting in lieu thereof the figure "$2,000,000".

                  (j) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.05(g). Section 6.05(g) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word "and" immediately before
clause (iv) thereof and substituting in lieu thereof a comma and by inserting
the following words immediately before the semicolon at the end thereof:

                  ", (v) actual EBITDA for the previous fiscal year and
                  projections covering a time period of at least one year
                  prepared in good faith and based upon assumptions believed to
                  be reasonable at the time made shall, in each case, indicate
                  that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
                  amortization of any such acquired Person or assets shall be
                  positive for such time period, (vi) if all or a portion of the
                  cost of such acquisition shall be financed with Indebtedness
                  (including Indebtedness of or associated with the acquired
                  Person or assets that will remain outstanding after such
                  acquisition), (A) the Senior Leverage Ratio shall be less than
                  3.00 to 1.00 and the Leverage Ratio shall be less than 4.50 to
                  1.00, in each case determined on a pro forma basis for the
                  most recent calculation period and as of the last day thereof
                  as if such acquisition had been consummated at the beginning
                  of such calculation period, and (B) the Borrowers shall have
                  at least $75,000,000 in Revolving Commitments available and
                  unused after giving effect to such acquisition, and (vii) the
                  Company shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent a
                  certificate of a Financial Officer confirming that the
                  requirements of this paragraph (g) shall have been satisfied
                  as to such acquisition."

                  (k)  AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.05(h).  Section 6.05(h) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended  to read as follows:

                  "(h) the one time contribution by General Cable Industries,
         Inc. of assets with a net book value not exceeding $11,000,000 to
         NextGen Fiber Optics LLC, a Delaware LLC, the sale of 51% of the Equity

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         Interests in NextGen Fiber Optics LLC to third party investors in
         consideration of cash and/or one or more promissory notes, and
         investments in an aggregate amount not exceeding $5,000,000 in the
         resulting joint venture;"

                  (l) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.05(k). Section 6.05(k) of the
Credit Agreement hereby amended by deleting the figure "$25,000,000" and
substituting in lieu thereof the figure "$0".

                  (m) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.07. Section 6.07 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (b) thereof in its entirety and
relettering clause (c) thereof as clause (b) and clause (d) thereof as clause
(c) and by deleting the words "(as defined in clause (b) below)" in clause (a)
thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the following words "(defined as
$50,000,000 PLUS 25% of the Company's consolidated net income (as adjusted
pursuant to the final sentence of this Section 6.07) from December 31, 1998,
through the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company at such
time LESS the amount of all cash dividends declared and paid pursuant to clause
(a)(B) hereof and the amount of cash used to repurchase or redeem shares, in
each case since May 28, 1999)".

                  (n)  AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.10.   Section 6.10 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "SECTION 6.10.  LEVERAGE RATIO.  The Company will not permit
         the Leverage Ratio at any time during any of the periods set forth
         below to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such period:

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<CAPTION>

                           PERIOD                                        RATIO
                           ------                                        -----
<S>                                                             <C>
                  9/30/99 through 12/31/99                            4.25:1.00
                  1/1/00 through 3/31/00                              6.25:1.00
                  4/1/00 through 6/30/00                              6.50:1.00
                  7/1/00 through 9/30/00                              4.50:1.00
                  10/1/00 through 12/31/00                            4.50:1.00
                  1/1/01 through 9/30/01                              4.50:1.00
                  10/1/01 through 12/31/01                            4.25:1:00
                  1/1/02 through 3/30/02                              4.35:1.00
                  3/31/02 through 6/29/02                             5.00:1.00
                  6/30/02 through 9/29/02                             5.50:1.00
                  9/30/02 through 12/30/02                            5.20:1.00

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<TABLE>
<S>                                                                   <C>
                  12/31/02 through 3/30/03                            4.80:1.00
                  3/31/03 through 6/29/03                             3.75:1.00
                  6/30/03 through 6/29/04                             3.25:1.00
                  6/30/04 and thereafter                              2.25:1.00"
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                  (o)  AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI.  Article VI of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following Section at the end thereof:

                           "SECTION 6.13.  CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.  The Company
                  will not permit  Capital Expenditures during any period set
                  forth below to exceed the amount set forth opposite such
                  period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                      PERIOD                                     AMOUNT
                      ------                                     ------
<S>                                            <C>
              1/1/02 through 12/31/02                          $35,000,000
              01/01/03 through 12/31/03                        $43,000,000"
</TABLE>

                  SECTION 7. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
Section (d) of Article VII of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
immediately following "or 5.10" inserting ", 5.11".

