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                                                                   Exhibit 10.10

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                      FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

                           Dated as of March 11, 2002

                                     Between

                                SPORT MASKA INC.
                                   as Borrower

                                       and

                             THE HOCKEY COMPANY and
                    THE OTHER CREDIT PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO
                                as Credit Parties

                                       and

                     THE LENDERS UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
                                   as Lenders

                                       and

                      GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CANADA INC.
                               as Agent and Lender

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                          Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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                      FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement (this "FOURTH AMENDMENT") is dated as
of March 11, 2002, between

                     SPORT MASKA INC., a New Brunswick corporation ("BORROWER"
                     or "MASKA CANADA")

                                       and

                     THE HOCKEY COMPANY and THE OTHER CREDIT PARTIES SIGNATORY
                     HERETO ("CREDIT PARTIES")

                                       and

                     THE LENDERS SIGNATORY HERETO ("LENDERS")

                                       and

                     GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CANADA INC., a Canada corporation,
                     as Agent for the Lenders ("AGENT")

RECITALS

A. Borrower (the corporation continuing from the amalgamation of Maska Canada
and Tropsport Acquisitions Inc.), Credit Parties, Agent and Lenders are parties
to a Credit Agreement made as of November 19, 1998 (as amended, restated,
supplemented and otherwise modified as of the date hereof, the "EXISTING CREDIT
AGREEMENT").

B. Borrower, Credit Parties, General Electric Capital Corporation and certain
lenders are also party to a Credit Agreement made November 19, 1998 (as amended,
supplemented, restated and otherwise modified as of the date hereof, the "US
FACILITY AGREEMENT").

C. Borrower, The Hockey Company ("ULTIMATE PARENT"), Caisse de depot et
placement du Quebec, as agent and lender and Montreal Trust Company, as paying
agent, are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as of November 19, 1998 (the
"TERM LOAN AGREEMENT"), as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement entered into on March 14, 2001 (the "AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM
LOAN AGREEMENT").

D. Borrower and Ultimate Parent have issued, or will be issuing, units
("UNITS"), which will consist of US$ 62,500,000 principal amount of 11.25%
senior secured notes, due 2009, of Ultimate Parent (the "ULTIMATE PARENT SENIOR
NOTES") and US$ 62,500,000 principal amount of 11.25% senior secured notes, due
2009 of Borrower (the "MASKA CANADA SENIOR NOTES" and, together with the
Ultimate Parent Senior Notes, the "SENIOR NOTES"). The Units have been issued,
or will be issued, under an indenture (the "INDENTURE"), among INTER ALIA,
Ultimate

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Parent, Maska Canada, certain subsidiaries of Ultimate Parent and Maska Canada,
as guarantors, and the Person named as Indenture Trustee therein (the "INDENTURE
TRUSTEE").

E. The Ultimate Parent Senior Notes will be senior secured obligations of
Ultimate Parent, ranking senior in right of payment to all of Ultimate Parent's
subordinated indebtedness and ranking PARI PASSU in right of payment with all of
Ultimate Parent's other senior indebtedness, including indebtedness under the
Existing Credit Agreement and the US Facility Agreement. The Maska Canada Senior
Notes will be senior secured obligations of Maska Canada, ranking senior in
right of payment to all of Maska Canada's subordinated indebtedness and ranking
PARI PASSU in right of payment with all of Maska Canada's other senior
indebtedness, including indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement and the
US Facility Agreement. The obligations of Ultimate Parent and Maska Canada under
the Senior Notes and the Indenture will be secured pursuant to security granted
in favour of one or more of a fonde de pouvoir, a collateral agent, a trustee
and/or similar Person acting on behalf of the holders of the Senior Notes.

F. Part of the net proceeds from the sale of the Units will be used by Ultimate
Parent and Maska Canada to (i) repay in full the amounts owing to the Caisse
Secured Parties under the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, and (ii)
repay certain Indebtedness owing under the Existing Credit Agreement and the US
Facility Agreement, all as more particularly described in Schedule "A" attached
hereto.

G. Borrower has requested amendments to and waivers of certain provisions of the
Existing Credit Agreement (as well as the US Facility Agreement) in connection
with the foregoing.

H. Agent and Lenders have agreed to grant Borrower's request on the terms and
subject to the conditions contained in this Fourth Amendment.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the parties agree as follows:

SECTION 1 - INTERPRETATION

1.1    DEFINITIONS

Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Fourth Amendment have the
meanings given to them in the Existing Credit Agreement and the term "EFFECTIVE
DATE" has the meaning given to that term in Section 10.1 of this Fourth
Amendment.

1.2    INCORPORATION INTO EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT

The Existing Credit Agreement and this Fourth Agreement shall henceforth be read
together and shall have the effect as if all the provisions of such agreements
were contained in one agreement.

SECTION 2 - AMENDMENTS OF SECTION 1.3 OF CREDIT AGREEMENT

2.1    AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1.3 - PREPAYMENTS

(1)    On and after the Effective Date, Section 1.3(1.1) is inserted into the
       Existing Credit Agreement immediately following Section 1.3(1) as
       follows:

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       "(1.1) CLEAN DOWN. Borrower shall cause the sum of the outstanding
       principal amount of the Loans under this Agreement and the Loans under
       the US Facility Agreement to be repaid to the extent so required by the
       Indenture.".

(2)    On and after the Effective Date, Section 1.3(2)(b) is amended and
       restated as follows:

       "Immediately upon receipt by any Credit Party of cash proceeds of any
       asset disposition (including condemnation proceeds, but excluding
       proceeds of asset dispositions permitted by SECTION 6.8(1)) or any sale
       of Stock of any Subsidiary of any Credit Party, Borrower shall, subject
       to the Intercreditor Agreement, prepay the Loans (in the case of proceeds
       pertaining to any Credit Party other than Borrower, to be applied ratably
       to all of the Loans owing by Borrower) in an amount equal to all (except
       as set forth in the last sentence of this clause (b)) such cash proceeds,
       net of (A) commissions and other reasonable and customary transaction
       costs, fees, discounts and expenses properly attributable to such
       transaction and payable by a Credit Party in connection therewith (in
       each case, paid to non-Affiliates) including, without limitation,
       reasonable and customary fees payable to legal counsel, accountants and
       other professionals, (B) transfer taxes, (C) amounts payable to holders
       of senior Liens with respect to any asset subject to such disposition (to
       the extent such Liens constitute Permitted Encumbrances; except that,
       with respect to any amount payable to the Collateral Agent, such amount
       may only be paid to the Collateral Agent if the Collateral Agent has
       given the requisite notice pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement), if
       any, (D) an appropriate reserve for income taxes in accordance with GAAP
       in connection therewith, and (E) such other reserves as Agent may permit
       from time to time, acting reasonably, including, for indemnification
       obligations or amounts held in escrow. If Ultimate Parent shall receive
       any such proceeds, Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to
       the net amount, as calculated above, multiplied by a fraction equal to
       the aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans divided by the sum of the
       aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans plus the revolving loans, swing
       line loans and letter of credit obligations under the US Facility. Any
       such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with CLAUSE (3) below.
       Notwithstanding anything else herein or in the US Facility Agreement to
       the contrary, the proceeds of any sale of assets which are the subject of
       a first ranking Lien in favour of the Collateral Agent (to the extent
       that such Liens constitute Permitted Encumbrances) may be used to
       repurchase replacement assets to the extent permitted under the
       Indenture; PROVIDED, that such sale of assets is permitted pursuant to
       Sections 6.8(2) and (3) hereof and no Default or Event of Default shall
       have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.".

(3)    On and after the Effective Date, Section 1.3(2)(c) is amended and
       restated as follows:

       "If Ultimate Parent issues Stock, no later than the Business Day
       following the date of receipt of the proceeds thereof, and subject to the
       right of the Borrower and Ultimate Parent to prepay up to thirty-three
       and one third percent (33 1/3%) of the principal amount of the Senior
       Notes as provided for in the Indenture, Borrower shall prepay the Loans,
       to be applied ratably to all of the Loans owing by Borrower, in an amount
       equal to all such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions
       and other reasonable costs paid to non-Affiliates in connection
       therewith, multiplied by a fraction equal to the aggregate outstanding
       amount of the Loans divided by the sum of the aggregate outstanding
       amount of the Loans plus the revolving loans, swing line loans and letter
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       credit obligations under the US Facility. Any such prepayment shall be
       applied in accordance with CLAUSE (3) below.

