Document:

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Exhibit 10.1

 
 

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Dated as of August 22, 2005,

among

Penford Corporation

The Guarantors from time to time parties hereto,

the Lenders from time to time parties hereto,

and

Harris N.A.

as Administrative Agent

 
 

 

 

Table of Contents

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section	 	Heading	 	Page	 
	Section 1.
	 	The Credit Facilities	 	 	 1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.1.
	 	Term Loan Commitments	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.2.
	 	Revolving Credit Commitments	 	 	2	 
	Section 1.3.
	 	Letters of Credit	 	 	2	 
	Section 1.4.
	 	Applicable Interest Rates	 	 	5	 
	Section 1.5.
	 	Minimum Borrowing Amounts; Maximum Eurocurrency Loans	 	 	5	 
	Section 1.6.
	 	Manner of Borrowing Loans and Designating Applicable Interest Rates	 	 	6	 
	Section 1.7.
	 	Interest Periods	 	 	8	 
	Section 1.8.
	 	Maturity of Loans	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.9.
	 	Prepayments	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.10.
	 	Default Rate	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.11.
	 	The Notes	 	 	15	 
	Section 1.12.
	 	Funding Indemnity	 	 	16	 
	Section 1.13.
	 	Commitment Terminations	 	 	16	 
	Section 1.14.
	 	Substitution of Lenders	 	 	17	 
	Section 1.15.
	 	Swing Loans	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.
	 	Fees	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.1.
	 	Fees	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.
	 	Place and Application of Payments	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.1.
	 	Place and Application of Payments	 	 	20	 
	Section 3.2.
	 	Account Debit	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.
	 	Guaranties and Collateral	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.1.
	 	Guaranties	 	 	22	 
	Section 4.2.
	 	Collateral	 	 	22	 
	Section 4.3.
	 	Liens on Real Property	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.4.
	 	Further Assurances	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.
	 	Definitions; Interpretation	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.1.
	 	Definitions	 	 	23	 
	Section 5.2.
	 	Interpretation	 	 	42	 
	Section 5.3.
	 	Change in Accounting Principles	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.
	 	Representations and Warranties	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.1.
	 	Organization and Qualification	 	 	43	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section	 	Heading	 	Page	 
	Section 6.2.
	 	Subsidiaries	 	 	43	 
	Section 6.3.
	 	Authority and Validity of Obligations	 	 	43	 
	Section 6.4.
	 	Use of Proceeds; Margin Stock	 	 	44	 
	Section 6.5.
	 	Financial Reports	 	 	44	 
	Section 6.6.
	 	No Material Adverse Change	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.7.
	 	Full Disclosure	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.8.
	 	Trademarks, Franchises, and Licenses	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.9.
	 	Governmental Authority and Licensing	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.10.
	 	Good Title	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.11.
	 	Litigation and Other Controversies	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.12.
	 	Taxes	 	 	46	 
	Section 6.13.
	 	Approvals	 	 	46	 
	Section 6.14.
	 	Affiliate Transactions	 	 	46	 
	Section 6.15.
	 	Investment Company; Public Utility Holding Company	 	 	46	 
	Section 6.16.
	 	ERISA	 	 	46	 
	Section 6.17.
	 	Compliance with Laws	 	 	46	 
	Section 6.18.
	 	Other Agreements	 	 	47	 
	Section 6.19.
	 	Solvency	 	 	47	 
	Section 6.20.
	 	No Default	 	 	47	 
	Section 6.21.
	 	Outstanding Australian Obligations	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.
	 	Conditions Precedent	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.1.
	 	All Credit Events	 	 	48	 
	Section 7.2.
	 	Initial Credit Event	 	 	49	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.
	 	Covenants	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.1.
	 	Maintenance of Business	 	 	51	 
	Section 8.2.
	 	Maintenance of Properties	 	 	51	 
	Section 8.3.
	 	Taxes and Assessments	 	 	51	 
	Section 8.4.
	 	Insurance	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.5.
	 	Financial Reports	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.6.
	 	Inspection	 	 	54	 
	Section 8.7.
	 	Borrowings and Guaranties	 	 	54	 
	Section 8.8.
	 	Liens	 	 	55	 
	Section 8.9.
	 	Investments, Acquisitions, Loans and Advances	 	 	56	 
	Section 8.10.
	 	Mergers, Consolidations and Sales	 	 	57	 
	Section 8.11.
	 	Maintenance of Subsidiaries	 	 	58	 
	Section 8.12.
	 	Dividends and Certain Other Restricted Payments	 	 	58	 
	Section 8.13.
	 	ERISA	 	 	58	 
	Section 8.14.
	 	Compliance with Laws	 	 	59	 
	Section 8.15.
	 	Burdensome Contracts With Affiliates	 	 	60	 
	Section 8.16.
	 	No Changes in Fiscal Year	 	 	60	 
	Section 8.17.
	 	Formation of Subsidiaries	 	 	60	 
	Section 8.18.
	 	Change in the Nature of Business	 	 	60	 
	Section 8.19.
	 	Use of Proceeds	 	 	60	 

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	Section	 	Heading	 	Page	 
	Section 8.20.
	 	No Restrictions	 	 	60	 
	Section 8.21.
	 	Subordinated Debt	 	 	60	 
	Section 8.22.
	 	Financial Covenants	 	 	61	 
	Section 8.23.
	 	Australian Borrowings	 	 	61	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.
	 	Events of Default and Remedies	 	 	61	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.1.
	 	Events of Default	 	 	61	 
	Section 9.2.
	 	Non-Bankruptcy Defaults	 	 	64	 
	Section 9.3.
	 	Bankruptcy Defaults	 	 	64	 
	Section 9.4.
	 	Collateral for Undrawn Letters of Credit	 	 	65	 
	Section 9.5.
	 	Notice of Default	 	 	65	 
	Section 9.6.
	 	Expenses	 	 	65	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.
	 	Change in Circumstances	 	 	66	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.1.
	 	Change of Law	 	 	66	 
	Section 10.2.
	 	Unavailability of Deposits or Inability to Ascertain, or	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Inadequacy of, LIBOR	 	 	66	 
	Section 10.3.
	 	Increased Cost and Reduced Return	 	 	66	 
	Section 10.4.
	 	Lending Offices	 	 	68	 
	Section 10.5.
	 	Discretion of Lender as to Manner of Funding	 	 	68	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.
	 	The Administrative Agent	 	 	68	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.1.
	 	Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent	 	 	68	 
	Section 11.2.
	 	Administrative Agent and its Affiliates	 	 	68	 
	Section 11.3.
	 	Action by Administrative Agent	 	 	69	 
	Section 11.4.
	 	Consultation with Experts	 	 	69	 
	Section 11.5.
	 	Liability of Administrative Agent; Credit Decision	 	 	69	 
	Section 11.6.
	 	Indemnity	 	 	70	 
	Section 11.7.
	 	Resignation of Administrative Agent and Successor Administrative	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Agent	 	 	70	 
	Section 11.8.
	 	L/C Issuer.	 	 	71	 
	Section 11.9.
	 	Hedging Liability and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Arrangements	 	 	71	 
	Section 11.10.
	 	Designation of Additional Agents	 	 	72	 
	Section 11.11.
	 	Authorization to Release or Subordinate or Limit Liens	 	 	72	 
	Section 11.12.
	 	Authorization to Enter into, and Enforcement of, the Collateral	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Documents	 	 	72	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.
	 	The Guarantees	 	 	72	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.1.
	 	The Guarantees	 	 	72	 
	Section 12.2.
	 	Guarantee Unconditional	 	 	73	 
	Section 12.3.
	 	Discharge Only upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Circumstances	 	 	74	 
	Section 12.4.
	 	Subrogation   	 	 	74	 

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	Section	 	Heading	 	Page	 
	Section 12.5.
	 	Waivers	 	 	74	 
	Section 12.6.
	 	Limit on Recovery	 	 	75	 
	Section 12.7.
	 	Stay of Acceleration	 	 	75	 
	Section 12.8.
	 	Benefit to Guarantors	 	 	75	 
	Section 12.9.
	 	Guarantor Covenants	 	 	75	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.
	 	Miscellaneous	 	 	75	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.1.
	 	Withholding Taxes	 	 	75	 
	Section 13.2.
	 	No Waiver, Cumulative Remedies	 	 	76	 
	Section 13.3.
	 	Non-Business Days	 	 	77	 
	Section 13.4.
	 	Documentary Taxes	 	 	77	 
	Section 13.5.
	 	Survival of Representations	 	 	77	 
	Section 13.6.
	 	Survival of Indemnities	 	 	77	 
	Section 13.7.
	 	Sharing of Set-Off	 	 	77	 
	Section 13.8.
	 	Notices	 	 	78	 
	Section 13.9.
	 	Counterparts	 	 	78	 
	Section 13.10.
	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	78	 
	Section 13.11.
	 	Participants	 	 	78	 
	Section 13.12.
	 	Assignments	 	 	79	 
	Section 13.13.
	 	Amendments	 	 	80	 
	Section 13.14.
	 	Headings	 	 	80	 
	Section 13.15.
	 	Costs and Expenses; Indemnification	 	 	80	 
	Section 13.16.
	 	Set-off	 	 	82	 
	Section 13.17.
	 	Entire Agreement	 	 	82	 
	Section 13.18.
	 	Governing Law	 	 	82	 
	Section 13.19.
	 	Severability of Provisions	 	 	82	 
	Section 13.20.
	 	Excess Interest	 	 	82	 
	Section 13.21.
	 	Construction	 	 	83	 
	Section 13.22.
	 	Lender’s Obligations Several	 	 	83	 
	Section 13.23.
	 	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial	 	 	83	 
	Section 13.24.
	 	USA Patriot Act	 	 	83	 
	Section 13.25.
	 	Currency	 	 	84	 
	Section 13.26.
	 	Currency Equivalence	 	 	84	 
	Section 13.27.
	 	Amendment and Restatement	 	 	84	 
	Section 13.28.
	 	Withdrawal of Trustee	 	 	85	 

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	Exhibit A

	 	—
	 	Notice of Payment Request
	Exhibit B

	 	—
	 	Notice of Borrowing
	Exhibit C

	 	—
	 	Notice of Continuation/Conversion
	Exhibit D-1

	 	—
	 	U.S. Dollar Term Note
	Exhibit D-2

	 	—
	 	Australian Dollar Term Note
	Exhibit D-3

	 	—
	 	Revolving Note
	Exhibit D-4

	 	—
	 	Swing Note
	Exhibit E

	 	—
	 	Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit F

	 	—
	 	Additional Guarantor Supplement
	Exhibit G

	 	—
	 	Assignment and Acceptance
	Exhibit H

	 	—
	 	Opinion of Counsel
	Schedule 1

	 	—
	 	Commitments
	Schedule 6.2

	 	—
	 	Subsidiaries
	Schedule 8.9

	 	—
	 	Existing Investments

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Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

     This Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is entered into as of August 22, 2005, by and among
Penford Corporation, a Washington corporation (the
“Borrower”), the direct and indirect
Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party to this Agreement, as Guarantors, the several
financial institutions from time to time party to this Agreement, as Lenders, and Harris N.A., as
Administrative Agent as provided herein. All capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the same meanings herein as such terms are defined in Section 5.1 hereof.

Preliminary Statement

     The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to a Credit Agreement dated
as of October 7, 2003 (as previously supplemented and amended,
the “Original Credit Agreement”).
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders make certain further amendments to the Original Credit
Agreement and, for the sake of convenience and clarity, to restate the Original Credit Agreement in
its entirety as so amended. Accordingly, upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent to
effectiveness contained in Section 7.2 hereof, the Credit Agreement and all Exhibits and Schedules
thereto shall be amended and as so amended shall be restated in their entirety to read as follows:

Section 1. The Credit Facilities.

     Section 1.1. Term Loan Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each
Lender, by its acceptance hereof, severally agrees to make a loan (individually a “U.S. Dollar Term
Loan” and collectively for all the Lenders the “U.S.
Dollar Term Loans”) in U.S. Dollars to the
Borrower in the amount of such Lender’s U.S. Dollar Term Loan Commitment. The U.S. Dollar Term
Loans shall be advanced in a single Borrowing on the Closing Date and shall be made ratably by the
Lenders in proportion to their respective U.S. Dollar Term Loan Percentages, at which time the U.S.
Dollar Term Loan Commitments shall expire. As provided in Section 1.6(a) hereof, the Borrower may
elect that the U.S. Dollar Term Loans be outstanding as Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans. No
amount repaid or prepaid on any U.S. Dollar Term Loan may be borrowed again.

     (b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender, by its acceptance hereof,
severally agrees to make a loan (individually a “Australian Dollar Term Loan” and collectively for
all the Lenders the “Australian Dollar Term Loans”) in Australian Dollars to the Borrower in the
amount of such Lender’s Australian Dollar Term Loan Commitment. The Australian Dollar Term Loans
shall be advanced in a single Borrowing on the Closing Date and shall be made ratably by the
Lenders in proportion to their respective Australian Dollar Term Loan Percentages, at which time
the Australian Dollar Term Loan Commitments shall expire. All Australian Dollar Term Loans shall
be outstanding as Eurocurrency Loans. No amount repaid or prepaid on any Australian Dollar Term
Loan may be borrowed again.

 

 

     Section 1.2. Revolving Credit Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each
Lender, by its acceptance hereof, severally agrees to make a loan or loans (individually a
“Revolving Loan” and collectively the
“Revolving Loans”) in U.S. Dollar and in Alternative
Currencies to the Borrower from time to time on a revolving basis up to the amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment, subject to any reductions thereof pursuant to the terms hereof, before
the Revolving Credit Termination Date. The sum of the (i) aggregate Original Dollar Amount of
Revolving Loans, (ii) aggregate principal amount of Swing Loans, and (iii) U.S. Dollar Equivalent
of all L/C Obligations at any time outstanding shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments in
effect at such time and the aggregate Original Dollar Amount of Revolving Loans denominated in
Alternative Currencies shall not exceed $15,000,000. Each Borrowing of Revolving Loans shall be
made ratably by the Lenders in proportion to their respective Revolver Percentages. As provided in
Section 1.6(a) hereof, the Borrower may elect that each Borrowing of Revolving Loans be either Base
Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans. All Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be
Eurocurrency Loans. Revolving Loans may be repaid and the principal amount thereof reborrowed
before the Revolving Credit Termination Date, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

     Section 1.3. Letters of Credit. (a) General Terms. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, as part of the Revolving Credit, the L/C Issuer shall issue standby and commercial letters
of credit (each a “Letter of Credit”) in U.S. Dollars for the account of the Borrower or for the
account of the Borrower and one or more of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate undrawn face amount up
to the lesser of (i) the L/C Sublimit and (ii) the excess (if any) of the Revolving Credit
Commitments over the sum of the (x) aggregate Original Dollar Amount of Revolving Loans, (y)
aggregate principal amount of Swing Loans and (z) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of all L/C Obligations
then outstanding. Each Letter of Credit shall be issued by the L/C Issuer, but each Lender shall
be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer for such Lender’s Revolver Percentage of the amount of
each drawing thereunder and, accordingly, each Letter of Credit shall constitute usage of the
Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender pro rata in an amount equal to its Revolver Percentage
of the L/C Obligations then outstanding.

     (b) Applications. At any time before the Revolving Credit Termination Date, the L/C Issuer
shall, at the request of the Borrower, issue one or more Letters of Credit in U.S. Dollars, in a
form satisfactory to the L/C Issuer, with expiration dates no later than the earlier of 12 months
from the date of issuance (or which are cancelable not later than 12 months from the date of
issuance and each renewal) or 30 days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, in an
aggregate face amount as set forth above, upon the receipt of an application duly executed by the
Borrower and, if such Letter of Credit is for the account of one of its Subsidiaries, such
Subsidiary for the relevant Letter of Credit in the form then customarily prescribed by the L/C
Issuer for the Letter of Credit requested (each an
“Application”). Notwithstanding anything
contained in any Application to the contrary: (i) the Borrower shall pay fees in connection with
each Letter of Credit as set forth in Section 2.1 hereof, (ii) except as otherwise provided in
Section 1.9 hereof, before the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, the L/C Issuer will
not call for the funding by the Borrower of any amount under a Letter of Credit before being
presented with a drawing thereunder, and (iii) if the L/C Issuer is not timely reimbursed for the
amount of any drawing under a Letter of Credit on the date such drawing is paid, the Borrower’s
obligation to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of such drawing shall bear interest (which

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the Borrower hereby promises to pay) from and after the date such drawing is paid at a rate per
annum equal to the sum of 2.0% plus the Applicable Margin plus the Base Rate from time to time in
effect (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and the actual
number of days elapsed). If the L/C Issuer issues any Letter of Credit with an expiration date
that is automatically extended unless the L/C Issuer gives notice that the expiration date will not
so extend beyond its then scheduled expiration date, unless the Lenders instruct the L/C Issuer
otherwise, the L/C Issuer will give such notice of non-renewal before the time necessary to prevent
such automatic extension if before such required notice date: (i) the expiration date of such
Letter of Credit if so extended would be after the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (ii) the
Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, or (iii) a Default or an Event of Default exists
and the Administrative Agent, at the request or with the consent of the Required Lenders, has given
the L/C Issuer instructions not to so permit the extension of the expiration date of such Letter of
Credit. The L/C Issuer agrees to issue amendments to the Letter(s) of Credit increasing the
amount, or extending the expiration date, thereof at the request of the Borrower subject to the
conditions of Section 7 hereof and the other terms of this Section 1.3.

     (c) The Reimbursement Obligations. Subject to Section 1.3(b) hereof, the obligation of the
Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for all drawings under a Letter of Credit (a “Reimbursement
Obligation”) shall be governed by the Application related to such Letter of Credit, except that
reimbursement shall be made by no later than 12:00 Noon (Chicago time) on the date when each
drawing is to be paid if the Borrower has been informed of such drawing by the L/C Issuer on or
before 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the date when such drawing is to be paid or, if notice of such
drawing is given to the Borrower after 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the date when such drawing is
to be paid, by the end of such day, in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s
principal office in Chicago, Illinois or such other office as the Administrative Agent may
designate in writing to the Borrower (who shall thereafter cause to be distributed to the L/C
Issuer such amount(s) in like funds). If the Borrower does not make any such reimbursement payment
on the date due and the Participating Lenders fund their participations therein in the manner set
forth in Section 1.3(d) below, then all payments thereafter received by the Administrative Agent in
discharge of any of the relevant Reimbursement Obligations shall be distributed in accordance with
Section 1.3(d) below. The Reimbursement Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement shall be
absolute, unconditional, and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Documents under all circumstances whatsoever and the Borrower hereby waives any
defense to the payment of the Reimbursement Obligations based on any circumstance whatsoever,
including in any case, the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of
any Letter of Credit or any other Loan Document; (ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to
departure from any Loan Document; (iii) the existence of any claim, set-off, counterclaim, defense,
or other rights which the Borrower or any other Person may have at any time against any beneficiary
of any Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, any Lender, or any other Person,
whether in connection with any Loan Document or any unrelated transaction; (iv) any statement,
draft, or other documentation presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent, invalid, or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (v) payment by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit
against presentation of a draft or other document that does not

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comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit; or (vi) any other circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing.

     (d) The Participating Interests. Each Lender (other than the Lender acting as L/C Issuer in
issuing the relevant Letter of Credit), by its acceptance hereof, severally agrees to purchase from
the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer hereby agrees to sell to each such Lender (a “Participating
Lender”), an undivided percentage participating interest (a “Participating Interest”), to the
extent of its Revolver Percentage, in each Letter of Credit issued by, and each Reimbursement
Obligation owed to, the L/C Issuer. Upon any failure by the Borrower to pay any Reimbursement
Obligation at the time required on the date the related drawing is to be paid, as set forth in
Section 1.3(c) above, or if the L/C Issuer is required at any time to return to the Borrower or to
a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other Person any portion of any payment of any
Reimbursement Obligation, each Participating Lender shall, not later than the Business Day it
receives a certificate in the form of Exhibit A hereto from the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) to such effect, if such certificate is received before 1:00 p.m. (Chicago
time), or not later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) the following Business Day, if such certificate
is received after such time, pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer an
amount equal to such Participating Lender’s Revolver Percentage of such unpaid or recaptured
Reimbursement Obligation together with interest on such amount accrued from the date the related
payment was made by the L/C Issuer to the date of such payment by such Participating Lender at a
rate per annum equal to: (i) from the date the related payment was made by the L/C Issuer to the
date 2 Business Days after payment by such Participating Lender is due hereunder, the Federal Funds
Rate for each such day and (ii) from the date 2 Business Days after the date such payment is due
from such Participating Lender to the date such payment is made by such Participating Lender, the
Base Rate in effect for each such day. Each such Participating Lender shall thereafter be entitled
to receive its Revolver Percentage of each payment received in respect of the relevant
Reimbursement Obligation and of interest paid thereon, with the L/C Issuer retaining its Revolver
Percentage thereof as a Lender hereunder. The several obligations of the Participating Lenders to
the L/C Issuer under this Section 1.3 shall be absolute, irrevocable, and unconditional under any
and all circumstances whatsoever and shall not be subject to any set-off, counterclaim or defense
to payment which any Participating Lender may have or have had against the Borrower, the L/C
Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person whatsoever. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, such obligations shall not be affected by any Default or Event of
Default or by any reduction or termination of any Commitment of any Lender, and each payment by a
Participating Lender under this Section 1.3 shall be made without any offset, abatement,
withholding or reduction whatsoever.

     (e) Indemnification. The Participating Lenders shall, to the extent of their respective
Revolver Percentages, indemnify the L/C Issuer (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower)
against any cost, expense (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements), claim, demand,
action, loss or liability (except such as result from the L/C Issuer’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct) that the L/C Issuer may suffer or incur in connection with any Letter of Credit issued
by it. The obligations of the Participating Lenders under this Section 1.3(e) and all other parts
of
this Section 1.3 shall survive termination of this Agreement and of all Applications,

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Letters of
Credit, and all drafts and other documents presented in connection with drawings thereunder.

     (f) Manner of Requesting a Letter of Credit. The Borrower shall provide at least five (5)
Business Days’ advance written notice to the Administrative Agent of each request for the issuance
of a Letter of Credit, such notice in each case to be accompanied by an Application for such Letter
of Credit properly completed and executed by the Borrower and, in the case of an extension or an
increase in the amount of a Letter of Credit, a written request therefor, in a form acceptable to
the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, in each case, together with the fees called for by
this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the L/C Issuer of the
Administrative Agent’s receipt of each such notice and the L/C Issuer shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the issuance of the Letter of Credit so requested.

     Section 1.4. Applicable Interest Rates. (a) Base Rate Loans. Each Base Rate Loan made or
maintained by a Lender shall bear interest during each Interest Period it is outstanding (computed
on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and the actual days elapsed) on the
unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loan is advanced or continued, or created by
conversion from a Eurocurrency Loan, until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a
rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin plus the Base Rate from time to time in
effect, payable on the last day of its Interest Period and at maturity (whether by acceleration or
otherwise). Base Rate Loans must be denominated in U.S. Dollars.

     (b) Eurocurrency Loans. Each Eurocurrency Loan made or maintained by a Lender shall bear
interest during each Interest Period it is outstanding (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days
and actual days elapsed) on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loan is
advanced, continued or created by conversion from a Base Rate Loan, until maturity (whether by
acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin plus the
Adjusted LIBOR applicable for such Interest Period, payable on the last day of the Interest Period
and at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), and, if the applicable Interest Period is
longer than three months, on each day occurring every three months after the commencement of such
Interest Period. Eurocurrency Loans may be denominated in U.S. Dollars or an Alternative Currency.

     (c) Rate Determinations. The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate
applicable to the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations hereunder, and its determination thereof
shall be conclusive and binding except in the case of manifest error. The Original Dollar Amount
of each Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be determined or
redetermined, as applicable, effective as of the first day of each Interest Period applicable to
such Loan.

     Section 1.5. Minimum Borrowing Amounts; Maximum Eurocurrency Loans. Each Borrowing of Base
Rate Loans advanced under a Credit shall be in an amount not less than $250,000, or such greater
amount which is an integral multiple of $50,000. Each Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated
in U.S. Dollars advanced, continued or converted under a
Credit shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or such greater amount which is an integral

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multiple
of $100,000. Each Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be in a minimum
amount for which the U.S. Dollar Equivalent is $500,000 and which is an integral multiple of
100,000 units of the relevant currency or, solely in the case of a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in
an Alternative Currency being continued in the same currency, if less, the same amount of such
currency. Without the Administrative Agent’s consent, there shall not be more than 10 Borrowings
of Eurocurrency Loans outstanding under a Credit at any one time.

     Section 1.6. Manner of Borrowing Loans and Designating Applicable Interest Rates. (a) Notice
to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall give notice to the Administrative Agent by no
later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time): (i) at least 3 Business Days before the date on which the
Borrower requests the Lenders to advance a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in U.S.
Dollars, (ii) at least 4 Business Days before the date on which the Borrower requests the Lenders
to advance a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency and (iii) on
the date the Borrower requests the Lenders to advance a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. The Loans
included in each Borrowing shall bear interest initially at the type of rate specified in such
notice of a new Borrowing. Thereafter, the Borrower may from time to time elect to change or
continue the type of interest rate borne by each Borrowing or, subject to Section 1.5’s minimum
amount requirement for each outstanding Borrowing, a portion thereof, as follows: (i) if such
Borrowing is of Eurocurrency Loans, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the
Borrower may continue part or all of such Borrowing as Eurocurrency Loans or , in the case of Loans
denominated in U.S. Dollars, convert part or all of such Borrowing into Base Rate Loans or (ii) if
such Borrowing is of Base Rate Loans, on any Business Day, the Borrower may convert all or part of
such Borrowing into Eurocurrency Loans for an Interest Period or Interest Periods specified by the
Borrower. The Borrower shall give all such notices requesting the advance, continuation or
conversion of a Borrowing to the Administrative Agent by telephone or telecopy (which notice shall
be irrevocable once given and, if by telephone, shall be promptly confirmed in writing),
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (Notice of Borrowing) or Exhibit C (Notice
of Continuation/Conversion), as applicable, or in such other form acceptable to the Administrative
Agent. Notice of the continuation of a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans for an additional Interest
Period or of the conversion of part or all of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency
Loans must be given by no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) at least 3 Business Days before the
date of the requested continuation or conversion. All such notices concerning the advance,
continuation or conversion of a Borrowing shall specify the date of the requested advance,
continuation or conversion of a Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), the amount of the
requested Borrowing to be advanced, continued or converted, the type of Loans to comprise such new,
continued or converted Borrowing and, if such Borrowing is to be comprised of Eurocurrency Loans,
the Interest Period applicable thereto. The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may rely
on any such telephonic or telecopy notice given by any person the Administrative Agent in good
faith believes is an Authorized Representative without the necessity of independent investigation,
and in the event any such notice by telephone conflicts with any written confirmation such
telephonic notice shall govern if the Administrative Agent has acted in reliance thereon.

