Document:

Exhibit 10.1

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

CGC INC.

as Borrower

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THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK

as Lender

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of June 30, 2009

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 1
	 	 	 	 
	INTERPRETATION
	 	 	1	 
	1.1 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	1.2 Gender and Number
	 	 	15	 
	1.3 Certificate of the Lender as to Rates, etc.
	 	 	15	 
	1.4 Interest Act
	 	 	15	 
	1.5 Invalidity, etc.
	 	 	16	 
	1.6 Headings, etc.
	 	 	16	 
	1.7 Governing Law
	 	 	16	 
	1.8 Attornment
	 	 	16	 
	1.9 References
	 	 	16	 
	1.10 Currency
	 	 	16	 
	1.11 This Agreement to Govern
	 	 	16	 
	1.12 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
	 	 	17	 
	1.13 Determination of Amount of Loans
	 	 	17	 
	1.14 Computation of Time Periods
	 	 	17	 
	1.15 Actions on Days Other Than Banking Days
	 	 	17	 
	1.16 Oral Instructions
	 	 	17	 
	1.17 Incorporation of Schedules
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 2
	 	 	 	 
	CREDIT FACILITY
	 	 	18	 
	2.1 Establishment of Credit Facility
	 	 	18	 
	2.2 Revolving Nature of Credit Facility
	 	 	18	 
	2.3 Repayment under Credit Facility
	 	 	18	 
	2.4 Voluntary Reduction in Commitment
	 	 	18	 
	2.5 Advances by Overdraft Availments
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 3
	 	 	 	 
	GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CREDIT FACILITY
	 	 	19	 
	3.1 Advances
	 	 	19	 
	3.2 Selection of Interest Periods and BA Periods
	 	 	19	 
	3.3 Rollover and Conversion
	 	 	20	 
	3.4 Mandatory Prepayments
	 	 	20	 
	3.5 Mandatory Repayment for Currency Excess
	 	 	23	 
	3.6 Payments Generally
	 	 	23	 
	3.7 Disturbance of Libor Market
	 	 	23	 
	3.8 Change in Circumstances
	 	 	24	 
	3.9 Illegality
	 	 	25	 
	3.10 Indemnities
	 	 	25	 
	3.11 Evidence of Indebtedness
	 	 	26	 

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 4
	 	 	 	 
	BANKERS’ ACCEPTANCES
	 	 	26	 
	4.1 Procedure for Drawing
	 	 	26	 
	4.2 Form of Bankers’ Acceptance
	 	 	26	 
	4.3 Degree of Care
	 	 	27	 
	4.4 Advance of Bankers’ Acceptances
	 	 	27	 
	4.5 Payment at Maturity
	 	 	27	 
	4.6 Circumstances Making Bankers’ Acceptances Unavailable
	 	 	27	 
	4.7 Waiver
	 	 	28	 
	4.8 Obligations Absolute
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 5
	 	 	 	 
	LETTERS OF CREDIT
	 	 	28	 
	5.1 Procedures Relating to Letters of Credit
	 	 	28	 
	5.2 Reimbursement
	 	 	28	 
	5.3 Lender Not Liable
	 	 	29	 
	5.4 Letter of Credit Fees
	 	 	29	 
	5.5 Acceleration
	 	 	30	 
	5.6 Conflict
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 6
	 	 	 	 
	INTEREST AND FEES
	 	 	30	 
	6.1 Interest Rates
	 	 	30	 
	6.2 Calculation and Payment of Interest
	 	 	30	 
	6.3 Commitment Fee
	 	 	31	 
	6.4 Upfront Fee
	 	 	31	 
	6.5 Payment of Costs and Expenses
	 	 	31	 
	6.6 Interest on Overdue Amounts
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 7
	 	 	 	 
	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	32	 
	7.1 Representations and Warranties
	 	 	32	 
	7.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties
	 	 	36	 

 

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	ARTICLE 8
	 	 	 	 
	COVENANTS
	 	 	36	 
	8.1 Affirmative Covenants
	 	 	36	 
	8.2 Negative Covenants
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 9
	 	 	 	 
	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	 	 	44	 
	9.1 Conditions Precedent to Availability of the Credit Facility
	 	 	44	 
	9.2 Conditions Precedent to Subsequent Advances
	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 10
	 	 	 	 
	EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
	 	 	46	 
	10.1 Events of Default
	 	 	46	 
	10.2 Remedies Upon Default
	 	 	49	 
	10.3 Distributions
	 	 	49	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 11
	 	 	 	 
	SECURITY
	 	 	49	 
	11.1 Form of Security
	 	 	49	 
	11.2 After Acquired Assets and Further Assurances
	 	 	50	 
	11.3 Release/Subordination of Security
	 	 	50	 
	11.4 Security Charging Real Assets
	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 12
	 	 	 	 
	GENERAL
	 	 	51	 
	12.1 Reliance and Non-Merger
	 	 	51	 
	12.2 Credit Information
	 	 	51	 
	12.3 No Set-Off by the Borrower
	 	 	51	 
	12.4 Set-Off by the Bank
	 	 	51	 
	12.5 Employment of Experts
	 	 	51	 
	12.6 Reliance by the Lender
	 	 	51	 
	12.7 Notices
	 	 	52	 
	12.8 Time
	 	 	52	 
	12.9 Further Assurances
	 	 	53	 
	12.10 Assignment
	 	 	53	 
	12.11 Currency Conversion and Indemnity
	 	 	53	 
	12.12 Counterparts
	 	 	54	 
	12.13 Entire Agreement
	 	 	54	 

 

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	Schedule 1.1.1.20 — Borrowing Notice

	 	 
	Schedule 1.1.31 — Compliance Certificate
	 	 
	Schedule 3.4.1(iii) — Disposition of Land
	 	 
	Schedule 7.1.9 — Subsidiaries
	 	 
	Schedule 7.1.10 — Litigation
	 	 
	Schedule 7.1.15 — Pension Plans
	 	 
	Schedule 7.1.16 — Insurance
	 	 
	Schedule 7.1.18 — Real Property
	 	 
	Schedule 7.1.19 — Relevant Jurisdictions
	 	 
	Schedule 7.1.20 — Intellectual Property
	 	 
	Schedule 7.1.21 — Bank Accounts
	 	 

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is dated as of June 30, 2009

AMONG:

CGC INC., as Borrower

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THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, as Lender

RECITALS:

	A.	 	The Borrower has requested that the Lender make available the Credit Facility for the
purposes set out herein.

	B.	 	The Lender has agreed to provide the Credit Facility to the Borrower on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that, in consideration of the covenants and agreements
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

1.1 Definitions

For the purposes of this Agreement:

1.1.1 “Acquisition” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any
purchase or other acquisition, regardless of how accomplished or effected (including any such
purchase or other acquisition effected by way of amalgamation, merger, arrangement, business
combination or other form of corporate reorganization or by way of purchase, lease or other
acquisition arrangements), of (a) any other Person (including any purchase or acquisition of
such number of the issued and outstanding securities of, or such portion of an equity
interest in, such other Person that such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower)
or of all or substantially all of the Assets of any other Person, or (b) any division,
business, operation or undertaking of any other Person or of all or substantially all of the
Assets of any division, business, operation or undertaking of any other Person.

1.1.2 “Advance” means any utilization of the Credit Facility by the Borrower (other than by
way of Rollover or Conversion of a Loan already outstanding), whether by way of advance of a
Prime Rate Loan, Base Rate Loan or Libor Loan or by way of issuance of Bankers’ Acceptance or
a Letter of Credit.

1.1.3 “Affiliate” means, in respect of any corporation, any Person which, directly or
indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the corporation; and
for the purpose of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the power to direct, or cause to
be directed, the management
and policies of a corporation whether through the ownership of Voting Shares or by contract
or otherwise.

 

 

 

1.1.4 “Agreement” means this agreement and all schedules attached to this agreement, in each
case as they may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time; the expressions
“hereof”, “herein”, “hereto”, “hereunder”, “hereby” and similar expressions refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular article, section, schedule or other portion
hereof, and the expression “article” and “section” followed by a number or by a number and
letter, and “schedule” followed by a letter, mean and refer to the specified article or
section of or schedule to this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically provided herein.

1.1.5 “Annual Business Plan” for a Fiscal Year means the annual business plan of the
Borrower, prepared on a consolidated basis, with detailed financial projections and budgets
prepared on a quarterly basis for that Fiscal Year in each case consisting of a balance
sheet, statement of income, statement of changes in financial position (including proposed
capital expenditures).

1.1.6 “Applicable Law” means, in respect of any Person, assets, transaction, event or
circumstance, all applicable laws, statutes, rules, by-laws, regulations and all applicable
permits, certificates, approvals, registrations, licenses, consents, authorizations,
directives, orders, judgments, decrees and policies or guidelines of (or issued by)
Governmental Bodies, having the force of law.

1.1.7 “Applicable Margin” means (i) with respect to any Advance by way of Prime Rate Loan or
Base Rate Loan, 150 basis points and (ii) with respect to any Advance by way of Libor Loan
or Banker’s Acceptance, 300 basis points.

1.1.8 “Arms Length” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Income Tax Act (Canada), as
in effect on the date hereof.

1.1.9 “Assets” means, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, all property, assets
and undertaking of the Borrower that are used to carry on the Business (including all shares
in the capital of the Subsidiaries) and all property, assets and undertaking of the
Subsidiaries, of every nature and kind, wherever situated, both present and future, real and
personal, tangible and intangible.

1.1.10 “Bankers’ Acceptance” means a depository bill (as defined in the Depository Bills and
Notes Act (S.C. 1998 c. 13)) in Canadian dollars signed by or on behalf of the Borrower and
accepted by the Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

1.1.11 “Bankers’ Acceptance Discount Rate” means, in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptance
purchased on any Borrowing Date pursuant to Article 4, the rate for the Lender quoted on the
Reuters screen CDOR page determined at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such Borrowing Date for
bankers’ acceptances with a term to maturity the same as such Bankers’ Acceptance. If such
rate is not available as of such time, then the discount rate in respect of such Bankers’
Acceptance shall be the rate applicable to bankers’ acceptances issued by the Lender with the
applicable term quoted by the Lender as at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto Time) on such date.

1.1.12 “Bankers’ Acceptance Fee” means, in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptance to be purchased
by the Lender, the product of (i) the Face Amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance; (ii) the
Applicable Margin; and (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days
comprising the term to maturity of such Bankers’ Acceptance and the denominator of which is
365.

 

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1.1.13 “Bankers’ Acceptance Proceeds” means, on any Borrowing Date, in respect of a Bankers’
Acceptance to be purchased by the Lender on such Borrowing Date, the difference between (i)
the result (rounded to the nearest whole cent, with one-half of one cent being rounded up)
obtained by dividing the aggregate Face Amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance by the sum of one
plus the product of (x) the Bankers’ Acceptance Discount Rate; and (y) a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of days comprising the term to maturity of such Bankers’
Acceptance and the denominator of which is 365; and (ii) the applicable aggregate Banker’s
Acceptance Fee.

1.1.14 “BA Period” means, with respect to a Bankers’ Acceptance, the term thereof as selected
by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Notice, in each case commencing on the Borrowing
Date of the Bankers’ Acceptance and expiring one, two, three or six months after such
Borrowing Date.

1.1.15 “Banking Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks are
generally open for business in Toronto, Canada.

1.1.16 “Base Rate” means, for any day, the annual rate of interest, expressed on the basis of
a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, equal to the greater of (i) the rate which the
Lender establishes at its principal office in Toronto as the reference rate of interest in
order to determine interest rates it will charge on such day for commercial loans in U.S.
dollars made to its customers in Canada and which it refers to as its “U.S. Base Rate”, and
(ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate on such day plus 0.5% per annum, such rate to be
adjusted automatically and without the necessity of any notice to the Borrower upon each
change to such rate.

1.1.17 “Base Rate Loan” means, at any time, any Loan which is outstanding at such time and in
respect of which interest is calculated based on the Base Rate and “Base Rate Loans” means,
at any time, all Base Rate Loans at such time.

1.1.18 “Borrower” means CGC Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of
New Brunswick and includes its successors and assigns.

1.1.19 “Borrowing Date” means any Banking Day on which an Advance is made, or is to be made
in accordance with a request of the Borrower.

1.1.20 “Borrowing Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Schedule 1.1.20.

1.1.21 “Branch of Account” means the Lender’s main branch located at The Toronto-Dominion
Centre, Toronto, Ontario, or such other branch of the Lender in the City of Toronto as the
Lender may designate in writing to the Borrower.

1.1.22 “Business” means, with respect to the Borrower, the business of marketing,
manufacturing and distributing building materials and businesses related thereto.

 

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1.1.23 “Canadian Dollar Value” means, in relation to any particular amount of money at any
time, the value thereof at such time in Canadian dollars, determined as follows:

	 	(a)	 	for that portion of such amount which is Canadian dollars, the face amount
thereof; and

	 	(b)	 	for that portion of such amount which is U.S. dollars, the Canadian dollar
equivalent thereof converted for such purposes at the Conversion Rate.

1.1.24 “Canadian dollars”, “Cdn. $”, “dollars” or “$” means the lawful currency of Canada.

1.1.25 “Canadian Taxes” means all Taxes imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by
any Governmental Body of or within Canada or any political subdivision thereof.

1.1.26 “Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, any expenditure made by any Person, on a
consolidated basis, for the purchase, acquisition, development, improvement, construction,
repair or replacement of capital assets, and any expenditure related to a Capital Lease or
any other expenditure required to be capitalized, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.

1.1.27 “Capital Lease” means a capital lease or lease which should be treated as a capital
lease under GAAP.

1.1.28 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

	 	(a)	 	the acquisition by any Person or a combination of Persons acting jointly or in
concert of a direct or indirect interest in more than 50% of the voting power of the
voting shares of the Borrower by way of purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise
(other than a creation of a holding company or other transaction that does not involve
a change in the aggregate beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of the Borrower
as a result of the transaction);

	 	(b)	 	the amalgamation, merger, or consolidation of the Borrower with or into another
Person or the amalgamation or merger of another Person into the Borrower with the
effect that, immediately after such a transaction, the shareholders of the Borrower (or
their respective Affiliates) immediately prior to such a transaction hold less than 50%
of the total voting power of all securities generally entitled to vote in the election
of directors, managers or trustees of the Person surviving such amalgamation, merger or
consolidation.

1.1.29 “Closing Date” means June 30, 2009.

1.1.30 “Commitment” means, at any time, $30,000,000 or the U.S. Dollar Equivalent thereof,
subject to all reductions effected from time to time pursuant to sections 2.4, 3.4 or 3.9.

1.1.31 “Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of the Borrower in substantially the form
attached as Schedule 1.1.31 signed on the Borrower’s behalf by its Vice President Finance,
chief financial officer, or any other officer acceptable to the Lender, (i) stating that the
financial statements delivered pursuant to sections 8.1.10 or 8.1.11, as applicable, present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash
flows of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP subject to normal year-end audit adjustments
and the absence of notes in the case of financial statements delivered to the Lender pursuant
to section 8.1.10; (ii) stating that the representations and warranties contained in the
Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date; (iii)
stating that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or describing the
details of any existing Default or Event of Default and the action which the Borrower
proposes to take or has taken with respect thereto) (iv) providing, in reasonable detail,
evidence of compliance, at the end of each Fiscal Quarter, with section 8.1.21; and (v)
listing any Liens on its Intellectual Property described in paragraph (v) of
the definition of Permitted Encumbrances and any Guarantee Obligations provided by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Person of which the Borrower is aware.

 

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1.1.32 “Conversion” means a conversion of a Prime Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan or Libor Loan
into one or more of the other thereof, or a conversion of any of the foregoing to a Bankers’
Acceptance or the conversion of a Bankers’ Acceptance to any of the foregoing.

1.1.33 “Conversion Date” means, in respect of any Loan, the Banking Day on which a Conversion
thereof is made.

1.1.34 “Conversion Rate” means, in relation to the quantification in one Currency of an
amount denominated in the other Currency, the Bank of Canada noon rate of exchange for such
Currencies on the day of calculation.

1.1.35 “Credit Documents” means this Agreement, the Security Documents and any guarantees in
respect hereof which may exist from time to time and “Credit Document” means any one of them.

1.1.36 “Credit Facility” means the revolving credit facility made available to the Borrower
by the Lender pursuant to section 2.1.1.

1.1.37 “Currency” means either Canadian dollars or U.S. dollars.

1.1.38 “Current Assets” means, as at the end of any Fiscal Quarter, all assets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis which in accordance with GAAP, would be
classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as current
assets.

1.1.39 “Current Liabilities” means, as at the end of any Fiscal Quarter, all liabilities of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis which, in accordance with GAAP,
would be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
current liabilities.

1.1.40 “Current Ratio” means at the end of any Fiscal Quarter the ratio of (i) Current Assets
to (ii) Current Liabilities, as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter. The Current Ratio is to
be calculated without regard for intercompany (i.e. between any of the Borrower and its
Affiliates) assets and liabilities. For greater certainty, all rebates are to be deducted
from accounts receivable for the purposes of testing and, notwithstanding the foregoing,
prepaid accounts payable to Affiliates are to be included in Current Assets to the extent
they may be classified as current prepaid expenses under GAAP.

1.1.41 “Debt” of any Person means (without duplication) (i) all indebtedness of such Person
for borrowed money (even though the rights and remedies of the holder of such indebtedness in
the event of default may be limited to the foreclosure or sale of specific property),
including borrowings of commodities, bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit or letters of
guarantee; (ii) all indebtedness of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property
or services, other than for goods and services purchased in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement with respect to assets acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies
of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such assets); (iv) all current liabilities of such Person represented
by a note, bond, debenture or other evidence of Debt; (v) all obligations under Capital
Leases in respect of which such Person is liable as lessee; (vi) the aggregate amount at
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capital of such Person which are redeemable or retractable at the
option of the holder thereof may be retracted or redeemed; (vii) all indebtedness of such Person
secured by a Purchase Money Security Interest; (viii) trade accounts payable not incurred in
the ordinary and usual course of business and made on extended payment terms, and (ix) all
Guarantee Obligations of such Person.

1.1.42 “Default” means any event which, but for the lapse of time, giving of notice or both,
would constitute an Event of Default.

1.1.43 “Depreciation Expense” means, for any period with respect to any Person, depreciation,
amortization, depletion and other like reductions to income of such Person for such period
not involving any outlay of cash, determined, without duplication, on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.

1.1.44 “Disposition” means any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, permanent user license
or other disposition of any nature or kind whatsoever of any Assets or of any right, title or
interest in or to any Assets, and the verb “Dispose” shall have a correlative meaning. In
the case of Section 8.2.2 “Disposition” shall, in addition to the preceding sentence, also
include any lease or license of any Assets or of any right, title or interest in or to any
Assets

1.1.45 “EBITDA” means, for any period with respect to the Borrower, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the Net Income of the Borrower for such period:

	 	(a)	 	increased by the sum of (without duplication):

	 	(i)	 	Interest Expense for such period;

	 
	 	(ii)	 	provisions and payments made for taxes based on income for such
period;

	 
	 	(iii)	 	other non-cash charges for such period which have been
deducted in determining Net Income, to the extent not included in Depreciation
Expenses;

	 
	 	(iv)	 	Depreciation Expense for such period;

	 
	 	(v)	 	extraordinary and unusual expenses incurred for such period;
and

	 
	 	(vi)	 	other non-recurring expenses incurred for such period that the
Lender and the Borrower may agree from time to time, acting reasonably

	 
	 	 	 	 

	 	in each case to the extent that such amounts were deducted in the calculation of Net
Income for such period, and

	 	(b)	 	decreased by the sum of:

	 	(i)	 	extraordinary and unusual non-recurring gains to the extent
that such amounts were added in the calculation of Net Income for such period,

	 
	 	(ii)	 	other non-recurring gains incurred for such period that the
Lender and the Borrower may agree from time to time, acting reasonably; and

	 
	 	(iii)	 	interest income for such period;

	 
	 	(iv)	 	any other non-cash gains for such period which have been added
in determining Net Income;

 

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1.1.46 “Environmental Laws” mean all Applicable Laws to the extent such relate to
environmental or public or occupational health and safety matters including, without
limitation, Environmental Permits and Environmental Orders.

