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                                                                   Exhibit 10.5

                             INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

                  THIS INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ("Intercreditor Agreement"),
dated as of October 20, 2004, is by and between CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(CENTRAL), an Illinois corporation, in its capacity as agent pursuant to the
Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement (as hereinafter defined) for the
lenders who are party from time to time thereto (in such capacity, together with
its successors and assigns in such capacity, "Working Capital Agent") and SILVER
POINT FINANCE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as
collateral agent pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined)
for the lenders who are party from time to time thereto (in such capacity,
together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Term Loan
Agent", as hereinafter further defined).

                                    RECITALS:

                  A. Working Capital Lenders (as hereinafter defined) have
entered into financing arrangements with the Borrowers (as hereinafter defined),
pursuant to which the Working Capital Lenders may, upon certain terms and
conditions, make loans and provide other financial accommodations to Borrowers,
secured by a security interest in substantially all of the assets and properties
of the Borrowers and the other Obligors (as hereinafter defined).

                  B. Term Loan Lenders have made term loans to the Borrowers
secured by a security interest in substantially all of the assets and properties
of the Borrowers and the other Obligors.

                  C. Working Capital Agent and Term Loan Agent desire to enter
into this Intercreditor Agreement to (i) confirm the relative priorities of the
security interests of the Working Capital Agent, on the one hand, and Term Loan
Agent, on the other hand, in the assets and properties of the Borrowers and the
other Obligors, and (ii) provide for the orderly sharing among them, in
accordance with such priorities, of the proceeds of such assets and properties
upon any foreclosure thereon or other disposition thereof.

                  In consideration of the mutual benefits accruing to the
Working Capital Agent, the Working Capital Lenders, Term Loan Agent, and the
Term Loan Lenders hereunder and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do
hereby agree as follows:

         1. DEFINITIONS.

                  As used above and in this Intercreditor Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

                  1.1 "Agents" shall mean, collectively, the Working Capital
Agent and the Term Loan Agent, and "Agent" shall mean either one of them, as the
context requires.

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                  1.2 "Agreements" shall mean, collectively, the Working Capital
Loan Documents and the Term Loan Documents, and "Agreement" shall mean any one
of them, as the context requires.

                  1.3 "Availability" shall mean, at any time, the aggregate
amount of the revolving loans and letter of credit accommodations available to
Borrowers from the Working Capital Lenders based on the aggregate amount of the
Borrowing Base (as such term is defined in the Working Capital Loan and Security
Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) of all Borrowers determined without
regard to any revolving loans or letter of credit accommodations then
outstanding, and, accordingly, the term "Availability" is used herein to mean
the aggregate amount of revolving loans and letter of credit accommodations
available without any reduction for the amount of revolving loans or letter of
credit accommodations outstanding.

                  1.4 "Bankruptcy Code" shall mean Title 11 of the United States
Code and, as applicable, any foreign laws relating to insolvency or bankruptcy.

                  1.5 "Borrowers" shall mean each entity listed as a "Borrower"
on the signature pages hereto, and in each case, their successors and assigns,
including, without limitation, any receiver, trustee or debtor-in-possession on
behalf of such person or on behalf of any successor or assign.

                  1.6 "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized or required to
close under the laws of the State of New York or the State of North Carolina,
and a day on which Working Capital Agent and Term Loan Agent are open for the
transaction of business.

                  1.7 "Collateral" shall mean all assets and properties of any
kind whatsoever, real or personal, tangible or intangible, and wherever located
of any Obligor.

                  1.8 "Congress" shall mean Congress Financial Corporation
(Central), an Illinois corporation.

                  1.9 "Default" means each "Default" or similar term, as such
term is defined in any Working Capital Loan Document or any Term Loan Document,
so long as any such Agreement is in effect.

                  1.10 "Event of Default" means each "Event of Default" or
similar term, as such term is defined in any Working Capital Loan Document or
any Term Loan Document, so long as any such Agreement is in effect.