     (b) Notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic or telecopy
notice to each Lender of any notice from the Borrower received pursuant to

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Section 1.6(a) above
and, if such notice requests the Lenders to make Eurocurrency Loans, the Administrative Agent shall
give notice to the Borrower and each Lender by like means of the applicable currency and interest
rate applicable thereto promptly after the Administrative Agent has made such determination. On
the date the Borrower requests a Loan in an Alternative Currency, as provided in Section 1.6(a),
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the currency in which such Loan is
requested. Each Lender shall, subject to Section 7 hereof, make its Loan in the requested
Alternative Currency in accordance with Section 1.6 hereof. Any Loan made in an Alternative
Currency shall be advanced in such currency, and all payments of principal and interest thereon
shall be made in such Alternative Currency.

     (c) Borrower’s Failure to Notify; Automatic Continuations and Conversions. Any outstanding
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans shall automatically be continued for an additional Interest Period on
the last day of its then current Interest Period unless the Borrower has notified the
Administrative Agent within the period required by Section 1.6(a) that the Borrower intends to
convert such Borrowing, subject to Section 7.1 hereof, into a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans or
such Borrowing is prepaid in accordance with Section 1.9(a). If the Borrower fails to give notice
pursuant to Section 1.6(a) above of the continuation or conversion of any outstanding principal
amount of a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars before the last day of its
then current Interest Period within the period required by Section 1.6(a) or, whether or not such
notice has been given, one or more of the conditions set forth in Section 7.1 for the continuation
or conversion of a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans would not be satisfied, and such Borrowing is
not prepaid in accordance with Section 1.9(a), such Borrowing shall automatically be converted into
a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower fails to give notice pursuant to Section 1.6(a)
above of the continuation of any outstanding principal amount of a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in an Alternative Currency before the last day of its then current Interest Period
within the period required by Section 1.6(a) and has not notified the Administrative Agent within
the period required by Section 1.9(a) that it intends to prepay such Borrowing, such Borrowing
shall automatically be continued as a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans in the same Alternative
Currency with an Interest Period of one month. In the event the Borrower fails to give notice
pursuant to Section 1.6(a) above of a Borrowing equal to the amount of a Reimbursement Obligation
and has not notified the Administrative Agent by 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the day such
Reimbursement Obligation becomes due that it intends to repay such Reimbursement Obligation through
funds not borrowed under this Agreement, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing
of Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit (or, at the option of the Administrative Agent, under
the Swing Line) on such day in the amount of the Reimbursement Obligation then due, which Borrowing
shall be applied to pay the Reimbursement Obligation then due.

     (d) Disbursement of Loans. Not later than 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date of any
requested advance of a new Borrowing (other than a Borrowing of Loans to the extent constituting a
Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency), subject to Section 7 hereof, each Lender
shall make available its Loan comprising part of such Borrowing in funds immediately available at
the principal office of the Administrative Agent in Chicago, Illinois. Each Lender shall make the
proceeds of each Loan constituting a Eurocurrency Loan
denominated in an Alternative Currency at such office as the Administrative Agent has previously
specified in a notice to such Lender in such funds which are then customary for the

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settlement of
international transactions in such currency and no later than such local time as is necessary for
such funds to be received and transferred to the Borrower for same day value on the date the Loan
is to be made. The Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of each new Borrowing denominated
in U.S. Dollars available to the Borrower of the Administrative Agent’s principal office in
Chicago, Illinois, and the proceeds of each Lender’s Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency
at such office as the Administrative Agent has previously agreed to with the Borrower, in each case
in the type of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Lenders.

     (e) Administrative Agent Reliance on Lender Funding. Unless the Administrative Agent shall
have been notified by a Lender prior to (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, by 2:00
p.m. (Chicago time) on) the date on which such Lender is scheduled to make payment to the
Administrative Agent of the proceeds of a Loan (which notice shall be effective upon receipt) that
such Lender does not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such payment when due and the Administrative Agent may in reliance upon such
assumption (but shall not be required to) make available to the Borrower the proceeds of the Loan
to be made by such Lender and, if any Lender has not in fact made such payment to the
Administrative Agent, such Lender shall, on demand, pay to the Administrative Agent the amount made
available to the Borrower attributable to such Lender together with interest thereon in respect of
each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was made available to the Borrower
and ending on (but excluding) the date such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent at
a rate per annum equal to: (i) from the date the related advance was made by the Administrative
Agent to the date 2 Business Days after payment by such Lender is due hereunder, the Federal Funds
Rate (or in the case of Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Overnight Foreign Currency
Rate) for each such day and (ii) from the date 2 Business Days after the date such payment is due
from such Lender to the date such payment is made by such Lender, the Base Rate in effect for each
such day or in the case of a Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate established by
Section 1.10(c) for Eurocurrency Loans denominated in such currency. If such amount is not
received from such Lender by the Administrative Agent immediately upon demand, the Borrower will,
on demand, repay to the Administrative Agent the proceeds of the Loan attributable to such Lender
with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable to the relevant
Loan, but without such payment being considered a payment or prepayment of a Loan under Section
1.12 hereof so that the Borrower will have no liability under such Section with respect to such
payment.

     Section 1.7. Interest Periods. As provided in Section 1.6(a) and 1.15 hereof, at the time of
each request to advance, continue or create by conversion a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans or
Swing Loans, the Borrower shall select an Interest Period applicable to such Loans from among the
available options. The term “Interest Period” means the period commencing on the date a Borrowing
of Loans is advanced, continued or created by conversion and ending: (a) in the case of Base Rate
Loans, on the last day of the calendar quarter (i.e., the last day of March, June, September or
December, as applicable) in which such Borrowing is advanced, continued or created by conversion
(or on the last day of the
following calendar quarter if such Loan is advanced, continued or created by conversion on the last
day of a calendar quarter), (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter,
and (c) in the case of a Swing Loan,

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on the date 1 to 5 days thereafter as mutually agreed to by
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that:

     (i) any Interest Period for a Borrowing of Revolving Loans or Swing Loans
consisting of Base Rate Loans that otherwise would end after the Revolving Credit
Termination Date shall end on the Revolving Credit Termination Date, and any Interest
Period for a Borrowing of U.S. Dollar Term Loans consisting of Base Rate Loans that
otherwise would end after the final maturity date of the U.S. Dollar Term Loans shall
end on the final maturity date of the U.S. Dollar Term Loans, and any Interest Period
for a Borrowing of Australian Dollar Term Loans consisting of Base Rate Loans that
would otherwise end after the final maturity date of the Australian Dollar Term Loans
shall end on the final maturity date of the Australian Dollar Term Loan;

     (ii) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans or
Swing Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date, no Interest
Period with respect to any portion of the U.S. Dollar Term Loans shall extend beyond
the final maturity date of the U.S. Dollar Term Loans, and no Interest Period with
respect to any portion of the Australian Dollar Term Loans shall extend beyond the
final maturity date of the Australian Dollar Term Loans;

     (iii) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the U.S. Dollar Term
Loans consisting of Eurocurrency Loans shall extend beyond a date on which the
Borrower is required to make a scheduled payment of principal on the U.S. Dollar Term
Loans, unless the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of U.S. Dollar Term Loans
that are Base Rate Loans plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of U.S. Dollar Term
Loans that are Eurocurrency Loans with Interest Periods expiring on or before such
date equals or exceeds the principal amount to be paid on the U.S. Dollar Term Loans
on such payment date;

     (iv) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Australian Dollar Term
Loans consisting of Eurocurrency Loans shall extend beyond a date on which the
Borrower is required to make a scheduled payment of principal on the Australian Dollar
Term Loans, unless the aggregate principal amount of Australian Dollar Term Loans that
are Eurocurrency Loans with Interest Periods expiring on or before such date equals or
exceeds the principal amount to be paid on the Australian Dollar Term Loans on such
payment date;

     (v) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise be a day that is
not a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day, provided that, if such extension would cause the last day of
an Interest Period for a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans to occur in the following
calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall be the immediately
preceding Business Day; and

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     (vi) for purposes of determining an Interest Period for a Borrowing of
Eurocurrency Loans, a month means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and
ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month; provided,
however, that if there is no numerically corresponding day in the month in which such
an Interest Period is to end or if such an Interest Period begins on the last Business
Day of a calendar month, then such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day
of the calendar month in which such Interest Period is to end.

     Section 1.8. Maturity of Loans. (a) Scheduled Payments of Term Loans. The Borrower shall
make principal payments on the Term Loans on a pro rata basis in installments on the last day of
each March, June, September, and December in each year, commencing with the calendar quarter ending
September 30, 2005, with the amount of each such principal installment to equal the U.S. Dollar
Equivalent set forth in Column B below shown opposite of the relevant due date as set forth in
Column A below:

	 	 	 
	Column A	 	Column B
	 	 	Scheduled Principal
	Payment Date	 	Payment on Term Loans
	09/30/05
	 	$1,000,000
	12/31/05
	 	$1,000,000
	03/31/06
	 	$1,000,000
	06/30/06
	 	$1,000,000
	09/30/06
	 	$1,250,000
	12/31/06
	 	$1,250,000
	03/31/07
	 	$1,250,000
	06/30/07
	 	$1,250,000
	09/30/07
	 	$1,500,000
	12/31/07
	 	$1,500,000
	03/31/08
	 	$1,500,000
	06/30/08
	 	$1,500,000
	09/30/08
	 	$1,500,000
	12/31/08
	 	$1,500,000
	03/31/09
	 	$1,500,000
	06/30/09
	 	$1,500,000
	09/30/09
	 	$1,500,000
	12/31/09
	 	$1,500,000
	03/31/10
	 	$1,500,000
	06/30/10
	 	$1,500,000

, it being agreed that the final payment of both principal and interest not sooner paid on the Term
Loans shall be due and payable on August 22, 2010, the final maturity thereof. Each such

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principal
payment shall be allocated to the U.S. Dollar Term Loans and the Australian Dollar Term Loans
ratably in accordance with the Original Dollar Amount of the U.S. Dollar Term Loans the Australian
Dollar Term Loans. All principal payments allocated to the U.S. Dollar Term Loans shall be applied
to the Lenders holding the U.S. Dollar Term Loans pro rata based on their U.S. Dollar Term Loan
Percentages and all principal payments allocated to the Australian Dollar Term Loans shall be
applied to the Lenders holding the Australian Dollar Term Loans pro rata based upon their
Australian Dollar Term Loan Percentages.

     (b) Revolving Loans and Swing Loans. Each Revolving Loan and Swing Loan, both for principal
and interest not sooner paid, shall mature and become due and payable by the Borrower on the
Revolving Credit Termination Date.

     Section 1.9. Prepayments. (a) Optional. The Borrower shall have the privilege of prepaying
without premium or penalty (except as set forth in Section 1.12 hereof) and in whole or in part
(but, if in part, then: (i) if such Borrowing is of Base Rate Loans, in an amount not less than
$250,000, (ii) if such Borrowing is of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars, in an amount
not less than $500,000 or any greater amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 or any
greater amount that (iii) if such Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative
Currency or any greater amount that, in an amount for which the U.S. Dollar Equivalent is not less
than $500,000 is an integral multiple of 100,000 units of relevant currency and (iv) in each case,
in an amount such that the minimum amount required for a Borrowing pursuant to Sections 1.5 and
1.15 hereof remains outstanding) any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars at
any time upon three (3) Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or,
in the case of any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, at any
time upon four (4) Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or, in
the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, notice delivered to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date of such prepayment. Each such
prepayment to be made by the payment of the principal amount to be prepaid and, in the case of any
Term Loans or Eurocurrency Loans or Swing Loans, accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for
prepayment plus any amounts due the Lenders under Section 1.12.

     (b) Mandatory. (i) If the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall at any time or from time to time
make or agree to make a Disposition or shall suffer an Event of Loss resulting in Net Cash Proceeds
in excess of $1,000,000 (or the U.S. Dollar Equivalent thereof, if applicable) individually or on a
cumulative basis in any fiscal year of the Borrower, then (x) the Borrower shall promptly notify
the Administrative Agent of such proposed Disposition or Event of Loss (including the amount of the
estimated Net Cash Proceeds to be received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in respect thereof)
and (y) promptly upon receipt by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of such
Disposition or Event of Loss, the Borrower shall prepay first the Term Loans in the manner
specified in Section 1.9(e) hereof until the Term Loans are paid in full and then the Revolving
Loans, Swing Loans and L/C Obligations (or all outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations if an Event of
Default exists) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the amount of all such Net Cash Proceeds;
provided that in the case of each Disposition and Event of
Loss, if the Borrower states in its notice of such event that the Borrower or the applicable
Subsidiary intends to reinvest, within 180 days of the applicable

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Disposition or receipt of Net
Cash Proceeds from an Event of Loss, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof in assets for use in the
ordinary course of the Borrower’s or the applicable Subsidiary’s business as then conducted, then
so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists, the Borrower shall not be required to make a
mandatory prepayment under this Section in respect of such Net Cash Proceeds to the extent such Net
Cash Proceeds are actually reinvested in such assets with such 180-day period. Promptly after the
end of such 180-day period, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent whether the Borrower
or such Subsidiary has reinvested such Net Cash Proceeds in such assets, and to the extent such Net
Cash Proceeds have not been so reinvested, the Borrower shall promptly prepay the Term Loans (or
all outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations if an Event of Default exists) in the amount of such Net
Cash Proceeds not so reinvested. The amount of each such prepayment shall be applied on a ratable
basis among the relevant outstanding Obligations based on the principal amounts (in the U.S. Dollar
Equivalent) thereof. If the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders so request, all proceeds
of such Disposition or Event of Loss shall be deposited with the Administrative Agent and held by
it in the Collateral Account. So long as no Default or Event of Default exists, the Administrative
Agent is authorized to disburse amounts representing such proceeds from the Collateral Account to
or at the Borrower’s direction for application to or reimbursement for the costs of replacing,
rebuilding or restoring such Property.

     (ii) If after the Closing Date the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall issue new equity
securities (whether common or preferred stock or otherwise), other than equity securities issued in
connection with the exercise of employee stock options and capital stock issued to the seller of an
Acquired Business in connection with an Acquisition permitted hereby, the Borrower shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent of the estimated Net Cash Proceeds of such issuance to be received
by or for the account of the Borrower or such Subsidiary in respect thereof. Promptly upon receipt
by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds of such issuance, the Borrower shall prepay
first the Term Loans in the manner specified in Section 1.9(e) hereof until the Term Loans are paid
in full and then the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and L/C Obligations (or all outstanding Loans and
L/C Obligations if an Event of Default exists), in an aggregate amount equal to 100% (or 50% if the
Borrower’s Total Senior Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio was less than 2.0 to 1.0 for the two consecutive
fiscal quarters immediately preceding the date of such required payment) of the amount of such Net
Cash Proceeds. The amount of each such prepayment shall be applied on a ratable basis among the
relevant outstanding Obligations based on the principal amounts (in U.S. Dollar Equivalent)
thereof. The Borrower acknowledges that its performance hereunder shall not limit the rights and
remedies of the Lenders for any breach of Section 8.11 (Maintenance of Subsidiaries) or Section
9.1(i) (Change of Control) hereof or any other terms of the Loan Documents.

     (iii) If after the Closing Date the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall issue any Indebtedness
for Borrowed Money, other than Indebtedness for Borrowed Money permitted by Section 8.7(a)-(e)
hereof, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the estimated Net Cash
Proceeds of such issuance to be received by or for the account of the Borrower or such Subsidiary
in respect thereof. Promptly upon receipt by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds
of such issuance, the Borrower shall prepay first the Term
Loans in the manner specified in Section 1.9(e) hereof until the Term Loans are paid in full and
then the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and L/C Obligations (or all outstanding Loans and

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L/C Obligations if an Event of Default exists), in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the amount of
such Net Cash Proceeds. The amount of each such prepayment shall be applied on a ratable basis
among the relevant outstanding Obligations based on the principal amounts (in U.S. Dollar
Equivalent) thereof. The Borrower acknowledges that its performance hereunder shall not limit the
rights and remedies of the Lenders for any breach of Section 8.7 hereof or any other terms of the
Loan Documents.

     (iv) Within 90 days after the close of each year, beginning August 31, 2006, the Borrower
shall prepay first the Term Loans in the manner specified in Section 1.9(e) hereof until the Term
Loans are paid in full and then the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and L/C Obligations (or all
outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations if an Event of Default exists), by an amount equal to 50%
(the “Excess Cash Flow Percentage”) of Excess Cash Flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for
the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower; provided, however, if the Borrower’s Total
Senior Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio is less than 2.0 to 1.0 for the last two fiscal quarters of such
fiscal year, then the Excess Cash Flow Percentage shall be deemed to be 0% until such time as the
Borrower’s Total Senior Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio equals or exceeds 2.0 to 1.0. The amount of each
such prepayment shall be applied on a ratable basis among the relevant outstanding Obligations
based on the principal amounts (in the U.S. Dollar Equivalent) thereof.

     (v) The Borrower covenants and agrees that if at any time the sum of the then aggregate
Original Dollar Amount of Revolving Loans then outstanding denominated in Alternative Currencies
shall be in excess of $15,000,000, the Borrower shall, no later than three (3) Business Days after
the Administrative Agent’s demand, pay over the amount of such excess to the Administrative Agent
for the ratable benefit of the Lenders as and for a mandatory prepayment on the Revolving Notes
until payment in full thereof. Each such prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on
the amount prepaid to the date of prepayment plus any amounts due to the Lenders under Section 1.12
hereof. The Lenders acknowledge and agree that, upon such demand by the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower may, subject to Section 7 hereof, request a Borrowing of Revolving Loans in order to
provide it the funds necessary to repay such excess. The Borrower shall be responsible for making
such arrangements with the Lenders as shall be necessary to repay such excess. Unless and to the
extent a Lender in its discretion agrees otherwise, nothing in this Section shall impair or
otherwise affect the Borrower’s obligation to repay a Revolving Loan made by such Lender
denominated in an Alternative Currency, nor obligate a Lender to accept repayment of a Revolving
Loan made by such Lender denominated in an Alternative Currency, in a currency other than such
Alternative Currency.

     (vi) The Borrower covenants and agrees that if at any time the sum of the greater of (x) the
aggregate Original Dollar Amount of all Revolving Loans, the aggregate principal amount of Swing
Loans and the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of all L/C Obligations and (y) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of
all Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and L/C Obligations exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitments then
in effect, the Borrower shall immediately and without notice or demand pay over the amount of the
excess to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders as and for a mandatory
prepayment on the Revolving Notes, Swing Note and L/C
Obligations until payment in full thereof. Each such prepayment shall be accompanied by

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accrued
interest on the amount prepaid to the date of prepayment plus any amounts due to the Lenders under
Section 1.12 hereof.

     (vii) The Borrower shall, on each date the Revolving Credit Commitments are reduced pursuant
to Section 1.13 hereof, prepay the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans, and, if necessary, prefund the L/C
Obligations by the amount, if any, necessary to reduce the sum of the greater of the Original
Dollar Amount or U.S. Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate of all Revolving Loans, Swing
Loans, and L/C Obligations then outstanding to the amount to which the Revolving Credit Commitments
have been so reduced.

     (c) The Administrative Agent will promptly advise each Lender of any notice of prepayment it
receives from the Borrower. Any amount of Revolving Loans and Swing Loans paid or prepaid before
the Revolving Credit Termination Date may, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
be borrowed, repaid and borrowed again. No amount of the Term Loans paid or prepaid may be
reborrowed, and, in the case of any partial prepayment, such prepayment shall be applied to the
relevant Loans on a ratable basis among all remaining payments on the relevant Loans based on the
principal amounts thereof.

     (d) Unless the Borrower otherwise direct, prepayments of Loans made in U.S. Dollars under
Section 1.9(b) shall be applied first to Borrowings of Base Rate Loans until payment in full
thereof with any balance applied to Borrowings of Eurocurrency Loans in the order in which their
Interest Periods expire. Each prepayment of Loans under Section 1.9(b) shall be made by the
payment of the principal amount to be prepaid and, in the case of any Term Loans or Eurocurrency
Loans or Swing Loans, accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment together with any amounts
due the Lenders under Section 1.12 hereof. Each prefunding of L/C Obligations shall be made in
accordance with Section 9.4 hereof.

     (e) Each prepayment of the Term Loans under Section 1.9(b) shall be allocated to the U.S.
Dollar Term Loans and the Australian Dollar Term Loans in the manner specified by the Borrower in
writing to the Administrative Agent on or before the date of such prepayment. In the absence of
any such written allocation by the Borrower with respect to any such prepayment, the Administrative
shall allocate such prepayment to the U.S. Dollar Term Loans and the Australian Dollar Term Loans
ratably in accordance with the Original Dollar Amount of the U.S. Dollar Term Loans the Australian
Dollar Term Loans.

     Section 1.10. Default Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 1.4
hereof, while any Event of Default exists or after acceleration, the Borrower shall pay interest
(after as well as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent permitted by law) on the principal
amount of all Loans and Reimbursement Obligations, and letter of credit fees at a rate per annum
equal to:

     (a) for any Base Rate Loan or any Swing Loan bearing interest based on the Base Rate,
the sum of 2.0% plus the Applicable Margin plus the Base Rate from time to time in effect;

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     (b) for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars or any Swing Loan bearing
interest at the Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate, the sum of 2.0% plus the rate of
interest in effect thereon at the time of such default until the end of the Interest Period
applicable thereto and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 2.0% plus the
Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus the Base Rate from time to time in effect; and

     (c) for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the sum of 2.0%
plus the rate of interest in effect thereon at the time of such default until the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of
2.0% plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate
from time to time in effect;

provided, however, that in the absence of acceleration, any adjustments pursuant to this Section
shall be made at the election of the Administrative Agent, acting at the request or with the
consent of the Required Lenders, with written notice to the Borrower. While any Event of Default
exists or after acceleration, interest shall be paid on demand of the Administrative Agent at the
request or with the consent of the Required Lenders.

     Section 1.11. The Notes. (a) The U.S. Dollar Term Loan made to the Borrower by a Lender shall
be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower issued to such Lender in the form of
Exhibit D-1 hereto. Each such promissory note is hereinafter referred to as a “U.S. Dollar Term
Note” and collectively such promissory notes are referred to as the “U.S. Dollar Term Notes.”

     (b) The Australian Dollar Term Loan made to the Borrower by a Lender shall be evidenced by a
single promissory note of the Borrower issued to such Lender in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto.
Each such promissory note is hereinafter referred to as a “Australian Dollar Term Note” and
collectively such promissory notes are referred to as the “Australian Dollar Term Notes.”

     (c) The Revolving Loans made to the Borrower by a Lender shall be evidenced by a single
promissory note of the Borrower issued to such Lender in the form of Exhibit D-3 hereto. Each such
promissory note is hereinafter referred to as a “Revolving Note” and collectively such promissory
notes are referred to as the “Revolving Notes.”

     (d) The Swing Loans made to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent shall be evidenced by a
single promissory note of the Borrower issued to the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit
D-4 hereto. Such promissory note is hereinafter referred to as the “Swing Note.”

     (e) Each Lender shall record on its books and records or on a schedule to its appropriate Note
the amount of each Loan advanced, continued or converted by it, all payments of principal and
interest and the principal balance from time to time outstanding thereon, the type of such Loan,
and, for any Eurocurrency Loan or Swing Loan, the Interest Period, the currency in which such Loan
is denominated, and the interest rate applicable thereto. The record thereof, whether shown on
such books and records of a Lender or on a schedule to the relevant Note,

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shall be
prima facie evidence as to all such matters; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to
record any of the foregoing or any error in any such record shall not limit or otherwise affect the
obligation of the Borrower to repay all Loans made to it hereunder together with accrued interest
thereon. At the request of any Lender and upon such Lender tendering to the Borrower the
appropriate Note to be replaced, the Borrower shall furnish a new Note to such Lender to replace
any outstanding Note, and at such time the first notation appearing on a schedule on the reverse
side of, or attached to, such Note shall set forth the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
Loans, if any, then outstanding thereon.

     Section 1.12. Funding Indemnity. If any Lender shall incur any loss, cost or expense
(including, without limitation, any loss of profit, and any loss, cost or expense incurred by
reason of the liquidation or re-employment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to
fund or maintain any Eurocurrency Loan or Swing Loan or the relending or reinvesting of such
deposits or amounts paid or prepaid to such Lender) as a result of:

     (a) any payment, prepayment or conversion of a Eurocurrency Loan on a date other than
the last day of its Interest Period, including without limitation as a result of a
reallocation of Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 1.2(b) hereof,

     (b) any failure (because of a failure to meet the conditions of Section 7 or otherwise)
by the Borrower to borrow or continue a Eurocurrency Loan or Swing Loan, or to convert a
Base Rate Loan into a Eurocurrency Loan or Swing Loan on the date specified in a notice
given pursuant to Section 1.6(a) or 1.15 hereof,

     (c) any failure by the Borrower to make any payment of principal on any Eurocurrency
Loan or Swing Loan when due (whether by acceleration or otherwise), or

     (d) any acceleration of the maturity of a Eurocurrency Loan or Swing Loan as a result
of the occurrence of any Event of Default hereunder,

then, upon the demand of such Lender, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amount as will
reimburse such Lender for such loss, cost or expense. If any Lender makes such a claim for
compensation, it shall provide to the Borrower, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, a
certificate setting forth the amount of such loss, cost or expense in reasonable detail (including
an explanation of the basis for and the computation of such loss, cost or expense) and the amounts
shown on such certificate shall be conclusive if reasonably determined.

     Section 1.13. Commitment Terminations. (a) Optional Revolving Credit Terminations. The
Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, upon five (5) Business Days’ prior
written notice to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter time period agreed to by the
Administrative Agent), to terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments without premium or penalty and
in whole or in part, any partial termination to be (i) in an amount not less than $1,000,000 or a
whole multiple thereof, and (ii) allocated ratably among the Lenders in proportion to their
respective Revolver Percentages, provided that the Revolving Credit Commitments may not be reduced
to an amount
less than the sum of the aggregate Original Dollar Amount of Revolving Loans, Swing Loans, and L/C
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termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments below the L/C
Sublimit or Swing Line Sublimit then in effect shall reduce the L/C Sublimit and Swing Line
Sublimit, as applicable, by a like amount. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to
each Lender of any such termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments.

     (b) Mandatory Revolving Credit Termination. If at any time Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash
Flow remain after the prepayment of the Term Loans in full pursuant to Section 1.9(b) hereof, the
Revolving Credit Commitments shall ratably terminate by an amount equal to 100% of such excess
proceeds.

     (c) Any termination of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 1.13 may not be reinstated.

     Section 1.14. Substitution of Lenders. Upon the receipt by the Borrower of (a) a claim from
any Lender for compensation under Section 10.3 or 13.1 hereof, (b) notice by any Lender to the
Borrower of any illegality pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof or (c) in the event any Lender is in
default in any material respect with respect to its obligations under the Loan Documents (any such
Lender referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above being hereinafter referred to as an “Affected
Lender”), the Borrower may, in addition to any other rights the Borrower may have hereunder or
under applicable law, require, at its expense, any such Affected Lender to assign, at par plus
accrued interest and fees, without recourse, all of its interest, rights, and obligations hereunder
(including all of its Commitments and the Loans and participation interests in Letters of Credit
and other amounts at any time owing to it hereunder and the other Loan Documents) to a bank or
other institutional Lender specified by the Borrower, provided that (i) such assignment shall not
conflict with or violate any law, rule or regulation or order of any court or other governmental
authority, (ii) the Borrower shall have received the written consent of the Administrative Agent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, to such assignment, (iii) the Borrower shall have
paid to the Affected Lender all monies (together with amounts due such Affected Lender under
Section 1.12 hereof as if the Loans owing to it were prepaid rather than assigned) other than such
principal, interest, and fees accrued and owing to it hereunder, and (iv) the assignment is entered
into in accordance with the other requirements of Section 13.12 hereof.