                  SECTION 8. AMENDMENT OF THE SCHEDULES TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
Schedule 1.01(c) ("Mortgaged Properties"), Schedule 3.05(c) ("Properties Not
Subject to Mortgages") and Schedule 3.16 ("Filing Offices"), both of which are
attached hereto, are hereby incorporated as schedules to the Credit Agreement.

                  SECTION 9. AMENDMENT OF THE EXHIBITS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
Exhibit I ("Form of Perfection Certificate") is hereby replaced with the Form of
Perfection Certificate attached hereto.

                  SECTION 10.  AMENDMENT OF SECURITY AGREEMENT.  The Security
Agreement is hereby amended in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit 1
attached hereto.

                  SECTION 11. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS. The Company agrees that (i)
concurrently with the delivery of financial statements required by Section
5.01(a) of the Credit Agreement for any fiscal year, the Company shall deliver a
quarter-by-quarter budget for the following fiscal year, (ii) with any financial

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                                                                           12

statements provided pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) of the Credit Agreement,
the Company shall provide a comparison between the actual results for the
quarter (or fiscal year) being reported on and the projected results previously
reported in any budget referred to in (i) above and (iii) any breach of any
agreement executed in connection with the requirements of Section 13(b) hereof
shall be an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement.

                  SECTION 12. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. To induce the
other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, the Company and each
Borrowing Subsidiary represents and warrants to each of the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that, as of the Amendment
Effective Date:

                  (a) After giving effect to this Amendment, the representations
and warranties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment Effective Date with
the same effect as though made on and as of the Amendment Effective Date, except
to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier
date.

                  (b) After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing.

                  (c) The execution, delivery and performance by each of the
Borrowers of this Amendment have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
and other action and does not and will not require any registration with,
consent or approval of, notice to or action by, any person (including any
Governmental Authority) in order to be effective and enforceable. The Credit
Agreement as amended by this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of each of the Borrowers, enforceable against each of them in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally
and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law.

                  SECTION 13. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment shall
become effective only upon the satisfaction of the following conditions (the
date on which all such conditions shall have been satisfied being called the
"AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE"):

                  (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i)
counterparts of this Amendment that, when taken together, bear the signatures of
the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Required Lenders and (ii) the
Amendment Fees payable to the Lenders under Section 14 hereof.

<PAGE>
                                                                            13

                  (b) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of
the Lenders, a completed Perfection Certificate dated the date of this Amendment
and signed by an executive officer or Financial Officer of the Company, together
with all attachments contemplated thereby or the Company shall have entered into
an agreement dated the date of this Amendment satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent to provide such Perfection Certificate by no later than Friday, April 26,
2002.

                  (c) The Collateral Requirement and the Guarantee Requirement
shall be satisfied after giving effect to the amendments effected hereby.

                  SECTION 14. AMENDMENT FEE. The Company agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender that shall have executed
and delivered a copy of this Amendment to the Administrative Agent (or its
counsel) on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on April 19, 2002, an
amendment fee (collectively, the "AMENDMENT FEES") equal to 0.20% of such
Lender's Revolving Commitment (whether used or unused) and outstanding Term
Loans, in each case as of the date hereof. The Amendment Fees will be payable in
immediately available funds on April 22, 2002; PROVIDED that the Company shall
have no liability for the Amendment Fees if this Amendment shall not have been
executed and delivered by the Required Lenders.