SECTION 3 - AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6

3.1    AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.3 - INDEBTEDNESS

On and after the Effective Date, Section 6.3 is amended and restated as follows:

(1)    No Credit Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any
       Indebtedness, except (without duplication) (a) Indebtedness secured by
       purchase money security interests and Capital Leases permitted in SECTION
       6.7(3), (b) the Loans and the other Obligations, (c) unfunded pension
       fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities to the
       extent they are permitted to remain unfunded under applicable law, (d)
       (i) existing Indebtedness described in DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 6.3, (ii) with
       respect to the US Borrowers, Indebtedness under the US Facility not to
       exceed US$35,000,000 and (iii) with respect to Ultimate Parent,
       Indebtedness under the Senior Notes not to exceed US$62,500,000, less, at
       all times, the aggregate amount thereof repaid and, with respect to Maska
       Canada, Indebtedness under the Senior Notes not to exceed US$62,500,000,
       less, at all times, the aggregate amount thereof repaid and, with respect
       to Indebtedness permitted under each of the foregoing clauses (a) and
       (d)(i), refinancings thereof or amendments or modifications thereto which
       do not have the effect of increasing the principal amount thereof or
       changing the amortization thereof (other than to extend the same) and
       which are otherwise on terms and conditions no less favourable to any
       Credit Party, Agent or any Lender, as determined by Agent, acting
       reasonably, than the terms of the Indebtedness being refinanced, amended
       or modified, (e) Indebtedness under interest rate and currency hedging
       arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of a Credit Party's
       business, consistent with past practices, (f) Indebtedness of SHC to
       Ultimate Parent in the amount of US$50,215,024.08 payable on demand
       resulting from an intercompany advance made by Ultimate Parent to US
       Acquisition Sub with the proceeds of the Term Loan and the Phoenix
       Investment for the purpose of consummating the transactions contemplated
       by the US Acquisition, (g) Indebtedness in the form of loans made by
       Maska Canada and Maska US to Ultimate Parent that are payable on demand
       and do not exceed, individually or in the aggregate for all such loans,
       in any Fiscal Year, US$900,000 or the Equivalent Amount thereof on a
       pro-rata basis (to be determined for each of Maska Canada and Maska US
       based on the ratio of such Person's EBITDA to the total of Maska Canada's
       and Maska US's EBITDA for the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended before
       any such loan) for the purposes of paying the necessary fees and expenses
       to maintain Ultimate Parent's corporate existence, the reasonable costs
       of its directors' and officers' insurance, its legal and accounting fees
       to the extent such fees relate to legal and accounting services provided
       directly to it by entities that are not its Affiliates, and its other
       general, administrative and regulatory fees, (h) Indebtedness in the form
       of loans made by Maska Canada to Maska US that are payable on demand and
       the proceeds of which are used for the purpose of paying trade creditors
       of Maska US, in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed, at any
       time, C$1,000,000 or the Equivalent Amount thereof; (i) Indebtedness in
       the form of loans made by Maska US to Ultimate Parent for the purpose of
       paying, to the extent otherwise expressly permitted in this Agreement, up
       to ninety percent (90%) of fifty percent (50%) of (A) (x) regularly
       scheduled interest payments on, and prepayments of principal of, the
       Senior Notes and (y) customary and

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       reasonable fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee and the Collateral
       Agent required to be paid pursuant to the Indenture and the Collateral
       Agency Agreement in an aggregate amount that does not exceed US$100,000
       or the Equivalent Amount thereof in any Fiscal Year and (B) Additional
       Interest, (j) indemnity obligations of Ultimate Parent or any of its
       Subsidiaries (other than Borrowers or US Borrowers) in favour of the
       directors or officers of Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in
       respect of all costs, charges and expenses incurred by them by reason of
       any action taken in their capacity as such; (k) Indebtedness in the form
       of loans made by Tropsport to SHC Hockey for the purpose of paying trade
       creditors of SHC Hockey, in an aggregate amount outstanding not to
       exceed, at any time, C$75,000 or the Equivalent Amount thereof; (l)
       Indebtedness in the form of intercompany loans made on the Closing Date
       described under "Intercompany Loans" in DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 1.4,
       subordinated as required in accordance with SECTION 6.3(2), (m)
       Indebtedness in the form of an operating credit facility made available
       to Maska Canada by National Bank of Canada in a principal amount not
       exceeding C$500,000 for the purposes of reimbursing National Bank of
       Canada in respect of overdrafts that occur from time to time in accounts
       of Borrower maintained at that bank which operating credit facilities
       shall be unsecured except for a standby letter of credit in the amount of
       up to C$500,000 issued pursuant to this Agreement; PROVIDED that, in the
       cases of clauses (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l), (A) each Credit
       Party shall record all intercompany transactions to which it is a party
       on its books and records in accordance with GAAP; (B) at the time any
       such intercompany loan is made by a Credit Party, and after giving effect
       thereto, each Credit Party party thereto shall be Solvent; (C) such
       intercompany loan would not be prohibited by any applicable law
       (including financial assistance and fraudulent conveyance provisions, if
       any, thereunder) and (D) no Default or Event of Default has occurred that
       is continuing or would occur and be continuing after giving effect to any
       such proposed intercompany loan; and provided, further, that in the case
       of clause (i), if such intercompany loan is made, in whole or in part,
       for the purpose of making a prepayment of principal of the Senior Notes
       under clause (i)(A)(x), a payment of fees or expenses under clause
       (i)(A)(y) or a payment of Additional Interest under clause (i)(B), then
       the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis, after
       giving effect to the aggregate amount of such prepayment of principal of
       the Senior Notes, payment of fees or expenses or payment of Additional
       Interest as permitted herein, as the case may be, and based on the
       financial results of Ultimate Parent for the four Fiscal Quarters then
       most recently ended, shall not be less than 1.25:1 and Ultimate Parent
       shall have delivered to Agent and Lenders, prior to such payment being
       made, a certificate of the Vice-President, Finance and Administration
       showing in reasonable detail the calculation used in determining
       compliance with the foregoing financial test and certifying that the
       other financial covenants set forth on ANNEX G shall be met, on a pro
       forma basis, after giving effect to such prepayment of principal, and
       that in the case of clause (m), no Default or Event of Default has
       occurred that is continuing at the time of any advance or loan made under
       the operating credit facility described therein or would occur and be
       continuing after giving effect to any such advance or loan.

(2)    The payment of any of the obligations of Maska Canada, Maska US or
       Tropsport under the intercompany loans made by Ultimate Parent or SHC, as
       applicable, permitted in SECTION 6.3(1)(L) above (the "Subordinated
       Obligations") shall hereby be subordinated, to the extent and in the
       manner provided for herein, to the prior payment in full of all
       Obligations. Upon any distribution of assets of Maska Canada, Maska US or
       Tropsport

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       in any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization (whether in
       bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment
       for the benefit of creditors or otherwise):

       (a)    Agent and Lenders shall first be entitled to receive payment in
              full in cash of the Obligations before Ultimate Parent or SHC, as
              applicable, is entitled to receive any payment on account of the
              Subordinated Obligations;

       (b)    any payment or distribution of assets of Maska Canada, Maska US or
              Tropsport of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
              securities, to which Ultimate Parent or SHC would be entitled
              except for the provisions of this SECTION 6.3(2), shall be paid by
              the trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or
              distribution directly to Agent in the manner set forth in this
              Agreement, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all
              Obligations remaining unpaid after giving effect to any concurrent
              payment or distribution or provisions therefor to Agent for itself
              and Lenders; and

       (c)    in the event that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
              SECTION 6.3(2), any payment or distribution of assets of Maska
              Canada, Maska US or Tropsport of any kind or character, whether in
              cash, property or securities, shall be received by Ultimate Parent
              or SHC, as applicable, on account of the Subordinated Obligations
              before all Obligations are paid in full, such payment or
              distribution shall be received and held in trust for and shall be
              paid over to Agent for itself and Lenders for application to the
              payment of the Obligations until all of the Obligations shall have
              been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment
              or distribution or provision therefor to Agent for itself and
              Lenders.