     Section 1.15. Swing Loans. (a) Generally. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, as
part of the Revolving Credit, the Administrative Agent agrees to make loans in U.S. Dollars to the
Borrower under the Swing Line (individually a “Swing Loan” and collectively the “Swing Loans”)
which shall not in the aggregate at any time outstanding exceed the Swing Line Sublimit. The Swing
Loans may be availed of the Borrower from time to time and Borrowings thereunder may be repaid and
used again during the period ending on the Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided that each
Swing Loan must be repaid on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. Each Swing
Loan shall be in a minimum amount of $100,000 or such greater amount which is an integral multiple
of $50,000.

     (b) Interest on Swing Loans. Each Swing Loan shall bear interest until maturity (whether by
acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum equal to (i) the sum of the Base Rate
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in
effect (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, for the actual
number of days elapsed) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate (computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed). Interest on each Swing Loan shall be due
and payable prior to such maturity on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto.

     (c) Requests for Swing Loans. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prior notice
(which may be written or oral) no later than (x) 12:00 Noon (Chicago time) on the date upon which
the Borrower requests that any Swing Loan be made at the Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate and (y)
3:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date upon which the Borrower requests that any Swing Loan be at the
Base Rate, of the amount and date of such Swing Loan, and the Interest Period requested therefor.
Within 30 minutes after receiving such notice, the Administrative Agent shall in its discretion
quote an interest rate to the Borrower at which the Administrative Agent would be willing to make
such Swing Loan available to the Borrower for the Interest Period so requested (the rate so quoted
for a given Interest Period being herein referred to as
“Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate”). The
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the interest rate quote is given for immediate and
irrevocable acceptance. If the Borrower does not so immediately accept the Administrative Agent’s
Quoted Rate for the full amount requested by the Borrower for such Swing Loan, the Administrative
Agent’s Quoted Rate shall be deemed immediately withdrawn and such Swing Loan shall bear interest
at the rate per annum determined by adding the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans under the
Revolving Credit to the Base Rate as from time to time in effect. If the Borrower requests a Swing
Loan at the Base Rate, such Swing Loan shall bear interest at the rate per annum determined by
adding the Applicable Margin for the Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit to the Base Rate as
from time to time in effect. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the proceeds of such
Swing Loan shall be made available to the Borrower on the date so requested at the offices of the
Administrative Agent in Chicago, Illinois. Anything contained in the foregoing to the contrary
notwithstanding, (i) the obligation of the Administrative Agent to make Swing Loans shall be
subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and (ii) the Administrative Agent
shall not be obligated to make more than one Swing Loan during any one day.

     (d) Refunding Loans. In its sole and absolute discretion, the Administrative Agent may at any
time, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to
act on its behalf for such purpose) and with notice to the Borrower, request each Lender to make a
Revolving Loan in the form of a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolver
Percentage of the amount of the Swing Loans outstanding on the date such notice is given. Unless
an Event of Default described in Section 9.1(j) or 9.1(k) exists with respect to the Borrower,
regardless of the existence of any other Event of Default, each Lender shall make the proceeds of
its requested Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds,
at the Administrative Agent’s principal office in Chicago, Illinois, before 12:00 Noon (Chicago
time) on the Business Day following the day such notice is given. The proceeds of such Borrowing
of Revolving Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the outstanding Swing Loans.

     (e) Participations. If any Lender refuses or otherwise fails to make a Revolving Loan when
requested by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.15(d) above (because an

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Event of
Default described in Section 9.1(j) or 9.1(k) exists with respect to the Borrower or otherwise),
such Lender will, by the time and in the manner such Revolving Loan was to have been funded to the
Administrative Agent, purchase from the Administrative Agent an undivided participating interest in
the outstanding Swing Loans in an amount equal to its Revolver Percentage of the aggregate
principal amount of Swing Loans that were to have been repaid with such Revolving Loans. Each
Lender that so purchases a participation in a Swing Loan shall thereafter be entitled to receive
its Revolver Percentage of each payment of principal received on the Swing Loan and of interest
received thereon accruing from the date such Lender funded to the Administrative Agent its
participation in such Loan. The several obligations of the Lenders under this Section shall be
absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances whatsoever and shall not be
subject to any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment which any Lender may have or have had
against the Borrower, any other Lender or any other Person whatsoever. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, such obligations shall not be affected by any Default or Event of
Default or by any reduction or termination of the Commitments of any Lender, and each payment made
by a Lender under this Section shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or
reduction whatsoever.

Section 2. Fees.

     Section 2.1. Fees. (a) Revolving Credit Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders in accordance with their Revolver
Percentages a commitment fee at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin (computed on the
basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed) on the average daily Unused
Revolving Credit Commitments. Such commitment fee shall be payable quarter-annually in arrears on
the last day of each March, June, September, and December in each year (commencing on the first
such date occurring after the date hereof) and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date, unless the
Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated in whole on an earlier date, in which event the
commitment fee for the period to the date of such termination in whole shall be paid on the date of
such termination.

     (b) Letter of Credit Fees. On the date of issuance or extension, or increase in the amount,
of any Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 1.3 hereof, the Borrower shall pay to the L/C Issuer
for its own account a fronting fee equal to 0.125% of the face amount of (or of the increase in the
face amount of) such Letter of Credit. Quarterly in arrears, on the last day of each March, June,
September, and December, commencing on the first such date occurring after the date hereof, the
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders in
accordance with their Revolver Percentages, a letter of credit fee at a rate per annum equal to the
Applicable Margin (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days
elapsed) in effect during each day of such quarter applied to the daily average face amount of
Letters of Credit outstanding during such quarter. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the L/C
Issuer for its own account the L/C Issuer’s standard issuance, drawing, negotiation, amendment,
assignment, and other administrative fees for each Letter of Credit as established by the L/C
Issuer from time to time.

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     (c) Administrative Agent Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for its
own use and benefit, the fees agreed to between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in a fee
letter dated July 7, 2005 or as otherwise agreed to in writing between them.

     (d) Audit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for its own use and
benefit charges for audits of the Collateral performed by the Administrative Agent or its agents or
representatives in such amounts as the Administrative Agent may from time to time request (the
Administrative Agent acknowledging and agreeing that such charges shall be computed in the same
manner as it at the time customarily uses for the assessment of charges for similar collateral
audits); provided, however, that in the absence of any Default and Event of Default, the Borrower
shall not be required to pay the Administrative Agent for more than one (1) such audit per calendar
year.

Section 3. Place and Application of Payments.

     Section 3.1. Place and Application of Payments. All payments of principal of and interest on
the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations, and of all other Obligations payable by the Borrower
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall be made by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent by no later than 12:00 Noon (Chicago time) on the due date thereof at the
office of the Administrative Agent in Chicago, Illinois (or such other location as the
Administrative Agent may designate to the Borrower) or, if such payment is to be made in an
Alternative Currency, no later than 12:00 noon local time at the place of payment to such office as
the Administrative Agent has previously specified in a notice to the Borrower for the benefit of
the Lender or Lenders entitled thereto. Any payments received after such time shall be deemed to
have been received by the Administrative Agent on the next Business Day. All such payments shall
be made (i) in the case of U.S. Dollars, in immediately available funds at the place of payment or
(ii) in the case of an Alternative Currency, in such funds then customary for settlement of
international transactions in such currency, in each case without set-off or counterclaim. The
Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the
payment of principal or interest on Loans and on Reimbursement Obligations in which the Lenders
have purchased Participating Interests ratably to the Lenders and like funds relating to the
payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender, in each case to be applied in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If the Administrative Agent causes amounts to be
distributed to the Lenders in reliance upon the assumption that the Borrower will make a scheduled
payment and such scheduled payment is not so made, each Lender shall, on demand, repay to the
Administrative Agent the amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon in
respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was distributed to such
Lender and ending on (but excluding) the date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative
Agent, at a rate per annum equal to: (i) from the date the distribution was made to the date 2
Business Days after payment by such Lender is due hereunder, (x) if such scheduled payment was to
be made in U.S. Dollars, the Federal Funds Rate for each such day and (y) if such scheduled payment
was to be made in an Alternative Currency, the rate established by Section 1.10(c) hereof for
Eurocurrency Loans denominated in such currency and (ii) from the date 2 Business Days after the
date such payment is due from such
Lender to the date such payment is made by such Lender, (x) if such scheduled payment was to be
made in U.S. Dollars, the Base Rate in effect for each such day and

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(y) if such scheduled payment
was to be made in an Alternative Currency, the rate per annum established by Section 1.10(c) hereof
for Eurocurrency Loans denominated in such currency.

     Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, all payments and collections
received in respect of the Obligations and all proceeds of the Collateral received, in each
instance, by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders after the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, shall be remitted to the Administrative Agent and distributed
as follows:

     (a) first, to the payment of any outstanding costs and expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent, and any security trustee therefor, in monitoring, verifying,
protecting, preserving or enforcing the Liens on the Collateral, in protecting, preserving
or enforcing rights under the Loan Documents, and in any event including all costs and
expenses of a character which the Borrower has agreed to pay the Administrative Agent under
Section 13.15 hereof (such funds to be retained by the Administrative Agent for its own
account unless it has previously been reimbursed for such costs and expenses by the Lenders,
in which event such amounts shall be remitted to the Lenders to reimburse them for payments
theretofore made to the Administrative Agent);

     (b) second, to the payment of principal and interest on the Swing Note until paid in
full;

     (c) third, to the payment of any outstanding interest and fees due under the Loan
Documents to be allocated pro rata in accordance with the aggregate unpaid amounts owing to
each holder thereof;

     (d) fourth, to the payment of principal on the Notes, unpaid Reimbursement Obligations,
together with amounts to be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral security for any
outstanding L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 9.4 hereof (until the Administrative Agent
is holding an amount of cash equal to the then outstanding amount of all such L/C
Obligations), and Hedging Liability, the aggregate amount paid to, or held as collateral
security for, the Lenders and, in the case of Hedging Liability, their Affiliates to be
allocated pro rata in accordance with the aggregate unpaid amounts owing to each holder
thereof;

     (e) fifth, to the payment of all other unpaid Obligations and all other indebtedness,
obligations, and liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries secured by the Loan
Documents (including, without limitation, Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability) to
be allocated pro rata in accordance with the aggregate unpaid amounts owing to each holder
thereof; and

     (f) finally, to the Borrower or whoever else may be lawfully entitled thereto.

     Section 3.2. Account Debit. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative
Agent to charge any of the Borrower’s deposit accounts maintained with the Administrative Agent for
the amounts from time to time necessary to pay any then due

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Obligations; provided that the Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent shall not be under an obligation to do so and
the Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability to the Borrower or any other Person for the
Administrative Agent’s failure to do so.

Section 4. Guaranties and Collateral.

     Section 4.1. Guaranties. The payment and performance of the Obligations, Hedging Liability,
and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability shall at all times be guaranteed by each direct
and indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (individually a “Guarantor” and collectively the
“Guarantors”) pursuant to Section 12 hereof or pursuant to one or more guaranty agreements in form
and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time (individually a “Guaranty” and collectively the “Guaranties”).

     Section 4.2. Collateral. The Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit
Account Liability shall be secured by (a) valid, perfected and enforceable Liens on all right,
title, and interest of the Borrower and the Guarantors in all capital stock and other equity
interests held by such Person in each of its Domestic Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter
formed or acquired, and all proceeds thereof, (b) valid, perfected and enforceable Liens on all
right, title, and interest of the Borrower and the Guarantors in 65% of the capital stock and other
equity interests held by such Person in Penford Holdings, whether now owned or hereafter formed or
acquired, and all proceeds thereof, and (c) valid, perfected, and enforceable Liens on all right,
title, and interest of the Borrower and each Guarantor in all personal property, fixtures, and real
estate, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds thereof; provided,
however, that: (i) until a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
thereafter until otherwise required by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, Liens on
local petty cash deposit accounts maintained by the Borrower and the Guarantors in proximity to
their operations need not be perfected provided that the total amount on deposit at any one time
not so perfected shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate and Liens on payroll accounts
maintained by the Borrower and the Guarantors need not be perfected provided the total amount on
deposit at any time does not exceed the current amount of their payroll obligations, (ii) until an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and thereafter until otherwise required by the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, Liens on vehicles which are subject to a certificate
of title law need not be perfected provided that the total value of such property at any one time
not so perfected shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate and (iii) until an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and thereafter until otherwise required by the Administrative Agent or
the Required Lenders, Liens need not be granted or perfected on (A) Property of the Borrower and
the Guarantors (other than Property which is being pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement)
located outside of the United States of America or Property as to which the grant or perfection of
a Lien thereon would not be governed by the laws of the United States of America or any State
thereof, provided that the aggregate net book value of such Property at any one time not so
encumbered does not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate and (B) goods in transit outside of the United
States of America in the ordinary course of business. The Borrower and the Guarantors acknowledge
and agree that each Lien on the Collateral shall be granted by the Borrower and the Guarantors to
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the holder of the Obligations, the Hedging Liability,
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Deposit Account Liability and shall be a valid and perfected first
priority Lien subject only to Liens permitted by Section 8.8 hereof, in each case pursuant to one
or more Collateral Documents from such Persons, each in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing the Borrower and the
Guarantors agree that any reference to the Original Credit Agreement and the Original Security
Agreement contained in any Collateral Documents (other than the Original Security Agreement and the
Mortgages) shall without any further action be deemed to refer to this Agreement and the Security
Agreement, respectively.

     Section 4.3. Liens on Real Property. In the event that the Borrower or any Guarantor owns or
hereafter acquires any real property, the Borrower shall, or shall cause such Guarantor to, execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent a mortgage or deed of trust acceptable in form and
substance to the Administrative Agent for the purpose of granting to the Administrative Agent (or a
security trustee therefor) a Lien on such real property to secure the Obligations, Hedging
Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability, shall pay all taxes, costs, and
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in recording such mortgage or deed of trust, and
shall supply to the Administrative Agent at the Borrower’s cost and expense a survey, environmental
report, hazard insurance policy, appraisal report, and a mortgagee’s policy of title insurance from
a title insurer acceptable to the Administrative Agent insuring the validity of such mortgage or
deed of trust and its status as a first Lien (subject to Liens permitted by this Agreement) on the
real property encumbered thereby and such other instrument, documents, certificates, and opinions
reasonably required by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith.

     Section 4.4. Further Assurances. The Borrower agrees that it shall, and shall cause each
Guarantor to, from time to time at the request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders,
execute and deliver such documents and do such acts and things as the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders may reasonably request in order to provide for or perfect or protect such Liens on
the Collateral. In the event the Borrower or any Guarantor forms or acquires any other Subsidiary
after the date hereof, except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 above, the Borrower
shall promptly upon such formation or acquisition cause such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary to
execute a Guaranty and such Collateral Documents as the Administrative Agent may then require, and
the Borrower shall also deliver to the Administrative Agent, or cause such Subsidiary to deliver to
the Administrative Agent, at the Borrower’s cost and expense, such other instruments, documents,
certificates, and opinions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith.

Section 5. Definitions; Interpretation.

     Section 5.1. Definitions. The following terms when used herein shall have the following
meanings:

     “Acquired Business” means the entity or assets acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary in an
Acquisition, whether before or after the date hereof.

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     “Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or
resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets
of a Person, or of any business or division of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of
the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or equity of any Person (other than
a Person that is a Subsidiary), or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary, or (c) a
merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person (other than a Person that is a
Subsidiary) provided that the Borrower or the Subsidiary is the surviving entity.

     “Adjusted LIBOR” means, for any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans, a rate per annum determined
in accordance with the following formula:

Adjusted LIBOR =  LIBOR 

     1 — Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage

     “Administrative Agent” means Harris N.A. and any successor pursuant to Section 11.7 hereof.

     “Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate” is defined in Section 1.15(c) hereof.

     “Affiliate” means any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under
direct or indirect common control with, another Person. A Person shall be deemed to control
another Person for the purposes of this definition if such Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of the
other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, common directors, trustees or
officers, by contract or otherwise; provided that, in any event for purposes of this definition,
any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the securities having the ordinary
voting power for the election of directors or governing body of a corporation or 5% or more of the
partnership or other ownership interest of any other Person (other than as a limited partner of
such other Person) will be deemed to control such corporation or other Person.

     “Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended,
modified, restated or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

     “Alternate Currency” means Australian Dollars and any other currency (other than U.S. Dollars)
approved by the Lenders, in each case for so long as such currency is readily available and is
freely transferable and freely convertible into U.S. Dollars and the Dow Jones Telerate Service or
Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or any successor to either) reports a LIBOR for
such currency for interest periods of one, two, three and six calendar months; provided that
if any Lender provides written notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent)
that any currency control or other exchange regulations are imposed in the country in which any
such Alternative Currency is issued and that in the reasonable opinion of such Lender funding a
Loan in such currency is impractical, then such currency shall cease to be an Alternative Currency
hereunder until such time as all the Lenders reinstate such country’s currency as an Alternative
Currency.

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     “Applicable Margin” means, with respect to Loans, Reimbursement Obligations, and the
commitment fees and letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.1 hereof, until the first Pricing
Date, the rates per annum shown opposite Level III below, and thereafter from one Pricing Date to
the next the Applicable Margin means the rates per annum determined in accordance with the
following schedule:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Applicable Margin for	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Base Rate Loans under	 	Applicable Margin for	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Revolving Credit and	 	Eurocurrency Loans under	 	 
	 	 	Total Funded Debt	 	Term Credit and	 	Revolving Credit and	 	Applicable Margin for
	 	 	Ratio for Such	 	Reimbursement	 	Term Credit and Letter	 	Commitment Fee Shall
	Level	 	Pricing Date	 	Obligations shall be:	 	of credit Fee Shall Be:	 	Be:
	IV

	 	Greater than 3.0 to
1.0
	 	 	0.75	%	 	 	2.25	%	 	 	0.40	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	III

	 	Less than or equal to
3.0 to 1.0, but
greater than 2.5 to
1.0
	 	 	0.50	%	 	 	2.00	%	 	 	0.35	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	II

	 	Less than or equal to
2.5 to 1.0, but
greater than 2.0 to
1.0
	 	 	0.25	%	 	 	1.75	%	 	 	0.30	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	I

	 	Less than or equal to
2.0 to 1.0
	 	 	0.00	%	 	 	1.50	%	 	 	0.25	%

For purposes hereof, the term “Pricing Date” means, for any fiscal quarter of the Borrower
ending on or after November 30, 2005, the date on which the Administrative Agent is in receipt of
the Borrower’s most recent financial statements (and, in the case of the year-end financial
statements, audit report) for the fiscal quarter then ended, pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof. The
Applicable Margin shall be established based on the Total Funded Debt Ratio for the most recently
completed fiscal quarter and the Applicable Margin established on a Pricing Date shall remain in
effect until the next Pricing Date. If the Borrower has not delivered its financial statements by
the date such financial statements (and, in the case of the year-end financial statements, audit
report) are required to be delivered under Section 8.5 hereof, until such financial statements and
audit report are delivered, the Applicable Margin shall be the highest Applicable Margin (i.e., the
Total Funded Debt Ratio shall be deemed to be greater than 3.0 to 1.0). If the Borrower
subsequently delivers such financial statements before the next Pricing Date, the Applicable Margin
established by such late delivered financial statements shall take effect from the date of delivery
until the next Pricing Date. In all other circumstances, the Applicable Margin established by such
financial statements shall be in effect from the Pricing
Date that occurs immediately after the end of the fiscal quarter covered by such financial
statements until the next Pricing Date. Each determination of the Applicable Margin made by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with the foregoing shall be conclusive and binding on the
Borrower and the Lenders if reasonably determined.

     “Application” is defined in Section 1.3(b) hereof.

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     “Australian Loan Documents” has the meaning specified in the Original Credit Agreement.

     “Australian Dollar Equivalent” means with respect to amounts in U.S. Dollars, the amount of
Australian Dollars which would be realized by converting U.S. Dollars into Australian Dollars in
the spot market at the exchange rate quoted by the Administrative Agent, at approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the date on which a computation thereof is required
to be made, to major banks in the interbank foreign exchange market for the purchase of Australian
Dollars for U.S. Dollars.

     “Australian Dollars” or “AUS $” means the lawful currency of the Commonwealth of Australia.

     “Australian Dollar Term Credit” means the credit facility for the Australian Dollar Term Loans
described in Section 1.1(b) hereof.

     “Australian Dollar Term Loan” is defined in Section 1.1(b) hereof and, as so defined, includes
a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan, each of which is a “type” of Australian Dollar Term Loan
hereunder.

     “Australian Dollar Term Loan Commitment” means, as to any Lender, the obligation of such
Lender to make its Australian Dollar Term Loan on the Closing Date in the principal amount not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a
part hereof. The Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Australian Dollar Term
Loan Commitments of the Lenders aggregate the Australian Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000 on the
date hereof.

     “Australian Dollar Term Loan Percentage” means, for each Lender, the percentage of the
Australian Dollar Term Loan Commitments represented by such Lender’s Australian Dollar Term Loan
Commitment or, if the Australian Dollar Term Loan Commitments have been terminated or have expired,
the percentage held by such Lender of the aggregate principal amount of all Australian Dollar Term
Loans then outstanding.

     “Australian Dollar Term Note” is defined in Section 1.11 hereof.

     “Authorized Representative” means those persons shown on the list of officers provided by the
Borrower pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof or on any update of any such list provided by the Borrower
to the Administrative Agent, or any further or different officers of the Borrower so
named by any Authorized Representative of the Borrower in a written notice to the
Administrative Agent.

     “Base Rate” means with respect to Credit extended in U.S. Dollars, for any day the greater of:
(i) the rate of interest announced or otherwise established by the Administrative Agent from time
to time as its prime commercial rate as in effect on such day, with any change in the Base Rate
resulting from a change in said prime commercial rate to be effective as of the date of the
relevant change in said prime commercial rate (it being acknowledged and agreed

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that such rate may
not be the Administrative Agent’s best or lowest rate) and (ii) the sum of (x) the rate determined
by the Administrative Agent to be the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next higher
1/100 of 1%) of the rates per annum quoted to the Administrative Agent at approximately 10:00 a.m.
(Chicago time) (or as soon thereafter as is practicable) on such day (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day) by two or more Federal funds brokers
selected by the Administrative Agent for sale to the Administrative Agent at face value of Federal
funds in the secondary market in an amount equal or comparable to the principal amount owed to the
Administrative Agent for which such rate is being determined, plus (y) 1/2 of 1%.

     “Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate specified in Section 1.4(a) hereof.

     “Borrower” is defined in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

     “Borrowing” means the total of Loans of a single type advanced, continued for an additional
Interest Period, or converted from a different type into such type by the Lenders under a Credit on
a single date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, for a single Interest Period. Borrowings of
Loans are made and maintained ratably from each of the Lenders under a Credit according to their
Percentages of such Credit. A Borrowing is “advanced” on the day Lenders advance funds comprising
such Borrowing to the Borrower, is “continued” on the date a new Interest Period for the same type
of Loans commences for such Borrowing, and is “converted” when such Borrowing is changed from one
type of Loans to the other, all as requested pursuant to Section 1.6(a) hereof. Borrowings of
Swing Loans are made by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section 1.15 hereof.

     “Business Day” means if the applicable Business Day relates to the borrowing or payment of a
Loan or Reimbursement Obligation denominated in U.S. Dollars or is addressed to the Administrative
Agent, any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are not authorized or required to
close in Chicago, Illinois or Englewood, Colorado, and, if the applicable Business Day relates to
the advance or continuation of, or conversion into, or payment of a Eurocurrency Loan, on which
banks are dealing in U.S. Dollar deposits in the interbank Eurocurrency market in London, England
and Nassau, Bahamas and, if the applicable Business Day relates to the borrowing or payment of a
Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, on which banks and foreign exchange
markets are open for business in the city where disbursements of or payments on such Loan are to be
made and, if such Alternative Currency is the euro or any national currency of a nation that is a
member of the European Economic and Monetary Union, which is a TARGET Settlement Day.

     “Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate amount
of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as a liability) by such Person during that
period for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a Capital Lease) of fixed or capital assets or
additions to property, plant, or equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs, and
improvements) which should be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with
GAAP.

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     “Capital Lease” means any lease of Property, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee.

     “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, for any Person, the amount of the liability shown on the
balance sheet of such Person in respect of a Capital Lease determined in accordance with GAAP.

     “CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§9601 et
seq., and any future amendments.

     “Change of Control” means any of (a) the acquisition by any “person” or “group” (as such terms
are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) at any
time of beneficial ownership of 40% or more of the outstanding capital stock or other equity
interests of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis, (b) the failure of individuals who are members
of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower on the Closing Date (together
with any new or replacement directors whose initial nomination for election was approved by a
majority of the directors who were either directors on the Closing Date or previously so approved)
to constitute a majority of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower, or
(c) any “Change of Control” (or words of like import), as defined in any agreement or indenture
relating to any issue of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall occur.

     “Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement or such later Business Day upon which each
condition described in Section 7.2 shall be satisfied or waived in a manner acceptable to the
Administrative Agent in its discretion.

     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.

     “Collateral” means all properties, rights, interests, and privileges from time to time subject
to the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent, or any security trustee therefore, by the
Collateral Documents.

     “Collateral Account” is defined in Section 9.4 hereof.

     “Collateral Documents” means the Mortgages, the Security Agreement, the U.S. Memorandum of
Deposit, and all other mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, pledge agreements,
assignments, financing statements and other documents as shall from time to time
secure or relate to the Obligations, the Hedging Liability, and the Funds Transfer and Deposit
Account Liability or any part thereof.

     “Commitments” means the Revolving Credit Commitments, the U.S. Dollar Term Loan Commitments
and the Australian Dollar Term Loan Commitments.

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     “Controlled Group” means all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or
businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower,
are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

     “Controller” has the meaning it has in the Corporations Act.

     “Corporations Act” means the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth of Australia.

     “Credit” means any of the Revolving Credit, the Swing Line, the U.S. Dollar Term Credit or the
Australian Dollar Term Credit.

     “Credit Event” means the advancing of any Loan, the continuation of or conversion into a
Eurocurrency Loan, or the issuance of, or extension of the expiration date or increase in the
amount of, any Letter of Credit.

     “Damages” means all damages including, without limitation, punitive damages, liabilities,
costs, expenses, losses, diminutions in value, fines, penalties, demands, claims, cost recovery
actions, lawsuits, administrative proceedings, orders, response action, removal and remedial costs,
compliance costs, investigation expenses, consultant fees, attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and
litigation expenses.

     “Default” means any event or condition the occurrence of which would, with the passage of time
or the giving of notice, or any combination of the foregoing, constitute an Event of Default.

     “Disposition” means the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of Property, other than
sales or other dispositions expressly permitted under Section 8.10 hereof.

