Document:

EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

June 20, 2013

among

MATERION CORPORATION

MATERION ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES NETHERLANDS B.V.

The Other Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers Party Hereto

The Lenders Party Hereto

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Co-Syndication Agents

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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	Schedule 2.01

Schedule 2.06

Schedule 3.01

Schedule 6.01

Schedule 6.02

Schedule 6.04

EXHIBITS:

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	 	Commitments

Existing Letters of Credit

Subsidiaries

Existing Indebtedness

Existing Liens

Existing Investments

	 

	 	

	 	

	Exhibit A

Exhibit B-1

Exhibit B-2

Exhibit C

Exhibit D

Exhibit E

Exhibit F-1

Exhibit F-2

Exhibit G-1

Exhibit G-2

Exhibit H

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	 	Form of Assignment and Assumption

Form of Opinion of U.S. Loan Parties’ Counsel

Form of Opinion of Dutch Borrower’s Counsel

Form of Increasing Lender Supplement

Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement

List of Closing Documents

Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement

Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Termination

Form of Borrowing Request

Form of Interest Election Request

Form of Note

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of
June 20, 2013 among MATERION CORPORATION, MATERION ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES
NETHERLANDS B.V., the other FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS from time to time party hereto, the
LENDERS from time to time party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Co-Syndication Agents.

WHEREAS, the Company, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto, the lenders party
thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent thereunder, are currently party to
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2013 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).

WHEREAS, the Company, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent have agreed to enter into this Agreement in order to (i) amend and restate the Existing
Credit Agreement in its entirety, (ii) re-evidence the “Obligations” under, and as defined in, the
Existing Credit Agreement, which shall be repayable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
and (iii) set forth the terms and conditions under which the Lenders will, from time to time, make
loans and extend other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of the Borrowers.

WHEREAS, it is the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a novation
of the obligations and liabilities of the parties under the Existing Credit Agreement or be deemed
to evidence or constitute full repayment of such obligations and liabilities, but that this
Agreement amend and restate in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement and re-evidence the
obligations and liabilities of the Company and the other Loan Parties outstanding thereunder, which
shall be payable in accordance with the terms hereof.

WHEREAS, it is also the intent of the Company and the other Loan Parties to confirm that all
obligations under the applicable “Loan Documents” (as referred to and defined in the Existing
Credit Agreement) shall continue in full force and effect as modified or restated by the Loan
Documents (as referred to and defined herein) and that, from and after the Effective Date, all
references to the “Credit Agreement” contained in any such existing “Loan Documents” shall be
deemed to refer to this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein,
the parties hereto agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:

“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to a Loan, or the Loans
comprising such Borrowing, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base
Rate.

“Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions,
consummated on or after the Effective Date, by which the Company or any Subsidiary (a) acquires any
going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, whether through purchase of
assets, merger or otherwise or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the
most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of
the Equity Interests of a Person which has ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
other similar management personnel of a Person (other than Equity Interests having such power only
by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority of the outstanding Equity Interests of a
Person.

“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any
Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of
1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve
Rate.

“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (including its branches and
affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.

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

“Affected Foreign Subsidiary” means any Foreign Subsidiary to the extent such Foreign
Subsidiary acting as a Subsidiary Guarantor would cause a Deemed Dividend Problem or a Financial
Assistance Problem.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.

“Agent Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).

“Aggregate Commitment” means the aggregate of the Commitments of all of the Lenders,
as reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. As of the
Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment is $375,000,000.

“Agreed Currencies” means (i) Dollars, (ii) euro, (iii) Pounds Sterling, (iv) Japanese
Yen and (v) any other currency that is (x) a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily
available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars, (y) available in the London
interbank deposit market and (z) agreed to by the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders.

“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of
(a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such
day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if
such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that, for
the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate appearing on
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such page) at approximately
11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the
Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and
including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or
the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the
Aggregate Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that, in the case of
Section 2.24 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the
percentage of the Aggregate Commitment (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment)
represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the
Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect,
giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of
determination.

“Applicable Pledge Percentage” means 100%, but 65% in the case of a pledge by the
Company or any Domestic Subsidiary of its Equity Interests in a Subsidiary to the extent a 100%
pledge would cause a Deemed Dividend Problem.

“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to commitment fees payable
hereunder, Eurocurrency Revolving Loans, ABR Revolving Loans or with respect to commissions on
outstanding commercial Letters of Credit payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate
per annum set forth below under the caption “Commitment Fee Rate”, “Eurocurrency Spread”, “ABR
Spread” or “Commercial L/C Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the Leverage Ratio applicable on
such date:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Leverage Ratio:

	 	Commitment Fee Rate
	 	Eurocurrency Spread
	 	ABR Spread
	 	Commercial L/C Rate

	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Category 1:
	 	< 1.00 to 1.00

	 	 	0.20	%	 	 	1.375	%	 	 	0.375	%	 	 	0.6875	%
	 
	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Category 2:
	 	> 1.00 to 1.00

	 	 	0.225	%	 	 	1.50	%	 	 	0.50	%	 	 	0.75	%
	 	 	 

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 	 	but

< 1.50 to 1.00

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 
	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Category 3:
	 	> 1.50 to 1.00

but

	 	0.275%

	 	1.75%

	 	0.75%

	 	0.875%

	 	 	 

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 	 	< 2.00 to 1.00

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 
	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Category 4:
	 	> 2.00 to 1.00

but

	 	0.325%

	 	2.00%

	 	1.00%

	 	1.00%

	 	 	 

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 	 	< 2.50 to 1.00

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 	

	 
	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Category 5:
	 	> 2.50 to 1.00

	 	 	0.375	%	 	 	2.25	%	 	 	1.25	%	 	 	1.125	%
	 
	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

For purposes of the foregoing,

(i) if at any time the Company fails to deliver the Financials on or before the date
the Financials are due pursuant to Section 5.01, Category 5 shall be deemed applicable for
the period commencing three (3) Business Days after the required date of delivery and ending
on the date which is three (3) Business Days after the Financials are actually delivered,
after which the Category shall be determined in accordance with the table above as
applicable;

(ii) adjustments, if any, to the Category then in effect shall be effective three
(3) Business Days after the Administrative Agent has received the applicable Financials (it
being understood and agreed that each change in Category shall apply during the period
commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding
the effective date of the next such change); and

(iii) notwithstanding the foregoing, Category 2 shall be deemed to be applicable until
the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the applicable Financials for the Company’s first full
or partial Fiscal Quarter ending after the Effective Date (unless such Financials
demonstrate that Category 3, 4 or 5 should have been applicable during such period, in which
case such other Category shall be deemed to be applicable during such period) and
adjustments to the Category then in effect shall thereafter be effected in accordance with
the preceding paragraphs.

“Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into
by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any
other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Augmenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but
excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.

“Banking Services” means each and any of the following bank services provided to the
Company or any Subsidiary by any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) credit cards for commercial
customers (including, without limitation, commercial credit cards and purchasing cards), (b) stored
value cards and (c) treasury management services (including, without limitation, controlled
disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate
depository network services).

“Banking Services Agreement” means any agreement entered into by the Company or any
Subsidiary in connection with Banking Services.

“Banking Services Obligations” means any and all obligations of the Company or any
Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced
or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions
therefor) in connection with Banking Services.

“Beryllium Contracts” means any and all agreements or other arrangements (however
styled) for the purchase, procurement or other acquisition of Beryllium, in whatever form
(including, without limitation, Beryl ore, Copper Beryllium Master Alloy, Vacuum Cast Beryllium
Ingot, and Vacuum Hot Pressed Beryllium Billet), entered into from time to time by the Company or
any Subsidiary, but only to the extent that the Dollar Amount of any Indebtedness related thereto
does not exceed $20,000,000 during any consecutive 12-month period.

“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States of America.

“Borrower” means the Company or any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower.

“Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued
on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.

“Borrowing Request” means a request by any Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.03 substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1.

“Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement substantially
in the form of Exhibit F-1.

“Borrowing Subsidiary Termination” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination
substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.

“Burdensome Restrictions” means any consensual encumbrance or restriction of the type
described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.08 (without giving effect to any exceptions described
in clauses (i) through (v) of such Section 6.08).

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed;
provided that, when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business
Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in the relevant Agreed
Currency in the London interbank market or the principal financial center of such Agreed Currency,
as applicable (and, if the Borrowings or LC Disbursements which are the subject of a borrowing,
drawing, payment, reimbursement or rate selection are denominated in euro, the term “Business Day”
shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET2 payment system is not open for the settlement of
payments in euro).

“Capital Expenditures” means, without duplication, any expenditure of money for any
purchase or other acquisition or development of any asset which would be classified as a fixed or
capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared in
accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Lease” of a Person means any lease of Property by such Person as lessee
which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Lease Obligations” of a Person means the aggregate amount of the
obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a liability on a
balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“Cash Equivalent Investments” means (a) direct obligations of, or fully guaranteed by,
the U.S. maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) commercial paper rated
A-1 or better by S&P or P-1 or better by Moody’s, (c) demand deposit accounts maintained in the
ordinary course of business, and (d) certificates of deposit issued by and time deposits with any
Lender or any commercial bank (whether domestic or foreign) having capital and surplus in excess of
$100,000,000; provided that, in each case, the same provides for payment of both
principal and interest (and not principal alone or interest alone) and is not subject to any
contingency regarding the payment of principal or interest.

“Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly,
beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity
Interests representing more than 20% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the
issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats
(other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by Persons who were neither
(i) nominated by the board of directors of the Company nor (ii) appointed by directors so
nominated; or (c) the occurrence of a change in control, or other similar provision, as defined in
any agreement or instrument evidencing any Material Indebtedness (triggering a default or mandatory
prepayment, which default or mandatory prepayment has not been waived in writing).

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement (or with
respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any
change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (c) the making or issuance of any request,
rules, guideline, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any
Governmental Authority; provided however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
(i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules,
guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in
implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives
promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
(or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in
each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law” regardless of
the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

“Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“Collateral” means any and all property owned, leased or operated by a Person covered
by the Collateral Documents and any and all other property of any Loan Party, now existing or
hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in
favor of Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Holders of Secured Obligations, to
secure the Secured Obligations.

“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages and
all other agreements, instruments and documents executed in connection with this Agreement that are
intended to create, perfect or evidence Liens to secure the Secured Obligations, including, without
limitation, all other security agreements, pledge agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan
agreements, notes, guarantees, subordination agreements, pledges, powers of attorney, consents,
assignments, contracts, fee letters, notices, leases, financing statements and all other written
matter whether heretofore, now, or hereafter executed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and
delivered to the Administrative Agent.

“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make
Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder,
expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or terminated from time to time pursuant
to Section 2.09, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.20 and (c) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the
Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender
shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.

“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

“Communications” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).

“Company” means Materion Corporation, an Ohio corporation.

“Computation Date” is defined in Section 2.04.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means Consolidated Net Income plus, to the extent
deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income, (a) Consolidated Interest Expense,
(b) Consolidated Tax Expense, (c) depreciation, (d) amortization, (e) depletion expense and
(f) nonrecurring losses incurred other than in the ordinary course of business, minus, to
the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, nonrecurring gains realized other than in the
ordinary course of business, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis.

“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with reference to any period, without duplication,
Consolidated Interest Expense to the extent paid in cash during such period, plus scheduled
principal payments on Indebtedness made during such period, plus Capitalized Lease payments
made during such period, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis.

“Consolidated Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness for borrowed money and Capitalized
Leases, including, without limitation, current, long-term and Subordinated Indebtedness, for the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; provided that, for purposes of this
definition, obligations under the following will not be considered in calculating Consolidated
Funded Debt: (a) obligations under Swap Agreements, (b) Permitted Precious Metals Agreements (up
to a maximum outstanding amount of $500,000,000), (c) the Beryllium Contracts, and (d) Indebtedness
under any Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, the interest
expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period (but
not including any up-front fees paid in connection with this Agreement).

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or
loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period.

“Consolidated Net Worth” means, on any date, all amounts that would be included under
stockholders’ equity on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Tax Expense” means, with reference to any period, the tax expense of the
Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period.

“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated
basis as of such date.

“Contingent Obligation” of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by
which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds
for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon, the obligation or
liability of any other Person, or agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other
financial condition of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person
against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort letter, operating agreement, take or pay
contract or the obligations of any such Person as general partner of a partnership with respect to
the liabilities of the partnership.

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings
correlative thereto.

“Co-Syndication Agent” means each of Bank of America, N.A., KeyBank National
Association and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in its capacity as co-syndication agent for
the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement.

“Country Risk Event” means:

(i) any law or action by any Governmental Authority in any Borrower’s or Letter of Credit
beneficiary’s country which has the effect of:

(a) changing the obligations under the relevant Letter of Credit, this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents as originally agreed or otherwise
creating any additional liability, cost or expense to the Issuing Bank, the Lenders
or the Administrative Agent,

(b) changing the ownership or control by such Borrower or Letter of Credit
beneficiary of its business, or

(c) preventing or restricting the conversion into or transfer of the applicable
Agreed Currency;

(ii) force majeure; or

(iii) any similar event

which, in relation to (i), (ii) and (iii), directly or indirectly, prevents or restricts the
payment or transfer of any amounts owing under the relevant Letter of Credit in the applicable
Agreed Currency to the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank and freely available to the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank.

“Credit Event” means a Borrowing, the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a
Letter of Credit, an LC Disbursement or any of the foregoing.

“Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender
or any other Lender.

“Deemed Dividend Problem” means, with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary or with
respect to any Domestic Subsidiary that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes that
owns the Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, such Foreign Subsidiary’s accumulated and
undistributed earnings and profits being deemed to be repatriated to the Company or a Domestic
Subsidiary under Section 956 of the Code and the effect of such repatriation causing materially
adverse tax consequences to the Company or such Domestic Subsidiary, in each case as determined by
the Company in its commercially reasonable judgment acting in good faith and in consultation with
its legal and tax advisors.

“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which
upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two (2) Business Days
of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any
portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any
Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of
clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the
result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding
(specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied,
(b) has notified the Company or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the
effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this
Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such
Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including
the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or
generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three
(3) Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification
in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and
is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then
outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender
shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt
of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or
(d) has become the subject of a Lender Bankruptcy Event.

“Designated Persons” means a person or entity (a) listed in the annex to, or otherwise
subject to the provisions of, any Executive Order; (b) named as a “Specially Designated National
and Blocked Person” (“SDN”) on the most current list published by OFAC at its official
website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list (the
“SDN List”) or is otherwise the subject of any Sanctions Laws and Regulations; or (c) in
which an entity or person on the SDN List has 50% or greater ownership interest or that is
otherwise controlled by an SDN.

“Dollar Amount” of any currency at any date shall mean (i) the amount of such currency
if such currency is Dollars or (ii) the equivalent in such currency of Dollars if such currency is
a Foreign Currency, calculated on the basis of the Exchange Rate for such currency, on or as of the
most recent Computation Date provided for in Section 2.04.

“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
located in the United States of America.

“Dutch Borrower” means Materion Advanced Materials Technologies and Services
Netherlands B. V., a besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid incorporated under the
laws of the Netherlands having its corporate seat (statutaire zetel) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

“Dutch Financial Supervision Act” means the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op
het financieel toezicht), as amended from time to time.

“ECP” means an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1(a)(18) of the
Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and the applicable rules issued by
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or the SEC.

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

“Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or
associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign,
authenticate or accept such contract or record.

“Electronic System” means any electronic system, including e-mail, e-fax, Intralinks®,
ClearPar®, Debt Domain, Syndtrak and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such
electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent and the
Issuing Bank and any of its respective Related Parties, providing for Lender and/or Loan Party
access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.

“Eligible Foreign Subsidiary” means any Foreign Subsidiary that is approved from time
to time by the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld.

“Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders,
decrees, judgments, injunctions or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any
Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of
natural resources or the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the
Company or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement
or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to
any of the foregoing.

“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.

“Equivalent Amount” of any currency with respect to any amount of Dollars at any date
shall mean the equivalent in such currency of such amount of Dollars, calculated on the basis of
the Exchange Rate for such other currency at 11:00 a.m., London time, on the date on or as of which
such amount is to be determined.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code
or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or
the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day
notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding
deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived;
(c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application
for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the
Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a
plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Company or
any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition upon the Company or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected
to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

“EU” means the European Union.

“euro” and/or “€” means the single currency of the participating member states
of the EU.

“Eurocurrency”, when used in reference to a currency means an Agreed Currency and,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

“Eurocurrency Payment Office” of the Administrative Agent shall mean, for each Foreign
Currency, the office, branch, affiliate or correspondent bank of the Administrative Agent for such
currency as specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Company and each Lender.

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

“Exchange Rate” means, on any day, with respect to any Foreign Currency, the rate at
which such Foreign Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately
11:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date on the Reuters World Currency Page for such Foreign Currency.
In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate
with respect to such Foreign Currency shall be determined by reference to such other publicly
available service for displaying exchange rates as may be reasonably selected by the Administrative
Agent or, in the event no such service is selected, such Exchange Rate shall instead be calculated
on the basis of the arithmetical mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange of the
Administrative Agent for such Foreign Currency on the London market at 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on
such date for the purchase of Dollars with such Foreign Currency, for delivery two Business Days
later; provided, that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such
spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Company, may use
any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Specified Swap
Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Loan Party of, or
the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Specified Swap Obligation (or
any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule,
regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official
interpretation of any thereof) (a) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to
constitute an ECP at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party or the grant of such security
interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Specified Swap Obligation or (b) in
the case of a Specified Swap Obligation subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to Section 2(h)
of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), because such Loan Party is a
“financial entity,” as defined in Section 2(h)(7)(C)(i) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any
successor provision thereto), at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party becomes or would become
effective with respect to such related Specified Swap Obligation. If a Specified Swap Obligation
arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to
the portion of such Specified Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such
Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the
Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of
the Company hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by
the United States of America or any other Governmental Authority, including the jurisdiction under
the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in
the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits
taxes imposed by the United States of America or any other Governmental Authority, including any
similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary is located,
(c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Company
under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign
Lender resulting from any law in effect on the date such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this
Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure
to comply with Section 2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if
any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the Company with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to
Section 2.17(a) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“Executive Order” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Sanctions
Laws and Regulations.

“Existing Credit Agreement” is defined in the recitals hereof.

“Existing Letters of Credit” is defined in Section 2.06(a).

“Existing Loans” is defined in Section 2.01.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement
(or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more
onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and
any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received
by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

“Financial Assistance Problem” means, with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, the
inability of such Foreign Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor or to permit its Equity
Interests from being pledged pursuant to a pledge agreement on account of legal or financial
limitations imposed by the jurisdiction of organization of such Foreign Subsidiary or other
relevant jurisdictions having authority over such Foreign Subsidiary, in each case as determined by
the Company in its commercially reasonable judgment acting in good faith and in consultation with
its legal and tax advisors.

“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or controller of the Company.

“Financials” means the annual or quarterly financial statements, and accompanying
certificates and other documents, of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b).

“First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means each Foreign Subsidiary with respect to which
any one or more of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries directly owns or controls more than
50% of such Foreign Subsidiary’s issued and outstanding Equity Interests.

“Fiscal Quarter” means any of the quarterly accounting periods of the Company.

“Fiscal Year” means any of the annual accounting periods of the Company ending on
December 31st of each year.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, the ratio, determined as of the end of each
Fiscal Quarter of the Company for the then most-recently ended four Fiscal Quarters of
(a) Consolidated EBITDA, minus cash taxes paid, minus the unfinanced portion of
Capital Expenditures, minus cash dividends, plus cash tax refunds to
(b) Consolidated Fixed Charges, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis.

“Foreign Currencies” means Agreed Currencies other than Dollars.

“Foreign Currency LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Amount of
the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of all outstanding Foreign Currency Letters of Credit at
such time plus (b) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all LC Disbursements in respect
of Foreign Currency Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed at such time.

“Foreign Currency Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign
Currency.

“Foreign Currency Sublimit” means $30,000,000.

“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Company is located. For purposes of this definition, the United
States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a
single jurisdiction.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“Foreign Subsidiary Borrower” means (i) the Dutch Borrower and (ii) any other Eligible
Foreign Subsidiary that becomes a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to Section 2.23 and that has
not ceased to be a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to such Section.

“Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Sublimit” means $30,000,000.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or 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.

“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase
or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other
financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any
letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation;
provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit
in the ordinary course of business.

“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to
any Environmental Law.

