Document:

Exhibit 4.1

CLASS B UNIT

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

GLOBAL PARTNERS LP

and

THE PURCHASERS PARTY
HERETO

Table of Contents

	
  ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 1.01

  	
  Definitions

  	
  1

  
	
  Section 1.02

  	
  Accounting Procedures and Interpretation

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II AGREEMENT TO SELL AND PURCHASE

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 2.01

  	
  Sale and Purchase

  	
  5

  
	
  Section 2.02

  	
  Closing

  	
  5

  
	
  Section 2.03

  	
  Mutual Conditions

  	
  5

  
	
  Section 2.04

  	
  The Purchasers’ Conditions

  	
  6

  
	
  Section 2.05

  	
  Global’s Conditions

  	
  7

  
	
  Section 2.06

  	
  Global Deliveries

  	
  7

  
	
  Section 2.07

  	
  Purchasers’ Deliveries

  	
  8

  
	
  Section 2.08

  	
  Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and
  Rights

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF GLOBAL

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 3.01

  	
  Existence

  	
  9

  
	
  Section 3.02

  	
  Purchased Units, Capitalization and Valid Issuance

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 3.03

  	
  Global SEC Documents

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 3.04

  	
  No Material Adverse Change

  	
  12

  
	
  Section 3.05

  	
  Litigation

  	
  12

  
	
  Section 3.06

  	
  No Conflicts

  	
  12

  
	
  Section 3.07

  	
  Authority, Enforceability

  	
  13

  
	
  Section 3.08

  	
  Compliance with Laws

  	
  13

  
	
  Section 3.09

  	
  Approvals

  	
  13

  
	
  Section 3.10

  	
  MLP Status

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 3.11

  	
  Investment Company Status

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 3.12

  	
  Certain Fees

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 3.13

  	
  No Side Agreements

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 3.14

  	
  Preemptive Rights or Registration Rights

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 3.15

  	
  No Registration

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 3.16

  	
  No Integration

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 3.17

  	
  Insurance

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 3.18

  	
  Internal Accounting Controls

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 3.19

  	
  Form S-3 Eligibility

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 3.20

  	
  Terms of Class B Units; Class B Unit Vote

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 3.21

  	
  Material Agreements

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
  PURCHASERS

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 4.01

  	
  Existence

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 4.02

  	
  Authorization, Enforceability

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 4.03

  	
  No Breach

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 4.04

  	
  Certain Fees

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 4.05

  	
  No Side Agreements

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 4.06

  	
  Investment

  	
  16

  

 

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  Section 4.07

  	
  Nature of Purchasers

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 4.08

  	
  Receipt of Information; Authorization

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 4.09

  	
  Restricted Securities

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 4.10

  	
  Legend

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V COVENANTS

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 5.01

  	
  Subsequent Offerings

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 5.02

  	
  Shareholder Vote With Respect to Conversion

  	
  18

  
	
  Section 5.03

  	
  Lock-Up

  	
  18

  
	
  Section 5.04

  	
  Vote For Conversion of Class B Units

  	
  18

  
	
  Section 5.05

  	
  Taking of Necessary Action

  	
  18

  
	
  Section 5.06

  	
  Other Actions

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 5.07

  	
  Use of Proceeds

  	
  19

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION, COSTS AND EXPENSES

  	
  19

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 6.01

  	
  Indemnification by Global

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 6.02

  	
  Indemnification by the Purchasers

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 6.03

  	
  Indemnification Procedure

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS

  	
  21

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 7.01

  	
  Interpretation and Survival of Provisions

  	
  21

  
	
  Section 7.02

  	
  Survival of Provisions

  	
  21

  
	
  Section 7.03

  	
  No Waiver; Modifications in Writing

  	
  21

  
	
  Section 7.04

  	
  Binding Effect; Assignment

  	
  22

  
	
  Section 7.05

  	
  Non-Disclosure

  	
  22

  
	
  Section 7.06

  	
  Communications

  	
  22

  
	
  Section 7.07

  	
  Removal of Legend

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 7.08

  	
  Entire Agreement

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 7.09

  	
  Governing Law

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 7.10

  	
  Execution in Counterparts

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 7.11

  	
  Termination.

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 7.12

  	
  Recapitalization, Exchanges, Etc. Affecting the
  Purchased Units

  	
  24

  

 

Schedule A - List of Purchasers and Commitment Amounts

Schedule B - Notice and Contact Information

Exhibit A —  Form
of Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit B —  Form
of Opinion of Global Counsel

Exhibit C —  Form of Second Amended and Restated Agreement
of Limited Partnership of Global Partners LP

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CLASS B UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This CLASS B UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of
March 17, 2007 (this “Agreement”), is by and among GLOBAL PARTNERS
LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Global”), and each of the
purchasers set forth in Schedule A hereto (the “Purchasers”).

WHEREAS, Global desires to sell to each of the
Purchasers, and each of the Purchasers desires, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from Global, certain Class B Units, in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Global has agreed to provide the Purchasers
with certain registration rights with respect to the Common Units underlying
the Class B Units acquired pursuant hereto.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01  Definitions.  As
used in this Agreement, and unless the context requires a different meaning,
the following terms have the meanings indicated:

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified
Person, any other Person, whether now in existence or hereafter created,
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person.  For
purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, “controlling”,
“controlled by”, and “under common control with”) means the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.

“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph.

“Basic Documents” means, collectively, this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Class B Amendment, the
Non-Disclosure Agreements and any and all other agreements or instruments
executed and delivered by the Parties on even date herewith or at the Closing
relating to the issuance and sale of the Purchased Units, or any amendments,
supplements, continuations or modifications thereto.

“Business Day” means any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday, any federal legal holiday or day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or
other governmental action to close.

“Class B Amendment”  means the Second Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of Global, in all material respects in the
form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A.

“Class B Unit Price” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(b).

“Class B Units” means the Class B Units
representing limited partner interests in Global as established by the Class B
Amendment.

“Closing” shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.02.

“Closing Date” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 2.02.

“Commission” means the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission.

“Common Units” means the common units
representing limited partner interests in Global.

“Delaware LP Act” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 3.02.

“Delaware LLC Act” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 3.02.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Exxon Purchase Agreement” means that certain
Terminals Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2007, by and
between Global Companies LLC and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation.

“Exxon Terminals Acquisition” means the
acquisition of certain terminal assets from ExxonMobil Oil Corporation pursuant
to the Exxon Purchase Agreement.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America in effect from time to time.

“General Partner” means Global GP LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.

“Global” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph.

“Global Credit Facility” means the Credit
Agreement, dated October 4, 2005, among Global Operating LLC, Global Companies
LLC, Global Montello Group LLC, Glen Hes Corp. and Chelsea Sandwich LLC, as
borrowers, Global Partners LP and Global GP LLC, as guarantors, each lender
from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative
agent and L/C issuer, as amended from time to time.

“Global Financial Statements” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 3.03.

“Global Material Adverse Effect” means any
material and adverse effect on (a) the assets, liabilities, financial
condition, business, operations, affairs or prospects of Global and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) the ability of the Global Parties taken
as a whole to carry on their business as such business is conducted as of the
date hereof or to meet their obligations under the Basic Documents on a timely
basis; or (c) the ability of Global to consummate the transactions under
any Basic Document provided, however, that with respect to Section
2.04(b), Section 2.04(g), Section 2.06(g), and Section
7.11 a Global Material Adverse Effect shall not

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include any material and
adverse effect on the foregoing to the extent such material and adverse effect
results from, arises out of, or relates to (x) a general deterioration in
the economy or changes in the general state of the industries in which the
Global Parties operate, except to the extent that the Global Parties, taken as
a whole, are adversely affected in a disproportionate manner as compared to
other industry participants, (y) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities
involving the United States, the declaration by the United States of a national
emergency or war or the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis, including
acts of terrorism, or (z) any change in accounting requirements or
principles imposed upon Global and its Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses or any change in applicable Law, or the interpretation thereof.

“Global Parties” means Global, the General
Partner, and all of Global’s Subsidiaries.

“Global Related Parties” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 6.02.

“Global SEC Documents” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 3.03.

“Governmental Authority” means, with respect to
a particular Person, any country, state, county, city and political subdivision
in which such Person or such Person’s Property is located or that exercises
valid jurisdiction over any such Person or such Person’s Property, and any
court, agency, department, commission, board, bureau or instrumentality of any
of them and any monetary authority that exercises valid jurisdiction over any
such Person or such Person’s Property. 
Unless otherwise specified, all references to Governmental Authority
herein with respect to Global means a Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over Global, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
Properties.

“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 6.03.

“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 6.03.

“Law” means any federal, state, local or
foreign order, writ, injunction, judgment, settlement, award, decree, statute,
law, rule or regulation.

“Lien” means any interest in Property securing
an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the
Property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or
contract, and whether such obligation or claim is fixed or contingent, and
including but not limited to the lien or security interest arising from a
mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, security agreement, conditional sale or trust
receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes.  For the purpose of this Agreement, a Person
shall be deemed to be the owner of any Property that it has acquired or holds
subject to a conditional sale agreement, or leases under a financing lease or
other arrangement pursuant to which title to the Property has been retained by
or vested in some other Person in a transaction intended to create a financing.

“Lock-Up Date” means 90 days from the
Closing Date.

“NYSE” shall mean The New York Stock Exchange,
Inc.

 “Non-Disclosure
Agreements” means that certain letter agreement, dated January 16, 2007,
between Global and KA Fund Advisors, LLC, that certain letter agreement, dated
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2007, between Global and
Fiduciary Asset Management, LLC and that certain letter agreement, dated March
12, 2007, between Global and Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.

“Partnership Agreement” means the First Amended
and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Global Partners LP dated
October 4, 2005, as amended from time to time, including by the Class B
Amendment.

“Partnership Securities” means any class or
series of equity interest in Global (but excluding any options, rights,
warrants and appreciation rights relating to an equity interest in Global),
including without limitation Common Units, Class B Units, Subordinated Units
and Incentive Distribution Rights (as defined in the Partnership Agreement).

“Permits” means, with respect to Global or any
of its Subsidiaries, any licenses, permits, variances, consents,
authorizations, waivers, grants, franchises, concessions, exemptions, orders,
registrations and approvals of Governmental Authorities or other Persons
necessary for the ownership, leasing, operation, occupancy or use of its
Properties or the conduct of its businesses as currently conducted or proposed
to be conducted.

“Person” means any individual, corporation,
company, voluntary association, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited
liability company, unincorporated organization or government or any agency,
instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, or any other form of entity.

“Property” means any interest in any kind of
property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.

“Purchase Price” means, with respect to a
particular Purchaser, the monetary commitment amount equal to the product of
the number of Purchased Units for such Purchaser, multiplied by the Class B
Unit Price.

“Purchased Units” means with respect to each
Purchaser, the number of Class B Units as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s
name on Schedule A hereto.

“Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph.

“Purchaser Related Parties” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 6.01.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the
Registration Rights Agreement, to be entered into at the Closing, between
Global and the Purchasers in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

“Representatives” of any Person means the
officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, counsel, accountants,
investment bankers and other representatives of such Person.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Subordinated Units” means the subordinated
units representing limited partner interests in Global.

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“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any
corporation or other entity of which: (i) such Person or a Subsidiary of
such Person is a general partner or manager; (ii) at least a majority of
the outstanding equity interest having by the terms thereof ordinary voting
power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body
of such corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time
any equity interest of any other class or classes of such corporation or other
entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such
Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries; or (iii) any corporation or other
entity as to which such Person consolidates for accounting purposes.

“Unitholders” means the unitholders of Global.

Section 1.02  Accounting
Procedures and Interpretation.  Unless otherwise specified
herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all
determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and
all Global Financial Statements and certificates and reports as to financial
matters required to be furnished to the Purchasers hereunder shall be prepared,
in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods
involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of
unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q promulgated by the
Commission) and in compliance as to form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations
of the Commission with respect thereto.

ARTICLE II

AGREEMENT
TO SELL AND PURCHASE

Section 2.01  Sale
and Purchase.

(a)                                  Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, Global hereby agrees to issue and sell to
each Purchaser and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, hereby agrees to
purchase from Global, the number of Purchased Units as set forth on Schedule A
opposite the name of such Purchaser, and each Purchaser agrees to pay Global
the Class B Unit Price for each Purchased Unit as set forth in paragraph (b)
below.

(b)                                 The
amount per Class B Unit each Purchaser will pay to Global to purchase the
Purchased Units (the “Class B Unit Price”) hereunder shall be $28.00,
provided, however, that if the Closing Date is after the record date for the
distribution to Unitholders with respect to the quarter ending March 31, 2007
and paid in the quarter ended June 30, 2007, then the Purchasers shall receive
a discount on the Class B Unit Price equal to the amount per unit of such
distribution.

Section 2.02  Closing.  Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, the consummation of the purchase and sale
of the Purchased Units hereunder (the “Closing”) shall take place at the
offices of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., 666 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor, New York,
New York concurrently with the closing of the Exxon Terminals Acquisition (the
date of such closing, the “Closing Date”).

Section 2.03  Mutual
Conditions.  The respective obligations of each party to
consummate the purchase and issuance and sale of the Purchased Units shall be
subject to the

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satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each
of the following conditions (any or all of which may be waived by a particular
party on behalf of itself in writing, in whole or in part, to the extent
permitted by applicable Law):

(a)                                  no
Law shall have been enacted or promulgated, and no action shall have been
taken, by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction that
temporarily, preliminarily or permanently restrains, precludes, enjoins or
otherwise prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
makes the transactions contemplated hereby illegal;

(b)                                 there
shall not be pending any suit, action or proceeding by any Governmental
Authority seeking to restrain, preclude, enjoin or prohibit the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; and

(c)                                  the
closing of the Exxon Purchase Agreement shall occur concurrently with Closing
and all conditions set forth in Section 8.1 (Obligation of Buyer to Close) of
the Exxon Purchase Agreement, shall have been satisfied in all material
respects or the fulfillment of any such conditions to Global Companies LLC’s
obligations shall have been waived, except for those conditions that, by their
nature, will be satisfied concurrently with the Closing.

Section 2.04  The
Purchasers’ Conditions.  The respective obligation of each
Purchaser to consummate the purchase of its Purchased Units shall be subject to
the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following
conditions (any or all of which may be waived by a particular Purchaser on
behalf of itself in writing with respect to its Purchased Units, in whole or in
part, to the extent permitted by applicable Law):

(a)                                  Global
shall have performed and complied with the covenants and agreements contained
in this Agreement that are required to be performed and complied with by Global
on or prior to the Closing Date;

(b)                                 The
representations and warranties of Global contained in this Agreement that are
qualified by materiality or a Global Material Adverse Effect shall be true and
correct when made and as of the Closing Date and all other representations and
warranties of Global shall be true and correct in all material respects when
made and as of the Closing Date, in each case as though made at and as of the
Closing Date (except that representations made as of a specific date shall be
required to be true and correct as of such date only);

(c)                                  The
NYSE shall have approved the terms of Class B Units, as set forth in the Class
B Amendment.

(d)                                 No
notice of delisting from the NYSE shall have been received by Global with
respect to the Common Units, and Global shall have filed a supplemental listing
application with the NYSE relating to the Common Units underlying the Class B
Units;

(e)                                  The
Class B Amendment, in all material respects in the form attached as Exhibit A
to this Agreement but with such additional modifications as shall be consented
to by all Purchasers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, shall have
been duly adopted and be in full force;

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(f)                                    Global
shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Purchasers at the
Closing, Global’s closing deliveries described in Section 2.06; and

(g)                                 Since
the date of this Agreement, no Global Material Adverse Effect shall have
occurred.

Section 2.05  Global’s
Conditions.  The obligation of Global to consummate the sale of
the Purchased Units to each Purchaser shall be subject to the satisfaction on
or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions with respect
to each Purchaser individually and not jointly (any or all of which may be
waived by Global in writing, in whole or in part, to the extent permitted by
applicable Law):

(a)                                  the
representations and warranties of such Purchaser contained in this Agreement
that are qualified by materiality shall be true and correct when made and as of
the Closing Date and all other representations and warranties of such Purchaser
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date
(except that representations of such Purchaser made as of a specific date shall
be required to be true and correct as of such date only); and

(b)                                 such
Purchaser shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Global at the
Closing such Purchaser’s closing deliveries described in Section 2.07.

Section 2.06  Global
Deliveries.  At the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, Global will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Purchasers:

(a)                                  A
certificate or certificates representing the Purchased Units (bearing the
legend set forth in Section 4.10) and meeting the requirements of
the Partnership Agreement, free and clear of any Liens, other than transfer
restrictions under applicable federal and state securities laws;

(b)                                 Copies
of the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Global and of the Certificate of
Formation of Global GP LLC, each certified by the Secretary of State of the
jurisdiction of its formation as of a recent date;

(c)                                  A
certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, dated a recent
date, to the effect that Global is in good standing;

(d)                                 A
cross-receipt executed by Global and delivered to each Purchaser certifying
that it has received the Purchase Price with respect to such Purchaser as of
the Closing Date;

(e)                                  An
opinion addressed to the Purchasers from legal counsel to Global, dated as of
the Closing, in the form and substance attached hereto as Exhibit B;

(f)                                    The
Registration Rights Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A, which shall have been duly executed by Global;

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(g)                                 A
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer
and the Chief Financial Officer of Global GP LLC, in their capacities as such,
stating that:

(i)                                                             Global
has performed and complied with the covenants and agreements contained in this
Agreement that are required to be performed and complied with by Global on or
prior to the Closing Date;

(ii)                                                          The
representations and warranties of Global contained in this Agreement that are
qualified by materiality or Global Material Adverse Effect are true and correct
as of the Closing Date and all other representations and warranties of Global
are true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (except
that representations made as of a specific date shall be required to be true
and correct as of such date only); and

(iii)                                                       all
conditions set forth in Section 8.1 (Obligation of Buyer to Close) of the Exxon
Purchase Agreement, shall have been satisfied in all material respects or the
fulfillment of any such conditions to Global Companies LLC’s obligations shall
have been waived, except for those conditions that, by their nature, will be
satisfied concurrently with the Closing.

(h)                                 A
certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Global GP LLC, on behalf
of Global, certifying as to (1) the Partnership Agreement, as amended, (2)
board resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of the Basic Documents
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the
issuance of the Class B Units and (3) its incumbent officers authorized to
execute the Basic Documents, setting forth the name and title and bearing the
signatures of such officers.

Section 2.07  Purchasers’
Deliveries.  At the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Purchaser will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Global:

(a)                                  Payment
to Global of each Purchaser’s Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by Global in writing at least two
Business Days prior to the Closing Date;

(b)                                 The
Registration Rights Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A, which shall have been duly executed by each Purchaser;

(c)                                  A
cross-receipt executed by each Purchaser and delivered to Global certifying
that it has received its respective Purchased Units as of the Closing Date;

(d)                                 A
certificate from each Purchaser, dated the Closing Date and signed by an
appropriate officer of such Purchaser, in their capacities as such, stating
that:

(i)                                     Such
Purchaser has performed and complied with the covenants and agreements
contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed and complied with
by such Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date; and

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(ii)                                  The
representations and warranties of such Purchaser contained in this Agreement
that are qualified by materiality are true and correct as of the Closing Date
and all other representations and warranties of such Purchaser are true and
correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (except that
representations made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct
as of such date only).

Section 2.08  Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights.  The obligations of
each Purchaser under any Basic Document are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in
any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any
Basic Documents.  The failure or waiver
of performance under any Basic Document by any Purchaser does not excuse performance
by any other Purchaser.  Nothing contained
herein or in any other Basic Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser
pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as
a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by
the Basic Document.  Each Purchaser shall
be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without
limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Basic
Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined
as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF GLOBAL

Global represents and warrants to each Purchaser as
follows:

Section 3.01  Existence.  Each
of Global and Global’s Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or formed, as
the case may be, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the state or other jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the
case may be, and has all requisite power and authority, and has all
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals necessary, to
own, lease, use or operate its respective Properties and carry on its business
as now being conducted, except where the failure to obtain such licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals would not reasonably be expected to have
a Global Material Adverse Effect.  None
of Global nor any of its Subsidiaries are in default in the performance,
observance or fulfillment of any provision of, in the case of Global, the
Partnership Agreement or its Certificate of Limited Partnership or, in the case
of any Subsidiary of Global, its respective certificate of incorporation,
certification of formation, bylaws, limited liability company agreement or
other similar organizational documents. 
Each of Global and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed and in
good standing as a foreign limited partnership, limited liability company or
corporation, as applicable, and is authorized to do business in each
jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of its respective Properties or
the character of its respective operations makes such qualification necessary,
except where the failure to obtain such qualification, license, authorization
or good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Global Material
Adverse Effect.

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Section 3.02  Purchased
Units, Capitalization and Valid Issuance.

(a)                                  The
Purchased Units shall have those rights, preferences, privileges and
restrictions governing the Class B Units, which shall be reflected in the Class
B Amendment.

(b)                                 As
of the date of this Agreement, the issued and outstanding limited partner
interests of Global consist of 5,642,424 Common Units, 5,642,424 Subordinated
Units, and the Incentive Distribution Rights, as defined in the Partnership
Agreement.  The only issued and
outstanding general partner interests of Global are the interests of the
General Partner described in the Partnership Agreement.  All outstanding Common Units, Subordinated
Units, and Incentive Distribution Rights and the limited partner interests
represented thereby have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance
with applicable Law and the Partnership Agreement and are fully paid (to the
extent required by applicable Law and the Partnership Agreement) and
nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by matters
described in Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Revised Uniform
Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware LP Act”)).

(c)                                  Other
than the Global GP LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, Global has no equity
compensation plans that contemplate the issuance of partnership interests of
Global (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for partnership
interests of Global).  No indebtedness
having the right to vote (or convertible into or exchangeable for securities
having the right to vote) on any matters on which Global Unitholders may vote
are issued or outstanding.  Except as set
forth in the first sentence of this Section 3.02(b), as
contemplated by this Agreement, or as are contained in the Partnership
Agreement and the organization documents of Global’s Subsidiaries, there are no
outstanding or authorized (i) options, warrants, preemptive rights,
subscriptions, calls, or other rights, convertible or exchangeable securities,
agreements, claims or commitments of any character obligating Global or any of
its Subsidiaries to issue, transfer or sell any partnership interests or other
equity interest in, Global or any of its Subsidiaries or securities convertible
into or exchangeable for such partnership interests, (ii) obligations of
Global or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire
any partnership interests or equity interests of Global or any of its
Subsidiaries or any such securities or agreements listed in clause (i) of
this sentence or (iii) voting trusts or similar agreements to which Global
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party with respect to the voting of the equity
interests of Global or any of its Subsidiaries.

(d)                                 (i) All
of the issued and outstanding equity interests of each of Global’s Subsidiaries
are owned, directly or indirectly, by Global free and clear of any Liens
(except for such restrictions as may exist under applicable Law and except for
such Liens as may be imposed under the Global Credit Facility), and all such
ownership interests have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully
paid (to the extent required by applicable Law or in the organizational
documents of Global’s Subsidiaries, as applicable) and non-assessable (except
as such nonassessability may be affected by matters described in Sections
17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 and of the Delaware LP Act and Sections 18-607
and 18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Delaware LLC
Act”)) and free of preemptive rights, with no personal liability attaching
to the ownership thereof, and (ii) except as disclosed in the Global SEC
Documents, neither Global nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any shares of
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other securities of, or interest in, any other Person,
or is obligated to make any capital contribution to or other investment in any
other Person.

(e)                                  The
offer and sale of the Purchased Units and the limited partner interests
represented thereby, have been, or prior to the Closing Date will be, duly
authorized by Global pursuant to the Partnership Agreement and, when issued and
delivered to such Purchaser against payment therefor in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid (to the extent
required by applicable law and the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable
(except as such nonassessability may be affected by matters described in Sections
17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act) and will be free of any
and all Liens and restrictions on transfer, other than restrictions on transfer
under the Partnership Agreement or this Agreement and under applicable state
and federal securities laws and other than Liens as are created by the
Purchasers.

(f)                                    Global’s
currently outstanding Common Units are quoted on the NYSE, and Global has not
received any notice of delisting.  The
Class B Units will be issued in compliance with all applicable rules of the
NYSE.

(g)                                 The
Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Class B Units and the limited
partner interests represented thereby, upon issuance in accordance with the
terms of the Class B Units as reflected in the Class B Amendment, and upon receipt
of the required Unitholder approval, will be duly authorized by Global pursuant
to the Partnership Agreement prior to the Closing and will be validly issued,
fully paid (to the extent required by applicable law and the Partnership
Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected
by matters described in Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware
LP Act) and will be free of any and all Liens and restrictions on transfer,
other than restrictions on transfer under the Partnership Agreement or this
Agreement and under applicable state and federal securities laws and other than
such Liens as are created by the Purchasers.

Section 3.03  Global
SEC Documents.  Global has timely filed with the Commission all
forms, registration statements, reports, schedules and statements required to
be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (all such
documents, collectively “Global SEC Documents”).  The Global SEC Documents, including, without
limitation, any audited or unaudited financial statements and any notes thereto
or schedules included therein (the “Global Financial Statements”), at
the time filed (in the case of registration statements, solely on the dates of
effectiveness) (except to the extent corrected by a subsequently filed Global
SEC Document filed prior to the date hereof) (a) did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in light
of the circumstances under which they were made in the case of any prospectus)
not misleading, (b) complied as to form in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, as
applicable, (c) complied as to form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations
of the Commission with respect thereto, (d) in the case of the Global
Financial Statements, were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes
thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q
of the Commission), and (e) in the case of the Global Financial
Statements, fairly present (subject in the case of unaudited statements to
normal,

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recurring and year-end audit adjustments) in all
material respects the consolidated financial position of Global and its
Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of its
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.  Ernst & Young LLP is an independent
registered public accounting firm with respect to Global and the General
Partner and has not resigned or been dismissed as independent registered public
accountants of Global or the General Partner as a result of or in connection
with any disagreement with Global on a matter of accounting principles or
practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure.

Section 3.04  No
Material Adverse Change.  Except as set forth in or contemplated
by the Global SEC Documents filed with the Commission on or prior to the date
hereof, since the date of Global’s most recent Form 10-K filing with the
Commission, there has been no (a) change that has had or would reasonably
be expected to have a Global Material Adverse Effect, (b) disposition of any
material asset, otherwise than for fair value in the ordinary course of
business or (c) material change in Global’s accounting principles,
practices or methods.

Section 3.05  Litigation.  Except
as set forth in the Global SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, or
proceeding pending (including any investigation, litigation or inquiry) or, to
Global’s knowledge, contemplated or threatened against or affecting any of the
Global Parties or any of their respective officers, directors, properties or
assets, that (a) questions the validity of this Agreement or the Registration
Rights Agreement or the right of Global to enter into this Agreement or the
Registration Rights Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby or (b) (individually or in the aggregate) would reasonably
be expected to result in a Global Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.06  No
Conflicts.  The (a) execution, delivery and performance by the Global
Parties of the Basic Documents to which they are parties, and the Exxon
Purchase Agreement by the Global Party which is a party thereto and compliance
by the Global Parties with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof, and the
issuance and sale by Global of the Purchased Units, do not and will not
(a) assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the
Purchasers contained herein and their compliance with the covenants contained
herein, violate any provision of any Law or Permit having applicability to
Global or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Properties,
(b) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any provision of
the certificate of limited partnership or other organizational documents of
Global, or the Partnership Agreement, or any organizational documents of any of
Global’s Subsidiaries, (c) require any consent, approval or notice under
or result in a violation or breach of or constitute (with or without due notice
or lapse of time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of termination,
cancellation or acceleration) under any contract, agreement, instrument,
obligation, note, bond, mortgage, license, loan or credit agreement to which
Global or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which Global or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective Properties may be bound, or
(d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or
with respect to any of the Properties now owned or hereafter acquired by Global
or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the cases of clauses (a), (c) and (d)
where any such conflict, violation, default, breach, termination, cancellation,
failure to receive consent, approval or notice, or acceleration with respect to
the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.06 would not be,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to result in a Global
Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 3.07  Authority,
Enforceability.  Each Global Party has all necessary power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Basic
Documents and the Exxon Purchase Agreement to which it is a party and to
consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, and the execution, delivery
and performance by each Global Party of the Basic Documents and the Exxon Purchase
Agreement to which it is a party, have been duly authorized by all necessary
action on the part of such Global Party; and the Basic Documents and the Exxon
Purchase Agreement constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Global Parties (subject to Unitholder approval of the conversion of the Class B
Units into Common Units) to which each is a party, enforceable in accordance
with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally or by general principles of equity, including principles of
commercial reasonableness, fair dealing and good faith.

Section 3.08  Compliance
with Laws. Neither Global nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation
of any judgment, decree or order or any Law applicable to Global or its
Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Global Material Adverse Effect.  Global
and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits
issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their
respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates,
authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Global Material Adverse Effect, and neither Global nor any such Subsidiary has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification
of any such certificate, authorization or permit, except where such potential
revocation or modification would not have, individually in the aggregate, a
Global Material Adverse Effect.  Neither
Global, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee
or other person acting on behalf of Global or any of its Subsidiaries has, in
the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, Global or any of its
Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii)
made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in
violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977,
as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment,
kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee.

Section 3.09  Approvals.  Except
for the approvals required by the Commission in connection with any
registration statement filed under the Registration Rights Agreement,
Unitholder approval of the conversion of the Class B Units into Common Units
and for approvals that have already been obtained, no authorization, consent,
approval, waiver, license, qualification or written exemption from, nor any
filing, declaration, qualification or registration with, any Governmental
Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by any Global Party of any of the Basic Documents to
which it is a party, except where the failure to receive such authorization,
consent, approval, waiver, license, qualification or written exemption from, or
to make such filing, declaration, qualification or registration would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Global
Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 3.10  MLP
Status.  Global has, since its formation in October, 2005, met
the gross income requirements of Section 7704(c)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Section 3.11  Investment
Company Status.  Global is not now, and after the sale of the
Purchased Units and the application of the net proceeds from such sale will not
be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.

Section 3.12  Certain
Fees.  No fees or commissions are or will be payable by Global to
brokers, finders, or investment bankers with respect to the sale of any of the
Purchased Units or the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this
Agreement.  Global agrees that it will indemnify
and hold harmless each Purchaser from and against any and all claims, demands,
or liabilities for broker’s, finder’s, placement, or other similar fees or
commissions incurred by Global or alleged to have been incurred by Global in
connection with the sale of the Purchased Units or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 3.13  No
Side Agreements.  There are no agreements by, among or between
Global or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Purchaser or any of
its Affiliates, on the other hand, with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than the Basic Documents nor promises or inducements
for future transactions between or among any of such parties.

Section 3.14  Preemptive
Rights or Registration Rights.  Except as set forth in the
agreement of limited partnership, limited liability company agreement or other
organizational documents of the Global Parties, there are no preemptive rights
or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the
voting or transfer of, any capital stock or partnership or membership interests
of any of the Global Parties, in each case pursuant to any other agreement or
instrument to which any of such entities is a party or by which any one of them
may be bound. Neither the execution of this Agreement, the issuance of the
Purchased Units as contemplated by this Agreement nor the conversion of the
Purchased Units into Common Units gives rise to any rights for or relating to
the registration of any Partnership Securities, other than as have been waived.

Section 3.15  No
Registration.  Assuming the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of each Purchaser contained in Section 4.06, the issuance and sale
of the Purchased Units pursuant to this Agreement is exempt from registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Section 3.16  No
Integration.  Neither Global nor any of its Subsidiaries have,
directly or indirectly through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited
offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any “security” (as defined
in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that is or will be integrated with
the sale of the Purchased Units in a manner that would require registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Section 3.17  Insurance.  Global
and its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged.  Global does not have any

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reason to believe that it or any Subsidiary will not
be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business.

Section 3.18  Internal
Accounting Controls.  Global and the Subsidiaries maintain a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to
maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.  Global is not aware of any
failures of such internal accounting controls.

Section 3.19  Form
S-3 Eligibility.  Global is eligible to register its Common Units
for resale by the Purchasers under Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities
Act.

Section 3.20 
Terms of Class B Units;  Class B Unit
Vote  The affirmative vote of a majority of the total votes cast
by the holders of Common Units (excluding Common Units held by the General
Partner and its Affiliates) is the only approval required by the NYSE, the
Partnership Agreement or applicable Law to approve the conversion of Class B
Units into Common Units.

Section 3.21  Material
Agreements.  Global has provided the Purchasers with, or made
available to the Purchasers through the Global SEC Documents, correct and
complete copies of all material agreements (as defined in Section 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K promulgated by the Commission) and of all exhibits to the Global
SEC Documents, including amendments to or other modifications of pre-existing
material agreements, entered into by Global.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS

Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, hereby
represents and warrants to Global that:

Section 4.01  Existence.  Such
Purchaser is duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of its state of formation, with all necessary power and authority to own
properties and to conduct its business as currently conducted.