     “Domestic Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower which is organized under the laws
of the United States of America or any State thereof.

     “EBITDA” means, with reference to any period, Net Income for such period plus the sum of all
amounts deducted in arriving at such Net Income amount in respect of (a) Interest Expense for such
period, (b) federal, state, and local income taxes for such period, (c) depreciation of fixed
assets and amortization of intangible assets for such period, plus (minus) any non-cash losses
(gains) but only to the extent such losses (gains) have not become a cash loss (or gain), plus
costs related to the labor strike at the Borrower’s plant located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in an
amount not to exceed $4,300,000 during the fiscal quarter ending August 31, 2004 and $4,100,000
during the fiscal quarter ending November 30, 2004.

     “Eligible Line of Business” means any business engaged in as of the date of this Agreement by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any substantially similar business engaged in after the
date of this Agreement.

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     “Environmental Claim” means any investigation, notice, violation, demand, allegation, action,
suit, injunction, judgment, order, consent decree, penalty, fine, lien, proceeding or claim
(whether administrative, judicial or private in nature) arising (a) pursuant to, or in connection
with an actual or alleged violation of, any Environmental Law, (b) in connection with any Hazardous
Material, (c) from any abatement, removal, remedial, corrective or response action in connection
with a Hazardous Material, Environmental Law or order of a governmental authority or (d) from any
actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the
environment.

     “Environmental Law” means any current or future Legal Requirement pertaining to (a) the
protection of health, safety and the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) the conservation,
management or use of natural resources and wildlife, (c) the protection or use of surface water or
groundwater, (d) the management, manufacture, possession, presence, use, generation,
transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, Release, threatened Release, abatement, removal,
remediation or handling of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or (e) pollution (including any
Release to air, land, surface water or groundwater), and any amendment, rule, regulation, order or
directive issued thereunder.

     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any
successor statute thereto.

     “Eurocurrency Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at the rate specified in Section 1.4(b)
hereof.

     “Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” means, with respect to any Credit extended in U.S. Dollars
for any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans, the daily average for the applicable Interest Period of
the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including, without limitation, any
supplemental, marginal, and emergency reserves) are imposed during such Interest Period by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor)
on “eurocurrency liabilities”,
as defined in such Board’s Regulation D (or in respect of any other category of liabilities that
includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurocurrency Loans is determined or
any category of extensions of credit or other assets that include loans by non-United States
offices of any Lender to United States residents), subject to any amendments of such reserve
requirement by such Board or its successor, taking into account any transitional adjustments
thereto. For purposes of this definition, the Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to be
“eurocurrency liabilities” as defined in Regulation D without benefit or credit for any prorations,
exemptions or offsets under Regulation D.

     “Event of Default” means any event or condition identified as such in Section 9.1 hereof.

     “Event of Loss” means, with respect to any Property, any of the following: (a) any loss,
destruction or damage of such Property or (b) any condemnation, seizure, or taking, by exercise
of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, of such Property, or confiscation of such
Property or the requisition of the use of such Property.

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     “Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to any period, the amount (if any) by which (a) EBITDA
during such period exceeds (b) the sum of (i) Interest Expense for such period paid in cash, (ii)
all federal, state and local income taxes paid or payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
cash during such period, (iii) the aggregate amount of payments required to be made by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries in cash during such period in respect of all principal on all Indebtedness for
Borrowed Money (whether at maturity, as a result of mandatory sinking fund redemption, acceleration
or otherwise, but excluding payments made on the Revolving Credit, mandatory prepayments (other
than upon mandatory sinking fund redemptions, at maturity and upon acceleration) and prepayments of
the Term Loans made out of Excess Cash Flow), (iv) all Restricted Payments made by the Borrower
during such period in cash, (v) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures incurred by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, plus (minus) (vi) commencing with the fiscal year
ending August 31, 2006, additions (reductions) to non-cash working capital of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period.

     “Federal Funds Rate” means the fluctuating interest rate per annum described in part (x) of
clause (ii) of the definition of Base Rate.

     “Fixed Charges” means, with reference to any period, the sum of (a) all scheduled payments of
principal to be made during the twelve month period following such period with respect to
Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries plus (b) Interest Expense paid
in cash for such period plus (c) all Restricted Payments made by the Borrower during such period in
cash, plus (d) federal, state, and local income taxes paid or payable by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in cash during such period.

     “Foreign Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary which (a) is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any state thereof, (b) conducts
substantially all of its business outside of the United States of America, and (c) has
substantially all of its assets outside of the United States of America.

     “Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability” means the liability of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary owing to any of the Lenders, or any Affiliates of such Lenders, arising out of (a) the
execution or processing of electronic transfers of funds by automatic clearing house transfer, wire
transfer or otherwise to or from the deposit accounts of the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary now or
hereafter maintained with any of the Lenders or their Affiliates, (b) the acceptance for deposit or
the honoring for payment of any check, draft or other item with respect to any such deposit
accounts, including any overdraft facility that is solely ancillary to any of the foregoing, and
(c) any other deposit, disbursement, and cash management services afforded to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary by any of such Lenders or their Affiliates.

     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within
the U.S. accounting profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of
determination.

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     “Guarantor” and “Guarantors” each is defined in Section 4.1 hereof.

     “Guaranty” and “Guaranties” each is defined in Section 4.1 hereof.

     “Hazardous Material” means any substance, chemical, compound, product, solid, gas, liquid,
waste, byproduct, pollutant, contaminant or material which is hazardous or toxic, and includes,
without limitation, (a) asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and petroleum (including crude oil or
any fraction thereof) and (b) any material classified or regulated as “hazardous” or “toxic” or
words of like import pursuant to an Environmental Law.

     “Hazardous Material Activity” means any activity, event or occurrence involving a Hazardous
Material, including, without limitation, the manufacture, possession, presence, use, generation,
transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, Release, threatened Release, abatement, removal,
remediation, handling of or corrective or response action to any Hazardous Material.

     “Hedging Liability” means the liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to any of the
Lenders, or any Affiliates of such Lenders, in respect of any interest rate, foreign currency,
and/or commodity swap, exchange, cap, collar, floor, forward, future or option agreement, or any
other similar interest rate, currency or commodity hedging arrangement, including any overdraft
facility that is solely ancillary to any of the foregoing, as the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as
the case may be, may from time to time enter into with any one or more of the Lenders party to this
Agreement or their Affiliates.

     “Hostile Acquisition” means the acquisition of the capital stock or other equity interests of
a Person through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such capital stock or
other equity interests which has not been approved (prior to the consummation of such acquisition)
by resolutions of the Board of Directors of such Person or by similar action if such Person is not
a corporation, and as to which such approval has not been withdrawn.

     “Indebtedness for Borrowed Money” means for any Person (without duplication) (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, whether current or funded, or secured or unsecured,
(b) all indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of Property or services, (c) all indebtedness
created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to
Property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or Lender under
such agreement in the event of a default are limited to repossession or sale of such Property), (d)
all indebtedness secured by a purchase money mortgage or other Lien to secure all or part of the
purchase price of Property subject to such mortgage or Lien, (e) all obligations under leases which
shall have been or must be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as Capital Leases in respect of which
such Person is liable as lessee, (f) any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee,
indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank
or financial institution, (g) such Person’s net mark-to-market exposure under all agreements of
such person evidencing Hedging Liability, (h) any
indebtedness, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens on Property acquired by such Person at
the time of acquisition thereof, (i) any shares which are expressed to be redeemable and (j) any
liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to above, and (k)
all indebtedness secured by any Lien upon Property of such Person, whether or not such

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Person has
assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness; it being understood that the term
“Indebtedness for Borrowed Money” shall not include trade payables arising in the ordinary course
of business.

     “Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, the sum of all interest charges
(including imputed interest charges with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations and all
amortization of debt discount and expense) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

     “Interest Period” is defined in Section 1.7 hereof.

     “L/C Issuer” means the Administrative Agent, or any other Lender requested by the Borrower and
approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion with respect to any Letter of Credit.

     “L/C Obligations” means the aggregate undrawn face amounts of all outstanding Letters of
Credit and all unpaid Reimbursement Obligations.

     “L/C Sublimit” means $20,000,000 as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof; provided, however
only $10,000,000 of the L/C Sublimit may be used for Letters of Credit issued for the benefit of
Subsidiaries organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia.

     “Legal Requirement” means any treaty, convention, statute, law, regulation, ordinance,
license, permit, governmental approval, injunction, judgment, order, consent decree or other
requirement of any governmental authority, whether federal, state, or local.

     “Lenders” means and includes Harris N.A. and the other financial institutions from time to
time party to this Agreement, including each assignee Lender pursuant to Section 13.12 hereof.

     “Lending Office” is defined in Section 10.4 hereof.

     “Letter of Credit” is defined in Section 1.3(a) hereof.

     “LIBOR” means, for an Interest Period for a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans, (a) the LIBOR
Index Rate for such Interest Period, if such rate is available, and (b) if the LIBOR Index Rate
cannot be determined, the arithmetic average of the rates of interest per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) at which deposits in U.S. Dollars or the relevant
Alternative Currency, as appropriate, in immediately available funds are offered to the
Administrative Agent at 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) 2 Business Days before the beginning of
such Interest Period by 3 or more major banks in the interbank Eurocurrency market selected by the
Administrative Agent for delivery on the first day of and for a period equal to such Interest
Period and in an amount equal or comparable to the principal amount of the
Eurocurrency Loan scheduled to be made by the Administrative Agent as part of such Borrowing.

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     “LIBOR Index Rate” means, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point) for deposits in U.S.
Dollars or the relevant Alternative Currency, as appropriate, for a period equal to such Interest
Period, which appears on the appropriate Telerate Page (or any replacement page therefore) as
appropriate for such currency as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the day 2 Business Days
before the commencement of such Interest Period.

     “Lien” means any mortgage, lien, security interest, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind
in respect of any Property, including the interests of a vendor or lessor under any conditional
sale, Capital Lease or other title retention arrangement.

     “Loan” means any Revolving Loan, Swing Loan, the U.S. Dollar Term Loan or the Australian
Dollar Term Loan, whether outstanding as a Base Rate Loan or Eurocurrency Loan or otherwise, each
of which is a “type” of Loan hereunder.

     “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Applications, the Collateral Documents,
the Guaranties, and each other instrument or document to be delivered hereunder or thereunder or
otherwise in connection therewith.

     “Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or material adverse effect
upon, the operations, business, Property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Borrower or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the
ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to perform its material obligations under any Loan
Document or (c) a material adverse effect upon (i) the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability against the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Loan Document or the rights and
remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder or (ii) the perfection or priority
of any Lien granted under any Collateral Document.

     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

     “Mortgages” means, collectively, each Mortgage and Security Agreement with Assignment of
Rents, each Deed of Trust and Security Agreement with Assignment of Rents, each Leasehold Mortgage
and Security Agreement with Assignment of Rents, and each Leasehold Deed of Trust and Security
Agreement with Assignment of Rents between the Borrower or the relevant Domestic Subsidiary and the
Administrative Agent relating to such Person’s real property owned or leased, as applicable, as of
the Closing Date and located in the states of Iowa, Idaho, Washington and Wisconsin, and any other
mortgages or deeds of trust delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof as
the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

     “Net Cash Proceeds” means, as applicable, (a) with respect to any Disposition by a Person,
cash and cash equivalent proceeds received by or for such Person’s account, net of (i) reasonable
direct costs relating to such Disposition and (ii) sale, use or other transactional taxes
paid or payable by such Person as a direct result of such Disposition, (b) with respect to any
Event of Loss of a Person, cash and cash equivalent proceeds received by or for such Person’s
account (whether as a result of payments made under any applicable insurance policy therefor or

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in
connection with condemnation proceedings or otherwise), net of reasonable direct costs incurred in
connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards or other payments, but excluding in any
event proceeds received under any business interruption insurance and any tax benefits (including
tax credits and abatements) received in connection with any condemnation or seizure of Property for
a governmental authority, and (c) with respect to any offering of equity securities of a Person or
the issuance of any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money by a Person, cash and cash equivalent proceeds
received by or for such Person’s account, net of reasonable legal, underwriting, and other fees and
expenses incurred as a direct result thereof.

     “Net Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or net loss) of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for such period computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided that there shall be excluded from Net Income (a) the net income (or net loss) of any
Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of, or has merged into or consolidated
with, the Borrower or another Subsidiary, and (b) the net income (or net loss) of any Person (other
than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has a equity interest in,
except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period.

     “Net Worth” means, for any Person and at any time the same is to be determined, total
shareholder’s equity (including capital stock, additional paid-in capital, and retained earnings
after deducting treasury stock) which would appear on the balance sheet of such Person in
accordance with GAAP.

     “New Zealand Dollars” or “NZ $” means the lawful currency of New Zealand.

     “Non Voting Equity” shall mean issued and outstanding shares of each class of capital stock or
other ownership interest not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg., Section
1.956(c)(2).

     “Notes” means and includes the Revolving Notes, the Swing Note, the U.S. Dollar Term Notes and
the Australian Dollar Term Notes.

     “NZ Dollar Equivalent” means with respect to amounts in U.S. Dollars, the amount of New
Zealand Dollars which would be realized by converting U.S. Dollars into New Zealand Dollars in the
spot market at the exchange rate quoted by the Administrative Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the date on which a computation thereof is required to be
made, to major banks in the interbank foreign exchange market for the purchase of New Zealand
Dollars for U.S. Dollars.

     “NZ Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws of New Zealand.

     “Obligations” means all obligations of the Borrower to pay principal and interest on the
Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations owing under the Applications, all fees and charges payable
hereunder, and all other payment obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising
under or in relation to any Loan Document, in each case whether now existing or

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hereafter arising,due or to become due, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and howsoever evidenced, held or
acquired.

     “Original Dollar Amount” means at any time the same is to be determined (x) in relation to any
Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such Loan
on the first day of the Interest Period then applicable thereto (the day on which such Loan was
most recently created, continued or effected by conversion) and (y) in relation to any other Loan,
the amount thereof in U.S. Dollars.

     “Original Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated as of October 7, 2003, among
the Borrower, Penford Products Co. and the Administrative Agent, as previously supplemented and
amended.

     “Overnight Foreign Currency Rate” shall mean for any amount payable in a currency other than
U.S. Dollars, the rate of interest per annum as determined by the Administrative Agent (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of one-one hundred thousandth of one percent
(1/100,000 of 1%)) at which overnight or weekend deposits of the appropriate currency (or, if such
amount due remains unpaid more than three (3) Business Days, then for such period of time not
longer than six months as the Administrative Agent may elect in its absolute discretion) for
delivery in immediately available and freely transferable funds would be offered by the
Administrative Agent to major banks in the interbank market upon request of such major banks for
the applicable period as determined above and in an amount comparable to the unpaid principal
amount of the related Loan (or, if the Administrative Agent is not placing deposits in such
currency in the interbank market, then the Administrative Agent’s cost of funds in such currency
for such period).

     “Participating Interest” is defined in Section 1.3(d) hereof.

     “Participating Lender” is defined in Section 1.3(d) hereof.

     “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any Person succeeding to any or all
of its functions under ERISA.

     “Penford Holdings” means Penford Holdings Pty. Limited ACN 094 279 339.

     “Percentage” means for any Lender its Revolver Percentage, U.S. Dollar Term Loan Percentage or
Australian Dollar Term Loan Percentage, as applicable; and where the term “Percentage” is applied
on an aggregate basis (including, without limitation, Section 11.6 hereof), such aggregate
percentage shall be calculated by aggregating the separate components of the Revolver Percentage,
U.S. Dollar Term Loan Percentage and Australian Dollar Term Loan Percentage, and expressing such
components on a single percentage basis.

     “Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition with respect to which all of the following
conditions shall have been satisfied:

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          (a) the Acquired Business is in an Eligible Line of Business and has its primary
operations within the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand or, with the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent, any other country reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent;

          (b) the Acquisition shall not be a Hostile Acquisition;

          (c) the financial statements of the Acquired Business shall have been audited by one of
the “Big Three” accounting firms or by another independent accounting firm of national or
regional repute or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, or if such
financial statements have not been audited by such an accounting firm, (i) such financial
statements shall have been approved by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Acquired
Business has undergone a successful so-called businessman’s review by one of the “Big Three”
accounting firms as part of the Borrower’s due diligence on the Acquisition;

          (d) (i) the Total Consideration for any Acquisitions of an Acquired Business, when
taken together with the Total Consideration for all Acquired Businesses acquired during the
immediately preceding 12-month period, does not exceed $70,000,000 (or, if paid in an
Alternative Currency, the U.S. Dollar Equivalent thereof) in the aggregate and (ii) for
Acquisitions of Acquired Businesses organized outside the United States, the Total
Consideration for any such Acquired Business, when taken together with the Total
Consideration for all such Acquired Businesses acquired during the immediately preceding
12-month period, does not exceed $20,000,000 (or, if paid in an Alternative Currency, the
U.S. Dollar Equivalent thereof) in the aggregate;

          (e) the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and Lenders not less than
30 days prior to any such Acquisition and furnished to the Administrative Agent and Lenders
at such time reasonable details as to such Acquisition (including sources and uses of funds
therefor), and 3-year historical financial information and 3-year pro forma financial
forecasts of the Acquired Business on a stand alone basis as well as of the Borrower on a
consolidated basis after giving effect to the Acquisition and covenant compliance
calculations reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

          (f) if a new Subsidiary is formed or acquired as a result of or in connection with the
Acquisition, the Borrower shall have complied with the requirements of Section 4 hereof in
connection therewith;

          (g) after giving effect to the Acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist,
including with respect to the covenants contained in Section 8.22 on a pro forma basis; and

          (h) after giving effect to the Acquisition, the amount of the Unused Revolving Credit
Commitments shall be not less than $5,000,000.

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     “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
association, trust, unincorporated organization or any other entity or organization, including a
government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

     “Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the
minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code that either (a) is maintained by a member
of the Controlled Group for employees of a member of the Controlled Group or (b) is maintained
pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement under which more than one
employer makes contributions and to which a member of the Controlled Group is then making or
accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made
contributions.

     “Premises” means the real property owned or leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
including without limitation the real property and improvements thereon owned by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary subject to the Lien of the Mortgages or any other Collateral Documents.

     “Property” means, as to any Person, all types of real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed
property owned by such Person whether or not included in the most recent balance sheet of such
Person and its subsidiaries under GAAP.

     “RCRA” means the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976 and Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C. §§6901 et seq.,
and any future amendments.

     “Reimbursement Obligation” is defined in Section 1.3(c) hereof.

     “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, migration, dumping, or disposing into the indoor or outdoor
environment, including, without limitation, the abandonment or discarding of barrels, drums,
containers, tanks or other receptacles containing or previously containing any Hazardous Material.

     “Required Lenders” means, as of the date of determination thereof, Lenders whose U.S. Dollar
Equivalent amount of the outstanding Loans and interests in Letters of Credit and Unused Revolving
Credit Commitments as of such date constitute more than 50% of the sum of the U.S. Dollar
Equivalent of the total outstanding Loans, interests in Letters of Credit, and Unused Revolving
Credit Commitments of the Lenders as of such date.

     “Restricted Payments” is defined in Section 8.12.

     “Revolver Percentage” means, for each Lender, the percentage of the Revolving Credit
Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment or, if the Revolving Credit
Commitments have been terminated, the percentage held by such Lender (including
through participation interests in Reimbursement Obligations) of the aggregate principal
amount of all Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding.

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     “Revolving Credit” means the credit facility for making Revolving Loans and issuing Letters of
Credit described in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 hereof.

     “Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make
Revolving Loans and to participate in Swing Loans and Letters of Credit issued for the account of
the Borrower hereunder in an aggregate principal or face amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a
part hereof, as the same may be reduced or modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to
the terms hereof. The Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Revolving Credit
Commitments of the Lenders aggregate $55,000,000 on the date hereof.

     “Revolving Credit Termination Date” means August 22, 2010, or such earlier date on which the
Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated in whole pursuant to Section 1.13, 9.2 or 9.3 hereof.

     “Revolving Loan” is defined in Section 1.2 hereof and, as so defined, includes a Base Rate
Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan, each of which is a “type” of Revolving Loan hereunder.

     “Revolving Note” is defined in Section 1.11 hereof.

     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc.

     “Security Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated the date
of this Agreement among the Borrower and the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent, as the same
may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

     “Subordinated Debt” means Indebtedness for Borrowed Money owing to any Person on terms and
conditions, and in such amounts, acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders
and which is subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations
pursuant to written subordination provisions approved in writing by the Administrative Agent and
the Required Lenders.

     “Subsidiary” means, as to any particular parent corporation or organization, any other
corporation or organization more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is at the time
directly or indirectly owned by such parent corporation or organization or by any one or more other
entities which are themselves subsidiaries of such parent corporation or organization. Unless
otherwise expressly noted herein, the term “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower or of
any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries.

     “Swing Line” means the credit facility for making one or more Swing Loans described in Section
1.15 hereof.

     “Swing Line Sublimit” means $5,000,000, as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof.

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     “Swing Loan” and “Swing Loans” each is defined in Section 1.15 hereof.

     “Swing Note” is defined in Section 1.11 hereof.

     “TARGET Settlement Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross
Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open.

     “Telerate Page” means the display designated on the Telerate Service (or such other service as
may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as the information vendor for the purpose of
displaying British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates) for the applicable currency.

     “Term Credit” means the U.S. Dollar Term Credit and the Australian Dollar Term Credit

     “Term Loans” means the U.S. Dollar Term Loans and the Australian Dollar Term Loans.

     “Term Loan Commitments” means the U.S. Dollar Term Loan Commitments and the Australian Dollar
Term Loan Commitments.

     “Term Loan Percentage” means, as applicable, the U.S. Dollar Term Loan Percentage and the
Australian Dollar Term Loan Percentage.

     “Term Notes” means the U.S. Dollar Term Notes and the Australian Dollar Term Notes.

     “Total Consideration” means, the total amount (but without duplication) of (a) cash paid in
connection with any Acquisition, plus (b) indebtedness payable to the seller in connection with
such Acquisition, plus (c) the fair market value of any equity securities, including any warrants
or options therefor, delivered in connection with any Acquisition, plus (d) the present value of
covenants not to compete entered into in connection with such Acquisition or other future payments
which are required to be made over a period of time and are not contingent upon the Borrower or its
Subsidiary meeting financial performance objectives (exclusive of salaries paid in the ordinary
course of business) (discounted at the Base Rate), but only to the extent not included in clause
(a), (b) or (c) above, plus (e) the amount of indebtedness assumed in connection with such
Acquisition.

     “Total Funded Debt” means, at any time the same is to be determined, the sum (but without
duplication) of (a) all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at
such time, plus (b) all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of any other Person which is directly or
indirectly guaranteed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or which the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in
respect of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has otherwise assured a creditor against
loss, plus (c) the maximum amount available to be drawn under all letters of credit issued for the
account of such Person and all unpaid drawings in respect of such letters of credit.

     “Total Funded Debt Ratio” is defined in Section 8.22 hereto.

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     “Total Senior Funded Debt” means, at any time the same is to be determined, Total Funded Debt
at such time minus the principal balance of Subordinated Debt of the Borrower.

     “Total Senior Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the
Borrower, the ratio of Total Senior Funded Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last
day of such fiscal quarter to EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period of four
fiscal quarters then ended.

     “Unfunded Vested Liabilities” means, for any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which
the present value of all vested nonforfeitable accrued benefits under such Plan exceeds the fair
market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most
recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential
liability of a member of the Controlled Group to the PBGC or the Plan under Title IV of ERISA.

     “Unused Revolving Credit Commitments” means, at any time, the difference between the Revolving
Credit Commitments then in effect and the aggregate outstanding Original Dollar Amount of Revolving
Loans and L/C Obligations, provided that Swing Loans outstanding from time to time shall be deemed
to reduce the Unused Revolving Credit Commitment of the Administrative Agent for purposes of
computing the commitment fee under Section 2.1(a) hereof.

     “U.S. Dollar Equivalent” means (x) with respect to amounts in an Alternative Currency, the
amount of U.S. Dollars which would be realized by converting such amount into U.S. Dollars in the
spot market at the exchange rate quoted by the Administrative Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the date on which a computation thereof is required to be
made, to major banks in the interbank foreign exchange market for the purchase of U.S. Dollars for
such Alternative Currency and (y) with respect to amounts in U.S. Dollars, such amount.

     “U.S. Dollar Term Credit” means the credit facility for the U.S. Dollar Term Loans described
in Section 1.1(a) hereof.

     “U.S. Dollar Term Loan” is defined in Section 1.1(a) hereof and, as so defined, includes a
Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan, each of which is a “type” of U.S. Dollar Term Loan
hereunder.

     “U.S. Dollar Term Loan Commitment” means, as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to
make its U.S. Dollar Term Loan on the Closing Date in the principal amount not to exceed the amount
set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof. The
Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the U.S. Dollar Term Loan Commitments of the
Lenders aggregate $40,000,000 on the date hereof.

     “U.S. Dollar Term Loan Percentage” means, for each Lender, the percentage of the U.S. Dollar
Term Loan Commitments represented by such Lender’s U.S. Dollar Term Loan
Commitment or, if the U.S. Dollar Term Loan Commitments have been terminated or have

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expired, the percentage held by such Lender of the aggregate principal amount of all U.S. Dollar Term Loans
then outstanding.

     “U.S. Dollar Term Note” is defined in Section 1.11 hereof.

     “U.S. Dollars” and “$” each means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

     “U.S. Memorandum of Deposit” means the deed entitled U.S. Memorandum of Deposit dated on or
about the date of this Agreement between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced from time to time.

     “Voting Equity” shall mean the issued and outstanding shares of each class of capital stock or
other ownership interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section
1.956-2(c)(2).

     “Welfare Plan” means a “welfare plan” as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.

     “Wholly-owned Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of which all of the issued and outstanding shares
of capital stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares as required by law) or other equity
interests are owned by the Borrower and/or one or more Wholly-owned Subsidiaries within the meaning
of this definition.

     Section 5.2. Interpretation. The foregoing definitions are equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined. The words “hereof”, “herein”, and “hereunder” and
words of like import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not
to any particular provision of this Agreement. All references to time of day herein are references
to Chicago, Illinois, time unless otherwise specifically provided. Where the character or amount
of any asset or liability or item of income or expense is required to be determined or any
consolidation or other accounting computation is required to be made for the purposes of this
Agreement, it shall be done in accordance with GAAP except where such principles are inconsistent
with the specific provisions of this Agreement.

     Section 5.3. Change in Accounting Principles. If, after the date of this Agreement, there
shall occur any change in GAAP from those used in the preparation of the financial statements
referred to in Section 6.5 hereof and such change shall result in a change in the method of
calculation of any financial covenant, standard or term found in this Agreement, either the
Borrower or the Required Lenders may by notice to the Lenders and the Borrower, respectively,
require that the Lenders and the Borrower negotiate in good faith to amend such covenants,
standards, and terms so as equitably to reflect such change in accounting principles, with the
desired result being that the criteria for evaluating the financial condition of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries shall be the same as if such change had not been made. No delay by the Borrower
or the Required Lenders in requiring such negotiation shall limit their right to so require such a
negotiation at any time after such a change
in accounting principles. Until any such covenant, standard, or term is amended in accordance with
this Section 5.3, financial covenants shall be computed and determined in accordance with GAAP in
effect prior to such change in accounting

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principles. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower shall neither be deemed to be in compliance with any financial covenant
hereunder nor out of compliance with any financial covenant hereunder if such state of compliance
or noncompliance, as the case may be, would not exist but for the occurrence of a change in
accounting principles after the date hereof.