                  1.11 "Excess Availability" shall have the meaning set forth in
the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

                  1.12 "Extraordinary Receipts" shall have the meaning set forth
in the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement as in effect on the date
hereof.

                  1.13 "Guarantors" means (a) each entity listed as a
"Guarantor" on the signature pages hereto, and in each case, such entity's
successors and assigns, including, without

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limitation, any receiver, trustee or debtor-in-possession on behalf of such
entity or on behalf of any successor or assign, and (b) each other Person (other
than a Borrower) now or at any time hereafter liable on or in respect of the
Term Loan Debt or the Working Capital Debt, and each of such Person's successors
and assigns, including, without limitation, a receiver, trustee or
debtor-in-possession on behalf of such person or on behalf of any such successor
or assign.

                  1.14 "Hedge Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement; sometimes being collectively
referred to herein as Hedge Agreements".

                  1.15 "Hedge Reserves" shall mean the then effective Reserves
(as such term is defined in the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreements)
established by Working Capital Agent in respect of any Obligations arising under
or pursuant to any Hedge Agreements.

                  1.16 "Insolvency Proceeding" shall mean, as to any Person, any
of the following: (a) any case or proceeding with respect to such Person under
the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other law of any jurisdiction affecting creditors' rights or
any other or similar proceedings seeking any stay, reorganization, arrangement,
composition or readjustment of the obligations and indebtedness of such Person
or (b) any proceeding seeking the appointment of any trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other insolvency official with similar powers with
respect to such Person or any of its assets or (c) any proceeding for
liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the business of such Person or
(d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshaling of assets of
such Person.

                  1.17 "Intentional Overadvances" shall mean the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of loans and letter of credit accommodations that
are made or issued pursuant to the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement
intentionally or with actual knowledge that such loans and letter of credit
accommodations cause the aggregate outstanding principal amount of loans and
letter of credit accommodations to exceed the amount equal to the Availability.

                  1.18 "Lenders" shall mean, collectively, the Working Capital
Lenders and the Term Loan Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns,
being sometimes referred to herein individually as a "Lender".

                  1.19 "Lien" shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, encumbrance
(including, but not limited to, easements, rights of way and the like), lien
(statutory or other), security agreement or transfer intended as security,
including without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, the interest of a lessor under a capital lease or any financing lease
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

                  1.20 "Lien Enforcement Action" means (a) any action by any
Agent or Lender to foreclose on the Lien of such Person in all or a material
portion of the applicable Collateral, (b) any action by any Agent or Lender to
take possession of, sell or otherwise realize (judicially or non-judicially)
upon all or any material portion of the applicable Collateral (including,
without limitation, by setoff or notification of account debtors), and/or (c)
the commencement by any

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Agent or Lender of any legal proceedings against or with respect to all or any
material portion of the applicable Collateral to facilitate the actions
described in (a) or (b) above.

                  1.21 "Maximum W/C Debt" shall mean the sum of: (a) aggregate
outstanding principal amount of loans and outstanding letter of credit
accommodations made or issued pursuant to the Working Capital Loan Documents up
to a maximum amount equal to the lesser of (i) $110,000,000 and (ii) the amount
equal to (A) the Availability, multiplied by (B) 110%; plus (b) the portion of
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of loans and letter of credit
accommodations that are made or issued pursuant to the Working Capital Loan and
Security Agreement but that are not made or issued intentionally or with actual
knowledge that such loans and letter of credit accommodations cause the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of loans and letter of credit
accommodations to exceed the amount equal to the Availability multiplied by 110%
(but do not exceed $110,000,000) calculated at the time made or issued; plus (c)
Intentional Overadvances in a principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000; plus
(d) interest, fees, indemnities, costs and expenses arising under the Working
Capital Loan Documents; provided, that, the term "Availability" as used in this
definition shall not include any obligations or liabilities of any Borrower to
any financial institutions pursuant to any Hedge Agreements in an amount in
excess of the Hedge Reserves.