Section 4.02  Authorization,
Enforceability.  Such Purchaser has all necessary power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement
and the Registration Rights Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated thereby, and the execution, delivery and performance by such
Purchaser of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Purchaser; and this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of such Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with their
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
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similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or
by general principles of equity, including principles of commercial
reasonableness, fair dealing and good faith.

Section 4.03  No
Breach.  The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement by such Purchaser and the
consummation by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby will not (a) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material
agreement to which such Purchaser is a party or by which the Purchaser is bound
or to which any of the property or assets of such Purchaser is subject,
(b) conflict with or result in any violation of the provisions of the
organizational documents of such Purchaser, or (c) violate any statute, order,
rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over such Purchaser or the property or assets of such Purchaser,
except in the cases of clauses (a) and (c), for such conflicts, breaches,
violations or defaults as would not prevent the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement.

Section 4.04  Certain
Fees.  No fees or commissions are or will be payable by such
Purchaser to brokers, finders, or investment bankers with respect to the
purchase of any of the Purchased Units or the consummation of the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement.  Such
Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly with any other Purchaser, that it
will indemnify and hold harmless Global from and against any and all claims,
demands, or liabilities for broker’s, finder’s, placement, or other similar
fees or commissions incurred by such Purchaser or alleged to have been incurred
by such Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Purchased Units or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 4.05  No
Side Agreements.  There are no other agreements by, among or
between such Purchaser and any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Global
or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than the Basic Documents nor promises or inducements
for future transactions between or among any of such parties.

Section 4.06  Investment.  The
Purchased Units are being acquired for its own account or the account of
clients for whom it exercises investment discretion, not as a nominee or agent,
and with no intention of distributing the Purchased Units or any part thereof,
and that Purchaser has no present intention of selling or granting any
participation in or otherwise distributing the same in any transaction in
violation of the securities laws of the United States or any state, without
prejudice, however, to such Purchaser’s right at all times to (subject to such
Purchaser’s agreement contained in Section 4.07 hereof) sell or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Purchased Units under a
registration statement under the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws or under an exemption from such registration available thereunder
(including, without limitation, if available, Rule 144 promulgated
thereunder). If such Purchaser should in the future decide to dispose of any of
the Purchased Units, such Purchaser understands and agrees (a) that it may
do so only in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable state
securities law, as then in effect, which may include a sale contemplated by any
registration statement pursuant to which such securities are being offered, and
(b) that stop-transfer instructions to that effect will be in effect with
respect to such securities.

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Section 4.07  Nature
of Purchasers.  Such Purchaser
represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, Global that, (a) it
is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act and (b) by reason
of its business and financial experience it has such knowledge, sophistication
and experience in making similar investments and in business and financial
matters generally so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the
prospective investment in the Purchased Units, is able to bear the economic
risk of such investment and, at the present time, would be able to afford a
complete loss of such investment.

Section 4.08  Receipt
of Information; Authorization.  Such
Purchaser acknowledges that it has (a) had access to Global’s SEC Documents and
(b) been provided a reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from Representatives of Global regarding such matters, including with
respect to the Exxon Terminals Acquisition.

Section 4.09  Restricted
Securities.  Such Purchaser
understands that the Purchased Units it is purchasing are characterized as “restricted
securities” under the federal securities Laws inasmuch as they are being
acquired from Global in a transaction not involving a public offering and that
under such Laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold
without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited
circumstances. In this connection, such Purchaser represents that it is
knowledgeable with respect to Rule 144 of the Commission promulgated under the
Securities Act.

Section 4.10  Legend.    It
is understood that the certificates evidencing the Purchased Units will bear
the following legend:  “These securities
have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  They may not be sold or offered for sale in
the absence of a registration statement in effect with respect to the
securities under such Act or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company
that such registration is not required or unless sold pursuant to Rule 144
of such Act.  These securities may be
pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan secured by
such securities.”

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS

Section 5.01  Subsequent
Offerings.   Without the written consent of the holders of
the Purchased Units, from the date of this Agreement until the Lock-Up Date,
Global shall not, and shall cause its directors, officers and Affiliates not
to, grant, issue or sell any Partnership Securities, any securities convertible
into or exchangeable therefor or take any other action that may result in the
issuance of any of the foregoing, other than (i) the issuance or sale of
Partnership Securities issued or sold in a registered public offering in
connection with future transactions that are accretive to cash flow per Common
Unit, (ii) the issuance or sale of Partnership Securities issued or sold
through a private placement provided that (Y) the Purchasers individually are
granted the right to participate in such private placement and to purchase a
percentage of the Partnership Securities sold in such private placement pro rata based upon their purchase of the Purchased Units
sold hereby and (Z) each party participating in such private placement shall
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90-days following the closing of such private
placement, and (iii) the issuance of Partnership Securities directly to Sellers
as purchase price consideration in connection with future transactions that are
accretive to cash flow per Common Unit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Global shall not, and shall cause its directors, officers and Affiliates not
to, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy any security (as defined in
the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the sale of the Purchased
Units in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act
of the sale of the Purchased Units to the Purchasers.  For the avoidance of doubt, this Section
5.01 shall not prohibit Global from amending its debt instruments in the
ordinary course.

Section 5.02  Shareholder
Vote With Respect to Conversion

(a)                                  Global
shall, in accordance with applicable Law and the Partnership Agreement, take
all action necessary to convene a meeting of its Unitholders to consider and
vote upon the conversion of the Class B Units into Common Units as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than 270 days from the Closing
Date.  Subject to fiduciary duties under
applicable Law, the board of directors of the General Partner shall, in
connection with such meeting, recommend approval of the conversion of the Class
B Units into Common Units and shall take all other lawful action to solicit the
approval of the conversion of the Class B Units into Common Units by the
Unitholders.

(b)                                 If
the conversion of the Class B Units into Common Units is not approved by the
Unitholders at the meeting contemplated by clause (a) or at successive
meeting(s) as contemplated by this clause (b), Global shall be obligated to
convene another meeting of its Unitholders on the terms set forth in clause (a)
(except that such meeting shall take place not later than 180 days from the
date of the immediately prior meeting), and the board of directors of the
General Partner shall again be obligated to take the actions set forth in
clause (a) with respect to such meeting.

Section 5.03  Lock-Up.  Such Purchaser agrees that from and after
Closing it will not sell any of the Purchased Units or the Common Units into
which such Purchased Units convert prior to the Lock-up Date.

Section 5.04  Vote
For Conversion of Class B Units.  At
any meeting (including adjournments or postponements thereof) of Unitholders
held to consider approval of the conversion of the Class B Units into Common
Units (including the special meeting of Unitholders contemplated by Section
5.02) each of the Purchasers agrees to vote, and to use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause its Affiliates to vote, any Common Units held by it or any such
Affiliates, as applicable, on the record date for such meeting in favor of the
conversion of the Class B Units into Common Units.

Section 5.05  Taking
of Necessary Action.  Each of the
Parties hereto shall use its commercially reasonable efforts promptly to take
or cause to be taken all action and promptly to do or cause to be done all
things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law and regulations to
consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including but not limited to receiving NYSE approval of the terms of the Class
B Units;

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provided, that nothing contained
herein shall require Global to consummate the Exxon Terminals Acquisition.

Section 5.06  Other
Actions.  Global shall (i) cause the
Partnership Agreement to be adopted immediately prior to the issuance and sale
of the Class B Units contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) file prior to the
Closing a supplemental listing application with the NYSE to list the Common
Units underlying the Class B Units.

Section 5.07  Use
of Proceeds.  Global will use the
proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Units to fund the Exxon Terminals
Acquisition, to pay fees associated with such transaction and for general
partnership purposes.  If the Exxon
Purchase Agreement is not closed concurrently with the Closing, the Partnership
shall return the Purchase Price paid to the Partnership to the applicable
Purchasers within two Business Days of receipt thereof.

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION,
COSTS AND EXPENSES

Section 6.01  Indemnification
by Global.  Global agrees to
indemnify each Purchaser and its Representatives (collectively, “Purchaser
Related Parties”) from, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all
losses, actions, suits, proceedings (including any investigations, litigation
or inquiries), demands, and causes of action, and, in connection therewith, and
promptly upon demand, pay or reimburse each of them for all reasonable costs,
losses, liabilities, damages, or expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
and all other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with investigating,
defending or preparing to defend any such matter that may be incurred by them
or asserted against or involve any of them as a result of, arising out of, or
in any way related to the breach of any of the representations, warranties or
covenants of Global contained herein, provided that
such claim for indemnification relating to a breach of any representation or warranty
is made prior to the expiration of such representation or warranty; and provided further, that no Purchaser
Related Party shall be entitled to recover special, consequential (including
lost profits or diminution in value) or punitive damages.

Section 6.02  Indemnification
by the Purchasers.  Each Purchaser
agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify Global, the General Partners
and their respective Representatives (collectively, “Global Related Parties”)
from, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all losses, actions,
suits, proceedings (including any investigations, litigation or inquiries),
demands, and causes of action, and, in connection therewith, and promptly upon
demand, pay or reimburse each of them for all reasonable costs, losses,
liabilities, damages, or expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever, including,
without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and all
other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending
or preparing to defend any such matter that may be incurred by them or asserted
against or involve any of them as a result of, arising out of, or in any way
related to the breach of any of the representations, warranties or covenants of
such Purchaser contained herein, provided that
such claim for indemnification relating to a breach of any representation or
warranty is made prior to the expiration of such representation or warranty,
and provided further,

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that no Global Related Party shall be entitled to
recover special, consequential (including lost profits or diminution in value)
or punitive damages.

Section 6.03  Indemnification
Procedure.  Promptly after any Global
Related Party or Purchaser Related Party (hereinafter, the “Indemnified
Party”) has received notice of any indemnifiable claim hereunder, or the
commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by a third person, that the
Indemnified Party believes in good faith is an indemnifiable claim under this
Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall give the indemnitor hereunder (the “Indemnifying
Party”) written notice of such claim or the commencement of such action,
suit or proceeding, but failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party will not
relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability it may have to such
Indemnified Party hereunder except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is
materially prejudiced by such failure. Such notice shall state the nature and
the basis of such claim to the extent then known.  The Indemnifying Party shall have the right
to defend and settle, at its own expense and by its own counsel who shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party, any such matter as long as the
Indemnifying Party pursues the same diligently and in good faith. If the
Indemnifying Party undertakes to defend or settle, it shall promptly notify the
Indemnified Party of its intention to do so, and the Indemnified Party shall
cooperate with the Indemnifying Party and its counsel in all commercially
reasonable respects in the defense thereof and the settlement thereof. Such
cooperation shall include, but shall not be limited to, furnishing the
Indemnifying Party with any books, records and other information reasonably
requested by the Indemnifying Party and in the Indemnified Party’s possession
or control.  Such cooperation of the
Indemnified Party shall be at the cost of the Indemnifying Party.  After the Indemnifying Party has notified the
Indemnified Party of its intention to undertake to defend or settle any such
asserted liability, and for so long as the Indemnifying Party diligently
pursues such defense, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
additional legal expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with
any defense or settlement of such asserted liability; provided, however,
that the Indemnified Party shall be entitled (i) at its expense, to participate
in the defense of such asserted liability and the negotiations of the
settlement thereof and (ii) if (A) the Indemnifying Party has failed to assume
the defense or employ counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party or
(B) if the defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified Party and
the Indemnifying Party and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall have
concluded that there may be reasonable defenses available to the Indemnified
Party that are different from or in addition to those available to the
Indemnifying Party or if the interests of the Indemnified Party reasonably may
be deemed to conflict with the interests of the Indemnifying Party, then the
Indemnified Party shall have the right to select a separate counsel and to
assume such legal defense and otherwise to participate in the defense of such
action, with the expenses and fees of such separate counsel and other expenses
related to such participation to be reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party as
incurred.  Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall not settle any
indemnified claim without the consent of the Indemnified Party, unless the
settlement thereof imposes no liability or obligation on, and includes a
complete release from liability of, and does not contain any admission of
wrongdoing or malfeasance by, the Indemnified Party.

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ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01  Interpretation
and Survival of Provisions.  Article,
Section, Schedule, and Exhibit references are to this Agreement, unless
otherwise specified. All references to instruments, documents, contracts, and
agreements are references to such instruments, documents, contracts, and
agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented, and otherwise modified
from time to time, unless otherwise specified. The word “including” shall mean “including
but not limited to.” Whenever any party has an obligation under the Basic
Documents, the expense of complying with that obligation shall be an expense of
such party unless otherwise specified. Whenever any determination, consent, or
approval is to be made or given by the Purchasers, such action shall be in such
Purchaser’s sole discretion unless otherwise specified in this Agreement.  If any provision in the Basic Documents is
held to be illegal, invalid, not binding, or unenforceable, such provision
shall be fully severable and the Basic Documents shall be construed and
enforced as if such illegal, invalid, not binding, or unenforceable provision
had never comprised a part of the Basic Documents, and the remaining provisions
shall remain in full force and effect.  
The Basic Documents have been reviewed and negotiated by sophisticated
parties with access to legal counsel and shall not be construed against the
drafter

Section 7.02  Survival
of Provisions.  The representations
and warranties set forth in Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section
3.07, Section 3.10, Section 3.11, Section 3.12, Section
3.13, Section 3.14, Section 3.15, Section 3.20  Section
4.04, Section 4.05, Section 4.07, Section 4.08, Section
4.09 and Section 4.10 hereunder shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement indefinitely, and the other representations and
warranties set forth herein shall survive for a period of twelve (12) months
following the Closing Date regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf
of Global or the Purchasers.  The
covenants made in this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall survive the
Closing of the transactions described herein and remain operative and in full
force and effect regardless of acceptance of any of the Purchased Units and
payment therefor and repayment, conversion, exercise or repurchase
thereof.  All indemnification obligations
of Global and the Purchasers and the provisions of Article V shall remain
operative and in full force and effect unless such obligations are expressly
terminated in a writing referencing that individual Section, regardless of any
purported general termination of this Agreement.

Section
7.03  No Waiver; Modifications in Writing.

(a)                                  Delay.  No failure or delay on the part of any party
in exercising any right, power, or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power, or
remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power, or remedy. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative
and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be available to a party at law
or in equity or otherwise.

(b)                                 Specific
Waiver.  Except as otherwise provided
herein, no amendment, waiver, consent, modification, or termination of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document (except in the case of
the Partnership Agreement, as amended by the Class B

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Amendment, for amendments adopted pursuant to the
terms thereof) shall be effective unless signed by each of the parties hereto
or thereto affected by such amendment, waiver, consent, modification, or
termination.  Any amendment, supplement
or modification of or to any provision of this Agreement or any other Basic
Document, any waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Basic
Document, and any consent to any departure by Global from the terms of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given.
Except where notice is specifically required by this Agreement, no notice to or
demand on Global in any case shall entitle Global to any other or further
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

Section 7.04 
Binding Effect; Assignment.

(a)                                  Binding
Effect.  This Agreement shall be
binding upon Global, each Purchaser, and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall
not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other
than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.

(b)                                 Assignment
of Purchased Units.  All or any
portion of Purchased Units purchased pursuant to this Agreement may be sold,
assigned or pledged by such Purchaser, subject to compliance with applicable
securities laws, Sections 4.06 and 4.07 herein and the Registration
Rights Agreement.

(c)                                  Assignment
of Rights.  All or any portion of the
rights and obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement may be
transferred by such Purchaser to any Affiliate of such Purchaser without the
consent of Global.  No portion of the
rights and obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement may be
transferred by such Purchaser to a non-Affiliate without the written consent of
Global (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld by Global).

Section 7.05  Non-Disclosure.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Non-Disclosure Agreements shall remain in full force and effect
in accordance with their terms regardless of any termination of this
Agreement.  Other than the Form 8-Ks and
Registration Statement to be filed in connection with this Agreement, Global,
the General Partner, their respective Subsidiaries and any of their respective
Representatives shall disclose the identity of, or any other information
concerning, any Purchaser or any of its Affiliates only after providing such
Purchaser a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such disclosure;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 7.05 shall delay any required
filing or other disclosure with the Commission, NYSE  or
any Governmental Authority or otherwise hinder Global, the General Partner,
their respective subsidiaries or their Representations’ ability to timely
comply with all laws or rules and regulations of the Commission, NYSE or other
Governmental Authority.

Section 7.06  Communications.  All notices and demands provided for
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, telecopy, air courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery or personal delivery to the following addresses:

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(a)                                  If
to the Purchasers:

To
the respective address listed on Schedule B hereof

with a copy to:

Baker Botts L.L.P

98 San Jacinto, Suite
1500

Austin, TX 78701

Attention: Laura L. Tyson

Facsimile: (512) 322-2501

(b)                                 If
to Global:

Global Partners LP

P.O. Box 9161

800 South St.

Waltham, Massachusetts
02454-9161

Facsimile: (781) 398-4165

Attn:
General Counsel

with a copy to:

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

666 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor

New York, New York 10103

Attention: Alan Baden

Facsimile: (212) 237-0100

or to such other address as Global or such Purchaser may designate in
writing. All notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; at the time of
transmittal, if sent via electronic mail; upon actual receipt if sent by
certified mail, return receipt requested, or regular mail, if mailed; when
receipt acknowledged, if sent via facsimile; and upon actual receipt when
delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

Section 7.07  Removal
of Legend.  Each Purchaser may
request Global to remove the legend described in Section 4.10 from the
certificates evidencing the Purchased Units by submitting to Global such
certificates, together with an opinion of counsel to the effect that such
legend is no longer required under the Securities Act or applicable state laws,
as the case may be. Global shall cooperate with such Purchaser to effect the
removal of such legend.

Section 7.08  Entire
Agreement.  This Agreement, the other
Basic Documents and the other agreements and documents referred to herein are
intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended
to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of
the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained

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herein and therein. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein or the other Basic Documents with respect to the rights granted by
Global or any of its Affiliates or the Purchasers or any of their Affiliates
set forth herein or therein.  This
Agreement, the other Basic Documents and the other agreements and documents
referred to herein or therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings
between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

Section 7.09  Governing
Law.  This Agreement will be construed in accordance with and governed by the
laws of the State of New York.

Section 7.10  Execution
in Counterparts.  This Agreement may
be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and
delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts,
taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.

Section 7.11  Termination.

(a)                                              Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be terminated at any time
at or prior to the Closing by the written consent of the Purchasers, (i) upon a
Global Material Adverse Effect or (ii) upon a breach in any material respect by
Global of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement.

(b)                                             Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall automatically terminate
at any time at or prior to the Closing:

(i)                                     if
a statute, rule, order, decree or regulation shall have been enacted or
promulgated, or if any action shall have been taken by any Governmental
Authority of competent jurisdiction that permanently restrains, permanently
precludes, permanently enjoins or otherwise permanently prohibits the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Exxon
Purchase Agreement or makes the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
illegal;

(ii)                                  if
the Closing shall not have occurred on or before June 23, 2007; or

(iii)                               if
either the Partnership or Exxon shall terminate the Exxon Purchase Agreement.

(c)                                              In
the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 7.11,
this Agreement shall forthwith become null and void.  In the event of such termination, there shall
be no liability on the part of any party hereto, except as set forth in Article
VI of this Agreement; provided
that nothing herein shall relieve any party from any liability or obligation
with respect to any willful breach of this Agreement.

Section 7.12  Recapitalization,
Exchanges, Etc. Affecting the Purchased Units.  The provisions of this Agreement shall apply
to the full extent set forth herein with respect to any and all units of Global
or any successor or assign of Global (whether by merger,

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consolidation, sale of
assets or otherwise) which may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in
substitution of, the Purchased Units, and shall be appropriately adjusted for
combinations, recapitalizations and the like occurring after the date of this
Agreement.

[Signature pages follow.]

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

	
  

  	
  GLOBAL PARTNERS LP

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  GLOBAL GP LLC

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (its General Partner)

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ THOMAS J. HOLLISTER

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Thomas J. Hollister

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Executive Vice President, Chief Operating

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Officer and Chief Financial Officer

  
					

 

Signature
Page to Purchase Agreement

 

	
  

  	
  KAYNE ANDERSON MLP INVESTMENT

  
	
   

  	
  COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ JAMES BAKER

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  James Baker

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Vice President

  
					

 

Signature
Page to Purchase Agreement

 

	
  

  	
  FIDUCIARY/CLAYMORE MLP

  
	
   

  	
     OPPORTUNITY
  FUND

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ JOSEPH E. GALLAGHER, JR.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Joseph E. Gallagher, Jr.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  
					

 

Signature
Page to Purchase Agreement

 

	
  

  	
  ENERGY INCOME AND GROWTH FUND

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ JAMES A. BOWEN

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  James A. Bowen

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title: President

  
					

 

Signature
Page to Purchase Agreement

 

	
  

  	
  TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE

  
	
   

  	
             CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ DAVID J. SCHULTE

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  David J. Schulte

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title: President and CEO

  
					

 

	
  

  	
  TORTOISE ENERGY CAPITAL

  
	
   

  	
             CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ DAVID J. SCHULTE

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  David J. Schulte

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title: President and CEO

  
					

 

Signature Page to Purchase
AgreementExhibit
10.1

Published
CUSIP Number:

AMENDED AND RESTATED

REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT

BY AND
AMONG

CENTRO NP
LLC,

THE
LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AND

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,

AS LEAD
ARRANGER

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,

AS SOLE
BOOK MANAGER,

DATED AS
OF JULY 31, 2007

 

	
  1.

  	
  DEFINITIONS

  	
   

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
  1.1

  	
  Defined Terms

  	
   

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
  1.2

  	
  Other Interpretive Provisions

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
  1.3

  	
  Accounting Terms

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
  1.4

  	
  Rounding

  	
   

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
  1.5

  	
  Times of Day

  	
   

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
  1.6

  	
  Letter of Credit Amounts

  	
   

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  2.

  	
  AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS

  	
   

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
  2.1

  	
  Revolving Credit Loans

  	
   

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
  2.1A

  	
  Swing Loan Commitment

  	
   

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
  2.2

  	
  Notes

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
  2.3

  	
  Procedure for Revolving Credit Loan Borrowings

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
  2.4

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted.] [NOT
  STANDARD FOR CLUB DEAL]

  	
   

  	
  22

  
	
   

  	
  2.5

  	
  Letters of Credit

  	
   

  	
  22

  
	
   

  	
  2.6

  	
  Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

  	
   

  	
  26

  
	
   

  	
  2.7

  	
  Prepayments of the Loans

  	
   

  	
  26

  
	
   

  	
  2.8

  	
  Conversions

  	
   

  	
  27

  
	
   

  	
  2.9

  	
  Interest Rate and Payment Dates

  	
   

  	
  28

  
	
   

  	
  2.10

  	
  Substituted Interest Rate

  	
   

  	
  29

  
	
   

  	
  2.11

  	
  Taxes; Net Payments

  	
   

  	
  29

  
	
   

  	
  2.12

  	
  Illegality

  	
   

  	
  29

  
	
   

  	
  2.13

  	
  Increased Costs

  	
   

  	
  30

  
	
   

  	
  2.14

  	
  Indemnification for Break Funding Losses

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
   

  	
  2.15

  	
  Use of Proceeds

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
   

  	
  2.16

  	
  Capital Adequacy

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
   

  	
  2.17

  	
  Administrative Agent’s Records

  	
   

  	
  32

  
	
   

  	
  2.18

  	
  32

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  2.19

  	
  Representative of Borrower

  	
   

  	
  32

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  3.

  	
  FEES; PAYMENTS

  	
   

  	
  32

  
	
   

  	
  3.1

  	
  Fees

  	
   

  	
  32

  
	
   

  	
  3.2

  	
  Payments; Application of Payments

  	
   

  	
  33

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.

  	
  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  	
   

  	
  33

  
	
   

  	
  4.1

  	
  Existence and Power

  	
   

  	
  33

  
	
   

  	
  4.2

  	
  Authority

  	
   

  	
  34

  
	
   

  	
  4.3

  	
  Binding Agreement

  	
   

  	
  34

  
	
   

  	
  4.4

  	
  Subsidiaries; DownREIT Partnerships

  	
   

  	
  34

  
	
   

  	
  4.5

  	
  Litigation

  	
   

  	
  34

  
	
   

  	
  4.6

  	
  Required Consents

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
   

  	
  4.7

  	
  No Conflicting Agreements

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
   

  	
  4.8

  	
  Compliance with Applicable Laws

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
   

  	
  4.9

  	
  Taxes

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
   

  	
  4.10

  	
  Governmental Regulations

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
   

  	
  4.11

  	
  Federal Reserve Regulations; Use of Loan Proceeds

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
   

  	
  4.12

  	
  Plans; Multiemployer Plans

  	
   

  	
  36

  
	
   

  	
  4.13

  	
  Financial Statements

  	
   

  	
  36

  
	
   

  	
  4.14

  	
  Property

  	
   

  	
  36

  
	
   

  	
  4.15

  	
  Franchises, Intellectual Property, Etc

  	
   

  	
  36

  
	
   

  	
  4.16

  	
  Environmental Matters

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
   

  	
  4.17

  	
  Labor Relations

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
   

  	
  4.18

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted.]

  	
   

  	
  38

  
	
   

  	
  4.19

  	
  Solvency

  	
   

  	
  38

  
	
   

  	
  4.21

  	
  List of Unencumbered Assets

  	
   

  	
  38

  
	
   

  	
  4.23

  	
  No Misrepresentation

  	
   

  	
  38

  

 

 i
 

 

	
  

  	
  4.24

  	
  Taxpayer ID

  	
   

  	
  38

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  5.

  	
  CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AGREEMENT

  	
   

  	
  38

  
	
   

  	
  5.1

  	
  Evidence of Action/Compliance

  	
   

  	
  38

  
	
   

  	
  5.2

  	
  This Agreement

  	
   

  	
  39

  
	
   

  	
  5.3

  	
  Notes

  	
   

  	
  39

  
	
   

  	
  5.4

  	
  Guaranty

  	
   

  	
  39

  
	
   

  	
  5.5

  	
  Litigation

  	
   

  	
  39

  
	
   

  	
  5.6

  	
  Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower

  	
   

  	
  40

  
	
   

  	
  5.7

  	
  Fees

  	
   

  	
  40

  
	
   

  	
  5.8

  	
  Fees and Expenses of Special Counsel

  	
   

  	
  40

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.

  	
  CONDITIONS OF LENDING – ALL LOANS

  	
   

  	
  40

  
	
   

  	
  6.1

  	
  Compliance

  	
   

  	
  40

  
	
   

  	
  6.2

  	
  Loan Closings

  	
   

  	
  40

  
	
   

  	
  6.3

  	
  Requests

  	
   

  	
  40

  
	
   

  	
  6.4

  	
  Documentation and Proceedings

  	
   

  	
  41

  
	
   

  	
  6.5

  	
  Required Acts and Conditions

  	
   

  	
  41

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.

  	
  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

  	
   

  	
  41

  
	
   

  	
  7.1

  	
  Financial Statements

  	
   

  	
  41

  
	
   

  	
  7.2

  	
  Certificates; Other Information

  	
   

  	
  42

  
	
   

  	
  7.3

  	
  Legal Existence

  	
   

  	
  45

  
	
   

  	
  7.4

  	
  Taxes

  	
   

  	
  45

  
	
   

  	
  7.5

  	
  Insurance

  	
   

  	
  45

  
	
   

  	
  7.6

  	
  Payment of Indebtedness and Performance of
  Obligations

  	
   

  	
  45

  
	
   

  	
  7.7

  	
  Maintenance of Property; Environmental Investigations

  	
   

  	
  46

  
	
   

  	
  7.8

  	
  Observance of Legal Requirements

  	
   

  	
  46

  
	
   

  	
  7.10

  	
  Licenses, Intellectual Property

  	
   

  	
  46

  
	
   

  	
  7.11

  	
  Additional Guarantors

  	
   

  	
  46

  
	
   

  	
  7.12

  	
  Operation of Business

  	
   

  	
  47

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.

  	
  NEGATIVE COVENANTS

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
  8.1

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted]

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
  8.2

  	
  Dispositions by Borrower and Subsidiaries

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
  8.3

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted]

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
  8.4

  	
  Business Changes

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
  8.5

  	
  Amendments to Organizational Documents

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
  8.6

  	
  Anti-Terrorism Laws; FCPA

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
  8.7

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted]

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
   

  	
  8.8

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted]

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
   

  	
  8.9

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted]

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
   

  	
  8.10

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted]

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
   

  	
  8.11

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted]

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
   

  	
  8.12

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted]

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
   

  	
  8.13

  	
  Income Available for Debt Service to Maximum Annual
  Service Charge

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
   

  	
  8.14

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted]

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
   

  	
  8.15

  	
  Debt to Total Assets; Secured Debt to Total Assets;
  New Indebtedness Restriction

  	
   

  	
  49

  
	
   

  	
  8.16

  	
  Debt to Unencumbered Assets Ratio

  	
   

  	
  50

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  9.

  	
  DEFAULTS/EVENTS OF DEFAULT

  	
   

  	
  50

  
	
   

  	
  9.1

  	
  Events of Default

  	
   

  	
  50

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.

  	
  THE AGENT

  	
   

  	
  53

  
	
   

  	
  10.1

  	
  Appointment and Authority

  	
   

  	
  53

  
	
   

  	
  10.2

  	
  Rights as a Lender

  	
   

  	
  53

  
	
   

  	
  10.3

  	
  Exculpatory Provisions

  	
   

  	
  53

  

 

 ii
 

 

	
  

  	
  10.4

  	
  Reliance by
  Administrative Agent

  	
   

  	
  54

  
	
   

  	
  10.5

  	
  Notice of Default

  	
   

  	
  54

  
	
   

  	
  10.6

  	
  Delegation of Duties

  	
   

  	
  54

  
	
   

  	
  10.7

  	
  Indemnification

  	
   

  	
  54

  
	
   

  	
  10.8

  	
  Successor Administrative Agent

  	
   

  	
  55

  
	
   

  	
  10.9

  	
  Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other
  Lenders

  	
   

  	
  56

  
	
   

  	
  10.10

  	
  No Other Duties, Etc

  	
   

  	
  56

  
	
   

  	
  10.11

  	
  Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

  	
   

  	
  56

  
	
   

  	
  10.12

  	
  Guaranty Matters

  	
   

  	
  57

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.