Section 6. Representations and Warranties.

     The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:

     Section 6.1. Organization and Qualification. The Borrower is duly organized, validly
existing, and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Washington. The
Borrower has full and adequate power to own its Property and conduct its business as now conducted,
and is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of
the business conducted by it or the nature of the Property owned or leased by it requires such
licensing or qualifying, except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     Section 6.2. Subsidiaries. Each Subsidiary is duly incorporated (or otherwise organized if
such Subsidiary is not a corporation), validly existing and in good standing (to the extent the
concept of good standing is applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
incorporated or organized, as the case may be, has full and adequate power to own its Property and
conduct its business as now conducted, and is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing (to
the extent the concept of good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in
which the nature of the business conducted by it or the nature of the Property owned or leased by
it requires such licensing or qualifying, except where the failure to do so would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 6.2 hereto identifies each Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, as the case may be, the percentage of issued and outstanding shares
of each class of its capital stock or other equity interests owned by the Borrower and its other
Subsidiaries and, if such percentage is not 100% (excluding, if applicable, directors’ qualifying
shares as required by law), a description of each class of its authorized capital stock and other
equity interests and the number of shares of each class issued and outstanding. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests of each Subsidiary are validly
issued and outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable and all such shares and other equity
interests indicated on Schedule 6.2 as owned by the Borrower or another Subsidiary are owned,
beneficially and of record, by the Borrower or such Subsidiary free and clear of all Liens other
than the Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents.
There are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of any Subsidiary to issue, and no
options, warrants or other rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any class of capital
stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary.

     Section 6.3. Authority and Validity of Obligations. The Borrower has full right and authority
to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed by it, to make the borrowings
herein provided for or under the other Loan Documents, to issue the Notes in evidence thereof, to
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Documents, and to perform all of its obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents executed by it. Each
Subsidiary has full right and authority to enter into the Loan Documents executed by it, to
guarantee the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability, to
grant to the Administrative Agent the Liens described in the Collateral Documents executed by such
Person, and to perform all of its obligations under the Loan Documents executed by it. The Loan
Documents delivered by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been duly authorized, executed, and
delivered by such Persons and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether the application of such
principles is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents do not, nor does the performance or observance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of
any of the matters and things herein or therein provided for, (a) contravene or constitute a
default under any provision of law or any judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or any provision of the organizational documents (e.g., charter,
articles of incorporation or by-laws, articles of association or operating agreement, partnership
agreement, or other similar document) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (b) contravene or
constitute a default under any covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or any of its Property, in each case where such contravention or default, individually
or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (c) result
in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other
than the Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

     Section 6.4. Use of Proceeds; Margin Stock. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loans
to refinance existing indebtedness, for their general working capital purposes, to finance capital
expenditures and for such other legal and proper purposes as are consistent with all applicable
laws. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is engaged in the business of extending credit for
the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any Loan or any other
extension of credit made hereunder will be used to purchase or carry any such margin stock or to
extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock. Margin
stock (as hereinabove defined) constitutes less than 25% of the assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries which are subject to any limitation on sale, pledge or other restriction hereunder.

     Section 6.5. Financial Reports. The consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at August 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income, retained
earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, and
accompanying notes thereto, which financial statements are accompanied by the audit report of Ernst
& Young, LLP, independent public accountants, and the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at May 31, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, retained
earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the 9 months then ended,
heretofore furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, fairly present the consolidated
financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at said dates and the consolidated
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the periods then ended in conformity with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis and disclose or reflect all its actual and contingent liabilities at
that date. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has contingent liabilities which are material
to it other than as indicated on such financial statements or, with respect to future periods, on
the financial statements furnished pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof.

     Section 6.6. No Material Adverse Change. Since August 31, 2004, there has been no Material
Adverse Effect.

     Section 6.7. Full Disclosure. The statements and information furnished to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and the commitments by the Lenders to provide all or part of the financing contemplated
hereby or by the other Loan Documents do not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or
omit a material fact necessary to make the material statements contained herein or therein not
misleading, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledging that as to any projections
furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the Borrower only represents that the same
were prepared on the basis of information and estimates the Borrower believed to be reasonable.

     Section 6.8. Trademarks, Franchises, and Licenses. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries own,
possess, or have the right to use all necessary patents, licenses, franchises, trademarks, trade
names, trade styles, copyrights, trade secrets, know how, and confidential commercial and
proprietary information to conduct their businesses as now conducted, without known conflict with
any patent, license, franchise, trademark, trade name, trade style, copyright or other proprietary
right of any other Person.

     Section 6.9. Governmental Authority and Licensing. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have
received all licenses, permits, and approvals of all federal, state, and local governmental
authorities, if any, necessary to conduct their businesses, in each case where the failure to
obtain or maintain the same could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No
investigation or proceeding which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result
in revocation or denial of any material license, permit or approval is pending or, to the knowledge
of the Borrower, threatened.

     Section 6.10. Good Title. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have good and defensible title
(or valid leasehold interests) to their assets as reflected on the most recent consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
(except for sales of assets in the ordinary
course of business), subject to no Liens other than such thereof as are permitted by Section 8.8
hereof.

     Section 6.11. Litigation and Other Controversies. There is no litigation or governmental or
arbitration proceeding or labor controversy pending, nor to the knowledge of the Borrower
threatened, against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of its Property which if adversely
determined, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

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     Section 6.12. Taxes. All tax returns required to be filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
in any jurisdiction have, in fact, been filed, and all taxes, assessments, fees, and other
governmental charges upon the Borrower or any Subsidiary or upon any of its Property, income or
franchises, which are shown to be due and payable in such returns, have been paid, except such
taxes, assessments, fees and governmental charges, if any, as are being contested in good faith and
by appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest and as to which
adequate reserves established in accordance with GAAP have been provided. The Borrower does not
know of any proposed additional tax assessment against it or its Subsidiaries for which adequate
provisions in accordance with GAAP have not been made on their accounts. Adequate provisions in
accordance with GAAP for taxes on the books of the Borrower and each Subsidiary have been made for
all open years, and for its current fiscal period.

     Section 6.13. Approvals. No authorization, consent, license or exemption from, or filing or
registration with, any court or governmental department, agency or instrumentality, nor any
approval or consent of any other Person, is or will be necessary to the valid execution, delivery
or performance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Loan Document, except for such approvals
which have been obtained prior to the date of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect.

     Section 6.14. Affiliate Transactions. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is a party to
any contracts or agreements with any of its Affiliates (other than with Wholly-owned Subsidiaries)
on terms and conditions which are less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than would be
usual and customary in similar contracts or agreements between Persons not affiliated with each
other.

     Section 6.15. Investment Company; Public Utility Holding Company. Neither the Borrower nor
any Subsidiary is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or a “public utility holding
company” within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.

     Section 6.16. ERISA. The Borrower and each other member of its Controlled Group has fulfilled
its obligations under the minimum funding standards of and is in compliance in all material
respects with ERISA and the Code to the extent applicable to it and has not incurred any liability
to the PBGC or a Plan under Title IV of ERISA
other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA. Neither the Borrower
nor any Subsidiary has any contingent liabilities with respect to any post-retirement benefits
under a Welfare Plan, other than liability for continuation coverage described in article 6 of
Title I of ERISA.

     Section 6.17. Compliance with Laws. (a) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance
with the requirements of all federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to or
pertaining to their Property or business operations (including, without limitation, the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and laws
and regulations establishing quality criteria and standards for air, water, land and toxic or
hazardous wastes and substances), where any such non-compliance, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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          (b) Without limiting the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.17(a) above,
except for such matters, individually or in the aggregate, which could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower represents and warrants that: (i) the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and each of the Premises, comply in all material respects with all
applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have obtained all
governmental approvals required for their operations and each of the Premises by any applicable
Environmental Law; (iii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not, and the Borrower has no
knowledge of any other Person who has, caused any Release, threatened Release or disposal of any
Hazardous Material at, on, about, or off any of the Premises in any material quantity and, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, none of the Premises are adversely affected by any Release, threatened
Release or disposal of a Hazardous Material originating or emanating from any other property; (iv)
none of the Premises contain and have contained any: (1) underground storage tank, (2) material
amounts of asbestos containing building material, (3) landfills or dumps, (4) hazardous waste
management facility as defined pursuant to RCRA or any comparable state law or any Environmental
Law of any jurisdiction in which any of the Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s assets are located, or (5)
site on or nominated for the National Priority List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA or any state
remedial priority list promulgated or published pursuant to any comparable state law; (v) the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not used a material quantity of any Hazardous Material and have
conducted no Hazardous Material Activity at any of the Premises except in compliance with
Environmental Laws; (vi) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no material liability for response
or corrective action, natural resource damage or other harm pursuant to CERCLA, RCRA or any
comparable state law or any Environmental Law of any jurisdiction in which any of the Borrower’s or
Subsidiary’s assets are located; (vii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not subject to, have
no notice or knowledge of and are not required to give any notice of any Environmental Claim
involving the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of the Premises, and there are no conditions or
occurrences at any of the Premises which could reasonably be anticipated to form the basis for an
Environmental Claim against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or such Premises which it adversely
determined would have a Material Adverse Effect; (viii) none of the Premises are subject to any,
and the Borrower has no knowledge of any imminent restriction on the ownership, occupancy, use or
transferability of the Premises in connection with any (1) Environmental Law or (2) Release,
threatened Release or disposal of a Hazardous Material; and (ix) there are no conditions or
circumstances at any of the Premises which pose an unreasonable risk to the environment or the health or safety of Persons.

     Section 6.18. Other Agreements. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default under
the terms of any covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting such Person or any of its
Property, which default if uncured could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 6.19. Solvency. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are solvent, able to pay their
debts as they become due, and have sufficient capital to carry on their business and all businesses
in which they are about to engage.

     Section 6.20. No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

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     Section 6.21. Outstanding Australian Obligations. On the date of this Agreement the aggregate
principal amount of all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities outstanding under the Australian
Loan Documents is AUD $26,358,217.91.

Section 7. Conditions Precedent.

          The obligation of each Lender to advance, continue or convert any Loan (other than the
continuation of, or conversion into, a Base Rate Loan) or of the L/C Issuer to issue, extend the
expiration date (including by not giving notice of non-renewal) of or increase the amount of any
Letter of Credit under this Agreement, shall be subject to the following conditions precedent:

          Section 7.1. All Credit Events. At the time of each Credit Event hereunder:

          (a) each of the representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other Loan
Documents shall be and remain true and correct as of said time, except to the extent the
same expressly relate to an earlier date;

          (b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur
as a result of such Credit Event;

          (c) in the case of a Borrowing the Administrative Agent shall have received the notice
required by Section 1.6 hereof, in the case of the issuance of any Letter of Credit the L/C
Issuer shall have received a duly completed Application for such Letter of Credit together
with any fees called for by Section 2.1 hereof, and, in the case of an extension or increase
in the amount of a Letter of Credit, a written request therefor in a form acceptable to the
L/C Issuer together with fees called for by Section 2.1 hereof;

          (d) after giving effect to such extension of credit, neither (i) the aggregate Original
Dollar Amount nor the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of all Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and Letters
of Credit outstanding under this Agreement shall exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments
then in effect and (ii) the aggregate Original Dollar Amount of all Revolving Loans
denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed $15,000,000;

          (e) after giving effect to such extension of credit, the aggregate amount of all
Letters of Credit issued shall not exceed the L/C Sublimit; and

          (f) such Credit Event shall not violate any order, judgment or decree of any court or
other authority or any provision of law or regulation applicable to the Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuer, or any Lender (including, without limitation, Regulation U of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) as then in effect.

          Each request for a Borrowing hereunder and each request for the issuance of, increase in the
amount of, or extension of the expiration date of, a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date on such Credit Event as to the facts
specified in subsections (a) through (e), both inclusive, of this Section.

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          Section 7.2. Initial Credit Event. Before or concurrently with the initial Credit Event:

          (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender the favorable written
opinion of (i) Preston, Gates & Ellis, LLP, counsel to the Borrower and each Domestic
Subsidiary, in substantially the forms of Exhibit H hereto, and otherwise in form and
substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders, and (ii) Mallesons Stephen Jaques, special
Australian counsel to the Lenders, in form and substance satisfactory to the Required
Lenders;

          (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender (i) certified copies
of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower and each Guarantor authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, indicating the Borrower’s and
each Guarantor’s authorized signers of the Loan Documents and all other documents relating
thereto and the specimen signatures of such signers and (ii) copies of the Borrower’s and
each Guarantor’s Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws certified by the Secretary or
other appropriate officer of the Borrower or such Guarantor;

          (c) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender this Agreement duly
executed by the Borrower, each Guarantor, the Lenders and the Australian security trustee;

          (d) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each applicable Lender such
Lender’s duly executed Notes of the Borrower dated the date hereof and otherwise in
compliance with the provisions of Section 1.11 hereof;

          (e) the Administrative Agent shall have received the U.S. Memorandum of Deposit, the
Security Agreement and supplements in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent to each of the Mortgages, duly executed by the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries,
together with (i) original stock certificates or other similar instruments or securities
representing all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity
interests in each Subsidiary as required pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, and (ii)
stock powers for the Collateral consisting of the stock or other equity interest in each
Guarantor and Penford Holdings executed in blank and undated;

          (f) the Administrative Agent shall have received an environmental questionnaire
acceptable to the Administrative Agent concerning the environmental hazards and matters with
respect to the parcels of real property subject to the Lien of the Mortgages;

          (g) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of insurance required to be
maintained under the Loan Documents, naming the Administrative Agent as mortgagee, loss
payee and additional insured;

          (h) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender copies of the
certificates of good standing for the Borrower and each Guarantor, dated no earlier than 30
days prior to the date hereof from the office of the secretary of the state of its

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incorporation or organization and of each state in which it is qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation or organization;

          (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender a list of the
Borrower’s Authorized Representatives;

          (j) the Administrative Agent shall have received for itself and for the Lenders the
initial fees owed to them;

          (k) each Lender shall have received such evaluations and certifications as it may
reasonably require (including a compliance certificate in the forms attached hereto as
Exhibit E containing calculations of the compliance calculations of the financial covenants
as of the date of this Agreement) in order to satisfy itself as to the value of the
Collateral, the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the lack of
material contingent liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

          (l) the Administrative Agent shall have received financing statement, tax, and judgment
lien search results against the Property of the Borrower and each Guarantor evidencing the
absence of Liens on its Property except as permitted by Section 8.8 hereof;

          (m) all of the indebtedness of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries under the Australian Loan
Documents shall be fully paid and satisfied with the proceeds of the initial Loans made
hereunder;

          (n) the Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of the Lenders such
other agreements, instruments, resolutions, documents (including documents relating to tax
and regulatory maters), certificates, information and opinions as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request;

          (o) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory thereto that, as
of May 31, 2005, (x) the Borrower’s pro forma EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters then ended
is not less than $24,000,000 and (y) the Total Funded Debt Ratio is not greater than 3.20 to
1.0;

          (p) the Administrative Agent shall have (i) received the three year projections of the
Borrower in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders and (ii) conducted a satisfactory
review of the May 31, 2005 interim financial statements and commentary of the Borrower;

          (q) the Borrower shall have paid the Administrative Agent all fees and expenses of
counsel to the Administrative Agent for which an invoice has been submitted to the Borrower;

          (r) the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower written instructions
as to the disbursement and application of the proceeds of the initial Loans

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made hereunder, which instructions must provide for the payment in full of all indebtedness outstanding
under the Australian Loan Documents;

          (s) the Administrative Agent shall have received a date down endorsement (or a binding
commitment therefore) to each mortgagee’s title insurance policy insuring the Mortgages in
form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent from the title insurance company
that issued such title insurance policies insuring the Lien of the Mortgages as supplemented
in connection with this Agreement to be valid first priority Liens subject to no defects or
objections which are unacceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with such
endorsements as the Administrative Agent may require; and

          (t) the Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed termination of the
intercreditor agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Section 8. Covenants.

          The Borrower agrees that, so long as any credit is available to or in use by the Borrower
hereunder, except to the extent compliance in any case or cases is waived in writing pursuant to
the terms of Section 13.13 hereof:

     Section 8.1. Maintenance of Business. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to,
preserve and maintain its existence and registration in the place of its registration at the date
of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.10(c) hereof. The Borrower shall, and
shall cause each Subsidiary to, preserve and keep in force and effect all licenses, permits, consents, authorizations, exemptions,
except as otherwise provided in Section 8.10(c) hereof. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each
Subsidiary to, preserve and keep in force and effect all licenses, permits, franchises, approvals,
patents, trademarks, trade names, trade styles, copyrights, and other proprietary rights necessary
to the proper conduct of its business where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 8.2. Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary
to, maintain, preserve, and keep its property, plant, and equipment in good repair, working order
and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), and shall from time to time make all needful and
proper repairs, renewals, replacements, additions, and betterments thereto so that at all times the
efficiency thereof shall be fully preserved and maintained, except to the extent that, in the
reasonable business judgment of such Person, any such Property is no longer necessary for the
proper conduct of the business of such Person.

     Section 8.3. Taxes and Assessments. The Borrower shall duly pay and discharge, and shall
cause each Subsidiary to duly pay and discharge, all taxes, rates, assessments, fees, and
governmental charges upon or against it or its Property, in each case before the same become
delinquent and before penalties accrue thereon, unless and to the extent that the same are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter
under contest and adequate reserves are provided therefor.

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     Section 8.4. Insurance. The Borrower shall insure and keep insured, and shall cause each
Subsidiary to insure and keep insured, with reputable, good and responsible insurance companies,
all insurable Property owned by it which is of a character usually insured by Persons similarly
situated and operating like Properties against loss or damage from such hazards and risks, and in
such amounts, as are insured by Persons similarly situated and operating like Properties; and the
Borrower shall insure, and shall cause each Subsidiary to insure, such other hazards and risks
(including, without limitation, employers’ and public liability risks) with reputable, good and
responsible insurance companies as and to the extent usually insured by Persons similarly situated
and conducting similar businesses. The Borrower shall in any event maintain, and cause each
Subsidiary to maintain, insurance on the Collateral to the extent required by the Collateral
Documents. The Borrower shall, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, furnish to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders a certificate setting forth in summary form the nature and
extent of the insurance maintained pursuant to this Section and the other Loan Documents.

     Section 8.5. Financial Reports. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to,
maintain a standard system of accounting in accordance with GAAP and shall furnish to the
Administrative Agent, each Lender and each of their duly authorized representatives such
information respecting the business and financial condition of the Borrower and each Subsidiary as
the Administrative Agent or such Lender may reasonably request; and without any request, shall
furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:

          (a) as soon as available, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the close
of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy
of the consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
of the last day of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated and consolidating statements of
income, retained earnings, and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the
fiscal quarter and for the fiscal year to date period then ended, each in reasonable detail
showing in comparative form the figures for the corresponding date and period in the
previous fiscal year, prepared by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP (subject to the
absence of footnote disclosures and year end audit adjustments) and certified to by its
chief financial officer or another officer of the Borrower acceptable to the Administrative
Agent;

          (b) as soon as available, and in any event within ninety (90) days after the close of
each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the consolidated and consolidating balance sheet
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the fiscal year then ended and
the consolidated and consolidating statements of income, retained earnings, and cash flows
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, and accompanying notes
thereto, each in reasonable detail showing in comparative form the figures for the previous
fiscal year, accompanied in the case of the consolidated financial statements by an
unqualified opinion of Ernst & Young, LLP or another firm of independent public accountants
of recognized national or international standing, selected by the Borrower and reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, to the effect that the
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present
fairly in accordance with GAAP the

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consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the results of their operations and
cash flows for the fiscal year then ended and that an examination of such accounts in
connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards and, accordingly, such examination included such tests of the
accounting records and such other auditing procedures as were considered necessary in the
circumstances;

          (c) within the period provided in subsection (b) above, the written statement of the
accountants who certified the audit report thereby required that in the course of their
audit they have obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, or, if such
accountants have obtained knowledge of any such Default or Event of Default, they shall
disclose in such statement the nature and period of the existence thereof;

          (d) promptly after receipt thereof, any additional written reports, management letters
or other detailed information contained in writing concerning significant aspects of the
Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s operations and financial affairs given to it by its
independent public accountants;

          (e) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of each financial statement,
report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to its stockholders
or other equity holders, and copies of each annual return, regular, periodic or special
report, registration statement, investment statement or prospectus (including all
Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K reports) or equivalent document filed by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary with any securities exchange, or the Securities and Exchange Commission or
any successor agency;

          (f) promptly after receipt thereof, a copy of each audit made by any regulatory agency
of the books and records of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or of notice of any material
noncompliance with any applicable law, regulation or guideline relating to the Borrower or
any Subsidiary, or its business;

          (g) as soon as available, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the Borrower’s consolidated and consolidating
operating budget for the following fiscal year, such operating budget to show the Borrower’s
projected consolidated and consolidating revenues, expenses and balance sheet on a
quarter-by-quarter basis, such operating budget to be in reasonable detail prepared by the
Borrower and in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders
(which shall include a summary of all assumptions made in preparing such operating budget);

          (h) notice of any Change of Control;

          (i) promptly after knowledge thereof shall have come to the attention of any
responsible officer of the Borrower, written notice of (i) any threatened or pending
litigation or governmental or arbitration proceeding or labor controversy against the
Borrower or any Subsidiary which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be

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expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default
hereunder and (iii) the occurrence of any event described as an “Event of Default” under any
other Loan Document; and

          (j) with each of the financial statements furnished to the Lenders pursuant to
subsections (a) and (b) above, a written certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower or another officer of the Borrower
acceptable to the Administrative Agent to the effect that to the best of such officer’s
knowledge and belief no Default or Event of Default has occurred during the period covered
by such statements or, if any such Default or Event of Default has occurred during such
period, setting forth a description of such Default or Event of Default and specifying the
action, if any, taken by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to remedy the same. Such
certificate shall also set forth the calculations supporting such statements in respect of
Section 8.22 hereof.

     Section 8.6. Inspection. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, permit the
Administrative Agent, each Lender, and each of their duly authorized representatives and agents to
visit and inspect any of its Property, corporate books, and financial records, to examine and make
copies of its books of accounts and other financial records, and to discuss its affairs, finances,
and accounts with, and to be advised as to the same by, its officers, employees and independent
public accountants (and by this provision the Borrower hereby authorizes such accountants to
discuss with the Administrative Agent and such Lenders the finances and affairs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) at such reasonable
times and intervals as the Administrative Agent or any such Lender may designate and, so long as no
Default or Event of Default exists, with reasonable prior notice to the Borrower.

     Section 8.7. Borrowings and Guaranties. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any
Subsidiary to, issue, incur, assume, create or have outstanding any Indebtedness for Borrowed
Money, or be or become liable as endorser, guarantor, surety or otherwise for any debt, obligation
or undertaking of any other Person, or otherwise agree to provide funds for payment of the
obligations of another, or supply funds thereto or invest therein or otherwise assure a creditor of
another against loss, or apply for or become liable to the issuer of a letter of credit which
supports an obligation of another, or subordinate any claim or demand it may have to the claim or
demand of any other Person; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not restrict nor operate to
prevent:

          (a) the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account
Liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owing to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders (and their Affiliates);

          (b) purchase money indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent
or NZ Dollar Equivalent) in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

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          (c) obligations of the Borrower arising out of interest rate and foreign currency,
hedging agreements entered into with financial institutions in the ordinary course of
business;

          (d) endorsement of items for deposit or collection of commercial paper received in the
ordinary course of business;

          (e) indebtedness from time to time owing by any Subsidiary to the Borrower (the
“Intercompany Indebtedness”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $35,000,000 or
the Australian Dollar Equivalent thereof;

          (f) unsecured indebtedness of the Borrower not otherwise permitted by this Section in
an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and

          (g) unsecured indebtedness of the Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent thereof or
New Zealand Dollar Equivalent thereof) at any time.

     Section 8.8. Liens. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, create,
incur or permit to exist any Lien of any kind on any Property owned by any such Person; provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent:

          (a) Liens arising by statute in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, old age benefits, social security obligations, taxes, assessments, statutory
obligations or other similar charges (other than Liens arising under ERISA), good faith cash
deposits in connection with tenders, contracts or leases to which the Borrower or any
Subsidiary is a party or other cash deposits required to be made in the ordinary course of
business, provided in each case that the obligation is not for borrowed money and that the
obligation secured is not overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest and adequate
reserves have been established therefor;

          (b) mechanics’, workmen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’, carriers’ or other similar Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement
of the matter under contest;

          (c) judgment liens and judicial attachment liens not constituting an Event of Default
under Section 9.1(g) hereof and the pledge of assets for the purpose of securing an appeal,
stay or discharge in the course of any legal proceeding, provided that the aggregate amount
of such judgment liens and attachments and liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
secured by a pledge of assets permitted under this subsection, including interest and
penalties thereon, if any, shall not be in excess of $2,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar
Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent) at any one time outstanding;

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          (d) Liens on property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary created solely for the purpose
of securing indebtedness permitted by Section 8.7(b) hereof, representing or incurred to
finance the purchase price of such Property, provided that no such Lien shall extend to or
cover other Property of the Borrower or such Subsidiary other than the respective Property
so acquired, and the principal amount of indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no
time exceed the purchase price of such Property, as reduced by repayments of principal
thereon;

          (e) any interest or title of a lessor under any operating lease;

          (f) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, and other similar encumbrances against real
property incurred in the ordinary course of business which, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount and which do not materially detract from the value of the Property
subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary; and

          (g) the Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral
Documents.

     Section 8.9. Investments, Acquisitions, Loans and Advances. The Borrower shall not, nor shall
it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make, retain or have outstanding any
investments (whether through purchase of stock or obligations or otherwise) in, or loans or
advances to any other Person, or acquire all or any substantial part of the assets or business of any other Person
or division thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to
prevent:

          (a) investments in direct obligations of the United States of America or of any agency
or instrumentality thereof whose obligations constitute full faith and credit obligations of
the United States of America, provided that any such obligations shall mature within one
year of the date of issuance thereof;

          (b) investments in commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s and at least A-1 by
S&P maturing within one year of the date of issuance thereof;

          (c) investments in certificates of deposit issued by any Lender or by any United States
commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 which have a
maturity of one year or less;

          (d) investments in repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 7 days for
underlying securities of the types described in subsection (a) above entered into with any
bank meeting the qualifications specified in subsection (c) above, provided all such
agreements require physical delivery of the securities securing such repurchase agreement,
except those delivered through the Federal Reserve Book Entry System;

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          (e) investments in money market funds that invest solely, and which are restricted by
their respective charters to invest solely, in investments of the type described in the
immediately preceding subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) above;

          (f) the Borrower’s investments in its Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date, and
investments made from time to time by a Subsidiary in one or more of its Subsidiaries;

          (g) intercompany advances made from time to time (i) by the Borrower or a Domestic
Subsidiary to another Domestic Subsidiary, (ii) by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary
to a Foreign Subsidiary or to any one or more of its Foreign Subsidiaries in an amount not
to exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, (iii) by a Subsidiary to
the Borrower or to any one or more of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to
finance working capital needs, and (iv) by a Foreign Subsidiary to another Foreign
Subsidiary;

          (h) Permitted Acquisitions;

          (i) investments identified on Schedule 7.9 hereof; and

          (j) other investments, loans, and advances in addition to those otherwise permitted by
this Section in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding; provided, however no investment, loan or advance permitted by this clause (j)
may be made by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary in or to a Foreign Subsidiary.