       No right of Agent or any Lender to enforce the subordination provisions
       herein shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act
       or failure to act on the part of a Credit Party or by any act or failure
       to act, in good faith, by any Credit Party, or by any noncompliance by a
       Credit Party with the terms of this Agreement, regardless of any
       knowledge thereof which any Credit Party may have or be otherwise charged
       with.

(3)    No Credit Party shall, directly or indirectly, voluntarily purchase,
       redeem, defease or prepay any principal of, premium, if any, interest or
       other amount payable in respect of any Indebtedness, other than (a) the
       Obligations, (b) the US Facility Obligations, (c) Indebtedness secured by
       a Permitted Encumbrance if the asset securing such Indebtedness has been
       sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with SECTION 6.8(2) or
       6.8(3), (d) other Indebtedness (excluding the Senior Notes Indebtedness)
       not in excess of C$250,000 or the Equivalent Amount thereof in another
       currency, and (e) Indebtedness under the Senior Notes permitted to be
       prepaid under SECTION 6.14. ".

3.2    AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6.7 - LIENS.

On and after the Effective Date, Section 6.7 is amended and restated as follows:

       "No Credit Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien
       on or with respect to its Accounts or any of its other properties or
       assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) except for (1) Permitted
       Encumbrances; (2) Liens in existence on the date

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       hereof and summarized on DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 6.7; (3) Liens created after
       the date hereof by conditional sale or other title retention agreements
       (including Capital Leases) or in connection with purchase money
       Indebtedness with respect to Equipment and Fixtures acquired by any
       Credit Party in the ordinary course of business, involving the incurrence
       of an aggregate amount of purchase money Indebtedness and Capital Lease
       Obligations (for all Credit Parties) of not more than US$7,000,000 or the
       Equivalent Amount thereof in another currency outstanding at any one time
       for all such Liens (PROVIDED that such Liens attach only to the assets
       subject to such purchase money debt and such Indebtedness is incurred
       within thirty-five (35) days following such purchase and does not exceed
       100% of the purchase price of the subject assets); (4) Liens of the US
       Lenders and the US Agent in the Collateral securing Indebtedness and
       Guaranteed Indebtedness under the US Facility subject to the
       Intercreditor Agreement and to the extent such Indebtedness and
       Guaranteed Indebtedness is permitted by SECTIONS 6.3(1) and 6.6, as
       applicable (the "US Facility Liens"); and (5) Liens of the Collateral
       Agent in the Collateral securing Indebtedness under the Senior Notes, the
       Credit Parties' obligations to pay customary fees and expenses of the
       Collateral Agent and the Indenture Trustee required to be paid pursuant
       to the Indenture and the Collateral Agency Agreement and the Credit
       Parties' indemnification obligations under the Indenture and Guaranteed
       Indebtedness under guarantees of such Indebtedness and other obligations
       to the extent such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and
       such Indebtedness and Guaranteed Indebtedness are permitted by SECTIONS
       6.3(1) and 6.6, as applicable (the "Collateral Agent Liens"). No Credit
       Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist, or permit to be
       created, incurred or assumed, any Lien on the Intellectual Property of
       any European Subsidiary other than the Collateral Agent Liens. In
       addition, no Credit Party shall become a party to any agreement, note,
       indenture or instrument, or take any other action, which would prohibit
       the creation of a Lien on any of its properties or other assets in favour
       of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, or the Lenders, as applicable,
       as additional collateral for the Obligations, except operating leases,
       Capital Leases or Licenses, the US Facility Agreement or the Indenture
       which prohibit additional Liens upon the assets that are subject thereto.

3.3    AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6.8 - SALE OF STOCK AND ASSETS

On and after the Effective Date, Section 6.8 is amended and restated as follows:

       "No Credit Party shall sell, transfer, convey, assign or otherwise
       dispose of any of its properties or other assets, including its Stock or
       the capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries or CCM (whether in a public
       or a private offering or otherwise) or any of their Accounts, other than
       (1) the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, (2) the
       sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition by a Credit Party of
       Equipment, Fixtures or Real Estate that are obsolete or no longer used or
       useful in such Credit Party's business, (3) other Equipment and Fixtures
       having a value not exceeding C$250,000 or the Equivalent Amount thereof
       in another currency in any single transaction or C$750,000 or the
       Equivalent Amount thereof in another currency in the aggregate in any
       Fiscal Year, and (4) any issuances of Stock permitted under SECTION 6.5.
       With respect to any disposition of assets or other properties permitted
       pursuant to clause (2) and clause (3) above, Agent and Lenders, if
       applicable, agree on reasonable prior written notice to release their
       Liens on such assets or other properties in order to permit the
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       Credit Party to effect such disposition and shall execute and deliver to
       Borrowers, at Borrowers' expense, appropriate financing change statements
       and other releases as reasonably requested by Borrowers. For greater
       certainty, this Section 6.8 shall not prohibit an assignment by a Credit
       Party of its properties or other assets, by way of security, which is
       expressly permitted by SECTION 6.7.".

3.4    AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6.14 - RESTRICTED PAYMENTS

On and after the Effective Date, Section 6.14 is amended and restated as
follows:

       "No Credit Party shall make any Restricted Payment, except (1) dividends
       and distributions by Subsidiaries of Borrower paid to Borrower, (2)
       employee loans permitted under SECTION 6.4(2) above, (3) payment on the
       Closing Date of management fees by Ultimate Parent to Ultimate Parent
       Stockholders in the aggregate amount of US$1,000,000 in connection with
       services provided in closing the Related Transactions, (4) dividend
       payments in kind (that is, in the form of common Stock) including,
       without limitation, in respect of the Phoenix Investment; (5) Ultimate
       Parent may issue common Stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants or
       options, as permitted under SECTION 6.5; (6) payments by Ultimate Parent
       and Maska Canada from the gross proceeds of the sale of the Units of up
       to US$4,800,000 in the aggregate on or immediately following the date of
       issuance of the Units on account of fees and expenses relating to the
       offering of the Units, (7) loans by Maska Canada and Maska US to Ultimate
       Parent in the form, on the terms and to the extent permitted under
       SECTION 6.3(1)(G) and loans by Maska US to Ultimate Parent in the form,
       on the terms and to the extent permitted under SECTION 6.3(1)(I); (8)
       Ultimate Parent and Maska Canada may prepay the principal of the Senior
       Notes and pay Additional Interest and customary and reasonable fees and
       expenses of the Indenture Trustee and the Collateral Agent in an
       aggregate amount that does not exceed US$100,000 or the Equivalent Amount
       thereof in any Fiscal Year required to be paid pursuant to the Indenture
       and the Collateral Agency Agreement; provided, that (a) the amount of
       Ultimate Parent's prepayment or payment, as applicable, shall not exceed
       fifty percent (50%) of the amount being prepaid or paid and the amount of
       Maska Canada's prepayment or payment, as applicable, shall not exceed
       fifty percent (50%) of the amount being prepaid or paid; (b) Requisite
       Lenders shall have given their prior consent to each prepayment,
       exercising their reasonable credit judgment, (c) after giving effect to
       each prepayment or payment, Net Borrowing Availability shall be at least
       fifteen percent (15%) of the lesser of the Maximum Amount and the
       Borrowing Base, and, (d) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, calculated on a
       pro forma basis, after giving effect to the aggregate amount of such
       prepayments of principal of the Senior Notes and payments of Additional
       Interest and fees and expenses and based on the financial results of
       Ultimate Parent for the four Fiscal Quarters then most recently ended,
       shall not be less than 1.25:1 and Ultimate Parent shall have delivered to
       Agent and Lenders, prior to each payment being made, a certificate of the
       Vice-President, Finance and Administration showing in reasonable detail
       the calculation used in determining compliance with the foregoing
       financial test and certifying that the other financial covenants set
       forth on ANNEX G shall be met, on a pro forma basis, after giving effect
       to such prepayment of principal or payment of Additional Interest and
       fees and expenses; (9) Ultimate Parent and Maska Canada may pay (in each
       case, on a pro rata basis based on the amounts that their respective
       portions of the Senior Notes Indebtedness (as described in SECTION