  	
  OTHER PROVISIONS

  	
   

  	
  57

  
	
   

  	
  11.1

  	
  Amendments and Waivers

  	
   

  	
  57

  
	
   

  	
  11.2

  	
  Notices

  	
   

  	
  58

  
	
   

  	
  11.3

  	
  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

  	
   

  	
  59

  
	
   

  	
  11.4

  	
  Survival of Representations and Warranties

  	
   

  	
  59

  
	
   

  	
  11.5

  	
  Payment of Expenses and Taxes

  	
   

  	
  59

  
	
   

  	
  11.6

  	
  Lending Offices

  	
   

  	
  60

  
	
   

  	
  11.7

  	
  Successors and Assigns

  	
   

  	
  60

  
	
   

  	
  11.8

  	
  [Intentionally Omitted]

  	
   

  	
  64

  
	
   

  	
  11.9

  	
  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

  	
   

  	
  64

  
	
   

  	
  11.10

  	
  Adjustments; Set-off

  	
   

  	
  64

  
	
   

  	
  11.11

  	
  Lenders’ Representations

  	
   

  	
  65

  
	
   

  	
  11.12

  	
  Indemnity

  	
   

  	
  65

  
	
   

  	
  11.13

  	
  Governing Law

  	
   

  	
  66

  
	
   

  	
  11.14

  	
  Headings Descriptive

  	
   

  	
  66

  
	
   

  	
  11.15

  	
  Severability

  	
   

  	
  66

  
	
   

  	
  11.16

  	
  Confidential Information

  	
   

  	
  66

  
	
   

  	
  11.17

  	
  Consent to Jurisdiction

  	
   

  	
  67

  
	
   

  	
  11.18

  	
  Service of Process

  	
   

  	
  67

  
	
   

  	
  11.19

  	
  No Limitation on Service or Suit

  	
   

  	
  67

  
	
   

  	
  11.20

  	
  WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY

  	
   

  	
  67

  
	
   

  	
  11.21

  	
  Termination

  	
   

  	
  67

  
	
   

  	
  11.22

  	
  Replacement Notes

  	
   

  	
  68

  
	
   

  	
  11.23

  	
  USA Patriot Act Notice

  	
   

  	
  68

  
	
   

  	
  11.24

  	
  Replacement of Lenders

  	
   

  	
  68

  
	
   

  	
  11.25

  	
  No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationships

  	
   

  	
  68

  
	
   

  	
  11.26

  	
  Replacement of April 2007 Credit Agreement

  	
   

  	
  69

  
	
   

  	
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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

	
  EXHIBITS:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit A

  	
  -

  	
  Assignment and Assumption

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit B

  	
  -

  	
  Borrowing Request

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit C

  	
  -

  	
  Commitments and Domestic LIBOR Lending Offices

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit D

  	
  -

  	
  Intentionally Omitted

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit E

  	
  -

  	
  Intentionally Omitted

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit F

  	
  -

  	
  Centro Party Guaranty

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit G

  	
  -

  	
  Compliance Certificate

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit H

  	
  -

  	
  Subsidiary Guarantor Guaranty

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit I-

  	
  -

  	
  Reserved

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit J

  	
  -

  	
  Swing Loan Note

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit K

  	
  -

  	
  Revolving Credit Note

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit L

  	
  -

  	
  Letter of Credit Request

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit M

  	
  -

  	
  Form of Notice of Conversion

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit N

  	
  -

  	
  Intentionally Omitted

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit O

  	
  -

  	
  Secretary’s Certificate Borrower

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit P

  	
  -

  	
  Secretary’s Certificate Guarantor

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  SCHEDULES:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule 1.1

  	
  -

  	
  Closing Date Approved Management Contracts

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule 1.2

  	
  -

  	
  Existing Letters of Credit

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule 4.4

  	
  -

  	
  Subsidiaries (including Subsidiary Guarantors)

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule 4.5

  	
  -

  	
  Litigation

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule 4.12

  	
  -

  	
  Plans

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule 4.21

  	
  -

  	
  List of Unencumbered Assets

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule 11.2

  	
  -

  	
  Notice Addresses

  

 

 iv

REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2007, by and among CENTRO NP LLC, a
Maryland limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each lender party hereto
or which becomes a “Lender” pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.7 (each a “Lender”
and, collectively, the “Lenders”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (“Bank of America”),
as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the
Subsidiary Guarantors are parties to the April 2007 Credit Agreement (as
defined herein);

WHEREAS, the
Borrower, the Centro Parties and the Subsidiary Guarantors have requested that
the Lenders amend and restate the April 2007 Credit Agreement as set forth
herein; and

WHEREAS,
the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of these premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
covenant and agree as follows:

1.                                       DEFINITIONS

1.1                                 Defined Terms.

As
used in this Agreement, terms defined in the preamble have the meanings therein
indicated, and the following terms have the following meanings:

“Accountants”:  any of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Deloitte
& Touche LLP; Ernst & Young LLP; KPMG LLP; or any successor to any of
the foregoing; or such other firm of certified public accountants selected by
the Borrower and satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“Acquired
Indebtedness”:  Debt of a Person (a)
existing at the time the Person becomes a Subsidiary or (b) assumed in
connection with the acquisition of assets from the Person, in each case, other
than Debt incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, the Person
becoming a Subsidiary or that acquisition. 
Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to be incurred on the date of the
related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person
becomes a Subsidiary.

“Adjusted
Total Assets”:  as defined in Section
8.15(a).

“Administrative
Agent’s Office”: the Administrative Agent’s address as set forth in Section
11.2, or such other address as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

“Administrative
Questionnaire”: an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the
Administrative Agent.

“Advance”:  a Prime Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan, as the
case may be.

“Affected
Advance”:  as defined in Section
2.10.

“Affected
Principal Amount”:  in the event that
(a) the Borrower shall fail for any reason to borrow or convert into a LIBOR
Loan after it shall have notified the Administrative Agent of its intent to do
so (whether it shall have requested a LIBOR Loan on the Effective Date or
pursuant to Section 2.3 or 2.8, or a Swing Loan pursuant to Section 2.1A), an
amount equal to the principal amount of such LIBOR Loan or Swing Loan; (b) a
LIBOR Loan or Swing Loan shall terminate for any reason prior to the last day
of the Interest Period applicable thereto, an amount equal to the principal
amount of such LIBOR Loan or Swing Loan; or (c) the Borrower shall prepay or
repay all or any part of the principal amount of a LIBOR Loan or Swing Loan
prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including,
without limitation, any mandatory prepayment or a prepayment 

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resulting from
acceleration or illegality), an amount equal to the principal amount of such
LIBOR Loan or Swing Loan so prepaid or repaid.

“Affiliate”:  as to any Person, any other Person which,
directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person.  For purposes
of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or
indirect, (i) to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors of such Person or (ii) to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by
contract or otherwise.

“Agreement”:  this Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement, as the same may be from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.

“Agreement
Regarding Fees”:  that certain
Agreement Regarding Fees dated July 26, 2007 among Bank of America, Banc of
America Securities LLC and the Borrower.

“Applicable
Lending Office”:  (a) in respect of
any Lender, (i) in the case of such Lender’s Prime Rate Loans, its Domestic
Lending Office and (ii) in the case of such Lender’s LIBOR Loans, its LIBOR
Lending Office, and (b) in respect of the Swing Loan Lender and the Issuing
Lender, the Domestic Lending Office of each thereof.

“Applicable Margin”:  (a) with respect to the unpaid principal
balance of Prime Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans, at all times during which the
applicable Pricing Level set forth below is in effect, (b) with respect to the
calculation of the Facility Fee pursuant to Section 3.1, at all times during
which the applicable Pricing Level set forth below is in effect (the “Applicable
Facility Fee Percentage”), and (c) with respect to the calculation of the
Letter of Credit Commission Fees pursuant to Section 2.5(f), at all times
during which the applicable Pricing Level set forth below is in effect, the
respective percentage set forth below next to such Pricing Level:

	
  Pricing Level

  	
   

  	
  LIBOR Loans/

  Letter of Credit 

  Commission Fee

  	
   

  	
  Prime Rate 

  Loans

  	
   

  	
  Applicable Facility Fee

  Percentage

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Post-Reduction
  Conditions Pricing Level

  	
   

  	
  0.350

  	
  %

  	
  0.00

  	
  %

  	
  0.150

  	
  %

  
	
  Pricing Level I

  	
   

  	
  0.475

  	
  %

  	
  0.00

  	
  %

  	
  0.150

  	
  %

  
	
  Pricing Level II

  	
   

  	
  0.525

  	
  %

  	
  0.00

  	
  %

  	
  0.175

  	
  %

  
	
  Pricing Level
  III

  	
   

  	
  0.650

  	
  %

  	
  0.00

  	
  %

  	
  0.175

  	
  %

  
	
  Pricing Level IV

  	
   

  	
  0.850

  	
  %

  	
  0.00

  	
  %

  	
  0.225

  	
  %

  
	
  Pricing Level V

  	
   

  	
  1.100

  	
  %

  	
  0.350

  	
  %

  	
  0.275

  	
  %

  

 

Changes in the
Applicable Margin resulting from a change in a Pricing Level shall become
effective as of the opening of business upon the date of any change in the
Senior Debt Rating of the Borrower (or, if applicable, NXL, as determined in
accordance with the definition of the term “Senior Debt Rating”), as determined
by S&P, Moody’s and/or Fitch, as the case may be, which would affect the
applicable Pricing Level.

“Appraised
Value”:  the “as is” appraised value
of any applicable real property assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as
determined pursuant to the most recently available appraisal that is in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or, to the
extent no such appraisal exists, as otherwise reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent.

“Approved
Fund”:  any Fund that is administered
or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an
Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“Approved
Management Contracts”:  those
contracts listed on Schedule 1.1 attached hereto and any other property
management contracts between the Borrower or one of its consolidated
Subsidiaries and a third party (a) in which the Borrower or one of its
consolidated Subsidiaries has an equity ownership interest, or (b) that has
been approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

“April
2007 Credit Agreement”:  that certain
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of April 20, 2007 among the Borrower, the
Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, as administrative agent,
the lenders 

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party thereto and
the other parties named therein, as the same may have been amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof.

“Assignment
and Assumption Agreement”:  an
assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the
consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.7), and accepted
by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A or
any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Assignee
Group”:  two or more Eligible
Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds
managed by the same investment advisor.

“Authorized
Signatory”:  the chairman of the
board, the chief executive officer, the president, any executive vice
president, the Chief Financial Officer or any other duly authorized officer
(acceptable to the Administrative Agent) of the Borrower.

“Available
Commitment Amount”:  on any day, an
amount equal to the Total Commitment Amount at such time.

“Bank
of America”:  Bank of America, N.A.

“BAS”:  Banc of America Securities LLC, in its
capacity as Lead Arranger and Book Manager.

“Benefited
Lender”:  as defined in Section
11.10.

“Borrower
Materials”: as defined in Section 7.2.

“Borrowing
Date”:  any Business Day specified in
a Borrowing Request delivered pursuant to Sections 2.1, 2.1A or 2.3, as the
case may be, as a date on which the Borrower requests the Lenders or the
Swingline Lender to make Loans.

“Borrowing
Request”:  a borrowing request in the
form of Exhibit B hereto.

“Bridge
Facility”:  that certain loan in the
approximately amount of $2,400,000,000 made by the Bridge Lenders to Super and
secured by a pledge by Super of its membership interest in Borrower.

“Bridge
Lenders”:  collectively,
JPMorganChase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Key Bank National Association,
Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia Bank National Association.

“Bridge
Loan Agreement”:  that certain
Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, to be dated as of August 1, 2007, among
the Bridge Lenders and Super; provided, that references contained herein to
terms defined in or sections contained in the Bridge Loan Agreement shall refer
to such terms or sections as defined in or contained in the Bridge Loan
Agreement as in existence as of August 1, 2007.

“Business
Day”:  any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the
Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s
Office is located and, if such day relates to any LIBOR Loan, means any such
day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in
the London interbank eurodollar market.

“Capital
Leases”:  leases which have been, or
under GAAP are required to be, capitalized.

“Cash
Collateralize”:  to pledge and
deposit with or deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Issuing
Lender and the Lenders, as collateral for the Letter of Credit Exposure, cash
or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Issuing Lender (which documents are
hereby consented to by the Lenders). 
Borrower hereby grants Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Issuing Lender and Lenders, a first priority lien on all such cash and
deposit account balances.  Cash
collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit
accounts at Administrative Agent.

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“Centro
Parties”: a collective reference to CPT Manager Limited, ABN 37054494307,
as responsible entity of the Centro Property Trust, having an address at Centro
The Glen, 235 Springvale Road, 3rd Floor, Glen Waverley, Victoria, 3150,
Australia and Centro Properties Limited,  ABN
45078590682, having an address at Centro The Glen, 235 Springvale Road, 3rd
Floor, Glen Waverley, Victoria, 3150, Australia.

“Centro
Party Guaranty”:  the Centro Party
Guaranty, substantially in the form of Exhibit F executed by each of the
Centro Parties as of the date hereof (and effective against such Persons as of
the Trigger Date).

“Change
of Control”:  the occurrence of any
one of the following events (other than as a direct result of the Liquidation):

(a)                                  Super
ceases to be the sole member of the Borrower; or

(b)                                 there
occurs a “Change of Control” as defined in the Bridge Loan Agreement; or

(c)                                  the
Borrower consolidates with, is acquired by, or merges into or with any Person
(other than a merger or consolidation permitted by Section 8.2).

“Chief
Financial Officer”:  at any time, the
chief financial officer of the Borrower, or if the Borrower does not have a
chief financial officer at such time, the officer designated by the Borrower as
its principal financial officer or such other officer of the Borrower that is
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Code”:  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the
same may be amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, as from time to time in effect.

“Commission”:  the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or, if at any time after execution of this instrument such Commission is
not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.

“Commitment”:  in respect of any Lender, such Lender’s
undertaking to make Loans (other than Swing Loans), or purchase participations
or subparticipations in Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender or
purchase participations in Swing Loans to the Borrower, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not
exceeding such Lender’s Commitment Amount.

“Commitment
Amount”:  the amount set forth next
to the name of such Lender in Exhibit C under the heading “Commitments”
as such Lender’s Commitment Amount, as the same may be reduced pursuant to
Section 2.3(g) and as the same may otherwise be changed in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.

“Commitment
Percentage”:  on any day, and as to
any Lender, the quotient of (a) such Lender’s Commitment Amount on such day,
divided by (b) the Commitment Amounts of all Lenders on such day.

“Compliance
Certificate”:  a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

“Consolidated”:  the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are
consolidated for financial reporting purposes. 
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, for purposes
of this Agreement, the phrase “Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a
Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP” (and similar phrases having the
same meaning) shall not be deemed to include the consolidation of FIN 46 Entities
(other than the inclusion of the applicable pro-rata share of assets,
liabilities, income or loss attributable to such FIN 46 Entities to the extent
required pursuant to this Agreement).

“Consolidated
Income Available for Debt Service”: 
for any period, Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted for (a) interest on Debt of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (b) provision for taxes of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries based on income, (c) amortization of debt discount, (d)
property depreciation and amortization, (e) the effect of any noncash charge
resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Consolidated
Net Income for such period, (f) provisions for losses from sales or joint
ventures, (g) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items and (h)
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extinguishment of
debt, and less amounts which have been added in determining Consolidated Net
Income for such period for (i) provisions for gains from sales or joint
ventures and (ii) decreases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items.

“Consolidated
Net Income”:  for any period, the
amount of net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Contingent
Obligation”:  as to any Person, any
obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any
Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (“Primary Obligations”) of
any other Person (the “Primary Obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and whether arising from partnership or keep-well agreements,
including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether
contingent or not contingent (without duplication) (a) to purchase any such Primary
Obligation or any Property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,
(b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such
Primary Obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the
Primary Obligor or otherwise to maintain net worth, solvency or other financial
statement condition of the Primary Obligor, (c) to purchase Property,
securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the beneficiary of
any such Primary Obligation of the ability of the Primary Obligor to make
payment of such Primary Obligation, or (d) otherwise to assure, protect from
loss or hold harmless the beneficiary of such Primary Obligation against loss
in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Contingent Obligation
shall not include (x) the endorsement of instruments for deposit or
collection in the ordinary course of business, (y) guarantees or
carve-outs that constitute Non-Recourse Exclusions until a claim is made with
respect thereto, and then shall be included only to the extent of the amount of
such claim or (z) commitments to make capital contributions to Joint
Ventures.  The term Contingent Obligation
shall also include the liability of a general partner in respect of the
liabilities of the partnership in which it is a general partner, but shall not
include the liability of a member (managing or otherwise) of a limited
liability company in respect of the liabilities of such limited liability
company to the extent not imposed by agreement or by law.  The amount of any Contingent Obligation of a
Person shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable
amount of the Primary Obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation
is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof as determined by such Person in good faith.

“Conversion
Date”:  the date on which a LIBOR
Loan is converted to a Prime Rate Loan, or the date on which a Prime Rate Loan
is converted to a LIBOR Loan, or the date on which a LIBOR Loan is converted to
a new LIBOR Loan, all in accordance with Section 2.8.

“Credit
Party”:  the Administrative Agent,
the Lead Arranger, each Lender, the Swing Loan Lender, the Issuing Lender, the
Book Manager and their successors and assigns.

“Debt”:  with respect to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary means any indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether or
not contingent, in respect of (i) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes,
debentures or similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage,
pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property
owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) reimbursement obligations,
contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit or amounts
representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade
payable or (iv) any lease of property by the Borrower or any Subsidiary as
lessee which is reflected on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet as a
capitalized lease in accordance with GAAP, in the case of items of indebtedness
under (i) through (iii) above to the extent that any such items (other than
reimbursement obligations in connection with letters of credit) would appear as
a liability on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with
GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor,
guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary
course of business), indebtedness of another Person that would appear as a
liability on such Person’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP
(other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary) (it being understood that “Debt”
shall be deemed to be incurred by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis whenever the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof;
Debt of a Subsidiary of the Borrower existing prior to the time it becomes a
Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be deemed to be incurred upon such Subsidiary’s
becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower; and Debt of a Person existing prior to a
merger or consolidation of such Person with the Borrower or any Subsidiary of
the Borrower in which such Person is the successor of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred upon the consummation of such merger
or consolidation).

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“Default”:  any event or condition which constitutes an
Event of Default or which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or any
other condition, would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

“Defaulting
Lender”:  at any time, any Lender
that, at such time, (a) has failed to comply with any of its obligations to
make a Loan, fund its share of any payment made by the Issuing Lender pursuant
to a Letter of Credit or acquire a participation in any Swing Loan as required
pursuant to this Agreement within one (1) Business Day of the date required to
be funded by it hereunder unless such failure has been cured, (b) has failed to
pay to the Administrative Agent or any Lender any other amount owed by such
Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents within one (1) Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject
of a good faith dispute unless such failure has been cured, or (c) has been
deemed insolvent or become subject to a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.

“Dollars”
and “$”:  lawful currency of the
United States of America.

“Domestic
Lending Office”:  in respect of any
Lender, the Swing Loan Lender and the Issuing Lender, initially, the office or
offices of such Lender, the Swing Loan Lender and the Issuing Lender,
designated as such on Exhibit C; thereafter, such other office of such
Lender, the Swing Loan Lender and the Issuing Lender, through which it shall be
making or maintaining Prime Rate Loans, making Swing Loans or issuing Letters
of Credit, as reported by such Lender, the Swing Loan Lender and the Issuing
Lender, to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

“DownREIT
Partnership”:  Excel Realty Partners,
L.P. and any other partnership or limited liability company hereafter created
by the Borrower for the purpose of acquiring assets qualifying as “real estate
assets” under Section 856(c) of the Code through the issuance of partnership or
limited liability company units in such partnership or limited liability
company to third parties, provided that, in the case of each such entity
(including Excel Realty Partners, L.P.) (a) the Borrower or a wholly owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower is the sole general partner or managing member of
such partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, and (b) the
Borrower or such wholly owned
Subsidiary shall be entitled to receive not less than 95% of the net income and
gains before depreciation, if any, from such partnership or limited liability
company after the limited partners or non-managing members of such
partnership or limited liability company receive a stipulated distribution. Any
partnership or limited liability company created after the Effective Date must
be approved by the Administrative Agent as a “DownREIT Partnership” for purposes
of being included in this definition.

“Effective
Date”:  the date of this Agreement.

“EITF
04-05”:  Emerging Issues Task Force
Consensus on Issue No. 04-05, “Determining Whether a General Partner, or
the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar
Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights” as adopted in July, 2005
by the Emerging Issues Task Force created by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board.

“Eligible
Assignee”:  any of the Bridge Lenders
and, to the extent an assignment or participation is entered into during the
continuation of any Event of Default, any other Person that meets the
requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.7(b)(iii), (v) and (vi)
(subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section
11.7(b)(iii)).

“Environmental
Laws”:  any and all federal, state
and local laws relating to the environment, the use, storage, transporting,
manufacturing, handling, discharge, disposal or recycling of hazardous
substances, materials or pollutants or industrial hygiene and including,
without limitation, (a) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act, as amended, 42 USCA §9601 et seq.; (b) the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, 42 USCA §6901 et seq.; (c)
the Toxic Substance Control Act, as amended, 15 USCA §2601 et seq.; (d) the
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 USCA §1251 et seq.; (e) the Clean
Air Act, as amended, 42 USCA §7401 et seq.; (f) the Hazardous Material
Transportation Act, as amended, 49 USCA §1801 et seq. and (g) all rules,
regulations, judgments, decrees, injunctions and restrictions thereunder and
any analogous state law.

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“Equity
Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or
other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or
other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such
equity interest.

“ERISA”:  the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations issued
thereunder, as from time to time in effect.

“ERISA
Affiliate”:  any Person which is a
member of any group of organizations (a) described in Section 414(b) or (c) of
the Code of which the Borrower is a member, or (b) solely for purposes of
potential liability under Section 302(c)(11) of ERISA and Section 412(c)(11) of
the Code and the Lien created under Section 302(f) of ERISA and Section 412(n)
of the Code, described in Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code of which the
Borrower is a member.

“ERISA
Liabilities”:  without duplication,
the aggregate of all unfunded vested benefits under all Plans and all potential
withdrawal liabilities under all Multiemployer Plans.

“Event
of Default”:  any of the events
specified in Section 9, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice,
the lapse of time or any other condition specified in Section 9 has
occurred or been satisfied.

“Excepted
Mortgage Indebtedness”: means any mortgage Indebtedness of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which a default or event of default has
arisen solely as a result of the Merger or Liquidation and the transactions
related thereto but which has not been accelerated or otherwise the subject of
a demand in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness for prepayment prior
to maturity.

“Excluded
Subsidiary”:  (a) any DownREIT
Partnership and any wholly owned Subsidiary of a DownREIT Partnership, (b) CA
New Plan Fixed Rate Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and (c)
any other Subsidiary, other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary that owns an
Unencumbered Asset.

“Existing
Letters of Credit”:  those certain
Letters of Credit outstanding on the Effective Date which were issued pursuant
to the April 2007 Credit Agreement as more particularly described on Schedule
1.2 attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein.

“FAS
141”:  Financial Accounting Standard
141 entitled “Business Combinations” adopted by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time.

“Facility
Fee”:  as defined in Section 3.1.

“Federal
Funds Rate”:  for any day, the rate
per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal
funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if
such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be
such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so
published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is
so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for
such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole
multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Administrative Agent on such day on such
transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

“FIN
46”:  the pronouncement entitled
Financial Interpretation 46 “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” by
the Financial Accounting Standards Board on January 17, 2003, as revised from
time to time.

“FIN
46 Entities”:  any entity in which
Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly owns an interest that is not
a Subsidiary, but that is nonetheless consolidated with Borrower or any
Subsidiary for financial reporting purposes as a result of the application of
FIN 46 or EITF 04-05.

“Financial
Statements”:  as defined in Section
4.13.

“Fitch”:  Fitch Group and any successor thereto.

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“Fund”:
any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

“Funds
from Operations”:  with respect to
any Person for any fiscal period, the sum of (a) the net income of such Person
for such fiscal period (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding (i) gains
(or losses) from debt restructuring and sales of property and (ii) charges for
impairment of real estate, (b) depreciation and amortization, and (c) other non-cash
items, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships, Joint Ventures
and FIN 46 Entities.  Adjustments for
unconsolidated partnerships, Joint Ventures and FIN 46 Entities will be
calculated to reflect funds from operations on the same basis.

“GAAP”:  generally accepted accounting principles set
forth 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 in such other
statement by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date
of determination, consistently applied.

“Governmental
Authority”:  the government of the
United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof,
whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory
body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the
European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Granting
Lender”: as defined in Section 11.7(k).

“Guarantor”:  each Subsidiary Guarantor and each of the
Centro Parties, as applicable, in their capacities as guarantors under the
Guaranty.

“Guaranty”:  collectively, (a) the Guaranty, substantially
in the form of Exhibit H executed by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors
identified on Schedule 4.4 and delivered to the Administrative Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders on or prior to the Effective Date, (b) each
additional Guaranty substantially in the form of Exhibit H executed by
each Required Additional Guarantor and delivered to the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders after the Effective Date and (c) the Centro
Party Guaranty.

“Hazardous
Substance”:  any hazardous or toxic
substance, material or waste, including, but not limited to, (a) those
substances, materials, and wastes listed in the United States Department of
Transportation Hazardous Materials Table (49 CFR 172.101) or by the
Environmental Protection Agency as hazardous substances (40 CFR Part 302) and
amendments thereto and replacements therefor, (b) any substance, pollutant or
material defined as, or designated in, any Environmental Law as a “hazardous
substance,” “toxic substance,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous waste,” “restricted
hazardous waste,” “pollutant,” “toxic pollutant” or words of similar import and
(c) toxic mold.

“Hedging
Agreement”:  any interest rate
protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price
protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity
price hedging arrangement.

“Highest
Lawful Rate”:  with respect to any
Lender and the Swing Loan Lender, the maximum rate of interest, if any, that at
any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, charged or received
by such Lender or the Swing Loan Lender on its Note or which may be owing to
such Lender or the Swing Loan Lender pursuant to this Agreement under the laws
applicable to such Lender or the Swing Loan Lender and this Agreement.

“Indebtedness”:  as to any Person, at a particular time, all
items which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed
money (including, without limitation, indebtedness under this Agreement and the
Notes) or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than trade payables
incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) obligations with respect to
any conditional sale or title retention agreement, (d) indebtedness arising
under acceptance facilities and the amount available to be drawn under all
letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without
duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder to the extent such Person shall not
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payment of such
drafts, (e) all liabilities secured by any Lien on any Property owned by such
Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for
the payment thereof (other than carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’,
repairmen’s or other like non-consensual statutory Liens arising in the
ordinary course of business), (f) obligations under Capital Leases, (g)
Contingent Obligations, (h) ERISA Liabilities and (i) all indebtedness,
obligations or other liabilities under or with respect to any Hedging
Agreements that in accordance with GAAP should be classified upon such Person’s
balance sheet as liabilities, or to which reference should be made by footnotes
thereto; provided, however, that the term Indebtedness shall not include
guarantees or carve-outs with respect to claims of the types referenced in
(a)-(d) of the definition of Non-Recourse Exclusions until a claim is made with
respect thereto, and then shall be included only to the extent of the amount of
such claim.

“Indemnified
Person”:  as defined in Section
11.12.

“Intellectual
Property”:  all copyrights,
trademarks, patents, trade names and service names.

“Interest
Payment Date”:  (a) as to any
Loan other than a Prime Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period
applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however,
that if any Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan exceeds three months, the
respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such
Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any
Prime Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each
March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.

“Interest
Period”:  with respect to any LIBOR
Loans requested by the Borrower, the period commencing on, as the case may be,
the Effective Date, Borrowing Date or Conversion Date with respect to such
LIBOR Loans and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by
the Borrower in its irrevocable Borrowing Request as provided in Section 2.3 or
its irrevocable notice of conversion as provided in Section 2.8; provided,
however, that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are
subject to the following:

(a)                                  any
Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a
LIBOR Loan, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

(b)                                 if,
with respect to the borrowing of any Loan as a LIBOR Loan or the conversion of
one Advance to another pursuant to Section 2.8, the Borrower shall fail to give
due notice as provided in Section 2.3 or 2.8, as the case may be, the Borrower
shall be deemed to have elected that such Loan or Advance shall be made as a
Prime Rate Loan;

(c)                                  any
Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR Loan that begins on the last Business Day
of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period)
shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month;

(d)                                 with
respect to any Interest Period applicable to a LIBOR Loan, no such Interest
Period shall end after the Maturity Date; and

(e)                                  the
Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to have more than ten (10)
different Interest Periods outstanding at any one time with respect to LIBOR
Loans.

“Investments”:  with respect to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, any of (a) the purchase, acquisition, holding or
investment by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary in the Stock of, or any other
interest in, any Person, or the making of any loan or any advance to, or the
entering into any arrangement for the purpose of acquiring, holding or
investing in or loaning or advancing to, or the making of any other investment,
whether by way of capital contribution, time deposit or otherwise, in or with
any Person, or (b) the purchase, acquisition, holding or investment in any real
or personal property by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary; provided, that the
provision by Borrower or any such Subsidiary of guarantees and/or letters of
credit to other Persons shall not constitute Investments but shall instead
constitute Indebtedness.

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“ISP”:  with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International
Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law
& Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time
of issuance).

“Issuer
Documents”:  with respect to any
Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit application, and any other document,
agreement and instrument entered into by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower
(or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the Issuing Lender and relating to any such
Letter of Credit.

“Issuing
Lender”:  Bank of America in its
capacity as (a) the Lender issuing the Letters of Credit and (b) the owner of a
one hundred percent (100%) participation interest in and to the Existing
Letters of Credit, and any successor issuer of the Letters of Credit hereunder.

“Joint
Venture”:  an Investment by Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries with third persons in joint ventures, general
partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies or any other
business association.  Joint Ventures
include non-wholly owned Subsidiaries of Borrower and FIN 46 Entities, but
exclude DownREIT Partnerships.

“Laws”:  collectively, all international, foreign,
Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations,
ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities,
including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration
thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests,
licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental
Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

“Lead
Arranger”:  Banc of America
Securities LLC and its successors, in its capacity as Lead Arranger hereunder.

“Letters
of Credit”:  irrevocable standby
letters of credit in respect of obligations of the Borrower incurred pursuant
to contracts made or performances undertaken or to be undertaken in the
ordinary course of the Borrower’s business which are payable upon presentation
of a sight draft and other documents described in such Letters of Credit, if
any, as originally issued pursuant to this Agreement or the April 2007 Credit
Agreement (which shall include the Existing Letters of Credit) or as amended,
modified, extended, renewed or supplemented.

“Letter
of Credit Exposure”:  at any time,
the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of
Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all unreimbursed
drawings under Letters of Credit at such time.

“Letter
of Credit Request”:  See Section
2.5(a).

“LIBOR”:  for any Interest Period with respect to any
LIBOR Loan:

(a)                                  the
rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”),
as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing
quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to
time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to
the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period, or

(b)                                 if
the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such page or
service or such page or service shall not be available, the rate per annum
equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate
on such other page or other service that displays an average British Bankers
Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days
prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or

(c)                                  if
the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) are not available,
the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate of
interest at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such
Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the LIBOR Loan
being made, continued, or converted by Administrative Agent’s and with a term
equivalent to such

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Interest Period would be offered by Administrative
Agent’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market
at their request at approximately 4:00 p.m. (London time) two Business Days
prior to the first day of such Interest Period. 
In the event that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
shall impose a Reserve Percentage with respect to LIBOR deposits of
Administrative Agent, then for any period during which such Reserve Percentage
shall apply, LIBOR shall be equal to the amount determined above divided by an
amount equal to 1 minus the Reserve Percentage.

“LIBOR
Lending Office”:  initially, the
office of each Lender designated as such in Exhibit C hereto;
thereafter, such other office of such Lender, if any, that shall be making or
maintaining LIBOR Loans.

“LIBOR
Loans”:  loans bearing interest
calculated by reference to a LIBOR.

“Lien”:  any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit or preferential arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory
or other), or other security agreement or security interest of any kind or
nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement and any capital or financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

“Liquidation”
means the liquidation, following the Merger, of NXL into the Borrower and the
concurrent assignment to the Borrower of all of the assets of NXL and the
assumption by the Borrower of all of the liabilities of NXL.

“Loan”
and “Loans”:  an individual loan
or the aggregate loans (including a Revolving Credit Loan (or Loans) and/or a
Swing Loan (or Loans)), as the case may be, to be made by the Lenders
hereunder.  All Loans shall be made in
Dollars.  Amounts drawn under a Letter of
Credit shall also be considered Loans as provided in Section 2.5.

“Loan
Documents”:  collectively, this
Agreement, the Guaranty (and each Guaranty subsequently delivered pursuant to
Section 7.11), the Notes and all other documents, instruments or agreements now
or hereafter executed or delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries evidencing or
otherwise relating to the Loans to which Administrative Agent and/or the
Lenders are a party or an intended beneficiary.

“Margin
Stock”:  any “margin stock”, as said
term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

“Material
Adverse Effect”:  a material adverse
effect on (a) the financial condition, operations, business, or Properties of
(i) the Borrower or (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
(b) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its material obligations
under the Loan Documents or the ability of the Subsidiary Guarantors, taken as
a whole, to perform their material obligations under the Guaranty or (c) the
ability of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enforce the Loan
Documents.

“Maturity
Date”:  the earlier of (a) December
31, 2007, or (ii) the date on which the Notes shall become due and
payable, whether by acceleration or otherwise; provided, however,
that, in each case, if such date
is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next succeeding Business
Day.

“Maximum
Annual Service Charge”:  as of any
date, the maximum amount which may become payable in any period of 12
consecutive calendar months from such date for interest on, and required
amortization of, Debt.  The amount
payable for amortization shall include the amount of any sinking fund or other
analogous fund for the retirement of Debt and the amount payable on account of
principal on any such Debt which matures serially other than at the final
maturity date of such Debt.

“Merger”
means the merger of Super MergerSub Inc., a Maryland corporation, into NXL
(with NXL as the surviving entity).

“Moody’s”:  Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. and any
successor thereto.

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“Multiemployer
Plan”:  a plan defined as such
Section 3(37) of ERISA to which contributions have been made by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate and which is covered by Title IV of ERISA.

“Net
Rentable Area”:  with respect to any
Real Property, the floor area of any buildings, structures or improvements
thereof (expressed in square feet) available for leasing to tenants, as
determined in accordance with the leases or site plans or leasing plans for
such Real Property, or if such leases or site plans or leasing plans do not set
forth the floor area demised thereunder (or if such Real Property is not
subject to a lease), then as determined by the Borrower in accordance with an
industry-accepted protocol approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Non-Recourse
Exclusions”:  with respect to any
Non-Recourse Indebtedness of any Person, any usual and customary exclusions
from the non-recourse limitations governing such Indebtedness, including,
without limitation, exclusions for claims that (a) are based on fraud,
intentional misrepresentation, misapplication of funds, gross negligence or
willful misconduct, (b) result from intentional mismanagement of or waste at
the Real Property securing such Non-Recourse Indebtedness, (c) arise from the
presence of Hazardous Substances on the Real Property securing such
Non-Recourse Indebtedness; or (d) are the result of any unpaid real estate
taxes and assessments.