1.1.47 “Environmental Orders” includes applicable orders, directives, decisions, or the like
rendered by any Governmental Body pursuant to or under any Environmental Laws.

1.1.48 “Environmental Permits” includes all permits, certificates, approvals, consents,
authorizations, registrations and licenses issued by, and registrations with, any
Governmental Body pursuant to or required for the Business to be in compliance with all
Environmental Laws and Environmental Orders.

1.1.49 “Event of Default” has the meaning attributed to such term in section 10.1.

1.1.50 “Excluded Taxes” means in relation to the Lender, those Canadian Taxes which are
imposed or levied on or measured by the overall net income or capital of such Person or any
of its applicable lending offices, and all franchise taxes, taxes on doing business or taxes
measured by capital or net worth imposed on the Lender or any of its applicable lending
offices, whether collected by withholding or otherwise, as a result of the Lender (i)
carrying on a trade or business in Canada or having a permanent establishment in Canada, (ii)
being organized under the laws of Canada or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) being or
being deemed to be resident or non-resident in Canada for income tax purposes, or (iv) not
dealing at Arm’s Length with the Borrower; but for greater certainty shall not include any
sales, goods or services taxes payable under the laws of Canada or any political subdivision
thereof with respect to any goods or services made available by the Lender to the Borrower
hereunder.

1.1.51 “Expiry Date” means the last day of an Interest Period or a BA Period or the expiry
date of a Letter of Credit (as applicable).

1.1.52 “Face Amount” means in respect of a Bankers’ Acceptance, the amount payable to the
holder thereof on its maturity.

1.1.53 “Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the annual rate of interest equal
to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of
the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or,
if such day is not a Banking Day, for the next preceding Banking Day) by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, or if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Banking Day, the
average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Lender from three
United States federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

1.1.54 “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Borrower, being January 1 to December 31.

1.1.55 “Fiscal Quarter” means a period of three consecutive months ending on March 31, June
30, September 30 and December 31, as the case may be, of each Fiscal Year.

 

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1.1.56 “GAAP” means those accounting principles which are recognized as being generally
accepted in the United States from time to time and for periods commencing after the Parent
adopts International Financial Reporting Standards, International Financial Reporting
Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied and
as in effect from time to time.

1.1.57 “Governmental Body” means any government, parliament, legislature, or any regulatory
authority, agency, commission or board of any government, parliament or legislature, or any
court or (without limitation to the foregoing) any other law, regulation or rule-making
entity (including, without limitation, any central bank, fiscal or monetary authority or
authority regulating banks), having or purporting to have jurisdiction in the relevant
circumstances, or any Person (including, without limitation, any arbitrator) acting or
purporting to act under the authority of any of the foregoing.

1.1.58 “Guarantee Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, all guarantees, indemnities
or contingent obligations made by such Person in respect of the Debt of any other Person,
including without limitation, letters of guarantee, letters of credit, legally binding
comfort letters or indemnities issued in connection therewith, endorsements of bills of
exchange (other than for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business) and
obligations to purchase assets regardless of the delivery or non-delivery thereof.

1.1.59 “Hedging Arrangements” means any agreement (including any transaction contemplated
thereby) now existing or hereafter entered into between the Borrower and the Lender which is
an interest rate swap, cap, floor or collar agreement, interest rate forward, future or
option contract, cross currency interest rate swap agreement or interest rate future or
option contract, a spot or forward foreign exchange contract or any other derivative
agreement relative to interest rates, foreign exchange, debt obligations, equities,
commodities or other indices.

1.1.60 “Intellectual Property” means the intellectual property in patents, patent
applications, trade-marks, trade-mark applications, trade names, service marks, copyrights,
copyright registrations, trade secrets, industrial designs, technology and other similar
intellectual property rights.

1.1.61 “Interest Coverage Ratio” means at the end of any Fiscal Quarter, the ratio of (i)
EBITDA less Capital Expenditures for the most recent four Fiscal Quarters then ended to (ii)
cash Interest Expense for the most recent four Fiscal Quarters then ended.

1.1.62 “Interest Expense” means, for any period and on a consolidated basis, without
duplication, the aggregate amount of interest and other financing charges expensed by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in such period with respect to Debt including interest,
discount and financing fees, commissions, discounts, the interest or time value of money
component of costs related to factoring or securitizing receivables or monetizing inventory
and other fees and charges payable with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance
financing, standby fees, the interest component of Capital Leases and net payments (if any)
pursuant to hedge arrangements involving interest, net of any interest income earned in such
period and net receipts (if any) pursuant to hedge arrangements involving interest and
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1.1.63 “Interest Period” means, with respect to each Libor Loan, the period selected by the
Borrower in accordance with the provisions hereof and being of a duration of one, two, three
or six
months, subject to availability, commencing on the Borrowing Date, Rollover Date or
Conversion Date (as the case may be) of such Loan.

1.1.64 “Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit or letter of guarantee issued in
accordance with the provisions hereof.

1.1.65 “Letter of Credit Fee” means, in respect of each Letter of Credit, a fee calculated on
the basis of a 365 day year for the period from the date of issue thereof to the expiry date
thereof, at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Bankers’ Acceptances.

1.1.66 “Libor” for each Interest Period of each Libor Loan means the percentage rate per
annum which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays or publishes the British
Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rate for U.S. dollar deposits (being currently
“LIBOR01”) for such Interest Period as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the Quotation
Date for such Interest Period and for a period similar to such Interest Period or, if such
page or such service shall cease to be displayed or published, such other page or such other
service for the purpose of displaying or publishing the British Bankers’ Association Interest
Settlement Rate for U.S. dollar deposits as the Lender shall select. If no quotation for
U.S. dollar deposits for any Interest Period is displayed or published to permit the Lender
to determine Libor in accordance with the foregoing, Libor will be determined by the Lender
with reference to the rate of interest quoted by the Lender as the rate at which the Lender
was offering U.S. dollar deposits in a representative amount to prime banks in the London
interbank market for such Interest Period as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the
Quotation Date for such Interest Period. For the purposes of this definition, “Quotation
Date” means, in relation to any Interest Period, the day on which quotations would ordinarily
be given by prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in U.S. dollars for
delivery on the first day of that Interest Period. As of the Closing Date, the Quotation
Date for an Interest Period relating to a Libor Loan is two (2) London Banking Days prior to
the first day of that Interest Period.

1.1.67 “Libor Loan” means, at any time, any Loan which is outstanding at such time in U.S.
dollars and in respect of which interest is calculated at a rate calculated by reference to
Libor, and “Libor Loans” means, at any time, all Libor Loans at such time.

1.1.68 “Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, assignment, charge, security interest, lease
intended as security, title retention agreement, registered lease of real property, hypothec,
levy, execution, seizure, attachment, garnishment or other similar encumbrance.

1.1.69 “Loan” means, at any time, the principal amount of all Prime Rate Loans, Base Rate
Loans, Libor Loans, Bankers’ Acceptance or Letters of Credit then outstanding under the
Credit Facility, denominated in the same Currency, and,

	 	(a)	 	in the case of a Loan made through the issuance of Bankers’ Acceptance,
relating to all Bankers’ Acceptance issued in respect of a single Borrowing Notice;

	 	(b)	 	in the case of a Libor Loan, pursuant to an Advance, Rollover or Conversion
made on the same date and having the same Expiry Date; and

	 
	 	(c)	 	in the case of a Letter of Credit, relating to a single Letter of Credit;

and “Loans” means, at any time, each and every Loan then outstanding under the Credit
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1.1.70 “London Banking Days” means a day which is not a Saturday or Sunday on which dealings
by and between banks in U.S. dollar deposits may be transacted in the London interbank
market.

1.1.71 “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the Business, Assets
or, financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (ii) the
ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that becomes a guarantor pursuant to Section 8.1.19
to perform its obligations under any Credit Document, or (iii) the validity or enforceability
of any Credit Document.

1.1.72 “Material Authorization” means any approval, permit, licence or similar authorization
(including any trademark, trade name or patent) from, and any filing or registration with,
any Governmental Body required by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to own the Assets or to
carry on its Business where the failure to have such approval, permit, licence,
authorization, filing or registration would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

1.1.73 “Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that either (A) has provided any Security
or (B) (i) directly accounts for 10% or more of consolidated revenue or 10% or more of the
consolidated Asset value of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and (ii) where the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries have a direct or indirect economic interest or voting rights of greater
than 50%.

1.1.74 “Maturity Date” means June 1, 2012 or such earlier date as the entire balance of the
Loans becomes due hereunder pursuant to sections 2.4, 3.4 or 3.9 or following an Event of
Default.

1.1.75 “Net Income” means, for any period, the net income of the Borrower, on a consolidated
basis, for such period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.

1.1.76 “Obligations” means all indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations of the
Borrower to the Lender hereunder and of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under the Credit
Documents (including any amendments or supplements thereto) or under any other document
(including any amendments or supplements thereto) delivered pursuant to, or otherwise in
respect of this Agreement, whether actual or contingent, direct or indirect, matured or not,
now existing or arising hereafter.

1.1.77 “Officers’ Certificate” means, in respect of any Person, a certificate signed by any
senior officer of the Person.

1.1.78 “Parent” means USG Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and
permitted assigns.

1.1.79 “Permitted Debt” means:

	 	(a)	 	Debt under this Agreement;

	 
	 	(b)	 	additional Debt in an amount not in excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate
outstanding at any time;

	 
	 	(c)	 	other Debt not included in any other paragraph of this definition, consented to
in writing by the Lender from time to time; and

	 
	 	(d)	 	Guarantee Obligations in respect of any of the Parent and its Subsidiaries.

 

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1.1.80 “Permitted Encumbrances” means:

	 	(a)	 	Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges incurred in the ordinary
course of business that are not yet past due or delinquent by more than 30 days or the
validity of which is being actively and diligently contested in good faith by the
Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, in respect of which the Borrower or
Subsidiary has established on its books reserves considered by it and its auditors to
be adequate therefor, all enforcement proceedings have been stayed;

	 	(b)	 	rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Body by the terms of any
lease, licence, franchise, grant or permit, or by any statutory provision, to terminate
the same, to take action which results in an expropriation, to designate a purchaser of
any Assets or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance
thereof;

	 	(c)	 	construction, mechanics’, carriers’, warehousemen’s and materialmen’s Liens and
Liens in respect of vacation pay, workers’ compensation, employment insurance, Canada
Pension Plan, Quebec Pension Plan or similar statutory obligations, provided the
obligations secured by such Liens are not yet due or delinquent by more than 30 days
and, in the case of construction Liens, which would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect;

	 	(d)	 	Liens arising from court or arbitral proceedings, provided that they are either
(A) Liens securing an amount (alone or in aggregate with other such Liens) less than
$5,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant covering of payment) or (B) (i) claims
secured thereby are being contested in good faith by the Borrower or a Subsidiary; (ii)
execution thereon has been stayed and continues to be stayed; and (iii) such Liens
would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

	 	(e)	 	good faith deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the
performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed
money), leases, surety, customs, performance bonds and other similar obligations;

	 	(f)	 	deposits to secure public or statutory obligations or in connection with any
matter giving rise to a Lien described in (c) above;

	 	(g)	 	deposits of cash or securities in connection with any appeal, review or
contestation of any Lien or any matter giving rise to a Lien described in (a) or (d)
above;

	 	(h)	 	easements, servitudes, party wall agreements, rights of way, licenses,
restrictions that run with land and other similar rights and agreements (including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, easements, rights of way and
agreements for sewers, drains, gas and water mains or electric light and power or
telephone, telecommunications or cable conduits, poles, wires and cables) which do not
and will not, in the aggregate, result in, or reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect;

	 	(i)	 	security given by the Borrower or a Subsidiary to a public utility or any
Governmental Body, when required by such utility or Governmental Body in connection
with the operations of the Borrower or Subsidiary, as the case may be, in the ordinary
course of its business, which singly or in the aggregate do not result in, or are
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	 	(j)	 	reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in any original
grants from the Crown of any land or interest therein and statutory exceptions to
title;

	 	(k)	 	defects, if any, in survey and surveying matters generally and defects which
are or would be disclosed by proper and up-to-date surveys of any real property;

	 	(l)	 	any Lien, other than a construction Lien, payment of which has been provided
for by deposit with the Lender of an amount in cash, or the obtaining of a surety bond
or letter of credit satisfactory to the Lender, sufficient in either case to pay or
discharge such Lien or upon other terms satisfactory to the Lender;

	 	(m)	 	applicable municipal by-laws, development agreements, subdivision agreements,
site plan agreements and building restrictions which do not in the aggregate result in,
or are reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect and provided that the
same have been complied with in all material respects;

	 	(n)	 	banker’s liens, rights of combination of accounts or similar rights in the
ordinary course of conducting day-to-day banking business in relation to deposit
accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution
(collectively, “Banker’s Liens”); provided that such Banker’s Liens (A) do not relate
to any deposit account that is a dedicated cash collateral account which is, or is
conditionally, subject to restrictions against access by the depositor or account
holder, (B) do not relate to any deposit account intended by the depositor or account
holder to provide collateral to the depository institution, and (C) are not intended
directly or indirectly to secure the payment or performance of specified Debt;

	 	(o)	 	the reversionary interests of landlords under operating leases of real property
(that are not Capital Leases) with the Borrower or a Subsidiary as tenant;

	 	(p)	 	the tenancy rights of tenants under operating leases of real property (that are
not Capital Leases) with the Borrower or a Subsidiary as landlord;

	 	(q)	 	the interests (including Liens in the property leased and any insurance related
thereto) of lessors under operating leases of property (that are not Capital Leases);

	 	(r)	 	Liens arising from the granting of a license to any Person in the ordinary
course of business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, provided that such Liens attach
only to the assets subject to such license and the granting of such license is
permitted hereunder;

	 	(s)	 	Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business for the
purposes of collection under applicable law in effect in the relevant jurisdiction
covering only the items being collected upon;

	 	(t)	 	Liens created by sales contracts documenting unconsummated Asset Dispositions
provided that such Liens attach only to those Assets that are the subject of the
applicable sales contract;

	 	(u)	 	Liens arising by operation of law or contract on insurance policies and the
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	 	(v)	 	Liens (other than those described in paragraph (a) above) on Intellectual
Property of the Borrower, securing amounts not exceeding $35,000,000 (or equivalent in
foreign currency) in the aggregate at any time;

	 	(w)	 	Liens on cash or marketable securities pledged to counterparties (other than
the Lender) under derivative contracts to secure out of the money mark-to-market
exposure under such derivative agreements so long the aggregate total value of all cash
or marketable securities pledged does not exceed $35,000,0000 (or equivalent in foreign
currency) in the aggregate at any time;

	 	(x)	 	Liens on capital assets not referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (v)
inclusive above or paragraphs (y) and (z) below securing amounts not exceeding
$35,000,000 (or equivalent in foreign currency) in the aggregate at any time (for the
avoidance of doubt, (i) such $35,000,000 basket will be reduced by the aggregate amount
of all cash and marketable securities pledged as referred to in paragraph (w) above at
that time and (ii) the liabilities under the derivative agreements secured by such cash
and marketable securities shall not be taken into account in computing the maximum
amount of the liabilities permitted to be secured by such $35,000,000 basket);

	 	(y)	 	the Security and any other Liens granted to or for the benefit of the Lender;
and

	 	(z)	 	such other Liens as the Lender may consent to in writing from time to time.

1.1.81 “Person” means any individual, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, syndicate, sole proprietorship, company or corporation with or
without share capital, unincorporated association, trust, trustee, executor, administrator or
other legal personal representative or Governmental Body.

1.1.82 “Prime Rate” means, at any time, the annual rate of interest expressed on the basis of
a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, equal to the greater of (i) the rate which the
Lender establishes at its principal office in Toronto as the reference rate of interest to
determine interest rates it will charge on such day for commercial loans in Canadian dollars
made to its customers in Canada and which it refers to as its “prime rate of interest”, and
(ii) the rate for Canadian dollar bankers’ acceptances of the Lender having a term to
maturity of one month that appears on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page (or such other page as is
a replacement therefor) at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such day plus 1.0% per annum, such
rate to be adjusted automatically and without the necessity of any notice too the Borrower
upon each change to such rate.

1.1.83 “Prime Rate Loan” means, at any time, any Loan which is outstanding at such time and
in respect of which interest is calculated based on the Prime Rate and “Prime Rate Loans”
means, at any time, all Prime Rate Loans at such time.

1.1.84 “Purchase Money Security Interest” means any Lien given to provide or secure, or to
provide the obligor with funds to pay, the whole or any part of the consideration for the
acquisition of property where (i) the principal amount of the obligation secured by such Lien
is not in excess of the cost to the obligor of such property, together with all costs of
delivery, set-up, service, maintenance and insurance related thereto and Taxes, and (ii) such
Lien extends only by the property being acquired by the obligor and all proceeds thereof and
all insurance related thereto, and includes the renewal, replacement or refinancing of any
such Lien upon the same property provided that the indebtedness secured and the security
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1.1.85 “Relevant Jurisdiction” means, from time to time, with respect to a Person that is
granting Security hereunder, any province or territory of Canada, any state of the United
States or any other country or political subdivision thereof, which constitutes such Person’s
jurisdiction of formation or in which such Person maintains its chief executive office or
chief place of business or in which it has Assets (other than motor vehicles) with an
aggregate market value in excess of $2,000,000 and, for greater certainty, at the Closing
Date includes the provinces and states set forth in Schedule 7.1.19.

1.1.86 “Rollover” means, in respect of a Libor Loan or Bankers’ Acceptance, the continuation
of all or any portion thereof for a succeeding Interest Period or BA Period, as the case may
be, in accordance with the provisions hereof.

1.1.87 “Rollover Date” means, in respect of a Libor Loan or Bankers’ Acceptance, a Banking
Day on which a Rollover thereof occurs.

1.1.88 “Security” means all security (including guarantees) held from time to time by or on
behalf of the Lender, securing or intended to secure directly or indirectly repayment of the
Obligations and includes, without limitation, all security described in Article 11 and
Section 8.1.19 (Additional Security).

1.1.89 “Security Documents” means the documents referred to in Article 11 and Section 8.1.19
(Additional Security).

1.1.90 “Senior Credit Agreement” means the credit agreement dated as of January 7, 2009 among
the Parent, as borrower, the lenders party thereto, as lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as syndication agent and J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc., as sole bookrunner and lead arranger.

