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Exhibit 10.2    
    

October 21,
2005 

Nexans

Nexans Participations

Nexans Wires

Lacroix & Kress GmbH 

Ladies
and Gentlemen: 

        Reference
is hereby made to that certain Contribution and Formation Agreement, dated July 27, 2005 (the "Agreement"), by and
between Superior Essex Inc. ("Superior"), Essex Group, Inc. ("Essex"), SE Holding, C.V.
("Essex Netherlands"), Nexans, Nexans Participations ("Participations"), Nexans Wires, and
Lacroix & Kress GmbH ("L&K"). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the
Agreement. 

        In
connection with the Closing, Superior Essex, Essex Netherlands, Nexans, Participations, Nexans Wires and L&K hereby agree as follows: 

	1.
	Notwithstanding
anything in Sections 1.1, 2.2.5 and 5.1.3 of the Agreement to the contrary, the parties acknowledge that the Agreement for the Sale of Receivables referred as the
"Credit Facility" will be entered into by Flytex (Nexans Winding Wires S.A.S.) prior to the Closing and the JV Holding Company and other entities may become parties to such Credit Facility at or
following the Closing. Prior to the Closing, Nexans will cause Flytex to not make any draws under or sales pursuant to such Credit Facility, except as contemplated by the Agreement and in the Funds
Flow Memorandum.

	2.
	Notwithstanding
anything in Article II of the Agreement to the contrary, the Subordinated Note referred to in Section 2.2.6 shall be issued by German NewCo, subscribed by
Nexans and executed by the JV Holding Company as guarantor one day prior to the Closing. The parties acknowledge and agree that interest on the principal amount evidenced by such Subordinated Note
shall not begin to accrue until the Closing Date.

	3.
	Notwithstanding
anything in Section 2.6.4(b) of the Agreement to the contrary:

	(a)
	if
the Nexans Capital Employed is less than €60,000,000, then any payments owed to Essex shall be determined in accordance with Section 2.6.4(b) of the
Agreement;

	(b)
	if
the Nexans Capital Employed is between €64,000,000 and €65,000,000, then Essex shall pay to Participations an amount equal to sixty percent (60%) of
the difference between the Nexans Capital Employed and €64,000,000;

	(c)
	if
the Nexans Capital Employed is greater than €65,000,000 and less than or equal to €71,000,000, then Essex shall make the payment contemplated in
clause (b) (determined as if the Nexans Capital Employed was €65,000,000) and the JV Holding Company shall pay to Participations an amount equal to the difference between the
Nexans Capital Employed and €65,000,001;

	(d)
	if
the Nexans Capital Employed is greater than €71,000,000, then Essex shall make the payment contemplated in clause (b) (determined as if the Nexans Capital
Employed was €65,000,000) and the JV Holding Company shall make the payment contemplated in clause (c) in respect of the JV Holding Company (determined as if the Nexans Capital
Employed was €71,000,000) and shall issue to Participations a Capital Employed Note, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lesser of (i) €2,000,000, and
(ii) the amount by which the Nexans Capital Employed exceeds €71,000,000; 

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	(e)
	the
payments described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (d) shall be made within five (5) Business Days following either an agreement by Essex and Nexans as
to the Nexans Capital Employed or the CPA Firm's determination of the Unresolved Items;

	(f)
	and
the payment described in clause (c) above shall initially be made within five (5) Business Days following, and shall be based upon, the delivery of the Nexans
Closing Balance Sheet and statement of Nexans Capital Employed to Nexans and Essex pursuant to Section 2.6.1 of the Agreement (such statement of Nexans Capital Employed being referred to as the
"Estimated Capital Employed"). Within five (5) Business Days following either an agreement by Essex and Nexans as to the Nexans Capital Employed
or the CPA Firm's determination of the Unresolved Items, Participations shall pay to the JV Holding Company an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Estimated Capital Employed over Nexans Capital
Employed, and the JV Holding Company shall pay to Participations an amount equal to the excess, if any, of Nexans Capital Employed over the Estimated Capital Employed. The parties acknowledge and
agree that, solely for purposes of this clause (f), the Nexans Capital Employed shall not exceed €71,000,000 or be less than €65,000,001.

	4.
	Section 2.7.2
of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in its entirety and substituting the following: "The Initial Net Equity Value shall be increased,
for purposes of calculating the Put Price and the Call Price, by the amount by which the Nexans Capital Employed (as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.6) exceeds
€64,000,000 (up to a maximum of €65,000,000) or decreased by the amount by which the Nexans Capital Employed (as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.6) is
less than €60,000,000.