“Holders of Secured Obligations” means the holders of the Secured Obligations from
time to time and shall include (i) each Lender and the Issuing Bank in respect of its Loans and LC
Exposure respectively, (ii) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in respect
of all other present and future obligations and liabilities of the Company and each Subsidiary of
every type and description arising under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, (iii) each Lender and affiliate of such Lender in respect of Swap Agreements and Banking
Services Agreements entered into with such Person by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iv) each
indemnified party under Section 9.03 in respect of the obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers
to such Person hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (v) their respective successors
and (in the case of a Lender, permitted) transferees and assigns.

“Hostile Acquisition” means (a) the Acquisition of the Equity Interests of a Person
through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such Equity Interests which has not
been approved (prior to such Acquisition) by the board of directors (or any other applicable
governing body) of such Person or by similar action if such Person is not a corporation and (b) any
such Acquisition as to which such approval has been withdrawn.

“Impacted Interest Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
LIBO Rate.

“Increasing Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

“Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

“Incremental Term Loan Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.20.

“Indebtedness” of a Person means, without duplication, such Person’s (a) obligations
for borrowed money, (b) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of Property or
services (other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of such Person’s business
payable on terms customary in the trade), (c) obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens
or payable out of the proceeds or production from Property now or hereafter owned or acquired by
such Person, (d) obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other similar
instruments, (e) obligations of such Person to purchase securities or other Property arising out of
or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities or Property or any
other Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities, (f) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (g) Contingent Obligations
for which the underlying transaction constitutes Indebtedness under this definition, (h) the stated
face amount of all letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued for the account of such Person
and, without duplication, all reimbursement obligations with respect to such issued letters of
credit, (i) any and all obligations, contingent or otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter
arising, under or in connection with Swap Agreements, including, without limitation, Net
Mark-to-Market Exposure, and (j) obligations of such Person under any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction.

“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes that are imposed on or with respect to any payment
made by a Borrower hereunder other than Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.

“Ineligible Institution” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

“Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated May 2013
relating to the Company and the Transactions.

“Insolvency Regulation” shall mean the Council Regulation (EC) No.1346/2000 29 May
2000 on Insolvency Proceedings.

“Intercreditor Agreements” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Intercreditor
Agreement dated as of December 28, 2007 by and between the Administrative Agent, on behalf of
itself and the Lenders, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, on behalf of itself and as collateral agent on
behalf of other consignors of Precious Metal and (b) every other intercreditor agreement related to
the Loans entered into by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Lenders, on
or after the Effective Date, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.

“Interest Election Request” means a request by the applicable Borrower to convert or
continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.

“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline
Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date, (b) with
respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing
of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period
of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that
occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and the
Maturity Date and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be
repaid and the Maturity Date.

“Interest Period” means with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the applicable Borrower (or the
Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower) may elect; provided, that (i) if any Interest
Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing only, such next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period
shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a
Eurocurrency Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for
which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period)
shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For
purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is
made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most
recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

“Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, the rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to
be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR
Screen Rate (for the longest period for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available for the applicable
currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Screen Rate for the
shortest period (for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that
exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

“Investment” of a Person means any (a) loan or advance, (b) extension of credit (other
than accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the
trade), (c) contribution of capital by such Person, (d) stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership
interests, notes, debentures, securities or other Equity Interest owned by such Person, (e) any
deposit accounts and certificate of deposit owned by such Person, and (f) structured notes,
derivative financial instruments and other similar instruments or contracts owned by such Person.

“Issuing Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the issuer of
Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i).
The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by
Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such
Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

“Japanese Yen” and/or “JPY” means the lawful currency of Japan.

“LC Collateral Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(j).

“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of
Credit.

“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn Dollar Amount
of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate Dollar Amount of
all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company at such time.
The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC
Exposure at such time.

“Lender Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the
subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee,
administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the
reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination
of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to,
approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Lender
Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of
any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof,
provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with
immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of
judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental
Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or
agreements made by such Person.

“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that
shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.20 or pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment
and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline
Lender.

“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

“Leverage Ratio” means, the ratio, determined as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter of
the Company for the then most-recently ended four Fiscal Quarters of (a) Consolidated Funded Debt
to (b) Consolidated EBITDA.

“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in any
Agreed Currency and for any applicable Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as
administered by the British Bankers Association (or any other Person that takes over the
administration of such rate for such Agreed Currency) for a period equal in length to such Interest
Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or,
in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute
page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information
service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable discretion; in each case the “LIBOR Screen Rate”) at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period; provided that, if the LIBOR
Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest
Period”) with respect to the applicable currency, then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated
Rate at such time, subject to Section 2.14.

“LIBOR Screen Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of LIBO
Rate.

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title
retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of
the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call
or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, each
Borrowing Subsidiary Termination, any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(e) of this
Agreement, any Letter of Credit applications, the Collateral Documents, the Subsidiary Guaranty,
and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates identified in Section 4.01
executed and delivered to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lenders and including
all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices, letter of credit
agreements, intercreditor agreements and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or
hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and delivered to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Any
reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all
appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other
modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be
in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.

“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this
Agreement.

“Local Time” means (i) Chicago time in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC
Disbursement denominated in Dollars and (ii) local time in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC
Disbursement denominated in a Foreign Currency (it being understood that such local time shall mean
London, England time unless otherwise notified by the Administrative Agent).

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets,
property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties to perform any of their material obligations under
the Loan Documents or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

“Material Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of
Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the
Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000 (or the
equivalent thereof in currencies other than Dollars). For purposes of determining Material
Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect
of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any
netting agreements) that the Company or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap
Agreement were terminated at such time.

“Material Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary (i) which, as of the most recent Fiscal
Quarter of the Company, for the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters then ended, for which
financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, contributed greater than ten
percent (10%) of the Company’s Consolidated EBITDA for such period or (ii) which contributed
greater than ten percent (10%) of the Company’s Consolidated Total Assets as of such date;
provided that, if at any time the aggregate amount of the Company’s Consolidated EBITDA or
Company’s Consolidated Total Assets attributable to Subsidiaries (other than Affected Foreign
Subsidiaries) that are not Subsidiary Guarantors exceeds twenty percent (20%) of the Company’s
Consolidated EBITDA for any such period or twenty percent (20%) of the Company’s Consolidated Total
Assets as of the end of any such Fiscal Quarter, the Company (or, in the event the Company has
failed to do so within ten days, the Administrative Agent) shall designate sufficient Subsidiaries
(other than Affected Foreign Subsidiaries) as “Material Subsidiaries” to eliminate such excess, and
such designated Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Material
Subsidiaries.

“Maturity Date” means June 20, 2018.

“Maximum Rate” is defined in Section 9.15.

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

“Mortgage” means each mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement which conveys or
evidences a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent
and the Holders of Secured Obligations, on real property of a Loan Party, including any amendment,
restatement, modification or supplement thereto.

“Mortgage Instruments” means such title reports, ALTA title insurance policies (with
endorsements), evidence of zoning compliance, property insurance, flood certifications and flood
insurance, opinions of counsel, ALTA surveys, appraisals (and, if applicable FEMA form
acknowledgements of insurance), environmental assessments and reports, mortgage tax affidavits and
declarations and other similar information and related certifications as are reasonably requested
by, and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to, the Administrative Agent from time to time.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.

“Net Mark-to-Market Exposure” of a Person means, as of any date of determination, the
excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from
Swap Agreements. As used in this definition, “unrealized losses” means the fair market value of
the cost to such Person of replacing such Swap Agreement as of the date of determination (assuming
the Swap Agreement were to be terminated as of that date), and “unrealized profits” means the fair
market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Swap Agreement as of the date of
determination (assuming such Swap Agreement were to be terminated as of that date).

“New Money Credit Event” means with respect to the Issuing Bank, any increase
(directly or indirectly) in the Issuing Bank’s exposure (whether by way of additional credit or
banking facilities or otherwise, including as part of a restructuring) to any Borrower or any
Governmental Authority in any Borrower’s or any applicable Letter of Credit beneficiary’s country
occurring by reason of (i) any law, action or requirement of any Governmental Authority in such
Borrower’s or such Letter of Credit beneficiary’s country, or (ii) any request in respect of
external indebtedness of borrowers in such Borrower’s or such Letter of Credit beneficiary’s
country applicable to banks generally which conduct business with such borrowers, in each case to
the extent calculated by reference to the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures outstanding prior to
such increase.

“Off-Balance Sheet Liability” of a Person means (a) any repurchase obligation or
liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (b) any
indebtedness, liability or obligation under any Sale and Leaseback Transaction to which such Person
is a party which is not a Capitalized Lease, (c) any indebtedness, liability or obligation under
any so-called “synthetic lease” transaction entered into by such Person, or (d) any indebtedness,
liability or obligation arising with respect to any other transaction to which such Person is a
party which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not
constitute a liability on the balance sheets of such Person, but excluding obligations with respect
to Operating Leases.

“Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the
Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities
and other obligations and indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of
any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed
or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and liabilities of any of the Loan Parties to any of
the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any indemnified party, individually or
collectively, existing on the Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or
several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or
unsecured, in each case, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or incurred
under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans made or
reimbursement or other obligations incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other instruments at
any time evidencing any thereof.

“Operating Lease” of a Person means any lease of Property (other than a Capitalized
Lease) by such Person as lessee which has an original term (including any required renewals and any
renewals effective at the option of the lessor) of one year or more.

“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any
other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder
or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or
any other Loan Document.

“Overnight Foreign Currency Rate” means, for any amount payable in a Foreign Currency,
the rate of interest per annum as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent at which
overnight or weekend deposits in the relevant currency (or if such amount due remains unpaid for
more than three Business Days, then for such other period of time as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably elect) for delivery in immediately available and freely transferable funds would be
offered by the Administrative Agent to major banks in the interbank market upon request of such
major banks for the relevant currency as determined above and in an amount comparable to the unpaid
principal amount of the related Credit Event, plus any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
charges or withholdings imposed upon, or charged to, the Administrative Agent by any relevant
correspondent bank in respect of such amount in such relevant currency.

“Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is,
directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.

“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c)(ii).

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA
and any successor entity performing similar functions.

“Permitted Liens” is defined in Section 6.02.

“Permitted Precious Metals Agreements” means precious metals agreements and
arrangements (whether styled as debt, a lease, a consignment or otherwise) entered into from time
to time by the Company or any Subsidiary, but only to the extent that the aggregate Dollar Amount
of the precious metals outstanding thereunder does not exceed $500,000,000. For purposes of this
definition, “precious metals” shall include, without limitation, gold, silver, platinum, palladium,
rhodium and copper (even though copper is not generally deemed to be a precious metal).

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA,
and in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated,
would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.

“Pledge Subsidiary” means (i) each Domestic Subsidiary which is a Material Subsidiary
and (ii) each First Tier Foreign Subsidiary which is a Material Subsidiary.

“Pounds Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City;
each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is
publicly announced as being effective.

“Precious Metals” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.09(b).

“Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to any event, that the Company is in compliance
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent on a pro forma basis with the applicable
covenant, calculation or requirement herein recomputed as if the event with respect to which
compliance on a Pro Forma Basis is being tested had occurred on the first day of the four Fiscal
Quarter period most recently ended on or prior to such date and for which financial statements have
been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01.

“Property” of a Person means any and all property, whether real, personal, tangible,
intangible, or mixed, of such Person; other assets owned by such Person; and to the extent of such
Person’s interest therein, other assets leased or operated by such Person.

“Quotation Day” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing and any Interest
Period, the Business Day on which it is market practice in the London interbank market for the
Administrative Agent to give quotations for deposits in the Agreed Currency of such Eurocurrency
Borrowing for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period.

“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.

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

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and
unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures
and unused Commitments at such time.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company or any
Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking
fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition,
cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary or any
option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Company or any
Subsidiary.

“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of
the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline
Exposure at such time.

“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services
LLC business.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any sale or other transfer of Property by any
Person with the intent to lease such Property as lessee.

“Sanctions Laws and Regulations” means (a) any economic or trade sanctions program
administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control
(“OFAC”) or any similar sanctions imposed by any executive order under the exercise of the
national emergency powers of the President of the United States (an “Executive Order”) and
(b) any comparable sanctions measures imposed by the United Nations Security Council, EU or the
United Kingdom.

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

“Secured Obligations” means all Obligations, together with all Swap Obligations and
Banking Services Obligations owing to one or more Lenders or their respective Affiliates;
provided that the definition of “Secured Obligations” shall not create any guarantee by any
Loan Party of (or grant of security interest by any Loan Party to support, as applicable) any
Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party for purposes of determining any obligations of any
Loan Party.

“Security Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Pledge and
Security Agreement (including any and all supplements thereto), dated as of the Effective Date,
between the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent
and the other Holders of Secured Obligations, and any other pledge or security agreement entered
into, after the date of this Agreement by any other Loan Party (as required by this Agreement or
any other Loan Document), or any other Person, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time.

“Solvent” means, in reference to any Borrower, (i) the fair value of the assets of
such Borrower, at a fair valuation, will exceed its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent
or otherwise; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Borrower will be greater
than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other
liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become
absolute and matured; (iii) such Borrower will be able to pay its debts and liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured;
and (iv) such Borrower will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business
in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted after the
Effective Date.

“Specified Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to
pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the
meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any rules or regulations promulgated
thereunder.

“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of
which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the
maximum reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements (including any marginal, special,
emergency or supplemental reserves or other requirements) established by any central bank, monetary
authority, the Board, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the
European Central Bank or other Governmental Authority for any category of deposits or liabilities
customarily used to fund loans in the applicable currency, expressed in the case of each such
requirement as a decimal. Such reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements shall, in the
case of Dollar denominated Loans, include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D of the Board.
Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve, liquid asset, fee or similar
requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be
available from time to time to any Lender under any applicable law, rule or regulation, including
Regulation D of the Board. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of
the effective date of any change in any reserve, liquid asset or similar requirement.

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary
the payment of which is subordinated to payment of the Secured Obligations.

“Subordinated Indebtedness Documents” means any document, agreement or instrument
evidencing any Subordinated Indebtedness or entered into in connection with any Subordinated
Indebtedness.

“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of
which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial
statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as
well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or
more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the
general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, as
of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by
the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company.

“Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Material Subsidiary (other than Affected Foreign
Subsidiaries) that is party to the Subsidiary Guaranty (including pursuant to a joinder or
supplement thereto). The Subsidiary Guarantors on the Effective Date are identified as such in
Schedule 3.01 hereto.

“Subsidiary Guaranty” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as
of the Effective Date (including any and all supplements thereto) and executed by each Subsidiary
Guarantor party thereto, and, in the case of any guaranty by a Foreign Subsidiary, any other
guaranty agreements executed by a Foreign Subsidiary for the benefit of the Administrative Agent
and the other Holders of Secured Obligations, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.

“Substantial Portion” means Property which represents more than 10% of the
Consolidated Total Assets of the Company or Property which is responsible for more than 10% of the
consolidated net sales or of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company, in each case, as would be
shown in the consolidated financial statements of the Company as at the beginning of the
four-quarter period ending with the quarter in which such determination is made (or if financial
statements have not been delivered hereunder for that quarter which begins the four quarter period,
then the financial statements delivered hereunder for the quarter ending immediately prior to that
quarter).

“Swap Agreement” means any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto)
now existing or hereafter entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary which is a rate swap, basis
swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap,
equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap
transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction,
cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including
any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to
one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other financial
measures.

“Swap Obligations” means any and all obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary,
whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired
(including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under
(a) any and all Swap Agreements permitted hereunder with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, and
(b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any such Swap
Agreement transaction.

“Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all
Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall
be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.

“Swingline Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of
Swingline Loans hereunder.

“Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.

“TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer (TARGET2) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other
payment system (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable
replacement) for the settlement of payments in euro.

“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, assessment fees, similar charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions,
the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.

“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of
New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the
issue of perfection of security interests.

“Unliquidated Obligations” means, at any time, any Secured Obligations (or portion
thereof) that are contingent in nature or unliquidated at such time, including any Secured
Obligation that is: (i) an obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under a letter
of credit issued by it; (ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in
nature at such time; or (iii) an obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the foregoing
types of obligations.

“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement,
Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type
(e.g., a “Eurocurrency Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Revolving
Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving
Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Borrowing”) or by Class and Type
(e.g., a “Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing”).

SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. 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”. The word
“law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws
(including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law), and all
judgments, orders and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities. Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or
reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time
to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable
successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the
case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to
any or all functions thereof, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of
similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any
particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
this Agreement and (f) 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.

SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in
effect from time to time; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent
that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any
change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of
such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders
request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such
notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such
provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before
such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein,
all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations
of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving effect to any election
under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification
or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or
other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein and
(ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt
instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards
Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such
Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at
all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.

SECTION 1.05. Amendment and Restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement. The parties
to this Agreement agree that, upon (i) the execution and delivery by each of the parties hereto of
this Agreement and (ii) satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01, the terms and
provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be and hereby are amended, superseded and
restated in their entirety by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement is not
intended to and shall not constitute a novation. All Loans made and Obligations incurred under the
Existing Credit Agreement which are outstanding on the Effective Date shall continue as Loans and
Obligations under (and, as of the Effective Date, shall be governed by the terms of) this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, upon the effectiveness hereof:
(a) all references in the “Loan Documents” (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) to the
“Administrative Agent”, the “Credit Agreement” and the “Loan Documents” shall be deemed to refer to
the Administrative Agent, this Agreement and the Loan Documents, (b) the Existing Letters of Credit
which remain outstanding on the Effective Date shall continue as Letters of Credit under (and, as
of the Effective Date, shall be governed by the terms of) this Agreement, (c) all obligations
constituting “Obligations” with any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender which are outstanding on
the Effective Date shall continue as Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
(d) the Administrative Agent shall make such reallocations, sales, assignments or other relevant
actions in respect of each Lender’s credit exposure under the Existing Credit Agreement as are
necessary in order that each such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure and outstanding Revolving
Loans hereunder reflect such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding aggregate Revolving
Exposures on the Effective Date and (e) the Company hereby agrees to compensate each Lender for any
and all losses, costs and expenses incurred by such Lender in connection with the sale and
assignment of any Eurocurrency Loans (including the “Eurocurrency Loans” under the Existing Credit
Agreement) and such reallocation described above, in each case on the terms and in the manner set
forth in Section 2.16 hereof.

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Prior to the Effective Date, certain loans were previously
made to the Borrowers under the Existing Credit Agreement which remain outstanding as of the date
of this Agreement (such outstanding loans being hereinafter referred to as the “Existing
Loans”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Borrowers and
each of the Lenders agree that on the Effective Date but subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.01 and the reallocation and other transactions
described in Section 1.05, the Existing Loans shall, as of the Effective Date, be reevidenced as
Loans under this Agreement and the terms of the Existing Loans shall be restated in their entirety
and shall be evidenced by this Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers in Agreed Currencies from time to time
during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) subject
to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Dollar Amount
of such Lender’s Commitment, (b) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the sum of the Dollar Amount
of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate Commitment, (c) subject to
Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of the total outstanding Revolving Loans and LC
Exposure, in each case denominated in Foreign Currencies, exceeding the Foreign Currency Sublimit
or (d) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the total Revolving Credit Exposures in respect of
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers exceeding the Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Sublimit. Within the
foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may
borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan (other than a Swingline
Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders
ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any
Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder;
provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible
for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in
accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05.

(b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans
or Eurocurrency Loans as the relevant Borrower may request in accordance herewith; provided
that each ABR Loan shall only be made in Dollars. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Each
Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of
such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14,
2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender);
provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the relevant
Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that
is made to the Company, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple
of $1,000,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in (i) Japanese Yen, JPY100,000,000 or (ii) a
Foreign Currency other than Japanese Yen, 1,000,000 units of such currency) and not less than
$3,000,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in (i) Japanese Yen, JPY300,000,000 or (ii) a
Foreign Currency other than Japanese Yen, 3,000,000 units of such currency). Subject to
paragraph (e) of this Section, at the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing that is made to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, such Borrowing shall be in an
aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in
(i) Japanese Yen, JPY10,000,000 or (ii) a Foreign Currency other than Japanese Yen, 100,000 units
of such currency) and not less than $100,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in (i) Japanese
Yen, JPY10,000,000 or (ii) a Foreign Currency other than Japanese Yen, 100,000 units of such
currency). At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an
aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000;
provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the
entire unused balance of the Aggregate Commitment or that is required to finance the reimbursement
of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an
amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $500,000. Borrowings of more
than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not
at any time be more than a total of eight (8) Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings outstanding.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to
request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with
respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

(e) An initial Borrowing from any Lender, and (to the extent before such initial Borrowing)
any initial Letter of Credit issued under Section 2.06 by the Issuing Bank, to any Borrower that is
organized under the laws of The Netherlands shall be at least €100,000 (or its equivalent in
another currency) or any other amount that will from time to time be applicable under section 3(2)
under a and/or b of the Dutch Decree on Definitions Wft (Besluit definitiebepalingen Wft), or, if
it is less, such Lender shall confirm in writing to such Borrower that it is a professional market
party within the meaning of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act.