1.1.91 “Subsidiary” with respect to any Person means, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the Voting
Shares, or other similar voting units or interests, of which are owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person
and one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires,
reference to a Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

1.1.92 “Tangible Net Worth” means, as at the end of any Fiscal Quarter, (i) all items which
in conformity with GAAP would be included under shareholders’ equity on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower, plus (ii) all loans and advances owing by the Borrower and/or
its Subsidiaries to any other Affiliates of the Borrower payment of which is postponed to the
prior payment of the Obligations and the Hedging Arrangements on terms agreed with the
Lender, less (iii) the sum (without duplication) of (A) (iii) all loans and advances made by
the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries to other Affiliates of the Borrower, which for greater
certainty shall include accounts payable prepaid by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to
Parent or Affiliates and any Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries with
respect to liabilities of the Parent or Affiliates, plus (B) goodwill and other intangible
assets, plus (C) investments (other than loans and advances) as they would be shown on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower, in the Parent or entities in which the Borrower
or its Affiliates directly or indirectly owns more than 10% of the Voting Shares and plus (D)
investments, other than those referred to in (C), as they would be shown on the consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower, in securities that are not (a) publicly traded on the Toronto
Stock Exchange or on some other recognized exchange in Canada or the United States or (b)
treasury bills, certificates of deposit or other deposits held at any bank, trust
company or other financial institution organized under the laws of any Group of Eight nation,
bonds with a current rating of at least investment grade by any of Standard & Poor’s Rating
Service, Moody’s Investors Service, Fitch Ratings and DBRS Ltd (an “Investment Grade Rating”)
commercial paper with a current rating of at least Investment Grade Rating, or public related
debt securities issued by or whose principal is 100% unconditionally guaranteed by Canada or
any province of Canada, or by Canadian chartered banks listed on Schedule I, II or III of the
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1.1.93 “Taxes” means all taxes of any kind or nature whatsoever including, without
limitation, income taxes, sales or value-added taxes, levies, stamp taxes, royalties, duties,
and all fees, deductions, compulsory loans and withholdings imposed, levied, collected,
withheld or assessed as of the date hereof or at any time in the future, by any Governmental
Body of or within Canada, together with penalties, fines, additions to tax and interest
thereon.

1.1.94 “U.S. dollars” and “U.S.$” means lawful money of the United States of America.

1.1.95 “U.S. Dollar Equivalent” means, in relation to any particular amount of money in
Canadian dollars at any particular time, the value thereof at such time in U.S. dollars
determined at the Conversion Rate.

1.1.96 “Voting Shares” means capital stock of any class of a corporation which carries voting
rights for election of directors under any circumstances, provided that shares which carry
the right to vote for election of directors conditionally upon the happening of an event
shall not be considered Voting Shares until the occurrence of such event and then only during
the continuance of such event.

1.2 Gender and Number

Words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa and words importing gender
include all genders.

1.3 Certificate of the Lender as to Rates, etc.

A certificate of the Lender certifying the amount of the Applicable Margin, the Banker’s
Acceptance Discount Rate, the Base Rate, the Prime Rate, the Banker’s Acceptance Fee, the Letter of
Credit Fee, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Libor at any particular time in respect of any Loan
made or maintained or to be made or maintained hereunder or the Conversion Rate in respect of any
calculation hereunder shall be prima facie evidence thereof for all purposes, absent manifest
error. Unless expressly provided otherwise, no provision hereof shall be construed so as to
require the Lender to issue a certificate at any particular time.

1.4 Interest Act

For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), where in any Credit Document (i) a rate of interest
is to be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days, the yearly rate of interest to which the
360 day rate is equivalent is such rate multiplied by the number of days in the year for which such
calculation is made and divided by 360, or (ii) an annual rate of interest is to be calculated
during a leap year, the yearly rate of interest to which such rate is equivalent is such rate
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1.5 Invalidity, etc.

Each of the provisions contained in any Credit Document is distinct and severable and a
declaration of invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any such provision or part thereof by
a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision of such Credit Document or of any other Credit Document. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, if any amounts on account of interest or fees or otherwise payable by the
Borrower to the Lender hereunder exceed the maximum amount recoverable under Applicable Law, the
amounts so payable hereunder shall be reduced to the maximum amount recoverable under Applicable
Law.

1.6 Headings, etc.

The division of a Credit Document into articles, sections and clauses, the inclusion of a
table of contents and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not
affect the construction or interpretation of such Credit Document.

1.7 Governing Law

Except as otherwise specifically provided, the Credit Documents shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable
therein.

1.8 Attornment

The parties hereto irrevocably submit and attorn to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts of the Province of Ontario for all matters arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

1.9 References

Except as otherwise specifically provided, reference in any Credit Document to any contract,
agreement or any other instrument (including, without limitation, any other Credit Document) shall
be deemed to include references to the same as varied, amended, restated, supplemented or replaced
from time to time and reference in any Credit Document to any enactment, including without
limitation, any statute, law, by-law, regulation, ordinance or order, shall be deemed to include
references to such enactment as re-enacted, amended or extended from time to time.

1.10 Currency

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all monetary amounts in this Agreement are
stated in Canadian dollars.

1.11 This Agreement to Govern

If the terms of any other Credit Document or any other agreement delivered pursuant hereto are
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the provisions hereof shall prevail to the extent of
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1.12 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all accounting terms shall be applied and
construed in accordance with GAAP.

1.13 Determination of Amount of Loans

For the purpose of determining the amount of Loans or any Loan at any time, there, shall be
deemed to be outstanding and advanced in addition to amounts outstanding and directly advanced,
without duplication and without affecting other provisions hereof regarding the basis for the
calculation of interest or fees, (i) the face amount of all Bankers’ Acceptances then outstanding,
and (ii) the maximum amount of all contingent liabilities of the Lender pursuant to Letters of
Credit then outstanding. Where any amount denominated in U.S. dollars is or is deemed to be
outstanding, the applicable rate of exchange for purposes of calculating the total Canadian dollar
amount of the Loans or any Loan at any time shall be the then most recently available Conversion
Rate.

1.14 Computation of Time Periods

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, in the computation of a period of time from
a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the
words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”.

1.15 Actions on Days Other Than Banking Days

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, where any payment is required to be made or
any other action is required to be taken on a particular day and such day is not a Banking Day and,
as a result, such payment cannot be made or action cannot be taken on such day, then this Agreement
shall be deemed to provide that such payment shall be made or such action shall be taken on the
first Banking Day after such day; provided that, with respect to payments of principal, if such
deferral would cause such payment to be made or such action to be taken in the following calendar
month, such payment shall be made or such action shall be taken on the next preceding Banking Day
and interest and fees shall be calculated accordingly. If the payment of any amount is deferred for
any period under this section, then such period shall, unless otherwise provided herein, be
included for purposes of the computation of any interest or fees payable hereunder.

1.16 Oral Instructions

Notwithstanding any other provision herein regarding the delivery of notices, including
Borrowing Notices, by the Borrower, the Lender shall in its sole discretion be entitled to act upon
the oral instructions of the Borrower, or any Person reasonably believed by it to be a Person
authorized by the Borrower to give instructions, regarding any request for an Advance, Rollover,
Conversion, completion and issuance of Bankers’ Acceptances or issuance of Letters of Credit. All
such oral instructions shall be at the risk of the Borrower and must be confirmed in writing by the
Borrower on the same Banking Day as the oral instruction is given. The Lender shall not be
responsible for any error or omission in such instructions or in the performance thereof except in
the case of its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, fraud or illegal act.

1.17 Incorporation of Schedules

The schedules annexed to this Agreement shall, for all purposes hereof, form part of this
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ARTICLE 2

CREDIT FACILITY

2.1 Establishment of Credit Facility

2.1.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Lender hereby establishes a
revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) in favour of the Borrower in the amount of
the Commitment.

2.1.2 The Credit Facility shall be available, at the option of the Borrower, by way of
Advances of: (i) Prime Rate Loans in Canadian dollars; (ii) Base Rate Loans in U.S. dollars;
(iii) Bankers’ Acceptance in Canadian dollars; (iv) Libor Loans in U.S. dollars; and (v)
Letters of Credit in Canadian dollars or U.S. dollars.

2.1.3 Letters of Credit outstanding under the Credit Facility at any one time may not exceed
an aggregate face value of $3,000,000 or the U.S. Dollar Equivalent.

2.1.4 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Lender shall not be
obligated to make any Advance to the extent that on any relevant Borrowing Date, after giving
effect to any Advance requested, the Canadian Dollar Value of all Loans under the Credit
Facility would exceed the Commitment at such time or a mandatory prepayment has been made or
is required to be made under item (i) or (ii) of section 3.4.1 of this Agreement.

2.1.5 The Credit Facility is to be used for the general corporate purposes of the Borrower,
including, without limitation, acquisitions, but excluding hostile acquisitions, unless the
Lender consents (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).

2.2 Revolving Nature of Credit Facility

The Borrower may, until the Maturity Date, increase or decrease the Loans under the Credit
Facility by requesting and receiving Advances, making repayments and requesting and receiving
further Advances up to the Commitment from time to time. The Commitment shall be reduced to nil on
the Maturity Date, and the Borrower shall repay to the Lender on the Maturity Date all Obligations
then outstanding under the Credit Facility.

2.3 Repayment under Credit Facility

The Borrower may from time to time (without premium or penalty) on any Banking Day repay to
the Lender Loans or portions thereof under the Credit Facility. Loans under the Credit Facility
made by way of Bankers’ Acceptance may not be prepaid prior to the Expiry Date of such Bankers’
Acceptance.

2.4 Voluntary Reduction in Commitment

The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, by giving at least 3
Banking Days’ notice to the Lender which notice, once given, shall be irrevocable and binding upon
the Borrower, to reduce the then applicable Commitment to a lower amount which is not less than the
aggregate amount of all Loans then outstanding under the Credit Facility. Such notice shall specify
the amount of the reduction, which shall be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000. The amount of
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2.5 Advances by Overdraft Availments

At any time that the Borrower would be entitled to obtain an Advance, the Borrower shall be
permitted to incur overdrafts in its Can.$ or U.S.$ concentration accounts (or equivalent)
maintained pursuant to a mirror accounting agreement (or equivalent) at the Lender’s branch through
which it carries on its day to day banking business by issuing cheques, giving wire transfer
instructions or processing pre-authorized debit transactions denominated in Canadian dollars or
U.S. dollars under the Credit Facility which shall be drawn on any accounts subject to such mirror
accounting agreement (or equivalent). The debit balance from time to time in either such
concentration account shall be deemed to be a Prime Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan, as applicable,
outstanding to Borrower from the Lender. Overdraft availments may only be drawn by way of Prime
Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans. No notice is required in relation to any overdraft availment and
there shall be no minimum amount of drawdown by way of overdraft availment.

ARTICLE 3

GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CREDIT FACILITY

3.1 Advances

3.1.1 Except for overdraft availments provided in accordance with section 2.5 of this
Agreement, each request by the Borrower for an Advance under the Credit Facility shall be
made by the delivery of a duly completed and executed Borrowing Notice to the Lender at its
Branch of Account:

3.1.1.1 in the case of Advances (other than Bankers’ Acceptance, Libor Loans and
Letters of Credit) on any proposed Borrowing Date, not later than 4:00 p.m. (Toronto
time) one Banking Day prior to the proposed Borrowing Date;

3.1.1.2 in the case of Advances by way of Letters of Credit, not later than 4:00
p.m., (Toronto time) two Banking Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date;

3.1.1.3 in the case of Advances of Libor Loans, not later than 4:00 p.m. (Toronto
time) three London Banking Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date; and

3.1.1.4 in the case of Advances of Bankers’ Acceptance, not later than 4:00 p.m.
(Toronto Time) on the Banking Day prior to the proposed Borrowing Date.

3.1.2 Any Borrowing Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower.

3.2 Selection of Interest Periods and BA Periods

Notwithstanding any other provision hereof:

3.2.1 the Borrower may not select any Interest Period or BA Period in respect of a Loan with
a Expiry Date which is later than the Maturity Date; and

3.2.2 the number of Interest Periods and BA Periods in effect at any time shall not exceed 10
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3.3 Rollover and Conversion

3.3.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and provided that no declaration
has been made by the Lender under section 10.2, the Borrower may from time to time request
that a Loan or any portion thereof be rolled over or converted to another form of Loan in
accordance with the provisions hereof.

3.3.2 The Borrower shall repay to the Lender the full amount of each Bankers’ Acceptance and
Libor Loan on the Expiry Date of the BA Period or Interest Period applicable thereto, in
accordance with the provisions hereof governing repayment and prepayment, unless such Loan
shall be rolled over or converted to another form of Loan on such Expiry Date in accordance
with the provisions hereof.

3.3.3 Each request by the Borrower for a Rollover or Conversion shall be made by the delivery
of a duly completed and executed Borrowing Notice to the Lender at the Branch of Account, and
the provisions of section 3.1 shall apply to the Rollover or Conversion as if such Rollover
or Conversion were an Advance.

3.3.4 Each Rollover or Conversion of a Libor Loan or Bankers’ Acceptance shall be made
effective as of the Expiry Date of the Interest Period or BA Period applicable thereto.

3.3.5 If the Borrower does not deliver a Borrowing Notice at or before the time required by
section 3.3.3; and

3.3.5.1 in the case of a Bankers’ Acceptance, does not pay to the Lender the Face
Amount thereof on the Expiry Date of the relevant BA Period; or

3.3.5.2 in the case of a Libor Loan, does not pay to the Lender the principal amount
thereof on the Expiry Date of the relevant Interest Period,

such Loan shall be converted to a Prime Rate Loan (if the maturing Loan is denominated in
Canadian dollars) or a Base Rate Loan (if the maturing Loan is denominated in U.S. dollars),
and all of the provisions hereof applicable to Prime Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans, as the
case may be, shall apply thereto.

3.3.6 A Rollover or Conversion shall not constitute a repayment of the relevant Loan but
shall result in a change in the basis of calculation of interest or fees (as the case may be)
for such Loan and, where applicable, the Currency of the Loan, in accordance with the
provisions hereof.

3.4 Mandatory Prepayments

3.4.1 Subject to section 3.4.2, in addition to any other principal repayments required
hereunder, the Borrower shall make the following mandatory prepayments:

	 	(i)	 	if the Borrower or any Subsidiary has provided a Guarantee
Obligation to any Person or Persons (other than a Guarantee Obligation to the
Lender) which is not limited in amount, or if limited in amount at any time
such limit when added to both the total outstanding Debt included in section
1.1.79(b) and the total outstanding Debt otherwise included in section
1.1.79(d) herein exceeds $50,000,000, then the Borrower shall forthwith repay
in full all Obligations,
interest, fees and any other amounts owing to the Lender hereunder at the
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	 	(ii)	 	if the Borrower has provided any Lien on its Intellectual
Property in favour of any Person or Persons (other than the Lender) securing an
outstanding principal amount exceeding $35,000,000 in the aggregate at any
time, then the Borrower shall, within 30 days of the incurrence of such Lien,
repay in full all Obligations due, interest, fees and any other amounts owing
to the Lender at such time; provided that the Borrower shall not be obliged to
prepay the Obligations pursuant to this clause (ii) if the amount so secured is
reduced below $35,000,000 within 30 days of request by the Lender;

	 
	 	(iii)	 	Within 10 Business Days after any Disposition by the Borrower
of Assets where the value of such Assets Disposed of exceeds $10,000,000 or the
value of all Assets Disposed of in any Fiscal Year by the Borrower exceeds
$10,000,000, an amount equal to the amount by which the Net Proceeds of such
Disposition together with the Net Proceeds of all prior Dispositions made in
such Fiscal Year, exceeds $10,000,000 shall to the extent there are Obligations
outstanding as that time be paid by the Borrower to the Lender and shall be
applied in repayment of outstanding Advances under the Credit Facility;
provided that the Borrower shall not be required to make such payment to the
Lender in accordance with this section 3.4.1(iii) in the case of:

	 	(A)	 	Dispositions of inventory in the
normal course of its Business;

	 	(B)	 	a Disposition of capital assets for
fair market value in accordance with customary trade terms where
it intends to (and does) purchase replacement Assets with an
amount at least equal to the Net Proceeds within 180 days of the
Disposition of the Assets, inclusive of all bona fide reasonable
direct transaction fees, cost, sales taxes and commissions
incurred by the Borrower. Any such replacement Assets so
purchased must be subject to the Security and otherwise be in
compliance with all of the terms contained herein. If it is not
the intention of the Borrower to purchase replacement Assets
within such 180 day time period or such replacement property is
not purchased, the amount of such Net Proceeds not intended to be
so used shall be paid to the Lender to the extent otherwise as
provided herein;

	 	(C)	 	so long as an Event of Default has
not occurred and is not continuing at the time of such
Dispositions, (A) the Disposition of the Capital Stock of CNG
Distribution Limited, (B) the Disposition of the Borrower’s
surplus lands located in Oakville and Montreal and described in
Schedule 3.4.1(iii) and (C) the Borrower’s lands and facilities
located in Surrey; and

	 	(D)	 	so long as an Event of Default has
not occurred and is not continuing at the time of such
Dispositions, Dispositions of any Assets, that are tangible
personal property that are obsolete, redundant or no longer used
or useful in the Business Disposed of in the ordinary course of
business, for fair market value (other
than obsolete Assets), subject to the value of such property
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Dispositions made in accordance with items (A), (B) and (C) above shall not
constitute Dispositions for the purposes of this Section 3.4(iii); and

	 	(iv)	 	If the Borrower receives proceeds of insurance compensating for
any loss or damage to Assets in an amount up to $10,000,000, the Borrower may
retain such proceeds. If the Borrower receives proceeds of insurance in an
amount greater than $10,000,000 for any individual incident or in the aggregate
for any Fiscal Year compensating for any loss or damage to Assets, the Borrower
may retain such excess proceeds provided that the Borrower replaces, repairs or
rebuilds the asset to which such proceeds relate within 180 days. Following
such 180 day period, or to the extent the amount of such excess proceeds is not
so spent to replace, repair or rebuild such assets, the excess shall be
promptly paid to the Lender to the extent that there are Obligations
outstanding at such time and shall be applied by the Lender against the
Obligations. If the Borrower receives proceeds of insurance in the aggregate
in a Fiscal Year in excess of $20,000,000, the Lender shall, in its sole
discretion, determine whether the proceeds in excess of $20,000,000 shall be
applied against outstanding Obligations or be returned to the Borrower to be
used to replace, repair or rebuild assets within the time period prescribed by
the Lender. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Borrower shall not
be entitled to any proceeds of insurance until all the Obligations and the
obligations of the Borrower under the Hedging Arrangements have been paid in
full and the Lender has no further obligations under the Credit Documents or
the Hedging Arrangements (including, but not limited to, any obligation or
commitment to make further Advances) if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.

3.4.2 Any prepayment to the Lender pursuant to section 3.4.1 (i) or (ii), shall result in
full and permanent reduction of the Commitment. If immediately following a Disposition
described in Section 3.4.1(iii) or the receipt of insurance proceeds described in Section
3.4.1 (iv) the Borrower’s Tangible Net Worth calculated on a pro forma basis based on the
last quarterly Compliance Certificate is less than $150,000,000, the Commitment shall be
permanently reduced by an amount equal to any prepayment required pursuant to either such
Sections or, if greater, by an amount which would have been required to be prepaid but for
the amount of the outstanding Obligations.

3.4.3 For the purposes of this Section 3.4, “Net Proceeds” means the gross proceeds in cash
including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to a note receivable or other
non-cash consideration, but only as and when such cash is received on such note receivable or
other non-cash consideration, received by the Borrower on Disposition of any Assets less all
(i) costs of disposal, including legal, accounting, and investment banking fees and brokerage
and sales commissions, (ii) any relocation expense incurred as a result thereof, (iii) all
Taxes (to the extent such Taxes will actually be paid in cash (after applying any available
tax credits, loss carryforwards or deductions and any tax sharing agreements) during or in
respect of the Fiscal Year in which such disposal took place) paid or estimated to be paid in
respect of such Disposition and (iv) the amount of any Debt (excluding Obligations) secured
by a Permitted Encumbrance described in paragraph (x) of the definition Permitted
Encumbrances which is paid or required to be paid under the agreement governing the repayment
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3.5 Mandatory Repayment for Currency Excess

If and each time the Lender determines (which determination shall be conclusive and bind the
Borrower, absent manifest error) that the Canadian Dollar Value of all Loans under the Credit
Facility exceeds the Commitment by more than two percent (2%) by reason of fluctuations in exchange
rates, the Lender may request (or shall request if such excess is more than five percent (5%) of
the Commitments) the Borrower to repay the entire excess above the Commitment (the “Excess
Borrowing”) and the Borrower shall, on the next Banking Day, pay the amount of the Excess Borrowing
to the Lender, for application against such of the Loans outstanding as shall be specified by the
Borrower or, in the absence of such specification, by the Lender.