“Non-Recourse
Indebtedness”:  at any time,
Indebtedness of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or a Joint Venture at such time
which is secured by one or more parcels of Real Property or interests therein
and which is not a general obligation of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, the
holder of such Indebtedness having recourse solely to the parcels of Real
Property, or interests therein, securing such Indebtedness, the leases thereon
and the rents, profits and equity thereof (except for recourse against the
general credit of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries for any Non-Recourse
Exclusions), provided that in calculating the amount of Non-Recourse
Indebtedness at any time, the amount of any Non-Recourse Exclusions which
are the subject of a final judgment shall not be included in Non-Recourse
Indebtedness.

“Note”
and “Notes”:  collectively, the
Revolving Credit Notes and the Swing Loan Note.

“Notes
Receivable”:  mortgage and notes
receivable and reimbursement agreements (to the extent obligations are payable
under such reimbursement agreements), including interest payments thereunder,
of Borrower or any Subsidiary in a Person (other than Borrower or its
Subsidiaries).

“NXL”:  New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland
corporation.

“NXL
Convertible Notes”:  a collective
reference to any notes issued pursuant to (a) that certain Indenture, dated as
of February 3, 1999, by and among NXL, New Plan Realty Trust (“Realty Trust”),
a Massachusetts business trust, as guarantor, and State Street Bank and Trust
Company, a Massachusetts trust company, as trustee (for purposes of this clause
(a) only, the “Original Trustee”), as supplemented by the Officers’
Certificate, dated as of May 19, 2003, by and among NXL, Realty Trust, and U.S.
Bank Trust National Association, as successor to the Original Trustee, as
trustee (for purposes of this clause (a) only, the “Trustee”), and the
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 17, 2004, by and between NXL and
the Trustee; and (b) Indenture, dated as of January 30, 2004, by and between
NXL, as primary obligor and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee
(for purposes of this clause (b) only, the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 19, 2006, by and between
NXL and the Trustee.

“Organization
Documents”: (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or
articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable
constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with
respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of
formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any
partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the
partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization
and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in
connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental
Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if
applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such
entity.

“Participant”:
has the meaning specified in Section 11.7(d).

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“PBGC”:  the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to the functions thereof.

“PCAOB”:  the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board.

“Permitted
Liens”:  Liens permitted to exist
under Section 8.1.

“Person”:  an individual, a partnership, a corporation,
a business trust, a limited liability company, a joint stock company, a trust,
an unincorporated association, a joint venture, a Governmental Authority or any
other entity of whatever nature.

“Plan”:  any employee benefit or other plan
established or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and which is
covered by or subject to the minimum funding standards of Title IV of ERISA,
other than a Multiemployer Plan.

“Platform”:
as defined in Section 7.2.

“Pricing
Level”:  one of the following five
pricing levels, as applicable (with Pricing Levels I-V being made effective, as
applicable, as of the date on which the calculations related thereto and
indicating a shift in such Pricing Levels are received by the Administrative
Agent):

“Post-Reduction
Conditions Pricing Level”:  the Pricing
Level which would be applicable, notwithstanding the proviso set forth at the
end of this definition, commencing as of the date on which the Reduction
Conditions have been fully satisfied and for each day thereafter during the
term hereof;

“Pricing Level I”:  to the extent the Reduction Conditions have
not been fully satisfied, the Pricing Level which would be applicable for so
long as the ratio of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP to (b) Adjusted Total Assets is less than 35%;

“Pricing Level II”:  to the extent the Reduction Conditions have
not been fully satisfied, the Pricing Level which would be applicable for so
long as the ratio of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP to (b) Adjusted Total Assets is equal to or greater than
35% and is less than 45%;

“Pricing Level III”:  to the extent the Reduction Conditions have
not been fully satisfied, the Pricing Level which would be applicable for so
long as the ratio of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP to (b) Adjusted Total Assets is equal to or greater than
45% and is less than 50%;

“Pricing Level IV”:  to the extent the Reduction Conditions have
not been fully satisfied, the Pricing Level which would be applicable for so
long as the ratio of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP to (b) Adjusted Total Assets is equal to or greater than
50% and is less than 55%; and

“Pricing Level V”:  to the extent the Reduction Conditions have
not been fully satisfied, the Pricing Level which would be applicable for so
long as the ratio of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP to (b) Adjusted Total Assets is equal to or greater than
55%;

provided, however, with respect to Pricing Levels I-V
above (but not the Post-Reduction Conditions Pricing Level), if the Borrower is
subject to a reduction by two or more of (i) S&P of its Senior Debt Rating
below BBB-, (ii) Moody’s of its Senior Debt Rating below Baa3 or (iii) Fitch of
its Senior Debt rating below BBB-, the
Pricing Level used for the remainder of the term hereof shall be Pricing Level
V (except to the extent (A) any Senior Debt Ratings are thereafter increased to
or above such levels such that the conditions set forth above are no longer
satisfied with respect to two or more of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch or (B) Bank
of America, N.A.’s Commitment Amount hereunder is equal to or less than
$125,000,000).

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“Prime
Rate”:  for any day a fluctuating
rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2
of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly
announced from time to time by Administrative Agent as its “prime rate.”  The “prime rate” is a rate set by
Administrative Agent based upon various factors including Administrative Agent’s
costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is
used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at,
above, or below such announced rate.  Any
change in such rate announced by Administrative Agent shall take effect at the
opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such
change.

“Prime
Rate Loans”:  those Loans bearing
interest calculated by reference to the Prime Rate.

“Property”:  all types of real, personal, tangible,
intangible or mixed property.

“Public
Lender”: as defined in Section 7.2(m).

“Real
Property”:  all real Property, and
all interests in real Property, now or hereafter owned, leased or held by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, including, without limitation (and
as applicable), interests held indirectly through Joint Ventures.

“Reduction
Conditions”:  the satisfaction, as
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, of each of the following:
(a) the effectiveness of the Centro Party Guaranty with respect to each of the
Centro Parties and the acknowledgment and agreement by such Persons in writing
on or following the Trigger Date that the Centro Party Guaranty is fully
effective as of such Trigger Date; and (b) the syndication of the Commitments
in a manner which reduces the Commitment Amount of Bank of America, N.A. to a
level which is equal to or less than $125,000,000.

“REIT”:  a Person qualifying as a real estate
investment trust under sections 856-859 of the Code and the regulations
and rulings of the Internal Revenue Service issued thereunder.

“Related
Parties”:  with respect to any
Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers,
employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“Remaining
Interest Period”:  (a) in the event that
the Borrower shall fail for any reason to borrow a Loan in respect of which it
shall have requested a LIBOR Loan or a Swing Loan or to convert an Advance to a
LIBOR Loan after it shall have notified the Administrative Agent of its intent
to do so with respect to the Loans to be made pursuant to Sections 2.1A, 2.3 or
2.8 or with respect to a conversion pursuant to Section 2.8, a period equal to
the Interest Period that the Borrower elected in respect of such LIBOR Loan or
Swing Loan; or (b) in the event that a LIBOR Loan or Swing Loan shall terminate
for any reason prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
a period equal to the remaining portion of such Interest Period if such
Interest Period had not been so terminated; or (c) in the event that the
Borrower shall prepay or repay all or any part of the principal amount of a
LIBOR Loan or Swing Loan (including, without limitation, any mandatory
prepayment or a prepayment resulting from acceleration or illegality) prior to
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, a period equal to the
period from and including the date of such prepayment or repayment to but
excluding the last day of such Interest Period.

“Rent
Roll”:  a schedule prepared by the
Borrower from time to time identifying (a) the Real Property owned by the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries and stating whether such items of Real Property
are Unencumbered Assets at such time, (b) the annual base rent payable under
each lease of Real Property owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
(c) the commencement and termination dates of the term of each such lease, (d)
any renewal options with respect to such lease, (e) the Net Rentable Area of
the space demised under each such lease and (f) such other information as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

“Required
Additional Guarantors”:  any
Subsidiary required to execute and deliver a Guaranty pursuant to Section 7.11.

“Required
Lenders”:  the Lenders whose
aggregate Commitment Percentage equals or exceeds fifty-one percent (51%),
notwithstanding any termination of the Total Commitment (in which case the
Commitment Percentage immediately preceding such termination shall be
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Defaulting Lender
shall be excluded from the calculations of Commitment Amount and Total
Commitment Amount for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

“Reserve
Percentage”:  for any day with
respect to a LIBOR Loan, the maximum rate (expressed as a decimal) at which any
lender subject thereto would be required to maintain reserves (including,
without limitation, all base, supplemental, marginal and other reserves) under
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor or similar regulations relating to such reserve requirements) against
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as that term is used in Regulation D or any
successor or similar regulation), if such liabilities were outstanding.  The Reserve Percentage shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Reserve
Percentage.

“Revolving
Credit Loan” and “Revolving Credit Loans”:  as defined in Section 2.1.

“Revolving
Credit Note” and “Revolving Credit Notes”:  as defined in Section 2.2.

“Sarbanes-Oxley”:  the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

“SEC”:  the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

“Secured
Debt”:  without duplication, Debt
that is secured by a mortgage, trust deed, deed of trust, deed to secure Debt,
security agreement, pledge, conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, capitalized lease, or other like agreement granting or conveying
security title to or a security interest in real property or other tangible
asset(s).  Secured Debt shall be deemed
to be incurred (a) on the date the obligor thereon creates, assumes, guarantees
or otherwise becomes liable in respect thereof if it is secured in the manner
described in the preceding sentence on such date or (b) on the date the obligor
thereon first secures such Debt in the manner described in the preceding
sentence if such Debt was not so secured on the date it was incurred.

“Securities
Laws”:  the Securities Act of 1933,
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley and the applicable
accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated,
approved or incorporated by the SEC or the PCAOB.

“Senior Debt Rating”:  the senior unsecured non-credit-enhanced
debt rating of the Borrower as determined by S&P, Moody’s and/or Fitch from
time to time; provided, that (a) if the Borrower receives only two ratings and
these ratings are not equivalent, the Pricing Level is determined by the higher
of the two ratings; (b) if the Borrower receives more than two ratings, the Pricing
Level is determined by the second highest rating and (c) if the Borrower fails to maintain a Senior Debt Rating from at
least two of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, the Pricing Level would be the rating
level at less than BBB-/Baa3; provided, that if the Borrower has not yet
been rated by any such service, then the latest rating, if any, given by any
such service to NXL shall be used in determining the Borrower’s rating from
such service for purposes hereof.

“Sole
Book Manager”:  Banc of America
Securities LLC, together with its successors in such capacity.

“SPC”:
as defined in Section 11.7(k).

“Special
Counsel”:  Moore & Van Allen
PLLC, special counsel to Bank of America.

“S&P”:  Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group and any
successor thereto.

“Stock”:  any and all shares, rights, interests,
participations, warrants, depositary receipts or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock, including, without limitation, so-called “phantom
stock,” preferred stock and common stock.

“Subsidiary”:  as to any Person, any corporation,
association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other
business entity (a) which is required pursuant to GAAP to be consolidated with
such Person for financial reporting purposes, and (b) of which such Person, directly
or indirectly, either (i) in respect of a corporation, owns or controls more
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majority of the
board of directors or similar managing body, irrespective of whether a class or
classes shall or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency, or (ii) in respect of an association, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture or other business entity (other than a
corporation which is provided for in (i) above), is entitled to share,
either directly or indirectly through an entity described in clause (i) above,
in more than 50% of the profits and losses, however determined (without taking
into account returns of capital to such Person as an equity investor or payment
of fees to such Person for services rendered to such entity).  References to “Subsidiaries” contained herein
without further express clarification shall be deemed to be references to
Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

“Subsidiary
Guarantor”:  the Subsidiaries of the
Borrower listed on Schedule 4.4 and designated thereon as a Subsidiary
Guarantor, each Required Additional Guarantor, and their successors and
assigns; and “Subsidiary Guarantors” shall mean all such guarantors,
collectively.

“Super”:  Super LLC, a Maryland limited liability
company and the owner of 100% of the membership interests of Borrower.

“Swing
Loans”:  as defined in Section 2.1A.

“Swing
Loan Lender”:  Bank of America, in
its capacity as Swing Loan Lender.

“Swing
Loan Commitment”:  the sum of
$25,000,000.00, as the same may be changed from time to time in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.

“Swing
Loan Note”:  as defined in Section
2.1A.

“Taxes”:  any present or future income, stamp or other
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments, deductions, withholdings, or
other charges of whatever nature, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected,
withheld, or assessed by any Governmental Authority.

“Total
Assets”:  as of any date the sum of
(a) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (b) all other assets of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
(but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).

“Total
Commitment Amount”:  on any day, the
sum of the Commitment Amounts of all Lenders on such day.

“Transfer”
means any sale, conveyance, transfer, lease with a purchase option at less than
fair market value, or any other transaction or arrangement having the economic
effect of a sale (including as a result of any merger or consolidation),
contribution in consideration of Equity Interests in any Person, distribution
as a dividend or distribution in respect of any Equity Interest held by another
Person (other than a dividend or distribution from a Subsidiary of the Borrower
to Borrower or another Subsidiary), or other disposition, or any other
transaction having comparable effect. 
For purposes hereof, any Transfer of any Equity Interest in any entity
owning any direct or indirect interest in any Property shall be deemed to be a
Transfer of such Property to the extent of the Equity Interest so Transferred.

“Trigger
Date”:  the first date during the
term hereof on which the Appraised Value of the Unencumbered Real Property
Assets, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, is equal to or
less than $1,950,000,000.

“Trust
Indenture Act” or “TIA”:  the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in force as of January 30, 2004.

“Undepreciated
Real Estate Assets”:  as of any date
the cost (i.e., original cost plus cost of capital improvements) of real estate
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation
and amortization, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

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“Unencumbered
Asset”:  any asset used in
calculating Total Assets and which are unencumbered by any mortgage, lien,
charge, pledge or security interest; and “Unencumbered Assets” means a
collective reference to each of them.

“Unencumbered
Real Property Assets”:  a collective
reference to all of the real property assets owned directly by the Borrower or
a Subsidiary which otherwise qualify as Unencumbered Assets.

“Unencumbered
Total Asset Value”:  as of any date
the sum of the Total Assets which are Unencumbered Assets.

1.2                                 Other
Interpretive Provisions.  With
reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise
specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a)                                  The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include,”
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.”  The word “will”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.”  Unless the context requires otherwise, (i)
any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document
(including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such
agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan
Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to
include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof”
and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan
Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and
not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document
to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in
which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all
statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending replacing or
interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless
otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and
all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights.

(b)                                 In
the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to”
and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through”
means “to and including.”

(c)                                  Section
headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document.

1.3                                 Accounting Terms.

(a)                                  Generally.  All accounting terms not specifically or
completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all
financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations)
required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in
conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to
time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited
Financial Statements pursuant to Section 4.13, except as otherwise
specifically prescribed herein.

(b)                                 Changes
in GAAP.  If at any time any change
in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set
forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders
shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall
negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the
original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the
approval of the Required Lenders); provided  that, until so
amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in
accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall
provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and
other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested
hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or
requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

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1.4                                 Rounding.  Any financial ratios required to be
maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by
dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result
to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed
herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a
rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

1.5                                 Times
of Day.  Unless otherwise
specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern
time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

1.6                                 Letter
of Credit Amounts.  Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit
at any time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of
Credit after giving effect to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter
of Credit or the Issuer Documents related thereto, whether or not such maximum
face amount is in effect at such time.

2.                                       AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF LOANS.

2.1                                 Revolving
Credit Loans.  Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make revolving
credit loans (each a “Revolving Credit Loan” and, as the context may
require, collectively with all Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender and with
the Revolving Credit Loans of all other Lenders, the “Revolving Credit Loans”)
to the Borrower from time to time between the Effective Date and the Maturity
Date, in an aggregate principal amount, together with such Lender’s share of
the Letter of Credit Exposure and Swing Loans outstanding at such time, not to
exceed at any time such Lender’s Commitment Amount for the purposes set forth
in Section 2.15.  The Revolving Credit
Loans shall be made pro rata in accordance with each Lender’s Commitment
Percentage.  The acceptance by Borrower
of the Revolving Credit Loans hereunder shall constitute a representation and
warranty that all of the conditions set forth in Sections 5 (with respect to
Revolving Credit Loans made on the Effective Date) and 6 (with respect to all
other Revolving Credit Loans) have been satisfied.  At no time shall the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of all Lenders plus the Letter
of Credit Exposure plus the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Loans
exceed the Total Commitment Amount. 
Between the Effective Date and the Maturity Date, the Borrower may
borrow, prepay in whole or in part and reborrow under the Commitments at any
time and from time to time, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.  Subject to the
provisions of Sections 2.3 and 2.8, Revolving Credit Loans may be (a) Prime
Rate Loans, (b) LIBOR Loans, or (c) any combination thereof.

2.1A                       Swing
Loan Commitment.

(a)                                  Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Swing Loan Lender
agrees to lend to the Borrower, and the Borrower may borrow (and repay and
reborrow) from time to time between the Effective Date and the Maturity Date
upon notice by the Borrower to the Swing Loan Lender given in accordance with
this Section 2.1A, such sums as are requested by the Borrower for the purposes
set forth in Section 2.15 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding not exceeding the Swing Loan Commitment (the “Swing Loans”); provided
that  (i) after giving effect to any such
Swing Loan, the aggregate principal balance of any Lender’s Commitment
Percentage of all outstanding Loans (after giving effect to the Letter of
Credit Exposure) plus such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of all Swing
Loans, shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment;  (ii)
in all events no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; (iii) the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Notes
(after giving effect to all amounts requested thereunder) plus the
Letter of Credit Exposure shall not at any time exceed the Total Commitment
Amount; (iv) no Swing Loan shall be used to repay a Swing Loan; and (v) no
Lender shall be in default of its obligations under this Agreement.  Swing Loans shall constitute “Loans” for all
purposes hereunder, but shall not be considered the utilization of a Lender’s
Commitment.  The funding of a Swing Loan
hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that
all of the conditions set forth in Sections 5 (with respect to any Swing Loans
made on the Effective Date) and Section 6 (with respect to all other Swing
Loans) have been satisfied on the date of such funding.

(b)                                 The
Swing Loans shall be evidenced by a separate promissory note of the Borrower in
substantially the form of Exhibit J hereto (the “Swing Loan Note”),
dated the date of this Agreement and completed with appropriate
insertions.  The Swing Loan Note shall be
payable to the order of the Swing Loan Lender in such amount as may be
outstanding from time to time thereunder and shall be payable as set forth
below.  The Borrower irrevocably
authorizes the Swing Loan Lender to make or cause to be made, at or about the
time of the Borrowing Date of any Swing Loan or at the time of receipt of any
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Swing Loan Lender’s
record reflecting the making of such Swing Loan or (as the case may be) the
receipt of such payment.  The outstanding
amount of the Swing Loans set forth on the Swing Loan Lender’s record shall be prima
facie evidence of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to the
Swing Loan Lender, but the failure to record, or any error in so recording, any
such amount on the Swing Loan Lender’s record shall not limit or otherwise
affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under the Swing Loan Note
to make payments of principal of or interest on any Swing Loan Note when due.

(c)                                  Each
borrowing of a Swing Loan shall be subject to the limits and restrictions for
Prime Rate Loans and LIBOR Loans set forth in this Agreement.  Borrower shall request a Swing Loan by
delivering to the Swing Loan Lender a Borrowing Request (or a telephonic
request confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Swing Loan
Lender of a written Borrowing Request signed by Borrower) no later than 12:00
p.m. (i) on the requested Borrowing Date with respect to a Prime Rate
Loan, and (ii) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date,
with respect to a LIBOR Loan, specifying the amount of the requested Swing
Loan.  The Borrowing Request shall also
contain the statements and certifications required by Section 2.3(b)(i)-(v)
(provided, however, the minimum amount for such requested Swing Loan shall be
$100,000.00).  Each such Borrowing
Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and shall obligate the
Borrower to accept such Swing Loan on the Borrowing Date.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, a Swing Loan shall either be a Prime Rate Loan or, if the Borrower
has requested a LIBOR Loan (of any interest period) in the  Borrowing Request delivered in connection
with such Swing Loan, a LIBOR Loan having an Interest Period of seven (7) days
(regardless of the Interest Period so requested), and in the event that the
Borrower fails to specify whether it has selected a Prime Rate Loan or a LIBOR
Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed conclusively to have selected a Prime Rate
Loan.  If the Borrower requests a LIBOR
Loan in the Borrowing Request delivered in connection with such Swing Loan,
then upon the date that the Lenders shall be required to fund the Loans
pursuant to Section 2.1A(d) to refund such Swing Loan, the interest rate
shall be reset to correspond to the rate applicable to a LIBOR Loan with an
Interest Period as specified in the Borrowing Request given by the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent in connection with such Swing Loan (such Interest
Period to commence on the date of such funding of Loans by the Lenders to fund
such Swing Loan), or if no Interest Period is so specified, then as a Prime
Rate Loan.  The proceeds of the Swing
Loan will be made available by the Swing Loan Lender to the Borrower at the
office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 11.2 by crediting the
account of the Borrower at such office with such proceeds.  Each Swing Loan shall be deemed a LIBOR Loan
or Prime Rate Loan, as applicable, for purposes of this Agreement.

(d)                                 The
Swing Loan Lender shall within three (3) days after the Borrowing Date with
respect to such Swing Loan request each Lender, including the Swing Loan
Lender, to make a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to Section 2.1 in an amount
equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the amount of the Swing Loan
outstanding on the date such notice is given, unless the Borrower has advised
Administrative Agent in the Borrowing Request for such Swing Loan that Borrower
shall repay such Swing Loan in full on the date that is seven (7) days after
the making of such Swing Loan.  Such
request shall be made in writing and in accordance with the requirements of
Section 2.3 without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein
for the principal amount for Prime Rate Loans and LIBOR Loans, but subject to
the unutilized portion of the Total Commitment Amount and the conditions set
forth in Sections 5 and 6.  Borrower
hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Swing Loan Lender to so act on
its behalf, and agrees that any amount advanced to the Administrative Agent for
the benefit of the Swing Loan Lender pursuant to this Section 2.1A(d) shall be
considered a Loan pursuant to Section 2.1. 
Unless any of the events described in paragraph (h) or (i) of Section
9.1 shall have occurred (in which event the procedures of Section 2.1A(e) shall
apply), each Lender shall make the proceeds of its Loan available to the Swing
Loan Lender for the account of the Swing Loan Lender at the office of the
Administrative Agent specified in Section 11.2 prior to 1:00 p.m. in funds
immediately available on the date specified in such request just as if the
Lenders were funding directly to the Borrower, so that thereafter such
obligations of Borrower with respect to such Swing Loan shall be evidenced by
the Revolving Credit Notes.  The proceeds
of such Loan shall be immediately applied to repay the Swing Loans.  Administrative Agent may, at its option, also
request that the Lenders make a Loan as provided herein in the event that the
Borrower fails to repay a Swing Loan on its maturity date after having
indicated that it would so repay such Swing Loan.  Until such Loans pursuant to Section 2.1 are
made pursuant to this paragraph, interest shall accrue under the Swing Loan
only.

(e)                                  If
(i) prior to the making of a Loan pursuant to Section 2.1A(d) by all of
the Lenders, one of the events described in Section 9.1(h) or (i) shall have
occurred, or (ii) for any reason any Swing Loan cannot be refinanced by a
Revolving Credit Loan in accordance with Section 2.1A(d), each Lender
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pursuant to
Section 2.1A(d) was to have been made, purchase an undivided participating
interest in the Swing Loan in an amount equal to its Commitment Percentage of
such Swing Loan.  Each Lender will, on
the date such Loan pursuant to Section 2.1A(d) was to have been made, transfer
to the Swing Loan Lender in immediately available funds the amount of its
participation and upon receipt thereof the Swing Loan Lender will deliver to
such Lender a Swing Loan participation certificate dated the date of receipt of
such funds and in such amount.

(f)                                    Whenever
at any time after the Swing Loan Lender has received from any Lender such
Lender’s participating interest in a Swing Loan, the Swing Loan Lender receives
any payment on account thereof, the Swing Loan Lender will promptly distribute
to such Lender its participating interest in such amount (appropriately
adjusted in the case of interest payments to reflect the period of time during
which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided,
however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swing Loan
Lender is required to be returned, such Lender will return to the Swing Loan
Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Swing Loan Lender to
it.

(g)                                 Each
Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan as provided in Section 2.1A(d) or to
purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 2.1A(e) shall be absolute
and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including,
without limitation, (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
right which such Lender or the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may have
against the Swing Loan Lender, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or
anyone else for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a
Default or an Event of Default arising after the relevant Swing Loan was advanced
by the Swing Loan Lender; (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries; (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Lender; or
(v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing.  Any
portions of a Swing Loan not so purchased or converted may be treated by the
Swing Loan Lender as a Loan which was not funded by the non-purchasing Lender
as contemplated in Section 9.1.  Each
Swing Loan, once so sold or converted, shall cease to be a Swing Loan for the
purposes of this Agreement, but shall be a Loan made by each Lender under its
Commitment.

2.2                                 Notes.

(a)                                  Revolving
Credit Notes.  The Loans (other than
the Swing Loans) of each Lender shall, if requested by such Lender, be
evidenced by a promissory note of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit
K, with appropriate insertions therein as to date and principal amount
(each, as endorsed or modified from time to time, a “Revolving Credit Note”
and, collectively with the Revolving Credit Notes of all other Lenders, the “Revolving
Credit Notes”), payable to the order of such Lender for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office in the initial principal face amount equal to the
original amount of the Commitment of such Lender and representing the
obligation of the Borrower to pay the lesser of (i) the original amount of the
Commitment of such Lender and (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal balance of
all Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender and such Lender’s share of any
payments made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to any Letters of Credit and such
Lender’s pro rata percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Swing
Loans based on its Commitment Percentage, plus interest and other amounts due
and owing to the Lenders under the Loan Documents.  No Lender shall have any obligation to make
Loans to the Borrower of more than the principal face amount of its Revolving
Credit Note.

(b)                                 The
Revolving Credit Notes Generally. 
Each Revolving Credit Note shall bear interest from the date thereof on
the unpaid principal balance thereof at the applicable interest rate or rates per
annum determined as provided in Section 2.9 and shall be stated to mature on
the Maturity Date.  The following
information shall be recorded by each Lender on its books:  (i) the date and amount of each Loan of such
Lender; (ii) its character as a Prime Rate Loan, a LIBOR Loan or a combination
thereof; (iii) the interest rate and Interest Period applicable to LIBOR Loans;
and (iv) each payment and prepayment of the principal thereof; provided, that
the failure of such Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall
not affect the obligations of the Borrower to make payment when due of any
amount owing under the Loan Documents.

2.3                                 Procedure
for Revolving Credit Loan Borrowings.

(a)                                  Revolving
Credit Loans.  Except for Revolving
Credit Loans which the Borrower has requested to be made as Swing Loans (as to
which provisions of Section 2.1A shall apply), and subject to the limitations
set forth 

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in Sections 2.1
and 2.3(c), the Borrower may borrow under the Commitments on any Business Day
between the Effective Date and the Maturity Date by providing notice thereof in
accordance with Section 2.3(b).

(b)                                 Borrowing
Requests.  To request Revolving
Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.3(a), the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (i) in the case of a LIBOR
Loan, not later than 12:00 noon three (3) Business Days before the date of the
proposed borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans or (ii) in the case of a Prime
Rate Loan, not later than 12:00 noon one (1) Business Day before the date of
such proposed advance.  Each such
telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed
promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower. 
Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the
following information: (A) the aggregate amount of the requested borrowing of
Revolving Credit Loans; (B) the date of such borrowing of Revolving Credit
Loans, which shall be a Business Day; (C) whether the requested Revolving
Credit Loan is to be a Prime Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan; (D) in the case of a
LIBOR Loan, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall
be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
(E) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be
disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.3(d).

(c)                                  Limits
on Advances.  Each borrowing of (i)
Prime Rate Loans shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount equal to
$1,000,000 or such amount plus a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof,
or, if less, the Available Commitment Amount, and (ii) LIBOR Loans shall
be in an aggregate principal amount equal to $5,000,000 or such amount plus a
whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, or, if less, the Available
Commitment Amount.

(d)                                 Funding
of Revolving Credit Loans.  Upon
receipt of each Borrowing Request from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents thereof.  Subject to its receipt of the notice referred
to in the preceding sentence, each Lender will make the amount of its
Commitment Percentage of each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to
this Section available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Borrower at the office of the Administrative Agent set forth in Section 11.2
not later than 11:00 a.m. on the relevant Borrowing Date requested by the
Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent at such office.  The amounts so made available to the
Administrative Agent on the Borrowing Date will then, subject to the
satisfaction of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as determined by
the Administrative Agent, be made available on such date to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in
Section 11.2 by crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of such
office with the aggregate of said amounts received by the Administrative Agent,
provided that Revolving Credit Loans made to finance the reimbursement of a
payment made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit as provided
in Section 2.5 shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing
Lender.

(e)                                  Effect
of Incomplete Borrowing Request.  If
no election is made as to the whether the Revolving Credit Loans shall be Prime
Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans, then the requested Revolving Credit Loans shall be
Prime Rate Loans.  If no Interest Period
is specified with respect to any requested borrowing of LIBOR Loans, then the
Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s
duration.

(f)                                    Administrative
Agent’s Assumption.  Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received prior notice from a Lender (by
telephone or otherwise, such notice to be promptly confirmed by telecopy or
other writing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative
Agent such Lender’s pro rata share of the Loans (including, without limitation,
Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans), the Administrative Agent may assume
that such Lender has made such share available to the Administrative Agent on
the Borrowing Date in accordance with this Section, provided that such Lender
received notice of the proposed borrowing from the Administrative Agent, and
the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available
to the Borrower on the Borrowing Date a corresponding amount.  If and to the extent such Lender shall not
have so made such pro rata share available to the Administrative Agent, such
Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount (to the extent not previously
paid by the other), together with interest thereon for each day from the date
such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is
paid to the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to, in the case of
the Borrower, the applicable interest rate set forth in Section 2.9 for
Prime Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans, as initially requested by Borrower, and, in
the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal
Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation plus any administrative,
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the
foregoing.  Such payment by the Borrower,
however, shall be without prejudice to its rights against such Lender.  If such Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so paid shall
constitute such Lender’s Loan as part of the Loans for purposes of this
Agreement, which Loan shall be deemed to have been made by such Lender on the
Borrowing Date applicable to such Loans, but without prejudice to the Borrower’s
rights against such Lender.

(g)                                 Reduction
or Termination of Commitments.

(i)                                     The
Borrower shall have the right, upon at least three Business Days’ prior written
notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time to terminate the Commitments or
from time to time to permanently reduce the Commitments, provided that
(A) the Total Commitment Amount shall not be reduced below an amount equal
to the sum of the aggregate principal balance of the Loans plus the
Letter of Credit Exposure plus the aggregate principal amount of all
Swing Loans (in each case after giving effect to any contemporaneous prepayment
of the Loans) then outstanding thereunder, and (B) any such reduction of
the Commitments shall be in the minimum amount of $5,000,000 or such amount
plus a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.  In the event that the Total Commitment Amount
is reduced below the Swing Loan Commitment, the Swing Loan Commitment shall be
reduced to an amount equal to the Total Commitment Amount, as reduced.  Upon receipt of each such notice of
termination or permanent reduction of Commitments from the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents thereof.

(ii)                                  In
addition to the foregoing, the Borrower shall from time to time to permanently
reduce the Commitments to the extent required by and otherwise in accordance
with the terms of Sections 2.7(b) and 8.15(c) hereof.  In the event that the Total Commitment Amount
is reduced below the Swing Loan Commitment, the Swing Loan Commitment shall be
reduced to an amount equal to the Total Commitment Amount, as reduced.

(iii)                               Reductions
of the Commitments shall be applied pro rata according to the Commitments of
each Lender, as the case may be. 
Simultaneously with each reduction or termination of the Commitments
under this Section, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans outstanding thereunder
by the amount, if any, by which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of such
Loans plus the Letter of Credit Exposure exceeds the amount of the
Commitments, as so reduced. 
Simultaneously with a termination of the Commitments under this Section,
the Borrower shall pay the Facility Fee accrued (but not yet paid) with respect
to the portion of the Commitment being terminated at such time.  If any prepayment is made under this Section
with respect to any LIBOR Loans, in whole or in part, prior to the last day of
the applicable Interest Period, the Borrower agrees to indemnify the Lenders in
accordance with Section 2.14.  No
reduction or termination of the Commitments may be reinstated.