	5.
	For
the period commencing on the Closing Date, Nexans shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Essex/JV Indemnified Parties against and in respect of all Losses sustained or
incurred arising out of, in connection with, or relating to the failure of Nexans Portugal before or after the Closing to achieve or comply with any economic benchmarks or milestones or financial
covenants set forth in that certain Contract of Granting of Non-reimbursable Subvention, dated September 16, 1999, between the Institute for Support of Small and Medium Enterprises
and Nexans Portugal. The indemnity described in this Paragraph 5 hereof shall be subject to Article VII of the Agreement; provided,  however, that
the indemnity shall not be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7.2 of the Agreement. The parties acknowledge and agree
that any liability covered by the indemnity contained in this Paragraph 5 shall not be included as a liability on the Nexans Closing Balance sheet for purposes of calculating the Nexans Capital
Employed.

	6.
	Following
the Closing, the JV Holding Company shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Nexans against and in respect of all Losses sustained or incurred by Nexans pursuant to that
certain letter, dated December 22, 2003, by Nexans to Banco Comercial Português, S.A. arising out of, in connection with, or relating to any default by Nexans Portugal under that
certain Loan Agreement (Contrato de Concessao), dated November 24, 2003, between Agencia Portuguesa
Investimento and Nexans Portugal, to the extent such default is attributable to acts or omissions of Nexans Portugal following the Closing Date.

	7.
	For
the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereby agree that nothing contained in the Schedules of Exceptions to the certificates to be delivered at the Closing by the Nexans Parties
pursuant to Sections 2.5(b)(i), 5.2.1 and 5.2.2 and by the Essex Parties pursuant to Sections 2.5(a)(i), 5.3.1 and 5.3.2, respectively, shall limit any indemnification remedies under the Agreement
related to the matters covered therein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and agree that, subject to the limitations contained in
Section 7.2 of the Agreement and any applicable and unused reserve on the Nexans Closing Balance Sheet, any failure to collect the account receivable owing by Trasma in the amount
€493,000 shall be covered by the of the indemnity in Section 7.2.1 of the Agreement. 

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	8.
	The
Essex Parties and the Nexans Parties shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the JV Holding Company complies with all obligations contemplated in this letter agreement.

	9.
	Sections
8.10 and 8.11 of the Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this letter agreement. 

        Except
as expressly provided herein, nothing contained in this letter agreement shall in any way limit or modify the rights or obligations of any party under the Agreement. 

        Please
indicate your consent to and agreement with the foregoing by signing in the space provided below. 

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        Signed in Paris on behalf of each of the parties hereto as of the date first written above in seven original copies. 

	 	 	Sincerely,
	

 	
 	

SUPERIOR ESSEX INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

    

	 	 	Name:	 	    

	 	 	Title:	 	    

	

 	
 	

ESSEX GROUP, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

    

	 	 	Name:	 	    

	 	 	Title:	 	    

	

 	
 	

SE HOLDING, C.V.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

Superior China Magnet Wire GP, Inc., its General Partner
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

    

	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	    

	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	    

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Accepted
and Agreed to: 

	NEXANS	 	 
	

By:	
 	

    
	
 	

 
	Name:	 	    
	 	 
	Title:	 	    
	 	 
	

NEXANS PARTICIPATIONS	
 	

 
	

By:	
 	

    
	
 	

 
	Name:	 	    
	 	 
	Title:	 	    
	 	 
	

NEXANS WIRES	
 	

 
	

By:	
 	

    
	
 	

 
	Name:	 	    
	 	 
	Title:	 	    
	 	 
	

LACROIX & KRESS GmbH	
 	

 
	

By:	
 	

    
	
 	

 
	Name:	 	    
	 	 
	Title:	 	    
	 	 

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Exhibit 10.2Q3 2005 Exhibit 10.29

AMENDMENT NO. 2

to the

AMENDED AND RESTATED 

REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

Amendment No. 2 (this "Amendment"), dated as of
October 19, 2005, by and among WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Parent"), the subsidiaries of the Parent set
forth on the signature pages hereto (collectively with  the Parent, the
"Borrowers"), BANK OF AMERICA N.A., a national banking
association having a place of business at 100 Federal Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02110 and the other banks and lending institutions (collectively,
the "Lenders") set forth on the signature pages hereto, and
BANK OF AMERICA N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (the
"Administrative Agent").

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan
Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2004 (as amended and in effect from time to
time, the "Credit Agreement"); and 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Administrative
Agent and the Required Lenders agree, and the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders have agreed, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, to amend certain of the terms and provisions of the Credit
Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 1.Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms which are used
herein without definition and which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall
have the same meanings herein as in the Credit Agreement.

 2.Amendment to   1.1 of the Credit Agreement:

(a)The definition of "Capital Stock"
appearing in   1.1 is amended by inserting the clause "but excluding
any debt security that is convertible into or exchangeable in whole or in part
for Capital Stock prior to such conversion."