3.6 Payments Generally

All payments in respect of the Credit Facility (in respect of principal, interest, fees or
otherwise) shall be made by the Borrower to the Lender no later than 12:00 noon (Toronto time) on
the maturity date thereof to the account specified therefor by the Lender at its Branch of Account
or to such other accounts as may be specified by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time. Any
payments received after such time, other than payments on the overdrafts referred to in section 2.5
which shall be made for value in accordance with the operation of account documentation governing
such overdraft accounts, shall be considered for all purposes as having been made on the next
following Banking Day unless the Lender otherwise agrees in writing. All payments shall be made by
way of immediate transfers from accounts of the Borrower with the Lender or other immediately
available funds in the same Currency as the Currency of the Obligations to which such payments
relate. Any voluntary or mandatory prepayment of a Base Rate Loan, Prime Rate Loan or Libor Loan
shall be accompanied by payment of all other amounts due and payable on the date of payment in
respect of such principal amount being so paid (including, without limitation, amounts due and
owing under section 3.10, if any). All interest accrued on any Prime Rate Loan or Base Rate Loan
which is prepaid shall be paid to the Lender on the third Banking Day of the following calendar
month. Any voluntary or mandatory prepayment in respect of a Libor Loan or a Loan made by Bankers’
Acceptance shall be accompanied by all interest accrued thereon (in the case of Libor Loans) and
made on the Expiry Date applicable thereto.

3.7 Disturbance of Libor Market

Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if at any time prior to the commencement of an
Interest Period in respect of any proposed Libor Loan, the Lender determines in good faith (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding), that with respect to such Libor Loan:

3.7.1 Libor will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lender of funding such
Libor Loan for the relevant Interest Period, or

3.7.2 deposits in U.S. dollars are not available to the Lender in the London interbank market
in sufficient amounts in the ordinary course of business, or

3.7.3 by reason of circumstances affecting the London interbank market, adequate and fair
means do not exist for ascertaining Libor for the relevant Interest Period;

then the Lender shall forthwith give notice of such determination to the Borrower, and from and
after the date of commencement of such Interest Period and for so long as such conditions shall
continue to exist, the Borrower shall not have the right to obtain such Libor Loan from the Lender,
and the Borrowing Notice received by the Lender in respect of such Libor Loan shall be deemed to be
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3.8 Change in Circumstances

If subsequent to the date hereof, the introduction of or any change in any Applicable Law
relating to the Lender, or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any
Governmental Body or compliance by the Lender with any request or direction of any Governmental
Body given after the date hereof:

3.8.1 subjects the Lender to, or causes the withdrawal or termination of a previously granted
exemption with respect to, any Taxes or changes the basis of taxation of payments due to the
Lender or increases any existing Taxes on payments of the Obligations (in each case other
than Excluded Taxes);

3.8.2 imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, liquidity, cash margin, capital,
special deposit, deposit insurance or assessment, or any other regulatory or similar
requirement against assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of, or loans by, or any
other acquisition of funds for loans by, the Lender;

3.8.3 imposes any Taxes on reserves or deemed reserves in respect of the undrawn portion of
the Lender’s Rateable Portion of either Credit Facility;

3.8.4 imposes on the Lender or requires there to be maintained by the Lender any capital
adequacy or additional capital requirement (including, without limitation, a requirement
which affects the Lender’s allocation of capital resources to its obligations) in respect of
the Lender’s obligations hereunder or imposes any other condition or requirement with respect
to the maintenance by the Lender of a contingent liability with respect to any Bankers’
Acceptance issued by it hereunder; or

3.8.5 imposes on the Lender any other condition or requirement with respect to this Agreement
or either of the Credit Facilities (other than Excluded Taxes);

and such occurrence has the effect of:

3.8.6 increasing the cost to the Lender of agreeing to make or making, maintaining or funding
the Credit Facility, any Advance, any Loan or any portion thereof;

3.8.7 reducing the amount of the Obligations;

3.8.8 directly or indirectly reducing the effective return to the Lender under this Agreement
or on its overall capital as a result of entering into this Agreement or as a result of any
of the transactions or obligations contemplated by this Agreement (other than a reduction
resulting from any Excluded Taxes); or

3.8.9 except to the extent resulting from compliance with section 347 of the Criminal Code
(Canada), causing the Lender to make any payment or to forego any interest, fees or other
return on or calculated by reference to any sum received or receivable by the Lender
hereunder;

then the Lender shall in each case forthwith advise the Borrower accordingly and the Borrower shall
promptly upon demand by the Lender pay or cause to be paid to the Lender such additional amounts as
shall be sufficient to fully indemnify the Lender for such additional cost, reduction, payment,
foregone interest or other return. A certificate of the Lender documenting the relevant
calculations and submitted to the Borrower by the Lender shall be prima facie evidence thereof,
absent manifest error. In computing
any compensation payable by the Borrower under this section 3.8 the Lender shall use reasonable
averaging and attribution rules of application. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
section 3.8, the Lender may not claim compensation from the Borrower under this section 3.8 unless
the Lender is generally claiming compensation to the same extent from its other customers affected
by the relevant occurrence (to the extent it is entitled to do so under its agreements with those
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3.9 Illegality

If the introduction of or change to any present or future Applicable Law, or any change in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Body, shall make it illegal for the
Lender to make or maintain any Loan or any relevant portion thereof or to give effect to its
obligations in respect of such Loan as contemplated hereby, the Lender may, by notice to the
Borrower, declare that its obligations hereunder in respect of such Loan shall be terminated, and
thereupon the Borrower shall, subject to the last sentence of this section, prepay to the Lender
forthwith (or at the end of such period to which the Lender shall in its discretion have agreed)
all of the Obligations to the Lender in respect of such Loan including all amounts payable in
connection with such prepayment pursuant to section 3.10. The Commitment shall be correspondingly
permanently reduced by the amount and at the time of any prepayments so required to be made. If
there are any types of Loans hereunder that are not so affected, the Borrower may convert the Loans
which are affected into one of the types of Loans that are not affected.

3.10 Indemnities

3.10.1 The Borrower shall indemnify the Lender for all losses (excluding lost profits),
costs, expenses, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any loss, cost,
expense, damage or liability sustained by the Lender in connection with the liquidation or
re-employment in whole or in part of deposits or funds borrowed or acquired by it to make any
Loan, but excluding any costs, expenses, damages or liabilities attributable to the gross
negligence, wilful misconduct, fraud or illegal act of the Lender), which the Lender may
sustain or incur: (i) in connection with the use of the proceeds of the Credit Facility; (ii)
if for any reason an Advance by way of LIBOR loan is not obtained on the date specified
therefor in any Borrowing Notice, (iii) if the Borrower fails to give any notice required to
be given by it hereunder, in the manner and at the time specified herein, (iv) if for any
reason any payment of any Libor Loan or Bankers’ Acceptance, or any portion thereof, occurs
on a date which is not a Expiry Date in respect thereof, (v) with respect to any Bankers’
Acceptance dealt with by the Lender in accordance with the provisions hereof, or (vi) as a
consequence of any other default by the Borrower to repay any Obligations when required by
the terms of this Agreement. A certificate of the Lender setting forth the amounts necessary
to indemnify the Lender in respect of such losses, costs, expenses, damages or liabilities
shall be prima facie evidence, in the absence of manifest error, of the amounts owing under
this section 3.10. The Borrower shall pay the Lender the amount shown on such certificate
within ten Banking Days of receipt thereof.

3.10.2 Without limiting the generality of the indemnity set out in section 3.10.1, the
Borrower hereby further agrees to indemnify, exonerate and hold the Lender free and harmless
from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, losses,
costs, charges, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith, including,
without limitation, reasonable legal fees and reasonable out of pocket disbursements, and
amounts paid in settlement of any and every kind whatsoever paid, incurred or suffered by, or
asserted against, the Lender for, with respect to, or as a direct or indirect result of, (i)
the presence on or under, or the escape, seepage, leakage, spillage, discharge, emission or
release from, any real property legally or beneficially owned (or any estate or interest
which is owned), leased, used, operated, managed or controlled by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of any hazardous substance or (ii) the breach or
violation of any Environmental Laws by the Borrower or any Subsidiary regardless of whether
caused by, or within the control of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for any such
liabilities which a court of competent jurisdiction determined arose on account of the
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3.11 Evidence of Indebtedness

The Lender shall maintain and keep, at its Branch of Account, accounts showing the amount of
all Loans advanced by the Lender, from time to time and the dates thereof and the interest, fees
and other charges accrued thereon or applicable thereto from time to time, and all payments of
principal (including prepayments), interest and fees and other payments made by the Borrower to the
Lender from time to time under the Credit Facility. Such accounts maintained by the Lender shall,
at all times and for all purposes, constitute prima facie evidence, in the absence of manifest
error, of the matters recorded therein.

ARTICLE 4

BANKERS’ ACCEPTANCES

4.1 Procedure for Drawing

Each Advance by way of Bankers’ Acceptance shall be made pursuant to a Borrowing Notice given
by the Borrower to the Lender not later than 4:00 p.m. (Toronto time), on the Banking Day prior to
the date of the proposed Advance. Each Borrowing Notice shall be in substantially the form of
Schedule 1.1.20.

4.2 Form of Bankers’ Acceptance

4.2.1 Each Bankers’ Acceptance shall (i) be in an aggregate Face Amount of not less than
$500,000, (ii) be in an integral multiple of $100,000; (ii) be dated the date of the
Borrowing Date; (iii) mature (in common with all other Bankers’ Acceptances included in such
Advance) one, two, three, six or twelve months after the Borrowing Date or such other period
of time as the Borrower may request and the Lender may, in its sole discretion, agree to; and
(iv) be in a form approved by the Lender.

4.2.2 No Bankers’ Acceptance will be accepted by the Lender if the Face Amount of such
Bankers’ Acceptance, when aggregated with the Face Amount of any other Bankers’ Acceptances
and all other Advances outstanding under the Credit Facility, would exceed the Commitment at
the time of issuance thereof.

4.2.3 In order to facilitate the issuance of Bankers’ Acceptances pursuant to this Agreement,
the Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender to complete, sign and endorse drafts on its behalf
in handwritten form or by facsimile or mechanical signature or otherwise and, once so
completed, signed and endorsed, to accept them as Bankers’ Acceptances under this Agreement
and then purchase, discount or negotiate them in accordance with the provisions of this
Article 4. Drafts so completed, signed, endorsed and negotiated on behalf of the Borrower by
the Lender shall bind the Borrower as fully and effectively as if those acts were performed
by an authorized officer of the Borrower. Each draft completed, signed or endorsed by the
Lender shall mature on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower with respect
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4.3 Degree of Care

Any executed drafts to be used for Bankers’ Acceptances which are held by the Lender need only
be held in safekeeping with the same degree of care as if they were the Lender’s own property and
the Lender was keeping them at the place at which they are to be held. The Borrower shall, by
written notice to the Lender, designate the Persons authorized to give the Lender instructions
regarding the manner in which the drafts are to be completed and the times at which they are to be
issued. Subject to the first sentence of this section 4.3, the Lender and its directors, officers,
employees or representatives shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it
under this Article except for its own negligence or willful misconduct.

4.4 Advance of Bankers’ Acceptances

Upon the timely fulfillment of all applicable conditions as set forth in this Agreement, the
Lender shall deposit to the Borrower’s Account on each Borrowing Date for Bankers’ Acceptances
immediately available Canadian Dollars in an aggregate amount equal to the Bankers’ Acceptance
Proceeds of all Bankers’ Acceptances accepted by it on such Borrowing Date (which for greater
clarity, shall be net of the applicable Bankers’ Acceptance Fee in respect of such Bankers’
Acceptances).

4.5 Payment at Maturity

4.5.1 The Borrower shall pay to the Lender and there shall become due and payable at 12:00
noon (Toronto time) on the maturity date for each Bankers’ Acceptance, an amount in Canadian
Dollars in same day funds equal to the Face Amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance
(notwithstanding that the Lender may be the holder thereof at maturity), unless such Bankers’
Acceptances shall be rolled over or converted to another form of Loan in accordance with the
provisions hereof. The Borrower’s payment in accordance with this section 4.5 shall satisfy
the Borrower’s obligations under any Bankers’ Acceptance to which it relates.

4.5.2 If the Borrower shall fail to make a payment pursuant to section 4.5 in respect of any
Bankers’ Acceptance, the Borrower shall be deemed to have issued a Borrowing Notice
requesting a Prime Rate Loan to be made on the related Expiry Date for an amount equivalent
to the unpaid amount due and payable in respect of such Bankers’ Acceptance.

4.5.3 Except as required by Article 10 or section 3.4.1, no repayment of a Bankers’
Acceptance shall be made by the Borrower to the Lender prior to the Expiry Date thereof.

4.6 Circumstances Making Bankers’ Acceptances Unavailable

If the Lender determines in good faith and notifies the Borrower that by reason of
circumstances affecting the money market in Canada (i) there is no market for Bankers’ Acceptances;
or (ii) the demand for Bankers’ Acceptances is insufficient to allow the Lender to sell or trade
the Bankers’ Acceptances created and purchased by them, then, (x) the right of the Borrower to
request an Advance by Bankers’ Acceptance shall be suspended until the Lender determines that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist; and (y) any Borrowing Notice for a Banker’s
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4.7 Waiver

The Borrower shall not claim from the Lender any days of grace for the payment at maturity of
any Bankers’ Acceptances presented and accepted by the Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
The Borrower waives any defence to payment which might otherwise exist if for any reason a
Bankers’ Acceptance shall be held by the Lender in its own right at the maturity thereof, and the
doctrine of merger shall not apply to any Bankers’ Acceptance that is at any time held by the
Lender in its own right.

4.8 Obligations Absolute

The obligations of the Borrower with respect to Bankers’ Acceptances under this Agreement
shall be unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following circumstances:

4.8.1 any lack of validity or enforceability of any draft accepted by the Lender as a
Bankers’ Acceptance; or

4.8.2 the existence of any claim, set-off, defence or other right which the Borrower may have
at any time against the holder of a Bankers’ Acceptance, the Lender or any other Person or
entity, whether in connection with this Agreement or otherwise.

ARTICLE 5

LETTERS OF CREDIT

5.1 Procedures Relating to Letters of Credit

5.1.1 Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Borrower may not request the issuance
of any Letter of Credit having a term which would extend beyond the Maturity Date, (unless
otherwise specifically agreed to by the Lender in writing) having a term in excess of one
year or which would result in the Letters of Credit outstanding under the Credit Facility
exceeding an aggregate face value of $3,000,000 or the U.S. Dollar Equivalent.

5.2 Reimbursement

5.2.1 The Borrower unconditionally and irrevocably authorizes the Lender to pay the amount of
any demand made on the Lender under and in accordance with the terms of any Letter of Credit
on demand without requiring proof of the Borrower’s agreement that the amount so demanded was
due and notwithstanding that the Borrower may dispute the validity of any such demand or
payment.

5.2.2 The Borrower shall reimburse the Lender on demand for any amounts paid by it from time
to time as contemplated by section 5.2.1 and, without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower
shall indemnify and save the Lender harmless on demand from and against any and all other
losses (other than lost profits), costs, damages, expenses, claims, demands or liabilities
which it may suffer or incur arising in any manner whatsoever in connection with the making
of any such payments as contemplated by section 5.2.1 (including, without limitation, in
connection with proceedings to restrain the Lender from making, or to compel the Lender to
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5.3 Lender Not Liable

5.3.1 The Lender shall not have any responsibility or liability for, or duty to inquire into,
the authorization, execution, signature, endorsement, correctness, genuineness or legal
effect of any certificate or other document presented to the Lender pursuant to any Letter of
Credit, and the
Borrower fully and unconditionally assumes all risks with respect to the same and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, all risks of the acts or omissions of any
beneficiary of any Letter of Credit with respect to the use by any beneficiary of any Letter
of Credit. The Lender shall not be responsible:

5.3.1.1 for the validity of certificates or other documents delivered under or in
connection with any Letter of Credit that appear on their face to be in order, even
if such certificates or other documents should in fact prove to be invalid,
fraudulent or forged;

5.3.1.2 for errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery
of any messages by mail, cable, telegraph, telefax or otherwise, whether or not they
are in code;

5.3.1.3 for errors in translation or for errors in interpretation of technical terms
or for errors in the calculation of amounts demanded under any Letter of Credit;

5.3.1.4 for any failure or inability of the Lender or any other Person to make
payment under any Letter of Credit as a result of any Applicable Law or by reason of
any control or restriction rightfully or wrongfully exercised by any Person
asserting or exercising governmental or paramount powers; or

5.3.1.5 for any other consequences arising in respect of a failure by the Lender to
honour a Letter of Credit due to causes beyond the control of the Lender,

and none of the above shall affect or impair any of the rights or powers of the Lender
hereunder or the obligations of the Borrower under section 5.2.2. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the foregoing provisions, it is agreed that any payment made by the Lender in
good faith under and in accordance with the terms of a Letter of Credit shall be binding upon
the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of the Lender to the Borrower and shall
not lessen the obligations of the Borrower under section 5.2.2.

5.3.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of this section 5.3, the Borrower shall not be
responsible for, and the Lender shall not be relieved of responsibility for, any willful
misconduct, gross negligence, fraud or illegal act of or by the Lender.

5.4 Letter of Credit Fees

5.4.1 The Borrower shall pay the Letter of Credit Fee to the Lender quarterly in arrears on
each Letter of Credit, such fee to be calculated on the average daily undrawn balance of the
Letter of Credit. Such Letter of Credit Fee shall be payable in the Currency in which the
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5.5 Acceleration

Upon the Lender making a declaration under section 10.2 or reduction of the Commitment
pursuant to section 3.4, the Borrower shall deposit with the Lender an amount equal to the maximum
amount of the contingent liability of the Lender under each Letter of Credit which is then
outstanding notwithstanding that the Lender has not at such date been required to make payment
under any such Letter of Credit. If the undrawn Commitment is reduced below the aggregate stated
amount of all Letters of Credit which are then outstanding, the Borrower shall deposit with the
Lender an amount equal to the excess of the latter aggregate amount over the amount of the undrawn
Commitment. Any
such amount deposited with the Lender shall be held by the Lender in a separate
interest-bearing collateral account in the name of the Borrower as security for the repayment of
future indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lender in respect of Letters of Credit which are drawn
down, and, pending the expiry of all outstanding Letters of Credit, any amounts deposited with the
Lender shall bear interest at the rate established by the Lender from time to time as that payable
in respect of 30 day certificates of deposit of the Lender for monies of like amount and the
Borrower will execute an assignment of credit balances (or equivalent) or “control agreements” as
required by the Lender and in form and substance reasonably acceptable by the Lender regarding such
deposits. Upon the expiry of each such Letter of Credit the Lender shall promptly release and pay
over to the Borrower an amount equal to any undrawn amount of such Letter of Credit, together with
all accrued interest earned on the deposit of the amount of such Letter of Credit referred to
above.

5.6 Conflict

Each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the Lender’s customary letter of credit terms and
procedures from time to time in effect and shall be in a form acceptable to the Lender. The
Borrower shall execute and deliver such standard form applications, agreements, indemnities and
other assurances as the Lender may reasonably require from time to time with respect to Letters of
Credit. A Letter of Credit shall in no event contain provisions requiring the Lender to satisfy
itself, prior to payment thereunder, as to any conditions for a drawing thereunder other than the
presentation of prescribed documents. If the provisions set forth in the Lender’s customary letter
of credit terms and procedures are beyond or inconsistent with those set forth herein, the
provisions of this Agreement in respect thereof shall prevail.