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       6.3(1)(d)(iii)) represent of the total Senior Notes Indebtedness)
       regularly scheduled interest on the Senior Notes and customary and
       reasonable fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee and the Collateral
       Agent in an aggregate amount that does not exceed US$100,000 or the
       Equivalent Amount thereof in any Fiscal Year required to be paid pursuant
       to the Indenture and the Collateral Agency Agreement; (10) (a) Ultimate
       Parent may pay Borrower Guarantee Fees and (b) Borrower may pay Ultimate
       Parent Guarantee Fees in an aggregate amount that does not exceed
       US$1,250,000 (or the Equivalent Amount thereof) in respect of any Fiscal
       Year (with such payments being pro-rated for the number of days in the
       period in respect of which such fee is paid if the relevant period is
       less than a Fiscal Year); provided, that the aggregate amount of such
       Guarantee Fees paid by Borrower under this clause (10) shall at no time
       exceed the amount of Guarantee Fees in cash that have been previously
       paid or are concurrently paid by Ultimate Parent to Borrower in respect
       of the same period; and provided further, however, that payments by
       Borrower and Ultimate Parent of Guarantee Fees may be off-set against
       their rights to receive such fees from the other of them; provided, that
       (a) in the cases of clauses (3), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10), no Default
       or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
       after giving effect to any payment under such clauses, (b) at least ten
       percent (10%) of Ultimate Parent's payments under clauses (8) and (9)
       shall be obtained or contributed from Subsidiaries of Ultimate Parent
       other than the Credit Parties, (c) after giving effect to each payment
       under clauses (9) and (10), Net Borrowing Availability shall be at least
       fifteen percent (15%) of the lesser of the Maximum Amount and the
       Borrowing Base, (d) in the case of clause (10), the proceeds of the sale
       of Units by Ultimate Parent that may be transferred by Ultimate Parent to
       Borrower shall not constitute Guarantee Fees paid by Ultimate Parent to
       Borrower and Borrower shall not make any payment until after the delivery
       of the Financial Statements described in clause (4) of Annex E for the
       Fiscal Year in respect of which Borrower intends to pay a Guarantee Fee
       together with the items that should accompany such Financial Statements
       pursuant to such clause and, prior to any payment being made by Borrower,
       Borrower shall have delivered to Agent and Lenders a certificate of its
       Vice-President, Finance and Administration certifying that the payment
       that Borrower proposes to make will be in compliance with the applicable
       clause and showing in reasonable detail the calculation used in
       determining that Borrower may make such payment; (11) dividends and
       distributions by Subsidiaries of Ultimate Parent paid to Ultimate Parent
       to the extent required to enable Ultimate Parent to make payments of
       Additional Interest that are permitted to be paid under clause (8) and
       the payments of interest, fees and expenses that are permitted to be paid
       by Ultimate Parent under clause (9); and (12) notwithstanding clause (8),
       Ultimate Parent and Maska Canada may prepay or repay up to thirty-three
       and one third percent (33 1/3%) of the principal amount of the Senior
       Notes with the proceeds of common Stock issuances by Ultimate Parent, as
       provided for in the Indenture. ".

3.5    AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6.18 - CHANGES RELATING TO OTHER INDEBTEDNESS.

On and after the Effective Date, Section 6.18 is amended and restated as
follows:

       "No Credit Party shall change or amend the terms of the Indenture, the
       Collateral Agency Agreement, the Senior Notes or the Units, as in effect
       on the Effective Date (or any indenture or agreement in connection
       therewith) if the effect of such amendment is to: (1) increase the
       interest rate on such Indebtedness; (2) change the dates upon which

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       payments of principal or interest are due on such Indebtedness other than
       to extend such dates; (3) change any default or event of default other
       than to delete or make less restrictive any default provision therein, or
       add any covenant with respect to such Indebtedness; (4) change the
       redemption or prepayment provisions of such Indebtedness other than to
       extend the dates therefor or to reduce the premiums payable in connection
       therewith; (5) grant any security or collateral to secure payment of such
       Indebtedness other than the Liens granted on the Collateral as of the
       date of issuance and sale of the Units; or (6) change or amend any other
       term if such change or amendment would increase the obligations of the
       obligor or confer additional rights to the Collateral Agent Secured
       Parties in a manner materially adverse to any Credit Party, Agent or any
       Lender, as determined by Agent in its discretion, acting reasonably.".

SECTION 4 - AMENDMENT OF SECTION 8

4.1    AMENDMENT OF SECTION 8.1 - EVENTS OF DEFAULT

On and after the Effective Date, Clause (14) of Section 8.1 of the Existing
Credit Agreement is amended and restated as follows:

       "(14) one or both of Ultimate Parent or Borrower become liable to pay, to
       or on behalf of the Holders, Additional Interest, which liability,
       individually or in the aggregate, exceeds US$1,500,000.".

SECTION 5 - AMENDMENTS OF ANNEXES

5.1    AMENDMENT OF ANNEX A - DEFINITIONS

On and after the Effective Date, Annex A is amended and restated as follows:

(1)    Paragraph (4.1) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit Agreement
       immediately following the term "(4) ACCOUNTS LIQUIDATION PERIOD" as
       follows:

       "(143.1) ADDITIONAL INTEREST shall mean any additional interest, damages
       or claims payable in respect of the Units and arising out of (1) the
       failure of one or both of Ultimate Parent or Borrower to (a) file the
       registration statement required in respect of the Units on a timely
       basis, or (b) complete the offer to exchange the Units for the Exchange
       Units (as defined in the Indenture) within thirty (30) days from the date
       the registration statement is required to be effective, (2) the failure
       of the Securities Exchange Commission to declare the required
       registration statement in respect of the Units effective on time, or (3)
       the failure of Ultimate Parent to grant, or cause its Subsidiaries to
       grant, to the Collateral Agent, a perfected security interest in and to
       the Collateral (as defined in the Indenture) which is located in Sweden,
       as more particularly described in section 4.17 of the Indenture. For
       greater certainty, Additional Interest shall constitute Interest
       Expense.".

(2)    Paragraph (46) of Annex A of the Existing Credit Agreement is amended and
       restated as follows:

       "(46) CHANGE OF CONTROL shall mean any event, transaction or occurrence
       as a result of which (a) Ultimate Parent Stockholders shall cease to own
       and control a percentage of all

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       of the issued and outstanding capital Stock of all classes of Ultimate
       Parent on a fully diluted basis greater than the aggregate percentage of
       such Stock held by any other Person and any Affiliates of such other
       Person, (b) (A) so long as the board of directors of Ultimate Parent
       consists of five members, there shall cease to be two elected
       representatives of Ultimate Parent Stockholders on the board of directors
       of Ultimate Parent or Ultimate Parent Stockholders shall cease to have
       the right to nominate and ensure the election of a third representative
       on the board of directors of Ultimate Parent, or (B) if the number of
       directors on the board of Ultimate Parent is more or less than five,
       Ultimate Parent Stockholders shall cease to have, or be entitled to have,
       proportional representation on the board of Ultimate Parent equivalent to
       the proportional representation set out in clause (A), or (c) otherwise
       constitutes a "change of control" as defined under the Indenture.".

(3)    Paragraph (54.1) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(54) COLLATERAL" as follows:

       "(54.1) COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT shall mean the agreement between,
       among others, the Collateral Agent, Borrower, Ultimate Parent, the other
       Credit Parties and the Indenture Trustee.".

(4)    Paragraph (54.2) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(54.1) COLLATERAL AGENCY
       AGREEMENT" as follows:

       "(54.2) COLLATERAL AGENT shall mean one or more, as the context so
       requires, of the fonde de pouvoir, the collateral agents, the trustee
       and/or a similar Person, in its capacity as the holder of security for
       the Holders of the Senior Notes, itself and the Indenture Trustee.".

(5)    Paragraph (54.3) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(54.2) COLLATERAL AGENT" as
       follows:

       "(54.3) COLLATERAL AGENT LIENS shall have the meaning given to it in
       SECTION 6.7".