                  1.22 "Net Cash Proceeds" shall have the meaning set forth in
the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

                  1.23 "Obligors" shall mean, individually and collectively, the
Borrowers and the Guarantors or any other person liable on or in respect of the
Term Loan Debt or the Working Capital Debt, and each of their successors and
assigns, including, without limitation, a receiver, trustee or debtor in
possession on behalf of such person or on behalf of any such successor or
assign.

                  1.24 "Person" or "person" shall mean any individual, sole
proprietorship, partnership, corporation (including without imitation, any
corporation which elects subchapter S status under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended), limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
business trust, unincorporated association, joint stock company, trust, joint
venture, or other entity or any government or any agency or instrumentality or
political subdivision thereof.

                  1.25 "Release Event" means (a) prior to the occurrence of an
Insolvency Proceeding by or against any Obligor, the occurrence and the
continuance of an Event of Default under any Agreement or the taking of any Lien
Enforcement Action with respect to any Collateral by Term Loan Agent or the
Working Capital Agent, provided that (i) any Release Event relating to the
Working Capital Loan Documents occurring prior to an Insolvency Proceeding by or
against any Obligor shall cease to constitute a Release Event as of the
occurrence of such Insolvency Proceeding if the Working Capital Lenders continue
making loans or providing letter of credit accommodations or other financial
accommodations (whether pursuant to the Working Capital Loan Documents or
otherwise) or consent to the use of cash collateral after the occurrence of such
Insolvency Proceeding and (ii) any Release Event relating to the Term Loan
Documents occurring prior to an Insolvency Proceeding by or against any Obligor
shall cease to constitute a Release Event as of the occurrence of such
Insolvency

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Proceeding if Term Loan Lenders continue making loans or providing other
financial accommodations (whether pursuant to the Term Loan Documents or
otherwise) or consent to the use of cash collateral after the occurrence of such
Insolvency Proceeding, or (b) after the occurrence of an Insolvency Proceeding
by or against any Obligor, the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the entry
of an order of any United States Bankruptcy Court pursuant to Section 363 (or
similar provisions) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise authorizing the sale of
all or substantially all of the Obligors' assets or (ii) the taking of any Lien
Enforcement Action with respect to any Collateral by any Agent or Lender or the
entry of an order of any United States Bankruptcy Court pursuant to Section 362
(or similar provisions) of the Bankruptcy Code vacating the automatic stay and
authorizing any Agent or Lender to take any Lien Enforcement Action with respect
to any Collateral.

                  1.26 "Retained W/C Debt" shall mean Intentional Overadvances
in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $5,000,000.

                  1.27 "Term Loan Agent" shall mean Silver Point Finance LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as Agent pursuant to the
Term Loan Agreement for the benefit and on behalf of the Term Loan Lenders, and
its successors and assigns (and including, without limitation, any successor,
assignee or additional person at any time acting as agent for the benefit of or
on behalf of it and/or Term Loan Lenders).

                  1.28 "Term Loan Agreement" shall mean the Loan and Security
Agreement among the Obligors, Term Loan Agent, and Term Loan Lenders, as amended
through the date hereof, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended,
modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or restated.

                  1.29 "Term Loan Debt" shall mean any and all obligations,
liabilities and indebtedness of every kind, nature and description owing by any
Obligor to Term Loan Agent and/or any of the Term Loan Lenders arising under the
Term Loan Documents, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint
or several, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated,
including principal, interest, charges, fees, costs, indemnities and expenses,
however evidenced, whether as principal, surety, endorser, guarantor or
otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether arising before,
during or after the initial or any renewal term of the Term Loan Documents or
after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any Obligor
(and including, without limitation, the payment of interest which would accrue
and become due but for the commencement of such Insolvency Proceeding, whether
or not such interest is allowed or allowable in whole or in part in any such
Insolvency Proceeding).