ARTICLE 6

INTEREST AND FEES

6.1 Interest Rates

6.1.1 Prime Rate Loans shall bear interest at the Prime Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

6.1.2 Base Rate Loans shall bear interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

6.1.3 Libor Loans shall bear interest at Libor plus the Applicable Margin.

6.2 Calculation and Payment of Interest

6.2.1 Interest on Prime Rate Loans shall accrue from day to day, both before and after
default, demand, maturity and judgment, shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number
of days elapsed and on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and shall
accrue and be payable to the Lender in Canadian dollars monthly in arrears on the third
Banking Day of the following calendar month. For greater certainty, where the rate applicable
to a Prime Rate Loan is changed, interest shall be charged for the day on which such change
is effective on the basis of the new rate.

6.2.2 Interest on Base Rate Loans shall accrue from day to day, both before and after
default, demand, maturity and judgment, shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number
of days elapsed and on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and shall
accrue and be payable to the Lender in U.S. dollars monthly in arrears on the third Banking
Day of the following calendar month. For greater certainty, where the rate applicable to a
Base Rate Loan is changed, interest shall be charged for the day on which such change is
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6.2.3 Interest on Libor Loans shall accrue from day to day, both before and after default,
demand, maturity and judgment, shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed and on the basis of a year of 360 days, and shall accrue and be payable to the Lender
in U.S. dollars in arrears on the last day of the relevant Interest Period.

6.3 Commitment Fee

Commencing upon execution of this Agreement, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender on the third
Banking Day following the end of each Fiscal Quarter, in arrears, a commitment fee equal to 75
basis points per annum calculated daily (and based on a year of 365 days) on the amount of the
Commitment on each day in such quarter.

6.4 Upfront Fee

The Borrower shall pay to the Lender fees of $100,000 on the Closing Date and $150,000 on
January 2, 2010 .

6.5 Payment of Costs and Expenses

Whether or not the Borrower takes advantage of the Credit Facility, the Borrower shall pay the
following costs and expenses:

6.5.1 on closing, all reasonable invoiced costs and out-of-pocket expenses of the Lender in
connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the Credit Documents,
any actual or proposed amendment or modification thereto or any waiver thereunder and all
instruments supplemental or ancillary thereto;

6.5.2 promptly following request therefor, all reasonable invoiced costs and out-of-pocket
expenses of the Lender in connection with obtaining advice as to the rights and
responsibilities of the Lender under the Credit Documents; and

6.5.3 promptly following request therefor, all reasonable invoiced costs and out-of-pocket
expenses of the Lender in connection with the defence, establishment, protection or
enforcement of any of the rights or remedies of the Lender under any of the Credit Documents
including, without limitation, all reasonable costs and expenses of establishing the validity
and enforceability of, or of collection of amounts owing under, any of the Credit Documents;

including, without limitation, all of the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel on
a solicitor and client basis incurred in connection therewith, and including all sales or
value-added taxes payable (whether refundable or not) on all such fees, expenses and disbursements.

6.6 Interest on Overdue Amounts

6.6.1 If any Obligations are not paid when due, whether in respect of principal, interest,
fees, expenses or otherwise, both before and after judgment, such Obligations shall bear
interest at a rate per annum determined on a daily basis that is equal to the Prime Rate (in
the case of amounts denominated in Canadian dollars) or the Base Rate (in the case of amounts
denominated in U.S. dollars) plus (in each case) the Applicable Margin, in each case
calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 days. Such
interest shall accrue from day to day, be payable in arrears on demand and shall be
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6.6.2 In addition to the interest described in section 6.6.1, if any Obligations are not paid
when due, whether in respect of principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise, both before
and after judgment, such Obligations shall bear additional interest at 2% per annum
calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 days. Such
interest shall accrue from day to day, be payable in arrears on demand and shall be
compounded monthly on the last Banking Day of each calendar month.

ARTICLE 7

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

7.1 Representations and Warranties

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender, acknowledging and confirming that the
Lender is relying thereon without independent inquiry in entering into this Agreement, that:

7.1.1 Incorporation and Qualification. Each of the Borrower and the Parent and each Material
Subsidiary that has provided any Security is a corporation, limited liability company,
limited partnership or partnership duly organized, validity existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction where it is organized and except where the failure to do
so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect each other jurisdiction
where it has property or Assets or carries on business. Each of the Borrower and each
Material Subsidiary that has provided any Security has the corporate power and authority to
carry on its business, own property, borrow monies and enter into agreements therefor,
execute and deliver the Credit Documents to which it is a party and observe and perform the
terms and provisions thereof.

7.1.2 Conflict With Other Instruments. The execution and delivery by the Borrower and each
Material Subsidiary (that has provided any Security) of the Credit Documents to which it is a
party and the performance by the Borrower and each such Material Subsidiary of its
obligations thereunder and compliance with the terms, conditions and provisions thereof, will
not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of
(a) the Borrower’s or such Material Subsidiary’s constating documents or by-laws, (b) any
applicable law, rule or regulation having the force of law in any way that would be material
to the rights or interests of the Lender, (c) any material contractual restriction binding on
or affecting the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary or the Borrower’s or such Material
Subsidiary’s material properties including for greater certainty that none of the Credit
Documents results or will result in a breach of the Senior Credit Agreement; or (d) any
judgment, injunction, determination or award which is binding on it and which would
materially effect its material Assets or Business; or (ii) result in, require or permit the
imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances) or Guarantee Obligation, in, on or
with respect to the assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it.

7.1.3 Authorization, Governmental Approvals, etc. The execution and delivery by the Borrower
and each Material Subsidiary (that has provided any Security) of each of the Credit Documents
to which it is a party and the performance by the Borrower and each such Material Subsidiary
of its respective obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action and no consent, approval, authorization, under any applicable law or otherwise, and no
registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with any Governmental Body or
otherwise (except for registrations or filings which may be required in respect of the
Security Documents), is or was necessary therefor or to perfect the same and to consummate
the transactions contemplated in the Credit Documents, except as may become necessary
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7.1.4 Execution and Binding Obligation. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents have
been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary (that has
provided any Security) party thereto and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Borrower and each such Material Subsidiary, enforceable against it in accordance with
their respective terms, subject only to any limitation under applicable laws relating to (i)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or creditors’ rights generally; and (ii)
the discretion that a court may exercise in the granting of equitable remedies.

7.1.5 Authorizations, etc. The Borrower and each Material Subsidiary that has provided any
Security possesses all Material Authorizations, and all such Material Authorizations are in
full force and effect.

7.1.6 Ownership of Assets. Each of the Borrower and each Subsidiary owns its Assets with good
(and, with respect to any real property, freehold or leasehold marketable) title thereto,
free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Encumbrances and title defects that would
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

7.1.7 Compliance with Laws. Subject to the next following sentence, each of the Borrower and
each Material Subsidiary that has provided Security is in compliance with all Applicable
Laws, including Environmental Laws, non-compliance with which would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.1.10 or after the date
hereof as disclosed in writing to the Lender and which would not otherwise reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Business, real properties owned or leased by
the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary that has provided Security, and other Assets (i)
are in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) possess and are operated in compliance
with all Environmental Permits which are required for the operation of the Business, real
properties owned or leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any other Assets; and (iii)
to the best of its knowledge are not subject to any past or present fact, condition or
circumstance that could result in any liability under any Environmental Laws or with respect
to any environmental or public or occupational health and safety matters. Except as set
forth in Schedule 7.1.10 or after the date hereof as disclosed in writing to the Lender, it
is not party nor any Material Subsidiary that has provided Security party to any litigation
or administrative proceeding, nor, to its knowledge, is any litigation or administrative
proceeding threatened or pending against it, which in either case (i) asserts or alleges that
it has violated, contravened, or is otherwise not in compliance with Environmental Laws, (ii)
asserts or alleges that it is required to clean up, remove or take remedial or other response
action due to the disposal, depositing, discharge, leaking or other release of any hazardous
substances or materials, or (iii) asserts or alleges that it is required to pay all or a
portion of the cost of any past, present or future such clean up, removal or remedial or
other response; in each case which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

7.1.8 No Default. There is no Default or Event of Default that has occurred and is
continuing.

7.1.9 Subsidiaries, etc. As of the date hereof, the Borrower does not own or hold any shares
of, or any other ownership interest in, any Person, except CNG Distributions Limited and the
Parent is the indirect owner of all issued and outstanding shares of the Borrower. CNG
Distributions Limited is not a Material Subsidiary on the date hereof and except as
previously notified to the Lender, the Borrower has no Material Subsidiary.

7.1.10 No Litigation. Except as set out in Schedule 7.1.10 or, after the date hereof,
disclosed in writing to the Lender, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending, taken
or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened, before or by any Governmental Body or by any
elected or
appointed public official or private person in Canada or elsewhere, whether or not having the
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7.1.11 Material Agreements and Material Licences: Neither the Borrower nor any Material
Subsidiary, or to the Borrower’s knowledge, any other party to any agreement binding on the
Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or any of their respective assets is in default under
such agreement, except where such default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

7.1.12 Books and Records. All books and records of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have
been fully, properly and accurately kept and completed in all material respects in accordance
with GAAP in effect at the time of preparation of such books and records (to the extent
applicable) and there are no material inaccuracies or discrepancies of any kind contained or
reflected therein of which the Borrower is aware.

7.1.13 Tax Liability. The Borrower and, to its knowledge, each Material Subsidiary that has
provided Security have filed all material tax returns which are required to be filed and has
in all material respects paid all taxes, interest and penalties, if any, which have become
due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by it, except any such
assessment which is being contested in good faith by proper legal proceedings. Without
limiting the foregoing all employee source deductions (including income taxes, employment
insurance and Canada Pension Plan) payroll taxes and workers’ compensation dues are currently
paid and up to date.

7.1.14 Financial Statements. The annual consolidated management prepared financial statements
of the Borrower dated as of and for the period ending December 31, 2008 have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of notes, and
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and the
financial information presented therein for the period and as at the date thereof. To the
knowledge of the Borrower, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has on the date
hereof any material contingent liabilities, liabilities for taxes, long-term commitments or
unrealized or forward anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments which have not been
provided for in said financial statements to the extent required by GAAP. All financial
statements delivered to the Lender after the date of this Agreement pursuant to sections
8.1.10 and 8.1.11 will present fairly and in all material respects the financial position of
the Borrower on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject in the case of
unaudited financial statements to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of notes, as of
the dates thereof and for the Fiscal Years or Fiscal Quarters, as the case may be, then
ended. Since the date of the last financial statements delivered to the Lender, other than
has been disclosed in writing to the Lender, there has been no development which has had or
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

7.1.15 Pension Plans. As of the date hereof, the only pension plans (the “plans”) provided by
the Borrower are those listed in Schedule 7.1.15. The plans are registered under, and are in
compliance with, the Income Tax Act (Canada), the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) and all
other Applicable Laws and all reports, returns and filings required to be made thereunder
have been made, except where the failure to so comply or make a report, return or filing
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Those plans have been at
all times administered in accordance with their terms and the provisions of all Applicable
Laws, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

7.1.16 Insurance. As of the date hereof, the Borrower and each of the Material Subsidiaries
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7.1.16 identifies, either by description of specific policies or by attached certificate
summarizing insurance coverages, all existing insurance policies maintained by the Borrower
as of the date hereof.

7.1.17 Debt, Guarantee Obligations and Liens. As of the date hereof, (a) the Borrower and
each of the Subsidiaries has not issued any Guarantee Obligations except for the guarantee
dated April 12, 2006 granted by USG Canadian Mining Ltd. (subsequently amalgamated into the
Borrower) in favour of Infinity Rail, LLC, (b) the Assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are not subject to any Liens, except for Permitted Encumbrances and (c) the
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has no Debt except for Permitted Debt.

7.1.18 Description of Real Assets. Schedule 7.1.18 contains a description as of the date
hereof, of (a) all real property owned by the Borrower (including municipal addresses, legal
description (to the extent available), the name of the Person which owns such property and a
brief description of such property and its use), (b) all real property leased by the Borrower
(including municipal addresses, legal description (to the extent available), the name of the
Person which leases such property, the name of the landlord, the term and any renewal rights
under the applicable lease and a brief description of such property and its use), and (c) all
real property not owned or leased by the Borrower at which any of its inventory or other
Assets may from time to time be stored or located (including municipal addresses and the name
of the bailee, processor or other third party holding such inventory at such property), other
than real property at which Assets which have an aggregate market value of less than an
amount of $2,000,000 is stored or located.

7.1.19 Relevant Jurisdictions. Schedule 7.1.19 identifies in respect of the Borrower, the
Relevant Jurisdictions as of the date hereof including the Borrower’s jurisdiction of
formation, jurisdiction in which it has Property with an aggregate market value in excess of
$2,000,000, the full address (including postal code or zip code) of the Borrower’s chief
executive office and all of the Borrower’s places of business and, if the same is different,
the address at which the books and records of the Borrower are located, the address at which
senior management of the Borrower are located and conduct their deliberations and make their
decisions with respect to the business of the Borrower, and the address from which the
invoices and accounts of the Borrower are issued.

7.1.20 Intellectual Property. The Borrower has rights sufficient for it to use all the
Intellectual Property reasonably necessary for the conduct of its business; and all patents,
trade-marks or industrial designs which have been either registered or in respect of which a
registration application has been filed by it as of the date hereof are listed on
Schedule 7.1.20. The Borrower is not infringing upon or misappropriating or is alleged to be
infringing upon or misappropriating the intellectual property rights of any other Person
material to the Business.

7.1.21 Bank Accounts. All of the lock boxes, deposit accounts, investment accounts or other
accounts in the name of or used by Borrower maintained at any bank or other financial
institution as at the date hereof are set forth on Schedule 7.1.21 and such
Schedule correctly identifies the name of each depository, the name in which the lock box or
account is held, the type of account, and the complete lock box address or account number
therefor.

7.1.22 Compliance with Anti-money Laundering Laws. The Borrower has taken, and agrees that
it shall continue to take, reasonable measures appropriate to the circumstances (in any event
as required by Applicable Law), to ensure that it is and shall be in compliance with all
current and future anti-money laundering laws and applicable laws, regulations and
governmental guidance for the prevention of terrorism, terrorist financing and drug
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7.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties

The Borrower covenants that the representations and warranties set out in section 7.1 shall be
true and correct on each day that an Advance is made and on the date of each Compliance Certificate
with the same effect as if such representations and warranties had been made and given on and as of
such day, notwithstanding any investigation made at any time by the Lender or on its behalf; except
that (a) if any such representation and warranty is specifically given in respect of a particular
date or particular period of time and relates only to such date or period of time, then such
representation and warranty shall continue to be given as at such date or for such period of time
and (b) to the extent any matter addressed in any such representation and warranty changes in a
manner permitted by this Agreement, or compliance therewith is waived by the Lender in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement, such repeated representation and warranty shall be revised
to reflect those changes and/or waivers.

ARTICLE 8

COVENANTS

8.1 Affirmative Covenants

So long as any Obligations remain outstanding (other than those Obligations which by their
terms survive termination of this Agreement) or so long as the Borrower has the right to utilize
the Credit Facility, and unless the Lender otherwise consents in writing, the Borrower covenants
and agrees that:

8.1.1 Punctual Payment. The Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid all Obligations falling
due hereunder on the dates and in the manner specified herein.

8.1.2 Conduct of Business. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Material Subsidiary to,
do or cause to be done all things necessary or desirable to maintain its corporate existence
in its present jurisdiction of incorporation or amalgamation, to maintain its corporate power
and capacity to own its properties and assets, and to carry on its business, including the
Business, in a commercially reasonable manner; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit
any merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under any other
provision of this Agreement.

8.1.3 Preservation of Material Authorizations. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each
Subsidiary to, preserve and maintain all Material Authorizations.

8.1.4 Compliance with Applicable Law and Contracts.

8.1.4.1 The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, comply and operate
all of its facilities and properties in compliance with the requirements of all
provisions of Applicable Laws, including Environmental Laws, which, if contravened,
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all insurance
policies and all contracts to which it is a party or by which it or its properties
are bound, non-compliance with which would, individually or in the aggregate,
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8.1.4.2 The Borrower shall and shall ensure that each Subsidiary: (i) keep all
material Environmental Permits in full force and effect and remain in compliance in
all material
respects therewith; (ii) as soon as practicable notify the Lender and provide copies
upon receipt of all written claims, proceedings, actions, complaints or notices
regarding environmental, health or safety matters in any way relating to the
Business, real properties owned or leased by the Borrower or a Subsidiary and other
Assets, or regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, which claims, proceedings,
actions, complaints or notices relate to matters which would reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) proceed diligently to resolve any such
claims, proceedings, actions, complaints or notices; (iv) provide such information
and certifications which the Lender may reasonably request from time to time to
evidence compliance with section 8.1.4.1 or this section 8.1.4.2; and (v) maintain
the Borrower’s current environmental, health and safety management system (updated
from time to time to reflect changes hereafter adopted by the Borrower) that, among
other things, establishes and monitors environmental compliance and health and
safety performance goals, outlines responsibilities for environmental, health and
safety matters within the Borrower, describes the Borrower’s environmental, health
and safety training and awareness programs, contains procedures for responding to
spills, environmental, health and safety emergencies and establishes a procedure to
evaluate the Borrower’s compliance with this system.

8.1.5 Accounting Methods and Financial Records. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each
Subsidiary to, maintain a system of accounting which is established and administered in
accordance with GAAP, keep adequate records and books of account in which entries that are
accurate and complete in all material respects shall be made in accordance with such
accounting principles reflecting all transactions required to be reflected by such accounting
principles and keep records of any Assets owned by it that are accurate and complete in all
material respects.

8.1.6 Maintenance of Assets. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Material Subsidiary to,
maintain its Assets in good repair, working order and condition (reasonable wear and tear
excepted) and from time to time make or cause to be made all necessary and appropriate
repairs, renewals, replacements, additions and improvements thereto in accordance with past
practices and standards of the Borrower.

8.1.7 Payment of Taxes and Claims. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to:

8.1.7.1 pay and discharge all lawful claims due and payable for labour, material and
supplies which, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected to become a Lien on any of
the Assets;

8.1.7.2 pay and discharge all Taxes due and payable by it;

8.1.7.3 withhold and collect all Taxes required to be withheld and collected by it
and remit such Taxes to the appropriate Governmental Body at the time and in the
manner required; and

8.1.7.4 pay and discharge all obligations incidental to any trust imposed upon it by
statute which, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected to become a Lien upon any of
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except (i) to the extent all such Taxes, obligations and claims do not in the aggregate exceed
$1 million at any time and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect; or (ii) that no such claim, Taxes (other than Taxes required to be withheld and
remitted pursuant to the
Income Tax Act (Canada) or any provincial income tax legislation) or obligations need be paid,
collected or remitted if (i) it is being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, (ii) reserves considered adequate by the Borrower and its auditors shall have
been set aside therefor on its books, (iii) such claim, Taxes, or obligation shall not have
resulted in a Lien other than a Permitted Encumbrance, and (iv) to the extent such proceedings
are material to the Business of the Borrower or Subsidiary (A) all enforcement proceedings in
respect thereof shall have been stayed and appropriate security shall have been given, if
required, to prevent the commencement or continuation of proceedings, or (B) prepayment shall
have been made pending settlement or contestation.