(b)The definition of Permitted Debt Offering
Maturity Event is deleted and the following definition is inserted
in its place:  "Permitted Debt Offering
Maturity Event" the date on which the aggregate amount of
principal payments, principal returns, and/or redemptions in respect of a
Permitted Debt Offering shall exceed $50,000,000 unless such event is waived or
postponed in writing by the Required Lenders.

 3.Amendment to   8.6 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 8.6 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
the following new   8.6 is inserted in its place:

" 8.6Restricted Payments and Redemptions.
The Borrowers shall not redeem, convert, retire or otherwise acquire shares of
any class of its Capital Stock, or make any Restricted Payments, except that (a)
the Borrowers may make Distributions to another Borrower, (b) the Parent may
make Distributions and/or purchase shares of its Capital Stock in an annual
aggregate amount not to exceed $75,000,000 plus one hundred percent
(100%) of the cash proceeds received by the Parent from the exercise of stock
options after January 1, 2003, (c) the Parent may, in addition to its rights
granted pursuant to clause (b) above, purchase shares of its Capital Stock in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000, and (d) the Parent may, in addition
to its rights granted pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) above, purchase shares of
its Capital Stock in an amount not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the Net
Financing Proceeds from a Permitted Debt Offering which is in the form of
convertible notes, provided that an amount equal to fifty percent (50%)
of the Net Financing Proceeds from such Permitted Debt Offering is
simultaneously applied pro rata to reduce outstanding Loans hereunder.
Any Term Loan Lender may decline to accept any payments due to such Term Loan
Lender pursuant to clause (d) above in which case such declined payments shall
be used to repay the Revolving Credit Loans (but not reduce the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment) on a pro rata basis in accordance with each Revolving
Credit Lender's Commitment Percentage.  In addition, the Borrowers shall not
effect or permit any change in or amendment to any document or instrument
pertaining to the terms of any Borrower's (other than the Parent's) Capital
Stock.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Borrower shall make any Distribution
and/or purchase any of its Capital Stock under this  8.6 if (i) a Default or
Event of Default exists or would be created by the making of such Distribution
or by the purchase of such Capital Stock, as the case may be, or (ii) with
respect to Distributions and/or purchases of its Capital Stock made under
clauses (b) through (d) above, the Leverage Ratio taking into account such
Distribution and/or such purchase would exceed 3.75 to 1.00."

 4.Amendment to   8.11(iv) of the Credit
Agreement.  Subsection 8.11(iv) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by inserting the following clause in the third line of such subsection
"and make principal payments, principal returns and/or redemptions of the
Convertible Subordinated Notes, in each case," immediately before
"with proceeds of Subordinated Debt". 

 5.Representations and Warranties.  Each of the
Borrowers hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders as follows:

(a)The representations and warranties contained in   6 of the
Credit Agreement are true and correct at and as of the date made and as of the
date hereof, except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions
contemplated or permitted by the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
and changes occurring in the ordinary course of business that singly or in the
aggregate are not materially adverse, or to the extent that such representations
and warranties relate expressly to an earlier date.

(b)As of the date hereof, after giving effect to the provisions
hereof, there exists no Event of Default or Default.

 6.Effectiveness.  This Amendment shall be effective
upon the execution and delivery of this Amendment signed by each Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.

 7.Miscellaneous.  This Amendment may be executed in
any number of counterparts, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
but one instrument.  In making proof of this Amendment it shall not be necessary
to produce or account for more than one counterpart signed by each party hereto
by and against which enforcement hereof is sought.  Delivery by facsimile by any
of the parties hereto of an executed counterpart of this Amendment shall be as
effective as an original executed counterpart hereof and shall be considered a
representation that an original executed counterpart hereof will be delivered.

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

 

THE BORROWERS:

WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.

AMERICAN DISPOSAL COMPANY, INC.

AMERICAN SANITARY SERVICE, INC.

ARROW SANITARY SERVICE, INC.

BITUMINOUS RESOURCES, INC.

BUTLER COUNTY LANDFILL, INC.

CAMINO REAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, INC. 

COLD
CANYON LAND FILL, INC.

COMMUNITY REFUSE DISPOSAL INC.

CONTRACTORS WASTE SERVICES, INC.

CORRAL DE PIEDRA LAND COMPANY

CURRY TRANSFER & RECYCLING, INC.

D. M. DISPOSAL CO., INC.

DENVER REGIONAL LANDFILL, INC.

EMPIRE DISPOSAL, INC.

ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST COMPANY

ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.

FINNEY
COUNTY LANDFILL, INC.

G & P DEVELOPMENT, INC.

ISLAND DISPOSAL, INC. 

J BAR J LAND, INC.

LEALCO, INC.

LES' COUNTY SANITARY, INC.

MADERA DISPOSAL SYSTEMS,
INC.

MAMMOTH DISPOSAL COMPANY

MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL NATIONAL, INC.