                  1.30 "Term Loan Documents" shall mean the Term Loan Agreement
and all agreements, documents and instruments at any time executed and/or
delivered by any Borrower or any Obligor or any other person with, to or in
favor of Term Loan Agent, or Term Loan Lenders in connection therewith or
related thereto, as all of the foregoing now exist or may hereafter be amended,
modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or restated.

                  1.31 "Term Loan Lenders" shall mean Silver Point Finance LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, the other lenders party to the Term Loan
Document on the date hereof

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or from time to time hereafter, and their respective successors and assigns
(including any other lender or group of lenders that at any time succeeds to or
refinances, replaces or substitutes for all or any portion of the Term Loan Debt
at any time and from time to time).

                  1.32 "Turnover Date" shall mean any date that any Obligor is
required to deliver or remit to Working Capital Agent the proceeds of (a) any
Extraordinary Receipts and Asset Sales under the provisions of Section 6.4(c) of
the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement as in effect as of the date
hereof, (b) any Debt Issuance under the provisions of Section 6.4(d) of the
Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof
or (c) any Equity Issuance under the provisions of Section 6.4(e) of the Working
Capital Loan and Security Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof.

                  1.33 "Working Capital Agent" shall mean Congress Financial
Corporation (Central), an Illinois corporation, in its capacity as Agent
pursuant to the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement for the benefit and
on behalf of the Working Capital Lenders, and its successors and assigns (and
including, without limitation, any successor, assignee or additional person at
any time acting as agent for the benefit of or on behalf of it and/or Working
Capital Lenders).

                  1.34 "Working Capital Debt" shall mean any and all
obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every kind, nature and description
owing by any Obligor to the Working Capital Agent or any of the Working Capital
Lenders arising under the Working Capital Loan Documents, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, due or not due, primary or
secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, including principal, interest, charges,
fees, costs, indemnities and expenses, however evidenced, whether as principal,
surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter
arising, whether arising before, during or after the initial or any renewal term
of the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement or after the commencement of
any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any Obligor (and including, without
limitation, the payment of interest and other amounts which would accrue and
become due but for the commencement of such Insolvency Proceeding whether or not
such interest or other amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in part in
any such Insolvency Proceeding), provided that for the purposes of this
Intercreditor Agreement, "Working Capital Debt" shall not include the early
termination fee payable pursuant to Section 13.1(c) of the Working Capital Loan
and Security Agreement except to the extent provided in Section 3.3 hereof.

                  1.35 "Working Capital Lenders" shall mean Congress, the other
lenders party to the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement on the date
hereof or from time to time hereafter, and their respective successors and
assigns (including any other lender or group of lenders that at any time
succeeds to or refinances, replaces or substitutes for all or any portion of the
Working Capital Debt at any time and from time to time).

                  1.36 "Working Capital Loan Documents" shall mean the Working
Capital Loan and Security Agreement and all agreements, documents and
instruments at any time executed and/or delivered by any Obligor or any other
person with, to or in favor of Working Capital Lenders in connection therewith
or related thereto as all of the foregoing now exist or may hereafter be
amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or restated.

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                  1.37 "Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement" shall mean
the Loan and Security Agreement by and among Working Capital Agent, the Working
Capital Lenders, and the Obligors, as the same may be amended, modified,
supplemented, extended, renewed or restated.

                  1.38 "Working Capital Loan Termination Date" shall mean the
date that Working Capital Agent and Working Capital Lenders have received
payment in full in cash or other immediately available funds of all of the
Working Capital Debt, Working Capital Agent shall have received either cash
collateral or a letter of credit with respect to contingent obligations in
accordance with the terms of Section 13.1(a) of the Working Capital Loan and
Security Agreement as in effect on the date hereof (provided that as to
contingent obligations in connection with letter of credit accommodations, such
cash collateral (or the amount of the letter of credit issued to Working Capital
Agent in respect of such contingent obligations, as the case may be) shall not
exceed 105% of the face amount of the letters of credit for which Working
Capital Agent or Working Capital Lenders have any liability (or as to such
contingent obligations in connection with letter of credit accommodations, the
originals of the letters of credit shall have been cancelled and returned to
Working Capital Agent by the beneficiary thereof with such instructions from the
beneficiary as the issuer thereof may require) and the agreement of Working
Capital Lenders to make any further loans or provide any further financial
accommodations to Borrowers shall have been terminated. In the event that
Working Capital Agent or any Working Capital Lender is required by a
governmental authority to return any payments received by it in respect of the
Working Capital Debt after it had otherwise received payment in full, the
Working Capital Debt to which such payment had been applied shall be reinstated
and a Working Capital Loan Termination Date shall not be deemed to have
occurred.