(6)    Paragraph (54.4) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(54.3) COLLATERAL AGENT LIENS"
       as follows:

       "(54.4) COLLATERAL AGENT SECURED PARTIES shall mean the Holders, the
       Collateral Agent and the Indenture Trustee.".

(7)    Paragraph (54.5) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(54.4) COLLATERAL AGENT SECURED
       PARTIES" as follows:

       "(54.4) COLLATERAL AGENT SENIOR COLLATERAL shall mean all assets of the
       Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries which are subject to the prior
       ranking Liens in favour of the Collateral Agent Secured Parties in
       accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.".

(8)    Paragraph (58) of Annex A of the Existing Credit Agreement is amended and
       restated as follows:

       "(58) COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE shall mean the earliest of (a) October
       17, 2002, (b) the date of termination of Lenders' obligations to make
       Loans and/or incur Letter of

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       Credit Obligations or permit existing Loans to remain outstanding
       pursuant to SECTION 8.2(2), and (c) the date of indefeasible prepayment
       in full by Borrower of the Loans and the cancellation and return (or
       stand-by guarantee) of all Letters of Credit or the cash
       collateralization of all Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to ANNEX
       B, and the permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment and the
       Swing Line Commitment to zero dollars ($0)."

(9)    Paragraph (105.1) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(105) GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY"
       as follows:

       "(105.1) GUARANTEE FEES shall mean reasonable fees paid (a) by Borrower
       to Ultimate Parent solely as consideration for the guarantee by Ultimate
       Parent of Borrower's Senior Note Indebtedness or (b) by Ultimate Parent
       to Borrower solely as consideration for the guarantee by Borrower of
       Ultimate Parent's Senior Note Indebtedness, as the context requires and,
       in each case, pursuant to applicable law.".

(10)   Paragraph (111.1) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(111) HKBC LENDERS" as follows:

       "(111.1) HOLDER shall mean a holder of a Unit or Units.".

(11)   Paragraph (116.1) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(116) INDEMNIFIED PERSON" as
       follows:

       "(116.1) INDENTURE shall mean that certain indenture between, among
       others, the Indenture Trustee, Ultimate Parent, Borrower and the other
       Credit Parties with respect to the issuance of the Units and the Senior
       Notes.".

(12)   Paragraph (116.2) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(161.2) INDENTURE" as follows:

       "(116.2) INDENTURE TRUSTEE shall mean the Person acting in the capacity
       as trustee for Holders under the Indenture.".

(13)   Paragraph (122) of Annex A of the Existing Credit Agreement is amended
       and restated as follows:

       "(122) INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT shall mean the intercreditor agreement
       between the Agent, the US Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Collateral
       Agent and the Credit Parties, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent
       and Lenders, under which, among other things, are set out the relative
       priorities of the Liens of the Agent, the Lenders, the US Agent, the US
       Lenders, the Indenture Trustee and the Collateral Agent with respect to
       the Collateral, as amended, supplemented, modified and restated from time
       to time.".

(14)   Paragraph (153.1) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(153) MASKA CANADA BORROWING
       BASE" as follows:

       "(153.1) MASKA CANADA SENIOR NOTES shall mean the US$62,500,000 principal
       amount of senior secured notes issued by Borrower to the Holders pursuant
       to the Indenture.".

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(15)   Paragraph (216.1) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(216) SECURITY AGREEMENTS" as
       follows:

       "(216.1) SENIOR NOTES shall mean, collectively, the Ultimate Parent
       Senior Notes and the Maska Canada Senior Notes.".

(16)   Paragraph (216.2) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(216.1) SENIOR NOTES" as
       follows:

       "(216.2) SENIOR NOTES INDEBTEDNESS shall mean the Indebtedness of
       Ultimate Parent and Borrower under or pursuant to the Indenture and the
       Senior Notes.".

(17)   Paragraph (254.1) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(254) ULTIMATE PARENT
       GUARANTEE" as follows:

       "(254.1) ULTIMATE PARENT SENIOR NOTES shall mean the US$62,500,000
       principal amount of senior secured notes issued by Ultimate Parent to the
       Holders pursuant to the Indenture.".

(18)   Paragraph (256.1) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(256) UNFUNDED PENSION
       LIABILITY" as follows:

       "(256.1) UNIT shall mean one unit of (i) US$ 500 principal amount of
       Ultimate Parent Senior Notes and (ii) US $500 principal amount of Maska
       Canada Senior Notes.".

(19)   Paragraph (256.2) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(256.1) UNIT" as follows:

       (256.2) UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT shall mean the Purchase Agreement between
       Ultimate Parent, Borrower and Jefferies & Company, Inc. pursuant to which
       Jefferies & Company, Inc. have agreed to buy the Units.".

(20)   Paragraph (268.1) is inserted into Annex A of the Existing Credit
       Agreement immediately following the term "(268) US FACILITY LIENS" as
       follows:

       (268.1) US FACILITY OBLIGATIONS shall mean the "OBLIGATIONS", as such
       term is defined in the US Facility Agreement.".

SECTION 6 - MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

6.1    REPLACEMENT OF THE WORDS "TERM LOAN"

On and after the Effective Date, the words "TERM LOAN" are replaced with the
words "SENIOR NOTES INDEBTEDNESS" in the following sections of the Existing
Credit Agreement:

(1)    Section 3.8;

(2)    Paragraph (97) of Annex A (definition of Fixed Charges); and

(3)    Paragraph (209) subparagraph (c) of Annex A (definition of Restricted
       Payment).

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6.2    REPLACEMENT OF WORDS "TERM LOAN AGREEMENT"

On and after the Effective Date, the words "TERM LOAN AGREEMENT" are replaced
with the word "INDENTURE" in Section 6.16 of the Existing Credit Agreement.

6.3    REPLACEMENT OF WORDS "TERM LOAN LIENS"

On and after the Effective Date, the words "TERM LOAN LIENS" are replaced with
"COLLATERAL AGENT LIENS" in the following sections of the Existing Credit
Agreement:

(1)    Section 1.6 (6)(b)(B);

(2)    Section 1.7(1)(b);

(3)    Section 1.7(4)(b); and

(4)    Section 3.3(6).

6.4    CERTIFICATE OF ULTIMATE PARENT

On and after the Effective Date, clause (13.1) is inserted into Annex E of the
Existing Credit Agreement immediately following clause (13) as follows:

       "(13.1) CERTIFICATE OF ULTIMATE PARENT. Prior to any payment by Ultimate
       Parent of Guarantee Fees, to Agent and Lenders, a certificate of Ultimate
       Parent's Vice-President, Finance and Administration designating the
       amount that Ultimate Parent proposes to pay to Borrower as a Guarantee
       Fee.".

SECTION 7 - CONSENTS AND WAIVERS

7.1    WAIVERS OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Agent and Requisite Lenders hereby waive any Events of Default that may have
occurred as a result of Borrower and Ultimate Parent making the payments with
respect to the Indebtedness under the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement,
Term Loan Facility 1 and Term Loan Facility 2, with the net proceeds of the
issuance of the Senior Notes, as more particularly described in Exhibit A.

SECTION 8 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Fourth Amendment, Borrower
makes the following representations and warranties to Agent and each Lender,
each of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Fourth
Amendment:

8.1    CORPORATE POWER, AUTHORIZATION AND ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATIONS

(1)    The execution and delivery by each Credit Party of this Fourth Amendment,
       and the performance by each Credit Party of its obligations under this
       Fourth Amendment and the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this
       Fourth Amendment:

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       (a)    are within such Credit Party's corporate power;

       (b)    have been duly authorized by all necessary or proper corporate and
              shareholder action of such Credit Party;

       (c)    do not contravene any provision of such Credit Party's constating
              documents or by-laws or any shareholder's agreement to which such
              Credit Party is a party;

       (d)    do not violate any law or regulation, or any order or decree of
              any court or Governmental Authority;

       (e)    do not conflict with or result in the breach or termination of,
              constitute a default under or accelerate or permit the
              acceleration of any performance required by, any indenture,
              mortgage, deed of trust, lease, agreement or other instrument to
              which such Credit Party is a party or by which such Credit Party
              or any of its property is bound;

       (f)    do not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any
              of the property of such Credit Party; and

       (g)    do not require the consent or approval of any Governmental
              Authority or any other Person.