                  SECTION 15.  EFFECT OF AMENDMENT.  Except as expressly set
forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit,
impair, constitute an Amendment of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies
of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Loan
Parties under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not
alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions,
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any
other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which
are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and
effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrowers to a consent to,
or an Amendment, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms,
conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances. This
Amendment shall apply and be effective only with respect to the provisions of
the Credit Agreement specifically referred to herein. This Amendment shall
constitute a "Loan Document" for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.

                  SECTION 16. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
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                                                                              14

original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument. Delivery of any executed counterpart of a signature page of
this Amendment by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart hereof.

                  SECTION 17.  APPLICABLE LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                  SECTION 18.  EXPENSES.  The Company agrees to pay the
reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in
connection with the preparation of this Amendment including the reasonable fees,
disbursements and other charges of its counsel.

                  SECTION 19.  HEADINGS.  The headings of this Amendment are
for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.

<PAGE>

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

                                   GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:   Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       Title:     Executive Vice President

                                   GK TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:   Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       Title:     Executive Vice President

                                   GENERAL CABLE HOLDINGS, INC.,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:   Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       Title:     Executive Vice President

                                   GENERAL CABLE HOLDINGS (UK)
                                   LIMITED,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:   Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       Title:     Director

                                   GENERAL CABLE ACQUISITIONS (SPAIN),
                                   S.A.,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:   Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       Title:     Joint Director

<PAGE>

                                   GENERAL CABLE HOLDINGS DE MEXICO,
                                   S.A de C.V.,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:   Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       Title:     President

                                   GENERAL CABLE COMPANY,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:   Christopher F. Virgulak
                                       Title:     Executive Vice President

                                   JPMORGAN CHASE BANK (formerly
                                   known as THE CHASE MANHATTAN
                                   BANK), individually, as Administrative
                                   Agent and as Collateral Agent,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert A. Krasnow
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Robert A. Krasnow
                                       Title:   Vice President

                                   J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED
                                   (formerly knows as CHASE MANHATTAN
                                   INTERNATIONAL LIMITED), as London
                                   Agent,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert A. Krasnow
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Robert A. Krasnow
                                       Title:   Vice President

<PAGE>
                                                                              17

                                   BANK ONE, MICHIGAN, individually and
                                   as Co-Documentation Agent,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Michael R. Zaksheske
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Michael R. Zaksheske
                                       Title:   Director

                                   MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL
                                   CORPORATION, individually and as Co-
                                   Documentation Agent,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Paul Fox
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Paul Fox
                                       Title:   Vice President

                                   PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                   individually and as Co-Documentation
                                   Agent,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Bruce A. Kintner
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Bruce A. Kintner
                                       Title:   Vice President

                                   ADDISON CDO, LIMITED (Acct 1279),
                                   By: Pacific Investment Management
                                          Company LLC, as its Investment
                                          Advisor

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       Title:   Executive Vice President

<PAGE>
                                                                              18

                                   AG CAPITAL FUNDING PARTNERS, L.P.
                                   By: Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P., as
                                          Investment Advisor,

                                     by
                                       /s/  John W. Fraser
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: John W. Fraser
                                       Title:   Managing Director

                                   AMMC CDO I, LIMITED
                                   By: American Money Management Corp.,
                                         as Collateral Manager,

                                     by
                                       /s/  David P. Meyer
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: David P. Meyer
                                       Title:   Vice President

                                   AMMC CDO II, LIMITED
                                   By: American Money Management Corp.,
                                         as Collateral Manager,

                                     by
                                       /s/  David P. Meyer
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: David P. Meyer
                                       Title:   Vice President

                                   APEX CDO LTD (IDM),

                                     by
                                       /s/  Amos N. Beason
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Amos N. Beason
                                       Title:   Director
<PAGE>
                                                                              19

                                   ARCHIMEDES FUNDING II, LTD.
                                   By: ING Capital Advisors LLC,
                                         as Collateral Agent

                                     by
                                       /s/  Gordon Cook
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Gordon Cook
                                       Title:Senior Vice President & Portfolio
                                              Manager