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing,
the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request (a) by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing
Request signed by the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower,
promptly followed by telephonic confirmation of such request) in the case of a Eurocurrency
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three (3) Business Days (in the case of a
Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Dollars) or by irrevocable written notice (via a written
Borrowing Request signed by such Borrower, or the Company on its behalf) not later than four
(4) Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency), in
each case before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) by telephone in the case of an ABR
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, one (1) Business Day before the date of the
proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance
the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e) may be given not later
than 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. 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 applicable Borrower, or
the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing
Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the name of the applicable Borrower;

(ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;

(v) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Agreed Currency and initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of
the term “Interest Period”; and

(vi) the location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account to which funds are to
be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.

If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then, in the case of a Borrowing
denominated in Dollars, the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no
Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, then
the relevant Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such
Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04. Determination of Dollar Amounts. The Administrative Agent will
determine the Dollar Amount of:

(a) each Eurocurrency Borrowing as of the date three (3) Business Days prior to the date of
such Borrowing or, if applicable, the date of conversion/continuation of any Borrowing as a
Eurocurrency Borrowing,

(b) the LC Exposure as of the date of each request for the issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of any Letter of Credit, and

(c) all outstanding Credit Events on and as of the last Business Day of each calendar quarter
and, during the continuation of an Event of Default, on any other Business Day elected by the
Administrative Agent in its discretion or upon instruction by the Required Lenders.

Each day upon or as of which the Administrative Agent determines Dollar Amounts as described
in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c) is herein described as a “Computation Date” with respect
to each Credit Event for which a Dollar Amount is determined on or as of such day.

SECTION 2.05. Swingline Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Company from time to
time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that
will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding
$25,000,000 or (ii) the Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the
Aggregate Commitment; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a
Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline
Loans.

(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of such
request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on the day
of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The
Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the
Company. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Company by means of
a credit to the general deposit account of the Company with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case
of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in
Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the requested
date of such Swingline Loan.

(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later
than 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire participations on
such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall
specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate. Promptly upon
receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender,
specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.
Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above,
to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that
its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute
and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the
occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that
each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately
available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such
Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations
of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the
amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of
any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter
payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the
Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Company (or other party on
behalf of the Company) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the
proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative
Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the
Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph
and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment
so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable,
if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Company for any reason. The
purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the
Company of any default in the Company’s repayment of such Swingline Loan.

SECTION 2.06. Letters of Credit. (a) General. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Company may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated
in Agreed Currencies for its own account or any Subsidiary, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the
Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other
agreement submitted by the Company to, or entered into by the Company with, the Issuing Bank
relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control;
provided, however, if the Issuing Bank is requested to issue Letters of Credit with respect
to a jurisdiction the Issuing Bank deems, in its reasonable judgment, may at any time subject it to
a New Money Credit Event or a Country Risk Event, the Company shall, at the request of the Issuing
Bank, guaranty and indemnify the Issuing Bank against any and all costs, liabilities and losses to
the extent resulting from such New Money Credit Event or Country Risk Event, in each case in a form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank. The letters of credit identified on
Schedule 2.06 (the “Existing Letters of Credit”) shall be deemed to be “Letters of
Credit” issued on the Effective Date for all purposes of the Loan Documents, except that the
Issuing Bank shall not collect any issuance or fronting fee or similar compensation with respect to
the deemed issuance thereof on the Effective Date. The Company unconditionally and irrevocably
agrees that, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued for the support of any Subsidiary’s
obligations as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph, the Company will be fully
responsible for the reimbursement of LC Disbursements in accordance with the terms hereof, the
payment of interest thereon and the payment of fees due under Section 2.12(b) to the same extent as
if it were the sole account party in respect of such Letter of Credit (the Company hereby
irrevocably waiving any defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety
of the obligations of such a Subsidiary that is an account party in respect of any such Letter of
Credit).

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request
the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter
of Credit), the Company shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal
or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of
Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal
or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire
(which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the
Agreed Currency applicable thereto, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other
information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If
requested by the Issuing Bank, the Company also shall submit a letter of credit application on the
Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of
Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal
or extension of each Letter of Credit the Company shall be deemed to represent and warrant that),
after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) subject to Sections 2.04
and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure shall not exceed $100,000,000, (ii) subject to
Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the sum of the Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures
shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitment and (iii) subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the
Dollar Amount of the sum of the total outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure, in each case
denominated in Foreign Currencies, shall not exceed the Foreign Currency Sublimit.

(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of
business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of
Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or
extension) and (ii) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.

(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a
Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the
Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby
acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.
In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank,
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not
reimbursed by the Company on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any
reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Company for any reason. Each Lender
acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in
respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or
the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and
that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever.

(e) Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a
Letter of Credit, the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative
Agent in Dollars the Dollar Amount equal to such LC Disbursement, calculated as of the date the
Issuing Bank made such LC Disbursement (or if the Issuing Bank shall so elect in its sole
discretion by notice to the Company, in such other Agreed Currency which was paid by the Issuing
Bank pursuant to such LC Disbursement in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement) not later than
12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Company shall have
received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date, or, if such
notice has not been received by the Company prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time on such date, then not
later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the
Company receives such notice; provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than the
Dollar Amount of $1,000,000, the Company may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth
herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with (i) to
the extent such LC Disbursement was made in Dollars, an ABR Revolving Borrowing, Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in Dollars in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement or (ii)
to the extent that such LC Disbursement was made in a Foreign Currency, a Eurocurrency Revolving
Borrowing in such Foreign Currency in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement and, in each case, to
the extent so financed, the Company’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and
replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing, Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing or Swingline
Loan, as applicable. If the Company fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent
shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Company
in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of
such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the
payment then due from the Company, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to
Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the
payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing
Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the
Administrative Agent of any payment from the Company pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative
Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made
payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the
Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this
paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR
Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall
not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement. If the Company’s
reimbursement of, or obligation to reimburse, any amounts in any Foreign Currency would subject the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to any stamp duty, ad valorem charge or
similar tax that would not be payable if such reimbursement were made or required to be made in
Dollars, the Company shall, at its option, either (x) pay the amount of any such tax requested by
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the relevant Lender or (y) reimburse each LC
Disbursement made in such Foreign Currency in Dollars, in an amount equal to the Equivalent Amount,
calculated using the applicable Exchange Rates, on the date such LC Disbursement is made, of such
LC Disbursement.

(f) Obligations Absolute. The Company’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as
provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and
shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all
circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any
Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other
document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the
Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does
not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of
this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against,
the Company’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing
Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or
in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to
make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding
sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any
draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any
document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or
any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this paragraph, nothing herein shall be construed to excuse the Issuing
Bank from liability to the Company to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the
Company to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Company that are caused by the
Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents
presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly
agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing
Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed
to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without
limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which
appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the
Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the
contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in
strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(g) Disbursement Procedures. The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt
thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of
Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Company by
telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made
or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in
giving such notice shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank
and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

(h) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then,
unless the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is
made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such
LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Company reimburses such LC Disbursement,
at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans (or in the case such LC Disbursement
is denominated in a Foreign Currency, at the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate for such Agreed
Currency plus the then effective Applicable Rate with respect to Eurocurrency Revolving
Loans); provided that, if the Company fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due
pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued
pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest
accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to
reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

(i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by
written agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the
successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement
of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Company shall
pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to
Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor
Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement
with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term
“Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to
such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement
of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall
continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with
respect to Letters of Credit then outstanding and issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall
not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on
the Business Day that the Company receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure
representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral
pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent,
in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders (the “LC Collateral
Account”), an amount in cash equal to 105% of the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure as of such
date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that (i) the portions of such
amount attributable to undrawn Foreign Currency Letters of Credit or LC Disbursements in a Foreign
Currency that the Company is not late in reimbursing shall be deposited in the applicable Foreign
Currencies in the actual amounts of such undrawn Letters of Credit and LC Disbursements and
(ii) the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such
deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Company described in clause (h) or (i)
of Article VII. For the purposes of this paragraph, the Foreign Currency LC Exposure shall be
calculated using the applicable Exchange Rates on the date notice demanding cash collateralization
is delivered to the Company. The Company also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this
paragraph as and to the extent required by Section 2.11(b). Such deposit shall be held by the
Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations. The
Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of
withdrawal, over such account and the Company hereby grants the Administrative Agent a security
interest in the LC Collateral Account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such
deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative
Agent and at the Company’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or
profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account
shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for
which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the
satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Company for the LC Exposure at such time or,
if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC
Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other
Secured Obligations. If the Company is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder
as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as
aforesaid) shall be returned to the Company within three (3) Business Days after all Events of
Default have been cured or waived.

(k) Conversion. In the event that the Loans become immediately due and payable on any
date pursuant to Article VII, all amounts (i) that the Company is at the time or thereafter becomes
required to reimburse or otherwise pay to the Administrative Agent in respect of LC Disbursements
made under any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit (other than amounts in respect of which the
Company has deposited cash collateral pursuant to paragraph (j) above, if such cash collateral was
deposited in the applicable Foreign Currency to the extent so deposited or applied), (ii) that the
Lenders are at the time or thereafter become required to pay to the Administrative Agent and the
Administrative Agent is at the time or thereafter becomes required to distribute to the Issuing
Bank pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section in respect of unreimbursed LC Disbursements made
under any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit and (iii) of each Lender’s participation in any Foreign
Currency Letter of Credit under which an LC Disbursement has been made shall, automatically and
with no further action required, be converted into the Dollar Amount, calculated using the Exchange
Rates on such date (or in the case of any LC Disbursement made after such date, on the date such LC
Disbursement is made), of such amounts. On and after such conversion, all amounts accruing and
owed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in respect of the obligations
described in this paragraph shall accrue and be payable in Dollars at the rates otherwise
applicable hereunder.

SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made
by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i) in
the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, by 12:00 noon, Chicago time, to the account of the
Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders and
(ii) in the case of each Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency, by 12:00 noon, Local Time, in the
city of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency and at such
Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made
as provided in Section 2.05. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the
relevant Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to (x) an account
of such Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City or Chicago and
designated by the relevant Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans
denominated in Dollars and (y) an account of such Borrower in the relevant jurisdiction and
designated by such Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated
in a Foreign Currency; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement
of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent
to the Issuing Bank.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent
such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has
made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the relevant Borrower a corresponding amount. In
such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each
day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the
date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the
Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation (including without limitation the Overnight
Foreign Currency Rate in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency) or (ii) in the case
of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to
the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such
Borrowing.

SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of
the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving
Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request.
Thereafter, the relevant Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to
continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest
Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. A Borrower may elect different options with
respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans
comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not
apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, a Borrower, or the Company on its behalf,
shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election (by telephone or irrevocable written notice
in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars or by irrevocable written notice (via an Interest
Election Request signed by such Borrower, or the Company on its behalf) in the case of a Borrowing
denominated in a Foreign Currency) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under
Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such
election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election
Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the
Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by the relevant Borrower, or the
Company on its behalf. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be
construed to permit any Borrower to (i) change the currency of any Borrowing, (ii) elect an
Interest Period for Eurocurrency Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or (iii) convert
any Borrowing to a Type not available with respect to such Borrowing.

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the name of the applicable Borrower and the Borrowing to which such Interest
Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to
different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing
(in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below
shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election
Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency
Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period and
Agreed Currency to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which
Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest
Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an
Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one month’s duration.

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall
advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If the relevant Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect
to a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period (i) in
the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR
Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency in respect of which
the applicable Borrower shall have failed to deliver an Interest Election Request prior to the
third (3rd) Business Day preceding the end of such Interest Period, such Borrowing shall
automatically continue as a Eurocurrency Borrowing in the same Agreed Currency with an Interest
Period of one month unless such Eurocurrency Borrowing is or was repaid in accordance with
Section 2.11. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies
the Company, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving
Borrowing denominated in Dollars may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing,
(ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be converted
to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) unless repaid,
each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency shall automatically be
continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month.

SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously
terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.

(b) The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments;
provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an
integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 and (ii) the Company shall not
terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the
Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the Dollar Amount of the sum of the Revolving Credit
Exposures would exceed the Aggregate Commitment.

(c) The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce
the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the
effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date
thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the
Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section
shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by
the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities or other transactions specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the
Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such
condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.
Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Commitments.

SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the
then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made to such Borrower on the Maturity Date in
the currency of such Loan and (ii) in the case of the Company, to the Swingline Lender the then
unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the first
date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month
and is at least two Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each
date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Company shall repay all Swingline Loans then
outstanding.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of each 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) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount
of each Loan made hereunder, the Class, Agreed Currency and Type 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 each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by
the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this
Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative
Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation
of any Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it to any Borrower be evidenced by a promissory
note. In such event, the relevant Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a
promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such
Lender and its registered assigns) and in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
H. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all
times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more
promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if any such
promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans.

(a) Any Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any
Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 2.11(a). The applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower,
shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the
Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case
of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three
Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment
or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on
the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment
date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided
that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of
the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if
such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09. Promptly following receipt
of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the
Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an
amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type
as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to
the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued
interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and (ii) break funding payments pursuant to
Section 2.16.

(b) If at any time, (i) other than as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates,
(A) the sum of the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all of the Revolving Credit Exposures
(calculated, with respect to those Credit Events denominated in Foreign Currencies, as of the most
recent Computation Date with respect to each such Credit Event) exceeds the Aggregate Commitment or
such sum in respect of Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers exceeds the Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
Sublimit or (B) the sum of the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all of the outstanding
Revolving Credit Exposures denominated in Foreign Currencies (the “Foreign Currency
Exposure”) (so calculated), as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such
Credit Event, exceeds the Foreign Currency Sublimit or (ii) solely as a result of fluctuations in
currency exchange rates, (A) the sum of the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all of the
Revolving Credit Exposures (so calculated) exceeds 105% of the Aggregate Commitment or such sum in
respect of Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers exceeds 105% of the Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Sublimit or
(B) the Foreign Currency Exposure, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such
Credit Event, exceeds 105% of the Foreign Currency Sublimit, the Borrowers shall in each case
immediately repay Borrowings or cash collateralize LC Exposure in an account with the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.06(j), as applicable, in an aggregate principal amount
sufficient to cause (x) the aggregate Dollar Amount of all Revolving Credit Exposures (so
calculated) to be less than or equal to the Aggregate Commitment, (y) the Foreign Currency Exposure
to be less than or equal to the Foreign Currency Sublimit and (z) the aggregate Dollar Amount of
all Revolving Credit Exposures in respect of the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers to be less than the
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Sublimit.

SECTION 2.12. Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average
daily unused Dollar Amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including
the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates. Accrued
commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the third (3rd) Business Day immediately
following the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which
the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All
commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the
actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For purposes
of computing commitment fees, (i) the Commitment of a Lender (other than the Swingline Lender)
shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such
Lender, and (ii) the Commitment of the Lender acting as Swingline Lender shall be deemed to be used
to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans, LC Exposure and Swingline Loans of such Lender.

(b) The Company agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a
participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue, in
the case of commercial Letters of Credit, at the Applicable Rate and, in the case of standby
Letters of Credit, at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to
Eurocurrency Revolving Loans on the average daily Dollar Amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure
(excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period
from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s
Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to
the Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per
annum on the average daily Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof
attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to Letters of Credit issued by the
Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of
the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC
Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees and commissions (including, without
limitation, standard commissions with respect to commercial Letters of Credit, payable at the time
of invoice of such amounts) with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation,
transfer, presentment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings
thereunder. Unless otherwise specified above, participation fees and fronting fees accrued through
and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on
the third (3rd) Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date
to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date
on which the Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the
Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank
pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10) days after invoice. All participation
fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable
for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
Participation fees and fronting fees in respect of Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars shall
be paid in Dollars, and participation fees and fronting fees in respect of Letters of Credit
denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be paid in such Foreign Currency.

(c) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable
in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Company and the Administrative
Agent.

(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars and immediately
available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable
to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders.
Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.13. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each
Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or
other amount payable by any Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity,
upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before
judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus
the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section
or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in
paragraph (a) of this Section.

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Commitments;
provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be
payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a
prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), 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 Eurocurrency Revolving Loan 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.

(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that
interest (i) computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate
is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a
leap year) and (ii) for Borrowings denominated in Pounds Sterling shall be computed on the basis of
a year of 365 days, and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted
LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any
Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and
binding absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means (including, without
limitation, by means of an Interpolated Rate) do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted
LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO
Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or
its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period or the applicable Agreed
Currency;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the applicable Borrower and the Lenders
by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent
notifies the applicable Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice
no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving
Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be
ineffective and, unless repaid, (A) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Dollars,
such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing and (B) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing
denominated in a Foreign Currency, such Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be repaid on the last day of
the then current Interest Period applicable thereto and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing (and
if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in a Foreign
Currency, such Borrowing Request shall be ineffective); provided that if the circumstances
giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings
shall be permitted.

SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or
similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other
assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by,
any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the
Issuing Bank;

(ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other
condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any
Letter of Credit or participation therein; or

(iii) subject the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other
recipient of any payments to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower
hereunder to any Taxes on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or
other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable
thereto (other than the imposition or change in rate of any (A) Indemnified Taxes,
(B) Excluded Taxes or (C) Other Taxes);

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Person of making,
continuing, converting into or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any
such Loan (including, without limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated
in an Agreed Currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other Agreed Currency) or to increase the
cost to such Person of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (including,
without limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in an Agreed Currency
into a Borrowing denominated in any other Agreed Currency) or to reduce the amount of any sum
received or receivable by such Person hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise
(including, without limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in an
Agreed Currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other Agreed Currency), then the applicable
Borrower will pay to such Person such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Person
for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank reasonably determines that any Change in Law regarding
capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on
such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing
Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or
participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the
Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the
Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved with respect thereto but for such Change in Law
(taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such
Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity),
then from time to time the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank
or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank describing the Change in Law in reasonable
detail and setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing
Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The
Company shall pay, or cause the other Borrowers to pay, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right
to demand such compensation; provided that the Company shall not be required to compensate
a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions
incurred more than 270 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may
be, notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and
of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided
further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is
retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of
retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any
principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable
thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.11), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any
Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of
whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(a) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or
(d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any
such event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable
to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount
determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have
accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate
that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the
last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow,
convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over
(ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the
interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for
deposits in the relevant currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the
eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such
Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the applicable
Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such
Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.17. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of
each Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if any Borrower shall be required to deduct any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as
the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions
been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b) In addition, each Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes related to such Borrower and imposed
on or incurred by the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Bank to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c) The relevant Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the
Issuing Bank, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank,
as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of such
Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A
certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Company by a Lender or
the Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the
Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any
Borrower to a Governmental Authority, such Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the
original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such
payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax
under the law of the jurisdiction in which a Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to such
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable
law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably
requested by such Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a
reduced rate.

(f) If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it
has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the
Borrowers or with respect to which a Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this
Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to such Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity
payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Borrower under this Section 2.17 with respect to
the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the
relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that such Borrower,
upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over
to such Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant
Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative
Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section
shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax
returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to any
Borrower or any other Person.

(g) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the
case of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, only to the extent that the Borrowers have not
already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes and without
limiting the obligation of each Borrower to do so) attributable to such Lender that are paid or
payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and any reasonable expenses
arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such amounts were correctly or legally
imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this
Section 2.17(g) shall be paid within ten (10) days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the
applicable Lender a certificate stating the amount so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent.
Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.

(h) If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement would be subject to U.S. federal
withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable
reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the
Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the
time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or
the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed
by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by
the Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for each Borrower and the
Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has
or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the
amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.17(h),
“FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
Set-offs.

(a) Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of
principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under
Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to (i) in the case of payments denominated in
Dollars, 12:00 noon, Chicago time and (ii) in the case of payments denominated in a Foreign
Currency, 12:00 noon, Local Time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment
Office for such currency, in each case on the date when due, in immediately available funds,
without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the
discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made (i) in
the same currency in which the applicable Credit Event was made (or where such currency has been
converted to euro, in euro) and (ii) to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 10 South
Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 or, in the case of a Credit Event denominated in a Foreign
Currency, the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency, except payments
to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except
that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons
entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments denominated in the
same currency received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient
promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a
Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in
the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such
extension. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if, after the making of any
Credit Event in any Foreign Currency, currency control or exchange regulations are imposed in the
country which issues such currency with the result that the type of currency in which the Credit
Event was made (the “Original Currency”) no longer exists or any Borrower is not able to
make payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in such Original Currency,
then all payments to be made by such Borrower hereunder in such currency shall instead be made when
due in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount (as of the date of repayment) of such
payment due, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Borrowers take all risks of the
imposition of any such currency control or exchange regulations.