(2)    This Fourth Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit
       Party and this Fourth Amendment and the Existing Credit Agreement, as
       amended by this Fourth Amendment, constitute legal, valid and binding
       obligations of each Credit Party and are enforceable against it in
       accordance with their respective terms.

(3)    Borrower has delivered to Agent a true and complete photocopy of the
       Indenture and each of the documents and instruments described in the
       schedule of additional documents attached hereto as Schedule "B"
       (collectively, the "INDENTURE DOCUMENTS") required to be delivered
       thereunder as conditions precedent to this Fourth Amendment becoming
       effective.

8.2    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES TRUE AND CORRECT

After giving effect to this Fourth Amendment on the Effective Date, each of the
representations and warranties of every Credit Party contained in the Existing
Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents is true and correct on and
as of the Effective Date as if made on such date, except to the extent any such
representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date and except for
changes expressly permitted or expressly contemplated by the Existing Credit
Agreement and subsequent amendments thereto.

8.3    NO DEFAULT OR EVENT OF DEFAULT

After giving effect to this Fourth Amendment on the Effective Date, no Default
or Event of Default shall be continuing.

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SECTION 9 - AMENDMENT FEE

To induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Fourth Amendment, Borrower agrees
to pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, an amendment fee of
US$70,000 ("AMENDMENT FEE").

SECTION 10 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

10.1   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT BECOMING EFFECTIVE

This Fourth Amendment shall become effective as of the date on which the
following conditions shall have been satisfied in a manner satisfactory to Agent
or waived in writing by Agent and Lenders (such date is referred to herein as
the "EFFECTIVE DATE"):

(1)    FOURTH AMENDMENT; INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. This Fourth Amendment
       (including Schedule "A" hereto) or counterparts hereof shall have been
       duly executed by the Credit Parties, Agent and Lenders, and delivered to
       Borrower, Agent and Lenders. The Intercreditor Agreement (as described in
       Section 5.1(13), the "INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT") or counterparts thereof
       in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and Lenders shall have been
       executed by and delivered to the parties thereto (with delivery to
       Borrower constituting delivery to all Credit Parties).

(2)    COMPLETION OF OFFERING OF UNITS; INDENTURE DOCUMENTS. The offering and
       sale of the Units shall have been completed as contemplated in the
       Offering Circular dated March 11, 2002 (3:10 a.m. printed version) under
       which the Units are being offered for sale and, for greater certainty, no
       amendment or supplement thereto shall have been made that is not
       acceptable to Agent and Lenders. The interest rates under the Senior
       Notes shall be acceptable to Lenders, acting reasonably. The Indenture
       Documents shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and
       Lenders and copies of such documents shall have been delivered to Agent.
       The Indenture Documents also shall be in full force and effect.

(3)    OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE. Agent shall have received (in sufficient number of
       copies for distribution to Lenders) a certificate of an officer of
       Borrower certifying that the Indenture Documents are in full force and
       effect and that attached to such certificate are accurate and complete
       copies thereof.

(4)    AMENDED OPERATING PLAN. Agent and Lenders shall have received an amended
       and restated annual operating plan from Ultimate Parent and its
       Subsidiaries, in the form described in Clause (3) of Annex E of the
       Existing Credit Agreement, after having given effect to the issuance of
       the Units.

(5)    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Notwithstanding Clause (4) of Annex E of the
       Existing Credit Agreement, Agent and Lenders shall have received audited
       Financial Statements from Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries and the
       accompanying materials described in that Clause (4), for the Fiscal Year
       ended December 31, 2001.

(6)    DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. Agent and Lenders shall have received, not fewer
       than two (2) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, an amended and
       restated DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 3.27, setting forth the required information
       in respect of each Credit Party, which

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       schedule shall, as of the date of delivery, be marked to show any changes
       since the Closing Date.

(7)    FEES. Agent shall have received, for its and/or Lenders' accounts, as
       applicable, all fees due and payable to Agent and/or Lenders, including,
       without limitation, the Amendment Fee.

(8)    OPINIONS. Agent and Lenders shall have received legal opinions from
       counsel to the Credit Parties in respect of this Fourth Amendment, the
       Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Fourth Amendment, and the
       Intercreditor Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent,
       acting reasonably.

SECTION 11 - MISCELLANEOUS

11.1   RATIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION OF LOAN DOCUMENTS

Except as specifically amended by this Fourth Amendment, the Existing Credit
Agreement and all other Loan Documents (including all Guarantees) shall remain
in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

11.2   RESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

This Fourth Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as
a waiver of any right or remedy of Agent or Lenders under any of the Loan
Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provisions of the Loan Documents.
Agent and Lenders reserve all of their rights to proceed to enforce their rights
and remedies at any time and from time to time in connection with any and all
Defaults or Events of Default now existing or hereafter arising.

11.3   REFERENCES IN LOAN DOCUMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

On and after the Effective Date, each reference in the Loan Documents to the
Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Existing Credit Agreement,
as amended hereby.

11.4   HEADINGS

The headings used herein are for convenience only and do not constitute matters
to be considered in interpreting this Fourth Amendment.

11.5   REIMBURSEMENT

Without limiting any provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement, Borrower
agrees to reimburse Agent for all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses,
including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel, in connection with
the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Fourth Amendment
and the documents contemplated hereby.

11.6   COUNTERPARTS

This Fourth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall together
constitute one agreement. Delivery of

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an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Fourth Amendment by
facsimile shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Fourth Amendment.

11.7   LENDER AUTHORIZATION REGARDING INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

Each of the Lenders hereby approves the Intercreditor Agreement and authorizes
the Agent to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement. Each of the
Lenders acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Intercreditor Agreement.

11.8   LOAN DOCUMENT

This Fourth Amendment constitutes a Loan Document.

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The parties have executed this Agreement.

                                    SPORT MASKA INC., as Borrower

                                    By: /s/ Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        -------------------------------
                                        Name: Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        Title: Vice President, Finance
                                               and Administration

                                    THE HOCKEY COMPANY, as a Credit Party

                                    By: /s/ Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        -------------------------------
                                        Name: Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        Title: Chief Financial Officer
                                               and Vice President,
                                               Finance and Administration

                                    SLM TRADEMARK ACQUISITION CANADA
                                    CORPORATION, as Credit Party

                                    By: /s/ Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        -------------------------------
                                        Name: Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        Title: Vice President, Finance
                                               and Administration

                                    SPORTS HOLDINGS CORP., as Credit Party

                                    By: /s/ Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        -------------------------------
                                        Name: Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        Title: Vice President, Finance
                                               and Administration

                                    MASKA U.S., INC., as Credit Party

                                    By: /s/ Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        -------------------------------
                                        Name: Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        Title: Vice President, Finance
                                               and Administration

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                                    SLM TRADEMARK ACQUISITION CORP., as Credit
                                    Party

                                    By: /s/ Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        -------------------------------
                                        Name: Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        Title: Vice President, Finance
                                               and Administration

                                    WAP HOLDINGS INC., as Credit Party

                                    By: /s/ Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        -------------------------------
                                        Name: Robert A. Desrosiers
                                        Title: Vice President, Finance
                                               and Administration

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                                    GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CANADA INC., as
                                    Agent and Lender

                                    By:  /s/ Stephen B. Smith
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Stephen B. Smith
                                         Title:

                                    CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION (CANADA), as
                                    Lender

                                    By:  /s/ Wendy Whitcher
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name: Wendy Whitcher
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                                                             EXHIBIT 10.01

                              CONSULTING AGREEMENT

         THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into
as of the 12th day of November, 2001, by and between NeoPharm, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and Unicorn Pharma Consulting, Inc., a North
Carolina corporation ("Consulting Company") and its employee, Matthew P. Rogan,
M.D. (the "Supervising Consultant" and with the Consulting Company, the
"Consultant").

         In consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements and warranties
herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

         (a) "BUSINESS" means the business of researching, developing, testing,
licensing, manufacturing, distributing and marketing pharmaceutical products
used in the treatment of cancer or any other business, operation, or commercial
endeavor that is the same or reasonably similar thereto, including any business
engaged in or conducted by the Company or its affiliates or subsidiaries at any
time during the term of this Agreement.