                                   ARCHIMEDES FUNDING III, LTD.
                                   By: ING Capital Advisors LLC,
                                         as Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Gordon Cook
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Gordon Cook
                                       Title: Senior Vice President & Portfolio
                                               Manager

                                   ATHENA CDO, LIMITED (Acct 1277)
                                   By: Pacific Investment Management
                                          Company LLC, as its Investment Advisor

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       Title:   Executive Vice President
<PAGE>
                                                                              20

                                   BANCO ESPIRITO SANTO, S.A.,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Andrew M. Orsen
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Andrew M. Orsen
                                       Title:   Vice President

                                     by
                                       /s/  Leon Stark
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Leon Start
                                       Title: Senior Vice President
                                               Deputy General Manager

                                   BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT
                                   CORPORATE FINANCE, INC.,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Irv Roa
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Irv Roa
                                       Title:   Associate Director

                                     by
                                       /s/  Elizabeth H. Tallmadge
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Elizabeth H. Tallmadge
                                       Title:   Managing Director
                                                Chief Investment Officer

                                   BANK LEUMI USA,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Aliz Sadan
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Aliz Sadan
                                       Title: Assistant Treasurer

<PAGE>
                                                                              21

                                   THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,

                                     by
                                       /s/  M.D. Smith
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: M.D. Smith
                                       Title:   Agent, Operations

                                   THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI,
                                   LTD., CHICAGO BRANCH,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Shinichiro Munechika
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Shinichiro Munechika
                                       Title:   Deputy General Manager

                                   BEDFORD CDO, LIMITED (Acct 1276)
                                   By: Pacific Investment Management
                                          Company LLC, as its Investment Advisor

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       Title: Executive Vice President

                                   BNP PARIBAS,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Duane P. Helkowski
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Duane P. Helkowski
                                       Title: Director
<PAGE>
                                                                              22
                                     by
                                       /s/  Stephanie Rogers
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Stephanie Rogers
                                       Title:   Vice President

                                   CAPTIVA FINANCE LTD.,

                                     by
                                       /s/  David Dyer
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: David Dyer
                                       Title:   Director

                                   CAPTIVA II FINANCE LTD.,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Paul Cope
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Paul Cope
                                       Title:   Director

                                   CAPTIVA III FINANCE LTD. (Acct 275),
                                   as advised Pacific Investment Management
                                   Company LLC

                                     by
                                       /s/  David Dyer
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: David Dyer
                                       Title:   Director

<PAGE>
                                                                              23

                                   CAPTIVA IV FINANCE LTD. (Acct 1275),
                                   as advised by Pacific Investment Management
                                   Company LLC

                                     by
                                       /s/  David Dyer
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: David Dyer
                                       Title:   Director

                                   CATALINA CDO LTD. (Acct 1287)
                                   By: Pacific Investment Management
                                          Company LLC, as its Investment Advisor

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       Title:   Executive Vice President

                                   CITIZENS BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS,

                                     by
                                       /s/  John E. Lucas
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: John E. Lucas
                                       Title:   Vice President

                                   COLUMBUS LOAN FUNDING LTD.
                                   By: Travelers Asset Management
                                          International Company LLC

                                     by
                                       /s/  William M. Gardner
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: William M. Gardner
                                       Title:   Assistant Investment Officer
                                       Title:   Assistant Treasurer

<PAGE>
                                                                              24

                                   COMERICA BANK,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Jennifer M. Pugliano
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Jennifer M. Pugliano
                                       Title:   Account Officer

                                   CYPRESSTREE INVESTMENT
                                   PARTNERS I, LTD.,
                                   By: CypressTree Investment Management
                                         Company, Inc., as Portfolio Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  P. Jeffrey Huth
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: P. Jeffrey Huth
                                       Title:   Principal

                                   CYPRESSTREE INVESTMENT
                                   PARTNERS II, LTD.,
                                   By: CypressTree Investment Management
                                         Company, Inc., as Portfolio Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  P. Jeffrey Huth
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: P. Jeffrey Huth
                                       Title:   Principal