                  1.39 All terms defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in the State of New York, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the
meanings set forth therein. All references to any term in the plural shall
include the singular and all references to any term in the singular shall
include the plural.

         2. SECURITY INTERESTS; PRIORITIES; REMEDIES.

                  2.1 Acknowledgment of Liens. Working Capital Agent hereby
acknowledges that Term Loan Agent acting for and on behalf of the Term Loan
Lenders has been granted Liens upon all of the Collateral pursuant to the Term
Loan Documents to secure the Term Loan Debt. Term Loan Agent hereby acknowledges
that Working Capital Agent acting for and on behalf of Working Capital Lenders
has been granted Liens upon all of the Collateral pursuant to the Working
Capital Loan Documents to secure the Working Capital Debt.

                  2.2 Priority of Liens.

                  (a) Notwithstanding the order or time of attachment, or the
order, time or manner of perfection, or the order or time of filing or
recordation of any document or instrument, or other method of perfecting a Lien
in favor of any Agent or Lender in any Collateral, and notwithstanding any
conflicting terms or conditions which may be contained in any of the Agreements,
to the extent of (but not in excess of) the Maximum W/C Debt, the Liens upon the
Collateral of Working Capital Agent have and shall have priority over the Liens
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Collateral of Term Loan Agent and, to the extent of (but not in excess of) the
Maximum W/C Debt, such Liens of Term Loan Agent upon the Collateral are and
shall be junior and subordinate to the Liens of Working Capital Agent in the
Collateral, in each case, to the extent the Liens of the Working Capital Agent
in the Collateral are valid, enforceable and perfected.

                  (b) Notwithstanding the order or time of attachment, or the
order, time or manner of perfection, or the order or time of filing or
recordation of any document or instrument, or the method of perfecting a Lien in
favor of any Agent or Lender in any Collateral, and notwithstanding any
conflicting terms or conditions which may be contained in any of the Agreements,
the Liens of Term Loan Agent upon the Collateral have and shall have priority
over the Liens of Working Capital Agent upon the Collateral to the extent that
the Liens of Working Capital Agent secure Working Capital Debt in excess of the
Maximum W/C Debt, and, to the extent that such Liens of Working Capital Agent
secure Working Capital Debt in excess of the Maximum W/C Debt, such Liens of
Working Capital Agent are and shall be junior and subordinate to the Liens of
Term Loan Agent in the Collateral, in each case, to the extent the Liens of Term
Loan Agent in such Collateral are valid, enforceable and perfected.

                  2.3 Priorities Unaffected by Action or Inaction. The
priorities of the Liens provided in Section 2.2 hereof shall not be altered or
otherwise affected by any amendment, modification, supplement, extension,
renewal, restatement, replacement or refinancing of the Working Capital Debt or
the Term Loan Debt, nor by any action or inaction which any of the Agents or
Lenders may take or fail to take in respect of the Collateral so long as the
Liens of the respective Agents and Lenders in the Collateral are valid,
perfected and enforceable. Working Capital Agent agrees not to enter into any
agreement with another creditor of any Obligor to subordinate the Lien of
Working Capital Agent in any Collateral under the Working Capital Agreements to
the Lien of such other creditor in the Collateral, or to subordinate the right
of Working Capital Agent or any Working Capital Lender to the payment of the
Working Capital Debt to the payment of the indebtedness or claim of any other
creditor of any Obligor, in each case without the prior written consent of Term
Loan Agent.