In determining the amount of investments, acquisitions, loans, and advances permitted under this
Section, investments and acquisitions shall always be taken at the original cost thereof
(regardless of any subsequent appreciation or depreciation therein), and loans and advances shall
be taken at the principal amount thereof then remaining unpaid.

     Section 8.10. Mergers, Consolidations and Sales. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit
any Subsidiary to, be a party to any merger or consolidation, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of all or any part of its Property, including any disposition of Property as part of a sale
and leaseback transaction, or in any event sell or discount (with or without recourse) any of its
notes or accounts receivable; provided, however, that so long as no Default or Event of Default
exists (except in the case of sales of inventory permitted by subsection (a) hereof) this Section
shall not apply to nor operate to prevent:

          (a) the sale or lease of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

          (b) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Property of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries to one another in the ordinary course of its business;

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          (c) the merger of any Subsidiary with and into the Borrower or any other Subsidiary,
provided that, in the case of any merger involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the
corporation surviving the merger;

          (d) the sale of delinquent notes or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of
business for purposes of collection only (and not for the purpose of any bulk sale or
securitization transaction);

          (e) the sale, transfer or other disposition of any tangible personal property that, in
the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower or its Subsidiary, has become obsolete or
worn out, and which is disposed of in the ordinary course of business; and

          (f) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Property of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary (including any disposition of Property as part of a sale and leaseback
transaction) aggregating for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed
$5,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent) during any fiscal
year of the Borrower.

     Section 8.11. Maintenance of Subsidiaries. The Borrower shall not assign, sell or transfer,
nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to issue, assign, sell or transfer, any shares of capital stock
or other equity interests of a Subsidiary; and, for the avoidance of doubt, Penford Holdings shall
not issue shares of capital stock or other equity interests; provided, however, that the foregoing
shall not operate to prevent (a) Liens on the capital stock or other equity interests of
Subsidiaries granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (b) the
issuance, sale, and transfer to any person of any shares of capital stock of a Subsidiary solely
for the purpose of qualifying, and to the extent legally necessary to qualify, such person as a director of such Subsidiary, and (c)
any transaction permitted by Section 8.10(c) above.

     Section 8.12. Dividends and Certain Other Restricted Payments. The Borrower shall not, nor
shall it permit any Subsidiary to, (a) declare or pay any dividends on or make any other
distributions in respect of any class or series of its capital stock or other equity interests or
(b) directly or indirectly purchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire or retire any of its capital
stock or other equity interests or any warrants, options, or similar instruments to acquire the
same (collectively, the “Restricted Payments”); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not
operate to prevent (i) the making of any Restricted Payments by the Borrower so long as no Default
or Event of Default shall exist both before and after giving effect thereto and the aggregate
amount thereof does not exceed $8,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower, and (ii) the making
of dividends or distributions by any Wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower to its parent
corporation.

     Section 8.13. ERISA. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, promptly pay and
discharge all obligations and liabilities arising under ERISA of a character which if unpaid or
unperformed could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien against any of its
Property. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, promptly notify the
Administrative Agent and each Lender of: (a) the occurrence of any reportable event (as defined in
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termination of any Plan or appointment of a trustee therefor, (c) its intention to terminate or
withdraw from any Plan, and (d) the occurrence of any event with respect to any Plan which would
result in the incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any material liability, fine or
penalty, or any material increase in the contingent liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
with respect to any post-retirement Welfare Plan benefit.

     Section 8.14. Compliance with Laws. (a) The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary
to, comply in all respects with the requirements of all federal, state, and local laws, rules,
regulations, ordinances and orders applicable to or pertaining to its Property or business
operations, where any such non-compliance, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or result in a Lien upon any of its Property.

          (b) Without limiting the agreements set forth in Section 8.14(a) above, the Borrower shall,
and shall cause each Subsidiary to, at all times, do the following to the extent the failure to do
so, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect: (i) comply in all material respects with, and maintain each of the Premises in compliance
in all material respects with, all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) require that each tenant and
subtenant, if any, of any of the Premises or any part thereof comply in all material respects with
all applicable Environmental Laws; (iii) obtain and maintain in full force and effect all material
governmental approvals required by any applicable Environmental Law for operations at each of the
Premises; (iv) cure any material violation by it or at any of the Premises of applicable
Environmental Laws; (v) not allow the presence or operation at any of the Premises of any (1)
landfill or dump or (2) hazardous waste management facility or solid waste disposal facility
as defined pursuant to RCRA or any comparable state law or law of any other jurisdiction; (vi) not
manufacture, use, generate, transport, treat, store, release, dispose or handle any Hazardous
Material at any of the Premises except in the ordinary course of its business and in compliance
with applicable Environmental Law; (vii) within 10 Business Days notify the Administrative Agent in
writing of and provide any reasonably requested documents upon learning of any of the following in
connection with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of the Premises: (1) any material liability
for response or corrective action, natural resource damage or other harm pursuant to CERCLA, RCRA
or any comparable state law or law of any other jurisdiction; (2) any material Environmental Claim;
(3) any material violation of an Environmental Law or material Release, threatened Release or
disposal of a Hazardous Material; (4) any restriction on the ownership, occupancy, use or
transferability arising pursuant to any (x) Release, threatened Release or disposal of a Hazardous
Material or (y) Environmental Law; or (5) any environmental, natural resource, health or safety
condition, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (viii) conduct at
its expense any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation
or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or abate any material Release,
threatened Release or disposal of a Hazardous Material as required by any applicable Environmental
Law, (ix) abide by and observe any restrictions on the use of the Premises imposed by any
governmental authority as set forth in a deed or other instrument affecting the Borrower’s or any
Subsidiary’s interest therein; (x) promptly provide or otherwise make available to the
Administrative Agent any reasonably requested environmental record concerning the Premises which
the Borrower or any Subsidiary possesses or can reasonably obtain; and (xi) perform, satisfy, and
implement any operation or maintenance actions required by any governmental authority or
Environmental Law,

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or included in any no further action letter or covenant not to sue issued by any governmental authority under any Environmental Law.

     Section 8.15. Burdensome Contracts With Affiliates. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it
permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any contract, agreement or business arrangement with any of
its Affiliates (other than with Wholly-owned Subsidiaries) on terms and conditions which are less
favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than would be usual and customary in similar
contracts, agreements or business arrangements between Persons not affiliated with each other.

     Section 8.16. No Changes in Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
ends on August of each year; and the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to,
change its fiscal year from its present basis.

     Section 8.17. Formation of Subsidiaries. (a) Promptly upon the formation or acquisition of
any Subsidiary, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent and the Lenders notice thereof
and timely comply with the requirements of Section 4 hereof (at which time Schedule 6.2 shall be
deemed amended to include reference to such Subsidiary).

          (b) Inactive Subsidiary. The Borrower shall not permit Penford Export Corporation to engage
in any operations, conduct any business or own any assets having an aggregate value in excess of
$50,000.

     Section 8.18. Change in the Nature of Business. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit
any Subsidiary to, engage in any business or activity if as a result the general nature of the
business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary would be changed in any material respect from the
general nature of the business engaged in by it as of the Closing Date.

     Section 8.19. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the credit extended under this
Agreement solely for the purposes set forth in, or otherwise permitted by, Section 6.4 hereof.

     Section 8.20. No Restrictions. Except as provided herein, the Borrower shall not, nor shall
it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or
become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary to: (a) pay dividends or make any other distribution on any
Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity interests owned by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary,
(b) pay any indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (c) make loans or advances
to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (d) transfer any of its Property to the Borrower or any
other Subsidiary or (e) guarantee the Obligations and/or grant Liens on its assets to the
Administrative Agent as required by the Loan Documents.

     Section 8.21. Subordinated Debt. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary
to, amend or modify any of the terms or conditions relating to any Subordinated Debt, or make any
voluntary prepayment of thereof or effect any voluntary redemption thereof, or make any payment on
account of Subordinated Debt which is prohibited under the terms of any instrument or agreement
subordinating the same to the Obligations.

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     Section 8.22. Financial Covenants. (a) Total Funded Debt Ratio. The Borrower shall not, as
of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, ending during the periods specified below,
permit the ratio of (a) Total Funded Debt to (b) EBITDA for the four calendar fiscal quarters of
the Borrower then ended (the “Total Funded Debt Ratio”) to be more than:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Total Funded Debt Ratio
	From and Including	 	To and Including	 	shall not be more than
	the date hereof
	 	May 31, 2006	 	3.50 to 1.0
	 
	 	 	 	 
	June 1, 2006
	 	May 31, 2007	 	3.25 to 1.0
	 
	 	 	 	 
	June 1, 2007
	 	At all times thereafter	 	3.00 to 1.0

          (b) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower,
the Borrower shall maintain a ratio of (a) EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters of the Borrower then
ended to (b) Fixed Charges for the same four fiscal quarters then ended of not less than 1.5 to
1.0.

          (c) Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall not, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the
Borrower, permit the ratio of (a) Total Funded Debt at such time to (b) the sum of Total Funded
Debt and Net Worth at such time (the “Total Funded Debt Ratio”) to be more than 0.60 to 1.0.

          (d) Capital Expenditures. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, incur Capital Expenditures (but excluding Capital Expenditures made with the Net Cash Proceeds
of any Event of Loss as permitted by Section 1.9(b)(i) hereof and Capital Expenditures made with
the proceeds of grants from governmental entities) in an amount in excess of $20,000,000 (or the
Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent) in the aggregate during any fiscal year;
provided, however, for any fiscal year when Total Senior Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio is less than 2.0
to 1.0 for each fiscal quarter of such fiscal year, Capital Expenditures for such year shall not
exceed $25,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent) for such fiscal
year.

     Section 8.23. Australian Borrowings. The Borrower shall not permit Penford Australia, Penford
Holdings or any of their respective Subsidiaries to borrower or obtain other extensions of credit
under the Australian Loan Documents on and after the date of this Agreement.

Section 9. Events of Default and Remedies.

     Section 9.1. Events of Default. Any one or more of the following shall constitute an “Event
of Default” hereunder:

          (a) (i) default in the payment when due of all or any part of the principal of any Note
(whether at the stated maturity thereof or at any other time provided for in this

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Agreement) or of any Reimbursement Obligation (whether at the stated maturity thereof or at any other
time provided for in this Agreement) or (ii) default for a period of
3 Business Days in the payment of any interest or any fee or other Obligation payable
hereunder or under any other Loan Document;

          (b) default in the observance or performance of any covenant set forth in Sections 8.1,
8.5, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 8.17, 8.18, 8.21, 8.22 or 8.23 hereof or of any
provision in any Loan Document dealing with the use, disposition or remittance of the
proceeds of Collateral or requiring the maintenance of insurance thereon;

          (c) default in the observance or performance of any other provision hereof or of any
other Loan Document which is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date
on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of the Borrower or (ii)
written notice thereof is given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent;

          (d) any representation or warranty made herein or in any other Loan Document or in any
certificate furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto
or in connection with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby proves untrue or
misleading in any material respect as of the date of the issuance or making or deemed making
thereof;

          (e) any event occurs or condition exists (other than those described in subsections (a)
through (d) above) which is specified as an event of default under any of the other Loan
Documents which have not been cured or waived within any applicable cure period, or any of
the Loan Documents shall for any reason not be or shall cease to be in full force and effect
or is declared to be, in whole or in part, unenforceable, voidable or null and void, or any
of the Collateral Documents shall for any reason fail to create a valid and perfected first
priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent in any Collateral purported to be covered
thereby except as expressly permitted by the terms thereof, or the Borrower or any
Subsidiary takes any action for the purpose of terminating, repudiating or rescinding any
Loan Document executed by it or any of its obligations thereunder;

          (f) default shall occur under any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money (other than the
Intercompany Indebtedness) issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
aggregating in excess of $2,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar
Equivalent), or under any indenture, agreement or other instrument under which the same may
be issued, and such default shall continue for a period of time sufficient to permit the
acceleration of the maturity of any such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money (whether or not
such maturity is in fact accelerated), or any such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall not
be paid when due (whether by demand, lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise);

          (g) any judgment or judgments, writ or writs or warrant or warrants of attachment, or
any similar process or processes, shall be entered or filed against the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or against any of its Property, in an aggregate amount in

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excess of $2,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent except to the extent covered by
insurance with respect to which the insurer has not denied
liability therefor), and which remains undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a
period of 30 days;

          (h) the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any member of its Controlled Group, shall fail
to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $1,000,000 which it shall have
become liable to pay to the PBGC or to a Plan under Title IV of ERISA; or notice of intent
to terminate a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded Vested Liabilities in excess of
$1,000,000 (collectively, a “Material Plan”) shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any other member of its Controlled Group, any plan
administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings
under Title IV of ERISA to terminate or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any
Material Plan or a proceeding shall be instituted by a fiduciary of any Material Plan
against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any member of its Controlled Group, to enforce
Section 515 or 4219(c)(5) of ERISA and such proceeding shall not have been dismissed within
30 days thereafter; or a condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled
to obtain a decree adjudicating that any Material Plan must be terminated;

          (i) any Change of Control shall occur;

          (j) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) have entered involuntarily against it an
order for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or be (or have stated
that it is) insolvent (as defined in the Corporations Act) (ii) not pay, or admit in writing
its inability to pay, or stop or suspend the payment of its debts generally as they become
due, (iii) make an assignment or enter into an arrangement or composition with or for the
benefit of creditors generally or any class of them, (iv) apply for, seek, consent to or
acquiesce in, the appointment of an administrator, receiver, receiver and manager,
controller (as defined in the Corporations Act), custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator,
provisional liquidator, statutory manager or similar official for it or any substantial part
of its Property, (v) institute any proceeding seeking to have entered against it an order
for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or any other order under the
laws of another jurisdiction having substantially similar effect, to adjudicate it
insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or fail to file an answer or other
pleading denying the material allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (vi) take
any action in furtherance of any matter described in parts (i) through (v) above, or (vii)
fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding described in Section 9.1(k)
hereof;

          (k) an administrator, custodian, receiver, receiver and manager, controller (as defined
in the Corporations Act, trustee, examiner, liquidator, provisional liquidator, statutory
manager or similar official shall be appointed for the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any
substantial part of any of its Property, or a proceeding described in

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Section 9.1(j)(v) shall be instituted against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and such appointment continues
undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for a period of sixty (60)
days;

          (l) any Subsidiary is the subject of an event described in section 459C(2) or section
585 of the Corporations Act, or it makes a statement from which the Administrative Agent
reasonably deduces it is so subject;

          (m) a step is taken under Part 5A.1 of the Corporations Act to deregister any
Subsidiary;

          (n) a circumstance specified in section 461 of the Corporations Act occurs with respect
to any Subsidiary; or

          (o) any Subsidiary, without the consent of the Administrative Agent, (i) takes action
to reduce its share capital (other than by redeeming redeemable preference shares) or to buy
back its shares, or (ii) passes a resolution of a type referred to in section 254N(1) or
260B of the Corporations Act, or a meeting to consider such a resolution is summoned or
convened.

     Section 9.2. Non-Bankruptcy Defaults. When any Event of Default other than those described in
subsection (j), (k) or (l) of Section 9.1 hereof has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative
Agent shall, by written notice to the Borrower: (a) if so directed by the Required Lenders,
terminate the remaining Commitments and all other obligations of the Lenders hereunder on the date
stated in such notice (which may be the date thereof); (b) if so directed by the Required Lenders,
declare the principal of and the accrued interest on all outstanding Notes to be forthwith due and
payable and thereupon all outstanding Notes, including both principal and interest thereon, shall
be and become immediately due and payable together with all other amounts payable under the Loan
Documents without further demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind; and (c) if so
directed by the Required Lenders, demand that the Borrower immediately pay to the Administrative
Agent the full amount then available for drawing under each or any Letter of Credit, and the
Borrower agrees to immediately make such payment and acknowledges and agrees that the Lenders would
not have an adequate remedy at law for failure by the Borrower to honor any such demand and that
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, shall have the right to require the
Borrower to specifically perform such undertaking whether or not any drawings or other demands for
payment have been made under any Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent, after giving notice
to the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.1(c) or this Section 9.2, shall also promptly send a copy of
such notice to the other Lenders, but the failure to do so shall not impair or annul the effect of
such notice.

     Section 9.3. Bankruptcy Defaults. When any Event of Default described in subsections (j), (k)
or (l) of Section 9.1 hereof has occurred and is continuing, then all outstanding Notes shall
immediately become due and payable together with all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents
without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, the obligation of the Lenders to extend
further credit pursuant to any of the terms hereof shall immediately terminate and the Borrower
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full amount then available for drawing under all outstanding Letters of Credit, the Borrower acknowledging and agreeing that the Lenders would
not have an adequate remedy at law for failure by the Borrower to honor any such demand and
that the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent on their behalf, shall have the right to require the
Borrower to specifically perform such undertaking whether or not any draws or other demands for
payment have been made under any of the Letters of Credit.

     Section 9.4. Collateral for Undrawn Letters of Credit. (a) If the prepayment of the amount
available for drawing under any or all outstanding Letters of Credit is required under Section
1.9(b) or under Section 9.2 or 9.3 above, the Borrower shall forthwith pay the amount required to
be so prepaid, to be held by the Administrative Agent as provided in subsection (b) below.

     (b) All amounts prepaid pursuant to subsection (a) above shall be held by the Administrative
Agent in one or more separate collateral accounts (each such account, and the credit balances,
properties, and any investments from time to time held therein, and any substitutions for such
account, any certificate of deposit or other instrument evidencing any of the foregoing and all
proceeds of and earnings on any of the foregoing being collectively called the “Collateral
Account”) as security for, and for application by the Administrative Agent (to the extent
available) to, the reimbursement of any payment under any Letter of Credit then or thereafter made
by the Administrative Agent, and to the payment of the unpaid balance of any other Obligations.
The Collateral Account shall be held in the name of and subject to the exclusive dominion and
control of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and
the L/C Issuer. If and when requested by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall invest funds
held in the Collateral Account from time to time in direct obligations of, or obligations the
principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America
with a remaining maturity of one year or less, provided that the Administrative Agent is
irrevocably authorized to sell investments held in the Collateral Account when and as required to
make payments out of the Collateral Account for application to amounts due and owing from the
Borrower to the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders; provided, however, that (i) if
the Borrower shall have made payment of all obligations referred to in subsection (a) above (ii)
all relevant preference or other disgorgement periods relating to the receipt of such payments have
passed, and (iii) no Letters of Credit, Commitments, Loans or other Obligations remain outstanding,
at the request of the Borrower the Administrative Agent shall release to the Borrower any remaining
amounts held in the Collateral Account.

     Section 9.5. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall give notice to the Borrower
under Section 9.1(c) hereof promptly upon being requested to do so by any Lender and shall
thereupon notify all the Lenders thereof.

     Section 9.6. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, and any other holder of any Note outstanding hereunder, all costs and expenses reasonably
incurred or paid by the Administrative Agent and such Lender or any such holder, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, in connection with any Default or Event of Default
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(including all such costs and expenses incurred in connection with any proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy
Code involving the Borrower or any Subsidiary as a debtor thereunder).

Section 10. Change in Circumstances.

     Section 10.1. Change of Law. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any
Note, if at any time any change in applicable law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof
makes it unlawful for any Lender to make or continue to maintain any Eurocurrency Loans in the
relevant currency or to perform its obligations as contemplated hereby, such Lender shall promptly
give notice thereof to the Borrower and such Lender’s obligations to make or maintain Eurocurrency
Loans under this Agreement shall be suspended until it is no longer unlawful for such Lender to
make or maintain Eurocurrency Loans in such currency. The Borrower shall prepay on demand the
outstanding principal amount of any such affected Eurocurrency Loans, together with all interest
accrued thereon and all other amounts then due and payable to such Lender under this Agreement;
provided, however, subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower may
then elect to borrow the principal amount of the affected Eurocurrency Loans from such Lender by
means of Base Rate Loans from such Lender, which Base Rate Loans shall not be made ratably by the
Lenders but only from such affected Lender.

     Section 10.2. Unavailability of Deposits or Inability to Ascertain, or Inadequacy of, LIBOR.
If on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans:

          (a) the Administrative Agent determines that deposits in the applicable currency (in
the applicable amounts) are not being offered to it in the interbank Eurocurrency market for
such Interest Period, or that by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank
Eurocurrency market adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the
applicable LIBOR, or

          (b) the Required Lenders advise the Administrative Agent that (i) LIBOR as determined
by the Administrative Agent will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders
of funding their Eurocurrency Loans for such Interest Period or (ii) that the making or
funding of Eurocurrency Loans become impracticable,

then the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders,
whereupon until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise
to such suspension no longer exist, the obligations of the Lenders to make Eurocurrency Loans shall
be suspended.

     Section 10.3. Increased Cost and Reduced Return. (a) If, on or after the date hereof, the
adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable
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any Lender (or its Lending Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
such authority, central bank or comparable agency:

     (i) shall subject any Lender (or its Lending Office) to any tax, duty or other charge
with respect to its Eurocurrency Loans, its Notes, its Letter(s) of Credit, or its
participation in any thereof, any Reimbursement Obligations owed to it or its obligation to
make Eurocurrency Loans, issue a Letter of Credit, or to participate therein, or shall
change the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender (or its Lending Office) of the
principal of or interest on its Eurocurrency Loans, Letter(s) of Credit, or participations
therein or any other amounts due under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in respect
of its Eurocurrency Loans, Letter(s) of Credit, any participation therein, any Reimbursement
Obligations owed to it, or its obligation to make Eurocurrency Loans, or issue a Letter of
Credit, or acquire participations therein (except for changes in the rate of tax on the
overall net income of such Lender or its Lending Office imposed by the jurisdiction in which
such Lender’s principal executive office or Lending Office is located); or

     (ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement (including, without limitation, any such requirement imposed by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but excluding with respect to any Eurocurrency
Loans any such requirement included in an applicable Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage)
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender
(or its Lending Office) or shall impose on any Lender (or its Lending Office) or on the
interbank market any other condition affecting its Eurocurrency Loans, its Notes, its
Letter(s) of Credit, or its participation in any thereof, any Reimbursement Obligation owed
to it, or its obligation to make Eurocurrency Loans, or to issue a Letter of Credit, or to
participate therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender (or its Lending
Office) of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan, issuing or maintaining a Letter of Credit,
or participating therein, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender
(or its Lending Office) under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document with respect thereto,
by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then, within 15 days after demand by such Lender
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall be obligated to pay to such Lender
such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or
reduction.

          (b) If, after the date hereof, any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall have determined
that the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any
change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental
authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its Lending Office) or any corporation controlling such
Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of
law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, has had the effect of reducing the
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such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for
such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s
policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then
from time to time, within 15 days after demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such
Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.

          (c) A certificate of a Lender claiming compensation under this Section 10.3 and setting forth
the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive if reasonably
determined. In determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods.

     Section 10.4. Lending Offices. Each Lender may, at its option, elect to make its Loans
hereunder at the branch, office or affiliate specified on the appropriate signature page hereof
(each a “Lending Office”) for each type of Loan available hereunder or at such other of its
branches, offices or affiliates as it may from time to time elect and designate in a written notice
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. To the extent reasonably possible, a Lender shall
designate an alternative branch or funding office with respect to its Eurocurrency Loans to reduce
any liability of the Borrower to such Lender under Section 10.3 hereof or to avoid the
unavailability of Eurocurrency Loans under Section 10.2 hereof, so long as such designation is not
otherwise disadvantageous to the Lender.

     Section 10.5. Discretion of Lender as to Manner of Funding. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, each Lender shall be entitled to fund and maintain its funding of all
or any part of its Loans in any manner it sees fit, it being understood, however, that for the
purposes of this Agreement all determinations hereunder with respect to Eurocurrency Loans shall be
made as if each Lender had actually funded and maintained each Eurocurrency Loan through the
purchase of deposits in the applicable currency in the interbank Eurocurrency market having a
maturity corresponding to such Loan’s Interest Period, denominated in the relevant currency and
bearing an interest rate equal to LIBOR for such Interest Period.

Section 11. The Administrative Agent.

     Section 11.1. Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent. Each Lender hereby
appoints Harris N.A. as the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents and hereby authorizes the
Administrative Agent to take such action as Administrative Agent on its behalf and to exercise such
powers under the Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Lenders expressly agree that
the Administrative Agent is not acting as a fiduciary of the Lenders in respect of the Loan
Documents, the Borrower or otherwise, and nothing herein or in any of the other Loan Documents
shall result in any duties or obligations on the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders except
as expressly set forth herein.

     Section 11.2. Administrative Agent and its Affiliates. The Administrative Agent shall have
the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any other Lender
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were not the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent and its affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally
engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower as if it were not
the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. The term “Lender” as used herein and in all
other Loan Documents, unless the context otherwise clearly requires, includes the Administrative
Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender. References in Section 1 hereof to the Administrative
Agent’s Loans, or to the amount owing to the Administrative Agent for which an interest rate is
being determined, refer to the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender.

     Section 11.3. Action by Administrative Agent. If the Administrative Agent receives from the
Borrower a written notice of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly give each of the Lenders written notice thereof. The obligations of the
Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents are only those expressly set forth therein. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take
any action hereunder with respect to any Default or Event of Default, except as expressly provided
in Sections 9.2 and 9.5. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent
shall take such action to enforce its Lien on the Collateral and to preserve and protect the
Collateral as may be directed by the Required Lenders. Unless and until the Required Lenders give
such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take or refrain from
taking such actions as it deems appropriate and in the best interest of all the Lenders. In no
event, however, shall the Administrative Agent be required to take any action in violation of
applicable law or of any provision of any Loan Document, and the Administrative Agent shall in all
cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to act hereunder or under any other Loan Document
unless it first receives any further assurances of its indemnification from the Lenders that it may
require, including prepayment of any related expenses and any other protection it requires against
any and all costs, expense, and liability which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume that no
Default or Event of Default exists unless notified in writing to the contrary by a Lender or the
Borrower. In all cases in which the Loan Documents do not require the Administrative Agent to take
specific action, the Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in using its discretion in
failing to take or in taking any action thereunder. Any instructions of the Required Lenders, or
of any other group of Lenders called for under the specific provisions of the Loan Documents, shall
be binding upon all the Lenders and the holders of the Obligations.

     Section 11.4. Consultation with Experts. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal
counsel, independent public accountants, and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable
for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of
such counsel, accountants or experts.