8.1.8 Inspections. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, permit the Lender,
to (i) visit, inspect, and if requested, investigate its properties during normal business
hours, but without disrupting normal business operations, (ii) inspect and make extracts from
and copies of its books and records, and (iii) discuss with senior management of the Borrower
its Business, Assets, and financial condition and prospects. The Borrower shall forthwith
reimburse the Lender for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with
such inspections. Such inspections and discussions will require at least three (3) Business
Days’ prior written notice and may not be more frequent than once per year unless an Event of
Default has occurred that is continuing or the Lender (acting reasonably) believes a Material
Adverse Effect has occurred that is continuing.

8.1.9 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters. The Borrower shall, as soon as practicable
after it shall become aware of the same, give notice to the Lender of the following events:

8.1.9.1 the commencement of any action, proceeding, arbitration or investigation
against or in any other way relating adversely to the Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or businesses which
would, individually or when aggregated with all other such actions, proceedings,
arbitrations and investigations, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;

8.1.9.2 any amendment of its articles;

8.1.9.3 any issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of a Guarantee Obligation, or
any Lien which is not a Permitted Encumbrance, or any Debt which is not Permitted
Debt;

8.1.9.4 any Event of Default (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) occurs;

8.1.9.5 any development which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and

8.1.9.6 any new Subsidiaries and Material Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

8.1.10 Quarterly Financial Reports. The Borrower shall, as soon as practicable and in any
event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal
Year, deliver to the Lender, in hard copy or electronic format, management prepared
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower, prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject
to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of notes, and on a consolidated basis,
consisting of (w) balance sheets as at the end of the Fiscal Quarter with comparative amounts
at the end of the previous Fiscal Year, and (x) statements of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows for the period from the end of the previous Fiscal Year to the end of
the Fiscal Quarter with comparative amounts for the corresponding period in the previous
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8.1.11 Annual Financial Statements. The Borrower shall, as soon as practicable and in any
event within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, deliver to the Lender, in hard copy
or electronic format, (i) minimum review engagement report (in the case of Fiscal Year 2009
and thereafter) and annual consolidated management prepared financial statements of the
Borrower, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP, as referred to in section 8.1.10
hereof, in respect of such Fiscal Year and (ii) if not publicly available, audited
consolidated financial statements of the Parent, prepared in accordance with GAAP as referred
to in Section 8.1.10 hereof, in respect of such Fiscal Year.

8.1.12 Compliance Certificates. The Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Lender, together with the report and financial statements in sections 8.1.10 and 8.1.11, a
Compliance Certificate.

8.1.13 Annual Business Plan. The Borrower shall, as soon as available and in any event not
later than 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, provide to the Lender, the Annual
Business Plan.

8.1.14 Accounts Receivable and Inventory Listings. The Borrower shall, within 30 days of the
end of each Fiscal Year, furnish to the Lender aged accounts receivable reports and inventory
listings of the Borrower as of the end of the Fiscal Year just ended.

8.1.15 Other Financial Information. As soon as practicable following a request therefor from
the Lender, the Borrower shall furnish to the Lender such other financial information and
projections as the Lender may reasonably request from time to time.

8.1.16 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Credit Facility solely for
the purposes permitted by section 2.1.5.

8.1.17 Insurance. The Borrower shall maintain or cause to be maintained, and shall cause its
Material Subsidiaries to maintain or cause to be maintained in all material respects, (i)
insurance policies, in such form and amounts, with such deductibles and against such risks as
are usually carried by prudent owners of similar businesses and properties located in the
same general geographical areas, and (ii) such other material insurance as the Borrower or
its Material Subsidiaries may be required to maintain by any Applicable Law or any contract
by which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is bound. The Borrower will cause the Lender to be
indicated as loss payee and mortgagee (with such standard mortgagee clauses as the Lender
shall reasonably require for its protection) on all insurance policies on the Assets of the
Borrower (other than the vessel Spanish Mist) and each Material Subsidiary providing security
(including, without limitation, all property, boiler and machinery and builder’s risk
policies) and as an additional insured on all liability policies (other than professional
liability) of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary providing Security. The Borrower
will furnish to the Lender, upon reasonable request of the Lender, information in reasonable
detail as to the insurance maintained. If the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall fail
to obtain any insurance as required by this Section 8.1.17 the Lender may obtain such
insurance at the Borrower’s expense. By purchasing such insurance, the Lender shall not be
deemed to have waived any Default or Event of Default arising from the Borrower’s or such
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8.1.18 Security. With respect to the Security, the Borrower will and procure that each
Material Subsidiary that has provided Security will:

	 	(a)	 	provide to the Lender the Security required from time to time
pursuant to Article 11 in accordance with the provisions of such Article,
accompanied by supporting resolutions, certificates and opinions in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lender acting reasonably; and

	 
	 	(b)	 	do, execute and deliver all such things, documents, security,
agreements and assurances as may from time to time be reasonably requested by
the Lender to ensure that the Lender holds at all times valid, enforceable,
perfected first priority Liens (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) from the
Borrower meeting the requirements of Article 11.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall not be required to deliver a ship mortgage on
the vessel Spanish Mist to the Lender.

8.1.19 Additional Security. The Borrower shall ensure that the Assets and revenues subject
to the Security at all times constitute at least 80% of the consolidated assets and revenues
of the Borrower and all its Subsidiaries (in accordance with GAAP) and shall, to the extent
necessary to maintain such minimum ratio, cause one or more of its Subsidiaries (that have
not provided Security) to become a guarantor hereunder and deliver to the Lender such general
security agreements, security documents, officer’s certificates, additional joinder
documents, legal opinions of counsel in connection therewith and such other related or
ancillary documents, including evidence of registration, filing or recording of any liens
created by such security documents and their first ranking priority (subject to Permitted
Encumbrances), as the Lender may reasonably request, in each case, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lender, acting reasonably.

8.1.20 Landlord Consents. Use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a collateral access
agreement from each landlord of premises that are leased at any time and from time to time by
the Borrower and at which Assets with an aggregate market value of more than $2,000,000 are
located. If inventory of the Borrower with an aggregate market value of more than $2,000,000
is in the possession of a bailee use commercially reasonable efforts to have such bailee
execute and deliver to the Lender, a collateral access agreement. If the Borrower after the
Closing Date enters into any lease arrangement in respect to a premises where its Assets are
or will at any time be held or enters into any bailee arrangement with respect to any of its
Assets, the Borrower will deliver to the Lender an executed collateral access agreement
concurrently upon entering into such lease or bailee arrangement. For the purposes of this
section 8.1.20, a “collateral access agreement” means any landlord waiver or other agreement
(as such waiver or agreement may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, pursuant to which a
mortgagee or lessor of real property on which Assets are stored or otherwise located, or a
bailee, consignee or similar Person with respect to any warehouse, processor or converter
facility or other location where Assets are stored or located, (a) acknowledges the Security
in respect of such Assets, (b) waives or, in the reasonable discretion of the Lender,
subordinates on terms reasonably acceptable to the Lender any Lien or other claim that such
Person may assert against such Assets, (c) confirms that such Person does not have title to
any such Assets of the Borrower, nor does such Person have any claim to or lien upon such
Assets other than for customary storage, shipping and handling charges, (d) agreeing that
such Person will not move any of the Assets to a location outside of the facility without
first giving the Lender 30 days prior written notice (other than inventory shipped in the
normal course of business pursuant to instructions of the Borrower) and not issue warehouse
receipts or other documents of title with respect to such Assets without the Lender’s written
consent and (e) where applicable, grants to the Lender reasonable access to and use of such
real property or facility, as the case may be, following
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to assemble, complete and
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8.1.21 Financial Covenants. The Borrower shall:

8.1.21.1 Tangible Net Worth. (a) Maintain a Tangible Net Worth of no less than
$150,000,000 to be tested at the end of each Fiscal Quarter;

8.1.21.2 Current Ratio. Maintain a Current Ratio of no less than 1.50:1.0 to be
tested at the end of each Fiscal Quarter; and

8.1.21.3 Interest Coverage Ratio. Maintain an Interest Coverage Ratio of no less
than 2.0:1.0 to be tested at the end of each Fiscal Quarter on a rolling four
quarter basis, provided that the requirements of this Section 8.1.21.3 shall not
apply as of the end of any Fiscal Quarter as of which, on a consolidated basis for
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, interest income earned exceeds the aggregate
amount of Interest Expense on a rolling four quarter basis.

8.2 Negative Covenants

So long as any Obligations remain outstanding (other than those Obligations which by their
terms survive termination of this Agreement) or so long as the Borrower has the right to utilize
the Credit Facility, and unless the Lender otherwise consents in writing, the Borrower covenants
and agrees that it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Material
Subsidiaries, as indicated below, to do any of the following:

8.2.1 Limitation on Debt. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries
to, create, assume, incur or in any manner become liable in respect of any Debt other than
Permitted Debt.

8.2.2 Limitation on Mergers and Consolidations. The Borrower will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries that have granted Security to, wind-up, merge, consolidate or
amalgamate, or to carry out a consolidation, reorganization, reconstruction or arrangement,
with or into any other Person or permit any other Person to wind-up, merge, consolidate or
amalgamate, to be consolidated, or to enter into a reorganization, reconstruction or
arrangement with or into it, and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries that have granted Security, to, Dispose all or substantially all of its Assets
in a single transaction or series of transactions to any Person, unless either:

	 	(a)	 	the Borrower is the survivor (or in the case of any such Disposition by such a
Subsidiary, the Borrower or another Subsidiary that has granted Security is the
acquiror) and the Lender shall be satisfied that it has a continuing perfected security
interest in all present and after-acquired property of the survivor Borrower (or in the
case of any such Disposition by such Subsidiary, the Assets so Disposed) with the
priorities contemplated under this Agreement and the Lender shall have been granted
such documentation, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender, acting
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	 	(b)	 	the successor corporation or acquiror is solvent and is organized under the
laws of Canada or any province thereof, and

	 	(i)	 	in any case involving the Borrower, has executed and delivered to
the Lender a written confirmation of its assumption of the due and punctual
performance of each covenant and condition on the part of the Borrower contained
in this Agreement and any other Credit Documents to which it is party and the
Lender being satisfied that the Security shall attach to all present and
after-acquired Assets of the successor corporation or acquiror, perfected and
with the priority contemplated under this Agreement; or

	 
	 	(ii)	 	in the case of a Subsidiary which has provided any Credit
Document, has executed and delivered to the Lender a written confirmation of
such Credit Document on terms and conditions acceptable to the Lender acting
reasonably and the Lender being satisfied that the Security shall attach to all
present and after-acquired Assets of the successor corporation or acquiror,
perfected and with the priority contemplated under this Agreement,

and upon request of the Lender, the Borrower causes to be delivered to the Lender an
opinion of the Borrower’s counsel regarding such assumption or Credit Document and
Security in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender acting reasonably.

8.2.3 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the
Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction or arrangement with any other Affiliate of the
Borrower or the Parent (including, without limitation, the purchase from, sale to or exchange
of assets with, or the rendering of any service by or for, any such Affiliate), other than on
terms substantially as favourable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as would be obtainable
in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than such an Affiliate. Nothing
in this Section 0 shall prohibit the creation of any intercorporate Debt between the Borrower
or any Subsidiary and any other Affiliates of the Borrower consistent with the Parent’s
policies applicable to such Debt and otherwise permitted under this Agreement.

8.2.4 Change in Business. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
engage to any material extent in any business other than the Businesses.

8.2.5 Lease-Back. The Borrower will not enter into or permit any of its Subsidiaries to
enter into any arrangements, directly or indirectly, with any Person, whereby the Borrower or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall sell or transfer any property, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired, used or useful in the Business, and then rent or lease the property so
sold or transferred for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property so sold or
transferred, provided that so long as section 3.4 (Mandatory Prepayments) is complied with
this section 8.2.5 shall not prohibit any such transaction that qualifies under item (x) of
the definition of Permitted Encumbrances.

8.2.6 Maintenance and Ownership of Material Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not sell or
otherwise dispose of any shares of any of its Material Subsidiaries or permit any of such
Material Subsidiaries to issue, sell or otherwise dispose of any of their shares or the
 shares of any other Material Subsidiary, except to the Borrower or another Material
Subsidiary.

8.2.7 Swaps. The Borrower will not enter into any interest rate swap, basis swap, forward
transaction, currency hedging or swap transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar
transaction or other derivative of hedging transaction, whether with respect to interest
rates, currencies, commodities or otherwise, or any option with respect to such a transaction
or any combination of any such transactions except for the purpose of paying or hedging its
actual or
anticipated normal business capital expenditures and operating revenues and expenses,
hedging its interest rate or currency exposure on its Debt or loan receivables and hedging
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8.2.8 Acquisitions. The Borrower will not make any Acquisition in any Fiscal Year, unless
the Acquisition (i) is in a business substantially similar to the Business, (ii) based on
information provided to the Lender by the Borrower, is demonstrated to the Lender, acting
reasonably, to be accretive to the EBITDA of the Borrower on a pro forma basis and (iii)
would not result in a Default or Event of Default.

8.2.9 Location of Assets in Other Jurisdictions. Except for Assets in transit to the
Borrower or temporarily with repairers or any Assets being delivered to a customer in the
ordinary course of business of the Borrower as part of the performance of its obligations,
the Borrower will not: (A) locate or store any Assets with a market value (either
individually or in the aggregate) of more than $2,000,000 in any single jurisdiction not
identified in Schedule 7.1.19 or (B) move any Assets from one jurisdiction to another
jurisdiction where the location, storage, acquisition or movement, as the case may be, of
such Assets to that jurisdiction would result in (1) Assets being located in a single
jurisdiction with a market value (either individually or in aggregate) of more than
$2,000,000 that are not subject to the Lien of the Security or (2) cause the Lien of Security
over such Assets to cease to be perfected under Applicable Law, unless (x) the Borrower has
first given thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof to the Lender, and (y) the Borrower
has first executed and delivered to the Lender all Security and all financing or registration
statements in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender which the Lender or its counsel,
acting reasonably, from time to time deem necessary or advisable to ensure that the Security
at all times constitutes a perfected first priority Lien (subject only to Permitted
Encumbrances) over such Assets notwithstanding the storage, movement or location of such
Assets as aforesaid together with such supporting certificates, resolutions, opinions and
other documents as the Lender (acting reasonably) may deem necessary or desirable in
connection with such security and registrations.

8.2.10 No Change of Name. The Borrower shall not change its name, adopt a French form of
name or change its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation in each case without providing
the Lender with thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof.

8.2.11 No Liens. The Borrower shall not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien
upon any of its Assets except Permitted Encumbrances.

8.2.12 No Action. The Borrower will not knowingly take any action that would result in the
Borrower failing to maintain: (a) a Tangible Net Worth of no less than $150,000,000 at all
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ARTICLE 9

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

9.1 Conditions Precedent to Availability of the Credit Facility

The obligations of the Lender to make available the Credit Facility or any part thereof to the
Borrower are subject to compliance, on or before the Closing Date, with each of the following
conditions precedent, which conditions precedent are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
Lender and may be waived in writing by the Lender in its sole discretion:

9.1.1 the representations and warranties set out in Article 7 shall be true and correct on
the Closing Date;

9.1.2 no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing nor shall it be
reasonably anticipated that there will be any Default or Event of Default immediately after
and as a result of giving effect to the Closing Date;

9.1.3 the Lender shall have received the following in form and substance satisfactory to the
Lender:

	 	(a)	 	Officers’ Certificates of the Borrower dated the Closing Date certifying that
attached thereto are true and correct copies of the following documents, and that such
documents are in full force and effect:

	 	(i)	 	the articles or other constating documents of the Borrower
(including, but not limited to, articles of amalgamation of USG Canadian Mining
and the Borrower);

	 
	 	(ii)	 	the by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower;

	 
	 	(iii)	 	a certificate of incumbency including sample signatures of
officers of the Borrower;

	 
	 	(iv)	 	the resolutions or other documentation evidencing that all
necessary action, corporate or otherwise, has been taken by each of the
Borrower to authorize the execution, delivery and performance, of the Credit
Documents; and

	 
	 	(v)	 	the corporate structure of the Borrower as of the date hereof,

	 	(b)	 	a certificate of status, certificate of good standing or similar certificate
for all Relevant Jurisdictions of the Borrower in which the nature of the Borrower’s
business requires the Borrower to be registered under Applicable Law shall have been
delivered to the Lender;

	 	(c)	 	releases, discharges (or written authorizations to discharge from the
applicable Lien holder in form acceptable to the Lender) and postponements (in
registerable form where appropriate) with respect to all Liens affecting the collateral
encumbered by the Security which are not Permitted Encumbrances, if any, shall have
been delivered to the Lender;

	 	(d)	 	opinions of external counsel to the Borrower (along with the opinions of local
counsel) dated the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender
(including without limitation an opinion that the execution, delivery and performance
of the Credit Documents do not breach the Senior Credit Agreement); and

	 	(e)	 	such other documentation or information as the Lender shall have reasonably
requested;

9.1.4 the Lender shall have received and be satisfied with the latest available quarterly
financial statements for the Borrower and the Parent, as well as a Compliance Certificate for
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9.1.5 the Lender shall have received payment in full of all fees payable by the Borrower on
or prior to the Closing Date under any Credit Document, including payment of all reasonable
invoiced fees, charges and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to the Lender;

9.1.6 no material adverse change has occurred in the operations or financial position of the
Borrower since the preparation date of the financial statements referred to in section 9.1.4;

9.1.7 the Borrower shall have obtained all necessary government and third party consents
necessary to enter into the Credit Documents and perform its obligations under the Credit
Documents;

9.1.8 the Lender shall have received a completed environmental questionnaire in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lender;

9.1.9 the Borrower shall have delivered to the Lender certificates of insurance acceptable to
the Lender showing the Lender as a loss payee and mortgagee as its interest may appear on all
insurance policies that insure the Assets to be secured by the Security and as an additional
insured on all liability policies (other than professional liability) of the Borrower and in
each case containing (i) provisions that such policies will not be cancelled without 15 days
prior written notice having been given by the insurance company to the Lender, and (ii) with
respect to the property insurance policy only, a standard non-contributory “mortgagee”,
“lender” or “secured party” clause, as well as such other provisions as the Lender may
reasonably require to fully protect (to the extent reasonably practicable) the Lender’s
interest in the Assets subject to the Security and to any payments to be made under such
policies;

9.1.10 duly executed copies of the Security Documents shall have been signed and tabled in
escrow (along with certificates, if any, representing all shares or other securities pledged,
together with related stock powers duly executed in blank) and such financing statements or
other registrations of such Security, or notice thereof, shall have been filed, registered,
entered or recorded in all offices of public record necessary or desirable in the opinion of
the Lender to preserve or protect the charges and security interests created thereby in all
applicable jurisdictions (including by way of control, where applicable); and

9.1.11 the Lender shall have received executed Credit Documents in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lender.

9.2 Conditions Precedent to Subsequent Advances

The obligation of the Lender to make any Advances is subject to compliance, on or before the
relevant Borrowing Date, with each of the following conditions precedent, which conditions
precedent are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Lender and may be waived in writing by the
Lender in its sole discretion):

9.2.1 the representation and warranties shall be true and correct on the relevant Borrowing
Date as if made on and as of such date, except that (a) if any such representation and
warranty is specifically given in respect of a particular date or particular period of time
and relates only to such date or period of time, then such representation and warranty shall
continue to be given as at such date or such period of time and (b) to the extent any matter
addressed in any such representation and warranty changes in a manner specifically permitted
by such warranty, or compliance therewith is waived by the Lender in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, such repeated representation and warranty shall be revised to
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9.2.2 no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing nor shall it be
reasonably anticipated that there will be any Default or Event of Default immediately after
and as a result of giving effect to the proposed Advance;

9.2.3 the Borrower shall have executed and delivered such standard form letter of credit or
other agreements of the Lender as the Lender shall require in respect of the issuance of
letters of credit if the Advance is the issuance of a letter of Credit; and

9.2.4 the Lender shall have received a Borrowing Notice as required hereunder (except for
overdraft availability); and

9.2.5 there shall not have been, and prior to delivery of the next report referred to in
either section 8.1.10 or 8.1.11 above there shall not reasonably be expected to be, any
mandatory prepayment as contemplated in items (i) or (ii) of section 3.4.1.