2.4                                 [Intentionally Omitted.] [NOT STANDARD FOR CLUB
DEAL]

2.5                                 Letters
of Credit.

(a)                                  Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at any time and from
time to time from the Effective Date through the day that is seven (7) days
prior to the Maturity Date, the Issuing Lender shall issue such Letters of
Credit as the Borrower may request upon the delivery of a written request in
the form of Exhibit L hereto (a “Letter of Credit Request”) to the
Issuing Lender, provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, (ii) upon issuance of such Letter of Credit,
the outstanding Letters of Credit (including Letters of Credit accepted but
unpaid) shall not exceed Fifty Million and No/100 Dollars ($50,000,000.00),
(iii) in no event shall the amount of the Loans outstanding and the amount of
Letters of Credit outstanding (after giving effect to the Letter of Credit
Exposure) exceed the Total Commitment Amount, (iv) the conditions set forth in
Sections 5 and 6 shall have been satisfied, and (v) in no event shall any
amount drawn under a Letter of Credit be available for reinstatement or a
subsequent drawing under such Letter of Credit. 
Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by an Authorized
Signatory of the Borrower.  The Issuing
Lender shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit if any Lender is at
such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the Issuing Lender has entered
into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such Defaulting Lender to
eliminate the Issuing Lender’s risk with respect to such Defaulting
Lender.  The Issuing Lender shall not be
under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if any order, judgment or
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its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Lender from issuing
such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the Issuing Lender or any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any
Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Lender shall
prohibit, or request that the Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance of
letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall
impose upon the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit any
restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Issuing Lender is
not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Effective Date, or
shall impose upon the Issuing Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense
which was not applicable on the Effective Date and which the Issuing Lender in
good faith deems material to it.  In
addition, the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue any Letter of
Credit if the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more
policies of the Issuing Lender applicable to letters of credit generally.  The Issuing Lender shall be entitled to
conclusively rely on such Person’s authority to request a Letter of Credit on
behalf of such Borrower.  The Issuing
Lender shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of any signature appearing
on a Letter of Credit Request.  The
Borrower assumes all risks with respect to the use of the Letters of
Credit.  Unless the Issuing Lender and the
Required Lenders otherwise consent, the term of any Letter of Credit (other
than any extension of the original term of any Letter of Credit pursuant to
Section 2.5(d)) shall not exceed a period of time commencing on the issuance of
the Letter of Credit and ending on the date which is seven (7) days prior to
the Maturity Date (but in any event the term shall not extend beyond the
Maturity Date).  The amount available to
be drawn under any Letter of Credit shall reduce on a dollar for dollar basis
the amount available to be drawn under the Total Commitment Amount as a
Loan.  All Existing Letters of Credit
shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto as Letters of Credit, and
from and after the Effective Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms
and conditions hereof.

(b)                                 Each
Letter of Credit Request shall be submitted to the Issuing Lender no later than
11:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days (or such later time as may be
permitted by the Issuing Lender, in its discretion) prior to the date upon
which the requested Letter of Credit is to be issued.  Each such Letter of Credit Request shall
contain (i) a statement as to the purpose for which such Letter of Credit shall
be used (which purpose shall be in accordance with the terms of Section 2.15 of
this Agreement), and (ii) a certification by an Authorized Signatory of the
Borrower that the Borrower is and will be in compliance with all covenants
under the Loan Documents after giving effect to the issuance of such Letter of
Credit.  The Borrower shall further
deliver to the Issuing Lender such additional applications and documents as the
Issuing Lender may require, in conformity with the then standard practices of
its letter of credit department, in connection with the issuance of such Letter
of Credit; provided that in the event of any conflict, the terms of this
Agreement shall control.

(c)                                  Promptly
after receipt of any Letter of Credit Request, the Issuing Lender will confirm
with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Request from
the Borrower and, if not, the Issuing Lender will provide the Administrative
Agent with a copy thereof.  Unless the
Issuing Lender has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative
Agent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, at least one Business Day
prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter
of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Section 6 shall
not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement (including without limitation approval by Issuing Lender of the
content of the Letter of Credit Request), the Issuing Lender shall, on the
requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or
enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in
accordance with the Issuing Lender’s usual and customary business
practices.  Each Letter of Credit shall
be in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuing Lender in its sole
discretion.  Upon issuance of a Letter of
Credit, the Issuing Lender shall provide copies of each Letter of Credit to the
Lenders.

(d)                                 If
the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Request, the Issuing
Lender shall, subject to the terms and conditions hereof with respect to the
issuance of Letters of Credit, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has
automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided
that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Issuing Lender to
prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period
(commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving at
least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the beneficiary thereof (the “Non-Extension
Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period. 
Unless otherwise directed by the Issuing Lender, the Borrower shall not
be required to make a specific request to the Issuing Lender for any such
extension.  Once an Auto-Extension Letter
of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but
may not require) the Issuing Lender to permit the extension of such Letter of
Credit, at any time to an expiry date that may or may not extend beyond the
Maturity Date; provided, however, that the Issuing Lender shall not permit any
such extension if (i) the Issuing Lender has determined that it would not be
permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of
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(as extended)
under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.05(a) or
otherwise), or (ii) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in
writing) on or before the day that is thirty (30) Business Days before the Non-Extension
Notice Date (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have
elected not to permit such extension or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified
in Section 6 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Issuing
Lender not to permit such extension, and provided further, however, that in the
event that the expiry date of any Letter of Credit (whether or not such Letter
of Credit is an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit) shall extend beyond the date
that is after the Maturity Date and if as of the date that is seven (7) days
prior to the Maturity Date, any such Letter of Credit may for any reason remain
outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, the Borrower shall immediately
Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Exposure (in an amount equal to such
Letter of Credit Exposure).

(e)                                  Upon
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to have
purchased a participation therein from Issuing Lender in an amount equal to its
respective Commitment Percentage of the amount of such Letter of Credit,
provided, however, that with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit, on the
Effective Date, each Lender shall be deemed to have purchased a subparticipation
therein from the Issuing Lender in an amount equal to its respective Commitment
Percentage of the amount of the Existing Letters of Credit.  No Lender’s obligation to participate or
subparticipate, as applicable, in a Letter of Credit shall be affected by any
other Lender’s failure to perform as required herein with respect to such
Letter of Credit or any other Letter of Credit.

(f)                                    In
connection with the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall pay
(i) directly to the Issuing Lender for its own account, a fee calculated
at the rate of one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) per annum times the daily
maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (which fee
shall not, on an annual basis, be less than $500.00 in any event) (the “Letter
of Credit Fronting Fees”), and (ii) the Administrative Agent for the
accounts of the Lenders in accordance with their respective percentage shares
of participation or subparticipation, as applicable, in such Letter of Credit,
a fee equal to the Applicable Margin times the daily maximum amount available
to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (the “Letter of Credit Commission Fees”).  The Letter of Credit Fronting Fees payable
under clause (i) above shall be (A) calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
and (B) payable (w) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each
March, June, September, and December, (x) upon the expiration or return of any
Letter of Credit, (y) on any termination of the Total Commitment Amount, and
(z) on the Maturity Date.  The Letter of
Credit Commission Fees payable under clause (ii) above shall be (A) calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year and (B) payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the
last Business Day of each March, June, September, and December, (y) on any
termination of the Total Commitment Amount, and (z) on the Maturity Date.  In addition to and concurrently with the
payment of the Letter of Credit Commission Fees and the Letter of Credit
Fronting Fees, Borrower shall pay directly to, the applicable Issuing Lender
its customary issuance, presentation, amendment, and other processing fees, and
all other standard costs and charges of such Issuing Lender relating to letters
of credit as from time to time in effect (such charges not to exceed $500.00).

(g)                                 In
the event that any amount is drawn under a Letter of Credit by the beneficiary
thereof, the Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Lender not later than 11:00
a.m. on the date of such payment by the Issuing Lender through the
Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.  If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the
Issuing Lender by such time, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Prime
Rate Loan on such date in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and
such amount drawn shall be treated as an outstanding Prime Rate Loan under this
Agreement and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender by
telex, telecopy, telegram, telephone (confirmed in writing) or other similar
means of transmission, and each Lender shall promptly and unconditionally pay
to the Administrative Agent, for the Issuing Lender’s own account, an amount
equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such Letter of Credit (to the
extent of the amount drawn).  If and to
the extent any Lender shall not make such amount available on the Business Day
on which such draw occurs, such Lender agrees to pay such amount to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand, together with interest thereon, for
each day from the date on which such draw occurred until the date on which such
amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to the
greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the
Issuing Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation,
plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the
Issuing Lender in connection with the foregoing.  Further, such Lender shall be deemed to have
assigned any and all payments made of principal and interest on its Loans,
amounts due with respect to its participations and subparticipations in Letters
of Credit and any other amounts due to it hereunder to the Administrative Agent
to fund the amount of any drawn Letter of Credit which such Lender was required
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result of such
assignment or otherwise).  In the event
of any such failure or refusal, the Lenders not so failing or refusing shall be
entitled to a priority position for such amounts as provided in Section
9.1.  The failure of any Lender to make
funds available to the Administrative Agent in such amount shall not relieve
any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make funds available to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to this Section 2.5(g).

(h)                                 If
after the issuance of a Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.5(c) by the
Issuing Lender, but prior to the funding of any portion thereof by a Lender
pursuant to Section 2.5(g), one of the events described in Section 9.1(h) or
(i) shall have occurred, each Lender will, on the date such Loan pursuant to
Section 2.5(g) was to have been made, transfer to the Issuing Lender in
immediately available funds the amount of its participation or
subparticipation, as applicable, based on that Loan that it was to have made on
such date and upon receipt thereof the Issuing Lender will deliver to such
Lender a Letter of Credit participation certificate or subparticipation
certificate, as applicable, dated the date of receipt of such funds and in such
amount.

(i)                                     Whenever
at any time after the Issuing Lender has received from any Lender such Lender’s
payment of funds under a Letter of Credit and thereafter the Issuing Lender
receives any payment on account thereof, then the Issuing Lender will
distribute to such Lender its participating interest or subparticipating
interest, as applicable, in such amount (appropriately adjusted in the case of
interest payments to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s
participating interest or subparticipating interest, as applicable, was
outstanding and funded); provided, however, that in the event
that such payment received by the Issuing Lender is required to be returned,
such Lender will return to the Issuing Lender any portion thereof previously
distributed by the Issuing Lender to it.

(j)                                     The
issuance of any supplement, modification, amendment, renewal or extension to or
of any Letter of Credit shall be treated in all respects the same as the
issuance of a new Letter of Credit.

(k)                                  The
obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders under this Agreement with respect to
Letters of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall
be paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
under all circumstances whatsoever, including, without limitation, the
following circumstances:  (i) any
improper use which may be made of any Letter of Credit or any improper acts or
omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit in
connection therewith; (ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or any
right which the Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any
transferee of any Letter of Credit (or persons or entities for whom any such
beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting) or the Lenders (other than
the defense of payment to the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement) or any other person, whether in connection with any Letter of
Credit, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any statement or any other documents presented under any Letter of Credit
proving to be insufficient, forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (iv)
any breach of any agreement between Borrower and any beneficiary or transferee
of any Letter of Credit; (v) any irregularity in the transaction with respect
to which any Letter of Credit is issued, including any fraud by the beneficiary
or any transferee of such Letter of Credit; (vi) payment by the Issuing Lender
under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a sight draft or a
certificate which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit,
provided that such payment shall not have constituted gross negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender, and (vii) any other
circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, provided that such other circumstances or happenings shall not have
been the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the
Issuing Lender.

(l)                                     Borrower
assumes all risks of the acts, omissions, or misuse of any Letter of Credit by
the beneficiary thereof.  Neither
Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender nor any Lender will be responsible for (i)
the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any
Letter of Credit or any document submitted by any party in connection with the
issuance of any Letter of Credit, even if such document should in fact prove to
be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or
forged; (ii) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal
effect of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or
assign any Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds
thereof in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for
any reason; (iii) failure of any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply
fully with the conditions required in order to demand payment under a Letter of
Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or
delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise; (v)
errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any document or draft required by or from a
beneficiary in order to make a disbursement under a Letter of Credit or the
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(vii) the
misapplication by the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of the proceeds of
any drawing under such Letter of Credit; and (viii) any consequences arising
from causes beyond the control of Administrative Agent or any Lender.  None of the foregoing will affect, impair or
prevent the vesting of any of the rights or powers granted to Administrative
Agent, Issuing Lender or the Lenders hereunder. 
In furtherance and extension and not in limitation or derogation of any
of the foregoing, any act taken or omitted to be taken by Administrative Agent,
Issuing Lender or the other Lenders in good faith will be binding on Borrower
and will not put Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender or the other Lenders
under any resulting liability to Borrower.

(m)                               Unless
otherwise expressly agreed by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower, when a
Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an
Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of
Credit.

2.6                                 Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

(a)                                  Promise
to Pay.  The Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the Maturity Date;
provided, however, that Swing Loans shall be paid pursuant to Section 2.1A.

(b)                                 Lenders’
Accounts.  Each Lender shall maintain
in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the
debt of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such
Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to
such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c)                                  Administrative
Agent’s Accounts.  The Administrative
Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each
Loan and payment made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit made
hereunder, the type of Advance thereof and the Interest Period applicable
thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to
become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the
amount of any other sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the
account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d)                                 Entries
Made in Accounts.  The entries made
in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section
shall, to the extent not inconsistent with any entries made in any Note and
absent manifest error, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of
the obligations recorded therein, provided that the failure of any Lender, the
Swing Loan Lender or the Administrative Agent, to maintain such accounts or any
error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to
repay the Loans or any payment made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter
of Credit in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or otherwise to make
any payments in accordance with the Loan Documents.

(e)                                  Loans
Evidenced by Notes.  The Loans and
interest thereon shall, upon request of the applicable Lenders, be evidenced by
one or more Notes in like form payable to the order of the payee named therein
and its registered assigns.

2.7                                 Prepayments
of the Loans.

(a)                                  Voluntary
Prepayments. The Borrower may, at its option, prepay the Prime Rate Loans
and LIBOR Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (other than
any indemnification amounts, as provided for in Section 2.14) at any time and
from time to time by notifying the Administrative Agent in writing not later
than the Business Day on which Loans consisting of Prime Rate Loans are prepaid
and at least three Business Days prior to the proposed prepayment date in the
case of Loans consisting of LIBOR Loans, specifying the Loans to be prepaid
consisting of Prime Rate Loans, LIBOR Loans or a combination thereof, the
amount to be prepaid and the date of prepayment.  Upon receipt of such notice, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents
thereof.  Partial prepayments of (i)
Prime Rate Loans and/or LIBOR Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum principal
amount of $500,000 or such amount plus a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess
thereof and (ii) Swing Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of
$100,000, or, if less, the outstanding principal balance thereof.  After giving effect to any partial prepayment
with respect to LIBOR Loans which were converted on the same date and which had
the same Interest Period, the outstanding principal amount of such LIBOR Loans
shall be at least (subject to Section 2.8(a)) $1,000,000 or such amount plus a
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Any Loans prepaid
may be reborrowed as provided in Section 2.1 and 2.1A.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no prior
notice shall be required for the prepayment of any Swing Loan.

(b)                                 Mandatory
Prepayments.  If not sooner paid, the
principal Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be payable as follows:

(i)                                     the
amount, if any, by which the principal Indebtedness evidenced by the Revolving
Credit Notes (after giving effect to all amounts disbursed thereunder) plus
the Letter of Credit Exposure plus the aggregate amount of Swing Loans
outstanding, at any time exceeds the Total Commitment Amount shall be payable
immediately;

(ii)                                  the
amount, if any, by which the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving
Credit Loans plus the Letter of Credit Exposure plus the
aggregate amount of Swing Loans outstanding, at any time exceeds the Total
Commitment Amount shall be payable immediately;

(iii)                               the
amount, if any which the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit
Loans plus the Letter of Credit Exposure plus the aggregate
amount of Swing Loans outstanding, at any time following the Trigger Date
exceeds the amount of liability of the Centro Parties under the Centro Party
Guaranty as determined in accordance with Section 1.1(c) thereof; provided,
that any prepayment made pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be accompanied by
a permanent reduction in the Commitments hereunder by an amount equal to the
difference between $350 million and the amount of liability of the Centro
Parties under the Centro Party Guaranty as determined in accordance with
Section 1.1(c) thereof; and

(iv)                              the
principal Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall in any event be payable on
the Maturity Date.

Upon the
occurrence of an event described in Section 2.7(b)(i) or (ii) above, Borrower
shall immediately upon demand from Administrative Agent pay the amount of such
excess to the Administrative Agent first for the account of Swing Loan Lender
for application to outstanding Swing Loans and second for the respective
accounts of the Lenders for application first to Prime Rate Loans and then to
LIBOR Loans

(c)                                  In
General.  If any prepayment is made
in respect of any Advance, in whole or in part, prior to the last day of the
applicable Interest Period, the Borrower agrees to indemnify the Lenders in
accordance with Section 2.14.

(d)                                 Partial
Prepayments.  Each partial prepayment
of the Loans (other than Prime Rate Loans) under Section 2.7(a) shall be
accompanied by the payment of accrued interest on the principal prepaid to the
date of payment and, after payment of such interest, shall be applied, in the
absence of instruction by the Borrower, first to the principal of any
outstanding Swing Loans, and then to the Lenders in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.2.

2.8                                 Conversions.

(a)                                  Conversion
Elections.  The Borrower may elect
from time to time to convert LIBOR Loans to Prime Rate Loans by giving the
Administrative Agent at least one Business Day’s prior irrevocable notice of
such election, specifying the amount to be so converted, provided, that any
such conversion of LIBOR Loans shall only be made on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto.  In
addition, the Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Prime Rate Loans
to LIBOR Loans or to convert LIBOR Loans to new LIBOR Loans by giving the
Administrative Agent at least three (3) Business Days prior irrevocable notice
of such election, specifying the amount to be so converted and the initial
Interest Period relating thereto, provided that any such conversion of Prime
Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans shall only be made on a Business Day and any such
conversion of LIBOR Loans to new LIBOR Loans shall only be made on the last day
of the Interest Period applicable to the LIBOR Loans which are to be converted
to such new LIBOR Loans.  Each such
notice shall be in the form of Exhibit M and must be delivered to the
Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 noon on the Business Day required by this
Section for the delivery of such notices to the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly
provide the Lenders with notice of any such election.  Prime Rate Loans and LIBOR Loans may be
converted pursuant to this Section in whole or in part, provided that
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Loans, shall be in
an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or such amount plus a whole
multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. 
This Section shall not apply to Swing Loans, which may not be converted
or continued beyond the Interest Period applicable thereto.

(b)                                 Effect
on Conversions if an Event of Default. 
Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, no Prime Rate
Loan may be converted to a LIBOR Loan, and no LIBOR Loan may be converted to a
new LIBOR Loan, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
either (i) at the time the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of
its election to convert or (ii) on the requested Conversion Date.  In such event, such Prime Rate Loan shall be
automatically continued as a Prime Rate Loan or such LIBOR Loan shall be
automatically converted to a Prime Rate Loan on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such LIBOR Loan.

(c)                                  Conversion
not a Borrowing.  Each conversion
shall be effected by each Lender by applying the proceeds of its new Prime Rate
Loan or LIBOR Loan, as applicable, to its Advances (or portion thereof) being
converted (it being understood that any such conversion shall not constitute a
borrowing for purposes of Sections 4, 5 or 6).

2.9                                 Interest
Rate and Payment Dates.

(a)                                  Prior
to Maturity.  Except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.9(b), prior to the Maturity Date, the Loans shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal balance thereof at the applicable
interest rate or rates per annum set forth below:

	
  ADVANCES

  	
   

  	
  RATE

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Each Prime Rate
  Loan

  	
   

  	
  Prime Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Each LIBOR Loan

  	
   

  	
  LIBOR for the applicable Interest Period plus the
  Applicable Margin.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Swing Loans

  	
   

  	
  The rate for the applicable Swing Loan determined
  pursuant to Section 2.1A.

  

 

(b)                                 Event
of Default.  After the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the outstanding principal
balance of (i) the LIBOR Rate Loans and any overdue interest with respect
thereto shall bear interest, whether before or after the entry of any judgment
thereon, at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR for the applicable Interest Period
plus the Applicable Margin plus 2% and (ii) the Prime Rate Loans and any
overdue interest with respect thereto or other overdue amount payable under the
Loan Documents shall bear interest, whether before or after the entry of any
judgment thereon, at a rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate plus 2% (the “Default
Rate”).

(c)                                  Interest
Payment Dates.  Accrued interest on
each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such
Loan, provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or
prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or
prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii)
in the event of any conversion of any LIBOR Loans prior to the end of the
current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be
payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(d)                                 General.  Interest on (i) Prime Rate Loans shall be
calculated on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and
(ii) LIBOR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, in
each case for the actual number of days elapsed, including the first day but
excluding the last.  Any change in the
interest rate on the Loans resulting from a change in the Prime Rate or a
Pricing Level shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day
on which such change shall become effective. 
The Administrative Agent shall, as soon as practicable, notify the
Borrower and the Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such
change in the Prime Rate or a Pricing Level, but any failure to so notify shall
not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay interest on the
Loans in the amounts and on the dates required. 
Each determination of the Prime Rate, a LIBOR or a Pricing Level by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding
on the Borrower and the Lenders absent manifest error.  At no time shall the interest rate payable on
the Loans of any Lender (including Swing Loan Lender), together with the
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under the Loan
Documents, to the extent the same are construed to constitute interest, exceed
the Highest Lawful Rate.  If interest
payable to a Lender (including Swing Loan Lender) on any date would exceed the
maximum amount permitted by the Highest Lawful Rate, such interest payment shall
automatically be reduced to such maximum permitted amount, and interest for any
subsequent period, to the extent less than the maximum amount permitted for
such period by the Highest Lawful Rate, shall be increased by the unpaid amount
of such reduction.  Any interest actually
received for any period in excess of such maximum allowable amount for such
period shall be deemed to have been applied as a prepayment of the Loans.  The Borrower acknowledges that the Prime Rate
is only one of the bases for computing interest on loans made by the Lenders,
and by basing interest payable on Prime Rate Loans on the Prime Rate, the
Lenders have not committed to charge, and the Borrower has not in any way
bargained for, interest based on a lower or the lowest rate at which the
Lenders may now or in the future make loans to other borrowers.

2.10                           Substituted
Interest Rate.

In
the event that (i) the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably determined
(which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that by
reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR applicable pursuant to
Section 2.9 or (ii) the Required Lenders shall have notified the Administrative
Agent that they have reasonably determined (which determination shall be
conclusive and binding on the Borrower) that the applicable LIBOR will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of maintaining or
funding loans bearing interest based on such LIBOR, with respect to any portion
of the Loans that the Borrower has requested be made as LIBOR Loans or LIBOR
Loans that will result from the requested conversion of any portion of the
Advances into LIBOR Loans (each, an “Affected Advance”), the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders (by telephone or
otherwise, to be promptly confirmed in writing) of such determination, on or,
to the extent practicable, prior to the requested Borrowing Date or Conversion
Date for such Affected Advances.  If the
Administrative Agent shall give such notice, (a) any Affected Advances shall be
made as Prime Rate Loans, (b) the Advances (or any portion thereof) that were
to have been converted to Affected Advances shall be converted to or continued
as Prime Rate Loans and (c) any outstanding Affected Advances shall be
converted, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
thereto, to Prime Rate Loans.  Until any
notice under clauses (i) or (ii), as the case may be, of this Section has been
withdrawn by the Administrative Agent (by notice to the Borrower promptly upon
either (x) the Administrative Agent having determined that such circumstances
affecting the LIBOR market no longer exist and that adequate and reasonable means
do exist for determining the LIBOR pursuant to Section 2.9 or (y) the
Administrative Agent having been notified by such Required Lenders that
circumstances no longer render the Advances (or any portion thereof) Affected
Advances), no further LIBOR Loans shall be required to be made by the Lenders
nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert all or any portion of the
Loans to LIBOR Loans.

2.11                           Taxes;
Net Payments.

(a)                                  All
payments made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Loan
Documents shall be made free and clear of, and without reduction for or on
account of, any taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings
required by law to be withheld from any amounts payable under the Loan
Documents.  A statement setting forth the
calculations of any amounts payable pursuant to this paragraph submitted by a
Lender to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The obligations of the Borrower under this
Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Commitments and
the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable under the Loan
Documents.

(b)                                 Each
Lender which is a foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 1442 of the
Code shall deliver to the Borrower such certificates, documents or other evidence
as the Borrower may reasonably require from time to time as are necessary to
establish that such Lender is not subject to withholding under Section 1441 or
1442 of the Code or as may be necessary to establish, under any law hereafter
imposing upon the Borrower, an obligation to withhold any portion of the
payments made by the Borrower under the Loan Documents, that payments to the
Administrative Agent on behalf of such Lender are not subject to withholding.

2.12                           Illegality.

Notwithstanding
any other provisions herein, if any law, regulation, treaty or directive
hereafter enacted, promulgated, approved or issued, or any change in any
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the interpretation
or application thereof, shall make it unlawful for any Credit Party to make or
maintain its LIBOR Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, such Credit Party
shall so notify the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall
forthwith give notice thereof to the other Credit Parties and the Borrower,
whereupon (a) the commitment of such Credit Party hereunder to make LIBOR Loans
or convert Prime Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans shall forthwith be suspended and (b)
such Credit Party’s Loans then outstanding as LIBOR Loans affected hereby, if
any, shall be converted automatically to Prime Rate Loans on the last day of
the then current Interest Period applicable thereto or within such earlier
period as required by law.  If the
commitment of any Credit Party with respect to LIBOR Loans is suspended
pursuant to this Section and thereafter it is once again legal for such Credit
Party to make or maintain LIBOR Loans, such Credit Party’s commitment to make
or maintain LIBOR Loans shall be reinstated and such Credit Party shall notify
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of such event.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
that the conditions giving rise to the notice requirement set forth in this
Section can be eliminated by the transfer of such Credit Party’s Loans or
Commitment to another of its branches, and to the extent that such transfer is
not inconsistent with such Credit Party’s internal policies of general
application and only if, as determined by such Credit Party in its sole
discretion, the transfer of such Loan or Commitment, as the case may be, would
not otherwise adversely affect such Loans or such Credit Party, the Borrower
may request, and such Credit Party shall use reasonable efforts to effect, such
transfer.

2.13                           Increased
Costs.

In
the event that any law, regulation, treaty or directive hereafter enacted,
promulgated, approved or issued or any change in any presently existing law,
regulation, treaty or directive therein or in the interpretation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the administration thereof
or compliance by any Credit Party (or any corporation directly or indirectly
owning or controlling such Credit Party) with any request or directive, whether
or not having the force of law, from any central bank or other Governmental
Authority, agency or instrumentality:

(a)                                  does
or shall subject any Credit Party to any Taxes of any kind whatsoever with
respect to any LIBOR Loans or any Letter of Credit or participation or
subparticipation therein or its obligations under this Agreement to make LIBOR
Loans, issue Letters of Credit or participate or subparticipate therein, or
change the basis of taxation of payments to any Credit Party of principal,
interest or any other amount payable hereunder in respect of its LIBOR Loans or
Letters of Credit or participations or subparticipations therein, including any
Taxes required to be withheld from any amounts payable under the Loan Documents
(except for (i) imposition of, or change in the rate of, tax on the
overall net income of such Credit Party or its Applicable Lending Office for
any of such Advances by any jurisdiction, including, in the case of Credit
Parties incorporated in any State of the United States, such tax imposed by the
United States and (ii) any franchise, unincorporated business or gains taxes);
or

(b)                                 does
or shall impose, modify or make applicable any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan, assessment, increased cost or similar requirement against
assets held by, or deposits of, or advances or loans by, or other credit
extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Credit
Party in respect of its LIBOR Loans or Letters of Credit or participations or
subparticipations therein, which, in the case of LIBOR Loans, is not otherwise
included in the determination of the LIBOR;

and the result of
any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Credit Party of making,
issuing, renewing, converting or maintaining its LIBOR Loans, issuing Letters
of Credit or participating or subparticipating therein, or its commitment to
make such LIBOR Loans, issue Letters of Credit or participate or subparticipate
therein, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect of its LIBOR
Loans, Letters of Credit or participation or subparticipation therein, then, in
any such case, the Borrower shall pay such Credit Party, upon its demand, any
additional amounts necessary to compensate such Credit Party for such
additional cost or reduction in such amount receivable which such Credit Party
deems to be material as reasonably determined by such Credit Party; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section shall require the Borrower to indemnify
the Credit Parties with respect to withholding Taxes for which the Borrower has
no obligation under Section 2.11.  No
failure by any Credit Party to demand compensation for any increased cost
during any Interest Period shall constitute a waiver of such Credit Party’s
right to demand such compensation at any time. 
A statement setting forth the calculations of any additional amounts
payable pursuant to the foregoing sentence submitted by a Credit Party to the
Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The obligations of the Borrower under this
Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any of the
Commitments or the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable under the
Loan Documents for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days and shall
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compensation
pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Credit Party’s
right to demand such compensation.  To
the extent that any increased costs of the type referred to in this Section are
being incurred by a Credit Party and such costs can be eliminated or reduced by
the transfer of such Credit Party’s Loans or Commitment to another of its
branches, and to the extent that such transfer is not inconsistent with such
Credit Party’s internal policies of general application and only if, as
determined by such Credit Party in its sole discretion, the transfer of such Loan
or Commitment, as the case may be, would not otherwise materially adversely
affect such Loan or such Credit Party, the Borrower may request, and such
Lender shall use reasonable efforts to effect, such transfer.

2.14                           Indemnification
for Break Funding Losses.

Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, if (a) the Borrower shall fail to
borrow on the Borrowing Date, if it shall have requested a LIBOR Loan, or shall
fail to convert on a Conversion Date, after it shall have given notice to do so
in which it shall have requested a LIBOR Loan pursuant to Section 2.3 or 2.8,
or (b) a LIBOR Loan shall be terminated or prepaid for any reason prior to the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including, without
limitation, any mandatory prepayment or a prepayment resulting from
acceleration or illegality), the Borrower agrees to indemnify each Credit Party
against, and to pay on demand directly to such Credit Party, any loss or
expense suffered by such Credit Party as a result of such failure to borrow or
convert, or such termination or repayment, including, without limitation, an
amount, if greater than zero, equal to:

A x (B-C) x D/360

where:

“A” equals such Credit Party’s pro rata share of the
Affected Principal Amount;

“B” equals the applicable LIBOR;

“C” equals the applicable LIBOR in effect on or about
the first day of the applicable Remaining Interest Period, based on the
applicable rates offered on or about such date, for deposits in an amount equal
approximately to such Credit Party’s pro rata share of the Affected Principal
Amount with an Interest Period equal approximately to the applicable Remaining
Interest Period, as determined by such Credit Party;

“D” equals the number of days from and including the
first day of the applicable Remaining Interest Period to but excluding the last
day of such Remaining Interest Period;

and any other out
of pocket loss or expense (including any internal processing charge customarily
charged by such Credit Party) suffered by such Credit Party in connection with
such LIBOR Loan including, without limitation, in liquidating or employing
deposits acquired to fund or maintain the funding of its pro rata share of the
Affected Principal Amount, or redeploying funds prepaid or repaid, in amounts
which correspond to its pro rata share of the Affected Principal Amount.  A statement setting forth the calculations of
any amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by a Credit Party to the
Borrower shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent manifest
error.  The obligations of the Borrower
under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
Commitments and the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable under
the Loan Documents.

2.15                           Use
of Proceeds.

The
proceeds of Loans and the issuances of Letters of Credit shall be used solely
(a) to repay other Indebtedness; and (b) for general business purposes,
including, without limitation, working capital.

2.16                           Capital
Adequacy.

If
(a) after the date hereof, the enactment or promulgation of, or any change or
phasing in of, any United States or foreign law or regulation or in the
interpretation thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the
administration thereof, (b) compliance with any directive or guideline from any
central bank or United States or foreign Governmental Authority (whether or not
having the force of law) promulgated or made after the date hereof, or (c)
compliance with the Risk-Based Capital Guidelines of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System as set forth in 12 CFR Parts 208 and
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forth in 12 CFR
Part 3, or similar legislation, rules, guidelines, directives or regulations
under any applicable United States or foreign Governmental Authority affects or
would affect the amount of capital required to be maintained by a Credit Party
(or any lending office of such Credit Party) or any corporation directly or
indirectly owning or controlling such Credit Party or imposes any restriction
on or otherwise adversely affects such Credit Party (or any lending office of
such Credit Party) or any corporation directly or indirectly owning or
controlling such Credit Party and such Credit Party shall have reasonably
determined that such enactment, promulgation, change or compliance has the
effect of reducing the rate of return on such Credit Party’s capital or the
asset value to such Credit Party of any Loan made by such Credit Party, or
Letter of Credit issued by such Credit Party (or participation or
subparticipation therein) as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of its
obligations to make and maintain the funding of its Loans or issue Letters of
Credit or participate or subparticipate therein at a level below that which
such Credit Party could have achieved but for such enactment, promulgation,
change or compliance (after taking into account such Credit Party’s policies
regarding capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Credit Party to be
material, then, upon demand by such Credit Party, the Borrower shall promptly
pay to such Credit Party such additional amount or amounts as shall be
sufficient to compensate such Credit Party for such reduction in such rate of
return or asset value.  A certificate in
reasonable detail as to such amounts submitted to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent setting forth the determination of such amount or amounts
that will compensate such Credit Party for such reductions shall be presumed
correct absent manifest error.  No
failure by any Credit Party to demand compensation for such amounts hereunder
shall constitute a waiver of such Credit Party’s right to demand such
compensation at any time.  Such Credit
Party shall, however, use reasonable efforts to notify the Borrower of such
claim within 90 days after the officer of such Credit Party having primary
responsibility for this Agreement has obtained knowledge of the events giving
rise to such claim.  The obligations of
the Borrower under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and the Commitments and the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable
under the Loan Documents.