     Section 11.5. Liability of Administrative Agent; Credit Decision. Neither the Administrative
Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken
or not taken by it in connection with the Loan Documents: (i) with the consent or at the request
of the Required Lenders or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be
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statement, warranty or representation made in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Credit
Event; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary contained herein or in any other Loan Document; (iii) the satisfaction of any
condition specified in Section 7 hereof, except receipt of items required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent; or (iv) the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability, perfection,
value, worth or collectibility hereof or of any other Loan Document or of any other documents or
writing furnished in connection with any Loan Document or of any Collateral; and the Administrative
Agent makes no representation of any kind or character with respect to any such matter mentioned in
this sentence. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under any of the Loan
Documents by or through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the
Lenders, the Borrower, or any other Person for the default or misconduct of any such agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall not incur any
liability by acting in reliance upon any notice, consent, certificate, other document or statement
(whether written or oral) believed by it to be genuine or to be sent by the proper party or
parties. In particular and without limiting any of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall
have no responsibility for confirming the accuracy of any compliance certificate or other document
or instrument received by it under the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent may treat the
payee of any Note as the holder thereof until written notice of transfer shall have been filed with
the Administrative Agent signed by such payee in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent
or any other Lender, and based upon such information, investigations and inquiries as it deems
appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to extend credit to the Borrower in the
manner set forth in the Loan Documents. It shall be the responsibility of each Lender to keep
itself informed as to the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the
Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Lender with respect thereto.

     Section 11.6. Indemnity. The Lenders shall ratably, in accordance with their respective
Percentages, indemnify and hold the Administrative Agent, and its directors, officers, employees,
agents, and representatives harmless from and against any liabilities, losses, costs or expenses
suffered or incurred by it under any Loan Document or in connection with the transactions
contemplated thereby, regardless of when asserted or arising, except to the extent they are
promptly reimbursed for the same by the Borrower and except to the extent that any event giving
rise to a claim was caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking to be
indemnified. The obligations of the Lenders under this Section shall survive termination of this
Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to offset amounts received for the account
of a Lender under this Agreement against unpaid amounts due from such Lender to the Administrative
Agent hereunder (whether as fundings of participations, indemnities or otherwise), but shall not be
entitled to offset against amounts owed to the Administrative Agent by any Lender arising outside
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

     Section 11.7. Resignation of Administrative Agent and Successor Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the
Borrower. Upon any such resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have
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Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30
days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation then the retiring
Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which
may be any Lender hereunder or any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of
America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $200,000,000.
Upon the acceptance of its appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor
Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of
the retiring Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and the retiring Administrative Agent
shall be discharged from its duties and obligations thereunder. After any retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 11 and all
protective provisions of the other Loan Documents shall inure to its benefit as to any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent, but no successor
Administrative Agent shall in any event be liable or responsible for any actions of its
predecessor. If the Administrative Agent resigns and no successor is appointed, the rights and
obligations of such Administrative Agent shall be automatically assumed by the Required Lenders and
(i) the Borrower shall be directed to make all payments due each Lender hereunder directly to such
Lender and (ii) the Administrative Agent’s rights in the Collateral Documents shall be assigned
without representation, recourse or warranty to the Lenders as their interests may appear.

     Section 11.8. L/C Issuer. The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to
any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith. The L/C Issuer shall
have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in this Section 11
with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters
of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the Applications pertaining to such
Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent”, as used in this Section 11,
included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions and (ii) as additionally provided in
this Agreement with respect to such L/C Issuer.

     Section 11.9. Hedging Liability and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability Arrangements.
By virtue of a Lender’s execution of this Agreement or an assignment agreement pursuant to Section
13.12 hereof, as the case may be, any Affiliate of such Lender with whom the Borrower or any
Subsidiary has entered into an agreement creating Hedging Liability or Funds Transfer and Deposit
Account Liability shall be deemed a Lender party hereto for purposes of any reference in a Loan
Document to the parties for whom the Administrative Agent is acting, it being understood and agreed
that the rights and benefits of such Affiliate under the Loan Documents consist exclusively of such
Affiliate’s right to share in payments and collections out of the Collateral and the Guaranties as
more fully set forth in Section 3.1 hereof. In connection with any such distribution of payments
and collections, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume no amounts are due to any
Lender or its Affiliate with respect to Hedging Liability or Funds Transfer and Deposit Account
Liability unless such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of any such
liability owed to it or its Affiliate prior to such distribution.

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     Section 11.10. Designation of Additional Agents. The Administrative Agent shall have the
continuing right, for purposes hereof, at any time and from time to time to designate one or more
of the Lenders (and/or its or their Affiliates) as “syndication agents,” “documentation agents,”
“arrangers,” or other designations for purposes hereto, but such designation shall have no
substantive effect, and such Lenders and their Affiliates shall have no additional powers, duties
or responsibilities as a result thereof.

     Section 11.11. Authorization to Release or Subordinate or Limit Liens. The Administrative
Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to (a) release any Lien covering any
Collateral that is sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the relevant Collateral Documents (including a sale, transfer, or
disposition permitted by the terms of Section 8.10 hereof or which has otherwise been consented to
in accordance with Section 13.13 hereof), (b) release or subordinate any Lien on Collateral
consisting of goods financed with purchase money indebtedness or under a Capital Lease to the
extent such purchase money indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligation, and the Lien securing the
same, are permitted by Sections 8.7(b) and 8.8(d) hereof, and (c) reduce or limit the amount of the
indebtedness secured by any particular item of Collateral to an amount not less than the estimated
value thereof to the extent necessary to reduce mortgage registry, filing and similar tax.

     Section 11.12. Authorization to Enter into, and Enforcement of, the Collateral Documents. The
Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to execute and deliver
the Collateral Documents on behalf of each of the Lenders and their Affiliates and to take such
action and exercise such powers under the Collateral Documents as the Administrative Agent
considers appropriate, provided the Administrative Agent shall not amend the Collateral Documents
unless such amendment is agreed to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders if
required by Section 13.13. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that it will be bound by the terms
and conditions of the Collateral Documents upon the execution and delivery thereof by the
Administrative Agent. Except as otherwise specifically provided for herein, no Lender (or its
Affiliates) other than the Administrative Agent shall have the right to institute any suit, action
or proceeding in equity or at law for the foreclosure or other realization upon any Collateral or
for the execution of any trust or power in respect of the Collateral or for the appointment of a
receiver or for the enforcement of any other remedy under the Collateral Documents; it being
understood and intended that no one or more of the Lenders (or their Affiliates) shall have any
right in any manner whatsoever to affect, disturb or prejudice the Lien of the Administrative Agent
(or any security trustee therefor) under the Collateral Documents by its or their action or to
enforce any right thereunder, and that all proceedings at law or in equity shall be instituted,
had, and maintained by the Administrative Agent (or its security trustee) in the manner provided
for in the relevant Collateral Documents for the benefit of the Lenders and their Affiliates.

Section 12. The Guarantees.

     Section 12.1. The Guarantees. To induce the Lenders to provide the credits described herein
and in consideration of benefits expected to accrue to the Borrower by reason of the Commitments
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acknowledged, each
Subsidiary party hereto in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof (including any Subsidiary formed or
acquired after the Closing Date executing an Additional Guarantor Supplement in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit F or such other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent) hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees jointly and severally to the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders, and their Affiliates, the due and punctual payment of all present and future Obligations,
Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability, including, but not limited to,
the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, the Reimbursement
Obligations, and the due and punctual payment of all other Obligations now or hereafter owed by the
Borrower under the Loan Documents as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether at
stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise, according to the terms hereof and thereof. In case
of failure by the Borrower or other obligor punctually to pay any Obligations, Hedging Liability,
or Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability guaranteed hereby, each Guarantor hereby
unconditionally agrees to make such payment or to cause such payment to be made punctually as and
when the same shall become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, or
otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Borrower or such obligor.

     Section 12.2. Guarantee Unconditional. The obligations of each Guarantor under this Section
12 shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall
not be released, discharged, or otherwise affected by:

          (a) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver, or release in respect of
any obligation of the Borrower or other obligor or of any other guarantor under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or by operation of law or otherwise;

          (b) any modification or amendment of or supplement to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document;

          (c) any change in the corporate existence, structure, or ownership of, or any
insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, or other similar proceeding affecting, the Borrower
or other obligor, any other guarantor, or any of their respective assets, or any resulting
release or discharge of any obligation of the Borrower or other obligor or of any other
guarantor contained in any Loan Document;

          (d) the existence of any claim, set-off, or other rights which the Borrower or other
obligor or any other guarantor may have at any time against the Administrative Agent, any
Lender, or any other Person, whether or not arising in connection herewith;

          (e) any failure to assert, or any assertion of, any claim or demand or any exercise of,
or failure to exercise, any rights or remedies against the Borrower or other obligor, any
other guarantor, or any other Person or Property;

          (f) any application of any sums by whomsoever paid or howsoever realized to any
obligation of the Borrower or other obligor, regardless of what obligations of the Borrower
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          (g) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower or other
obligor or any other guarantor for any reason of this Agreement or of any other Loan
Document or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment
by the Borrower or other obligor or any other guarantor of the principal of or interest on
any Note or any Reimbursement Obligation or any other amount payable under the Loan
Documents; or

          (h) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Administrative Agent,
any Lender, or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the
provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the obligations
of any Guarantor under this Section 12.

     Section 12.3. Discharge Only upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances.
Each Guarantor’s obligations under this Section 12 shall remain in full force and effect until the
Commitments are terminated, all Letters of Credit have expired, and the principal of and interest
on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Borrower and the Guarantors under this Agreement
and all other Loan Documents and, if then outstanding and unpaid, all Hedging Liability and Funds
Transfer and Deposit Account Liability shall have been paid in full. If at any time any payment of
the principal of or interest on any Note or any Reimbursement Obligation or any other amount
payable by the Borrower or other obligor or any Guarantor under the Loan Documents is rescinded or
must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of the
Borrower or other obligor or of any guarantor, or otherwise, each Guarantor’s obligations under
this Section 12 with respect to such payment shall be reinstated at such time as though such
payment had become due but had not been made at such time.

     Section 12.4. Subrogation. Each Guarantor agrees it will not exercise any rights which it may
acquire by way of subrogation by any payment made hereunder, or otherwise, until all the
Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability shall have been
paid in full subsequent to the termination of all the Commitments and expiration of all Letters of
Credit. If any amount shall be paid to a Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any
time prior to the later of (x) the payment in full of the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds
Transfer and Deposit Account Liability and all other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder and
the other Loan Documents and (y) the termination of the Commitments and expiration of all Letters
of Credit, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders or
be credited and applied upon
the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability, whether
matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

     Section 12.5. Waivers. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment,
demand, protest, and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any
time any action be taken by the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other Person against the
Borrower or other obligor, another guarantor, or any other Person.

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     Section 12.6. Limit on Recovery. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the right of
recovery against each Guarantor under this Section 12 shall not exceed $1.00 less than the lowest
amount which would render such Guarantor’s obligations under this Section 12 void or voidable under
applicable law, including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance law.

     Section 12.7. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount
payable by the Borrower or other obligor under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or under
any agreement establishing Hedging Liability or Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability, is
stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or such obligor, all such
amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, or under any agreement relating to Hedging Liability or Funds Transfer and Deposit
Account Liability, shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by
the Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.

     Section 12.8. Benefit to Guarantors. The Borrower and the Guarantors are engaged in related
businesses and integrated to such an extent that the financial strength and flexibility of the
Borrower has a direct impact on the success of each Guarantor. Each Guarantor will derive
substantial direct and indirect benefit from the extensions of credit hereunder.

     Section 12.9. Guarantor Covenants. Each Guarantor shall take such action as the Borrower is
required by this Agreement to cause such Guarantor to take, and shall refrain from taking such
action as the Borrower is required by this Agreement to prohibit such Guarantor from taking.

Section 13. Miscellaneous.

     Section 13.1. Withholding Taxes. (a) Payments Free of Withholding. Except as otherwise
required by law and subject to Section 13.1(b) hereof, each payment by the Borrower and the
Guarantors under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be made without withholding for
or on account of any present or future taxes (other than overall net income taxes on the recipient)
imposed by or within the jurisdiction in which the Borrower or such Guarantor is domiciled, any
jurisdiction from which the Borrower or such Guarantor makes any payment, or (in each case) any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein. If any such withholding is so
required, the Borrower or
such Guarantor shall make the withholding, pay the amount withheld to the appropriate governmental
authority before penalties attach thereto or interest accrues thereon, and forthwith pay such
additional amount as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by each
Lender and the Administrative Agent free and clear of such taxes (including such taxes on such
additional amount) is equal to the amount which that Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the
case may be) would have received had such withholding not been made. If the Administrative Agent
or any Lender pays any amount in respect of any such taxes, penalties or interest, the Borrower or
such Guarantor shall reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender for that payment on demand
in the currency in which such payment was made. If the Borrower or such Guarantor pays any such
taxes, penalties or interest, it shall deliver official tax receipts evidencing that payment or
certified copies thereof to the Lender or Administrative Agent on whose account such withholding
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to the Administrative Agent if not the recipient of the original) on or
before the thirtieth day after payment.

          (b) U.S. Withholding Tax Exemptions. Each Lender that is not a United States person (as such
term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall submit to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent on or before the date the initial Credit Event is made hereunder or, if later,
the date such financial institution becomes a Lender hereunder, two duly completed and signed
copies of (i) either Form W-8 BEN (relating to such Lender and entitling it to a complete exemption
from withholding under the Code on all amounts to be received by such Lender, including fees,
pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Obligations) or Form W-8 ECI (relating to all amounts to be
received by such Lender, including fees, pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Obligations) of the
United States Internal Revenue Service or (ii) solely if such Lender is claiming exemption from
United States withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments
of “portfolio interest”, a Form W-8 BEN, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue
Service, and a certificate representing that such Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section
881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of
the Code) of the Borrower and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower
(within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code). Thereafter and from time to time, each
Lender shall submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and
signed copies of one or the other of such Forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from
time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) and such other certificates as may
be (i) requested by the Borrower in a written notice, directly or through the Administrative Agent,
to such Lender and (ii) required under then-current United States law or regulations to avoid or
reduce United States withholding taxes on payments in respect of all amounts to be received by such
Lender, including fees, pursuant to the Loan Documents or the Obligations. Upon the request of the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent, each Lender that is a United States person (as such term is
defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall submit to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent a certificate to the effect that it is such a United States person.

          (c) Inability of Lender to Submit Forms. If any Lender determines, as a result of any change
in applicable law, regulation or treaty, or in any official application or interpretation thereof,
that it is unable to submit to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent any form or certificate
that such Lender is obligated to submit pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 13.1 or that
such Lender is required to withdraw or cancel any such form or certificate previously
submitted or any such form or certificate otherwise becomes ineffective or inaccurate, such Lender
shall promptly notify the Borrower and Administrative Agent of such fact and the Lender shall to
that extent not be obligated to provide any such form or certificate and will be entitled to
withdraw or cancel any affected form or certificate, as applicable.

     Section 13.2. No Waiver, Cumulative Remedies. No delay or failure on the part of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender or on the part of the holder or holders of any of the
Obligations in the exercise of any power or right under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver
thereof or as an acquiescence in any default, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any power
or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or
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holder or holders of any of the Obligations are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or
remedies which any of them would otherwise have.

     Section 13.3. Non-Business Days. If any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day
which is not a Business Day, the due date of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day on which date such payment shall be due and payable. In the case of any payment of
principal falling due on a day which is not a Business Day, interest on such principal amount shall
continue to accrue during such extension at the rate per annum then in effect, which accrued amount
shall be due and payable on the next scheduled date for the payment of interest.

     Section 13.4. Documentary Taxes. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand any documentary, stamp
or similar taxes payable in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including
interest and penalties, in the event any such taxes are assessed, irrespective of when such
assessment is made and whether or not any credit is then in use or available hereunder.

     Section 13.5. Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties made herein or
in any other Loan Document or in certificates given pursuant hereto or thereto shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall continue in full
force and effect with respect to the date as of which they were made as long as any credit is in
use or available hereunder.

     Section 13.6. Survival of Indemnities. All indemnities and other provisions relative to
reimbursement to the Lenders of amounts sufficient to protect the yield of the Lenders with respect
to the Loans and Letters of Credit, including, but not limited to, Sections 1.12, 10.3, and 13.15
hereof, shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the
payment of the Obligations.

     Section 13.7. Sharing of Set-Off. Each Lender agrees with each other Lender a party hereto
that if such Lender shall receive and retain any payment, whether by set-off or application of
deposit balances or otherwise, on any of the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations in excess of its
ratable share of payments on all such
Obligations then outstanding to the Lenders, then such Lender shall purchase for cash at face
value, but without recourse, ratably from each of the other Lenders such amount of the Loans or
Reimbursement Obligations, or participations therein, held by each such other Lenders (or interest
therein) as shall be necessary to cause such Lender to share such excess payment ratably with all
the other Lenders; provided, however, that if any such purchase is made by any Lender, and if such
excess payment or part thereof is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, the related
purchases from the other Lenders shall be rescinded ratably and the purchase price restored as to
the portion of such excess payment so recovered, but without interest. For purposes of this
Section, amounts owed to or recovered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Reimbursement
Obligations in which Lenders have been required to fund their participation shall be treated as
amounts owed to or recovered by the L/C Issuer as a Lender hereunder.

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     Section 13.8. Notices. Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents shall be in writing (including, without limitation, notice by telecopy)
and shall be given to the relevant party at its address or telecopier number set forth below, or
such other address or telecopier number as such party may hereafter specify by notice to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower given by courier, by United States certified or registered
mail, by telecopy or by other telecommunication device capable of creating a written record of such
notice and its receipt. Notices under the Loan Documents to the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent shall be addressed to their respective addresses or telecopier numbers set forth on the
signature pages hereof, and to the Borrower or any Guarantor to:

Penford Corporation

7094 South Revere Parkway

Centennial, Colorado 80112

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telephone: (303) 649-1900

Telecopy: (303) 649-1700

Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by telecopier,
when such telecopy is transmitted to the telecopier number specified in this Section or on the
signature pages hereof and a confirmation of such telecopy has been received by the sender, (ii) if
given by mail, 5 days after such communication is deposited in the mail, certified or registered
with return receipt requested, addressed as aforesaid or (iii) if given by any other means, when
delivered at the addresses specified in this Section or on the signature pages hereof; provided
that any notice given pursuant to Section 1 hereof shall be effective only upon receipt.

     Section 13.9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and
by the different parties hereto on separate counterpart signature pages, and all such counterparts
taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

     Section 13.10. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Borrower and
the Guarantors and their successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders
and the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, including any subsequent holder of any
of the Obligations. The Borrower and the Guarantors may not assign any of their rights or
obligations under any Loan Document without the written consent of all of the Lenders.

     Section 13.11. Participants. Each Lender shall have the right at its own cost to grant
participations (to be evidenced by one or more agreements or certificates of participation) in the
Loans made and Reimbursement Obligations and/or Commitments held by such Lender at any time and
from time to time to one or more other Persons; provided that no such participation shall relieve
any Lender of any of its obligations under this Agreement, and, provided, further that no such
participant shall have any rights under this Agreement except as provided in this Section, and the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation or responsibility to such participant. Any agreement
pursuant to which such participation is granted shall provide that the granting Lender shall
retain the sole right and responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Borrower under this
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right to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents, except that such
agreement may provide that such Lender will not agree to any modification, amendment or waiver of
the Loan Documents that would reduce the amount of or postpone any fixed date for payment of any
Obligation in which such participant has an interest. Any party to which such a participation has
been granted shall have the benefits of Section 1.12 and Section 10.3 hereof. The Borrower
authorizes each Lender to disclose to any participant or prospective participant under this Section
any financial or other information pertaining to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, provided
that such participant or prospective participant shall have agreed in writing prior to its receipt
of such information to maintain all such information confidential and not to disclose such
information to any other Person except any such information (a) that has become generally available
to the public. (b) if required or appropriate in any report, statement or testimony submitted to
any regulatory body having or claiming to have jurisdiction over such Lender, (c) if required or
appropriate in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation or (d) in
order to comply with any law, order, regulation or ruling applicable to such Lender.

     Section 13.12. Assignments. (a) Each Lender shall have the right at any time, with the prior
consent of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default then exists, the Borrower
(which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld) to sell, assign, transfer or
negotiate all or any part of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents (including,
without limitation, the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes then held by such assigning Lender,
together with an equivalent percentage of its obligation to make Loans and participate in Letters
of Credit) to one or more commercial banks or other financial institutions or investors, provided
that, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, such assignment shall be of a fixed
percentage (and not by its terms of varying percentage) of the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under the Loan Documents; provided, however, that in order to make any such assignment
(i) unless the assigning Lender is assigning all of its Commitments, outstanding Loans and
interests in L/C Obligations, the assigning Lender shall retain at least $5,000,000 in unused
Commitments, outstanding Loans and interests in Letters of Credit, (ii) the assignee Lender shall
have Commitments, outstanding Loans and interests in Letters of Credit of at least $5,000,000,
(iii) each such assignment shall be
evidenced by a written agreement (substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G or in such
other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent) executed by such assigning Lender, such assignee
Lender or Lenders, the Administrative Agent and, if required as provided above, the Borrower, which
agreement shall specify in each instance the portion of the Obligations which are to be assigned to
the assignee Lender and the portion of the Commitments of the assigning Lender to be assumed by the
assignee Lender, and (iv) the assigning Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent a processing
fee of $3,500 and any out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative
Agent in connection with any such assignment agreement. Any such assignee shall become a Lender
for all purposes hereunder to the extent of the rights and obligations under the Loan Documents it
assumes and the assigning Lender shall be released from its obligations, and will have released its
rights, under the Loan Documents to the extent of such assignment. The address for notices to such
assignee Lender shall be as specified in the assignment agreement executed by it. Promptly upon
the effectiveness of any such assignment agreement, the Borrower shall execute and deliver
replacement Notes to the assignee Lender and the assigning Lender in the respective amounts of
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amounts, as applicable) after giving effect to the
reduction occasioned by such assignment (all such Notes to constitute “Notes” for all purposes of
the Loan Documents), and the assignee Lender shall thereafter surrender to the Borrower its old
Notes. The Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any purchaser or prospective purchaser
of an interest in the Loans and interest in Letters of Credit owed to it or its Commitments under
this Section any financial or other information pertaining to the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

          (b) Any Lender may at any time pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any such pledge or
grant to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or grant of a
security interest; provided that no such pledge or grant of a security interest shall release a
Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or secured party for
such Lender as a party hereto; provided further, however, the right of any such pledgee or grantee
(other than any Federal Reserve Bank) to further transfer all or any portion of the rights pledged
or granted to it, whether by means of foreclosure or otherwise, shall be at all times subject to
the terms of this Agreement.

     Section 13.13. Amendments. Any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents may be
amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed by (a) the
Borrower, (b) the Required Lenders, and (c) if the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or
the L/C Issuer are affected thereby, the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer, as applicable;
provided that:

          (i) no amendment or waiver pursuant to this Section 13.13 shall (A) increase any
Commitment of any Lender without the consent of such Lender or (B) reduce the amount of or
postpone the date for any scheduled payment of any principal of or interest on any Loan or
of any Reimbursement Obligation or of any fee payable hereunder without the consent of the
Lender to which such payment is owing or which has committed to make such Loan or Letter of
Credit (or participate therein) hereunder;

          (ii) no amendment or waiver pursuant to this Section 13.13 shall, unless signed by each
Lender, increase the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders, change the definitions of
Revolving Credit Termination Date or Required Lenders, change the provisions of this Section
13.13, release any material guarantor or any substantial part of the Collateral (except as
otherwise provided for in the Loan Documents), or affect the number of Lenders required to
take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document; and

          (iii) no amendment to Section 12 hereof shall be made without the consent of the
Guarantor(s) affected thereby.

     Section 13.14. Headings. Section headings used in this Agreement are for reference only and
shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.

     Section 13.15. Costs and Expenses; Indemnification. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay all
reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation,

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negotiation, syndication, and administration of the Loan Documents, including, without limitation,
the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, in connection with
the preparation and execution of the Loan Documents, and any amendment, waiver or consent related
thereto, whether or not the transactions contemplated herein are consummated, together with any
fees and charges suffered or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with periodic
environmental audits, fixed asset appraisals, title insurance policies, collateral filing fees and
lien searches. The Borrower further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender, and
their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, financial advisors, and consultants
against all losses, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including,
without limitation, all reasonable expenses of litigation or preparation therefor, whether or not
the indemnified Person is a party thereto, or any settlement arrangement arising from or relating
to any such litigation) which any of them may pay or incur arising out of or relating to any Loan
Document or any of the transactions contemplated thereby or the direct or indirect application or
proposed application of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit, other than those which arise
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party claiming indemnification. The
Borrower, upon demand by the Administrative Agent or a Lender at any time, shall reimburse the
Administrative Agent or such Lender for any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with
investigating or defending against any of the foregoing (including any settlement costs relating to
the foregoing) except if the same is directly due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the party to be indemnified. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.

          (b) The Borrower unconditionally agrees to forever indemnify, defend and hold harmless, and
covenants not to sue for any claim for contribution against, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders for any damages, costs, loss or expense, including without limitation, response, remedial
or removal costs, arising out of any of the following: (i) any presence, release, threatened
release or disposal of any hazardous or toxic substance or petroleum by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or otherwise occurring on or with respect to its Property (whether
owned or leased), (ii) the operation or violation of any environmental law, whether federal, state,
or local, and any regulations promulgated thereunder, by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
otherwise occurring on or with respect to its Property (whether owned or leased), (iii) any claim
for personal injury or property damage in connection with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
otherwise occurring on or with respect to its Property (whether owned or leased), and (iv) the
inaccuracy or breach of any environmental representation, warranty or covenant by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary made herein or in any other Loan Document evidencing or securing any Obligations or
setting forth terms and conditions applicable thereto or otherwise relating thereto, except for
damages arising from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the party claiming
indemnification. This indemnification shall survive the payment and satisfaction of all
Obligations and the termination of this Agreement, and shall remain in force beyond the expiration
of any applicable statute of limitations and payment or satisfaction in full of any single claim
under this indemnification. This indemnification shall be binding upon the successors and assigns
of the Borrower and shall inure to the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Lenders directors,
officers, employees, agents, and collateral trustees, and their successors and assigns.

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     Section 13.16. Set-off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable
law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default,
each Lender and each subsequent holder of any Obligation is hereby authorized by the Borrower and
each Guarantor at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Borrower or such Guarantor
or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set-off and to
appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including, but not limited to,
indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not including
trust accounts, and in whatever currency denominated) and any other indebtedness at any time held
or owing by that Lender or that subsequent holder to or for the credit or the account of the
Borrower or such Guarantor, whether or not matured, against and on account of the Obligations of
the Borrower or such Guarantor to that Lender or that subsequent holder under the Loan Documents,
including, but not limited to, all claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected
with the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether or not (a) that Lender or that subsequent holder
shall have made any demand hereunder or (b) the principal of or the interest on the Loans or Notes
and other amounts due hereunder shall have become due and payable pursuant to Section 9 and
although said obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured.