<PAGE>
                                                                              25
                                   CYPRESSTREE INVESTMENT
                                   COMPANY, INC.
                                   As: Attorney-in-Fact and on behalf of First
                                         Allmerica Financial Life Insurance
                                         Company as Portfolio Manager
                                     by
                                       /s/  P. Jeffrey Huth
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: P. Jeffrey Huth
                                       Title:   Principal

                                   DELANO COMPANY (Acct 275)

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       Title:   Executive Vice President

                                   EASTMAN HILL FUNDING I, LIMITED,
                                   By: TCW Asset Management Company, as its
                                         Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mark Gold
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Mark Gold
                                       Title:   Managing Director

                                   ELC 1998 LTD,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Amos N. Beason
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Amos N. Beason
                                       Title:   Director

                                   ELC 1999-2 CDO (IDM),

                                     by
                                       /s/  Amos N. Beason
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Amos N. Beason
                                       Title: Director
<PAGE>
                                                                              26

                                   ELC 1999-I CDO (IDM),

                                     by
                                       /s/  Amos N. Beason
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Amos N. Beason
                                       Title:   Director

                                   ELC 1999-III CDO (IDM),

                                     by
                                       /s/  Amos N. Beason
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Amos N. Beason
                                       Title:   Director

                                   ELC 2000-I CDO (IDM),

                                     by
                                       /s/  Amos N. Beason
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Amos N. Beason
                                       Title:   Director

                                   ELF FUNDING TRUST III,
                                   By: New York Life Investment Management,
                                          LLC, as Attorney-in-Fact

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert H. Dial
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Robert H. Dial
                                       Title:   Vice President

<PAGE>
                                                                              27

                                   ELT LTD.,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Diana L. Mushill
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Diana L. Mushill
                                       Title:   Authorized Agent

                                   ENDURANCE CDO I, LTD,
                                   c/o ING Capital Advisors LLC,
                                   As Portfolio Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Gordon Cook
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Gordon Cook
                                       Title:  Senior Vice President & Portfolio
                                                   Manager

                                   FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Jorge A. Gonzalez
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Jorge A. Gonzalez
                                       Title:   Senior Vice President

                                   FLEET NATIONAL BANK,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Irene Bertozzi Bartenstein
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Irene Bertozzi Bartenstein
                                       Title:   Vice President

<PAGE>
                                                                              28

                                   FRANKLIN CLO I, LIMITED,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Richard D'Addario
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Richard D'Addario
                                       Title:   Senior Vice President

                                   FRANKLIN FLOATING RATE TRUST,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Richard D'Addario
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Richard D'Addario
                                       Title:   Senior Vice President

                                   GALAXY CLO 1999-I LTD.,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Thomas G. Brandt
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Thomas G. Brandt
                                       Title:   Managing Director

                                   HAMILTON CDO, LTD.
                                   By: Stanfield Capital Partners LLC
                                          As its Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher A. Bondy
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Christopher A. Bondy
                                       Title:   Partner

<PAGE>
                                                                              29

                                   IKB DEUTSCHE INDUSTRIEBANK AG,
                                   LUXEMBOURG BRANCH,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Anja Keuchel
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Anja Keuchel
                                       Title:   Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Manfred Ziwey
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Manfred Ziwey
                                       Title:   Director

                                   ING PRIME RATE INCOME TRUST
                                   By: ING Investments, LLC
                                          as its investment manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert L. Wilson
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Robert L. Wilson
                                       Title:   Vice President

                                   ING SENIOR INCOME FUND
                                   By: ING Investments, LLC
                                          as its investment manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert L. Wilson
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Robert L. Wilson
                                       Title:   Vice President

<PAGE>
                                                                              30

                                   JISSEKIKUN FUNDING, LTD. (Acct 1288),
                                   By: Pacific Investment Management
                                          Company LLC, as its Investment Advisor

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       Title: Executive Vice President

                                   JUPITER FUNDING TRUST,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Diana L. Mushill
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Diana L. Mushill
                                       Title: Authorized Agent