(b) Any proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent (i) not constituting a
specific payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum payable under the Loan Documents (which
shall be applied as specified by the Company) or (ii) after an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Administrative Agent so elects or the Required Lenders so direct, such funds
shall be applied ratably first, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements
including amounts then due to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank from any Borrower,
second, to pay any fees or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders from any
Borrower, third, to pay interest then due and payable on the Loans ratably, fourth,
to prepay principal on the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements and any other amounts owing with
respect to Banking Services Obligations and Swap Obligations ratably, fifth, to pay an
amount to the Administrative Agent equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of the aggregate
undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and the aggregate amount of any unpaid LC
Disbursements, to be held as cash collateral for such Obligations, and sixth, to the
payment of any other Secured Obligation due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by any
Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any Loan Party shall not be applied
to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Loan Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, unless so directed by the Company, or unless an Event of Default is in
existence, none of the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall apply any payment which it receives
to any Eurocurrency Loan of a Class, except (a) on the expiration date of the Interest Period
applicable to any such Eurocurrency Loan or (b) in the event, and only to the extent, that there
are no outstanding ABR Loans of the same Class and, in any event, the Borrowers shall pay the break
funding payment required in accordance with Section 2.16. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply and reverse and reapply any and all such
proceeds and payments to any portion of the Secured Obligations.

(c) At the election of the Administrative Agent, all payments of principal, interest, LC
Disbursements, fees, premiums, reimbursable expenses (including, without limitation, all
reimbursement for fees and expenses pursuant to Section 9.03), and other sums payable under the
Loan Documents, may be paid from the proceeds of Borrowings made hereunder whether made following a
request by a Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Borrower) pursuant to Section 2.03 or a deemed
request as provided in this Section or may be deducted from any deposit account of such Borrower
maintained with the Administrative Agent. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes (i) the
Administrative Agent to make a Borrowing for the purpose of paying each payment of principal,
interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents and
agrees that all such amounts charged shall constitute Loans (including Swingline Loans) and that
all such Borrowings shall be deemed to have been requested pursuant to Sections 2.03, 2.04 or 2.05,
as applicable and (ii) the Administrative Agent to charge any deposit account of the relevant
Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent for each payment of principal, interest and fees
as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents.

(d) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of
a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any
other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face
value) participations in the Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline
Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be
shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued
interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline
Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of
the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions
of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by any Borrower pursuant to
and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than
to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph
shall apply). Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively
do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower under this
Agreement in the amount of such participation.

(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the relevant Borrower
prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance
herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank,
as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such
payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to
repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or
Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is
distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater
of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (including without limitation the Overnight
Foreign Currency Rate in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency).

(f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(e) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in
its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender and for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank to satisfy such Lender’s obligations
to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii) hold any
such amounts in a segregated account over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive
control as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender
under any such Section; in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as
determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender
requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified
Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any
Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a
different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of
such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant
to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender
to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The
Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection
with any such designation or assignment.

(b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, (ii) any Borrower is required
to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for
the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 or (iii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender,
then the Company 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 contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other
than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under the
Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another
Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Company shall have
received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if a Commitment is being
assigned, the Issuing Bank), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender
shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and
participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and
all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding
principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts) and
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15
or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a
reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such
assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise,
the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

SECTION 2.20. Expansion Option. The Company may from time to time elect to increase
the Commitments or enter into one or more tranches of term loans (each an “Incremental Term
Loan”), in each case in minimum increments of $25,000,000 so long as, after giving effect
thereto, the aggregate amount of such increases and all such Incremental Term Loans does not exceed
$100,000,000. The Company may arrange for any such increase or tranche to be provided by one or
more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Commitment, or to participate in such
Incremental Term Loans, an “Increasing Lender”), or by one or more new banks, financial
institutions or other entities (each such new bank, financial institution or other entity, an
“Augmenting Lender”; provided that no Ineligible Institution may be an Augmenting
Lender), to increase their existing Commitments, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loans,
or extend Commitments, as the case may be; provided that (i) each Augmenting Lender, shall
be subject to the approval of the Company and the Administrative Agent and (ii) (x) in the case of
an Increasing Lender, the Company and such Increasing Lender execute an agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit C hereto, and (y) in the case of an Augmenting Lender, the Company and
such Augmenting Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
No consent of any Lender (other than the Lenders participating in the increase or any Incremental
Term Loan) shall be required for any increase in Commitments or Incremental Term Loan pursuant to
this Section 2.20. Increases and new Commitments and Incremental Term Loans created pursuant to
this Section 2.20 shall become effective on the date agreed by the Company, the Administrative
Agent and the relevant Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall
notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Commitments (or in
the Commitment of any Lender) or tranche of Incremental Term Loans shall become effective under
this paragraph unless, (i) on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such increase or
Incremental Term Loans, (A) the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02
shall be satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have
received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the
Company and (B) the Company shall be in compliance (on a Pro Forma Basis) with the covenants
contained in Section 6.11 and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received documents
consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date as to the organizational power and authority
of the Borrowers to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase. On the effective date
of any increase in the Commitments or any Incremental Term Loans being made, (i) each relevant
Increasing Lender and Augmenting Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such
amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit
of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and
the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the
outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Applicable Percentage of such
outstanding Revolving Loans, and (ii) except in the case of any Incremental Term Loans, the
Borrowers shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans as of the
date of any increase in the Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving
Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the
applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, in accordance with the
requirements of Section 2.03). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately
preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid
and, in respect of each Eurocurrency Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrowers
pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day
of the related Interest Periods. The Incremental Term Loans (a) shall rank pari passu in right of
payment with the Revolving Loans, (b) shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date (but may have
amortization prior to such date) and (c) shall be treated substantially the same as (and in any
event no more favorably than) the Revolving Loans; provided that (i) the terms and
conditions applicable to any tranche of Incremental Term Loans maturing after the Maturity Date may
provide for material additional or different financial or other covenants or prepayment
requirements applicable only during periods after the Maturity Date and (ii) the Incremental Term
Loans may be priced differently than the Revolving Loans. Incremental Term Loans may be made
hereunder pursuant to an amendment or restatement (an “Incremental Term Loan Amendment”) of
this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrowers, each
Increasing Lender participating in such tranche, each Augmenting Lender participating in such
tranche, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Term Loan Amendment may, without
the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative
Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.20. Nothing contained in this Section 2.20 shall
constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its
Commitment hereunder, or provide Incremental Term Loans, at any time.

SECTION 2.21. Market Disruption. Notwithstanding the satisfaction of all conditions
referred to in Article II and Article IV with respect to any Credit Event to be effected in any
Foreign Currency, if (i) there shall occur on or prior to the date of such Credit Event any change
in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates
or exchange controls which would in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank (if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit) or the Required Lenders make it impracticable for
the Eurocurrency Borrowings or Letters of Credit comprising such Credit Event to be denominated in
the Agreed Currency specified by the applicable Borrower or (ii) an Equivalent Amount of such
currency is not readily calculable, then the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice
thereof to such Borrower, the Lenders and, if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit, the Issuing
Bank, and such Credit Events shall not be denominated in such Agreed Currency but shall, except as
otherwise set forth in Section 2.07, be made on the date of such Credit Event in Dollars, (a) if
such Credit Event is a Borrowing, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount of
the aggregate principal amount specified in the related Credit Event Request or Interest Election
Request, as the case may be, as ABR Loans, unless such Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent
at least one Business Day before such date that (i) it elects not to borrow on such date or (ii) it
elects to borrow on such date in a different Agreed Currency, as the case may be, in which the
denomination of such Loans would in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders be practicable and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount of
the aggregate principal amount specified in the related Credit Event Request or Interest Election
Request, as the case may be or (b) if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit, in a face amount
equal to the Dollar Amount of the face amount specified in the related request or application for
such Letter of Credit, unless such Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at least one
(1) Business Day before such date that (i) it elects not to request the issuance of such Letter of
Credit on such date or (ii) it elects to have such Letter of Credit issued on such date in a
different Agreed Currency, as the case may be, in which the denomination of such Letter of Credit
would in the reasonable opinion of the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders be practicable and in face amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the face amount specified
in the related request or application for such Letter of Credit, as the case may be.

SECTION 2.22. Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert a sum due from any Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to
be payable herein (the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto
agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall
be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could
purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s main New
York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non appealable judgment is
given. The obligations of each Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the
Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the
specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by
such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in
such other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance
with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other
currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due
to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, each
Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the
case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds
(a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the
specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such
excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 2.18, such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to such Borrower.

SECTION 2.23. Designation of Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers. The Company may at any
time and from time to time designate any Eligible Foreign Subsidiary as a Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement executed by
such Subsidiary and the Company and the satisfaction of the other conditions precedent set forth in
Section 4.03, and upon such delivery and satisfaction such Subsidiary shall for all purposes of
this Agreement be a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and a party to this Agreement until the Company
shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination
with respect to such Subsidiary, whereupon such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower and a party to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no Borrowing
Subsidiary Termination will become effective as to any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower at a time when
any principal of or interest on any Loan to such Borrower shall be outstanding hereunder;
provided that such Borrowing Subsidiary Termination shall be effective to terminate the
right of such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower to make further Borrowings under this Agreement. As soon
as practicable upon receipt of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall
furnish a copy thereof to each Lender.

SECTION 2.24. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply
for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting
Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);

(b) the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be
included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder
(including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02);
provided, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, this clause (b) shall not apply to
the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring
the consent of such Lender or each Lender directly affected thereby;

(c) if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a
Defaulting Lender then:

(i) all or any part of the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender
shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective
Applicable Percentages but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’
Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure
does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments;

(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially,
be effected, the Company shall within three (3) Business Days following notice by the
Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y) second, cash
collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Bank only the Borrowers’ obligations
corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial
reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section 2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;

(iii) if the Company cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC
Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any fees
to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting
Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash
collateralized;

(iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to
clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.12(a) and
2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable
Percentages; and

(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither
reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without
prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all
letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s
LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Bank until and to the extent that such LC
Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and

(d) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required
to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase
any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s
then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders
and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Company in accordance with Section 2.24(c), and
participating interests in any such newly made Swingline Loan or any newly issued or increased
Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with
Section 2.24(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

If (i) a Lender Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Parent of any Lender shall occur following
the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline Lender or the
Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling any of its funding
obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the
Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be
required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or the
Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Company or such
Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease
any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.

In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Company, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing
Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such
Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall
be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender
shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the
Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans
in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries. Each Loan Party is duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant
jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and
authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing (to the extent such concept is
applicable) in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. Schedule 3.01
hereto (as supplemented from time to time) identifies each Subsidiary, if such Subsidiary is a
Material Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, the
percentage of issued and outstanding shares of each class of its capital stock or other equity
interests owned by the Company and the other Subsidiaries and, if such percentage is not 100%
(excluding directors’ qualifying shares as required by law), a description of each class issued and
outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests of each
Loan Party (other than the Company) are validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and
nonassessable and all such shares and other equity interests indicated on Schedule 3.01 as
owned by the Company or another Loan Party are owned, beneficially and of record, by the Company or
any other Loan Party free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens created under the Loan
Documents. There are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of any Loan Party to issue,
and no options, warrants or other rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any class of
capital stock or other equity interests of any Loan Party, except pursuant to compensation plans of
the Loan Parties. Each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower incorporated in an EU jurisdiction represents
and warrants to the Lenders that its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1)
of the Insolvency Regulation) is in its jurisdiction of incorporation and it has no establishment
(as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan
Party’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required,
shareholder action. The Loan Documents to which each Loan Party is a party have been duly executed
and delivered by such Loan Party and constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan
Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not
require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any
Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect
and except for filings necessary to perfect Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents, (b) will
not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational
documents of any Loan Party or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or
result in a default under any indenture or material agreement or other instrument binding upon any
Loan Party or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by
any Loan Party, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than a
Permitted Lien) on any asset of any Loan Party, except Liens created pursuant to the Loan
Documents.

SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The Company has
heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income,
stockholders equity and cash flows (i) as of and for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2012
reported on by Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the Fiscal
Quarter and the portion of the Fiscal Year ended March 29, 2013, certified by its chief financial
officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position and results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit
adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii)
above.

(b) Since December 31, 2012, there has been no material adverse change in the business,
assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole.

SECTION 3.05. Properties. (a) Each Loan Party has good title to, or valid leasehold
interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, except for minor defects
in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or
to utilize such properties for their intended purposes.

(b) Each Loan Party owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights,
patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Loan
Parties does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements
that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There are no actions, suits,
proceedings or investigations by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against
or, to the knowledge of any Borrower, threatened against or affecting any Loan Party (i) as to
which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely
determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material
Adverse Effect or (ii) that question the validity of this Agreement or the Transactions. There are
no labor controversies pending against or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or
affecting any Loan Party (i) which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate,
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) that question the validity of this Agreement or the
Transactions.

(b) Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Loan Parties (i) has
failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit,
license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any
Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental
Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party is in compliance with all laws,
regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all
indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the
failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Furthermore, the Dutch Borrower does not qualify as a credit institution
subject to the Dutch Financial Supervision Act, or otherwise falls within an applicable exemption
from such act.

SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status. None of the Loan Parties is an “investment
company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

SECTION 3.09. Taxes. Each Loan Party has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax
returns and related reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes
required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which such Loan Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves
or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.10. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur
that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably
expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.11. Disclosure. The Company has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements,
instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of the other Loan Parties is
subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Information Memorandum
nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by
or on behalf of the Company or any other Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or
supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to
projected financial information, the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in
good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

SECTION 3.12. Federal Reserve Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan have
been used or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation
of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.

SECTION 3.13. Liens. There are no Liens on any of the Collateral except for Permitted
Liens.

SECTION 3.14. No Default. Each Borrower is in full compliance with this Agreement and
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 3.15. No Burdensome Restrictions. On the date hereof, no Borrower is subject
to any Burdensome Restrictions except Burdensome Restrictions permitted under Section 6.08.

SECTION 3.16. Solvency.

(a) Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date, the
Loan Parties, taken as a whole, are and will be Solvent.

(b) The Company does not intend to, nor will it permit any of the other Loan Parties to, and
the Company does not believe that it or any of the other Loan Parties will, incur debts beyond its
ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to
be received by it or any such Loan Party and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or
in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Loan Party.

SECTION 3.17. Insurance. Except as qualified below, the Company maintains, and has
caused each other Loan Party to maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies,
insurance on all their real and personal property in such amounts, subject to such deductibles and
self-insurance retentions and covering such properties and risks as are adequate and customarily
maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar
locations. The Company and the other Loan Parties are self-insured for general liability coverage.

SECTION 3.18. Security Interest in Collateral. The provisions of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents create legal and valid Liens on all the Collateral in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations, and provided that the
Administrative Agent does what is required to continue the perfection of such Liens under the UCC
or other applicable law, such Liens constitute perfected and continuing Liens on the Collateral,
securing the Secured Obligations, enforceable against the applicable Loan Party and all third
parties, and having priority over all other Liens on the Collateral except in the case of
(a) Permitted Liens, to the extent any such Permitted Liens would have priority over the Liens in
favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to any applicable law or any Intercreditor Agreements
and (b) Liens perfected only by possession (including possession of any certificate of title) to
the extent the Administrative Agent has not obtained or does not maintain possession of such
Collateral.

SECTION 3.19. Sanctions Laws and Regulations. None of the Borrowers, or to their
knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, any of their directors, officers, brokers or other agents
acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with this Agreement or any other capital raising
transaction involving any Lender, or any of its Affiliates is a Designated Person.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions

SECTION 4.01.  Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of
the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on
which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from (i) each party
hereto either (A) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or
(B) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or
electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has
signed a counterpart of this Agreement and (ii) duly executed copies of the Loan Documents
and such other legal opinions, certificates, documents, instruments and agreements as the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the Transactions, all in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further
described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit E.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and dated the Effective Date) of Jones Day (i)
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 with respect to the Loan Parties other than
the Dutch Borrower, and (ii) substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 with respect
to the Dutch Borrower and, in each case, covering such other matters relating to the Loan
Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
request. The Company hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization,
existence and good standing of the initial Loan Parties, the authorization of the
Transactions and any other legal matters relating to such Loan Parties, the Loan Documents
or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
its counsel and as further described in the list of closing documents attached as
Exhibit E.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective
Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Company,
confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
Section 4.02, as further described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit
E.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement
or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Company
hereunder.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent lien search in
each of the jurisdictions where the Loan Parties are organized, and such search shall reveal
no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for Permitted Liens or discharged
on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to a pay-off letter or other documentation
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as further described in the list of closing
documents attached as Exhibit E.

(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the certificates representing the
            shares of Equity Interests pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement, together with an
undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer
of the pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or
accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof.

(h) Each document (including any UCC financing statement) required by the Collateral
Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed,
registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described
therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to
Permitted Liens), shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.

(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of insurance coverage in
form, scope, and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and otherwise
in compliance with the terms of Section 5.05, as further described in the list of closing
documents attached as Exhibit E.

(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Dutch Borrower a confirmation
by an authorized signatory of the Dutch Borrower that there is no works council with
jurisdiction over the transactions as envisaged by any Loan Document to which it is a party
and that there is no obligation for the Dutch Borrower to establish a works council pursuant
to the Works Council Act (Wet op de Ondernemingsraden), or, if a works council is
established, a confirmation that all consultation obligations in respect of such works
council have been complied with and that positive unconditional advice has been obtained,
attaching a copy of such advice and a copy of the request for such advice.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such
notice shall evidence the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance of Section 9.02) of all of the
conditions in this Section 4.01 and shall be conclusive and binding.

SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the
occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of
Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement
shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable.

(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(c) No law or regulation shall prohibit, and no order, judgment or decree of any
Governmental Authority shall enjoin, prohibit or restrain, any Lender from making the
requested Loan or the Issuing Bank or any Lender from issuing, renewing, extending or
increasing the face amount of or participating in the Letter of Credit requested to be
issued, renewed, extended or increased; provided that any of the forgoing shall only
affect or limit a requested Borrowing to the extent of such injunction, prohibition or
restraint.

Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the
matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.

SECTION 4.03. Designation of a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower. The designation of a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to Section 2.23 is subject to the condition precedent that the
Company or such proposed Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall have furnished or caused to be furnished
to the Administrative Agent:

(a) Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or comparable officer)
of such Subsidiary, of its Board of Directors’ resolutions (and resolutions of other bodies,
if any are deemed necessary by counsel for the Administrative Agent) approving the Borrowing
Subsidiary Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which such Subsidiary is becoming a
party and such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may
reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of such
Subsidiary;

(b) An incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or
comparable officer) of such Subsidiary, which shall identify by name and title and bear the
signature of the officers of such Subsidiary authorized to request Borrowings hereunder and
sign the Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such
Subsidiary is becoming a party, upon which certificate the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the Company or
such Subsidiary;

(c) Opinions of counsel to such Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, with respect to the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization and such other matters as are reasonably requested by counsel
to the Administrative Agent and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and

(d) Any promissory notes requested by any Lender, and any other instruments and
documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on
each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit
shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Company
covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Company will furnish to
the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:

(a) within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company, its
audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all reported on by Ernst & Young
LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a
“going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or
exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial
statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except as may be described as required by
paragraph (c)(iii) of this Section);

(b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal
Quarters of each Fiscal Year of the Company, its consolidated balance sheet and related
statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such
Fiscal Quarter and the then elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case
in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case
of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous Fiscal Year, all certified by one of
its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition
and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments, the absence of footnotes and any matters described as required by
paragraph (c)(iii) of this Section;

(c) concurrently with any delivery (including any deemed delivery pursuant to the last
paragraph of this Section 5.01) of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a
certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company (i) certifying as to whether a Default has
occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed
calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.11 and (iii) stating whether any change
in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial
statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the
effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;

(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a
certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating
whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial
statements of any Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by
accounting rules or guidelines);

(e) as soon as available, but in any event no later than the end of, and no earlier
than thirty (30) days prior to the end of, each Fiscal Year of the Company, a copy of the
plan and forecast (including a projected consolidated and consolidating balance sheet,
income statement and funds flow statement) of the Company for the upcoming Fiscal Year in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

(f) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the
operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Company or any Subsidiary, or
compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender
(acting through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5.01 may be
delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on
which such documents are filed for public availability on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering and
Retrieval System; provided that the Company shall notify (which may be by facsimile or
electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the filing of any such documents and provide to the
Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Company shall be required to
provide paper copies or PDF of the compliance certificates required by clause (c) of this
Section 5.01 to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Company will furnish to the
Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender prompt written notice of the following:

(a) the occurrence of any Default;

(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Company or any Affiliate
thereof that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect;

(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect; and

(d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result
in, a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer
or other executive officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event or development
requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Company will, and will cause each
other Loan Party to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in
full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, qualifications, licenses, permits,
privileges, franchises, governmental authorizations and intellectual property rights material to
the conduct of its business, and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each
jurisdiction in which its business is conducted; provided that the foregoing shall not
prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03. The
Company will cause each Subsidiary incorporated in an EU jurisdiction to cause its centre of main
interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) to be situated solely
in its jurisdiction of incorporation and not to have an establishment (as that term is used in
Article 2(h) of the Insolvency Regulation) situated outside its jurisdiction of incorporation.

SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations. The Company will, and will cause each other
Loan Party to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a
Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the
validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the
Company or such other Loan Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto
in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Company will, and will cause
each other Loan Party to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its
business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain
with financially sound and reputable carriers (i) insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk
retention) and against such risks (including loss or damage by fire and loss in transit; theft,
burglary, pilferage, larceny, embezzlement, and other criminal activities; and general liability)
and such other hazards, as is customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar
businesses operating in the same or similar locations and (ii) all insurance required pursuant to
the Collateral Documents; provided, that the Loan Parties shall be entitled to self-insure for
general liability in a manner consistent with historical practices. The Company will furnish to
the Administrative Agent, upon request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so
maintained. The Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent endorsements (x) to all “All
Risk” physical damage insurance policies on all of the Loan Parties’ tangible personal property and
assets naming the Administrative Agent as lender loss payee, and (y) to all general liability and
other liability policies naming the Administrative Agent an additional insured. In the event the
Company or any other Loan Party at any time or times hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain any
of the policies or insurance required herein or to pay any premium in whole or in part relating
thereto, then after notice to the Company and a reasonable time to cure, the Administrative Agent,
without waiving or releasing any obligations or resulting Default hereunder, may at any time or
times thereafter (but shall be under no obligation to do so) obtain and maintain such policies of
insurance and pay such premiums and take any other action with respect thereto which the
Administrative Agent deems reasonably advisable. All sums so disbursed by the Administrative Agent
shall constitute part of the Obligations, payable as provided in this Agreement. The Company will
furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of any casualty or other
insured damage to any material portion of the Collateral or the commencement of any action or
proceeding for the taking of any material portion of the Collateral or interest therein under power
of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding.

SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Company will, and will cause
each other Loan Party to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct
entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The
Company will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, permit any representatives designated by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its
properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, including environmental
assessment reports and Phase I or Phase II studies commissioned previously by the Company or any
other Loan Party (it being understood that the Administrative Agent and Lenders will not be
entitled to conduct their own environmental studies with respect to the Company or any of the Loan
Parties), and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent
accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested. During any
inspection or examination, the Administrative Agent will make reasonable efforts to cause all of
its representatives to comply in all material respects with all health, safety and security
requirements of general application of the Company or applicable Loan Party, or otherwise
applicable to the relevant location. The Company acknowledges that the Administrative Agent, after
exercising its rights of inspection, may prepare and distribute to the Lenders certain reports
pertaining to the Company and the other Loan Parties’ assets for internal use by the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders.

SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws and Material Contractual Obligations. The Company
will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, (i) comply with all laws, rules, regulations and
orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including without limitation
Environmental Laws) and (ii) perform in all material respects its obligations under material
agreements to which it is a party, in each case except where the failure to do so, individually or
in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used only to finance
the working capital needs, and for general corporate purposes, of the Company and its Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used,
whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations
of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.

SECTION 5.09. Subsidiary Guarantors; Pledges; Additional Collateral; Further
Assurances.

(a) As promptly as possible but in any event within thirty (30) days (or such later date as
may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) after any Person becomes, or is designated by the
Company as, or qualifies independently as a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the definitions of
“Material Subsidiary” and “Subsidiary Guarantor”, the Company shall provide the Administrative
Agent with written notice thereof setting forth information in reasonable detail describing the
material assets of such Person and shall cause each such Subsidiary which also qualifies as a
Subsidiary Guarantor to deliver to the Administrative Agent a joinder to the Subsidiary Guaranty
and the Security Agreement (in each case in the form contemplated thereby) pursuant to which such
Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, such Subsidiary Guaranty and the
Security Agreement to be accompanied by appropriate corporate resolutions, other corporate
documentation and legal opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(b) The Company will cause, and will cause each other Loan Party to cause, all of its owned
property (whether real, personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed; provided that (x) real property
shall be limited to mining property and (y) such owned property shall exclude precious metal, any
and all inventory or work-in-process that contains precious metal and any proceeds of the foregoing
(collectively, “Precious Metal”)), to be subject at all times to first priority, perfected
Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations to
secure the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Collateral
Documents, subject in any case to Permitted Liens. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (i) will cause the Applicable Pledge Percentage of the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of each Pledge Subsidiary directly owned by the Company or any other
Loan Party to be subject at all times to a first priority, perfected Lien in favor of the
Administrative Agent to secure the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Collateral Documents or such other security documents as the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably request and (ii) will, and will cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to, deliver Mortgages
and Mortgage Instruments with respect to real mining Property owned by the Company or such
Guarantor to the extent, and within such time period as is, reasonably required by the
Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no such Mortgages and Mortgage
Instruments are required to be delivered hereunder until the date that is sixty (60) days after the
Effective Date or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in the exercise of its
reasonable discretion with respect thereto and (ii) no such pledge agreement in respect of the
Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary shall be required hereunder (A) until the date that is
sixty (60) days after the Effective Date or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree
in the exercise of its reasonable discretion with respect thereto, and (B) to the extent the
Administrative Agent or its counsel determines that such pledge would not provide material credit
support for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations pursuant to legally valid, binding
and enforceable pledge agreements.

(c) Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will, and will cause each other Loan Party to,
execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent such
documents, agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions
(including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of
trust and other documents and such other actions or deliveries of the type required by
Section 4.01, as applicable), which may be required by law or which the Administrative Agent may,
from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents and to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to
be created by the Collateral Documents, all at the expense of the Company.

(d) If any assets (including any real mining property or improvements thereto or any interest
therein but excluding Precious Metal) are acquired by a Loan Party after the Effective Date (other
than assets constituting Collateral under the Security Agreement that become subject to the Lien in
favor of the Security Agreement upon acquisition thereof), the Company will notify the
Administrative Agent thereof, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Company will cause
such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Secured Obligations and will take, and cause the
other Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (c)
of this Section, all at the expense of the Company.

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each
Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired
or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Company covenants and agrees
with the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary
to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) the Secured Obligations;

(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and
extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness with Indebtedness of a
similar type that does not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

(c) Indebtedness of (i) any Loan Party to any other Loan Party, (ii) any Loan Party to
any Subsidiary and (iii) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any other Subsidiary
that is not a Loan Party;

(d) Guarantees by (i) any Loan Party of Indebtedness of any other Loan Party, (ii) any
Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any Loan Party and (iii) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party of Indebtedness of any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;

(e) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any assets, including Capitalized Lease Obligations and any
Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a
Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and
replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred in
any Fiscal Year pursuant to this clause (e) shall not exceed $25,000,000;

(f) Contingent Obligations (i) by endorsement of instruments for deposit or collection
in the ordinary course of business, (ii) consisting of the reimbursement obligations in
respect of LC Disbursements hereunder, (iii) consisting of the Subsidiary Guaranty and
Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred for the benefit of any other Loan Party if the primary
obligation is expressly permitted elsewhere in this Section 6.01, and (iv) under the
Beryllium Contracts;

(g) Indebtedness arising under Swap Agreements having a Net Mark-to-Market Exposure not
exceeding $50,000,000, which amount shall include the Swap Agreements in existence on the
Effective Date;

(h) Indebtedness arising under Permitted Precious Metals Agreements in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $500,000,000;

(i) unsecured Indebtedness of the Company (including unsecured Subordinated
Indebtedness to the extent subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent) in the form of publicly issued notes, to the extent
not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.01, and any Indebtedness of the Company
constituting refinancings, renewals or replacements of any such Indebtedness;
provided that (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including
giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or
would result therefrom, (ii) such Indebtedness matures after, and does not require any
scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the date that is
181 days after the Maturity Date (it being understood that any provision requiring an offer
to purchase such Indebtedness as a result of change of control or asset sale shall not
violate the foregoing restriction), (iii) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any
Subsidiary of the Company other than the Subsidiary Guarantors (which guarantees, if such
Indebtedness is subordinated, shall be expressly subordinated to the Secured Obligations on
terms not less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms of such Subordinated
Indebtedness), (iv) the covenants applicable to such Indebtedness are not more onerous or
more restrictive in any material respect (taken as a whole) than the applicable covenants
set forth in this Agreement and (v) both immediately prior to and after giving effect
(including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto, the Company is in compliance with
Section 6.11; and

(j) other unsecured Indebtedness in an amount not in excess of $100,000,000.

SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any Collateral, except the following
(collectively, “Permitted Liens”):

(a) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;

(b) Liens arising in connection with Permitted Precious Metals Agreements subject to
the Intercreditor Agreement referenced in clause (a) of the definition of “Intercreditor
Agreements” to the extent applicable;

(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary existing on the
date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien
shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary and
(ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and
extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount thereof;

(d) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Company or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a
Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;
provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with
such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien
shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary and
(iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such
acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and
extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount thereof;

(e) Liens on assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Subsidiary;
provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by
clause (e) of Section 6.01, (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost
of acquiring, constructing or improving such assets and (iii) such security interests shall
not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary;

(f) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments, or other governmental charges or levies on the
Property of the Company or any Subsidiary if such Liens (a) shall not at the time be
delinquent or (b) subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, do not secure obligations in
excess of $15,000,000 and a stay of enforcement of such Lien is in effect;

(g) Liens imposed by law, such as carrier’s, warehousemen’s, and mechanic’s Liens and
other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure payment of
obligations not more than ten days past due or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and for which adequate reserves shall have been
provided on the Company or such Subsidiary’s books;

(h) statutory Liens in favor of landlords of real Property leased by the Company or any
Subsidiary; provided that, the Company or such Subsidiary is current with respect to
payment of all rent and other material amounts due to such landlord under any lease of such
real Property;

(i) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under worker’s compensation laws,
unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits,
or similar legislation or to secure the performance of bids, tenders, or contracts (other
than for the repayment of Indebtedness) or to secure indemnity, performance, or other
similar bonds for the performance of bids, tenders, or contracts (other than for the
repayment of Indebtedness) or to secure statutory obligations (other than liens arising
under ERISA or Environmental Laws) or surety or appeal bonds, or to secure indemnity,
performance, or other similar bonds;

(j) utility easements, building restrictions, and such other encumbrances or charges
against real Property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a
similar character and which do not in any material way affect the marketability of such real
Property or interfere in any material respect with the use thereof in the business of the
Company or any Subsidiary;

(k) the equivalent of the types of Liens discussed in clauses (f) through (j) above,
inclusive, in any jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary is engaged in business
or owns Property or assets;

(l) Liens arising from judgments or orders under circumstances that do not constitute
an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII; and

(m) other Liens not otherwise permitted above so long as the aggregate principal amount
of the obligations subject to such Liens does not at any time exceed $20,000,000.

SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales. (a) The Company will not, and will
not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other
Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in
one transaction or in a series of transactions) any of its assets, (including pursuant to a Sale
and Leaseback Transaction), or any of the Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries (in each
case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the
time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing:

(i) any Person may merge into the Company in a transaction in which the Company is the
surviving corporation;

(ii) any Subsidiary may merge into a Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving
entity is such Loan Party (provided that any such merger involving the Company must result
in the Company as the surviving entity) and any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party may
merge into another Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party;

(iii) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to a
Loan Party and any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party may sell, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of its assets to another Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party;

(iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries may (A) sell inventory in the ordinary course of
business, (B) effect sales, trade-ins or dispositions of equipment that is obsolete or no
longer useful in any meaningful way in its business, (C) enter into licenses of technology
in the ordinary course of business, and (D) make any other sales, transfers, leases or
dispositions that, together with all other Property of the Company and its Subsidiaries
previously leased, sold or disposed of as permitted by this clause (D) during any Fiscal
Year of the Company, does not represent Property with a book value that (1) is greater than
10% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company or (2) is responsible for more than 10%
of the consolidated net sales or of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company, in each
case, as would be shown in the consolidated financial statements of the Company as at the
beginning of the four-quarter period ending with the quarter in which such determination is
made (or if financial statements have not been delivered hereunder for that quarter which
begins the four quarter period, then the financial statements delivered hereunder for the
quarter ending immediately prior to that quarter); and

(v) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Company determines in good faith
that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Company and is not
materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that any such merger involving a
Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be
permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.04.

(b) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any
material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Company and its
Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.

(c) The Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change its Fiscal
Year from the basis in effect on the Effective Date.

SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Company
will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including
pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger)
any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or
other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to
exist any Investment in, any other Person, or make any Acquisition, except:

(a) Cash Equivalent Investments;

(b) Investments in Subsidiaries existing as of the Effective Date and additional Investments
in Subsidiaries which are Loan Parties;

(c) other Investments in existence on the Effective Date and described in
Schedule 6.04;

(d) Investments consisting of loans or advances made to employees of the Company or any
Subsidiary on an arms-length basis in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices for travel and entertainment expenses, and similar purposes up to a maximum of $50,000 to
any employee and up to a maximum of $250,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;.

(e) Investments comprised of notes payable, or stock or other securities issued by account
debtors to the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to negotiated agreements with respect to
settlement of such account debtor’s accounts in the ordinary course of business, consistent with
past practices;

(f) Investments made in connection with employee compensation arrangements, employee option
plans or deferred director compensation, all in a manner consistent with the Company’s historical
practices;

(g) Acquisitions; provided, that, at the time of and immediately after giving effect
to any such Acquisition, (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise
after giving effect thereto, (ii) such Acquisition is not a Hostile Acquisition, (iii) such Person
or division or line of business is engaged in the same or a similar line of business as the Company
and the Subsidiaries or business reasonably related thereto, (iv) all actions required to be taken
with respect to such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under Section 5.09 shall be taken in
accordance with, and subject to the time periods required under, Section 5.09, (v) the Company and
the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Acquisition
(but without giving effect to any synergies or cost savings), with the covenants contained in
Section 6.11 recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Company
for which financial statements are available, as if such Acquisition (and any related incurrence or
repayment of Indebtedness, with any new Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the
applicable testing period in accordance with its terms) had occurred on the first day of each
relevant period for testing such compliance and, if the aggregate consideration paid in respect of
such Acquisition exceeds $50,000,000, the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent
a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company to such effect, together with all relevant
financial information, statements and projections reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent,
(vi) in the case of an Acquisition or merger involving the Company or a Subsidiary, the Company or
such Subsidiary is the surviving entity of such merger and/or consolidation (provided that any such
merger involving the Company must result in the Company as the surviving entity), (vii) immediately
prior to and immediately after giving effect to any such Acquisition, the Leverage Ratio does not
exceed 3.25 to 1.00 and (viii) the aggregate cash consideration paid in respect of such
Acquisition, when taken together with the aggregate cash consideration paid in respect of all other
Acquisitions, does not exceed $100,000,000 during any Fiscal Year of the Company; provided,
however, that the foregoing $100,000,000 aggregate limitation for Acquisitions shall not
apply as long as the Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.00 to 1.00 immediately prior to and
immediately after giving effect to any such Acquisition;

(h) Investments under Permitted Precious Metal Agreements;

(i) other Investments in non-Loan Party Subsidiaries (other than non-Loan Party Subsidiaries
of the Dutch Borrower) in an amount not to exceed $40,000,000 at any time;

(j) other Investments not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding; and

(k) Acquisitions made by any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party.

SECTION 6.05. Swap Agreements. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or
mitigate risks to which the Company or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in
respect of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b) Swap Agreements
entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating
rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any
interest-bearing liability or investment of the Company or any Subsidiary.

SECTION 6.06. Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or
purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other
transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business at prices
and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than could be
obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among
the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate and (c)  any
Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07.

SECTION 6.07.  Restricted Payments. The Company will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any
Restricted Payment, except (a) the Company may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity
Interests payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, (b) Subsidiaries may declare and
pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests, (c) the Company may make Restricted
Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for
management or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (d) the Company and its
Subsidiaries may make any other Restricted Payment so long as no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing prior to making such Restricted Payment or would arise after giving
effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto and the aggregate amount of such
Restricted Payments does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Worth as of the most recently ended
Fiscal Quarter of the Company for which Financials have been delivered; provided, that the
foregoing aggregate limitation for Restricted Payments shall not apply as long as the Leverage
Ratio does not exceed 2.50 to 1.00 immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect
(including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) to any such Restricted Payment.

SECTION 6.08. Restrictive Agreements. The Company will not, and will not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement
or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the
Company or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or
assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect
to holders of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Company or any
other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Company or any other Subsidiary;
provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by
law or by any Loan Document, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and
conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale;
provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold
and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and
conditions set forth in any Permitted Precious Metals Agreement that is subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement referenced in clause (a) of the definition of “Intercreditor Agreements”,
(iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any
agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or
conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (v) clause (a) of
the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the
assignment thereof.

SECTION 6.09. Subordinated Indebtedness and Amendments to Subordinated Indebtedness
Documents. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly
voluntarily prepay, defease or in substance defease, purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire,
any Subordinated Indebtedness or any Indebtedness from time to time outstanding under the
Subordinated Indebtedness Documents. Furthermore, the Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, amend the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents or any document, agreement or
instrument evidencing any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents
(or any replacements, substitutions, extensions or renewals thereof) or pursuant to which such
Indebtedness is issued where such amendment, modification or supplement provides for the following
or which has any of the following effects:

(a) increases the overall principal amount of any such Indebtedness or increases the
amount of any single scheduled installment of principal or interest;

(b) shortens or accelerates the date upon which any installment of principal or
interest becomes due or adds any additional mandatory redemption provisions;

(c) shortens the final maturity date of such Indebtedness or otherwise accelerates the
amortization schedule with respect to such Indebtedness;

(d) increases the rate of interest accruing on such Indebtedness;

(e) provides for the payment of additional fees or increases existing fees;

(f) amends or modifies any financial or negative covenant (or covenant which prohibits
or restricts the Company or any Subsidiary from taking certain actions) in a manner which is
more onerous or more restrictive in any material respect to the Company or such Subsidiary
or which is otherwise materially adverse to the Company, any Subsidiary and/or the Lenders
or, in the case of any such covenant, which places material additional restrictions on the
Company or such Subsidiary or which requires the Company or such Subsidiary to comply with
more restrictive financial ratios or which requires the Company to better its financial
performance, in each case from that set forth in the existing applicable covenants in the
Subordinated Indebtedness Documents or the applicable covenants in this Agreement; or

(g) amends, modifies or adds any affirmative covenant in a manner which (i) when taken
as a whole, is materially adverse to the Company, any Subsidiary and/or the Lenders or
(ii) is more onerous than the existing applicable covenant in the Subordinated Indebtedness
Documents or the applicable covenant in this Agreement.

SECTION 6.10. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company shall not, nor shall it
permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction other than (a) Sale and
Leaseback Transactions entered into in connection with any Permitted Precious Metals Agreement, and
(b) Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into in connection with any project financing involving
municipal bond offerings otherwise permitted by this Agreement.

SECTION 6.11. Financial Covenants.

(a) Maximum Leverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the Leverage Ratio,
determined as of the end of each of its Fiscal Quarters for the then most-recently ended four
Fiscal Quarters, to be greater than 3.50 to 1.00.

(b) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio, determined as of the end of each of its Fiscal Quarters for the then most-recently
ended four Fiscal Quarters, to be less than 1.50 to 1.00.

SECTION 6.12. Sanctions Laws and Regulations.

(a) No Borrower shall, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend,
contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or
other person or entity (i) to fund any activities or business of any Designated Person, or (ii) in
any other manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions Laws and Regulations by any
party to this Agreement.