                  2.4 Delivery of Proceeds.

                  (a) Until the Working Capital Loan Termination Date, all
proceeds of the Collateral received by Term Loan Agent shall be forthwith paid
over, in the funds and currency received, to Working Capital Agent for
application to the Working Capital Debt (if Working Capital Agent is entitled to
priority with respect thereto under Sections 2.2 and 2.5 hereof and unless
otherwise required by law). All proceeds of the Collateral received by Working
Capital Agent after the Working Capital Loan Termination Date or to the extent
that Working Capital Agent is not entitled to priority with respect thereto
under Section 2.2 hereof shall be forthwith paid over, in the funds and currency
received, to Term Loan Agent for application to the Term Loan Debt (subject to
Section 2.5 hereof and unless otherwise required by law). Each Agent shall only
be required to pay over to the other Agent proceeds of Collateral to the extent
that the Agent that receives such proceeds has a valid, enforceable and
perfected security interest in the Collateral, the sale or other disposition of
which gave rise to such proceeds, provided that, in the event that the Agent
receiving the proceeds does not have a valid, enforceable or perfected security
interest in such Collateral, the Obligors hereby agree that no Agent or Lender
shall have any liability to any Obligor and each Obligor hereby waives and
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Lender from any claims, actions or proceedings as a result of the payment of
such proceeds. Following the date that Term Loan Agent and Term Loan Lenders
have received payment in full in cash or other immediately available funds of
all Term Loan Debt and the agreement of the Term Loan Lenders to make further
loans to Borrowers shall have terminated, all proceeds of Collateral thereafter
received by Term Loan Agent shall forthwith be paid over in the funds and
currency received, to Working Capital Agent for application to Working Capital
Debt (subject to Section 2.5 hereof and unless otherwise required by law).

                  (b) Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that Working Capital
Agent may make such advances on behalf of and for the account of Borrowers to
Term Loan Agent or Term Loan Lenders in the event that Working Capital Agent is
required to make any payments to Term Loan Agent or Term Loan Lenders pursuant
to this Section 2.4 or as may otherwise be required herein (and Working Capital
Agent may charge the loan accounts of Borrowers with such amounts), even if
after giving effect thereto there are no further loans available to Borrowers
under the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement or the loans outstanding
exceed the amounts available and without any obligation by Working Capital Agent
or any Working Capital Lender to make such loans (and notwithstanding any
dispute or claim between any Obligor and Term Loan Agent or any Term Loan
Lender) and the Obligors hereby waive and release any claim against each Agent
and each Lender as a result of such payment. For purposes of this Intercreditor
Agreement, payments made by Borrowers to Term Loan Agent or Term Loan Lenders in
respect of the Term Loan Debt with proceeds of loans by Working Capital Agent or
any Working Capital Lender to Borrowers or payments made pursuant to Section
6.4(c), (d) and (e) of the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement shall not
be construed to constitute proceeds of Collateral.

                  2.5 Rights of Third Parties; No Contest of Liens. Each Agent
and each Lender shall be solely responsible for perfecting and maintaining the
perfection of its Lien in and to each item constituting the Collateral in which
such Agent or Lender has been granted a Lien. The foregoing provisions of this
Intercreditor Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien
priorities as between the Agents and the Lenders and shall not impose on any
Agent or Lender any obligations in respect of the disposition of proceeds of any
Collateral which would conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of
any other person or any order or decree of any court or governmental authority
or any applicable law. Term Loan Agent agrees that it will not contest the
validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens upon the
Collateral of Working Capital Agent, and Working Capital Agent agrees that it
will not contest the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the
Liens upon the Collateral of Term Loan Agent.