2.17                           Administrative
Agent’s Records.

The
Administrative Agent’s records with respect to the Loans, the interest rates
applicable thereto, each payment by the Borrower of principal and interest on
the Loans, and fees, expenses and any other amounts due and payable in connection
with this Agreement shall be presumptively correct absent manifest error as to
the amount of the Loans, and the amount of principal and interest paid by the
Borrower in respect of such Loans and as to the other information relating to
the Loans, and amounts paid and payable by the Borrower hereunder and under the
Notes.  The Administrative Agent will
when requested by the Borrower advise the Borrower of the principal and
interest outstanding under the Loans as of the date of such request and the dates
on which such payments are due.

2.18                           [Intentionally Omitted.]

2.19                           Representative
of Borrower.

Borrower
hereby appoints each of the Authorized Signatories as its agent, attorney-in-fact
and representative for the purpose of making Borrowing Requests, Letter of
Credit Requests, payment and prepayment of Loans, the giving and receipt of
notices by and to Borrower under this Agreement and all other purposes
incidental to any of the foregoing. 
Borrower agrees that any action taken by any such Authorized Signatory
as the agent, attorney-in-fact and representative of Borrower shall be
binding on Borrower to the same extent as if directly taken by Borrower.

3.                                       FEES;
PAYMENTS.

3.1                                 Fees.

(a)                                  The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
Lenders in accordance with each Lender’s Commitment Percentage, a fee (the “Facility
Fee”), from the Effective Date through the Maturity Date, computed as follows:
while any Loans are outstanding, an amount, determined periodically as
hereinafter set forth, equal to the product of (i) the Applicable Facility Fee
Percentage times (ii) the average daily Total Commitment Amount during the
quarter for which the Facility Fee is being paid times (iii) a fraction equal
to the number of days elapsed during such quarter (or portion thereof during
which this Agreement was in effect) divided by 360.  The Facility Fee shall be payable quarterly
in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December
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termination of the
Total Commitment Amount, and on the Maturity Date.  The Facility Fee (and the Applicable Facility
Fee Percentage) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the
actual number of days elapsed without regard to the amount of Loans outstanding
during any period for which the Facility Fee is computed.

(b)                                 The
Borrower agrees to pay to Bank of America and BAS on the Effective Date, an all
arrangement, commitment and loan structuring fees (collectively, the “Bank of
America Fee”), as provided in the Agreement Regarding Fees.  Bank of America shall pay to the other
Lenders a commitment and loan structuring fee in accordance with their
respective separate agreements.

(c)                                  The
Borrower agrees to pay any other fees payable to any Credit Party under any
separate agreement at the times so agreed upon in such separate agreements.

(d)                                 The
Bank of America Fee shall be paid on the date due, in immediately available
funds, to Bank of America or BAS, as applicable.  All fees and other amounts payable under
paragraph (a) of this Section shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately
available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of
the Facility Fee and participation fees described therein, and other fees and
amounts payable under this Section shall be payable directly to the Credit
Party to whom such fees and other amounts are payable.  The Bank of America Fee, the Facility Fee and
all other fees and amounts paid shall not be refundable under any
circumstances.

3.2                                 Payments;
Application of Payments.

Each
payment, including each prepayment, of principal and interest on the Loans and
the Facility Fee, the Bank of America Fee, the Administrative Agent’s fees,
Letter of Credit fees and any other amounts due hereunder shall be made by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent or Bank of America, as applicable, without
set-off, deduction or counterclaim, at its office set forth in Section
11.2 in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent at such office
by 12:00 noon on the due date for such payment. 
Promptly upon receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent shall remit, in like funds as received, (a) to the Lenders
who maintain any of their Loans as Prime Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans, each such
Lender’s pro rata share of such payments which are in respect of principal or
interest due on such Prime Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans, (b) [intentionally
omitted], (c) in the case of the Facility Fee, to all Lenders pro rata in
accordance with each Lenders Commitment Percentage thereof, (d) in the case of
Swing Loan fees, to the Swing Loan Lender, and (e) in the case of Letter of
Credit fees, to the Issuing Lender and the Lenders as provided in Section 2.5;
provided that any such payment shall, to the extent distributed after the
Business Day following the Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof, be
accompanied by interest on such payment amount (payable by the Administrative
Agent) calculated at the Federal Funds Rate commencing as of the date which is
two (2) days following the Business Day following the Administrative Agent’s
receipt of such payment through the date on which the Administrative Agent
makes such payment to the applicable Lender(s). 
The failure of the Borrower to make any such payment by such time shall
not constitute a default hereunder, provided that such payment is made on such
due date, but any such payment made after 12:00 noon on such due date shall be
deemed to have been made on the next Business Day for the purpose of
calculating interest on amounts outstanding on the Loans.  If any payment hereunder or under the Notes
shall be due and payable on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date
thereof (except as otherwise provided in the definition of Interest Period)
shall be extended to the next Business Day and interest shall be payable at the
applicable rate specified herein during such extension.  If any payment is made with respect to any
LIBOR Loans prior to the last day of the applicable Interest Period, the
Borrower shall indemnify each Lender in accordance with Section 2.14.

4.                                       REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES.

In
order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this
Agreement and to make the Loans the Borrower makes the following
representations and warranties to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

4.1                                 Existence
and Power.

(a)                                  The
Borrower (i) is a Maryland limited liability company duly organized and
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Maryland, (ii) has
all requisite power and authority to own its Property and to carry on its
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jurisdiction in
which the nature of the business conducted therein or the Property owned
therein make such qualification necessary, except where such failure to qualify
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)                                 Each
Subsidiary of the Borrower (including each Subsidiary Guarantor) (i) is a
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, real estate investment
trust or business trust, is validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has all requisite power and
authority to own its Property and to carry on its business as now conducted,
and (ii) is in good standing and authorized to do business in each other
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted therein or the
Property owned therein make such qualification necessary, except where such
failure to qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

4.2                                 Authority.

The
Borrower has full legal power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and
perform the terms of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to make the
borrowings contemplated thereby, to execute, deliver and carry out the terms of
the Notes and to incur the obligations provided for herein and therein, all of
which have been duly authorized by all proper and necessary corporate action.

4.3                                 Binding
Agreement.

(a)                                  The
Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party constitute the valid and
legally binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

(b)                                 The
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents to
which it is a party do not violate the provisions of any applicable statute,
law (including, without limitation, any applicable usury or similar law), rule
or regulation of any Governmental Authority.

4.4                                 Subsidiaries;
DownREIT Partnerships.

As
of the Effective Date, the Borrower has only the Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 4.4.  Schedule 4.4 sets forth the name of,
and the ownership interest of the Borrower in, each Subsidiary of the Borrower
and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case as
of the Effective Date. The shares of each corporate Subsidiary of the Borrower
that are owned by the Borrower are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable and are owned free and clear of any Liens.  The interest of the Borrower in each non-corporate
Subsidiary is owned free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens applicable to
a partner under the terms of any partnership agreement, or those applicable to
a member under the terms of any limited liability company operating agreement,  to secure the Borrower’s obligation to make
capital contributions or similar payments thereunder).  As of the Effective Date, the only DownREIT
Partnership is Excel Realty Partners, L.P. and the only Subsidiaries of Excel
Realty Partners, L.P. are as set forth on Schedule 4.4.  As of the Effective Date, there is no
Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than ERT Development Corporation) that is a
guarantor of any unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower (other than the Loans) that
is not also a Subsidiary Guarantor.

4.5                                 Litigation.

(a)                                  Except
as disclosed on Schedule 4.5, there are no actions, suits or proceedings
at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority (whether or not
purportedly on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower)
pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower
or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of their respective Properties or
rights, which (i) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) call into question the validity or enforceability of any of the
Loan Documents, or (iii) could reasonably be expected to result in the
rescission, termination or cancellation of any franchise, right, license,
permit or similar authorization held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower, which rescission, termination or cancellation could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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(b)                                 As
of the date hereof, Schedule 4.5 sets forth all actions, suits and
proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority (whether
or not purportedly on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower)
pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower,
any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of their respective Properties or rights
which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

4.6                                 Required
Consents.

No
consent, authorization or approval of, filing with, notice to, or exemption by,
stockholders, any Governmental Authority or any other Person not obtained is
required to be obtained by the Borrower to authorize, or  (except for filings required to be made with
the SEC) is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance
of the Loan Documents or is required to be obtained by the Borrower as a
condition to the validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents.

4.7                                 No
Conflicting Agreements.

Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower is in default beyond any
applicable grace or cure period under any mortgage, indenture, contract or
agreement to which it is a party or by which it or any of its Property is
bound, the effect of which default could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.  The execution,
delivery or carrying out of the terms of the Loan Documents will not constitute
a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of, or obligation to
create, any Lien upon any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower pursuant to the terms of any such mortgage, indenture, contract or agreement.

4.8                                 Compliance
with Applicable Laws.

Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower is in default with respect to
any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or decision of any Governmental
Authority which default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower is in compliance in
all material respects with all statutes, regulations, rules and orders
applicable to Borrower or such Subsidiary of all Governmental Authorities, including,
without limitation, Environmental Laws and ERISA, a violation of which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.9                                 Taxes.

Each
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all
material tax returns required to be filed and has paid, or has filed
appropriate extensions and has made adequate provision for the payment of, all
taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or in any assessments made
against it (other than those being contested as permitted under Section 7.4) in
which the failure to pay could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and no tax Liens have been filed with respect thereto.  The charges, accruals and reserves on the books
of the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower with respect to all
federal, state, local and other taxes are, to the best knowledge of the
Borrower, adequate for the payment of all such taxes, and the Borrower knows of
no unpaid assessment which is due and payable against it or any of its
Subsidiaries or any claims being asserted which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.10                           Governmental
Regulations.

Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower is subject to regulation under
the Federal Power Act, as amended, or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower is subject
to any statute or regulation which prohibits or restricts the incurrence of
Indebtedness under the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, statutes
or regulations relative to common or contract carriers or to the sale of
electricity, gas, steam, water, telephone, telegraph or other public utility
services.

4.11                           Federal
Reserve Regulations; Use of Loan Proceeds.

Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower is engaged principally, or as
one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.  No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be
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of any
Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the provisions of
Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
as amended.  No part of the proceeds of
the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, to purchase or carry Margin
Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
Margin Stock.

4.12                           Plans;
Multiemployer Plans.

As
of the Effective Date, each of the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates maintains
or makes contributions only to the Plans and Multiemployer Plans listed on Schedule
4.12.  Each Plan, and, to the best
knowledge of the Borrower, each Multiemployer Plan, is in compliance in all material
respects with, and has been administered in all material respects in compliance
with, the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and any other applicable
Federal or state law, and no event or condition is occurring or exists
concerning which the Borrower would be under an obligation to furnish a report
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender as required by Section 7.2(d).  As of May 31, 2006, each Plan was “fully
funded”, which for purposes of this Section means that the fair market value of
the assets of such Plan is not less than the present value of the accrued
benefits of all participants in the Plan, computed on a plan termination
basis.  To the best knowledge of the
Borrower, no Plan has ceased being fully funded.

4.13                           Financial
Statements.

The
Borrower has heretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
(a) copies of the audited consolidated balance sheet of NXL and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003, December 31, 2004, December
31, 2005 and December 31, 2006 and the quarterly unaudited officer-certified
financial statements of the Borrower as of the quarter ending March 31, 2007
(collectively, with the related notes and schedules, the “Financial Statements”).  The Financial Statements fairly present in all
material respects the Consolidated financial condition and results of the
operations of NXL and its Consolidated Subsidiaries or the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries (as applicable) as of the dates and for the periods
indicated therein and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP (subject, in
the case of quarterly financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and to
normal year-end adjustments).  Except as
reflected in the Financial Statements or in the notes thereto, neither the
Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower has, as of the Effective Date, any
obligation or liability of any kind (whether fixed, accrued, contingent,
unmatured or otherwise) involving material amounts which, in accordance with
GAAP, should have been shown on the Financial Statements and was not.  Since December 31, 2006, there has been no
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), operations,
prospects or business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower
taken as a whole.

4.14                           Property.

Each
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all of
its Property, title to which is material to the Borrower or such Subsidiary,
subject to no Liens, except Permitted Liens. 
There are no unpaid or outstanding real estate or similar taxes or
assessments on or against any Real Property other than (a) real estate or other
taxes or assessments that are not yet due and payable, and (b) such taxes as
the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower is contesting in good faith or
which individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have
a Materially Adverse Effect.  There are
no pending eminent domain proceedings against any Real Property, and, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, no such proceedings are presently threatened or
contemplated by any Governmental Authority against any Real Property, which
pending, threatened or contemplated proceedings individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  None of the Real Property is now damaged as a
result of any fire, explosion, accident, flood or other casualty which
individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

4.15                           Franchises,
Intellectual Property, Etc.

Each
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries possesses or has the right to use all
franchises, Intellectual Property, licenses and other rights, in each case that
are material and necessary for the conduct of its business, with no known
conflict with the valid rights of others which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.  No event
has occurred which permits or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, after
notice or the lapse of time or both, or any other condition, could reasonably
be expected to permit, the revocation or termination of any such franchise,
Intellectual Property, license or other right and which revocation or
termination could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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4.16                           Environmental
Matters.

(a)                                  The
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the requirements of
all applicable Environmental Laws except for such non-compliance which
could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)                                 No
Hazardous Substances have been (i) generated or manufactured on, transported to
or from, treated at, stored at or discharged from any Real Property in
violation of any Environmental Laws; (ii) discharged into subsurface waters
under any Real Property in violation of any Environmental Laws; or (iii)
discharged from any Real Property on or into property or waters (including
subsurface waters) adjacent to any Real Property in violation of any
Environmental Laws, which violation, in the case of any of (i), (ii) or (iii)
could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)                                  Neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has received notice (written or
oral) or otherwise learned of any claim, demand, suit, action, proceeding,
event, condition, report, directive, lien, violation, non-compliance or
investigation indicating or concerning any potential or actual liability
(including, without limitation, potential liability for enforcement,
investigatory costs, cleanup costs, government response costs, removal costs,
remedial costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries
or penalties) arising in connection with (x) any non-compliance with or
violation of the requirements of any applicable Environmental Laws, or (y) the
presence of any Hazardous Substance on any Real Property (or any Real Property
previously owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower) or the
release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance into the environment
which, in either case, could, either individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) has any
threatened or actual liability in connection with the presence of any Hazardous
Substance on any Real Property (or any Real Property previously owned by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower) or the release or threatened
release of any Hazardous Substance into the environment which, in either case,
could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) has received notice of any federal or state
investigation evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to
the presence of any Hazardous Substance on any Real Property (or any Real
Property previously owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower) or
a release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance into the environment
for which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower is or may be liable
the results of which could, in either case, either individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv)
has received notice that the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower is or
may be liable to any Person under any Environmental Law which liability could,
either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

(d)                                 To
the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, no Real Property is located in an area
identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having
special flood hazards, or if any such Real Property is located in such a
special flood hazard area, then the Borrower has obtained all insurance that is
required to be maintained by law or which is customarily maintained by Persons
engaged in similar businesses and owning similar Properties in the same general
areas in which the Borrower operates.

4.17                           Labor
Relations.

Neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective
bargaining agreement, other than the collective bargaining agreement covering
fewer than 25 employees at the Roosevelt Mall Shopping Center in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no petition has been
filed or proceedings instituted by any employee or group of employees with any
labor relations board seeking recognition of a bargaining representative with
respect to the Borrower or such Subsidiary. 
There are no material controversies pending between the Borrower or any
Subsidiary and any of their respective employees, which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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4.18                           [Intentionally Omitted.]

4.19                           Solvency.

On
the Effective Date and immediately following the making of each Loan (assuming
for the purposes of this paragraph that the Letter of Credit Exposure is
included as a part of the Loans), and after giving effect to the application of
the proceeds of such Loan:  (a) the fair
value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, at
a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, including Contingent
Obligations, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) the
present fair saleable value of the Property of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of the debts and other liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as
such debts and other liabilities become absolute and mature; (c) the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be able to pay its debts and
liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and
liabilities become absolute and mature; and (d) the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not have unreasonably small capital with
which to conduct the business in which they are engaged as such business is now
conducted and is proposed to be conducted hereafter.

4.20                           [Intentionally Omitted.]

4.21                           List
of Unencumbered Assets.

A
list of all the Unencumbered Assets as of the date of this Agreement is
attached hereto as Schedule 4.21.

4.22                           [Intentionally Omitted.]

4.23                           No
Misrepresentation.

No
representation or warranty contained herein and no certificate or report
furnished or to be furnished by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, when taken together
with all other information furnished by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower in connection herewith, contains or will contain a misstatement of
material fact, or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, omits or will omit to
state a material fact required to be stated in order to make the statements
herein or therein contained not materially misleading in the light of the circumstances
under which made; provided, that with respect to projected financial
information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in
good faith based on assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time made.

4.24                           Taxpayer
ID.

The Borrower’s
true and correct U.S. taxpayer identification number is set forth on Schedule
11.2

5.                                       CONDITIONS
TO EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

In
addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6, the obligation of
each Lender to make its initial Loan, or the Swing Loan Lender to make the
initial Swing Loan or the Issuing Lender to issue the initial Letter of Credit
shall be subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions precedent:

5.1                                 Evidence
of Action/Compliance.

(a)                                  The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective
Date, of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower substantially in
the form of Exhibit O (i) attaching a true and complete copy of the
resolutions of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution and delivery of
the Loan Documents by the Borrower and the performance of the Borrower’s
obligations thereunder, and of all other documents evidencing other necessary
action (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent) taken by it to authorize the Loan Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby, (ii) attaching a true and complete copy of its articles
of incorporation and by-laws, (iii) setting forth the incumbency of its
officer or officers who may sign the Loan Documents, including therein a
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(iv) certifying
that said corporate charter and by-laws are true and complete copies
thereof, are in full force and effect and have not been amended or modified.

(b)                                 The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective
Date, of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Subsidiary Guarantor (or
such Subsidiary Guarantor’s managing partner, general partner or managing
member, as applicable) substantially in the form of Exhibit P (i)
attaching a true and complete copy of the resolutions of its Board of
Directors, Trustees or Managers, as the case may be, authorizing its execution
and delivery of the Guaranty and the performance of its obligations thereunder,
and of all other documents evidencing other necessary action (in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) taken by it to
authorize the Guaranty and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) attaching
a true and complete copy of its articles of incorporation or corporate charter,
declaration of trust or certificate of formation and, if applicable, by-laws,
operating agreement or agreement of limited liability company, and if such
certificate is from such Subsidiary Guarantor’s managing partner, general
partner or managing member, attaching a true and complete copy of the
applicable Subsidiary Guarantor’s partnership agreement or operating agreement
and other organizational documents, (iii) setting forth the incumbency of its
officer or officers who may sign the Guaranty, including therein a signature
specimen of such officer or officers, and (iv) certifying that said
organizational documents are true and complete copies thereof, are in full
force and effect and have not been amended or modified; provided, that, as of
the date hereof, the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto shall be the same
Persons constituting the “Subsidiary Guarantors” under the April 2007 Credit
Agreement immediately prior to the amendment and restatement thereof pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement.

(c)                                  To
the extent expressly requested by Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent
shall have received certificates of good standing for the Borrower from the
Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation and for each Subsidiary
Guarantor from the Secretary of State for the State in which such Subsidiary
Guarantor is incorporated, and for the Borrower from each jurisdiction other
than Maryland in which the Borrower is qualified to do business.

(d)                                 The
Administrative Agent shall have received a pro forma Compliance Certificate
dated as of the date hereof; provided, that such Compliance Certificate need
not include calculations relating to compliance with the requirements of
Section 7.11 hereof as relating to the ownership by the Borrower and Subsidiary
Guarantors of Unencumbered Assets which constitute at least eighty percent
(80%) of the Unencumbered Total Asset Value (which such compliance must be
shown as of August 10, 2007 in accordance with such Section 7.11).

5.2                                 This
Agreement.

The
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Agreement signed
by each of the parties hereto (or receipt by the Administrative Agent from a
party hereto of a facsimile signature page signed by such party which shall
have agreed to promptly provide the Administrative Agent with originally
executed counterparts hereof).

5.3                                 Notes.

To
the extent the same have been requested, the Administrative Agent shall have
received, for the benefit of each Lender and the Swing Loan Lender, as the case
may be, a Revolving Credit Note in favor of each Lender, and the Swing Loan
Note in favor of Swing Loan Lender, each of the Notes, duly executed by an
Authorized Signatory of the Borrower.

5.4                                 Guaranty.

The
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of each Guaranty signed
by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Centro Parties, as applicable (or
receipt by the Administrative Agent from a party hereto of a facsimile
signature page signed by such party which shall have agreed to promptly provide
the Administrative Agent with originally executed counterparts thereof).

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5.5                                 Litigation.

Except
as disclosed on Schedule 4.5, there shall be no injunction, writ,
preliminary restraining order or other order of any nature issued by any
Governmental Authority in any respect affecting the transactions provided for
herein and no action or proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority
shall have been commenced and be pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened, seeking to prevent or delay the transactions contemplated by the
Loan Documents or challenging any other terms and provisions hereof or thereof
or seeking any damages in connection therewith.

5.6                                 Opinion
of Counsel to the Borrower.

The
Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion or opinions of outside
counsel to the Borrower and counsel to each Subsidiary Guarantor, and their
respective general partners, managing partners or managing members, as
applicable, each addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and
each dated the Effective Date, and each in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, covering such matters as Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.

5.7                                 Fees.

The
Bank of America Fee and all other fees payable to the Administrative Agent,
BAS, the Lenders, the Swing Loan Lender and the Issuing Lender shall have been
paid.

5.8                                 Fees
and Expenses of Special Counsel.

The
fees and expenses of Special Counsel in connection with the preparation, negotiation
and closing of the Loan Documents shall have been paid.

6.                                       CONDITIONS
OF LENDING – ALL LOANS.

The
obligation of each Lender to make any Loan or of the Swing Loan Lender to make
a Swing Loan or an Issuing Lender to issue any Letters of Credit is subject to
the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent as of the date of such
Loan or issuance of such Letter of Credit:

6.1                                 Compliance.

On
each Borrowing Date and after giving effect to the Loans to be made or created,
and after the issuance of any Letter of Credit, (a) the Borrower shall be in
compliance with all of the terms, covenants and conditions hereof, (b) there
shall not exist and be continuing any Default or Event of Default, (c) the
representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents shall be true
and correct with the same effect as though such representations and warranties
had been made on such Borrowing Date (except for representations and warranties
that speak as of a specific date, which need only be true and correct as of
such date), (d) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans plus
the Letter of Credit Exposure plus the aggregate principal amount of all Swing
Loans shall not exceed the Total Commitment Amount, and (e) the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the Swing Loans shall not exceed the Swing
Loan Commitment.  Each notice requesting
a Revolving Credit Loan, a Swing Loan or a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to
constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof
that each of the foregoing matters is true and correct in all respects.

6.2                                 Loan
Closings.

All
documents required by the provisions of the Loan Documents to be executed or
delivered to the Administrative Agent on or before the applicable Borrowing
Date or prior to the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall have been executed
and shall have been delivered at the office of the Administrative Agent set
forth in Section 11.2 on or before such Borrowing Date or prior to the issuance
of a Letter of Credit.

6.3                                 Requests.

With
respect to each borrowing of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit, the
Administrative Agent shall have timely received a Borrowing Request or Letter
of Credit Request, as the case may be, duly executed by an Authorized Signatory
of the Borrower and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.

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6.4                                 Documentation
and Proceedings.

All
corporate matters and legal proceedings and all documents and papers in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and
the Administrative Agent shall have received all information and copies of all
documents which the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably
have requested in connection therewith, such documents (where appropriate) to
be certified by an Authorized Signatory of the Borrower or proper Governmental
Authorities.

6.5                                 Required
Acts and Conditions.

All
acts, conditions and things (including, without limitation, the obtaining of
any necessary regulatory approvals and the making of any filings, recordings or
registrations) required to be done or performed by the Borrower and to have
happened on or prior to such Borrowing Date or prior to the issuance of a
Letter of Credit and which are necessary for the continued effectiveness of the
Loan Documents, shall have been done or performed and shall have happened in
due compliance with all applicable laws.

7.                                       AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS.

The
Borrower agrees that, so long as any Loan remains outstanding and unpaid or
there exists any Letter of Credit Exposure, or any other amount is owing under
any Loan Document to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, or any Lender has
any obligation to make any Loans, or the Swing Loan Lender has any obligation
to make any Swing Loans or the Issuing Lender has any obligation to issue any
Letters of Credit, the Borrower shall:

7.1                                 Financial
Statements.

Maintain
a standard system of accounting in accordance with GAAP, and furnish or cause
to be furnished to the Administrative Agent:

(a)                                  Annual
Statements.  As soon as available,
but in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Borrower, a copy of its consolidated balance sheet as at the end of such fiscal
year, together with the related Consolidated Statements of Income, Stockholders’
Equity and Cash Flows as of and through the end of such fiscal year, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the preceding fiscal
year.  The Consolidated Balance Sheets
and Consolidated Statements of Income, Stockholders’ Equity and Cash Flows
shall be audited and accompanied by (i) a report and opinion of the
Accountants, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards and applicable Securities Laws and shall
not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any
qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit or with respect to the
absence of any material misstatement (including the opinion of such Accountants
that such Consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the Consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, as of the date of such Consolidated financial statements, and the
Consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the
years identified therein in conformity with GAAP (subject to any change in the
requirements of GAAP)) and (ii) an attestation report of the Accountants as to
the Borrower’s internal controls pursuant to Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley
if such reports are required to be prepared by the Borrower pursuant to any
Securities Laws.

(b)                                 Annual
Operating Statements and Rent Roll. 
As soon as available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Borrower, and, if requested by Administrative Agent,
within sixty (60) days after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each
year of the Borrower, copies of (i) the operating statements (in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) for all Real Property of
the Borrower, and (ii) a Rent Roll, each of which shall be certified by the
Chief Financial Officer to be true, correct and complete in all material
respects.  Additionally, upon the request
of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent a Rent Roll

(c)                                  Quarterly
Statements.  As soon as available,
but in any event within 60 days after the end of the first three fiscal
quarters of each year of the Borrower, a copy of the unaudited consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower as at the end of each such quarterly period,
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Income and Cash
Flows for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year through the end of such
period, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding periods of the preceding fiscal year, certified by the Chief
Financial Officer as being true, correct and complete in all material respects
and as presenting fairly the Consolidated financial condition and the
Consolidated results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

(d)                                 Quarterly
Information Regarding Unencumbered Assets. 
Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to
in Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(c), a list of all the Unencumbered Assets owned by
the Borrower, any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, each DownREIT
Partnership and any wholly owned Subsidiary of a DownREIT Partnership as of the
last day of such fiscal quarter setting forth the following information with
respect to each such Unencumbered Asset as of such date:  (i) location; (ii) percentage of the
Unencumbered Asset owned by the Borrower, any wholly owned Subsidiary of the
Borrower, each DownREIT Partnership and any wholly owned Subsidiary of a
DownREIT Partnership; and (iii) the Consolidated Net Income attributable to
such Unencumbered Asset during such fiscal quarter.

(e)                                  Compliance
Certificate.  Concurrently with the
delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(c),
a Compliance Certificate, certified by the Chief Financial Officer, or
Treasurer and Vice President, setting forth in reasonable detail the
computations demonstrating whether the Borrower is in compliance with the
provisions of Sections 8.13, 8.15 and 8.16.

(f)                                    Other
Information.  Such other information
as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request from time to
time (it being understood that Public Lenders shall not be entitled to receive
any material non-public information).

Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and Borrower acknowledge and agree that the Consolidated
financial statements of the Borrower that are required to be delivered pursuant
hereto may include FIN 46 Entities, provided, however, that the Borrower covenants
and agrees to provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
simultaneously with the delivery of such financial statements the back-up
information and calculations utilized by the Borrower in performing the
calculations set forth in the Compliance Certificate (in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).

7.2                                 Certificates;
Other Information.

Furnish
to the Administrative Agent:

(a)                                  Defaults
Under Other Indebtedness.  Prompt
written notice if:  (i) any Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower is declared or shall become
due and payable prior to its stated maturity, or called and not paid when due,
or (ii) a default that extends beyond any applicable notice or grace period
shall have occurred under any note (other than the Notes) or the holder of any
such note, or other evidence of Indebtedness, certificate or security
evidencing any such Indebtedness or any obligee with respect to any other
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower has the right to
declare any such Indebtedness due and payable prior to its stated maturity,
and, in the case of either (i) or (ii), the Indebtedness that is the subject of
(i) or (ii) is, in the aggregate, $15,000,000 or more;

(b)                                 Action
of Governmental Authorities.  Prompt
written notice of:  (i) receipt of
any citation, summons, subpoena, order to show cause or other document naming
the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower a party to any proceeding before
any Governmental Authority which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect or which calls into question the validity or
enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, and include with such notice a
copy of such citation, summons, subpoena, order to show cause or other
document; (ii) any lapse or other termination of any Intellectual Property,
license, permit, franchise or other authorization issued to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower by any Person or Governmental Authority, which lapse
or termination could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and (iii) any refusal by any Person or Governmental Authority to renew or
extend any such material Intellectual Property, license, permit, franchise or
other authorization, which refusal could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;

(c)                                  SEC
or other Governmental Reports and Filings. 
Promptly upon becoming available, if requested by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, copies of all regular, periodic or special reports which
the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower may now or hereafter be required
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or the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or any other Governmental Authority succeeding to the
functions thereof, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(d)                                 ERISA
Information.  Promptly, and in any
event within ten Business Days, after the Borrower knows or has reason to know
that any of the events or conditions enumerated below with respect to any Plan
or Multiemployer Plan has occurred or exists, a statement signed by the Chief
Financial Officer setting forth details with respect to such event or condition
and the action, if any, which the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to
take with respect thereto; provided, however, that if such event or condition
is required to be reported or noticed to the PBGC, such statement, together
with a copy of the relevant report or notice to the PBGC, shall be furnished
promptly and in any event not later than ten days after it is reported or
noticed to the PBGC:

(i)                                     any
reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(b) of ERISA with respect to a
Plan, as to which the PBGC has not by regulation waived the requirement of
Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within thirty days of the
occurrence of such event (provided that a failure to meet the minimum funding
standard of Section 412 of the Code or of Section 302 of ERISA, including,
without limitation, the failure to make, on or before its due date, a required
installment under Section 412(m) of the Code or Section 302(e) of ERISA or the
disqualification of such Plan for purposes of Section 4043(b)(1) of ERISA,
shall be a reportable event regardless of the issuance of any waivers in
accordance with Section 412(d) of the Code) and any request for a waiver under
Section 412(d) of the Code for any Plan;

(ii)                                  the
distribution under Section 4041 of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any
Plan or any action taken by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to terminate
any Plan;

(iii)                               the
institution by the PBGC of proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the
receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer
Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such
Multiemployer Plan;

(iv)                              the
complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan by the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate that results in liability under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA
(including the obligation to satisfy secondary liability as a result of a
purchaser default) or the receipt of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of
notice from a Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency
pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA or that it intends to terminate or
has terminated under Section 4041A of ERISA;

(v)                                 the
institution of a proceeding by a fiduciary of any Multiemployer Plan against
the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to enforce Section 515 of ERISA, which
proceeding is not dismissed within thirty days from its commencement;

(vi)                              the
adoption of an amendment to any Plan pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code
or Section 307 of ERISA that would result in the loss of the tax-exempt
status of the trust of which such Plan is a part or the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate fails to timely provide security to such Plan in accordance with the
provisions of said Sections; and

(vii)                           any
event or circumstance exists which may reasonably be expected to constitute
grounds for the incurrence of material liability by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA or under Sections 412(c)(11) or 412(n)
of the Code with respect to any employee benefit plan;

(e)                                  ERISA
Reports.  Promptly after the request
of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of each annual report filed
pursuant to Section 104 of ERISA with respect to each Plan (including, to the
extent required by Section 104 of ERISA, the related financial and actuarial
statements and opinions and other supporting statements, certifications,
schedules and information referred to in Section 103 of ERISA) and each annual
report filed with respect to each Plan under Section 4065 of ERISA; provided,
however, that in the case of a Multiemployer Plan, such annual reports shall be
furnished only if they are available to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate;

(f)                                    Notice
of Sales or Transfers.  Quarterly, on
each date that a Compliance Certificate is to be delivered pursuant to Section
7.1(e), a list of all sales or transfers of any Unencumbered Assets that
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such quarter;
provided that, if during any fiscal quarter of the Borrower any sale or
transfer of an Unencumbered Asset, which combined with all other such sales or
transfers of Unencumbered Assets during such fiscal quarter, would exceed
$100,000,000 in the aggregate, then the Borrower shall promptly provide such
list and a certification of the Chief Financial Officer as to the Borrower’s
compliance with Section 8.16;

(g)                                 Casualties
or Condemnations.  Prompt written notice
of any casualty or condemnation of any Real Property, if such casualty or
condemnation, individually or together with any other casualty or condemnation
of any Real Property in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;

(h)                                 Environmental
Law Notices.  Prompt written notice
of any order, notice, claim or proceeding received by, or brought against, the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or with respect to any of the Real
Property, under any Environmental Law, which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect;

(i)                                     Management
Letters and Reports.  If requested by
the Administrative Agent, promptly thereafter, copies of all material
management letters and similar material reports provided to the Borrower by the
Accountants;

(j)                                     New
Subsidiary Guarantors.  Notice of any
Subsidiary (i) which Borrower is adding as a Subsidiary Guarantor in the event
that the Borrower and the then current Subsidiary Guarantors constitute less
than 80% of the Unencumbered Total Asset Value of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (as further described in Section 7.11) as of the end of any
fiscal quarter of Borrower, or (ii) that has become a guarantor under any
existing or future unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower (as further described in
Section 7.11), such notice to be delivered to the Administrative Agent
concurrently with the delivery of the Compliance Certificate with respect to
such quarter;

(k)                                  Changes
in Name or Fiscal Year.  Prompt
written notice of (i) any change in the Borrower’s name, with copies of all
filings with respect to such name change attached thereto, and (ii) any change
in its fiscal year from that in effect on the Effective Date;

(l)                                     Defaults
or Events of Default.  Prompt written
notice if there shall occur and be continuing a Default or an Event of Default;
and

(m)                               Other
Information.  Such other information
as the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall reasonably request from time to
time.