(b) None of the funds or assets of any Borrower that are used to pay any amount due pursuant
to this Agreement shall constitute funds obtained from transactions with or relating to Designated
Persons or countries which are the subject of sanctions under any Sanctions Laws and Regulations,
in each case in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a violation of any
Sanctions Laws and Regulations by any party to this Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:

(a) any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation
in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the
due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

(b) any Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
(other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when
and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a
period of three (3) Business Days;

(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in or
in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification
hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial
statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have
been materially incorrect when made or deemed made;

(d) the Company shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to any Borrower’s existence), 5.08 or 5.09 or in
Article VI or in Article X;

(e) any Loan Party, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this
Article) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of
thirty (30) days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Company (which notice
will be given at the request of any Lender);

(f) the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or
interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same
shall become due and payable;

(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior
to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the
lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent
on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the
prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity;
provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a
result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed
seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company or any other Loan
Party or its debts, or of a Substantial Portion of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for
the Company or any other Loan Party or for a Substantial Portion of its assets, and, in any such
case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree
approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) the Company or any other Loan Party shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file
any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or
foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect,
(ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any
proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for
the Company or any other Loan Party or for a Substantial Portion of its assets, (iv) file an answer
admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing;

(j) the Company or any other Loan Party shall admit in writing its inability or fail generally
to pay its debts as they become due;

(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$20,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in currencies other than Dollars) shall be rendered against
the Company, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a
period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or
any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the
Company or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when
taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(m) a Change in Control shall occur;

(n) the occurrence of any “Default”, as defined in any Loan Document (other than this
Agreement) or the breach of any of the terms or provisions of any Loan Document (other than this
Agreement), which default or breach continues beyond any period of grace therein provided;

(o) any material provision of any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and
enforceable in accordance with its terms (or any Loan Party shall challenge the enforceability of
any Loan Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such
assertion, that any provision of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not
valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms); or

(p) any Collateral Document shall for any reason fail to create a valid and perfected first
priority security interest in any portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, except
as permitted by the terms of any Loan Document;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Company described in
clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such
event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to
the Company, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times:
(i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and
(ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case
any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and
payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with
accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Secured Obligations of the Borrowers accrued
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the
Borrowers; and in case of any event with respect to any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of
this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then
outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Secured Obligations
accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by
the Borrowers. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise any rights and
remedies provided to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity,
including all remedies provided under the UCC.

ARTICLE VIII

The Administrative Agent

Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent
as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including
execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as
are reasonably incidental thereto.

The bank 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 such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and
generally engage in any kind of business with Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof
as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set
forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the
Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any
duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary
rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is
required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in
Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative
Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any
information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained
by the bank serving as 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 with the consent
or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as
shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its
own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have
knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative
Agent by the Company or a Lender, and 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of
any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document,
(iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other
agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or
elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent or (vi) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the
Collateral or the existence of the Collateral.

The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for
relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other
writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent 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 be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying
thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the
Company), 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.

The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs
shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any
such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication
of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in
this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the
Issuing Bank and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right
(with the consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
provided that no such consent shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required
Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative
Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the
Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with
an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and
become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative
Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder. The fees payable by any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same
as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between such Borrower and such
successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article
and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring 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 it was acting as Administrative Agent.

Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are
commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities.
Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans
in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a
Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender shall, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United
States securities laws concerning the Company and its Affiliates) 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 related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder and in
deciding whether or to the extent to which it will continue as a lender or assign or otherwise
transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder.

None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Co-Syndication Agent shall have
any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than
those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders
shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes
the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as
Co-Syndication Agents as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding
paragraph.

Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with
Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender
agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against any Loan
Party or with respect to any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required
Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of
the Administrative Agent.

The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or
omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent)
authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right
on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after
the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.

In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Holders of Secured
Obligations within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the UCC. Each Lender
authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a
party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Holder of
Secured Obligations (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek
to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed
that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit
of the Holders of Secured Obligations upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event
that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured
Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney,
to execute and deliver on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations any Loan Documents necessary
or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent
on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative
Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(c); (ii) as permitted by,
but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved,
authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be
approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time,
the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular
types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting
Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in
writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five
Business Days’ prior written request by the Company to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative
Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may
be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that
was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall
not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s
reasonable opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or
entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and
(ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or
any Liens upon (or obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by any
Loan Party, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to
constitute part of the Collateral.

Each Borrower, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf
and on the behalf of its affiliated Holders of Secured Obligations, hereby irrevocably constitute
the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within
the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security
granted by each Borrower or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of
Quebec to secure obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar
title of indebtedness issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement,
and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any
bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by any Borrower or any
Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Holders of Secured Obligations in connection with this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special
powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent may acquire and
be the holder of any bond issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this
Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of
hypothec by any Borrower or any Subsidiary).

The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary
or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Holders of Secured
Obligations including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance
left after winding up and the voting rights of the Company as ultimate parent of any Subsidiary
which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged
in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation
of parallel debt obligations of the Company or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any
Dutch Pledge (the “Parallel Debt”), including that any payment received by the
Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will — conditionally upon such payment not
subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application — be deemed
a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Secured Obligations, and
any payment to the Holders of Secured Obligations in satisfaction of the Secured Obligations shall
- conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any
provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar
laws of general application — be deemed as satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding
amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for purposes of a
Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the Administrative Agent is not effective with respect to its
rights and obligations under the Parallel Debt until such rights and obligations have been assumed
by the successor Administrative Agent.

The parties hereto acknowledge and agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the
continuing validity of German law governed pledges (Pfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt
obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries as will be further described in a separate German
law governed parallel debt undertaking. The Administrative Agent shall (i) hold such parallel debt
undertaking as fiduciary agent (Treuhänder) and (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent
(Treuhänder) any pledge created under a German law governed Collateral Document which is created in
favor of any Holder of Secured Obligations or transferred to any Holder of Secured Obligations due
to its accessory nature (Akzessorietät), in each case in its own name and for the account of the
Holders of Secured Obligations. Each Lender (on behalf of itself and its affiliated Holders of
Secured Obligations) hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter as its agent in its name
and on its behalf into any German law governed Collateral Document, accept as its agent (Vertreter)
in its name and on its behalf any pledge or other creation of any accessory security right in
relation to this Agreement and to agree to and execute on its behalf as its representative in its
name and on its behalf any amendments, supplements and other alterations to any such Collateral
Document and to release on behalf of any such Lender or Holder of Secured Obligations any such
Collateral Document and any pledge created under any such Collateral Document in accordance with
the provisions herein and/or the provisions in any such Collateral Document.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.01. Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications
expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (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 telecopy, as follows:

(i) if to any Borrower, to it c/o Materion Corporation, 6070 Parkland Boulevard,
Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124, Attention of Michael C. Hasychak (Telecopy No. (216) 481-2523;
Telephone No. (216) 383-6823);

(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to (A) in the case of Borrowings by the Company
denominated in Dollars, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Loan Services, 10 South Dearborn
Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention: Irma Yanez (Facsimile
No. (312) 385-7107) and (B) in the case of Borrowings by any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower or
denominated in Agreed Currencies other than Dollars, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, 25 Bank
Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JP, Attention of The Manager, Loan & Agency Services
(Telecopy No. 44 207 777 2360), and in each case with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
1300 East Ninth Street, 13th Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, Attention: Justin Byrne
(Facsimile No. (216) 781-2271);

(iii) if to the Issuing Bank, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Loan
Services, 10 South Dearborn Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60603,
Attention: Irma Yanez (Facsimile No. (312) 385-7107);

(iv) if to the Swingline Lender, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Loan
Services, 10 South Dearborn Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60603,
Attention: Irma Yanez (Facsimile No. (312) 385-7107); and

(v) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth 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 facsimile 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 Systems, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall
be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).

(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by using Electronic Systems pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to
Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The
Administrative Agent or the Company 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), 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;
provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email 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.

(c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other
communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall
be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

(d) Electronic Systems.

(i) The Company agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated
to, make Communications (as defined below) available to the Issuing Bank and the other
Lenders by posting the Communications on an Electronic System.

(ii) Any Electronic System used by the Administrative Agent is provided “as is” and “as
available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of such
Electronic Systems and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the
Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without
limitation, 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 Communications or any Electronic System. In
no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the
“Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender, the Issuing Bank
or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct
or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in
tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s
transmission of Communications through an Electronic System. “Communications”
means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other
material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the
transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or the Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section,
including through an Electronic System.

SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other
Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or
power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.
The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that
they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any
departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a
waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing
Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b) Except as provided in Section 2.20 with respect to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment,
neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant
to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders or
by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders;
provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without
the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement
or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of
the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable
hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled
date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected
thereby, (iv) change Section 2.18(b) or (d) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of
payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the
provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof
specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights
hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of
each Lender (it being understood that, solely with the consent of the parties prescribed by
Section 2.20 to be parties to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment, Incremental Term Loans may be
included in the determination of Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the
Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included on the Effective Date), (vi) release the Company
or all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations under Article X or
the Subsidiary Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender, or (vii) except as provided in
clause (d) of this Section or in any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the
Collateral, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no
such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be (it being
understood that any change to Section 2.24 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect
to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement shall be required of any
Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to
in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such
Defaulting Lender shall be directly affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended
(or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative
Agent and each Loan Party party to each relevant Loan Document (x) to add one or more credit
facilities (in addition to the Incremental Term Loans pursuant to an Incremental Term Loan
Amendment) to this Agreement and to permit extensions of credit from time to time outstanding
thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Loans, Incremental Term Loans and
the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the Lenders
holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Lenders.

(d) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in
its sole discretion, to release any Liens granted to the Administrative Agent by the Loan Parties
on any Collateral (i) upon the termination of all the Commitments, payment and satisfaction in full
in cash of all Secured Obligations (other than Unliquidated Obligations), and the cash
collateralization of all Unliquidated Obligations in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if the Company certifies to the
Administrative Agent that the sale or disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement (and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without
further inquiry), (iii) constituting property leased to the Company or any Subsidiary under a lease
which has expired or been terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or (iv) as
required to effect any sale or other disposition of such Collateral in connection with any exercise
of remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Article VII. Any such release
shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those
expressly being released) upon (or obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests
retained by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to
constitute part of the Collateral.

(e) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of
“each Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is
obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent
is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then
the Company may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement;
provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which
is reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of such
date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender
pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this
Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such
date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b) of Section 9.04, and (ii) each Borrower
shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (1) all
interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by such
Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments
due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.15 and 2.17, and (2) an amount, if any, equal to
the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under
Section 2.16 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold
to the replacement Lender.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein the Administrative Agent may, with the
consent of the Borrowers only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency.

SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Company shall pay (i) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates,
including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent,
in connection with the syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the
internet or through a service such as Intralinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the
preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges
and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, in
connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and
any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans
made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of
Credit.

(b) The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender,
and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an
“Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements
of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of,
in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any
agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their
respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions
contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom
(including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit
if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of
such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on
or from any property owned or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
Environmental Liability related in any way to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any
actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the
foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party
thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the
extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

(c) To the extent that the Company fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the
Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the
time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount
(it being understood that the Company’s failure to pay any such amount shall not relieve the
Company of any default in the payment thereof); provided that the unreimbursed expense or
indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by
or asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its
capacity as such.

(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Borrower shall assert, and each Borrower
hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee (i) for any damages arising from the use by others
of information or other materials obtained directly or indirectly from an Indemnitee through
telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet),
or (ii) on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as
opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby,
the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than fifteen (15) days after
written demand therefor.

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) 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 (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of
Credit), except that (i) no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted
assignment or transfer by any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no
Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance
with this Section. 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 (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants
(to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated
hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders)
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign
to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the
time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) of:

(A) the Company (provided that the Company shall be deemed to have
consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to
the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice
thereof); provided further that no consent of the Company shall be
required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund
or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;

(B) the Administrative Agent;

(C) the Issuing Bank; and

(D) the Swingline Lender.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender
or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or 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) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Company
and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided that no such
consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;

(B) 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;
provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment
of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in
respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and
recordation fee of $3,500, such fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the
assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders;

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee
designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information
(which may contain material non-public information about the Company and its
affiliates and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made
available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s
compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities
laws; and

(E) other than assignments to an existing Lender, assignments to Lenders that
will acquire a position of the Obligations of a Borrower organized under the laws of
The Netherlands shall be at least €100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency)
or any other amount that will from time to time be applicable under section 3(2)
under a and/or b of the Dutch Decree on Definitions Wft (Besluit definitiebepalingen
Wft), or, if it is less, such new Lender (as the case may be) shall confirm in
writing to such Borrower that it is a professional market party within the meaning
of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act.

For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the terms “Approved Fund” and “Ineligible
Institution” have the following meanings:

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

“Ineligible Institution” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender, (c) the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates, or (d) a company, investment vehicle or
trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s)
thereof.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this
Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto 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 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 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 paragraph (c) of this Section.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of each Borrower, shall
maintain at one of its offices 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 Commitment of, and
principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms
hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank 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 the Company, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee
shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in
paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b)
of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record
the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning
Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have
no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the
Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued
interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has
been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Company, the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities,
other than an Ineligible Institution (each such bank or entity, a “Participant”), in all or
a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion
of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations
under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the
other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders 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, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to
Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, each
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and
2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section
2.17(e) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(e) shall be
delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired
its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such
Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an
assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater
payment under Sections 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating
Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a
greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the
applicable participation. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled
to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant
agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(d) as though it were a Lender.

(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or
2.17 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 Company’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it
were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless the Company is notified
of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the
Company, to comply with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender (it being understood that the
documentation required under Section 2.17(e) shall be delivered to the participating Lender). Each
Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the
principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the obligations under
this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any
obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the
identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in the
obligations under this Agreement) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to
establish that such interest is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States
Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest
error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register
as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to
the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as
Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation
any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall
not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such
pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties
made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments
delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be
considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and
delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit,
regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding
that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of
any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder,
and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on
any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is
outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have
not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII
shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the
Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or any provision hereof or thereof.

SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different
counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together
shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate
letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent 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 Section 4.01, 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
which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement
by telecopy, e-mailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual
executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in
or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries 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, physical delivery thereof 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.

SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the
extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular
provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time
to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general
or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time
held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or
the account of any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor against any of and all the Secured
Obligations held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any
demand under the Loan Documents and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each
Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of
setoff) which such Lender may have.

SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York,
without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

(b) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property,
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York
County, Borough of Manhattan and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such
action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted
by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such
action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may
otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of
venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other
Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.01. Each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower irrevocably designates and
appoints the Company, as its authorized agent, to accept and acknowledge on its behalf, service of
any and all process which may be served in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to
in Section 9.09(b) in any federal or New York State court sitting in New York City. The Company
hereby represents, warrants and confirms that the Company has agreed to accept such appointment
(and any similar appointment by a Subsidiary Guarantor which is a Foreign Subsidiary). Said
designation and appointment shall be irrevocable by each such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower until all
Loans, all reimbursement obligations, interest thereon and all other amounts payable by such
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in
full in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereof and such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
shall have been terminated as a Borrower hereunder pursuant to Section 2.23. Each Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower hereby consents to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding of
the nature referred to in Section 9.09(b) in any federal or New York State court sitting in New
York City by service of process upon the Company as provided in this Section 9.09(d);
provided that, to the extent lawful and possible, notice of said service upon such agent
shall be mailed by registered or certified air mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to
the Company and (if applicable to) such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower at its address set forth in the
Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement to which it is a party or to any other address of which such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower shall have given written notice to the Administrative Agent (with a copy
thereof to the Company). Each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, all claim of error by reason of any such service in such manner and agrees
that such service shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower in any such suit, action or proceeding and shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, be taken and held to be valid and personal service upon and personal delivery to
such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower. To the extent any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower has or hereafter
may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether from
service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment,
execution or otherwise), each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower hereby irrevocably waives such immunity
in respect of its obligations under the Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law.

SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY
OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT
OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL
WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used
herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect
the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and
the Lenders 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 instructed to keep such Information confidential), and that the disclosing
Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or Lender will be responsible for any unauthorized disclosure by
any of its foregoing affiliated Persons), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority
(including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners), (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, (e) in connection with the
exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights
hereunder or thereunder, (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 rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or
prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any
Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Company or (h) to the extent such
Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or
(ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company. For the purposes of this Section,
“Information” means all information received from the Company or any Subsidiary relating to
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or its business, other than any such information that is
available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis
prior to disclosure by the Company. 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.

EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION 9.12 FURNISHED TO IT
PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY, THE
OTHER LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT
HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT
IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND
APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE COMPANY OR
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE
SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY,
THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH
LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE COMPANY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS
ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL
NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING
FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

SECTION 9.13. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the
USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the
“Act”) hereby notifies each Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Borrower, which information
includes the name and address of such Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to
identify such Borrower in accordance with the Act.

SECTION 9.14. Appointment for Perfection. Each Lender hereby appoints each other
Lender as its agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens, for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the
UCC or any other applicable law can be perfected only by possession. Should any Lender (other than
the Administrative Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the
Administrative Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s request therefor shall
deliver such Collateral to the Administrative Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in
accordance with the Administrative Agent’s instructions.

SECTION 9.15. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges
and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the
“Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for,
charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable
law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges
payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the
interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a
result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to
such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate
therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds
Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

SECTION 9.16. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects
of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or
other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Borrower acknowledges and agrees
that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Lenders are
arm’s-length commercial transactions between such Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and
the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, (B) such Borrower has consulted its own legal,
accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) such
Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of
the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Lenders
and their Affiliates is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed
in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor,
agent or fiduciary for such Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) no
Lender or any of its Affiliates has any obligation to such Borrower or any of its Affiliates with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except, in the case of a Lender, those obligations
expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) each of the Lenders and their
respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that
differ from those of such Borrower and its Affiliates, and no Lender or any of its Affiliates has
any obligation to disclose any of such interests to such Borrower or its Affiliates. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, each Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may
have against each of the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach
of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

SECTION 9.17. Attorney Representation. If any Borrower that is organized under the
laws of the Netherlands is represented by an attorney in connection with the signing and/or
execution of the Agreement and/or any other Loan Document, it is hereby expressly acknowledged and
accepted by the parties to this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document that the existence and
extent of the attorney’s authority and the effects of the attorney’s exercise or purported exercise
of his or her authority shall be governed by the laws of The Netherlands.

ARTICLE X

Cross-Guarantee

In order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the other Borrowers hereunder, but subject
to the last sentence of this Article X, each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the payment when and as due of the
Secured Obligations. Each Borrower further agrees that the due and punctual payment of the Secured
Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent
from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such
extension or renewal of any Secured Obligation.

Each Borrower waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to any Borrower of any
of the Secured Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its obligations and notice of
protest for nonpayment. The obligations of each Borrower hereunder shall not be affected by
(a) the failure of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to assert any claim or
demand or to enforce any right or remedy against any Borrower under the provisions of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any of the Secured
Obligations; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or release from, any of the
terms or provisions of this Agreement, or any other Loan Document or agreement; (d) any default,
failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of any of the Secured Obligations;
(e) the failure of the Administrative Agent to take any steps to perfect and maintain any security
interest in, or to preserve any rights to, any security or collateral for the Secured Obligations,
if any; (f) any change in the corporate, partnership or other existence, structure or ownership of
any Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Secured Obligations; (g) the enforceability or
validity of the Secured Obligations or any part thereof or the genuineness, enforceability or
validity of any agreement relating thereto or with respect to any collateral securing the Secured
Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against
any Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Secured Obligations, for any reason related to
this Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any
provision of applicable law, decree, order or regulation of any jurisdiction purporting to prohibit
the payment by such Borrower or any other guarantor of the Secured Obligations, of any of the
Secured Obligations or otherwise affecting any term of any of the Secured Obligations; or (h) any
other act, omission or delay to do any other act which may or might in any manner or to any extent
vary the risk of such Borrower or otherwise operate as a discharge of a guarantor as a matter of
law or equity or which would impair or eliminate any right of such Borrower to subrogation.

Each Borrower further agrees that its agreement hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment
when due (whether or not any bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or
collection of any of the Secured Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of
collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in favor of any Borrower or any other Person.

The obligations of each Borrower hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment or termination for any reason, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off,
counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever, by reason of the invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability of any of the Secured Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of any of
the Secured Obligations or otherwise.

Each Borrower further agrees that its obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or
be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Secured
Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank
or any Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise.