ARTICLE 10

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

10.1 Events of Default

The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default (provided
that the occurrence of any event referred to in any of sections 10.1.9 to 10.1.12 inclusive
relative to the Parent only which does not result in a termination or material disruption in
the supply of inventory by the Parent to the Borrower shall not constitute an Event of
Default):

10.1.1 the Borrower shall fail to pay the principal amount of any Loan when such amount
becomes due and payable;

10.1.2 the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest or fees hereunder when the same become due
and payable hereunder and such failure shall remain unremedied for five (5) Banking Days;

10.1.3 any representation or warranty or certification made or deemed to be made by the
Borrower or any of its directors or officers in this Agreement or any other Credit Document
or the Hedging Arrangements to which it is a party shall prove to have been incorrect in any
material and adverse respect when made or deemed to be made and, if the circumstances, facts
or effects giving rise to or resulting from such inaccurate representation or warranty are
capable of rectification (such that in relation to time periods thereafter, the
representation or warranty would be correct), the representation and warranty remains
uncorrected for a period of 30 days after the Borrower learns of the occurrence of such
event.

10.1.4 the Borrower shall fail to perform, observe or comply with:

	 	(a)	 	any of the covenants contained in sections 8.1.18, 8.1.19, 8.1.20, 8.2.1,
8.2.7, 8.2.10 or 8.2.11, provided that the Borrower will have 30 days to remedy any
such failure after the Borrower learns of the existence of such Default so long as
there has not been a previous failure to perform, observe or comply with such covenant
in the prior 12 months;

	 	(b)	 	any of the covenants contained in sections 8.1.21.1 or 8.1.21.2, provided that
the Borrower will have 10 days to remedy any such failure after the Borrower learns of
the
existence of such Default so long as there has not been a previous failure to
perform, observe or comply with such covenant in the prior 12 months; or

	 	(c)	 	any of the covenants contained in sections 3.4, 8.1.21.3, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.2.4,
8.2.5, 8.2.6, 8.2.8 or 8.2.12.

 

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10.1.5 the Borrower shall fail to perform, observe or comply with any of the covenants
contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or the Hedging Arrangements except
as specifically set out in section 10.1.4 above and such failure shall remain unremedied for
30 days after the Borrower learns of the existence of such Default.

10.1.6 (i) the Borrower is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of
any evidence of any Debt in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least
U.S. $10,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) or of any mortgage,
indenture or other agreement relating thereto or the Hedging Arrangements or any other
condition exists, and as a consequence of such default or condition the holder of such Debt
is permitted to cause such Debt in whole or in part to become due prior to its stated
maturity or such Debt in whole or in part has become, or has been declared due and payable
before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, (ii) the
Parent is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any
Debt in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least U.S. $50,000,000 (or its
equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) or of any mortgage, indenture or other
agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such
default or condition such Debt in whole or in part has become, or has been declared due and
payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or
(iii) as a consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other
than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Debt to convert such Debt into equity
interests), either the Borrower of the Parent becomes obligated to purchase or repay Debt
before its original maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an
aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least U.S. $10,000,000 except in the case of the
Parent for which the limit will be U.S. $50,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant
currency of payment) provided that this section 10.1.6 shall not apply to Debt which is
secured by a Permitted Encumbrance that becomes due solely as a result of the sale, transfer
or other disposition (including as a result of a casualty or condemnation event) of the
Assets secured by the Permitted Encumbrance and not due to any other default or other
mandatory prepayment provision and provided any Debt secured by such Permitted Encumbrance
becomes so due by reason of such disposition;

10.1.7 any judgment or order, for the payment of money in excess of U.S. $10,000,000, shall
be rendered against the Borrower (provided that in determining whether the foregoing
threshold is satisfied, there shall be excluded any portion of such judgment that is fully
covered by a third party insurance company rated not less than “B++” by A.M. Best (less any
applicable deductible) and as to which the insurer has not disputed, in writing, its
responsibility to cover such judgment) and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been
commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order upon the assets of the Borrower or
Parent; or (ii) there shall be any period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of
enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not
be in effect;

10.1.8 there shall be any Change of Control;

10.1.9 the Borrower, any of the Material Subsidiaries or the Parent admits its inability to
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10.1.10 the Borrower, any of the Material Subsidiaries or the Parent institutes any
proceeding or takes any corporate action or executes any agreement to authorize its
participation in or commencement of any proceeding:

10.1.10.1 seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or

10.1.10.2 seeking liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, arrangement,
protection, relief or composition of it or any of its property or debt or making a
proposal with respect to it under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or compromise of debts or other similar laws (including, without
limitation, any application under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada)
or proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or any reorganization,
arrangement or compromise of debt under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation);

provided that it will not constitute an Event of Default if the Borrower or a Material
Subsidiary or the Parent takes steps to liquidate, dissolve or wind-up a Material Subsidiary
or to reorganize the Borrower or a Material Subsidiary or the Parent as otherwise permitted
hereunder;

10.1.11 any proceeding is commenced against or affecting the Borrower, any of the Material
Subsidiaries or the Parent;

10.1.11.1 seeking liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, arrangement,
protection, relief or composition of it or any of its Assets or Debt or making a
proposal with respect to it under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or compromise of debts or other similar laws (including, without
limitation, any reorganization, arrangement, or compromise of debt under the
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) or the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation), but excluding a solvent arrangement or other reorganization
permitted by section 8.2.2; or

10.1.11.2 seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, agent, custodian or other
similar official for it or for any substantial part of its Assets;

and such proceeding is not being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or, if so
contested remains outstanding, undismissed and unstayed more than 60 days from the
institution of such first mentioned proceeding;

10.1.12 any creditor of the Borrower, any of the Material Subsidiaries, the Parent or any
other Person, shall privately appoint a receiver, trustee or similar official for any
substantial part of the Assets of the Borrower, any of the Material Subsidiaries, or the
Parent and such appointment is not being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings or, if so contested, such appointment continues for more than 60 days; or

10.1.13 if any of the Security shall cease to be a valid and perfected first priority
security interest subject only to Permitted Encumbrances and the Borrower shall have failed
to remedy such default within ten (10) Business Days of the Borrower becoming aware of such
fact and being provided by the Lender with any documentation required to be executed to
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10.2 Remedies Upon Default

Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default which is continuing, the Lender may, by notice
given to the Borrower:

10.2.1 declare the unutilized portion (if any) of the Commitment to be terminated (whereupon
the Lender shall not be required to make any further Advances);

10.2.2 declare all Obligations to be immediately due and payable; and

10.2.3 take such actions and commence such proceedings as may be permitted at law or in
equity and proceed to exercise any and all rights hereunder and under the Security at such
times and in such manner as the Lender in its sole discretion may consider expedient,

all without, except as may be required by Applicable Law, any additional notice, presentment,
demand, protest, notice of protest, dishonour or any other action. The rights and remedies of the
Lender hereunder and the Security are cumulative and are in addition to and not in substitution for
any other rights or remedies provided by Applicable Law.

10.3 Distributions

All distributions under or in respect of any other Credit Document shall be held by the Lender
on account of the Obligations without prejudice to any claim by the Lender for any deficiency after
such distributions are received by the Lender and the Borrower shall remain liable for any such
deficiency. All such distributions may be applied to such part of the Obligations as the Lender may
see fit in its sole discretion. The Lender may at any time change any appropriation of any such
distributions or other moneys received by the Lender and may reapply the same to any other part of
the Obligations as the Lender may from time to time in its sole discretion see fit, notwithstanding
any previous application.

ARTICLE 11

SECURITY

11.1 Form of Security

On the Closing Date, as continuing collateral security for the payment and satisfaction of all
Obligations of the Borrower to the Lender, the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Lender the following Security, all of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Lender:

	 	(a)	 	a general security agreement from the Borrower in favour of the
Lender constituting a first-priority Lien (subject only to Permitted
Encumbrances) on all of the present and future Assets of the Borrower (other
than the present and future Intellectual Property of the Borrower);

	 
	 	(b)	 	a license agreement in favour of the Lender and relating to all
Intellectual Property of the Borrower;

	 
	 	(c)	 	a moveable hypothec from the Borrower in favour of the Lender
constituting a first-priority Lien (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) on
all of the present and future moveable Assets of the Borrower (other than the
present and future Intellectual Property of the Borrower); and

	 
	 	(d)	 	a Bank Act assignment from the Borrower in favour of the Lender
constituting a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) on all
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11.2 After Acquired Assets and Further Assurances

The Borrower shall from time to time and, at the request of the Lender, execute and deliver
all such further documents, deeds or other instruments of conveyance, assignment, transfer,
mortgage, pledge or charge in connection with any of its Assets, whether now existing or acquired
by the Borrower after the date hereof and intended to be subject to the security interests created
hereby including any insurance thereon.

11.3 Release/Subordination of Security

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other provision of any Credit Document, the
Lender shall not be required to provide a release of the Security over all the Assets until all
Obligations (other than contingent and unclaimed Obligations under indemnity provisions which are
expressed to survive the termination of this Agreement) and obligations under the Hedging
Arrangements have been repaid in full and there remains no further commitment or obligation of the
Lender to advance funds under this Agreement and no Hedging Arrangements are outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lender shall, at the cost of the Borrower, promptly, upon
written request by the Borrower execute and deliver such documents that are in a form and substance
acceptable to the Lender, acting reasonably, as the Borrower may from time reasonably request in
writing to (a) discharge the Security over any Assets Disposed of by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
from time to time unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or the Lender believes
(acting reasonably) that such Disposition has resulted in or would result in a Default or Event of
Default and (b) subordinate the Security to any Permitted Encumbrances described in paragraph (x)
of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances so long as (i) all such Permitted Encumbrances are
limited to specific capital assets of the Borrower, the proceeds arising from such specific capital
assets and insurance proceeds specifically relating to such capital assets, (ii) the aggregate
total of all amounts secured by such encumbrances do not exceed the amount permitted pursuant to
paragraph (x) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances and (iv) such subordination does not in
any way limit or impact (A) the priority, perfection or enforcement of the Lender’s Security over
the other Assets of the Borrower or the Material Subsidiaries, (B) the priority, perfection or
enforcement of the Obligations or the Borrower’s obligations under the Hedging Arrangements or (C)
the rights and remedies of the Lender under the Credit Documents (other than in respect of the
specific capital assets subject to such Permitted Lien, the proceeds arising from such specific
capital assets and insurance proceeds specifically relating to such capital assets).

11.4 Security Charging Real Assets

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other provision of any Credit
Document, to the extent that the charges and security interests created by the Security charge real
property or any interest therein such charges and security interests shall secure interest after
the occurrence of an Event of Default at the same rates as those in effect prior to such
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ARTICLE 12

GENERAL

12.1 Reliance and Non-Merger

All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties of the Borrower made herein or in
any other Credit Document or in any certificate or other document signed by any of its directors or
officers and delivered by or on behalf of any of them pursuant hereto or thereto are material,
shall be deemed to have been relied upon by the Lender notwithstanding any investigation heretofore
or hereafter
made by the Lender or its counsel or any employee or other representative of any of them and
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents until the
Borrower shall have satisfied and performed all of its obligations hereunder (other than those
obligations which by their express terms survive termination of this Agreement) and the Lender
shall have no further obligation to make Advances hereunder.

12.2 Credit Information

To the extent required by Applicable Law, the Lender shall be entitled from time to time to
obtain, provide and exchange credit information relating to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries,
directly or indirectly, from, to and with any credit reporting agency, credit bureau or any Person
with whom the Borrower has or may have financial relations, and Lender shall be not liable to the
Borrower by reason of any act or omission of any of it or any other Person in obtaining, providing
and exchanging such credit information or declining or failing to do so.

12.3 No Set-Off by the Borrower

The amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder shall not be subject to any deduction,
withholding, set-off or counterclaim by the Borrower or a Guarantor for any reason whatsoever.

12.4 Set-Off by the Bank

The Lender may at any time and from time to time following the occurrence of an Event of
Default which is continuing, without notice to the Borrower, combine, consolidate or merge all or
any of the accounts of the Borrower with, and liabilities to, the Lender and may set off,
appropriate and apply any and all deposits by or for the benefit of the Borrower with any branch of
the Lender, general or special, matured or unmatured, and any other indebtedness and liability of
the Lender to the Borrower matured or unmatured, against and on account of the Obligations when
due, notwithstanding that the balances of the accounts, deposits or Obligations may or may not be
expressed in the same currency.

12.5 Employment of Experts

The Lender may, at any time and from time to time, retain and employ legal counsel,
independent accountants, environmental consultants and other experts in order to perform or assist
it in the performance of its rights and powers under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents,
and neither it nor its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be responsible to the
Borrower or any other Person for or in respect of the negligence or misconduct of any such
accountant, consultant or other expert selected by it in good faith and with reasonable care.

12.6 Reliance by the Lender

The Lender shall be entitled to rely upon any schedule, certificate, statement, report, notice
or other document or written communication (including any facsimile, telex or other means of
electronic communication) believed by it to be genuine and correct, and upon the advice and
statements of agents, legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, consultants and other experts
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12.7 Notices

12.7.1 Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be given by facsimile or other means of electronic communication or by
hand-delivery as hereinafter provided. Any such notice, if sent by facsimile or other means
of electronic
communication, shall be deemed to have been received on (a) the Banking Day sent, if sent
prior to 4:00 p.m. on a Banking Day, or (b) if not sent before 4:00 p.m. on a Banking Day, on
the Banking Day next following the day of sending,; or if delivered by hand shall be deemed
to have been received at the time it is delivered to the applicable address noted below,
provided in each case that if such day is not a Banking Day such notice shall be deemed to
have been received on the next succeeding Banking Day. Notice of change of address shall
also be governed by this section. Notices and other communications shall be addressed as
follows:

	 	(a)	 	if to the Borrower:

CGC Inc.

350 Burnhamthorpe Rd.

5th Floor

Mississauga, Ontario

L5B 3J1

Attention: Vice President, Finance

Facsimile Number: (905) 803-5652

with a copy to:

USG Corporation

550 West Adams Street

Chicago, IL 60661

Attention: Vice President and Treasurer

Facsimile Number: (312) 672 3883

and

Attention: Corporate Secretary

Facsimile Number: (312) 672-7748

	 	(b)	 	if to the Lender:

The Toronto-Dominion Bank,

100 Wellington Street West

Canadian Pacific Tower

26th Floor

Toronto, Ontario

M5K 1A2

Attention:
Senior Manager, Commercial National Accounts

Facsimile Number: (416) 982-6076

12.8 Time

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12.9 Further Assurances

Whether before or after the happening of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall at its own
expense do, make, execute or deliver, or cause to be done, made, executed or delivered all such
further acts, documents, agreements and things in connection with the Credit Facility and the
Credit Documents as the Lender may reasonably require from time to time for the purpose of giving
effect to the Credit Documents all within a reasonable period of time after the request of the
Lender.

12.10 Assignment

12.10.1 This Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall enure to the benefit of and be
binding on the parties hereto and thereto, their respective successors and any assignee or
transferee of some or all of the parties’ rights or obligations under this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents as permitted under this section 12.10.

12.10.2 The Borrower shall not assign or transfer all or any part of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents without the prior
written consent of the Lender, which consent may be arbitrarily withheld.

12.10.3 The Lender may at any time assign or transfer all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under the Credit Facility and the Credit Documents to, and may have its
corresponding obligations in respect thereof assumed by, any other Person at such times and
upon such terms as it may deem fit, provided that any assignment must be approved by the
Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless:

(A) the assignment is by the Lender to an Affiliate of the Lender or to any other person who
is a lender under this agreement or an Affiliate of such lender; or

(B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,

in which case no such approval or consent is required.

12.11 Currency Conversion and Indemnity

If, in connection with any action or proceeding brought in connection with this Agreement or
any of the Credit Documents or any judgment or order obtained as a result thereof, it becomes
necessary to convert any amount due hereunder in one Currency (the “first Currency”) into another
Currency (the “second Currency”), then the conversion shall be made at the Conversion Rate on the
first Banking Day prior to the day on which payment is received.

If the conversion is not able to be made in the manner contemplated by the preceding paragraph
in the jurisdiction in which the action or proceeding is brought, then the conversion shall be made
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If the Conversion Rate on the date of payment is different from the Conversion Rate on such
first Banking Day or on the date of judgment, as the case may be, the Borrower shall pay such
additional amount (if any) in the second Currency as may be necessary to ensure that the amount
paid on such payment date is the aggregate amount in the second Currency which, when converted at
the Conversion Rate on the date of payment, is the amount due in the first Currency, together with
all costs, charges and expenses of conversion. Any additional amount owing by the Borrower to the
Lender pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be due as a separate debt and shall give
rise to a separate
cause of action and shall not be affected by or merged into any judgment obtained for any
other amounts due under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents.

12.12 Counterparts

This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to
be an original, but all such separate counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.

12.13 Entire Agreement

The Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto pertaining to
the matters therein set forth. There are no warranties, representations or agreements between the
parties in connection with such matters except as specifically set forth or referred to in the
Credit Documents.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto as of the date first
written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CGC INC., as Borrower

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ James McEwen
 	 
	 	 	Title: Vice President Finance and Secretary 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	             /s/ Christopher Macey
 	 
	 	 	Title: Vice President and General Manager 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, as Lender

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Susan Schler
 	 
	 	 	Title: Associate Vice President, National Accounts 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	            /s/ Scott Galbraith
 	 
	 	 	Title: Senior Manager, National Accounts 	 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

CONFIDENTIAL - HAND-DELIVERED

June 25, 2009

John S. Millet

55 Indian Pipe Drive

Wynantskill, NY 12198

Dear John:

Berkshire Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) is terminating your employment today. However, the Company desires to
resolve any and all issues relating to the conclusion of your employment amicably and on mutually satisfactory terms.
To that end, the Company is offering you a separation package in accordance with the terms of this Letter Agreement.
Upon your signature, this Letter Agreement shall constitute the agreement between you and the Company on the terms of
your separation from employment as follows:

1. Your employment with the Company shall conclude effective as of June 25, 2009 (the “Separation Date”). As of today,
you shall receive your earned salary through the Separation Date and also shall receive full payment for all of your
accrued, unused vacation time in the amount of $12,308.

2. Although you are not otherwise entitled to it, in consideration of your acceptance of this Letter Agreement, the
Company shall provide you with a separation payment in the gross amount of $200,000 (the “Separation Pay”), less
legally required withholdings. Your Separation Pay shall be made in six equal monthly installments (each in the gross
amount of $33,333.33) beginning on the first regularly-scheduled Company pay date following eight days after which you
execute this Letter Agreement and return it to the Company without revocation. No Company contribution or match shall
be made to the Company’s 401(k) Plan on account of the Separation Pay or otherwise after the Separation Date. You
agree that under the terms of certain “Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. 2003 Equity Compensation Plan Restricted Stock
Award Agreements” (the “Restricted Stock Agreements”) signed by you as of February 2, 2006, January 30, 2007, February
25, 2008 and April 1, 2009, you hereby forfeit your unvested Stock Award, as defined in the Restricted Stock
Agreements, as of the Separation Date and all of your rights to any unvested stock are null and void. Thus, you will
not vest in any Bank-related options or awards or any kind that are scheduled to vest after the Separation Date and you
have forfeited any interest in any such unvested options or awards.