MASON COUNTY GARBAGE CO., INC. 

MILLENNIUM WASTE
INCORPORATED

MISSION COUNTRY DISPOSAL

MORRO BAY GARBAGE SERVICE

MURREY'S DISPOSAL COMPANY, INC.

NEBRASKA ECOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.

NOBLES COUNTY LANDFILL, INC.

NORTHERN PLAINS DISPOSAL, INC.

 

By:

Worthing F. Jackman

Chief Financial Officer

NORTHWEST CONTAINER SERVICES, INC.

OKLAHOMA CITY WASTE DISPOSAL, INC.

OKLAHOMA LANDFILL HOLDINGS, INC.

OSAGE LANDFILL, INC.

PSI ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.

PSI ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.

RED CARPET LANDFILL, INC.

RH FINANCIAL CORPORATION

RHINO SOLID WASTE, INC.

RURAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.

SAN LUIS GARBAGE COMPANY

SCOTT SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANY

SEDALIA LAND COMPANY

SOUTH COUNTY SANITARY SERVICE, INC.

SOUTHERN PLAINS DISPOSAL, INC.

TACOMA RECYCLING COMPANY, INC.

TENNESSEE WASTE MOVERS, INC.

WASCO COUNTY LANDFILL, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF ALABAMA, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF ARIZONA, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF ARKANSAS, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INC.  (f/k/a Amador Disposal Service,
Inc.)

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF COLORADO, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF IDAHO, INC. (F/K/A MOUNTAIN JACK ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES,
INC.)

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF ILLINOIS, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF IOWA, INC.  (f/k/a Whaley Waste Systems Inc.)

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF KANSAS, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF KENTUCKY, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF MINNESOTA, INC.  (f/k/a Ritter's Sanitary Service, Inc.)

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI, INC. (f/k/a Liberty Waste Services of
Mississippi Holdings, Inc.)

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF MISSOURI, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF MONTANA, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.

By:

Worthing F. Jackman

Chief Financial Officer

 

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF OKLAHOMA, INC.  (f/k/a B & B Sanitation,
Inc.)

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF OREGON, INC. (f/k/a Sweet Home Sanitation Service,
Inc.)

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.(f/k/a Novak Enterprises, Inc.)

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF TENNESSEE, INC. (fka Liberty Waste Services of Tennessee
Holdings, Inc.)

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY, INC. (f/k/a/ Kingsburg Disposal
Service, inc.)

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF UTAH, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF WASHINGTON, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF WYOMING, INC.

WASTE CONNECTIONS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC.

WASTE SERVICES OF N.E. MISSISSIPPI, INC. 

WCI OF GEORGIA, INC.

WEST BANK ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.

WEST COAST RECYCLING AND TRANSFER, INC. 

WYOMING ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.

WYOMING ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.

 

By:

Worthing F. Jackman

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

COLUMBIA RESOURCE CO., L.P.

FINLEY-BUTTES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By:Management Environmental National, Inc.,

its General Partner

By:_________________________

Worthing F. Jackman

Chief Financial Officer

 

EL PASO DISPOSAL, LP

By:Waste Connections of Texas, LLC,

its General Partner

By:Waste Connections Management Services, Inc.,

its Manager

 

By:_________________________

Worthing F. Jackman

Chief Financial Officer

 

SANTEK ENVIRONMENTAL OF MISSISSIPPI, L.L.C.

WASTE SERVICES OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC

By:Waste Connections, Inc.,

its Managing Member

 

By:_________________________

Worthing F. Jackman

Chief Financial Officer

 

WASTE CONNECTIONS OF TEXAS, LLC

By:Waste Connections Management Services, Inc.,

its Manager

By:_________________________

Worthing F. Jackman

Chief Financial Officer

 

RAILROAD AVENUE DISPOSAL, LLC

SCOTT WASTE SERVICES, LLC

By:Waste Connections, Inc.

Its Manager

By:_________________________

Worthing F. Jackman

Chief Financial Officer

 

WASTE SOLUTIONS GROUP OF SAN BENITO, LLC

By:Waste Connections, Inc.,

its Manager

By:

Worthing F. Jackman

Chief Financial Officer

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A,

as Administrative Agent

By:___________________________________

Maria F. Maia

Managing Director

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A,

as Lender

By:___________________________________

Maria F. Maia

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

individually and as Syndication Agent

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

Calyon NEW YORK BRANCH

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

JPMORGAN CHASE

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

GUARANTY BANK

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

FIRST BANK D/B/A fIRST BANK & TRUST

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK

AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES

 

By:______________________________________

Name:  

Title:    

 

By:______________________________________

Name:  

Title:    

 

CITICORP North America, Inc.

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

BANK OF THE WEST

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

PEOPLE'S BANK

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

BANK OF SCOTLAND

By:______________________________________

Name:

Title:

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