In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have at law or in equity against any
Borrower by virtue hereof, upon the failure of any other Borrower to pay any Secured Obligation
when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of
prepayment or otherwise, each Borrower hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand
by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in cash an amount equal to the unpaid
principal amount of the Secured Obligations then due, together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon. Each Borrower further agrees that if payment in respect of any Secured Obligation shall
be due in a currency other than Dollars and/or at a place of payment other than New York, Chicago
or any other Eurocurrency Payment Office and if, by reason of any Change in Law, disruption of
currency or foreign exchange markets, war or civil disturbance or other event, payment of the
Secured Obligation in such currency or at such place of payment shall be impossible or, in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, disadvantageous to
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in any material respect, then, at the
election of the Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall make payment of the Secured Obligation in
Dollars (based upon the applicable Equivalent Amount in effect on the date of payment) and/or in
New York, Chicago or such other Eurocurrency Payment Office as is designated by the Administrative
Agent and, as a separate and independent obligation, shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank and any Lender against any losses or reasonable out-of-pocket expenses that it shall
sustain as a result of such alternative payment.

Upon payment by any Borrower of any sums as provided above, all rights of such Borrower
against any Borrower arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation or otherwise shall
in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in
full in cash of all the Secured Obligations owed by such Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders.

Nothing shall discharge or satisfy the liability of any Borrower hereunder except the full
performance and payment of the Secured Obligations.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article X to the contrary, no Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower which is and remains an Affected Foreign Subsidiary shall be liable hereunder for any of
the Loans made to, or any other Secured Obligation incurred solely by or on behalf of, the Company
or any Subsidiary Guarantor which is a Domestic Subsidiary.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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

	 	 	 
	MATERION CORPORATION, as the Company

	By

	 	/s/ Michael C. Hasychak
	
 
	 	 

	 	 	Name: Michael C. Hasychak

Title: Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer

MATERION ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES
NETHERLANDS B.V., as the Dutch Borrower

	 	 	 	By
/s/ Cynthia H. Friedman

	 	 	 
	 	 	Name:	 	 	Cynthia H. Friedman
	 	 	Title:	Class A Director
	 	 	By	 	 	/s/ James P. Marrotte

	 	 	 
	 	 	Name:	 	 	James P. Marrotte
	 	 	Title:	Class A Director
	 	 	By	 	 	/s/ TMF Management B.V.

	 	 	Name: TMF Management B.V.

Title: Class B Director

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually as a Lender,
as Swingline Lender, as Issuing Bank and as
Administrative Agent

	 	 	 	By
 /s/ Justin Byrne

	 	 	Name: Justin Byrne

Title: Assistant Vice President

[OTHER AGENTS AND LENDERS]

SCHEDULE 2.01

COMMITMENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	LENDER	 	COMMITMENT
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

	 	$	74,500,000	 
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

	 	$	63,500,000	 
	KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

	 	$	63,500,000	 
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

	 	$	63,500,000	 
	FIFTH THIRD BANK

	 	$	55,000,000	 
	RBS CITIZENS, N.A.

	 	$	55,000,000	 
	AGGREGATE COMMITMENT

	 	$	375,000,000	 

EXHIBIT A

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as
of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor]
(the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement
identified below (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby
acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached
hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment
and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the
Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to
and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the
Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s
rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other Loan
Documents to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of
such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified
below (including any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such
facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims,
suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against
any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any
other Loan Documents or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract
claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity
related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights
and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein
collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to
the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without
representation or warranty by the Assignor.

1. Assignor:

	2.	 	Assignee:

	 	 	 	 	 
	[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1]
	3.

4.

5.
	 	Borrowers:

Administrative Agent:

Credit Agreement:
	 	Materion Corporation,

Materion Advanced Materials

Technologies and Services

Netherlands B.V. and

certain other Foreign

Subsidiary Borrowers

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

as the administrative agent

under the Credit Agreement

Second Amended and Restated

Credit Agreement dated as

of June 20, 2013 among

Materion Corporation,

Materion Advanced Materials

Technologies and Services

Netherlands B.V., the other

Foreign Subsidiary

Borrowers from time to time

parties thereto, the

Lenders parties thereto,

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent,

and the other agents

parties thereto

	6.	 	Assigned Interest:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Aggregate Amount of

Commitment/Loans for

all Lenders

	 	

Amount of Commitment/Loans

Assigned
	 	

Percentage Assigned of

Commitment/Loans2

	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$

	 	 	$	 	 	 	%	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$

	 	 	$	 	 	 	%	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$

	 	 	$	 	 	 	%	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Effective Date:              , 20       [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL
BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

ASSIGNOR

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

	 	 	 	By:

Title:

ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

	 	 	 	By:

Title:

Consented to and Accepted:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank

	 	 	By:

Title:

[Consented to:] 3

	1	 	Select as applicable

	2	 	Set forth, to at least 9 decimals. As a
percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

	3	 	To be added only if the consent of the
Company is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

1

MATERION CORPORATION

	 	 	By:

Title:

ANNEX I

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties.

1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any
lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken
all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial
condition of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in
respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any
Loan Document.

1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power
and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the
Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement
that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a
Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit
Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the
obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together
with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as
applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the
Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and
without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign
Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by
it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and
(b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the
Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a
Lender.

2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make
all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees
and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective
Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall
constitute one instrument. Acceptance and adoption of the terms of this Assignment and Assumption
by the Assignee and the Assignor by Electronic Signature or delivery of an executed counterpart of
a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by any Electronic System shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and
Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New
York, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

EXHIBIT B-1

OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE U.S. LOAN PARTIES

[Attached]

EXHIBIT B-2

OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE DUTCH BORROWER

[Attached]

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT

INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated     , 20       (this “Supplement”), by and
among each of the signatories hereto, to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of June 20, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”), among Materion Corporation (the “Company”), Materion Advanced
Materials Technologies and Services Netherlands B.V., the other Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from
time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the Company has the right,
subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to effectuate from time to time an increase in the
Aggregate Commitment and/or one or more tranches of Incremental Term Loans under the Credit
Agreement by requesting one or more Lenders to increase the amount of its Commitment and/or to
participate in such a tranche;

WHEREAS, the Company has given notice to the Administrative Agent of its intention to
[increase the Aggregate Commitment] [and] [enter into a tranche of Incremental Term Loans] pursuant
to such Section 2.20; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned Increasing
Lender now desires to [increase the amount of its Commitment] [and] [participate in a tranche of
Incremental Term Loans] under the Credit Agreement by executing and delivering to the Company and
the Administrative Agent this Supplement;

NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned Increasing Lender agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreement, that on the date of this Supplement it shall [have its Commitment increased by
$[      ], thereby making the aggregate amount of its total Commitments equal to $[      ]]
[and] [participate in a tranche of Incremental Term Loans with a commitment amount equal to
$[      ] with respect thereto].

2. The Company hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing on and as of the date hereof.

3. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used herein.

4. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

5. This Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same document.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplement to be executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer on the date first above written.

[INSERT NAME OF INCREASING LENDER]

By:

Name:

Title:

Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:

MATERION CORPORATION

By:

Name:

Title:

Acknowledged as of the date first written above:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

By:

Name:

Title:

EXHIBIT D

FORM OF AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT

AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated     , 20       (this “Supplement”), to the
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2013 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among
Materion Corporation (the “Company”), Materion Advanced Materials Technologies and Services
Netherlands B.V., the other Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement provides in Section 2.20 thereof that any bank,
financial institution or other entity may [extend Commitments] [and] [participate in tranches of
Incremental Term Loans] under the Credit Agreement subject to the approval of the Company and the
Administrative Agent, by executing and delivering to the Company and the Administrative Agent a
supplement to the Credit Agreement in substantially the form of this Supplement; and

WHEREAS, the undersigned Augmenting Lender was not an original party to the Credit Agreement
but now desires to become a party thereto;

NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned Augmenting Lender agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Credit
Agreement and agrees that it shall, on the date of this Supplement, become a Lender for all
purposes of the Credit Agreement to the same extent as if originally a party thereto, with a
[Commitment with respect to Revolving Loans of $[      ]] [and] [a commitment with respect to
Incremental Term Loans of $[      ]].

2. The undersigned Augmenting Lender (a) represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into this Supplement; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit
Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and has reviewed such other documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Supplement; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative
Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the
Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto;
(d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and
to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or
document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the
terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be
bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all
the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a
Lender.

3. The undersigned’s address for notices for the purposes of the Credit Agreement is as
follows:

[      ]

4. The Company hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing on and as of the date hereof.

5. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used herein.

6. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

7. This Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same document.

[remainder of this page intentionally left blank]

2

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplement to be executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer on the date first above written.

[INSERT NAME OF AUGMENTING LENDER]

By:

Name:

Title:

Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:

MATERION CORPORATION

By:

Name:

Title:

Acknowledged as of the date first written above:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

By:

Name:

Title:

EXHIBIT E

LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS

MATERION CORPORATION

CERTAIN FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS

CREDIT FACILITIES

June 20, 2013

LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS4

A. LOAN DOCUMENTS

	1.	 	Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among
Materion Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), Materion Advanced Materials
Technologies and Services Netherlands B.V., the other Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time
to time parties thereto (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”), the
institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders (the “Lenders”) and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders
(the “Administrative Agent”), evidencing a revolving credit facility to the Borrowers
from the Lenders in an initial aggregate principal amount of $375,000,000.

SCHEDULES

	 	 	 	 	 
	Schedule 2.01

	 	–
	 	Commitments
	Schedule 2.06

	 	–
	 	Existing Letters of Credit
	Schedule 3.01

	 	–
	 	Subsidiaries
	Schedule 6.01

	 	–
	 	Existing Indebtedness
	Schedule 6.02

	 	–
	 	Existing Liens
	Schedule 6.04

	 	–
	 	Existing Investments

EXHIBITS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A

	 	–
	 	Form of Assignment and Assumption
	Exhibit B-1

	 	–
	 	Form of Opinion of U.S. Loan Parties’ Counsel
	Exhibit B-2

	 	–
	 	Form of Opinion of Dutch Borrower’s Counsel
	Exhibit C

	 	–
	 	Form of Increasing Lender Supplement
	Exhibit D

	 	–
	 	Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement
	Exhibit E

	 	–
	 	List of Closing Documents
	Exhibit F-1

	 	–
	 	Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement
	Exhibit F-2

	 	–
	 	Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Termination
	Exhibit G-1

	 	–
	 	Form of Borrowing Request
	Exhibit G-2

	 	–
	 	Form of Interest Election Request
	Exhibit H

	 	–
	 	Form of Note

	2.	 	Notes executed by the initial Borrowers in favor of each of the Lenders, if any, which has
requested a note pursuant to Section 2.10(e) of the Credit Agreement.

	3.	 	Second Amended and Restated Guaranty executed by the initial Subsidiary Guarantors
(collectively with the Borrowers, the “Loan Parties”) in favor of the Administrative
Agent

	4.	 	Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement executed by the Loan Parties,
together with, pledged instruments and allonges, stock certificates, stock powers executed in
blank, pledge instructions and acknowledgments, as appropriate.

	 	 	 	Exhibit A – Legal and Prior Names; Principal Place of Business and Chief Executive Office;
FEIN; State Organization Number and Jurisdiction of Incorporation; Properties Leased by
the Grantors; Properties Owned by the Grantors; Public Warehouses or Other Locations

	 	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B

Exhibit C

Exhibit D

	 	–

–

–
	 	Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts

Letter of Credit Rights; Chattel Paper

Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Protected under Federal Law

	 	 	 	Exhibit E – Aircraft/Engines, Ships, Railcars and Other Vehicles Governed by Federal Statute

	 	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit G

Exhibit H

Exhibit I

Exhibit J

	 	–

–

–

–
	 	List of Instruments, Pledged Securities and other Investment Property

Form of Amendment to Security Agreement

Excluded Collateral

Commercial Tort Claims

	5.	 	Confirmation Agreement executed by Materion Advanced Material Technologies and Services Inc.,
as Pledgor, the Administrative Agent, as Pledgee, and Materion Advanced Technologies and
Services Netherlands B.V., as Company (each term as defined therein).

	6.	 	Confirmatory Grant of Security Interest in United States Patents made by certain of the Loan
Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured
Obligations.

	 	 	 	Exhibit A – Schedule of Patents

	7.	 	Confirmatory Grants of Security Interest in United States Trademarks made by certain of the
Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured
Obligations.

	 	 	 	Exhibit A – Schedule of Trademarks

	8.	 	Certificates of Insurance listing the Administrative Agent as (x) lender loss payee for the
property and casualty insurance policies of the Initial Loan Parties, together with separate
lender loss payable endorsements, as appropriate, and (y) additional insured with respect to
the liability insurance of the Loan Parties, together with separate additional insured
endorsements.

B. UCC DOCUMENTS

	9.	 	UCC, tax lien and name variation search reports naming each Loan Party from the appropriate
offices in relevant jurisdictions.

	10.	 	UCC financing statements naming each Loan Party as debtor and the Administrative Agent as
secured party as filed with the appropriate offices in applicable jurisdictions.

C. CORPORATE DOCUMENTS

	11.	 	Certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party certifying (i) that
there have been no changes in the Certificate of Incorporation or other charter document of
such Loan Party, as attached thereto and as certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of
State (or analogous governmental entity) of the jurisdiction of its organization, since the
date of the certification thereof by such governmental entity, (ii) the By-Laws or other
applicable organizational document, as attached thereto, of such Loan Party as in effect on
the date of such certification, (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors or other governing
body of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan
Document to which it is a party, and (iv) the names and true signatures of the incumbent
officers of each Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and
(in the case of each Borrower) authorized to request a Borrowing or the issuance of a Letter
of Credit under the Credit Agreement.

	12.	 	Good Standing Certificate for each Loan Party from the Secretary of State (or analogous
governmental entity) of the jurisdiction of its organization.

D. OPINIONS

	13.	 	Opinion of Jones Day, counsel for the U.S. Loan Parties.

	14.	 	Opinion of Jones Day, counsel for the Dutch Borrower.

E. CLOSING CERTIFICATES AND MISCELLANEOUS

	15.	 	A Certificate signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Company
certifying the following: (i) all of the representations and warranties of the Company set
forth in the Credit Agreement are true and correct and (ii) no Default has occurred and is
then continuing.

	16.	 	A Certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent supporting the conclusions that, after giving effect
to the Transactions, the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent and will
be Solvent subsequent to incurring the indebtedness in connection with the Transactions.

EXHIBIT F-1

[FORM OF]

BORROWING SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENT

BORROWING SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENT dated as of [      ], among Materion Corporation, an Ohio
corporation (the “Company”), Materion Advanced Materials Technologies and Services
Netherlands B.V., [Name of Foreign Subsidiary Borrower], a [      ] (the “New Borrowing
Subsidiary”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative
Agent”).

Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June
20, 2013 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among the Company, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party
thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as
Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. Under the Credit Agreement, the
Lenders have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions therein set forth, to make Loans
to certain Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”),
and the Company and the New Borrowing Subsidiary desire that the New Borrowing Subsidiary become a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower. In addition, the New Borrowing Subsidiary hereby authorizes the
Company to act on its behalf as and to the extent provided for in Article II of the Credit
Agreement. [Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the New Borrowing Subsidiary hereby designates
the following officers as being authorized to request Borrowings under the Credit Agreement on
behalf of the New Subsidiary Borrower and sign this Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement and the other
Loan Documents to which the New Borrowing Subsidiary is, or may from time to time become, a party:
[      ].]

Each of the Company and the New Borrowing Subsidiary represents and warrants that the
representations and warranties of the Company in the Credit Agreement relating to the New Borrowing
Subsidiary and this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof, other than
representations given as of a particular date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of
that date. [The Company and the New Borrowing Subsidiary further represent and warrant that the
execution, delivery and performance by the New Borrowing Subsidiary of the transactions
contemplated under this Agreement and the use of any of the proceeds raised in connection with this
Agreement will not contravene or conflict with, or otherwise constitute unlawful financial
assistance under, Sections 677 to 683 (inclusive) of the United Kingdom Companies Act 2006 of
England and Wales (as amended).]5 [INSERT OTHER PROVISIONS REASONABLY REQUESTED BY
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ITS COUNSELS] The Company agrees that the Guarantee of the Company
contained in the Credit Agreement will apply to the Obligations of the New Borrowing Subsidiary.
Upon execution of this Agreement by each of the Company, the New Borrowing Subsidiary and the
Administrative Agent, the New Borrowing Subsidiary shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and
shall constitute a “Foreign Subsidiary Borrower” for all purposes thereof, and the New Borrowing
Subsidiary hereby agrees to be bound by all provisions of the Credit Agreement.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

[Signature Page Follows]

	4	 	Each capitalized term used herein and not
defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
above-defined Credit Agreement. Items appearing in bold and italics shall be
prepared and/or provided by the Company and/or Company’s counsel

	5	 	To be included only if a New Borrowing
Subsidiary will be a Borrower organized under the laws of England and Wales.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
authorized officers as of the date first appearing above.

MATERION CORPORATION

	 	 	 	By:
     

Name:

Title:

[NAME OF NEW BORROWING SUBSIDIARY]

	 	 	 	By:
     

Name:

Title:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

Administrative Agent

	 	 	 	By:
     

Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT F-2

[FORM OF]

BORROWING SUBSIDIARY TERMINATION

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

for the Lenders referred to below

10 South Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: [      ]

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Materion Corporation (the “Company”), refers to the Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 20, 2013 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the Foreign
Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

The Company hereby terminates the status of [      ] (the “Terminated Borrowing
Subsidiary”) as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit Agreement. [The Company
represents and warrants that no Loans made to the Terminated Borrowing Subsidiary are outstanding
as of the date hereof and that all amounts payable by the Terminated Borrowing Subsidiary in
respect of interest and/or fees (and, to the extent notified by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, any other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement) pursuant to the Credit Agreement have
been paid in full on or prior to the date hereof.] [The Company acknowledges that the Terminated
Borrowing Subsidiary shall continue to be a Borrower until such time as all Loans made to the
Terminated Borrowing Subsidiary shall have been prepaid and all amounts payable by the Terminated
Borrowing Subsidiary in respect of interest and/or fees (and, to the extent notified by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, any other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement) pursuant
to the Credit Agreement shall have been paid in full; provided that the Terminated
Borrowing Subsidiary shall not have the right to make further Borrowings under the Credit
Agreement.]

[Signature Page Follows]

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This instrument shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
New York, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Very truly yours,

MATERION CORPORATION

By:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	Name:

	 	 	 	 	Title:

	Copy to:
	 	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	 	

10 South Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

EXHIBIT G-1

FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST

	 	 	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,	 

	 	 	as Administrative Agent	 

	 	 	for the Lenders referred to below	 

[10 South Dearborn, 7th Floor

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: JPMorgan Loan Services

Facsimile: (312) 385-7107]6

With a copy to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

1300 East Ninth Street, 13th Floor

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Attention: Justin Byrne

Facsimile: (216) 781-2271

Re: Materion Corporation, et al.

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June
20, 2013 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Materion Corporation (the “Company”), the
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party
thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The [undersigned Borrower][Company, on
behalf of [Foreign Subsidiary Borrower],] hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.03 of the
Credit Agreement that it requests a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection
the [undersigned Borrower][Company, on behalf of [Foreign Subsidiary Borrower],] specifies the
following information with respect to such Borrowing requested hereby:

	1.	 	Name of Borrower:       

	2.	 	Aggregate principal amount of Borrowing:7       

	3.	 	Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day):       

	4.	 	Type of Borrowing (ABR or Eurocurrency):       

	5.	 	Interest Period and the last day thereof (if a Eurocurrency Borrowing):8
     

	6.	 	Agreed Currency:       

	7.	 	Location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account (or any other account agreed upon by
the Administrative Agent and such Borrower) to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be
disbursed:       

[Signature Page Follows]

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the conditions to lending specified in
Section[s] [4.01 and]9 4.02 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.

Very truly yours,

[MATERION CORPORATION,

as the Company]

[[FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER],

as a Borrower]

By:      

Name:

Title:

EXHIBIT G-2

FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST

	 	 	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,	 

	 	 	as Administrative Agent	 

	 	 	for the Lenders referred to below	 

[10 South Dearborn, 7th Floor

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: JPMorgan Loan Services

Facsimile: (312) 385-7107]10

With a copy to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

1300 East Ninth Street, 13th Floor

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Attention: Justin Byrne

Facsimile: (216) 781-2271

Re: Materion Corporation, et al.