3. The Company also agrees to provide you with your group health and dental insurance benefits, at no additional cost
to you, through June 30, 2009. After that date, you shall be entitled to receive extended health coverage through the
Company, at your own expense, at whatever premium the Company is permitted to charge by law and for whatever period is
provided by law. You shall receive further information concerning your rights under the Consolidated Omnibus
Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”).

 

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4. Other than the obligations of the Company as set forth above, you represent and agree that you are not entitled to
any other wages, salary, bonuses, vacation pay, benefits or any other compensation or reimbursements from the Company.
You acknowledge and agree that all wages, salaries, employee benefits, severance payments, vacation payments, payments
for sickness or other absence, debts and financial obligations owed to you and/or arising out of your employment and
the termination thereof have been paid in full and/or are hereby discharged, except as expressly set forth to the
contrary in this Letter Agreement. You further represent and warrant that you have not assigned or attempted to assign
any right or interest in any claim against the Company to any other person and that no other person has an interest in
such rights or claims.

5. As is standard in situations where an employer is paying an employee additional compensation upon separation, you
agree to waive and release and promise never to assert any and all claims that you have or might have against the
Company, arising from and related to your employment with and/or separation from the Company. For purposes of this
Letter Agreement, the term “Company” means and includes Berkshire Insurance Group, Inc., Berkshire Bank and Berkshire
Hills Bancorp, Inc., their predecessors and successors, all of their past, present, and future shareholders, trustees,
directors, officers, employees, representatives, insurers, attorneys, agents and assigns, and all of their parent or
controlling corporations, and their affiliates and subsidiaries, or any other legal entity describing Berkshire
Insurance Group, Inc., Berkshire Bank and Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc.’s organization or through which they conduct
business.

6. You represent and warrant that you have not filed any complaints, charges or claims against the Company with any
local, state or federal court or administrative agency and agree that if any such complaints, charges or claims have
been filed against the Company they shall be dismissed with prejudice. You agree that you will not file or commence
any complaint, charge, or action against the Company alleging wrongdoing pertaining to your employment with the Company
or the termination thereof. You agree that if any governmental agency, court or arbitrator hereafter assumes
jurisdiction of any complaint, charge, or action against the Company involving such matters, you will not participate
in such proceeding or action, as a witness or otherwise, unless compelled by subpoena or court order to do so and only
after giving the Company immediate advance written notice of such subpoena or order and all cooperation reasonably
required by the Company to challenge or limit the same.

7. Except with respect to any rights arising out of this Letter Agreement, you specifically agree that you waive,
release and discharge any and all manner of claims, charges, demands, actions, causes of actions, proceedings, fees,
attorneys’ fees, costs, disbursements, damages, promises, contracts and penalties or penalties of any kind whatsoever,
known or unknown, in law or in equity, which you ever had, now have or may have under any federal or state laws
(including, but not limited to labor, employment, retaliation or discrimination laws), statutes, public policies,
orders or regulations, including, but not limited to those under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended,
the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, the Family and

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Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, the Older Workers Benefit
Protection Act, as amended, Chapters 149 through 154 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Massachusetts Civil Rights
Act, the Massachusetts Equal Rights Law, the New York Human Rights Law, the New York Workers’ Compensation Law, the New
York Labor Law (other than for unemployment benefits), under any other law pertaining to wages, employment benefits,
terms and conditions of employment, discrimination or any judicially created or recognized remedies under common law,
including but not limited to claims relating to breach of an oral or written contract, wrongful discharge,
misrepresentation, defamation, interference with prospective economic advantage, interference with contractual
relationship, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, negligence and breach of the covenant of good
faith and fair dealing and any claims under the Restricted Stock Agreements. You specifically agree that this waiver
and release is intended to apply to any and all claims for retaliation, harassment, emotional distress (including
mental suffering and similar claims for emotional or psychological damages), injury to personal reputation, defamation,
negligence, discrimination and under any alleged contract, policy, plan or program. It is expressly agreed and
understood that the release contained herein is a GENERAL RELEASE, but that you are not waiving or releasing any rights
or claims that arise after the date that this Letter Agreement is executed. The consideration given by the Company in
exchange for your General Release exceeds anything of value to which you otherwise were entitled in the absence of a
waiver.

8. Release of ADEA Claims. Not in limitation of the previous paragraph, by signing this Letter Agreement, you
agree and understand that you are waiving, relinquishing and releasing any and all claims or rights that you have or
may have against the Company arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., and its
state law equivalent. You are not, however, waiving any rights or claims that may arise after the execution of this
Letter Agreement. You specifically acknowledge that this waiver and release releases the Company from liability to you
for any alleged violation of the ADEA to the date of this Letter Agreement.

9. With respect to the rights and claims that you are waiving, you are waiving not only your right to recover in an
action that you might commence, but also your right to recover in any action brought on your behalf by any other party,
including, but not limited to, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the Massachusetts Commission
Against Discrimination (“MCAD”), the New York State Division of Human Rights (“NYSDHR”), or any other federal, state or
local governmental agency or department. Nothing in this Letter Agreement shall be construed to affect the rights and
responsibilities of the EEOC, MCAD and/or NYSDHR to enforce the anti-discrimination laws. Also, nothing in this Letter
Agreement may be used to justify interfering with the employee’s protected right to file a charge or participate in an
investigation or proceeding conducted by the EEOC, MCAD or NYSDHR. In addition, and not in limitation of the
foregoing, you hereby forever release and discharge the Company from any liability or obligation to reinstate, rehire
or reemploy you in any capacity.

10. You agree and understand that the release and waiver set forth above is intended to extinguish any right that you
may have to seek or obtain payment for attorneys’ fees, expert witness fees, costs or disbursements from the Company
related to the subject matter of this release and waiver under any law, rule or regulation for any reason.

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11. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in the above release and waiver shall affect any right you may have to
receive unemployment benefits under New York or Massachusetts Law or any rights expressly reserved by or granted to you
in this Agreement or any rights you may have or become entitled to in the future to receive benefits under the
Company’s pension and welfare benefit plans at the times set forth in such plans for the payment of the same pursuant
to each plan’s documents and the relevant elections under the plans which may have been made or may be made in the
future by you or your respective heirs, successors, or assigns.

12. By executing this Letter Agreement, you agree to keep the terms of this document confidential. However, nothing in
this Letter Agreement shall prohibit you from disclosing such confidential information (i) to your counsel and
accountants; (ii) to your spouse; (iii) to government authorities requesting such information; and (iv) as otherwise
required by law. You also acknowledge and agree that you have been the recipient of confidential and proprietary
business information that is a valuable, special and unique asset of the Company’s business and you agree that you will
not use or disclose such confidential and proprietary information except as may be expressly permitted by the Company’s
Board of Directors, in writing, or as may be required by law.

13. You represent and agree that as of the Separation Date, you will return to the Company all documents and
information, in paper or electronic form, including but not limited to memoranda, notes, financial information, plans,
records, projections, reports, customer or vendor lists or information which came into your possession as a result of
your employment with the Company. You further agree to return all Company property on your Separation Date, including
but not limited to any computer equipment, mobile phone, software, keys, access cards, credit cards, files and any
other property that was issued to you. You also agree to cooperate with the Company to the extent that your knowledge
of facts concerning the Company’s business is required for any business reason or for any court or administrative
proceeding.

14. You agree not to make any disparaging statements concerning the Company, its affiliates or current or former
officers, directors, employees or agents and further agree not to take any actions or conduct which would reasonably be
expected to affect adversely the reputation or goodwill of the Company or any of its affiliates or any of its current
or former officers, directors, employees or agents. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any truthful
statement required to be made by you or the Company in any legal proceeding or governmental or regulatory
investigation.

15. You agree to execute and be bound by the terms and conditions set forth on the Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation
Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein. You shall execute and deliver a signed original of
Exhibit A to the Company simultaneously with your delivery of a signed original of this Letter Agreement.

16. You acknowledge and agree that the restrictions set forth in this Letter Agreement and in Exhibit A are reasonable
and necessary in order to protect the good will and legitimate business interests of the Company and that any violation
thereof would likely result in irreparable injury to the Company. You therefore agree that, in the event of a
violation or threatened violation of any of the restrictions on conduct by you contained in this Letter Agreement
and/or Exhibit A, the Company shall be entitled to obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction preliminary and
permanent injunctive relief, in addition to any other rights or remedies.

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17. In addition to the remedies provided in this Letter Agreement, Exhibit A and otherwise available at law or in
equity, in the event of any breach by you of the restrictions contained in this Letter Agreement and Exhibit A, the
Company shall have the right (and the exercise of such right shall not constitute an election of remedies) to recover
from you the amount of any portion of the Separation Pay that shall have been paid to you under this Letter Agreement
and cease all future installment payments of the Separation Pay, in which event you shall be deemed to have forfeited
(as liquidated damages and not a penalty) your right to the Separation Pay, and the Company also shall have the right
to recover the reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel incurred in connection with the pursuit of any and all
remedies pertaining to such breach or impending breach.

18. If the Company shall exercise its rights under the previous paragraph of this Letter Agreement, then the Letter
Agreement and Exhibit A shall remain in full force and effect and the obligations imposed upon you in both documents
shall continue.

19. You acknowledge that you will have twenty-one (21) days from receipt within which to consider whether or not it is
in your best interest to accept this offer and sign this Letter Agreement and that you may rescind it within seven days
of the day you sign it, after which time it becomes irrevocable. Prior to executing this Letter Agreement, I advise
you to consult with an attorney before signing this Letter Agreement. By signing this Letter Agreement, you represent
that you have carefully read this document, that you understand it, and that you have had an opportunity to consult
with and review this with an attorney of your choice. You also represent that you know and understand the contents of
this Letter Agreement, including its final and binding effect on your rights and duties, and that you freely and
voluntarily assent to all the terms and conditions with the full intent of releasing the Company from all claims. You
represent that the only consideration for signing this Letter Agreement are the terms stated herein; that no other
promises, representations or agreements of any kind have been made to or with you to cause you to sign this Letter
Agreement. You represent that your waivers are in exchange for extra consideration to which you would not have been
entitled in the absence of the waivers. You further acknowledge and agree that the Company is not undertaking to
advise you with respect to any tax consequences of this Letter Agreement and that you are solely responsible for
determining those consequences.

20. This Letter Agreement shall become effective and enforceable the eighth day after you have executed the document
and delivered it to the Company (the “Effective Date”). You understand that you have the right to revoke this Letter
Agreement at any time within that period. If you choose to revoke, this Letter Agreement may only be revoked in its
entirety. Once revoked, no provision of this Letter Agreement shall be enforceable.

21. You acknowledge that the payments and benefits described in this Letter Agreement constitute a special separation
benefit which the Company is providing in its discretion due to your unique circumstances and that you are not
otherwise entitled to receive this entire separation package from the Company.

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22. We agree and specifically acknowledge that we are entering into this Letter Agreement for the purpose of amicably
resolving any and all issues relating to the conclusion of, or any other matter related to your employment with the
Company. This Letter Agreement supersedes any previous agreement, whether written or oral, that you may have had with
the Company and any other agreement is merged into and extinguished by this Letter Agreement. This Letter Agreement
shall not be deemed an admission by the Company of a violation of any statute or law or wrongdoing of any kind.

23. The invalidation or unenforceability of any provision of this Letter Agreement shall not affect the enforceability
of its remaining provisions. Furthermore, nothing contained in this Letter Agreement shall be construed to require the
commission of any act contrary to law and wherever there is any conflict between any provision of this Letter Agreement
and any statute, law, ordinance, order, or regulation, such statute, law, ordinance, order, or regulation shall
prevail, provided, however, that in such an event: (a) the provisions of this Letter Agreement so effected shall be
limited only to the extent necessary to permit compliance with the minimum legal requirement as a court of competent
jurisdiction may impose; (b) no other provisions of this Letter Agreement shall be affected thereby; and (c) all such
other provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

24. The waiver by either party of a breach or violation of any provision of this Letter Agreement shall not operate as
or be construed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach hereof.

25. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and
it supersedes any and all prior representations, understandings, or agreements between them. This Agreement can be
changed or amended only by a writing of subsequent date signed by you and the Company. You may not assign, transfer,
or otherwise dispose of any rights granted to you under this Agreement, including any right to payment.

26. The terms of this Agreement are contractual in nature and not a mere recital, and it shall take effect as a sealed
document. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without reference to conflict of law rules, and this Letter Agreement shall be deemed to be executed and
performed in Massachusetts and shall be enforceable only in the Massachusetts courts.

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If you are in agreement with the terms set forth above, please indicate by executing a copy of this letter and
returning it to me.

THE COMPANY,

By: /s/ David B. Farrell

David B. Farrell

EVP, Integrated Services

I understand and agree completely to the foregoing as of June 30th, 2009

/s/ John S. Millet

John S. Millet

Witness: /s/ Stacey A. Millet

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EXHIBIT A

NON-SOLICITATION AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

Non-Solicitation and Non-Competition Agreement (this “Agreement”) dated as of June      , 2009 between BERKSHIIRE
INSURANCE GROUP, INC., a Massachusetts corporation with a principal place of business located in Pittsfield,
Massachusetts and JOHN S. MILLET of Wynantskill, NY (“Millet”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

The Company (defined for purposes of this Agreement to mean and include Berkshire Insurance Group, Inc., Berkshire
Bank and Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.) and Millet are parties to a Letter Agreement containing a general release of
even date (the “Separation Agreement”) which is incorporated herein by reference; and

Pursuant to the terms of the Separation Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay Millet the gross amount of
$200,000, less customary payroll taxes and deductions; and

Pursuant to the terms of the Separation Agreement, Millet has agreed to enter into a Non- Solicitation and
Non-Competition Agreement in partial consideration for the Company’s agreement to pay Millet the Separation Pay; and

The duration of the Non-Solicitation and Non-Competition Agreement is six (6) months from the date of Millet’s
Separation from the Company; and

Millet agrees and acknowledges that by virtue of his position in the Company, he is familiar with and in
possession of the Company’s trade secrets, customer information, and other confidential information which are valuable
to the Company, and that their goodwill, protection, and maintenance constitute a legitimate business interest of the
Company, to be protected by the non-competition restrictions set forth herein. Millet agrees and acknowledges that the
non-competition restrictions set forth herein are reasonable and necessary and do not impose undue hardship or burdens
on him.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:

1. Non-Competition.

(a) Millet hereby agrees that, beginning on June 25, 2009 and for a period of 6 months thereafter — until December
25, 2009 – (the “Non-Competition Period”), Millet shall not, directly or indirectly own, manage, operate, join, be
employed by, perform services, consulting or other work for, or provide any assistance to (the “Prohibited
Activities”), any corporation,

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partnership, or other entity or person which owns, manages, operates, controls, participates in the ownership,
management, operation or control of, is employed by, performs services or other work for, provides any assistance to,
is engaged with respect to any banking, insurance or financial business including, but not limited to, banks, insurance
businesses or credit unions, which engages in such banking, insurance or financial business and has an office or
offices located within (a) any of the following Massachusetts counties: Berkshire, Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin;
and/or (b) any of the following Vermont counties: Bennington, Rutland and Windsor (a “Competitor Employer”).

(b) Millet acknowledges that he has carefully read and considered the provisions of this Agreement and, having
done so, agrees that the restrictions set forth herein and the geographic areas of restriction are fair and reasonable
and are reasonably required for the protection of the interests of the Company.

(c) In the event that the provisions of this Agreement relating to the time periods and/or geographic areas of
restriction shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to exceed the maximum time period or areas that such
court deems reasonable and enforceable, the time period and/or geographic areas of restriction deemed reasonable and
enforceable by the court shall become and thereafter be the maximum time period and/or geographic areas under this
Agreement.

(d) In the event that a Competitor Employer contacts Millet for the purpose of requesting that Millet engage in
Prohibited Activities with a Competitor Employer during the Non-Competition Period, Millet may request that the Company
waive the provisions of paragraph 1(a) of this Agreement. The Company shall consider Millet’s request for a waiver,
but is under no obligation to grant the waiver. The Company shall have absolute and sole discretion to decide whether
or not to grant the waiver. If, in its absolute and sole discretion, the Company decides to grant the waiver request,
the waiver shall not become effective until Millet and the Company shall have entered into a written modification of
this Agreement, signed by both parties.

2. Non-Solicitation. Millet hereby agrees that, beginning on June 25, 2009 and for a period of 6 months
thereafter — ending on December 25, 2009 — Millet shall not directly, indirectly or through another person, recruit,
solicit, interfere with, or hire or attempt to recruit, solicit, interfere with, or hire, any employee or independent
contractor of the Company to leave the employment (or independent contractor relationship) thereof, whether or not any
such employee or independent contractor is party to an employment agreement. During the same time period, Millet
shall not solicit or accept from any current customer of the Company, business competitive with the business done by
the Company with such customer nor shall he persuade or attempt to persuade any such customer to cease to do business
or to reduce the amount of business which such customer has customarily done or is reasonably expected to do with the
Company. Millet also shall not interfere with any relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company and any
other party, including, without limitation, any supplier or vendor of the Company, or solicit such party to
discontinue or reduce its business with the Company.

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3. Consideration. As consideration for the obligations of Millet hereunder, the Company shall satisfy its
obligations to Millet as described in the Separation Agreement.

4. Defaults. Millet shall be deemed to be in default of his obligations under this Agreement (a
“Default”) if Millet shall have breached his obligations under Section 1 hereof and such default shall continue for 15
days after the Company shall have given Millet notice of such default.

5. Remedies.

(a) Millet acknowledges that in the event of an actual or threatened Default, the Company’s remedies at law will
be inadequate. Accordingly, the Company shall be entitled, at its election, to enjoin any actual or threatened
Default, and/or to obtain specific performance of Millet’s obligations under Section 1 hereof without the necessity of
showing any actual damage or the inadequacy of monetary damages. Any such equitable remedy shall not constitute the
sole and exclusive remedy for any such breach, and the Company shall be entitled to pursue any other remedies at law or
in equity. In the event of a Default by Millet, the Company shall be entitled to (a) recover from Millet its costs,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in enforcing its rights under this Agreement and (b) cease making
payments to Millet under paragraph 2 of the Separation Agreement without invalidating any portion of the Separation
Agreement.

(b) Any court proceeding to enforce this Agreement may be commenced by either party in the Berkshire Superior
Court, Pittsfield, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The parties hereto submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such
courts and waive any objection which they may have to the pursuit of any such proceeding in such courts.

6. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Letter Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all previous agreements, oral and
written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

7. Non-Waiver. The failure by a party in one or more instances to insist upon performance of any of the
terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or to exercise any rights or privileges conferred in this Agreement,
or the waiver by said party of any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions, rights or privileges, but the
same shall continue and remain in full force and effect as if no such forbearance or waiver had occurred. No waiver
shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

8. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed and controlled as to validity, enforcement,
interpretation, construction, effect and in all other respects by the internal laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts applicable to contracts made and wholly to be performed in the Commonwealth.

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9. Binding Effect; Benefit. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives. Nothing in this Agreement,
express or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors,
assigns, heirs and personal representatives any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this
Agreement.

10. Amendments. This Agreement shall not be modified or amended except pursuant to an instrument in
writing executed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

11. Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any
situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other
jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is
invalid or unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making the determination of invalidity or
unenforceability shall have the power to reduce the scope, duration, or area of the term or provision, to delete
specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that
is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or
provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified after the expiration of the time within which the
judgment may be appealed.

12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as a sealed instrument on the date first above
written.

                                                                    
JOHN S. MILLET

BERKSHIRE INSURANCE GROUP, INC.,

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