         (b) "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" means any information, observation,
idea, patent, design, improvements, plan, invention, trade secret or data, in
whatever form or medium, concerning the business or affairs of the Company,
including, without limitation, products, processes, inventions (whether or not
patentable or registrable under copyright or similar laws and whether or not
reduced to practice), discoveries, concepts, ideas, improvements, techniques,
methods, specifications, data, know-how, products in development, investment
opportunities, the identity of potential or actual collaborators, customers or
suppliers, records, computer software (including data and related
documentation), methods of operation, pricing and bid strategies, technical and
research data, financial information, financing plans, business or marketing
techniques, strategies, forecasts or developments, product or system ideas or
designs, and other trade secrets; provided that "Confidential Information" shall
not include any information which is in the public domain through no fault of
Consulting Company or the Supervising Consultant.

2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

         (a) As a condition to entering into this Agreement, Company requires
the receipt and performance of the covenants described herein from Consulting
Company and the Supervising Consultant, which covenants Consulting Company and
the Supervising Consultant acknowledge and agree are fair and reasonable.
Consulting Company and the Supervising Consultant acknowledge that: (i) the
Confidential Information is highly confidential and valuable, and constitutes
trade secrets, (ii) the Services rendered by the Consultant will be of a special
character which have a unique value to the Company, (iii) the terms, provisions
and restrictions contained in this Agreement are in addition to, and not in lieu
of the Illinois Trade Secrets Act, as amended from time to time.
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         (b) Consulting Company and the Supervising Consultant further
acknowledge and agree that the Consulting Company and the Supervising Consultant
will act as independent contractors in the performance and satisfaction of their
duties and obligations under this Agreement. Accordingly, Consultant
acknowledges and agrees to be responsible for the payment of all federal, state
and local taxes arising out of or related to this Agreement and the Services (as
defined below) to be provided by the Consultant.

3. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONSULTANT. The Consultant shall provide,
principally through the Supervising Consultant, certain services to the Company
("Services") during the term of this Agreement. Such Services shall include, but
are not limited to, those Services set forth on Schedule A. Such Services shall
be performed in accordance with the highest standards, customs and ethical
principles generally applicable to the provision of services such as the
Services. The Consultant agrees that the Supervising Consultant shall dedicate a
minimum of twenty-five (25) hours per week to providing the Services to the
Company.

4. COMPENSATION. The Company shall pay the Consulting Company in accordance with
Schedule A. The Company will also provide, without charge to the Consultant,
such support facilities and office space at the Company's principal offices, as
may be required, in the Company's reasonable judgment, to allow the Consultant
to perform the Services. All fees paid hereunder shall be paid to the Consulting
Company. The Consulting Company shall provide invoices to the Company for
Services performed by the Consultant, and expenses incurred, on a monthly basis,
with the exception, however, that an initial payment of $30,000 shall be paid by
the Company to the Consulting Company upon execution of this Agreement, which
advance payment shall be set off against amounts thereafter invoiced by the
Consulting Company.

5. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. The Consultant represents and warrants to the Company
that the Consulting Company and the Supervising Consultant do not have any
relationship with a third party which would represent a conflict of interest
with the rendering of the Services or the performance of duties by the
Consultant hereunder, prevent the Consultant from entering into or carrying out
the terms of this Agreement, or present any opportunity for the disclosure of
any Confidential Information of the Company. The Consultant represents and
warrants to the Company that any information that the Consultant provides to the
Company shall not be in violation of or in conflict with the Illinois Trade
Secret Act.

6. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

         (a) COVENANTS REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The Consultant
covenants and agrees that, during the term of this Agreement and continuing
thereafter, the Consulting Company and the Supervising Consultant shall hold all
Confidential Information in the strictest confidence and shall not: (i) disclose
or make use of the Confidential Information for any purpose whatsoever other
than the performance of Services to the Company, or (ii) disclose to any person
or entity or use for the Consultant's benefit or for the benefit of others,
directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information. Upon the termination of
this Agreement, the Consultant shall cease use of and deliver to the Company all
Confidential Information in the possession or control of the Consultant. Prior
to disclosing any Confidential Information, pursuant to subclause (i) above, the
Consultant shall (y) obtain the prior written authorization of
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the Company and (z) cause the party to whom such disclosure is made to provide
the Company with reasonable assurances (in form and substance satisfactory to
the Company in its sole and absolute discretion) that it will not further
disclose such Confidential Information without the Company's consent.

         (b) NON-SOLICITATION & NON-INTERFERENCE. The Consultant covenants and
agrees that, except to the extent required to perform Services hereunder, during
the term of this Agreement and for a period of one (1) year thereafter, the
Consulting Company and the Supervising Consultant shall not: (i) persuade or
attempt to persuade any consultant, supplier, customer or business associates of
the Company to terminate or modify his or her or its relationship with the
Company or (ii) hire any employee or former employee of the Company or knowingly
solicit any business from any supplier or potential supplier, or customer or
potential client or business associates of the Company.

         (c) OWNERSHIP OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. All Confidential
Information, including without limitation trade secrets, conceived, created or
acquired by the Consultant, alone or with others, during the term of or
resulting from this Agreement or any prior Services provided by the Consultant
to the Company that is within the scope of the Business is the exclusive
property of Company. The phrase "within the scope of the Business" shall be
broadly construed. The Consultant agrees to disclose promptly to the Company any
and all such Confidential Information and to assist the Company in every way to
secure the Company's rights in such Confidential Information including without
limitation any copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other rights relating
thereto.

         (d) RETURN OF PROPERTY. The Consultant acknowledges and agrees that all
Company property, including Confidential Information, keys, credit cards, books,
manuals, records, reports, notes, contracts, customer lists, and other
information defined as confidential and proprietary in any other agreement
between the parties, copies of any of the foregoing, and any equipment furnished
to the Consultant by the Company, including, but not limited to computer
software, belong to the Company and shall be promptly returned to the Company
upon termination of this Agreement.

         (e) DEVELOPMENTS OF THE COMPANY. All ideas, inventions, trademarks,
works of art, photographs, publishable materials, and other developments or
improvements created, conceived or developed by the Consultant, alone or with
others, during the term of this Agreement, whether or not during working hours,
that are within the scope of the Company's Business, or that relate to any
Company work or projects, shall be conclusively presumed to have been created
for or on behalf of the Company ("Developments"). The Consultant shall disclose
promptly to the Company any and all such Developments. Such Developments are the
exclusive property of the Company without the payment of consideration therefor,
and the Consultant hereby transfers, assigns and conveys all of the Consultant's
rights, titles and interests in any such Developments to the Company and agrees
to execute and deliver any documents that the Company deems necessary to effect
such transfer on the demand of the Company. The Consultant agrees to assist the
Company, at its expense, to obtain patents on any such patentable ideas,
inventions, trademarks, and other developments, and agree to execute all
documents necessary to obtain such patents in the name of the Company. This
Agreement does not apply to any inventions
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which were made prior to the date of this Agreement and which are listed on
Schedule B attached hereto (if any) or for which no equipment, supplies,
facility or trade secret information of the Company was used and which was
developed entirely on the Consultant's own time unless: (1) the invention
relates (a) to the Business of the Company or (b) to the Company's actual
demonstratively anticipated research or development, or (2) the invention
results from any work performed by the Supervising Consultant for the Company.

         (f) WORK MADE FOR HIRE. The Consultant recognizes and understands that
the Consultant's duties at the Company may include the preparation of materials,
including written or graphic materials and other Developments, and that any such
materials conceived or written by Consultant shall be done as "work made for
hire" as defined and used in the Federal Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 101.
In the event of publication of such materials, the Consultant understands that
since such work is "work made for hire," the Company shall solely retain and own
all rights in such materials, including any right of copyright.