                                   KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Brendan Lawlor
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Brendan Lawlor
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   KZH CRESCENT LLC,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Susan Lee
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Susan Lee
                                       Title: Authorized Agent

                                   KZH CRESCENT-2 LLC,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Susan Lee
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Susan Lee
                                       Title: Authorized Agent

<PAGE>

                                                                              31

                                   KZH CRESCENT-3 LLC,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Susan Lee
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Susan Lee
                                       Title: Authorized Agent

                                   KZH ING-2 LLC,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Susan Lee
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Susan Lee
                                       Title: Authorized Agent

                                   KZH ING-3 LLC,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Susan Lee
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Susan Lee
                                       Title: Authorized Agent

                                   KZH PONDVIEW LLC,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Susan Lee
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Susan Lee
                                       Title: Authorized Agent

<PAGE>
                                                                              32

                                   KZH SOLEIL LLC,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Susan Lee
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Susan Lee
                                       Title: Authorized Agent

                                   KZH SOLEIL-2 LLC,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Susan Lee
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Susan Lee
                                       Title: Authorized Agent

                                   KZH WATERSIDE LLC,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Susan Lee
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Susan Lee
                                       Title: Authorized Agent

                                   METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE
                                   COMPANY,

                                     by
                                       /s/  James R. Dingler
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  James R. Dingler
                                       Title: Director

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                                                                              33

                                   MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.
                                   (f.k.a.) Fuji Bank, Ltd.

                                     by
                                       /s/  Nobuoki Koike
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Nobuoki Koike
                                       Title: Senior Vice President

                                   ML CLO XV PILGRIM AMERICA
                                   (CAYMAN) LTD,
                                   By: ING Investments, LLC
                                       as its investment manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert L. Wilson
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Robert L. Wilson
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   ML CLO XII PILGRIM AMERICA
                                   (CAYMAN) LTD,
                                   By: ING Investments, LLC
                                       as its investment manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert L. Wilson
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Robert L. Wilson
                                       Title: Vice President

<PAGE>
                                                                              34

                                   ML CLO XX PILGRIM AMERICA
                                   (CAYMAN) LTD,
                                   By: ING Investments, LLC
                                       as its investment manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert L. Wilson
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Robert L. Wilson
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   MONUMENT CAPITAL LTD,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert Bayer
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Robert Bayer
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Frank H. Madden, Jr.
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Frank H. Madden, Jr.
                                       Title: Vice President & Group Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  William Burke
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  William Burke
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   NATIONAL CITY BANK,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Beth A. Newton
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Beth A. Newton
                                       Title: Vice President

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                                                                              35

                                   NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC
                                   By: NatWest Capital Markets Limited, its
                                          Agent
                                   By: Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., its
                                          Agent

                                     by
                                       /s/  Harry Paschalidis
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Harry Paschalidis
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   NEMEAN CLO, LTD.,
                                   By: ING Capital Advisors LLC,
                                          as Investment Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Gordon Cook
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Gordon Cook
                                       Title: Senior Vice President & Portfolio
                                                 Manager

                                   NORTHWOODS CAPITAL, LIMITED
                                   By: Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P.,
                                       As Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  John W. Fraser
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  John W. Fraser
                                       Title: Managing Director

<PAGE>

                                                                              36

                                   NORTHWOODS CAPITAL II, LIMITED
                                   By: Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P.,
                                          As Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  John W. Fraser
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  John W. Fraser
                                       Title: Managing Director

                                   NORTHWOODS CAPITAL III, LIMITED
                                   By: Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P.,
                                          As Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  John W. Fraser
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  John W. Fraser
                                       Title: Managing Director

                                   OAK HILL SECURITIES FUND II, L.P.
                                   By: Oak Hill Securities GenPar II, L.P.
                                          its General Partner
                                   By: Oak Hill Securities MGP II, Inc.
                                          its General Partner

                                     by
                                       /s/  Scott D. Krase
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Scott D. Krase
                                       Title: Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>
                                                                              37