                  2.6 Access to Books and Records. In the event that any Agent
shall, in the exercise of its respective rights under its Agreements or
otherwise, receive possession or control of any books and records of any Obligor
which contain information identifying or pertaining to any Collateral in which
the other Agent has been granted a Lien, the Agent receiving possession or
control of such books and records shall notify the other Agent that it has
received such books and records and shall, as promptly as practicable
thereafter, make available to the other Agent such books and records for
inspection and duplication.

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                  2.7 Rights to Enforce Agreement. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Intercreditor Agreement (including, without
limitation, Sections 2.9 and 2.10 hereof), at all times prior to the Working
Capital Loan Termination Date, Working Capital Agent shall have the exclusive
right to manage, perform and enforce the terms of the Working Capital Loan
Documents with respect to the Collateral, to exercise and enforce all privileges
and rights thereunder according to Working Capital Agent's discretion and the
exercise of Working Capital Agent's business judgment, including, without
limitation, the exclusive right to take or retake control or possession of such
Collateral and to hold, prepare for sale, process, sell, lease, dispose of, or
liquidate such Collateral.

                  2.8 Notices of Default, Etc. Concurrently with the giving
thereof to the Borrowers, each Agent shall give the other Agent (a) a copy of
any written notice by such person of a Default or an Event of Default under its
Agreements with any Obligor, or written notice of demand of payment from any
Obligor, and (b) a copy of any written notice sent by such Agent to any Obligor
at any time an Event of Default under such person's Agreements with any Obligor
exists stating such person's intention to exercise any of its enforcement rights
or remedies, including written notice pertaining to any foreclosure on any of
the Collateral or other judicial or non-judicial remedy in respect thereof to
the extent permitted hereunder, and any legal process served or filed in
connection therewith; provided, that, the failure of any party to give notice as
required hereby shall not affect the relative priorities of Working Capital
Agent's or Term Loan Agent's respective Liens as provided herein or the validity
or effectiveness of any such notice as against any Obligor. Each of Working
Capital Agent and Term Loan Agent will provide such information as it may have
to the other as the other may from time to time reasonably request concerning
the status of the exercise of any Lien Enforcement Action relating to the
Collateral, and Working Capital Agent and Term Loan Agent shall be available on
a reasonable basis during normal business hours to review with each other
alternatives available in exercising such rights, including, but not limited to,
advising each other of any offers which may be made from time to time by
prospective purchasers of the Collateral, provided, that, the failure of any
party to do any of the foregoing shall not affect the relative priorities of
Working Capital Agent's or Term Loan Agent's respective Liens as provided herein
or the validity or effectiveness of any notices or demands as against any
Obligor. Each Obligor hereby consents and agrees to each Agent providing any
such information to the other Agents and Lenders and to such actions by the
Agents and waives any rights or claims against any Agent or Lender arising as a
result of such information or actions.

                  2.9 Sales and Releases of Collateral. Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.10(b)(ii) hereof, Term Loan Agent shall, at any time
prior to the Working Capital Loan Termination Date and during the continuance of
a Release Event:

                  (a) promptly upon the request of Working Capital Agent with
respect to any of the Collateral (which request shall specify the proposed terms
of the sale and the type and amount of consideration to be received in
connection therewith), release or otherwise terminate its Liens on such
Collateral, to the extent such Collateral is to be sold or otherwise disposed of
either by (i) Working Capital Agent or its agents, or (ii) any Obligor with the
consent of Working Capital Agent;

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                  (b) promptly upon the request of Working Capital Agent
authorize, execute and/or deliver such release documents and confirmations of
the authorization to file UCC amendments and terminations provided for herein,
in each case as Working Capital Agent may reasonably require in connection with
such sale or other disposition by Working Capital Agent, its agents or any
Obligor, as the case may be; provided, that,

                           (i) such release by Term Loan Agent shall not extend
to or otherwise affect any of the rights of Term Loan Agent under this
Intercreditor Agreement to the proceeds from any such sale or other disposition
of such Collateral or any other Collateral,