         (g) REMEDIES. If the Consultant breaches, or threatens to commit a
breach of, this Section, the Company shall have the following rights and
remedies, each of which rights and remedies shall be independent of the other
and severally enforceable, and all of which rights and remedies shall be in
addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to the
Company under law or in equity:

                           (i) the right and remedy to have this Section
         specifically enforced by any court having equity jurisdiction, it being
         acknowledged and agreed that any such breach of threatened breach will
         cause irreparable injury to the Company and that money damages alone
         will not provide an adequate remedy to the Company; and

                           (ii) the right and remedy to require the Consultant
         to account for and pay over to the Company all compensation, profits,
         monies, accruals, increments or other benefits derived or received by
         the Consultant as the result of any actions or transactions
         constituting a breach of this Section.

The Company may exercise its rights and remedies under this Section without the
necessity of proving actual damages or posting bond. Moreover, if the Consultant
breaches any of the provisions of this Section, the running of any restrictive
period shall be suspended during the continuance of any actual breach or
violation.

                  (h) BLUE-PENCILING. If any court determines that this
Agreement, or any part thereof, is unenforceable because of the duration of such
provision or the area covered thereby, such court shall have the power to reduce
the duration or area of such provision and, in its reduced form, such provision
shall then be enforceable and shall be enforced. If any provision of this
Agreement is held by a court to be invalid, void, or unenforceable and the court
does not elect to reduce such provision, this Agreement shall be deemed amended
to delete therefrom such provision or portion adjudicated to be invalid or
unenforceable without in any way affecting the remaining parts of this
Agreement.
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7. TERM AND TERMINATION. The initial term of this Agreement will be for four (4)
months and will automatically renew for successive one (1) month terms unless
prior thereto the Consultant has completed the Services hereunder or the
Consultant provides notice to Company, or the Company provides notice to the
Consultant, of an intention to terminate this Agreement no earlier than seven
(7) days after the date of such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company may terminate this Agreement at any time based on the Consultant's
failure to provide the Services to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company.
The Company may also terminate this Agreement based on the Consultant's failure
to comply with Paragraphs 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 17. Upon any termination (including
wrongful termination) of this Agreement by the Company, the Company shall only
be liable to the Consultant for Services actually provided and the Consultant
shall not be entitled to any additional compensation or payments from the
Company

         The Consultant specifically acknowledges and agrees that
notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, Sections 2, 6, 9, 14, 16,
and 17 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

8. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT; WAIVER; ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement constitutes
the entire agreement between the parties respecting the subject matter contained
herein, and supersedes all other prior agreements, contracts or arrangements and
may not be modified or amended except in a writing signed by both parties. No
waiver or discharge of any breach of this Agreement shall be effective unless it
is in a writing signed by all parties hereto. Any waiver of any breach of any
provision of this Agreement shall not be a waiver of any subsequent breach of
the same or of any other provision of this Agreement. The Consultant may not
assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights hereunder. The Company may
assign or transfer this Agreement and the rights hereunder at any time upon
providing written notice to the Consultant. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of Company's successors and assigns.

9. INDEMNIFICATION. The Consultant shall indemnify the Company and the Company's
respective officers, directors, independent contractors, representatives
shareholders, affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively the "Company
Affiliates") against, and agree to defend and hold harmless from, any and all
liabilities, losses, costs, damages, penalties or expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and costs of investigation
and action, suit or proceeding) incurred or suffered by the Company or any
Company Affiliate arising out of any breach or threatened breach of this
Agreement by the Consultant.

10. WAIVER. The failure of a party hereto at any time or times to require
performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner effect its right at a
later time to enforce the same. No waiver by a party of any condition or of any
breach of any term, covenant, representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement shall be effective unless in writing, and no waiver in any one or more
instances shall be deemed to be a further or continuing waiver of any such
condition or breach in other instances or a waiver of any other condition or
breach of any other term, covenant, representation or warranty.

11. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
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12. HEADINGS. The headings preceding the text of Sections of this Agreement are
for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed part of this
Agreement.

13. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to
its conflict of law rules.

14. VENUE; JURISDICTION.

         (a) The Consultant irrevocably agrees that all actions or proceedings
in any way, manner or respect, arising out of or from or related to this
Agreement shall be litigated only in courts having situs within the City of
Chicago, State of Illinois. The Consultant hereby consents to the jurisdiction
of any local, state, or federal court located within said City and State and
hereby waives any objections based on improper venue or forum non conveniens to
the conduct of any proceeding instituted hereunder.

         (b) The Consultant irrevocably waives any right to trial by jury in any
action or proceeding (i) to enforce or defend any rights under or in connection
with this Agreement or any amendment, instrument, document or other agreement
delivered or which may in the future be delivered in connection herewith or
therewith or (ii) arising from any dispute or controversy in connection with or
related to this agreement or any such amendment, instrument, document or other
agreement, and agree that any such action or proceeding shall be tried before a
court and not before a jury.

15. CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY. This Agreement is a legal document. The
Consultant is advised to consult with an attorney before signing this Agreement.

16. ATTORNEYS' FEES. In the event any legal proceeding is commenced for the
purpose of interpreting, construing, enforcing or claiming under this Agreement,
the Company shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees in such
proceeding, or on any appeal therefrom

17. ILLINOIS TRADE SECRETS ACT. Without in any way limiting the Consultant's
other obligations, duties and responsibilities hereunder, the Consultant agrees
to be subject to, bound by and comply with the Illinois Trade Secrets Act, as
amended from time to time.

18. LOCATION OF WORK. The Consultant agrees that the Consultant shall perform
the Services principally at the offices of the Company set forth in paragraph
19, or such other location as the Company may reasonably request from time to
time, it being acknowledged by the Company, however, that certain aspects of the
Services may be performed, with the Company's consent, at locations other than
the Company's offices

19. NOTICES. All notices, demands, requests or communications which may be
required to be given by one party to the other party shall be in wiring, shall
be delivered either personally, by registered or certified mail, by messenger
service, or by facsimile transmission, and shall be addressed as follows:
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         If to Company:                     NeoPharm, Inc.
                                            150 Field Drive, Suite 195
                                            Lake Forest, IL 60045
                                            Fax No.:  (847) 295-8854
                                            Attn: James M. Hussey, President

         If to Consulting Company:          Unicorn Pharma Consulting, Inc.
                                            103 High Country Drive
                                            Cary, NC 27513
                                            Fax No.: (919) 468-1427
                                            Attn: President

         If to Supervising Consultant:      Dr. Matthew P. Rogan
                                            c/o Unicorn Pharma Consultants, Inc.
                                            103 HighCountry Drive
                                            Cary, NC   27513
                                            Fax No.: (919) 468-1427

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

NEOPHARM, INC.                              UNICORN PHARMA CONSULTING, INC.

By: ______________________________          By: _____________________________
Name: ____________________________          Name: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________          Title: __________________________

                                            SUPERVISING CONSULTANT:

                                            ---------------------------------
                                            Matthew P. Rogan, M.D.
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                                   SCHEDULE A

                             DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

         The Company wishes to enlist the services of the Consulting Company to
assist with an anticipated expansion of staff during 2002 in the Pre-Clinical
and Clinical Development areas. Responsibilities of this role will include: 1)
consulting with the Company's CSO and CMO in defining the skill set of personnel
needed to achieve the goals and objectives of their respective groups during
2002; 2) screening and helping select executive search firms needed to achieve
the objective described previously; 3) helping to establish a timeline for the
hiring of the necessary staff to achieve the Company's 2002 objectives; 4)
advising the Company regarding infrastructure and process issues to most
efficiently achieve the 2002 goals; and 5) performing additional tasks as
requested by the Company.

         The compensation to the Consulting Company for consulting services
rendered under this Agreement will be $300.00 per hour. The Company anticipates
that this assignment should be completed within four months and the Consulting
Company will be available to perform services hereunder for approximately
twenty-five (25) hours per week (the Consulting Company staff will provide
consulting services at the Company site two days per week on average). A
retainer of $30,000.00 will be paid upon the execution of this Agreement and
repeated within one week after each 100 hour segment of invoiced services have
been billed. The Company will reimburse the Consulting Company for lodging, meal
and transportation expenses related to this project. Any monies remaining from
the last retainer, once the final invoice is submitted, will be returned to the
Company at the termination of this Agreement.
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                                   SCHEDULE B

         INVENTIONS MADE PRIOR TO THIS AGREEMENT AND EXCLUDED FROM
PARAGRAPH 6(e):

                                      NONE

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