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June
20, 2013 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Materion Corporation (the “Company”), the
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party
thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The [undersigned Borrower][Company, on
behalf of [Subsidiary Borrower],] hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Credit
Agreement that it requests to convert an existing Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that
connection the [undersigned Borrower][Company, on behalf of [Foreign Subsidiary Borrower],]
specifies the following information with respect to such conversion requested hereby:

	1.	 	List Borrower, date, Type, principal amount, Agreed Currency and Interest Period (if
applicable) of existing Borrowing and portion thereof subject to this interest election:
     

	2.	 	Aggregate principal amount of resulting Borrowing:       

	3.	 	Effective date of interest election (which shall be a Business Day):       

	4.	 	Type of Borrowing (ABR or Eurocurrency):       

	5.	 	Interest Period and the last day thereof (if a Eurocurrency Borrowing):11
     

	6.	 	Agreed Currency:       

[Signature Page Follows]

Very truly yours,

[MATERION CORPORATION,

as the Company]

[[FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER],

as a Borrower]

By:      

Name:

Title:

EXHIBIT H

[FORM OF] NOTE

[________], 2013

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, [BORROWER], a [      ] (the “Borrower”),
HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of [LENDER] (the “Lender”) the
aggregate unpaid Dollar Amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the
“Credit Agreement” (as defined below) on the Maturity Date or on such earlier date as may be
required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein are as defined in the Credit Agreement.

The undersigned Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan
made to it from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full at a rate or
rates per annum determined in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. Interest
hereunder is due and payable at such times and on such dates as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

At the time of each Loan, and upon each payment or prepayment of principal of each Loan, the
Lender shall make a notation either on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, or in
such Lender’s own books and records, in each case specifying the amount of such Loan, the
respective Interest Period thereof (in the case of Eurocurrency Loans) or the amount of principal
paid or prepaid with respect to such Loan, as applicable; provided that the failure of the
Lender to make any such recordation or notation shall not affect the Secured Obligations of the
undersigned Borrower hereunder or under the Credit Agreement.

This Note is one of the notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, that certain
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 20, 2011 by and among [the Borrower,
[Materion Corporation,] the [other] Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time parties thereto,
the financial institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement, among other
things, (i) provides for the making of Loans by the Lender to the undersigned Borrower from time to
time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding [the Dollar Amount of such
Lender’s Commitment][such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
Sublimit], the indebtedness of the undersigned Borrower resulting from each such Loan to it being
evidenced by this Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon
the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments of the principal hereof prior to
the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified.

This Note is secured by the Collateral Documents. Reference is hereby made to the Collateral
Documents for a description of the collateral thereby mortgaged, warranted, bargained, sold,
released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, pledged and hypothecated, the nature and extent of the
security for this Note, the rights of the holder of this Note, the Administrative Agent in respect
of such security and otherwise.

Demand, presentment, protest and notice of nonpayment and protest are hereby waived by the
Borrower.

Whenever in this Note reference is made to the Administrative Agent, the Lender or the
Borrower, such reference shall be deemed to include, as applicable, a reference to their respective
successors and assigns. The provisions of this Note shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of said successors and assigns. The Borrower’s successors and assigns shall include,
without limitation, a receiver, trustee or debtor in possession of or for the Borrower.

****

This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New
York.

[BORROWER]

By:

Name:

Title:

	 	6	 	If request is in respect of Revolving Loans
in a Foreign Currency, please replace this address with the London address from
Section 9.01(a)(ii).

	 	7	 	Not less than applicable amounts specified in
Section 2.02(c).

	 	8	 	Which must comply with the definition of
“Interest Period” and end not later than the Maturity Date.

	 	9	 	To be included only for Borrowings on the
Effective Date.

	 	10	 	If request is in respect of Revolving Loans
in a Foreign Currency, please replace this address with the London address from
Section 9.01(a)(ii).

	 	11	 	Which must comply with the definition of
“Interest Period” and end not later than the Maturity Date.

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SCHEDULE OF LOANS AND PAYMENTS OR PREPAYMENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date

	 	Amount of Loan
	 	Type of

Loan Currency
	 	Interest Period/Rate

	 	Amount of Principal

Paid or Prepaid

	 	Unpaid Principal

Balance

	 	Notation Made By

	 

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

7EX-10.1

EX. 10.1

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS NOTE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS NOTE IS CONVERTIBLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE
OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR
(B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER
SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144, RULE 144A OR OTHER EXEMPTION UNDER SAID ACT.

THE TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.

VIASPACE INC.

SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

$25,000.00 June 24, 2013

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, VIASPACE INC., a Nevada corporation (“Company”), promises to pay to Kevin
Schewe (“Holder”), or its registered assigns, in lawful money of the United States of America the
principal sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND Dollars ($25,000.00), or such other amount as shall equal the
outstanding principal amount hereof, together with interest from the date of this Note on the
unpaid principal balance at a rate equal to six percent (6.0%) per annum, computed on the basis of
the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 365 days. Unless converted into Common Stock of
Company as set forth in Section 3 and/or Section 8 below, all unpaid principal, together with any
then unpaid and accrued interest, shall be due and payable on the earlier of (i) June 24, 2015 (the
“Maturity Date”), (ii) upon prepayment of all amounts due and payable under this Note in accordance
with the terms hereof, or (iii) when, upon or after the occurrence of an Event of Default (as
defined below), such amounts are declared due and payable by Holder or made automatically due and
payable in accordance with the terms hereof. Immediately prior to the issuance of this Note by
Company, Holder acknowledges that it has delivered to Company the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
Dollars ($25,000.00) reflecting the principal amount under this Note.

This Note is one of a series of notes (the “Notes”) having like tenor and effect (except for
variations necessary to express the name of the holder, the principal amount of each of the Notes
and the date on which each Note is funded) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000
issued or to be issued by Company on or about the period from September 2012 to August 2017 (or
such other period as agreed upon by the Company and the Holder) pursuant to the terms of a Loan
Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2012, by and between Company and the Holder (or his designees)
of the Notes (the “Loan Agreement”). The Notes shall rank equally without preference or priority
of any kind over one another, and all payments on account of principal and interest with respect to
any of the Notes shall be applied ratably and proportionately on the outstanding Notes on the basis
of the principal amount of the outstanding indebtedness represented thereby.

The following is a statement of the rights of Holder and the conditions to which this Note is
subject, and to which Company by issuance of this Note, and Holder by the acceptance of this Note,
agree:

1. Definitions. As used in this Note, the following capitalized terms have the
following meanings:

(a) “Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001.

(b) “Collateral” has the meaning given in Section 4 hereof.

(c) “Company” includes the corporation initially executing this Note and any Person which
shall succeed to or assume the obligations of Company under this Note.

(d) “Conversion Notice” has the meaning given in Section 8(e) hereof.

(e) “Conversion Period” shall mean the period from the date of the Note and ending on the
Maturity Date.

(f) “Conversion Price” has the meaning given in Section 8(b) hereof

(g) “Event of Default” has the meaning given in Section 6 hereof.

(h) “Holder” shall mean the Person specified in the introductory paragraph of this Note or any
Person who shall at the time be the registered holder of this Note. “Holders” shall mean the
Persons collectively specified in the introductory paragraph of this Note and the other Notes or
any Persons who shall at the time be the registered holders of this Note and the other Notes.

(i) “Majority Holders” shall mean Holders holding a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding.

(j) “Note” shall mean this Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note.

(k) “Obligations” shall mean and include all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and
obligations owed by Company to Holder of every kind and description, now existing or hereafter
arising under or pursuant to the terms of this Note including, all interest, fees, charges,
expenses, attorneys’ fees and costs and accountants’ fees and costs chargeable to and payable by
Company hereunder.

(l) “Person” shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, a corporation (including a
business trust), a joint stock company, a limited liability company, an unincorporated association,
a joint venture or other entity or a governmental authority.

(m) “Prepayment Amount” has the meaning given in Section 3 hereof

(n) “Prepayment Notice” has the meaning given in Section 3 hereof.

(o) “Sale Transaction” shall mean a transaction or series of related transactions involving
(i) the consolidation or merger of Company with another Person, (ii) a sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of Company, (iii) a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the
holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Company, (iv) the
consummation of a stock purchase agreement or other business combination with another Person
whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding capital stock of Company.

(p) “Securities Act” has the meaning given in Section 5(b) hereof.

(q) “Loan Agreement” has the meaning in the second introductory paragraph of this Note.

(r) “Successor Entity” has the meaning given in Section 10 hereof.

Capitalized term not otherwise defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement.

2. Interest. Unless converted into Common Stock of Company as set forth in Section 8
below, or unless prepaid or converted as set forth in Section 3 below, accrued interest on this
Note shall be payable on the Maturity Date.

3. Prepayment. During the Conversion Period, Company may, at any time and from time
to time, prepay all or any portion of the principal due under this Note, together with accrued
interest, without penalty. Company shall effect such prepayment by providing Holder twenty (20)
days written notice prior to the date of such prepayment (such notice, a “Prepayment Notice”)
indicating the amount of principal and accrued interest Company desires to prepay (the “Prepayment
Amount”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holder shall have 10 days following receipt of such
Prepayment Notice to notify Company in writing of its election to convert the Prepayment Amount
into shares of Common Stock, in which case such Prepayment Amount shall be converted into shares of
Common Stock in accordance with the conversion procedures set forth in Section 8(e) hereof
(provided that, with respect to conversions effected pursuant to this Section 3, any references to
the Conversion Amount in Section 8(e) shall refer to the Prepayment Amount). Should Holder elect
to convert the Prepayment Amount into shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock
into which such Prepayment Amount will be converted shall be determined by dividing the Prepayment
Amount by the then applicable Conversion Price.

4. Security Interest. As security for the payment and performance of the Obligations
under this Note and the other Notes, Company hereby grants to the holder of this Note and of the
other Notes a first lien security interest in all of Company’s right, title and interest in, to and
under all of its personal property, wherever located and whether now existing or owned or hereafter
acquired or arising, including all accounts, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit
accounts, documents, equipment (including all fixtures), general intangibles, intellectual property
(including all patents and patent applications, all copyrights and applications for copyright, all
state (including common law), federal and foreign trademarks, service marks and trade names, and
applications for registration of such trademarks, service marks and trade names, and all trade
secrets), instruments, inventory, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, money and all
products, proceeds and supporting obligations of any and all of the foregoing (collectively, the
“Collateral”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the security interest granted herein shall not
extend to any property, rights or licenses to the extent the granting of a security interest
therein would be contrary to applicable law.

5. Representations and Warranties of Holder. Holder represents and warrants to Company
as follows:

(a) Binding Obligation. Holder has full legal capacity, power and authority to execute
and deliver this Note and to perform his obligations hereunder. This Note is a valid and binding
obligation of Holder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.

(b) Securities Law Compliance. Holder has been advised that this Note has not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state
securities laws and, therefore, cannot be resold unless they are registered under the Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws or unless an exemption from such registration requirements
is available. Holder is aware that Company is under no obligation to effect any such registration
with respect to this Note, or the Common Stock issuable or issued pursuant to the conversion of
this Note, or to file for or comply with any exemption from registration. Holder has not been
formed solely for the purpose of making this investment and is purchasing this Note for its own
account for investment, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for resale in
connection with, the distribution thereof. Holder has such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters that Holder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such investment,
is able to incur a complete loss of such investment and is able to bear the economic risk of such
investment for an indefinite period of time.

(c) Accredited Investor. Holder is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of SEC
Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act, as presently in effect.

(d) Restricted Securities. Holder understands that this Note is a “restricted
security” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as it is being acquired from Company in a
transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations
such Note may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited
circumstances. In the absence of an effective registration statement covering the Note or an
available exemption from registration under the Securities Act, the Note must be held indefinitely.
Holder represents that it is familiar with SEC Rule 144, and understands the resale limitations
imposed thereby and by the Securities Act.

(e) Access to Information. Holder acknowledges that Company has given Holder access
to the corporate records and accounts of Company and to all information in its possession relating
to Company, has made its officers and representatives available for interview by Holder, and has
furnished Holder with all documents and other information required for Holder to make an informed
decision with respect to the purchase of this Note.

6. Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an
“Event of Default” under this Note:

(a) Failure to Pay. Company shall fail to pay (i) when due any principal or interest
payment on the due date hereunder or (ii) any other payment required under the terms of this Note
on the date due, and (in either case) such payment shall not have been made within twenty (20) days
of Company’s receipt of Holder’s written notice to Company of such failure to pay;

(b) Failure to Perform. Company fails to perform any obligation under this Note and
does not cure that failure within twenty (20) days of Company’s receipt of Holder’s written notice
to Company of such failure to perform; or

(c) Voluntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. Company shall (i) apply for or
consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a
substantial part of its property, (ii) be unable, or admit in writing its inability, to pay its
debts generally as they mature, (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its or any of
its creditors, (iv) be dissolved or liquidated, (v) become insolvent (as such term may be defined
or interpreted under any applicable statute), (vi) commence a voluntary case or other proceeding
seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or consent to any such
relief or to the appointment of or taking possession of its property by any official in an
involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or (vii) take any action for the purpose
of effecting any of the foregoing; or

(d) Involuntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. Proceedings for the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of Company or of all or a substantial part of the
property thereof, or an involuntary case or other proceedings seeking liquidation, reorganization
or other relief with respect to Company or the debts thereof under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect shall be commenced and an order for relief entered or
such proceeding shall not be dismissed or discharged within thirty (30) days of commencement.

7. Rights of Holder upon Default. Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of
Default (other than an Event of Default referred to in Sections 6(c) and 6(d)) and at any time
thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Majority Holders may, by written
notice to Company, declare all outstanding Obligations payable by Company under the Notes to be
immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived. Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default
described in Sections 6(c) and 6(d), immediately and without notice, all outstanding Obligations
payable by Company under the Notes shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived. In addition to the foregoing remedies, upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of
Default, Holder may exercise any other right power or remedy permitted to him by law, either by
suit in equity or by action at law, or both.

8. Conversion.

(a) Conversion. Holder shall have the right to convert, at any time during the
Conversion Period, all or any portion of the principal amount, together with any unpaid and accrued
interest, then outstanding under this Note into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common
Stock at a conversion price per share equal to the Conversion Price (as defined below). The number
of shares of Common Stock into which such principal and interest then outstanding under this Note
will be converted shall be determined by dividing the amount of principal, together with all unpaid
and accrued interest, then outstanding under this Note to be converted (the “Conversion Amount”) by
the Conversion Price.

(b) Conversion Price. Subject to Section 8(c), the “Conversion Price” shall be equal
to 80% of the Average Trading Price as reported by the principal trading exchange on which the
Company’s Common Stock is traded for the twenty (20) trading days preceding the date of the Note.

(c) Adjustments to Conversion Price. The Conversion Price shall be subject to
proportional adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, consolidations,
reclassifications and the like.

(d) Conversion Procedure. Before Holder shall be entitled to convert the Conversion
Amount then outstanding under this Note into shares of Common Stock, Holder shall surrender this
Note at the office of this Company, and shall give written notice (a form of which is attached to
this Note, the “Conversion Notice”) to Company at its principal corporate office, of the election
to convert the same and shall state therein the total Conversion Amount. Company shall not be
obligated to issue certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion
unless (i) Holder executes and delivers to Company the Conversion Notice for the converted shares
and (ii) this Note is delivered to Company. Company shall, as soon as practicable after such
delivery, issue and deliver certificates (bearing such legends as are required by applicable state
and federal securities laws in the opinion of counsel to Company and required by this Note and the
Loan Agreement), representing the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Common
Stock into which the Conversion Amount will be converted in accordance with the provisions herein,
and a new promissory note having like tenor as this Note for the principal amount and interest then
outstanding under this Note that are not being so converted. Any conversion pursuant to this
Section 8 shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date
of Company’s receipt of the Conversion Notice, so that the rights of Holder under this Note to the
extent of the Conversion Amount shall cease at such time and Holder shall be treated for all
purposes as having become the record holder of such shares of Common Stock at such time.

(e) Fractional Shares; Effect of Conversion. No fractional shares shall be issued
upon conversion of this Note. In lieu of Company issuing any fractional shares to Holder upon the
conversion of this Note, Company shall pay to Holder an amount equal to the product obtained by
multiplying the Conversion Price by the fraction of a share not issued pursuant to the previous
sentence. Upon conversion of this Note in full and the payment of the amounts specified in this
Section 9(f), Company shall be forever released from all its obligations and liabilities under this
Note.

(f) Reservation of Stock Issuable Upon Conversion. Company shall at all times reserve
and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose
of effecting the conversion of this Note such number of its shares of Common Stock as shall from
time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of this Note.

9. Reserved

10. Effect of Sale Transaction. Upon the occurrence of any Sale Transaction, the
Successor Entity (as defined below) shall succeed to, and be substituted for the Company (so that
from and after the date of such Sale Transaction, the provisions of this Note referring to the
“Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of
the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note with the same
effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the
Sale Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be
issued upon conversion of this Note at any time after the consummation of the Sale Transaction, in
lieu of the shares of the Common Stock purchasable upon the conversion of the Notes prior to such
Sale Transaction, such shares of common stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property)
of the Successor Entity. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to
successive Sale Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the
conversion of this Note. As used in this Section 10, “Successor Entity” means the Person, which
may be the Company, formed by, resulting from or surviving any Sale Transaction, or the parent
entity of such Person, as applicable.

11. Successors and Assigns. Subject to the restrictions on transfer described in
Sections 12 and 13 below, the rights and obligations of Company and Holder of this Note shall be
binding upon and benefit the successors, assigns, heirs, administrators and transferees of the
parties.

12. Waiver and Amendment. Any term of this Note may be amended or waived only with
the written consent of Company and the Majority Holders; provided, however, that any such amendment
or modification which by its terms would not apply equally to all holders of the Notes shall not be
applicable to any holder whose rights under the Notes would be adversely affected by such amendment
or modification in a different manner than other holders thereof without such adversely affected
holder’s written consent.

13. Transfer of this Note or Securities Issuable on Conversion Hereof. With respect
to any offer, sale or other disposition of this Note or securities into which such Note may be
converted, Holder will give written notice to Company prior thereto, describing briefly the manner
thereof, together with a written opinion of Holder’s counsel, or other evidence if reasonably
satisfactory to Company, to the effect that such offer, sale or other distribution may be effected
without registration or qualification (under any federal or state law then in effect). Upon
receiving such written notice and reasonably satisfactory opinion, if so requested, or other
evidence, Company, as promptly as practicable, shall notify Holder that Holder may sell or
otherwise dispose of this Note or such securities, all in accordance with the terms of the notice
delivered to Company. If a determination has been made pursuant to this Section 12 that the
opinion of counsel for Holder, or other evidence, is not reasonably satisfactory to Company,
Company shall so notify Holder promptly after such determination has been made. Each Note thus
transferred and each certificate representing the securities thus transferred shall bear a legend
as to the applicable restrictions on transferability in order to ensure compliance with the
Securities Act, unless in the opinion of counsel for Company such legend is not required in order
to ensure compliance with the Securities Act. Company may issue stop transfer instructions to its
transfer agent in connection with such restrictions. Subject to the foregoing, transfers of this
Note shall be registered upon registration books maintained for such purpose by or on behalf of
Company. Prior to presentation of this Note for registration of transfer, Company shall treat the
registered Holder hereof as the owner and Holder of this Note for the purpose of receiving all
payments of principal and interest hereon and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not
this Note shall be overdue and Company shall not be affected by notice to the contrary.

14. Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or
permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to
have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by
facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and
kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one business day after deposit with an overnight
courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses
and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be to the respective addresses or facsimile
numbers of the parties as set forth in the Loan Agreement, or at such other address or facsimile
number as such parties shall have furnished in writing.

15. Usury. In the event any interest is paid on this Note which is deemed to be in
excess of the then legal maximum rate, then that portion of the interest payment representing an
amount in excess of the then legal maximum rate shall be deemed a payment of principal and applied
against the principal of this Note.

16. Waivers. Company hereby waives notice of default, presentment or demand for
payment, protest or notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices or demands relative to
this instrument.

17. Governing Law and Forum. This Note and all actions arising out of or in
connection with this Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Colorado, United States of America, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of
the State of Colorado, or of any other state. All disputes or controversies relating to or arising
from this Note shall be adjudicated in the state and federal courts located in the state of
Colorado. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION
WITH RESPECT TO THIS NOTE AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS
WAIVER. The Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to this
Note.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company has caused this Note to be issued as of the date first written
above and Holder agrees to the terms and conditions of this Note.

VIASPACE INC.

By: /S/ CARL KUKKONEN

Name: Carl Kukkonen

Its: CEO

KEVIN SCHEWE

/S/ KEVIN SCHEWE

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

(To be executed by the Registered Holder in order to convert the Note)

The undersigned hereby elects to convert $25,000.00 of the principal and $ 0 of the
interest due on the Note issued by VIASPACE Inc. on June 24, 2013 into Shares of Common Stock of
VIASPACE Inc. (the “Borrower”) according to the conditions set forth in such Note, as of the date
written below.

Date of Conversion:       June 24, 2013      

Conversion Price:      $0.0112      

Shares To Be Delivered:      2,232,143      

Signature:      /S/ KEVIN L. SCHEWE—

Print Name:       Kevin L. Schewe—

Address:      400 Indiana St., Suite 220, Golden, CO 80401      

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