                                   OCTAGON INVESTMENT PARTNERS II,
                                   LLC
                                   By: Octagon Credit Investors, LLC
                                          as sub-investment manager
                                     by
                                       /s/  Michael B. Nechamkin
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Michael B. Nechamkin
                                       Title: Portfolio Manager

                                   OCTAGON INVESTMENT PARTNERS III,
                                   LTD.
                                   By: Octagon Credit Investors, LLC
                                          as Portfolio Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Michael B. Nechamkin
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Michael B. Nechamkin
                                       Title: Portfolio Manager

                                   OCTAGON INVESTMENT PARTNERS IV,
                                   LTD
                                   By: Octagon Credit Investors, LLC
                                          as collateral manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Michael B. Nechamkin
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Michael B. Nechamkin
                                       Title: Portfolio Manager

                                   ORYX CLO, LTD.
                                   By: ING Capital Advisors LLC
                                          as Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Gordon Cook
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Gordon Cook
                                       Title: Senior Vice President & Portfolio
                                                  Manager

<PAGE>

                                                                              38

                                   PERSEUS CDO I, LTD
                                   By: Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company
                                          As Portfolio Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Steven J. Katz
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Steven J. Katz
                                       Title: Second Vice President and
                                              Associate General Counsel

                                   PILGRIM AMERICA HIGH INCOME
                                   INVESTMENTS LTD,
                                   By: ING Investments, LLC
                                          as its investment manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert L. Wilson
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Robert L. Wilson
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   PILGRIM CLO 1999-1 LTD.
                                   By: ING Investments, LLC
                                          as its investments manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert L. Wilson
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Robert L. Wilson
                                       Title: Vice President

<PAGE>

                                                                              39

                                   PPM  AMERICA, INC., as Attorney-in-fact,
                                   on behalf of Jackson National Life Insurance
                                   Company.

                                     by
                                       /s/  David C. Wagner
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  David C. Wagner
                                       Title: Managing Director

                                   ROYALTON COMPANY (Acct 280)
                                   By: Pacific Investment Management
                                          Company LLC, as its Investment Advisor

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       Title: Executive Vice President

                                   THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Jayne Seaford
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Jayne Seaford
                                       Title: Senior Vice President

                                   SAAR HOLDINGS CDO LTD
                                   By: Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company
                                          As Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Steven J. Katz
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Steven J. Katz
                                       Title: Second Vice President and
                                              Associate General Counsel

<PAGE>

                                                                              40

                                   SEQUILS-ING I (HBDGM), LTD.
                                   By: ING Capital Advisors LLC
                                          as Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Gordon Cook
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Gordon Cook
                                       Title: Senior Vice President & Portfolio
                                                  Manager

                                   SEQUILS-MAGNUM, LTD. (#1280)
                                   By: Pacific Investment Management
                                          Company
                                          as its Investment Advisor

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Mohan V. Phansalkar
                                       Title: Executive Vice President

                                   SEQUILS-PILGRIM I, LTD.
                                   By: ING Investments, LLC
                                          as its investment manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Robert L. Wilson
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name: Robert L. Wilson
                                       Title: Vice President
<PAGE>
                                                                              41

                                   SEQUILS I, LTD.
                                   By: TCW Advisors, Inc. as its Collateral
                                          Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mark Gold
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Mark Gold
                                       Title: Managing Director

                                     by
                                       /s/  Jonathan Berg
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Jonathan Berg
                                       Title: Assistant Vice President

                                   SEQUILS IV, LTD
                                   By: TCW Advisors, Inc. as its Collateral
                                          Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/   Mark Gold
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Mark Gold
                                       Title: Managing Director

                                     by
                                       /s/   Jonathan Berg
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Jonathan Berg
                                       Title: Assistant Vice President

<PAGE>

                                                                              42

                                   SIMSBURY CLO, LTD
                                   By: Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company
                                          As Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Steven J. Katz
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Steven J. Katz
                                       Title: Second Vice President and
                                              Associate General Counsel