Documents
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(c) hereunder or that are
otherwise required to be filed with the SEC and are subject to electronic
filing with the SEC may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall
be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such
documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet
at the website address specified pursuant to Section 11.2; or (ii) on which
such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet
website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access
(whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the
Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) the Borrower shall deliver
paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that
requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to
cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such
Lender and (ii) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender
(by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and
provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e.,
soft copies) of such documents.  The
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to
maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have
no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request
for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery
to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

The
Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or BAS will
make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender materials and/or
information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower
Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar
electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side”
Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do
not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the
Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”).  The Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all
Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be
clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that
the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by
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deemed to have
authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the Issuing Lender and the
Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material
non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for
purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws; (y) all Borrower
Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion
of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the Administrative Agent
and BAS shall treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as
being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public
Investor.”

7.3                                 Legal
Existence.

(a)                                  Borrower’s
Legal Existence.  Maintain its status
as a Maryland limited liability company in good standing in the State of
Maryland and in each other jurisdiction in which the failure so to do could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)                                 Legal
Existence of Subsidiaries.  Cause
each Subsidiary of the Borrower to maintain its status as a real estate
investment trust, business trust, corporation, limited liability company or
partnership, as the case may be, in good standing in its state of formation and
in each other jurisdiction in which the failure so to do could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, that Borrower may cause
any Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor, except as allowed by
Section 8.2) to be liquidated or dissolved.

7.4                                 Taxes.

Pay
and discharge when due, and cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower so to do, all
Taxes, assessments and governmental charges, license fees and levies upon, or
with respect to, the Borrower or such Subsidiary and all Taxes upon the income,
profits and Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which if unpaid,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, unless and to
the extent only that such Taxes, assessments, governmental charges, license
fees and levies shall be contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted by the Borrower or such Subsidiary and such contest has
the effect of staying the collection of any Lien from any Property of the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries arising from such non-payment, and provided
that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prompt notice of such
contest and that such reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be
required in accordance with GAAP (as determined by the Accountants) shall have
been made therefor.

7.5                                 Insurance.

Maintain,
and cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower to maintain, insurance on its
Property against such risks and in such amounts as is customarily maintained by
Persons engaged in similar businesses and owning similar Properties in the same
general areas in which the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary operates, and
file with the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after request
therefor a detailed list of such insurance then in effect, stating the names of
the carriers thereof, the policy numbers, the insureds thereunder, the amounts of
insurance, dates of expiration thereof, and the Property and risks covered
thereby, together with a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer certifying
that in the opinion of such officer such insurance complies with the
obligations of the Borrower under this Section, and is in full force and
effect.

7.6                                 Payment
of Indebtedness and Performance of Obligations.

Pay
and discharge when due, and cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower to pay and
discharge, all lawful Indebtedness, obligations and claims for labor, materials
and supplies or otherwise which, if unpaid, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, unless such Indebtedness, obligations or claims
shall be contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted by the Borrower or such Subsidiary and such contest has the effect of
staying the collection of any Lien from any Property of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries arising from such non-payment, and provided that the
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prompt notice of such contest and
that such reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in
accordance with GAAP (as determined by the Accountants) shall have been made
therefor.

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7.7                                 Maintenance
of Property; Environmental Investigations.

(a)                                  In
all material respects, at all times, maintain, protect and keep in good repair,
working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear and casualty events
excepted), and cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower so to do, all Property
necessary to the operation of the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s business.

(b)                                 In
the event that the Administrative Agent shall have a reasonable basis for
believing that Hazardous Substances may be on, at, under or around any Real
Property in violation of any applicable Environmental Law which, individually
or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, promptly conduct and complete (at the Borrower’s expense) all
investigations, studies, samplings and testings relative to such Hazardous Substances
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

7.8                                 Observance
of Legal Requirements.

(a)                                  Observe
and comply in all respects, and cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower so to do,
with all laws, ordinances, orders, judgments, rules, regulations, certifications,
franchises, permits, licenses, directions and requirements of all Governmental
Authorities, which now or at any time hereafter may be applicable to it, except
(i) where noncompliance with any of the foregoing (individually or in the aggregate)
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii)
such thereof as shall be contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted by it and such contest has the effect of staying the
collection of any Lien from any Property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries
arising from such noncompliance, and provided that the Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent prompt notice of any contest with respect to clause (ii)
to the extent that noncompliance could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and that such reserve or other appropriate provision as
shall be required in accordance with GAAP (as determined by the Accountants)
shall have been made therefor.

(b)                                 Use
and operate all of its facilities and property in compliance with all
Environmental Laws and cause each of its Subsidiaries so to do, and keep all
necessary permits, approvals, certificates, licenses and other authorizations
relating to environmental matters in effect and remain in compliance therewith
and cause each of its Subsidiaries so to do, and handle all Hazardous Materials
in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and cause each of its
Subsidiaries so to do, except where noncompliance with any of the foregoing
(individually or in the aggregate) could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

7.9                                 Inspection
of Property; Books and Records; Discussions.

Keep,
and cause its Subsidiaries to keep, proper books of record and account in which
full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all requirements of
law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its and its
Subsidiaries’ business and activities and permit representatives of the
Administrative Agent and any Lender (other than Public Lenders) during normal
business hours and on reasonable prior notice to visit its offices and its
Subsidiaries’ offices, to inspect any of its Property and any of its
Subsidiaries’ Property and to examine and make copies or abstracts from any of
its and its Subsidiaries’ books and records as often as may reasonably be
required under the circumstances, and to discuss the business, operations,
prospects, licenses, Property and financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries with the officers thereof and the Accountants.  Borrower may have a representative accompany
Administrative Agent or any Lender on any such visit, inspection or discussion.

7.10                           Licenses,
Intellectual Property.

Maintain,
and cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower to maintain, in full force and
effect, all licenses, franchises, Intellectual Property, permits,
authorizations and other rights as are necessary for the conduct of its
business, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

7.11                           Additional
Guarantors.

(a)                                  The
Borrower shall provide a pro forma Compliance Certificate on or prior to August
10, 2007 indicating whether the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors own
Unencumbered Assets which constitute at least eighty percent (80%) of the
Unencumbered Total Asset Value.  To the
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Unencumbered
Assets which constitute at least eighty percent (80%) of the Unencumbered Total
Asset Value, Borrower shall, on or prior to August 10, 2007, cause such
Subsidiaries of Borrower, as designated by the Borrower and approved by
Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), to
execute and deliver a Guaranty to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Lenders, duly executed by such Subsidiaries (together with certificates and
attachments of a nature similar to those described in Section 5.1(b) and
(c) with respect to such Subsidiaries and an opinion of counsel of a
nature similar to those in the form required pursuant to Section 5.6 (c))
so that Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors will again constitute at least
80% of the Unencumbered Total Asset Value. 
Following August 10, 2007, in the event that, during any fiscal quarter
of Borrower, Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors do not own Unencumbered
Assets which constitute at least eighty percent (80%) of the Unencumbered Total
Asset Value, then, at the time that Borrower is to provide the Compliance
Certificate with respect to such quarter to Administrative Agent, Borrower
shall cause such Subsidiaries of Borrower, as designated by the Borrower and
approved by Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld), to execute and deliver a Guaranty to the Administrative Agent, for
the benefit of the Lenders, duly executed by such Subsidiaries (together with
certificates and attachments of a nature similar to those described in
Section 5.1(b) and (c) with respect to such Subsidiaries and an
opinion of counsel of a nature similar to those in the form required pursuant
to Section 5.6 (c)) so that Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors
will again constitute at least 80% of the Unencumbered Total Asset Value.  Additionally, in the event that any
Subsidiary of the Borrower, whether presently existing or hereafter formed or
acquired, which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor at such time, shall after the
date hereof become a guarantor under any existing or future unsecured
Indebtedness of Borrower, then promptly after the Administrative Agent’s
request therefor, Borrower shall cause such Subsidiary to execute and deliver a
Guaranty to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, duly
executed by such Subsidiaries (together with certificates and attachments of a
nature similar to those described in Section 5.1(b) and (c) with
respect to such Subsidiaries and an opinion of counsel of a nature similar to
those in the form required pursuant to Section 5.6 (c)).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the foregoing
Unencumbered Total Asset Value threshold of this Section shall not be
applicable from and after the occurrence of, and during the continuance of,
(i) an Event of Default, or (ii) a reduction by S&P of its Senior
Debt Rating below BBB- or a reduction by Moody’s of its Senior Debt Rating
below Baa3 (it being understood that at such time, the Administrative Agent can
require any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than an Excluded Subsidiary)
which has not executed a Guaranty to immediately comply with requirements of
this Section).

(b)                                 In
the event the Trigger Date occurs during the term hereof, Borrower shall cause
each of the Centro Parties to, within ten (10) days of the occurrence of such
Trigger Date, acknowledge and agree in writing that the Centro Party Guaranty
executed by such parties is fully valid, effective and enforceable against such
party as of such Trigger Date; provided, that any failure of one or more of the
Centro Parties to deliver any such acknowledgements and agreements shall not
prevent the Centro Party Guaranty from being valid, enforceable and effective
in accordance with its terms.

7.12                           Operation
of Business.

(a)                                  Manage,
or cause one or more of its Subsidiaries at all times to manage, at least 90%
of all Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

(b)                                 Not,
at any time during the term hereof, (i) fail to observe all organizational
formalities and maintain its records, books of account, bank accounts,
financial statements, accounting records and other entity documents separate
and apart from those of any other Person (except that Borrower’s financial
position, assets, liabilities, net worth and operating results may be included
in the consolidated financial statements of an Affiliate; provided that such
consolidated financial statements contain a footnote indicating that Borrower
is a separate legal entity and that it maintains separate books and records),
(ii) commingle its assets with the assets of any Person holding equity
interests of the Borrower or permit any Person holding equity interests of the
Borrower or any other constituent party independent access to its bank
accounts; (iii) maintain its assets in such a manner that it will be costly or
difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those
of any other Person; (iv) fail either to hold itself out to the public as a
legal entity separate and distinct from any other Person or to conduct its
business solely in its own name or fail to correct any known misunderstanding
regarding its separate identity; (v) fail to maintain adequate capital for the
normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and
character and in light of their contemplated business operations; (vi) without
the unanimous written consent of all of its members (A) file or consent to the
filing of any petition, either voluntary or involuntary, to take advantage of
any Debtor Relief Laws, (B) seek or consent to the appointment of a receiver,
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any action that
might cause such entity to become insolvent, or (D) make an assignment for the
benefit of creditors; (vii) fail to remain solvent or pay its own liabilities
(including, without limitation, salaries of its own employees) only from its
own funds, provided that there are sufficient funds from the operation of the
Property to do so; (viii) acquire obligations or securities of its members or
other Affiliates, as applicable, except as expressly permitted herein; or (ix)
fail to maintain a sufficient number of employees in light of its contemplated
business operations.

8.                                       NEGATIVE
COVENANTS.

The
Borrower agrees that, so long as any Loan remains outstanding and unpaid, or
there exists any Letter of Credit Exposure, or any other amount is owing under
any Loan Document to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, or any Lender has
any obligation to make any Loans or the Issuing Lender has any obligation to
issue any Letters of Credit, the Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly:

8.1                                 [Intentionally Omitted].

8.2                                 Dispositions
by Borrower and Subsidiaries.

Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit or suffer any Subsidiary to, effect any
Transfer of any of the real properties owned by the Borrower or any such
Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits
therefrom, or enter into any agreement to do so except any Transfer (i) of
a CMBS Property (as defined in the Bridge Loan Agreement) to a CMBS Entity (as
defined in the Bridge Loan Agreement) in connection with the consummation of a
CMBS Loan (as defined in the Bridge Loan Agreement) in compliance with (and
upon payment of the amount set forth in) Section 2.11(b)(v) of the
Bridge Loan Agreement, (ii) of interests in a CMBS Entity in connection with
the consummation of a CMBS Loan in compliance with (and upon payment of the
amount set forth in) Section 2.11(b)(v) of the Bridge Loan
Agreement  and/or (ii) in a bona fide
arms’ length third party transaction for consideration commensurate with the
fair value of the Properties Transferred and otherwise in compliance with the
provisions of Section 2.11(b) of the Bridge Loan Agreement.  The Transfer of a Property may be effectuated
by the applicable Subsidiary by a sale of Equity Interests in the applicable
Subsidiary owning a property, provided that the conditions set forth in the
foregoing sentence shall have been satisfied. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Borrower or any
Subsidiary Transfer any such properties during the continuance of an Event of
Default without the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent.

8.3                                 [Intentionally Omitted].

8.4                                 Business
Changes.

Change
in any material respect the nature of the business of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as conducted on the Effective Date.

8.5                                 Amendments
to Organizational Documents.

Amend
or otherwise modify its corporate charter or by-laws in any way (other than
in connection with the issuance or classification of preferred stock of the
Borrower) which would adversely affect the interests of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, or permit any Subsidiary
of the Borrower to amend its organizational documents in a manner which could
reasonably be expected to have the same result.

8.6                                 Anti-Terrorism
Laws; FCPA

(a)                                  Be an “enemy” or an “ally of the enemy” within
the meaning of Section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States
of America (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.),
as amended; violate or permit any 
Subsidiary of the Borrower to violate (i) the Trading with the Enemy
Act, as amended, (ii) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the
United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended)
or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto or (iii)
the  Act (as defined in Section 11.23);
or

(b)                                 fail to be in compliance with the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq.,
and any foreign counterpart thereto.

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8.7                                 [Intentionally Omitted].

8.8                                 [Intentionally Omitted].

8.9                                 [Intentionally Omitted].

8.10                           [Intentionally Omitted].

8.11                           [Intentionally Omitted].

8.12                           [Intentionally Omitted].

8.13                           Income
Available for Debt Service to Maximum Annual Service Charge.

Incur
or permit any Subsidiary to incur any Debt other than intercompany Debt
(representing Debt to which the only parties are the Borrower and any of the
Subsidiaries, but only so long as such Debt is held solely by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary and provided that, in the case of Debt owed to Subsidiaries,
such Debt is subordinate in right of payment to the obligations evidenced by
this Agreement) if Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service for any 12 consecutive
calendar months within the 15 calendar months immediately preceding the date on
which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5
times the Maximum Annual Service Charge on the Debt of the Borrower and all
Subsidiaries on a pro forma basis immediately after the incurrence of such
additional Debt and the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated
on the assumption that (a) such Debt, and any other Debt incurred by the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries since the first day of such 12-month period which
was outstanding at the end of such period, had been incurred at the beginning
of such period and continued to be outstanding throughout such period, and the
application of the proceeds of such Debt, including to refinance other Debt,
had occurred at the beginning of such period, (b) the repayment or retirement
of any other Debt by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries since the first day of
such 12-month period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period
(except that, in determining the amount of Debt so repaid or retired, the
amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon
the average daily balance of such Debt during such period), (c) in the case of
Acquired Indebtedness or Debt incurred in connection with any acquisition since
the first day of the 12-month period, the related acquisition had occurred as
of the first day of the period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to
the acquisition being included in the pro forma calculation, and (d) in the
case of any increase or decrease in Total Assets, or any other acquisition or
disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any asset or group of assets,
since the first day of such 12-month period, including, without limitation, by
merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such increase,
decrease, or other acquisition or disposition or any related repayment of Debt
had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate
adjustments to revenues, expenses and Debt levels with respect to such
increase, decrease or other acquisition or disposition being included in such
pro forma calculation.

8.14                           [Intentionally Omitted].

8.15                           Debt
to Total Assets; Secured Debt to Total Assets; New Indebtedness Restriction.

(a)                                  Incur
or permit any Subsidiary to incur any Debt other than intercompany Debt
(representing Debt to which the only parties are the Borrower and any of the
Subsidiaries, but only so long as such Debt is held solely by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary and provided that, in the case of Debt owed to Subsidiaries,
such Debt is subordinate in right of payment to the obligations evidenced by
this Agreement) if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such
additional Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 65%
of the sum of (i) Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered in
the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as
the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is
not permitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with the Trustee)
prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the increase in Total
Assets from the end of such quarter, including, without limitation, any
increase in Total Assets resulting from the incurrence of such additional Debt
(such increase, together with Total Assets, being referred to herein as “Adjusted
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(b)                                 Incur
or permit any Subsidiary to incur any Secured Debt if, immediately after giving
effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of
the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured
Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis is greater
than 40% of Adjusted Total Assets; or

(c)                                  Incur
or permit any Subsidiary to incur, notwithstanding compliance with any of the
other covenants set forth herein, any additional Indebtedness for borrowed
money (other than intercompany debt that is subordinated to the obligations
hereunder) during the term hereof except to the extent such Indebtedness is
either (i) refinancing Indebtedness with respect to Indebtedness existing as of
the date hereof and entered into on then-current market terms and conditions or
terms and conditions more favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary and with
respect to which any excess proceeds obtained above the amount required to
repay such refinanced Indebtedness are used to prepay, to the extent required
thereunder and to the extent no Event of Default is then-continuing, the Bridge
Facility to permanently reduce the Indebtedness under the Bridge Facility or,
if not so required or if an Event of Default is then-continuing, to prepay the
Indebtedness under this Agreement (which prepayment shall be made together with
a permanent reduction in the Total Commitments pursuant to Section 2.3(g) in the
full amount of such prepaid Indebtedness) or (ii) constitutes Non-Recourse
Indebtedness and, in any case, 100% of the net proceeds of such Indebtedness
(after, in the case of subclause (i) above, refinancing of the applicable
Indebtedness) are used to prepay, to the extent required thereunder and to the
extent no Event of Default is then-continuing, the Bridge Facility to
permanently reduce the Indebtedness under the Bridge Facility or, if not so
required or if an Event of Default is then-continuing, to prepay the
Indebtedness under this Agreement (which prepayment shall be made together with
a permanent reduction in the Total Commitments pursuant to Section 2.3(g) in
the full amount of such prepaid Indebtedness).

8.16                           Debt
to Unencumbered Assets Ratio.

Permit
the Unencumbered Total Asset Value to be less than 100% of the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
that is not Secured Debt.

9.                                       DEFAULTS/EVENTS
OF DEFAULT.

9.1                                 Events
of Default.

The
following shall each constitute an “Event of Default”:

(a)                                  The
failure of the Borrower to pay any installment of principal on any Note on the
date when due and payable; or

(b)                                 The
failure of the Borrower to pay any installment of interest, any reimbursement
obligations under the Letters of Credit (other than obligations included in
Section 9.1(a)), or any other fees, expenses or other charges payable under any
Loan Document within five Business Days of the date when due and payable; or

(c)                                  The
use of the proceeds of any Loan in a manner inconsistent with or in violation
of Section 2.15; or

(d)                                 The
failure of the Borrower to observe or perform any covenant or agreement
contained in Section 7.12(a), 7.12(b), or 8 (other than Sections
8.1, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7, 8.8 and 8.10 as to
which the provisions of paragraph (e) below shall apply); or

(e)                                  The
failure of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to observe or perform any other
term, covenant, or agreement contained in any Loan Document and such failure
shall have continued unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof
from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, provided that if Borrower
shall have exercised reasonable diligence to cure such failure and such failure
cannot be cured within such 30 day period despite such reasonable diligence,
Borrower shall have the right to cure such failure within 90 days after the
date of such notice from Administrative Agent provided Borrower diligently and
continuously pursues the completion of such cure (unless any such default is
excluded from any provision of a grace period or cure of defaults contained in
any other Loan Document or unless a shorter cure period is specified in any
other Loan Document with respect to such default); or

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(f)                                    Any
representation or warranty of the Borrower (or of any officer of the Borrower
on its behalf) made in any Loan Document to which it is a party or in any
certificate, report, opinion (other than an opinion of counsel) or other
document delivered or to be delivered pursuant thereto, shall prove to have been
incorrect or misleading (whether because of misstatement or omission) in any
material respect when made; or

(g)                                 Any
obligation of the Borrower (other than its obligations under the Notes and
other than its obligations to redeem the NXL Convertible Notes in connection
with the Merger and/or Liquidation in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$315,000,000) or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, whether as principal,
guarantor, surety or other obligor, for the payment of any Indebtedness shall
(i) become or shall be declared to be due and payable prior to the expressed
maturity thereof, or (ii) shall not be paid when due or within any grace period
for the payment thereof, or (iii) shall (except with respect to any Excepted
Mortgage Indebtedness) be subject, by the holder of the obligation evidencing
such Indebtedness, to acceleration (after the expiration of any applicable
notice and cure periods) prior to the expressed maturity thereof, and the sum
of all such Indebtedness which is the subject of paragraphs (i) - (iii)
inclusive exceeds (A) at any time, in the case of Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse
Indebtedness, $15,000,000, and (B) in any calendar year, in the case of Non-Recourse
Indebtedness, $50,000,000 in the aggregate during such year;  or

(h)                                 The
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall (i) suspend or discontinue its
business (except as permitted by Section 7.3 or 8.2), (ii) make an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) generally not be paying its
debts as such debts become due, (iv) admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts as they become due, (v) file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, (vi)
become insolvent (however such insolvency shall be evidenced), (vii) file any
petition or answer seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement,
composition, readjustment of debt, liquidation or dissolution or similar relief
under any present or future statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction,
(viii) petition or apply to any tribunal for any receiver, custodian or any
trustee for any substantial part of its Property, (ix) be the subject of any
such proceeding filed against it which remains undismissed for a period of 60
days, (x) file any answer admitting or not contesting the material allegations
of any such petition filed against it or any order, judgment or decree
approving such petition in any such proceeding, (xi) seek, approve, consent to,
or acquiesce in any such proceeding, or in the appointment of any trustee,
receiver, custodian, liquidator, or fiscal agent for it, or any substantial
part of its Property, or an order is entered appointing any such trustee,
receiver, custodian, liquidator or fiscal agent and such order remains in
effect for 60 days, or (xii) take any formal action for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing; provided that the events described in
this Section 9.1(h) as to any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not constitute an Event of Default unless the
aggregate book value of Borrower’s direct or indirect equity Investment in all
such Subsidiaries exceeds $50,000,000; or

(i)                                     An
order for relief is entered under the United States bankruptcy laws or any
other decree or order is entered by a court having jurisdiction (i) adjudging
the Borrower or any Subsidiary bankrupt or insolvent, (ii) approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, liquidation, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
under the United States bankruptcy laws or any other applicable Federal or state
law, (iii) appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
of any substantial part of the Property thereof, or (iv) ordering the winding
up or liquidation of the affairs of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and any
such decree or order continues unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 days; provided
that the events described in this Section 9.1(i) as to any Subsidiary of the
Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall not constitute an Event of
Default unless the aggregate book value of Borrower’s direct or indirect equity
Investment in all such Subsidiaries exceeds $50,000,000; or

(j)                                     Judgments
or decrees against the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower not covered
by insurance aggregating in excess of $15,000,000 shall not be paid, stayed on
appeal, discharged, bonded or dismissed for a period of 45 days; or

(k)                                  Any
Loan Document shall cease, for any reason (other than in accordance with its
terms), to be in full force and effect, or the Borrower shall so assert in
writing or shall disavow any of its obligations thereunder; or

(l)                                     An
event or condition specified in Section 7.2(d) shall occur or exist with
respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan and, as a result of such event or
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Borrower shall be
reasonably likely to incur a liability to a Plan, a Multiemployer Plan, the
PBGC, or any combination thereof, equal to or in excess of $15,000,000
individually or in the aggregate; or

(m)                               There
shall occur a Change of Control; or

(n)                                 If
any Loan Document (i) is determined by any court or Governmental Authority to
be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms, or (ii) shall
be canceled, terminated, revoked or rescinded other than in accordance with its
terms or with the written consent or approval of the Lenders; or

(o)                                 (i) Any
party to the Guaranty shall fail to comply in any material respect with any
covenant made by it in the Guaranty or if at any time any representation or
warranty made by such party in the Guaranty or in any other document, statement
or writing made to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or the Lenders
shall prove to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when
made, or (ii) if a default by any such party shall occur under the Guaranty
after the expiration of any applicable notice and grace period; or (iii) if any
such party shall revoke or attempt to revoke, contest, commence any action or
raise any defense (other than the defense of payment) against its obligations
under the Guaranty.

Upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default or at any time thereafter during the
continuance thereof, (a) if such event is an Event of Default specified in
clause (h) or (i) above, the Commitments shall immediately and automatically
terminate, and the Loans, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and all
other amounts owing under the Loan Documents shall immediately become due and
payable, and the Administrative Agent may, and upon the direction of the
Required Lenders shall, exercise any and all remedies and other rights provided
in the Loan Documents, and (b) if such event is any other Event of Default, any
or all of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the
Required Lenders, Administrative Agent may, and upon the direction of the
Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Commitments to
be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments shall immediately terminate,
and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent
may, and upon the direction of the Required Lenders shall, by notice of default
to the Borrower, declare the Loans, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and
all other amounts owing under the Loan Documents to be due and payable
forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable, and the
Administrative Agent may, and upon the direction of the Required Lenders shall,
exercise any and all remedies and other rights provided pursuant to the Loan
Documents.  Except as otherwise provided
in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind
are hereby expressly waived.  The
Borrower hereby further expressly waives and covenants not to assert any
appraisement, valuation, stay, extension, redemption or similar laws, now or at
any time hereafter in force which might delay, prevent or otherwise impede the
performance or enforcement of any Loan Document.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, if demanded by Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in
their sole and absolute discretion (a) after the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default or (b) if the Issuing Lender has
honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such
drawing has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Prime
Rate Loan, Borrower will deposit with and pledge to Administrative Agent cash
in an amount equal to the amount of all undrawn Letters of Credit.  Such amounts will be pledged to and held by
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as security for any amounts
that become payable under the Letters of Credit and all other obligations
hereunder.  Upon any draws under Letters
of Credit, at Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, Administrative Agent may
apply any such amounts to the repayment of amounts drawn thereunder and upon
the expiration of the Letters of Credit any remaining amounts will be applied
to the payment of all other obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents or
if there are no such outstanding obligations and Lenders have no further
obligation to make Loans or issue Letters of Credit or if such excess no longer
exists, such proceeds deposited by Borrower will be released to Borrower.

In
the event that the Commitments shall have been terminated or the Notes shall
have been declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions of this Section,
any funds received by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from or on
behalf of the Borrower shall be applied by the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders in liquidation of the Loans and the obligations of the Borrower under
the Loan Documents in the following manner and order:  (i) first, to the payment of interest on and
then the principal portion of any Loans which the Administrative Agent may have
advanced on behalf of any Lender for which the Administrative Agent has not
then been reimbursed by such Lender or the Borrower; (ii) second, to reimburse
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any expenses due from the Borrower
pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.5; (iii) third, to the payment of
all other fees, expenses and amounts due under the Loan Documents (other than
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provided, however,
that distributions in respect of such fees and expenses due to the
Administrative Agent from the Borrower shall be made pari passu with respect to
the payment of any other fees, expenses or amounts due the Lenders from the Borrower;
(iv) fourth, to the payment of interest due on the Swing Note; (v) fifth,
to the payment of principal outstanding on the Swing Note; (vi) sixth, to the
payment of interest due on the Notes; (vii) seventh, to the payment of
principal outstanding on the Notes; and (viii) eighth, to the payment of any
other amounts owing to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger and the
Lenders under any Loan Document or other document or agreement entered into in
connection with the transactions contemplated thereby.  In the event that any Lender shall have
wrongfully failed or refused to make an advance under Section 2.1, 2.1A, 2.3 or
2.5 and such failure or refusal shall be continuing, advances made by the other
Lenders during the pendency of such failure or refusal shall be entitled to be
repaid as to principal and accrued interest in priority to the other
obligations described in subsections (ii) – (viii) in the preceding sentence.

10.                                 THE
AGENT.

10.1                           Appointment
and Authority.

Each
of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of
America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such
actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions
and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Except as provided in Section 10.8 and 10.12,
the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders, and the Issuing Lender, and neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of
such provisions.

10.2                           Rights
as a Lender.

The
Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights
and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders”
shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise
requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in
its individual capacity.  Such Person and
its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial
advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind
of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as
if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty
to account therefor to the Lenders.

10.3                           Exculpatory
Provisions.

The
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents.  Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

(a)                                  shall
not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether
a Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b)                                 shall
not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any
discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly
contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative
Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders
(or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly
provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its
opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to
liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and

(c)                                  shall
not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have
any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any
information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated
to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its
Affiliates in any capacity.

The
Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by
it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such
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the Administrative
Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances
as provided in Sections 11.1 and 9.1) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct.

The
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain
or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of
any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or
in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any
of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or
therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability,
effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any
other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any
condition set forth in Article V, Article VI or elsewhere herein,
other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to
the Administrative Agent.  To the extent
any Lender requests any materials or information provided to the Administrative
Agent by the Borrower pursuant to the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent
shall make reasonable good faith efforts to deliver such materials or
information to such Lender promptly following such request.

10.4                           Reliance
by Administrative Agent.

The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any
liability for relying in good faith upon, any notice, request, certificate,
consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any
electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution)
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise
authenticated by the proper Person.  The
Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by
telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall
not incur any liability for relying thereon. 
In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of
a Loan, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender,
the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to
such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the
contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan.  The Administrative Agent may consult with
legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and
shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with
the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

10.5                           Notice
of Default.

The
Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to defaults
in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative
Agent has received written notice thereof from a Lender or the Borrower.  In the event that the Administrative Agent
receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice
thereof to the Lenders.  The
Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or
Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders,
provided, however, that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have
received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with
respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem to be in the best
interests of the Lenders.

10.6                           Delegation
of Duties.

The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its
rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through its
Related Parties.  The exculpatory
provisions of this Article shall apply to any such Related Parties of the
Administrative Agent, and shall apply to any such Related Parties’ activities
in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein
as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

10.7                           Indemnification.

Each
Lender agrees to indemnify and reimburse the Administrative Agent in its
capacity as such (to the extent not promptly reimbursed by the Borrower and
without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), pro rata according
to its Commitment, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations,
claims, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses
or disbursements of any kind whatsoever including, without limitation, any
amounts paid to the Lenders (through the Administrative Agent) by the Borrower,
any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, that are
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otherwise be
restored or returned) which may at any time (including, without limitation, at
any time following the payment of the Notes) be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out
of the Loan Documents or any other documents contemplated by or referred to
therein or the transactions contemplated thereby or any action taken or omitted
to be taken by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the
foregoing; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of
any portion of such liabilities, obligations, claims, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements to the
extent resulting solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Administrative Agent.  The agreements in
this Section shall survive the payment of all amounts payable under the Loan
Documents.