     Section 13.17. Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents constitute the entire understanding of
the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and any prior agreements, whether
written or oral, with respect thereto are superseded hereby.

     Section 13.18. Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents (except as
otherwise specified therein), and the rights and duties of the parties hereto, shall be governed by
and construed and determined in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois.

     Section 13.19. Severability of Provisions. Any provision of any Loan Document which is
unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such unenforceability
without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of
such provision in any other jurisdiction. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise
thereof does not violate any applicable mandatory provisions of law, and all the provisions of this
Agreement and other Loan Documents are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory
provisions of law which may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they
will not render this Agreement or the other Loan Documents invalid or unenforceable.

     Section 13.20. Excess Interest. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained
herein or in any other Loan Document, no such provision shall require the payment or permit the
collection of any amount of interest in excess of the maximum amount of interest permitted by
applicable law to be charged for the use or detention, or the forbearance in the collection, of all
or any portion of the Loans or other obligations outstanding under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document (“Excess Interest”). If any Excess Interest is provided for, or is adjudicated to be
provided for, herein or in any other Loan Document, then in such event (a) the provisions of this
Section shall govern and control, (b) neither the Borrower nor any guarantor or endorser shall be
obligated to pay any Excess Interest, (c) any Excess Interest that the Administrative

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Agent or any
Lender may have received hereunder shall, at the option of the Administrative Agent, be (i) applied
as a credit against the then outstanding principal amount of Obligations hereunder and accrued and
unpaid interest thereon (not to exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law), (ii)
refunded to the Borrower, or (iii) any combination of the foregoing, (d) the interest rate payable
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be automatically subject to reduction to the
maximum lawful contract rate allowed under applicable usury laws (the “Maximum Rate”), and this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to have been, and shall be, reformed and
modified to reflect such reduction in the relevant interest rate, and (e) neither the Borrower nor
any guarantor or endorser shall have any action against the Administrative Agent or any Lender for
any damages whatsoever arising out of the payment or collection of any Excess Interest.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if for any period of time interest on any of Borrower’s Obligations
is calculated at the Maximum Rate rather than the applicable rate under this Agreement, and
thereafter such applicable rate becomes less than the Maximum Rate, the rate of interest payable on
the Borrower’s Obligations shall remain at the Maximum Rate until the Lenders have received the
amount of interest which such Lenders would have received during such period on the Borrower’s
Obligations had the rate of interest not been limited to the Maximum Rate during such period.

     Section 13.21. Construction. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or construed to
permit any act or omission which is prohibited by the terms of any of the other Loan Document, the
covenants and agreements contained herein being in addition to and not in substitution for the
covenants and agreements contained in the other Loan Documents.

     Section 13.22. Lender’s Obligations Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are
several and not joint. Nothing
contained in this Agreement and no action taken by the Lenders pursuant hereto shall be deemed to
constitute the Lenders a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity.

     Section 13.23. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. The Borrower and the
Guarantors hereby submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Illinois and of any Illinois State court sitting in the City of Chicago
for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The Borrower and the Guarantors
irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which they may now or
hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any
claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
The Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders hereby irrevocably
waive any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to any
Loan Document or the transactions contemplated thereby.

     Section 13.24. USA Patriot Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA
Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”) hereby
notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain,
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and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the
Borrower in accordance with the Act.

     Section 13.25. Currency. Each reference in this Agreement to U.S. Dollars or to an
Alternative Currency (the “relevant currency”) is of the essence. To the fullest extent permitted
by law, the obligation of the Borrower and each Guarantor in respect of any amount due in the
relevant currency under this Agreement shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency
(whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in
the relevant currency that the Person entitled to receive such payment may, in accordance with
normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any premium and
costs of exchange) on the Business Day immediately following the day on which such Person receives
such payment. If the amount of the relevant currency so purchased is less than the sum originally
due to such Person in the relevant currency, the Borrower or relevant Guarantor agrees, as a
separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Person against such
loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds the sum of (a) the amount
originally due to the relevant Person in the specified currency plus (b) any amounts shared with
other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such
Person under Section 13.7 hereof, such Person agrees to remit such excess to the Borrower.

     Section 13.26. Currency Equivalence. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court
it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Borrower on the Obligations in the currency expressed
to be payable herein or under the Notes (the “specified currency”) into another currency, the
parties agree that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal
banking procedures the Administrative
Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding
that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum
due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on the Obligations shall, notwithstanding any
judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on
the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, of
any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as
applicable, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the specified currency with
such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum
originally due to the Agent or such Lender in the specified currency, the Borrower agrees, as a
separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or
such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so
purchased exceeds the amount originally due to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the
specified currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to remit
such excess to the Borrower.

     Section 13.27. Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement amends and restates the Original
Credit Agreement and is not intended to be or operate as a novation or an accord and satisfaction
of the Original Credit Agreement or the Obligations evidenced or provided for thereunder. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower agrees that notwithstanding the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the Liens previously granted to the
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be and remain in full force and
effect and that any rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent thereunder and obligations of
the Borrower thereunder shall be and remain in full force and effect, shall not be affected,
impaired or discharged thereby and shall secure all of the Borrower’s indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Original Credit Agreement as
amended and restated hereby. Nothing herein contained shall in any manner affect or impair the
priority of the Liens created and provided for by the Documents as to the indebtedness which would
be secured thereby prior to giving effect hereto.

     Section 13.28. Withdrawal of Trustee. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent
set forth in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 hereof with respect to the initial Credit Event, and the payment
and performance in full of all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of Penford Holdings and
Penford Australia under the Australian Loan Documents, ANZ Capel Court Limited, as trustee under
the Debenture Trust Deed and Security Trust Deed (each as defined in the Original Credit
Agreement), shall cease to be a party to this Agreement and shall have no rights or obligations
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, provided that the foregoing shall not terminate any
rights ANZ Capel Court Limited, as trustee under the Debenture Trust Deed and Security Trust Deed,
may have under Section 12.24 of the original Credit Agreement or any other provisions of the
Original Credit Agreement which by their terms survive the termination of the Original Credit
Agreement, all of which shall continue unaffected by this Agreement. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the foregoing the parties to this Agreement agree that Section 12.24 of the Original
Credit Agreement applies to this Agreement as though set out in full in this Agreement.

[Signature Pages to Follow]

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     This Credit Agreement is entered into between us for the uses and purposes hereinabove set
forth as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	“Borrower”
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Penford Corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 
	 

	 	     Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	     Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	“Guarantors”
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Penford Products Co.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 
	 

	 	     Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	     Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Penford Corporation

Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	“Lenders”
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Harris N.A., successor by merger to
Harris Trust and Savings Bank, in its
individual capacity as a Lender, as L/C
Issuer, and as Administrative Agent
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Name: Betzaida Erdelyi
	 	 	 	 	Title: Vice President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Address:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	111 West Monroe Street
	 	 	Chicago, Illinois 60603
	 	 	Attention: Food Group
	 	 	Telecopy: (312) 765-8095
	 	 	Telephone: (312) 461-4049
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Address:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
	 	 	1740 Broadway Mac# C7301-031

Denver, CO 80274
	 	 	Attention: Catherine M. Jones
	 	 	Telecopy: (303) 863-6670
	 	 	Telephone: (303) 863-5070

Penford Corporation

Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	U.S. Bank National Association
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Address:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	918-17th St., 5th Floor
	 	 	Denver, CO 80202
	 	 	Attention: Thomas McCarthy
	 	 	Telecopy: (303) 585-4229
	 	 	Telephone: (303) 585-4234
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	LaSalle Bank National Association
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Address:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	135 S. LaSalle Bank

Suite 1110

Chicago, IL 60603
	 	 	Attention: Keith J. Cable
	 	 	Telecopy: (312) 904-6242
	 	 	Telephone: (312) 904-7621

Penford Corporation

Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Cooperative
Centrale

Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank
Nederland,” New York Branch
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Address:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	123 North Wacker
Drive

Suite 2100

Chicago, IL 60606
	 	 	Attention: Brad Peterson
	 	 	Telecopy: (312) 408-8240
	 	 	Telephone: (312) 408-8222
	 	 	Australia
and New Zealand Banking 

Group
Limited
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Address:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	1177 Avenue of the Americas
	 	 	New York, New York 10036
	 	 	Attention: Vibhu Juneja
	 	 	Telecopy: (212) 536-9264
	 	 	Telephone: (212) 801-9164

Penford Corporation

Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 

 

     The undersigned, ANZ Capel Court Limited, is executing this Agreement solely for purposes
of Section 13.28 and for no other purposes.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ANZ Capel Court Limited, as Australian Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

Penford Corporation

Signature Page to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 

 

Exhibit A

Notice of Payment Request

[Date]

[Name of Lender]

[Address]

Attention:

          Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2005
among Penford Corporation, the Lenders party thereto, and Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent (as
extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”). Capitalized
terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement. [The Borrower has failed to pay its Reimbursement Obligation in the amount of
$                    . Your Revolver Percentage of the unpaid Reimbursement Obligation is $                    ]
or [                                         has been required to return a payment by the Borrower of a
Reimbursement Obligation in the amount of $                    . Your Revolver Percentage of the
returned Reimbursement Obligation is $                    .]

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Very truly yours,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Harris N.A.,
	 	 	as L/C Issuer
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Exhibit B

Notice of Borrowing

Date:,                     ,     

			
	To:     	 	Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders parties to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
August 22, 2005 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Penford
Corporation, certain Lenders which are signatories thereto, and Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          The undersigned, Penford Corporation (the “Borrower”), refers to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives
you notice irrevocably, pursuant to Section 1.6 of the Credit Agreement, of the Borrowing specified
below:

          1. The Business Day of the proposed Borrowing is ___, ___.

          2. The aggregate amount of the proposed Borrowing is $___.

          3. The Borrowing is being advanced under the [Revolving] [U.S. Dollar Term] [Australian
Dollar Term] Credit.

          4. The Borrowing is being advanced under ___currency.

          5. The Borrowing is to be comprised of $___of [Base Rate] [Eurocurrency]
Loans.

          [6. The duration of the Interest Period for the Eurocurrency Loans included in the
Borrowing shall be ___months.]

          The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof,
and will be true on the date of the proposed Borrowing, before and after giving effect thereto and
to the application of the proceeds therefrom:

          (a) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Section 6 of the
Credit Agreement are true and correct as though made on and as of such date (except to the
extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are
true and correct as of such date); and

 

 

          (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from
such proposed Borrowing.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Penford Corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Exhibit C

Notice of Continuation/Conversion

Date: ____________, ____

			
	To:     	 	Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders parties to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of August 22, 2005 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from
time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Penford Corporation, certain Lenders which are
signatories thereto, and Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          The undersigned, Penford Corporation (the “Borrower”), refers to the Credit Agreement, the
terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives you notice
irrevocably, pursuant to Section 1.6 of the Credit Agreement, of the [conversion] [continuation] of
the Loans specified herein, that:

          1. The conversion/continuation Date is ___, ___.

          2. The aggregate amount of the [Revolving] [U.S. Dollar Term] [Australian Dollar Term]
Loans to be [converted] [continued] is $___.

          3. The Loans are to be [converted into] [continued as] [Eurocurrency] [Base Rate]
Loans.

          4. [If applicable:] The duration of the Interest Period for the [Revolving] [U.S.
Dollar Term] [Australian Dollar Term] Loans included in the [conversion] [continuation]
shall be ___months.

          The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof,
and will be true on the proposed conversion/continuation date, before and after giving effect
thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom:

          (a) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Section 6 of the
Credit Agreement are true and correct as though made on and as of such date (except to the
extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are
true and correct as of such date); provided, however, that this condition shall not apply to
the conversion of an outstanding Eurocurrency Loan to a Base Rate Loan; and

          (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result from
such proposed [conversion] [continuation].

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Penford Corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Exhibit D-1

U.S. Dollar Term Note

			
	U.S. $___
	 	___, ___

          For Value Received, the undersigned, Penford Corporation, a
Washington corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of
___(the “Lender”) at the principal office of Harris N.A., as Administrative
Agent, in Chicago, Illinois, in immediately available funds, the principal sum of
___U.S. Dollars ($___) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of all U.S. Dollar Term Loans made or maintained by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, in installments in the amounts called for by Section 1.8(a) of the Credit
Agreement, commencing on September 30, 2005, together with interest on the principal amount of such
U.S. Dollar Term Loans from time to time outstanding hereunder at the rates, and payable in the
manner and on the dates, specified in the Credit Agreement.

          This Note is one of the U.S. Dollar Term Notes referred to in the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of August 22, 2005 among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders
party thereto, and Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as extended, renewed,
amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), and this Note and the holder hereof
are entitled to all the benefits and security provided for thereby or referred to therein, to which
Credit Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. All defined terms used in this
Note, except terms otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as in the Credit
Agreement. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of
the State of Illinois.

          Voluntary prepayments may be made hereon, certain prepayments are required to be made hereon,
and this Note may be declared due prior to the expressed maturity hereof, all in the events, on the
terms and in the manner as provided for in the Credit Agreement.

          The Borrower hereby waives demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind hereunder.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Penford Corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Exhibit D-2

Australian Dollar Term Note

			
	AUS $___
	 	___, ___

          For Value Received, the undersigned, Penford Corporation, a
Washington corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of
___(the “Lender”) at the principal office of Harris N.A., as Administrative
Agent, in Chicago, Illinois (or such other office as the Administrative Agent has previously
notified the Borrower in accordance with the Credit Agreement), in immediately available funds, the
principal sum of the Australian Dollar Equivalent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of
___U.S. Dollars (U.S.$___) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of all Australian Dollar Term Loans made or maintained by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to
the Credit Agreement, in installments in the amounts called for by Section 1.8(a) of the Credit
Agreement, commencing on September 30, 2005, together with interest on the principal amount of such
Australian Dollar Term Loans from time to time outstanding hereunder at the rates, and payable in
the manner and on the dates, specified in the Credit Agreement.

          This Note is one of the Australian Dollar Term Notes referred to in the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of August 22, 2005 among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, and Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as extended,
renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), and this Note and the
holder hereof are entitled to all the benefits and security provided for thereby or referred to
therein, to which Credit Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. All defined
terms used in this Note, except terms otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as in
the Credit Agreement. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal
laws of the State of Illinois.

          Voluntary prepayments may be made hereon, certain prepayments are required to be made hereon,
and this Note may be declared due prior to the expressed maturity hereof, all in the events, on the
terms and in the manner as provided for in the Credit Agreement.

          The Borrower hereby waives demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind hereunder.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Penford Corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Exhibit D-3

Revolving Note

			
	U.S. $___
	 	___, ___

          For Value Received, the undersigned, Penford Corporation, a
Washington corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of
___(the “Lender”) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date of the hereinafter
defined Credit Agreement, at the principal office of Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent, in
Chicago, Illinois (or in the case of Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, at
such office as the Administrative Agent has previously notified the Borrower in the currency of
such Eurocurrency Loan in accordance with Section 3.1 of the Credit Agreement), the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, together with interest on the principal amount of each Revolving Loan from time
to time outstanding hereunder at the rates, and payable in the manner and on the dates, specified
in the Credit Agreement.

          This Note is one of the Revolving Notes referred to in the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of August 22, 2005 among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders
party thereto, and Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as extended, renewed,
amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), and this Note and the holder hereof
are entitled to all the benefits and security provided for thereby or referred to therein, to which
Credit Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. All defined terms used in this
Note, except terms otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as in the Credit
Agreement. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of
the State of Illinois.

          Voluntary prepayments may be made hereon, certain prepayments are required to be made hereon,
and this Note may be declared due prior to the expressed maturity hereof, all in the events, on the
terms and in the manner as provided for in the Credit Agreement.

          The Borrower hereby waives demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind hereunder.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Penford Corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Exhibit D-4

Swing Note

			
	U.S. $___
	 	___, ___

          For Value Received, the undersigned, Penford Corporation, a
Washington corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of ___
(the “Lender”) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date of the hereinafter defined Credit
Agreement, at the principal office of Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent, in Chicago, Illinois,
in immediately available funds, the principal sum of ___Dollars
($___) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Loans made by the
Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, together with interest on the principal
amount of each Swing Loan from time to time outstanding hereunder at the rates, and payable in the
manner and on the dates, specified in the Credit Agreement.

          This Note is the Swing Note referred to in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as
of August 22, 2005, among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto,
and Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as extended, renewed, amended or restated
from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), and this Note and the holder hereof are entitled to all
the benefits and security provided for thereby or referred to therein, to which Credit Agreement
reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. All defined terms used in this Note, except
terms otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as in the Credit Agreement. This Note
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois.

          Voluntary prepayments may be made hereon, certain prepayments are required to be made hereon,
and this Note may be declared due prior to the expressed maturity hereof, all in the events, on the
terms and in the manner as provided for in the Credit Agreement.

          The Borrower hereby waives demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind hereunder.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Penford Corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Exhibit E

Penford Corporation

Compliance Certificate

			
	To:     	 	Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent
 under,
and the Lenders party to, the
 Credit
Agreement described below

          This Compliance Certificate is furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant
to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 22, 2005, among us (as
extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement"). Unless
otherwise defined herein, the terms used in this Compliance Certificate have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Credit Agreement.

          The Undersigned hereby certifies that:

          1. I am the duly elected ___of Penford Corporation;

          2. I have reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be
made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and conditions of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements;

          3. The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the
existence of any condition or the occurrence of any event which constitutes a Default or Event of
Default during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements
or as of the date of this Compliance Certificate, except as set forth below;

          4. The financial statements required by Section 8.5 of the Credit Agreement and being
furnished to you concurrently with this Compliance Certificate are true, correct and complete as of
the date and for the periods covered thereby; and

          5. The Schedule I hereto sets forth financial data and computations evidencing the Borrower’s
compliance with certain covenants of the Credit Agreement, all of which data and computations are,
to the best of my knowledge, true, complete and correct and have been made in accordance with the
relevant Sections of the Credit Agreement.

          Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in detail, the nature
of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which the Borrower
has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:

 

 

 

 

 

 

          The foregoing certifications, together with the computations set forth in Schedule I hereto
and the financial statements delivered with this Certificate in support hereof, are made and
delivered this ___day of ___20___.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Penford Corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

-2-

 

 

Schedule I

to Compliance Certificate

Penford Corporation

Compliance Calculations

for Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 22, 2005

Calculations as of                     ,      

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	A.	 	 	Total Senior Funded Debt to EBITDA
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	1. Total Funded Debt
	 	$	               	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	2. Subordinated Debt
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	3. Line A1 minus A2 (Total Senior Funded Debt)
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	4. Net Income for past 4 quarters
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	5. Interest Expense for past 4 quarters
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	6. Income taxes for past 4 quarters
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	7. Depreciation and Amortization Expense for past 4
quarters
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	8. Costs related to labor strike
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	9. Non-cash Loss (Gain) realized on sale/disposition of
assets [Loss shall be identified by a positive number;
Gains shall be identified by a negative number]
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	10. Sum of Lines A4, A5, A6, A7, A8 and A9 (“EBITDA”)
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	11. Ratio of Line A3 to A10
	 	 	____:1.0	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	12. Line A11 ratio must not exceed
	 	 	____:1.0	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	13. The Borrower is in compliance (circle yes or no)
	 	yes/no
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	B.	 	 	Total Funded Debt Ratio (Section 8.22(a))
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	1. Total Funded Debt (Line A1 above)
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	2. EBITDA (Line A10 above)
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	3. Ratio of Line B1 to B2
	 	 	____:1.0	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	4. Line B3 ratio must not exceed
	 	 	____:1.0	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	5. The Borrower is in compliance (circle yes or no)
	 	yes/no

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	C.	 	 	Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (Section 8.22(b))
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	1. EBITDA (Line A10 above)
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	2. Scheduled principal payments due within next 4 quarters
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	3. Interest Expense for past 4 quarters paid in cash
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	4. Restricted Payments for past 4 quarters made in cash
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	5. Income taxes for 4 quarters paid in cash
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	6. Sum of Lines C2, C3, C4, and C5
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	7. Ratio of Line C1 to Line C6
	 	 	____:1.0	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	8. Line C7 ratio must not be less than
	 	 	____:1.0	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	9. The Borrower is in compliance (circle yes or no)
	 	yes/no
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	D.	 	 	Leverage Ratio (Section 8.22(c))
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	1. Total Funded Debt (Line A1 above)
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	2. Net Worth
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	3. Ratio of Line D1 to the sum of Line D1 and D2
	 	 	____:1.0	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	4. Line D3 ratio must not be less than
	 	 	____:1.0	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	5. The Borrower is in compliance (circle yes or no)
	 	yes/no
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	E.	 	 	Capital Expenditures (Section 8.22(d))
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	1. Year-to-date Capital Expenditures
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	2. Maximum permitted amount
	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	3. The Borrower is in compliance (circle yes or no)
	 	yes/no

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Exhibit F

Additional Guarantor Supplement

                    ,___

Harris N.A., as Administrative Agent for
the Lenders named in the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of August 22, 2005, among Penford
Corporation, as Borrower, the Guarantors referred to
therein, the Lenders from time to time party
thereto, and the Administrative Agent (as extended,
renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Reference is made to the Credit Agreement described above. Terms not defined herein which are
defined in the Credit Agreement shall have for the purposes hereof the meaning provided therein.

     The undersigned, [name of Subsidiary Guarantor], a [jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization] hereby elects to be a “Guarantor” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, effective
from the date hereof. The undersigned confirms that the representations and warranties set forth
in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct as to the undersigned as of the date
hereof and the undersigned shall comply with each of the covenants set forth in Section 8 of the
Credit Agreement applicable to it.

     Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby agrees to perform all
the obligations of a Guarantor under, and to be bound in all respects by the terms of, the Credit
Agreement, including without limitation Section 12 thereof, to the same extent and with the same
force and effect as if the undersigned were a signatory party thereto.

     The undersigned acknowledges that this Agreement shall be effective upon its execution and
delivery o by the undersigned to the Administrative Agent, and it shall not be necessary for the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, or any of their Affiliates entitled to the benefits hereof, to
execute this Agreement or any other acceptance hereof. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Very truly yours,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[Name of Subsidiary Guarantor]
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Exhibit G

Assignment and Acceptance

Dated                     ,_____

     Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 22, 2005 (as
extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Penford
Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Harris N.A., as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”). Terms defined in the Credit
Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.

                                                                                                         (the “Assignor”) and
                                                                                                    (the “Assignee”) agree as follows:

          1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby
purchases and assumes from the Assignor, a ___% interest in and to all of the
Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date (as
defined below), including, without limitation, such percentage interest in the Assignor’s
Commitments as in effect on the Effective Date and the Loans, if any, owing to the Assignor
on the Effective Date and the Assignor’s Revolver Percentage of any outstanding L/C
Obligations.

          2. The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that as of the date hereof (A) its
Revolving Credit Commitment is $___, its U.S. Dollar Term Loan Commitment is
$___and its Australian Dollar Term Loan Commitment is $___, (B) the
aggregate outstanding U.S. Dollar Equivalent principal amount of Loans made by it under the
Credit Agreement that have not been repaid is $___($___of Revolving Loan,
$___of U.S. Dollar Term Loans and $___of Australian Dollar Term Loans)
and a description of the interest rates and interest periods of such Loans is attached as
Annex 1 hereto, and (C) the aggregate principal amount of Assignor’s Revolver Percentage of
outstanding L/C Obligations is $___; (ii) represents and warrants that it is the
legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such
interest is free and clear of any adverse claim, lien, or encumbrance of any kind; (iii)
makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement
or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of
the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; and
(iv) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the
financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the performance or observance by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of their respective obligations under the Credit
Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto.

 

 

          3. The Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement,
together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered to the Lenders
pursuant to Section 8.5(a) and (b) thereof and such other documents and information as it
has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon
the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and
authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as Administrative Agent on its
behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto; (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with
their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required
to be performed by it as a Lender; and (v) specifies as its lending office (and address for
notices) the offices set forth beneath its name on the signature pages hereof.

          4. As consideration for the assignment and sale contemplated in Annex 1 hereof, the
Assignee shall pay to the Assignor on the Effective Date in Federal funds an amount agreed
upon by the Assignor and the Assignee. It is understood that commitment and/or letter of
credit fees accrued to the Effective Date with respect to the interest assigned hereby are
for the account of the Assignor and such fees accruing from and including the date hereof
are for the account of the Assignee. Each of the Assignor and the Assignee hereby agrees
that if it receives any amount under the Credit Agreement which is for the account of the
other party hereto, it shall receive the same for the account of such other party to the
extent of such other party’s interest therein and shall promptly pay the same to such other
party.

          5. The effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance shall be ___
(the “Effective Date”). Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will
be delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance and recording by the Administrative
Agent and, if required, the Borrower.

          6. Upon such acceptance and recording, as of the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall
be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and
Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor
shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and
be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.

          7. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the
Administrative Agent shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement in respect of the
interest assigned hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest
and commitment fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall
make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement for periods prior to
the Effective Date directly between themselves.

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          8. In accordance with Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement, the Assignor and the
Assignee request and direct that the Administrative Agent prepare and cause the Borrower to
execute and deliver to the Assignee the relevant Notes payable to the Assignee in the amount
of its Commitments and new Notes to the Assignor in the amount of its Commitments after
giving effect to this assignment.

          9. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of Illinois.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[Assignor Lender]
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[Assignee Lender]
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Lending office (and address for notices):

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Accepted and consented this	 	 
	____ day of _____________	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Penford Corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Accepted and consented to by the Administrative	 	 
	 Agent and L/C Issuer this ___ day of ________	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Harris N.A., as	 	 
	 Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Annex I

to Assignment and Acceptance

							
	Principal Amount
	 	Type of Loan
	 	Interest Rate
	 	Maturity Date<PAGE>

                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                     (ADVENTRX PHARMACEUTICALS LOGO GRAPHIC)
         NUMBER                                                     SHARES

A

                         ADVENTRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS
 OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                                             SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
                                                           CUSIP NO. 00764X 10 3

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

                                 (SPECIMEN LOGO)

Is the owner of

  FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.001 PER
                    SHARE, OF ADVENTRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized
attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate
is not valid until countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and
registered by the Registrar.
      Witness the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures
of its duly authorized officers.

                  Dated:

/s/ Carrie Carlander                             SEAL      /s/ Evan Levine
----------------------                                     --------------------
         CFO                                                           CEO

                                                            AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

                          COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
                               AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
                          BY:  TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
<PAGE>
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests
the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or
other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the
qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
According to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM  - as tenants in common             UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -____CUSTODIAN____
TEN ENT  - as tenants by the entireties                      (CUST)      (MINOR)
JT TEN   - as joint tenants with right of          under Uniform Gifts to Minors
           survivorship and not as tenants        Act___________________________
         In common.                                          (STATE)

    Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 For Value Received, __________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE.
    ______________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________
  (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________ shares

of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint
________________________________________________________________Attorney

to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with
full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated _______________________

            ________________________________________________________
   NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS
WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION
                      OR ELARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER

Signature(s) Guaranteed:

______________________________________________________________
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR
INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKHOLDERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND
CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARNATEE
MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

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