                                   SOMERS CDO, LTD
                                   By: Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company
                                          As Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Steven J. Katz
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Steven J. Katz
                                       Title: Second Vice President and
                                                    Associate General Counsel

                                   SOUTHERN PACIFIC BANK,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mun Young Kim
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Mun Young Kim
                                       Title: Vice President

<PAGE>

                                                                              43

                                   SRF TRADING, INC.,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Diana L. Mushill
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Diana L. Mushill
                                       Title: Assistant Vice President

                                   STANDARD FEDERAL BANK,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Dorian Smith
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Dorian Smith
                                       Title: Assistant Vice President

                                   STANFIELD ARBITRAGE CDO, LTD.
                                   By: Stanfield Capital Partners LLC
                                          as its Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher A. Bondy
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Christopher A. Bondy
                                       Title: Partner

                                   STANFIELD CLO LTD.
                                   By: Stanfield Capital Partners LLC
                                          as its Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher A. Bondy
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Christopher A. Bondy
                                       Title: Partner

                                   STANFIELD/RMF TRANSATLANTIC CDO
                                   LTD.
                                   By: Stanfield Capital Partners LLC
                                          as its Collateral Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher A. Bondy
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Christopher A. Bondy
                                       Title: Partner

<PAGE>

                                                                              44

                                   STEIN ROE FLOATING RATE LIMITED
                                   LIABILITY COMPANY,

                                     by
                                       /s/  James R. Fellows
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  James R. Fellows
                                       Title: Senior Vice President

                                   SUNAMERICA SENIOR FLOATING RATE
                                   FUND INC.
                                   By: Stanfield Capital Partners LLC
                                          As Subadvisor

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher A. Bondy
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Christopher A. Bondy
                                       Title: Partner

                                   TCW SELECT LOAN FUND, LIMITED
                                   By: TCW Advisors, Inc. as its Collateral
                                          Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Mark Gold
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Mark Gold
                                       Title: Managing Director

                                     by
                                       /s/  Jonathan Berg
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Jonathan Berg
                                       Title: Assistant Vice President

<PAGE>
                                                                              45

                                   THERMOPYLAE FUNDING CORP.

                                     by
                                       /s/  Frank Bilotta
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Frank Bilotta
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   TORONTO DOMINION (NEW YORK),
                                   INC.

                                     by
                                       /s/  Gwen Zirkle
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Gwen Zirkle
                                       Title: Vice President

                                   TRAVELERS CORPORATE LOAN FUND
                                   INC.
                                   By: Travelers Asset Management
                                          International Company LLC

                                     by
                                       /s/  William M. Gardner
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  William M. Gardner
                                       Title: Assistant Investment Officer

                                   TRYON 2000-I CDO (IDM)

                                     by
                                       /s/  Amos N. Beason
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Amos N. Beason
                                       Title: Director

<PAGE>

                                                                              46

                                   VAN KAMPEN PRIME RATE INCOME
                                   TRUST
                                   By: Van Kampen Investment Advisory Corp.

                                     by
                                       /s/  Darvin D. Pierce
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Darvin D. Pierce
                                       Title: Executive Director

                                   VAN KAMPEN SENIOR INCOME TRUST
                                   By: Van Kampen Investment Advisory Corp.

                                     by
                                       /s/  Darvin D. Pierce
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Darvin D. Pierce
                                       Title: Executive Director

                                   VENTURE CDO 2002, LIMITED,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Martin F. Davey
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Martin F. Davey
                                       Title: Director

                                   WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Richard J. Ameny, Jr.
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Richard J. Ameny, Jr.
                                       Title: Assistant Vice President

<PAGE>
                                                                              47

                                   WINDSOR LOAN FUNDING, LIMITED
                                   By: Stanfield Capital Partners LLC
                                          as its Investment Manager

                                     by
                                       /s/  Christopher A. Bondy
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Christopher A. Bondy
                                       Title: Partner

                                   WINGED FOOT FUNDING TRUST,

                                     by
                                       /s/  Diana L. Mushill
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Diana L. Mushill
                                       Title: Authorized Agent

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