10.8                           Successor
Administrative Agent.

The
Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the
Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Borrower. 
Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a
successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an
Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States.  If no such successor shall have been so
appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment in
writing within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of
its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent shall, in consultation
with the Borrower, appoint a successor Administrative Agent on behalf of the
Lenders and the Issuing Lender prior to the end of the 60th day from such
notice from among any of the Lenders who shall have at such time agreed to act
as the successor Administrative Agent and shall have at such time a Commitment
of at least $10,000,000 (an “Approved Successor”).  If no Lender has a Commitment of at least
$10,000,000 (or no Lender whose Commitment is at least $10,000,000 shall agree
to accept such appointment), then the retiring Administrative Agent shall, in
consultation with the Borrower (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing), appoint any other Lender or any other commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and having
a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as a successor
Administrative Agent.  Any appointment of
a successor Administrative Agent shall be subject to the approval of the
Borrower, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and
shall be given in any event prior to the end of the 60th day from the date of
the retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of removal or resignation, provided
that during any period in which there exists and is continuing an Event of
Default, no consultation with, or approval from, the Borrower with respect to
the appointment of an Approved Successor shall be required.  Upon the acceptance of an appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent and any
required approval of such successor Administrative Agent by the Borrower in
accordance with the terms of this Section, such successor Administrative Agent
shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and
the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties
and obligations as Administrative Agent hereunder or under the other Loan
Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this
Section).  The fees payable by the
Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable
to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such
successor.  The Required Lenders may remove
the Administrative Agent from its capacity as administrative agent in the event
of the Administrative Agent’s willful misconduct or gross negligence.  Such removal shall be effective upon
appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent selected by the
Required Lenders.  Any successor
Administrative Agent must satisfy the conditions set forth in this
Section 10.8 (including, without limitation, the consultation with, and
approval from, the Borrower, to the extent required under this Section 10.8).  Upon the acceptance of any appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such
successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested
with all rights, powers, privileges and duties of the removed Administrative
Agent, and the removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all
further duties and obligations as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and
the Loan Documents, provided that the Administrative Agent shall remain liable
to the extent provided in the Loan Documents for its actions and omissions
occurring prior to such removal.  The
Commitment of the Lender which is acting as Administrative Agent shall not be
taken into account in the calculation of Required Lenders for the purposes of
removing Administrative Agent in the event of the Administrative Agent’s
willful misconduct or gross negligence. 
After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or
removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this
Article and Sections 11.5 and 11.12 shall continue in effect for the benefit of
such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their
respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was
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Any
resignation by, or removal of, Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant
to this Section shall also constitute its resignation or removal, as
applicable, as Issuing Lender and Swing Loan Lender.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall
succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring or removed Issuing Lender and Swing Loan Lender,
(b) the retiring or removed Issuing Lender and Swing Loan Lender shall be
discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or
under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor Issuing Lender shall
issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any,
outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangement
satisfactory to the retiring or removed Issuing Lender to effectively assume,
at the time of such succession, the obligations of the retiring or removed
Issuing Lender with respect to such Letters of Credit.  After the retiring Issuing Lender’s and Swing
Lender’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the
provisions of this Article and Sections 11.5 and 11.12 shall continue in effect
for the benefit of such retiring Issuing Lender and Swing Lender, their sub
agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Issuing Lender and Swing
Lender were acting as Issuing Lender and Swing Lender, respectively.

10.9                           Non-Reliance
on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.

Each
Lender and the Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and
without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of
their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
this Agreement.  Each Lender and the
Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their
Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from
time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or
not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document
or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

10.10                     No
Other Duties, Etc.

Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Book Manager or the Lead
Arranger listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or
responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,
except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or
the Issuing Lender hereunder.

10.11                     Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim.

In
case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the
Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or
Letter of Credit Exposure shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or
by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative
Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a)                                  to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Loans or Letter of Credit Exposure and all other
obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Loan
Documents that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing
Lender and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing
Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and
all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative
Agent under Sections 2.5(f) 3.1, 11.5 and 11.12) allowed in such judicial
proceeding; and

(b)                                 to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian,
receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the
Issuing Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the
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directly to the
Lenders and the Issuing Lender, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount
due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due
the Administrative Agent under Sections 
3.1, 11.5 and 11.12.

Nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender, or the Issuing Lender
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting
the obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Loan
Documents or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent
to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

10.12                     Guaranty
Matters.

The
Lenders and the Issuing Lender irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent
to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if
(i) such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary or own any assets (other than assets
of nominal value) as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder, or (ii) the
Borrower otherwise requests such release and provides evidence satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent that after giving effect to such release the Borrower
will be in compliance with all covenants under this Agreement, including,
without limitation, the obligations under Section 7.11.

Upon
request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will
confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release any
Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section
10.12.

11.                                 OTHER
PROVISIONS.

11.1                           Amendments
and Waivers.

With
the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower may, from time to time, enter into written amendments, supplements or
modifications of the Loan Documents and, with the consent of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may execute and
deliver to any such parties a written instrument waiving or a consent to a
departure from, on such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may
specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of the Loan Documents or
any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however,
that no such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent shall,
without the consent of all of the Lenders: 
(a) extend the Maturity Date; (b) decrease the rate, or extend the time
of payment, of interest of, or change or forgive the principal amount of, or
change the requirement that payments and prepayments of principal on, and
payments of interest on, the Notes be made pro rata to the Lenders on the basis
of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans, (c) amend the definitions of “Required
Lender”, (d) amend any provision of this Agreement or the Loan Documents which
requires the approval of all of the Lenders or the Required Lenders to require
a lesser number of Lenders to approve such action, (e) release any Subsidiary
Guarantor from its obligations under a Guaranty except as provided in Sections
8.2 or 10.12, or (f) reduce any fee payable for the account of the Lenders
pursuant to Section 3.1 or change the provisions of this Section 11.1; and
provided further that no such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or
consent shall amend, modify, waive or consent to a departure from any provision
of Section 10 or otherwise change any of the rights or obligations of the
Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents without the written consent of
the Administrative Agent.  In addition,
no Commitment of any Lender may be increased or decreased without the approval
of such Lender except, with respect to decreases of a Lender’s Commitment, in
connection with a pro rata reduction of the Total Commitment Amount in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 
The Administrative Agent shall cause a copy of each written request for
such an amendment, supplement or modification delivered by the Borrower to it
to be delivered to each Lender.  Any such
amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent shall apply equally to
each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the parties to the applicable
agreement, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the
Notes.  In the case of any waiver, the
parties to the applicable agreement, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
shall be restored to their former position and rights under the Loan Documents,
and any Default or Event of Default waived shall not extend to any subsequent
or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent
thereon.  Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, (i) there shall be no amendment, modification
or waiver of any provisions in the Loan Documents governing the rights and
duties of any Lender specifically with respect to Swing Loans, or Letters of
Credit  without the consent of the Swing
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shall have the
right to approve or disapprove any amendment waiver or consent hereunder,
except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended
without the consent of such Lender.

11.2                           Notices.

(a)                                  Notices
Generally.  Except in the case of
notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone
(and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered
by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or
sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications
expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the
applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i)                                     if
to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swing Loan
Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone
number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.2; and

(ii)                                  if
to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address
or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices sent by
hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail,
shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier
shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during
normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at
the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient).  Notices delivered through electronic
communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be
effective as provided in such subsection (b).

(b)                                 Electronic
Communications.  Notices and other
communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereunder may be delivered
or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet
or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative
Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any
Lender or the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2 if such Lender or the
Issuing Lender, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is
incapable of receiving notices under such Section by electronic
communication.  The Administrative Agent
or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures
approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited
to particular notices or communications.

Unless the
Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other
communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the
sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by
the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other
written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other
communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient,
such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening
of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices
or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed
received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail
address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such
notice or communication is available and identifying the website address
therefor.

(c)                                  The
Platform.  THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS
IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  THE AGENT
PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE
BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM
LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR
STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR
OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER
MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event
shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the
“Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the Issuing
Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the
Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials
through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by
a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence
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event shall any
Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the Issuing Lender
or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or
punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(d)                                 Change
of Address, Etc.  Each of the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan
Lender may change its address, electronic mail address, telecopier or telephone
number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other
parties hereto.  Each Lender may change
its address, electronic mail address, telecopier or telephone number for
notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender.  In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the
Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent
has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number,
telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications
may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.

(e)                                  Reliance
by Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and Lenders.  The Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Lender and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices
(including telephonic Borrowing Requests) purportedly given by or on behalf of
the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified
herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of
notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the
recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof.  The Borrower shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, each Lender and the Related Parties
of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from
the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of
the Borrower.  All telephonic notices to
and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be
recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby
consents to such recording.

11.3                           No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

No
failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy, power or
privilege under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under
any Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges
under the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights,
remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

11.4                           Survival
of Representations and Warranties.

All
representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or
other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith
or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof.  Such representations and warranties have been
or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless
of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their
behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have
had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of the making of any Loan,
and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other
obligation of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or Affiliates hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any
Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.

11.5                           Payment
of Expenses and Taxes.

The
Borrower agrees, promptly upon presentation of a statement or invoice therefor,
and whether any Loan is made (a)to pay or reimburse Bank of America,
Administrative Agent and Bank of America in its capacity as Lead Arranger for
all of their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and
execution of, the Loan Documents, the syndication of the loan transaction
evidenced by this Agreement (whether or not such syndication is completed) and
any amendment, supplement or modification hereto (whether or not executed), any
documents prepared in connection therewith and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of Special Counsel, (b) to pay or reimburse
each Credit Party for all of its respective reasonable costs and expenses,
including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel,
reasonably incurred in connection with (i) any enforcement or collection
proceedings resulting from any Event of Default (including, without limitation,
any reasonable costs incurred after the entry of judgment in an attempt to collect
money due in the judgment) or in connection with the negotiation of any
restructuring or “work-out” (whether consummated or not) of the
obligations of the Borrower under any of the Loan Documents and (ii)the
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to pay, indemnify,
and hold each Credit Party harmless from and against, any and all recording and
filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any
delay in paying, stamp, excise and other similar taxes, if any, which may be payable
or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of,
or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment,
supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of,
the Loan Documents and any such other documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify and
hold each Credit Party and each of their respective officers, directors,
employees, affiliates, agents, controlling persons and attorneys (as used in
this Section, each an “indemnified person”) harmless from and against
any and all other liabilities, obligations, claims, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and
disbursements) with respect to any claim, investigation or proceeding from any
third party relating to this Agreement or the Loan Documents, including the
enforcement and performance of the Loan Documents and the use of the proceeds
of the Loans (all the foregoing, collectively, the “indemnified liabilities”),
whether or not any such indemnified person is a party to this Agreement or the
Loan Documents, and to reimburse each indemnified person for all reasonable
legal and other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending
any indemnified liabilities, and, if and to the extent that the foregoing
indemnity may be unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower agrees to make the
maximum payment permitted or not prohibited under applicable law; provided,
however, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to pay
indemnified liabilities to any Credit Party arising from (A) the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Credit Party or (B) disputes solely
between the Credit Parties and which are not related to any act or failure to
act on the part of the Borrower or the failure of the Borrower to perform any
of its obligations under this Agreement or the Loan Documents.

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the fees and expenses referred to in clause (d) of the preceding
paragraph shall not be payable by the Borrower if (x) any such enforcement
action brought by such Credit Party is dismissed, with prejudice, on the
pleadings or pursuant to a motion made by the Borrower for summary judgment,
and (y) if such Credit Party appeals such dismissal, such dismissal is affirmed
and the time for any further appeals has expired.  The obligations of the Borrower under this
Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Commitments and
the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable under the Loan
Documents.

11.6                           Lending
Offices.

Each
Lender shall have the right at any time and from time to time to transfer its
Loans to a different office, provided that such Lender shall promptly notify
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of any such change of office.  Such office shall thereupon become such
Lender’s Domestic Lending Office or LIBOR Lending Office, as the case may be;
provided, however, that no such Lender shall be entitled to receive any greater
amount under Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.16 as a result of a transfer of any such
Loans to a different office of such Lender than it would be entitled to
immediately prior thereto unless such claim would have arisen even if such
transfer had not occurred.

11.7                           Successors
and Assigns.

(a)                                  Successors
and Assigns Generally.  The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted
hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor may
assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no
Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions
of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance
with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, (iii) by way of pledge,
assignment or grant of a security interest subject to the restrictions of
subsection (f) of this Section or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (k) of this Section (and any other attempted
assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or
implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties
hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants
to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent
expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders) any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b)                                 Assignments
by Lenders.  Any Lender may at any
time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment
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Loans (including
for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in the Letter of Credit
Exposure and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided
that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i)                                     Minimum
Amounts.

(A)                              in
the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an
assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no
minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B)                                in
any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate
amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding
thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal
outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such
assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with
respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade
Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date,
shall not be less than $5,000,000  (or such
amount plus a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof)  unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise
consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided,
however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and
concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single assignee
(or to an assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a
single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has
been met.

(ii)                                  Proportionate
Amounts.  Each partial assignment
shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans
or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the
Swing Loan Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans;

(iii)                               Required
Consents.  No consent shall be
required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection
(b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

(A)                              the
consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed; provided, that the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the
Borrower has a reasonable basis for rejecting a proposed Lender that is a
Public Lender as a result of the potential difficulties that could arise in the
connection with such Public Lender’s participation in this Agreement, but that
this provision shall not prohibit the Borrower’s approval of such a Public
Lender or the assignment of rights and obligations hereunder to a Public Lender
under circumstances where the Borrower’s consent is not otherwise required)
shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
at the time of such assignment, (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, or (3) such assignment is entered
into in connection with the syndication of the Loans and Commitments pursuant
to the terms and conditions of that certain commitment letter among Bank of
America, BAS and Borrower;

(B)                                the
consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that
is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect
to such Lender;

(C)                                the
consent of the Issuing Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of
the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit
(whether or not then outstanding); and

(D)                               the
consent of the Swing Loan Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed) shall be required for any assignment.

(iv)                              Assignment
and Assumption.  The parties to each
assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment
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in the amount of $3,500; provided, however,
that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such
processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment.  The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

(v)                                 No
Assignment to Borrower.  No such
assignment shall be made to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or
Subsidiaries.

(vi)                              No
Assignment to Natural Persons.  No
such assignment shall be made to a natural person.

Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in
each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to
this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.11, 2.13, 2.14, 11.5 and 11.12
with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date
of such assignment.  Upon request, the
Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note (i) to the assignee
Lender and (ii) to the assignor Lender if such assignment is less than such
assignor Lender’s entire commitment.  Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this
Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such
rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.

(c)                                  Register.  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for
this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative
Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a
register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the
Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and Letter of Credit
Exposure owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time
(the “Register”).  The entries in the
Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose
name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary.  The Register shall be
available for inspection by each of the Borrower and the Issuing Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.  In addition, at any time that a request for a
consent for a material or substantive change to the Loan Documents is pending,
any Lender wishing to consult with other Lenders in connection therewith may
request and receive from the Administrative Agent a copy of the Register.

(d)                                 Participations.  Any Lender may at any time, without the
consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other
party hereto, sell participations to any Eligible Assignee (each, a “Participant”)
in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including
such Lender’s participations and subparticipations in any Letter of Credit
Exposure and/or Swing Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall
remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of
such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders
and the Issuing Lender shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement.

Any
agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation
shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this
Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any  provision of this Agreement; provided
that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not,
without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other
modification described in the first proviso to Section 11.1 that affects such
Participant.  Subject to subsection (e)
of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to
the benefits of Sections 2.11, 2.13 and 2.14 to the same extent as if it were a
Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b)
of this Section.  To the extent permitted
by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section
11.10 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be
subject to Sections 2.3(d) and (f) as though it were a Lender.

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(e)                                  Limitations
upon Participant Rights.  A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section
2.11 or 2.13 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to
receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the
sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior
written consent.  A Participant that
would be a foreign corporation (as referred to in Section 2.11(b)) if it were a
Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.11 unless
the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such
Participant, for the benefit of the Borrower, complies with Section 2.11(b)
as though it were a Lender.

(f)                                    Certain
Pledges.  Any Lender may at any time
pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under
this Agreement (including under its Note) to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve
Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such
Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or
assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g)                                 Electronic
Execution of Assignments.  The words “execution,”
“signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and
Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of
records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect,
validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a
paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as
provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures
in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures
and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act.

(h)                                 Resignation
as Issuing Lender or Swing Loan Lender after Assignment.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Commitment
and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon 30
days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as Issuing Lender and/or
(ii) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as Swing Loan Lender.  In the event of any such resignation as
Issuing Lender or Swing Loan Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint
from among the Lenders a successor Issuing Lender or Swing Loan Lender hereunder
subject to the acceptance of such appointed Lender in writing, provided,
however, in the event that no Lender shall agree to accept such appointment,
then the Person serving as Administrative Agent following such assignment by
Bank of America shall serve as the Issuing Lender and/or Swing Lender; provided
further, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint, or
Administrative Agent to accept, any such successor shall affect the resignation
of Bank of America as Issuing Lender or Swing Loan Lender, as the case may
be.  If Bank of America resigns as
Issuing Lender, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of the Issuing
Lender hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the
effective date of its resignation as Issuing Lender and all Letters of Credit
Exposure with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to
make Prime Rate Loans or fund risk participations or subparticipations in
unreimbursed amounts pursuant to Sections 2.5(g) and 2.5(h)).  If Bank of America resigns as Swing Loan
Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Loan Lender provided for
hereunder with respect to Swing Loans made by it and outstanding as of the
effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders
to make Prime Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Loans
pursuant to Sections 2.1(A)(d) and 2.1(A)(e).

(i)                                     Resignation
by Administrative Agent.  In the
event that any Lender acting as Administrative Agent or any successor Lender
acting as Administrative Agent shall at any time hold a Commitment of less than
$10,000,000.00, then such Administrative Agent shall promptly provide written
notice thereof to the Lenders, and the Required Lenders shall have the right,
to be exercised within fifteen (15) days of delivery of such notice by such
Administrative Agent, to elect to remove such Administrative Agent as
Administrative Agent and replace such Administrative Agent under the Loan
Documents, subject to the terms of Section 10.8 (including, without limitation,
the consultation with, and approval from, the Borrower, to the extent required
under Section 10.8.

(j)                                     Resignation
by other Agents.  In the event that a
Lender that is also a Lead Arranger or Book Manager assigns all of its Commitment,
contemporaneously with the effectiveness of such assignment, such Lender shall
no longer serve in such capacity as Lead Arranger or Book Manager, as
applicable.

(k)                                  Special
Purpose Funding Vehicles. 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a
“Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as
such in writing from time to time by such Granting Lender to the Administrative
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provide all or any
part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make
pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall
constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects
not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such
Loan, such Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the
terms hereof or, if it fails to do so, to make such payment to the
Administrative Agent as is required pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.  Each party hereto hereby
agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of
such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or
change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its
obligations under Section 2.11 or 2.13), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any
indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender
would be liable, and (iii) a Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including
the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of
any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder.  The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder
shall utilize the Commitment of the applicable Granting Lender to the same
extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender.  In furtherance of the foregoing, each party
hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this
Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the
payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any
SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting
against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or
liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State
thereof.  Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior
consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a
processing fee in the amount of $2,500, assign all or any portion of its right
to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the applicable Granting Lender
and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating
to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or
provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such
SPC.

11.8                           [Intentionally Omitted].

11.9                           Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness.

This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter
hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral
or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.  Except as provided in Article V, this
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of
the other parties hereto.  Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.  A telecopied counterpart of
any Loan Document or to any document evidencing, and of any an amendment,
modification, consent or waiver to or of any Loan Document shall be deemed to
be an originally executed counterpart.  A
set of the copies of the Loan Documents signed by all the parties thereto shall
be deposited with each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  Any party to a Loan Document may rely upon
the signatures of any other party thereto which are transmitted by telecopier
or other electronic means to the same extent as if originally signed.

11.10                     Adjustments;
Set-off.

(a)                                  If
any Lender, including Swing Loan Lender (a “Benefited Lender”), shall at any
time receive any payment of all or any part of its Loans or participation or
subparticipation in payments made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of
Credit or Swing Loans, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect
thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to
events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 9.1(h) or (i), or
otherwise) in a greater proportion than any such payment to and collateral
received by any other Lender in respect of such other Lender’s Loans or
participation or subparticipation in payments made by the Issuing Lender
pursuant to a Letter of Credit or Swing Loans, or interest thereon, such
Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from each of the other Lenders such
portion of each such other Lender’s Loans and participation and
subparticipation in payments made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of
Credit or Swing Loans, and shall provide each of such other Lenders with the
benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary
to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such
collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders, provided, however,
that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter
recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the
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benefits returned,
to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.  The Borrower agrees that each Lender so
purchasing a portion of another Lender’s Loans or participations or
subparticipations in payments by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of
Credit or Swing Loans may exercise all rights of payment (including, without
limitation, rights of set-off, to the extent not prohibited by law) with
respect to such portion as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of
such portion.

(b)                                 In
addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default and the acceleration of the obligations owing
in connection with the Loan Documents, or at any time upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(a) or (b), each
Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such
notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent not prohibited by
applicable law, to set-off and apply against any indebtedness, whether
matured or unmatured, of the Borrower to such Lender, any amount owing from
such Lender to the Borrower, at, or at any time after, the happening of any of
the above-mentioned events.  To the
extent not prohibited by applicable law, the aforesaid right of set-off
may be exercised by such Lender against the Borrower or against any trustee in
bankruptcy, custodian, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, receiver, or execution, judgment or attachment creditor of the
Borrower, or against anyone else claiming through or against the Borrower or
such trustee in bankruptcy, custodian, debtor in possession, assignee for the
benefit of creditors, receivers, or execution, judgment or attachment creditor,
notwithstanding the fact that such right of set-off shall not have been
exercised by such Lender prior to the making, filing or issuance, or service
upon such Lender of, or of notice of, any such petition, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, appointment or application for the appointment of a
receiver, or issuance of execution, subpoena, order or warrant.  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and
application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice
shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

11.11                     Lenders’
Representations.

Each
Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that, in acquiring its Note, it
is acquiring the same for its own account for the purpose of investment and not
with a view to selling the same in connection with any distribution thereof,
provided that the disposition of each Lender’s own Property shall at all times
be and remain within its control.

11.12                     Indemnity.

The
Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Credit Party and its
affiliates, directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, controlling persons
and attorneys (each an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any loss,
reasonable cost, liability, damage or reasonable expense (including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel of such Indemnified Person,
including all local counsel hired by any such counsel) incurred by such
Indemnified Person in investigating, preparing for, defending against, or
providing evidence, producing documents or taking any other action in respect
of, any commenced or threatened litigation, administrative proceeding or
investigation under any federal securities or tax laws or any other statute of
any jurisdiction, or any regulation, or at common law or otherwise, which is
alleged to arise out of or is based upon: 
(a) any untrue statement of any material fact by the Borrower in any
document or schedule executed or filed with any Governmental Authority by or on
behalf of the Borrower; (b) any omission to state any material fact required to
be stated in such document or schedule, or necessary to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading; or (c)
any acts, practices or omissions of the Borrower or its agents relating to the
use of the proceeds of any or all borrowings made by the Borrower which are
alleged to be in violation of Section 2.15, or in violation of any federal
securities or tax laws or of any other statute, regulation or other law of any
jurisdiction applicable thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Person is a
party thereto.  The indemnity set forth herein
shall be in addition to any other obligations, liabilities or other
indemnifications of the Borrower to each Indemnified Person under the Loan
Documents or at common law or otherwise, and shall survive any termination of
the Loan Documents, the expiration of the Commitments and the payment of all
indebtedness of the Borrower under the Loan Documents, provided that the
Borrower shall have no obligation under this Section to an Indemnified Person
with respect to any of the foregoing to the extent found in a final judgment of
a court having jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or arising solely from claims
between one such Indemnified Person and another such Indemnified Person.

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11.13                     Governing
Law.

The
Loan Documents and the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder shall
be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the internal
laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflict of
laws.

11.14                     Headings
Descriptive.

Section
headings have been inserted in the Loan Documents for convenience only and
shall not be construed to be a part thereof.

11.15                     Severability.

If
any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal,
invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not
be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good
faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions
with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible
to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.

11.16                     Confidential
Information.

Each
of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swing Loan Lender and the Issuing
Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined
below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’
directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel
and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such
disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such
Information and must agree (or, by acceptance of such materials, be deemed to
have agreed) to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent
requested by any regulatory authority; (c) to the extent required by applicable
laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any
other party to this Agreement that is not a Public Lender; (e) in connection
with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder; (f) subject
to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this
Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of
or Participant in, any of its right or obligations under this Agreement or (ii)
any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or prospective contractual
counterparty (or such contractual counterparty’s or prospective contractual
counterparty’s professional advisor) to any credit derivative transaction
relating to obligations of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; (g) with the
consent of the Borrower; (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section (or an
agreement executed pursuant to this Section) or (ii) becomes available to the
Administrative Agent, any of the Lenders, the Swing Loan Lender or the Issuing
Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries; or (i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or
any other similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that
requires access to information about a Lender’s or its Affiliates’ investment
portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender or its
Affiliates.  In addition, the
Administrative Agent, any of the Lenders, the Swing Loan Lender or the Issuing
Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this
Agreement to market date collectors, similar service providers to the lending
industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent, any of the
Lenders, the Swing Loan Lender or the Issuing Lender in connection with the
administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and
the Commitments.  For purposes of this
Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any
Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their
respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Swing Loan Lender or the Issuing Lender
on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary.  Any Person required to
maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this
Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so
if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information.

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11.17                     Consent
to Jurisdiction.

The
Borrower and each of the Credit Parties hereby irrevocably submit to the
jurisdiction of any New York State or Federal court sitting in the City of New
York over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Loan
Documents.  The Borrower and each of the
Credit Parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted or not
prohibited by law, any objection which any of them may now or hereafter have to
the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such
a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such
a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  The parties intend that Section 5-1402 of the
New York General Obligations Law shall apply to this Section 11.17.

11.18                     Service
of Process.

The
Borrower hereby agrees that process may be served against it in any suit,
action or proceeding referred to in Section 11.17 by sending the same by first
class mail, return receipt requested or by overnight courier service, to the
address of the Borrower specified pursuant to Section 11.2 or in the applicable
Loan Document executed by the Borrower. 
The Borrower hereby agrees that any such service (i) shall be deemed in
every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action, or
proceeding, and (ii) shall to the fullest extent enforceable by law, be taken
and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it.

11.19                     No
Limitation on Service or Suit.

Nothing
in the Loan Documents or any modification, waiver, consent or amendment thereto
shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to serve
process in any manner permitted by law or limit the right of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender to bring proceedings against the Borrower in the courts of
any jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the Borrower may be served.

11.20                     WAIVER
OF TRIAL BY JURY.

THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE LENDERS AND THE BORROWER HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY
AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT ANY OF THEM MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN.  FURTHER, THE BORROWER HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT
NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE LENDERS, OR COUNSEL
TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE LENDERS, HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR
OTHERWISE, THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE LENDERS WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT
OF SUCH LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL
PROVISION.  THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO
THIS AGREEMENT BY, INTER ALIA, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

11.21                     Termination.

After
the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, without any
extension thereof, and the payment in full of all obligations of the Borrower
under the Loan Documents (including without limitation, all principal,
interest, Facility Fees and other amounts payable hereunder and under the
Notes), the obligations of the Borrower hereunder (other than those which are
stated herein to survive any termination of this Agreement) shall terminate,
except that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to any claim, action or
proceeding made or brought under any other provision of the Loan Documents
prior to such termination or payment.  At
the request of the Borrower, each Lender whose obligations under the Notes have
been fully paid shall promptly return to the Borrower its Note marked “paid” or
shall deliver other evidence that such Lender has received full payment of such
obligations or, in the case of any Lender that is not able to return such Note,
such Lender shall deliver a lost note affidavit and confirmation of payment
with respect to such Note in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Borrower.

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11.22                     Replacement
Notes.

Upon
receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of any Note, and in the case of any such loss, theft
or destruction, upon delivery by the relevant Lender of an indemnity agreement
reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or, in the case of any such mutilation,
upon surrender and cancellation of the applicable Note, the Borrower will
execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note, identical in form and
substance to the applicable Note and dated as of the date of the applicable
Note and upon such execution and delivery all references in the Loan Documents
to such Note shall be deemed to refer to such replacement Note.

11.23                     USA
Patriot Act Notice.

Each
Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the
Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby
notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”),
it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the
Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and
other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as
applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

11.24                     Replacement
of Lenders.

If
any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, or if the Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.11, or if any
Lender is a Defaulting Lender or in the case of a refusal by a Lender to consent
to a proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination with respect to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document that has been approved by the Required
Lenders (as determined prior to any removal of such Lender in connection with
this Section 11.24), then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort,
upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to
assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the
restrictions and other requirements contained in, and consents required by,
Section 11.7), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be, but is not required to be, another Lender,
if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

(a)                                  the
Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee
specified in Section 11.7;

(b)                                 such
Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other
amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including
any amounts under Section 2.14) from the assignee (to the extent of such
outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the
case of all other amounts);

(c)                                  in
the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 2.13 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.11, such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments
thereafter;

(d)                                 such
assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws; and

(e)                                  from
and after the effective date of such assignment the assigning Lender shall be
released from its obligations under this Agreement (and shall cease to be a
party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections
2.11, 2.13, 2.14, 11.5 and 11.12 with respect to facts and circumstances
occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment.

A
Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if,
prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the
circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation
cease to apply.

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11.25                     No
Advisory or Fiduciary Relationships.

In
connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, each of
the Borrower and each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding (to the extent of
Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s interest in such Affiliates), that: (a)
the credit facility provided for
hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith
(including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification
hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial
transaction between the Borrower, each
Guarantor and their respective
Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and BAS, on the other hand, and each
of the Borrower and each
Guarantor is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and
accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby
and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or thereof); (b) in connection with the process leading to
such transaction, the Administrative Agent, each Lender and BAS each is and has been acting solely as a principal and is
not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates,
stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (c) neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender nor
BAS has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of the Borrower or
any Guarantor with respect to any of the transactions contemplated
hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment,
waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective
of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or BAS has advised or is currently advising the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates on other
matters) and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender nor BAS has any obligation to the
Borrower, any Guarantor or any
of their respective Affiliates
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations
expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (d) the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and
BAS and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of
transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Affiliates, and
neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender nor BAS has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by
virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (e) the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and
BAS have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting,
regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated
hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any
other Loan Document) and each of the Borrower and each of the Guarantors has consulted its own legal,
accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed
appropriate.  Each of the Borrower and
each of the Guarantors hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and BAS with respect
to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.

11.26                     Replacement
of April 2007 Credit Agreement.

Each
of the parties hereto hereby agree that (a) the outstanding balance of the
obligations under the April 2007 Credit Agreement remain outstanding and
constitute obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder
and under the Loan Documents and (b) this Agreement is an amendment and
restatement of the April 2007 Credit Agreement and nothing contained herein is
intended to represent a novation of any type with respect to the obligations,
duties or responsibilities of the Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantors under the
April 2007 Credit Agreement or with respect to any other Indebtedness evidenced
by the April 2007 Credit Agreement or any documents, instruments or agreements
executed in connection therewith.

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the
day and year first above written.

	
  

  	
   

  	
  CENTRO NP LLC, a Maryland limited liability 

  company 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By: 

  	
   /s/ Steven F. Siegel 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:   Steven F. Siegel 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:     Executive Vice
  President

  

 

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  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking
  association, 

  individually and as Administrative Agent

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   /s/ Mark A. Mokelke

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   Name: Mark
  A. Mokelke

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   Title:   Vice President

  

 

 

Bank of America, N.A.

Agency Management
- East

101 North Tryon Street, 15th
Floor

NC1-001-15-14

Charlotte, NC 28255

Attention:  Kimberly D. Williams

Telecopy:         (704)
409-0650

and

Bank of America,
N.A.

231 South LaSalle
Street, 10th Floor

Chicago, Illinois
60697

Attn:  Mark A. Mokelke

Telecopy:         (312)
974-4970

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