                           (ii) Working Capital Agent shall promptly apply all
Net Cash Proceeds received by Working Capital Agent from any sale or other
disposition to the Working Capital Debt, and including holding amounts as cash
collateral for the Working Capital Debt arising in connection with letter of
credit accommodations (but not to exceed 105% of the face amount of such letter
of credit accommodations) or cash collateral for other contingent obligations as
provided in the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement provided, that,

                                    (A) if any such Net Cash Proceeds are
received by Working Capital Agent from the sale or other disposition of any
asset other than Receivables, Equipment, Intellectual Property, Real Property or
Inventory (as each such term is defined in the Working Capital Loan and Security
Agreement) (collectively, such assets, the "Non-Borrowing Base Assets"), then
the Working Capital Agent shall (1) apply such proceeds to the revolving loans
(including, without limitation, interest, fees, costs and expenses) made by
Working Capital Lenders with respect to the Supplemental Availability and the
Fixed Asset Availability (as each such term is defined in the Working Capital
Loan and Security Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Working Capital
Loan and Security Agreement until such revolving loans are paid in full (and
reduce such Supplemental Availability and the Fixed Asset Availability by an
amount equal to the amount of such proceeds received from such sale or
disposition of the Non-Borrowing Base Assets and applied to such portion of the
revolving loans), and (2) unless otherwise agreed to by Working Capital Agent,
apply any remaining proceeds received from such sale or other disposition of the
Non-Borrowing Base Assets to the revolving loans (including, without limitation,
interest, fees, costs and expenses related thereto) made by Working Capital
Lenders in respect of Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory (as each such
term is defined in the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement),

                                    (B) if any such Net Cash Proceeds are
received by Working Capital Agent from the sale or other disposition of
Receivables, Equipment, Intellectual Property, Real Property or Inventory
(collectively, "Borrowing Base Assets"), then the Working Capital Agent shall
apply such proceeds to the revolving loans made by Working Capital Lenders in
respect of the Borrowing Base and, to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds are
from the sale or other disposition of Equipment or Real Property, reduce the
Supplemental Availability or Fixed Asset Availability in accordance with the
terms of the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement,

                                    (C) any proceeds from such sale or other
disposition received by Working Capital Agent in excess of the Working Capital
Debt (and such amounts that may be

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held as cash collateral), shall be promptly delivered to Term Loan Agent
(subject to Sections 2.4 and 2.5 hereof), and

                                    (D) no such release and/or authorization
documents shall be delivered (1) to any Obligor or (2) more than one Business
Day prior to the date of the closing of the sale or disposition of such
Collateral; provided, further, that if the closing of the sale or disposition of
such Collateral is not consummated, Working Capital Agent shall promptly return
all release and/or authorization documents to Term Loan Agent; and

                  (c) be deemed to have consented under the Term Loan Documents
to any such sale or other disposition described in clause (a) above. The
effectiveness of any such release or termination by Term Loan Agent shall be
subject to the sale or other disposition of such Collateral described in such
request or on substantially similar terms and shall lapse in the event such sale
or other disposition does not occur within three (3) Business Days of the
anticipated closing date. In any sale or other disposition of any of the
Collateral by Working Capital Agent, Working Capital Agent shall conduct such
sale or other disposition in a commercially reasonable manner. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, prior to the Working Capital Loan Termination Date and the
occurrence of a Release Event, subject to Section 2.10(b)(ii) hereof, Term Loan
Agent shall take such release actions and shall be deemed to consent under the
Term Loan Documents (and to have waived any mandatory prepayment obligations of
the Borrowers thereunder) to a sale or disposition of the Collateral in
accordance with clauses (a), (b) and (c) above with respect to sales or
dispositions of Collateral to the extent such sale or disposition of the
Collateral is permitted under the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement as
in effect as of the date hereof.

                  2.10 Limitations on Remedies.

                  (a) Notwithstanding any rights or remedies available to Term
Loan Agent under any of the Term Loan Documents, applicable law or otherwise,
except as otherwise provided in Section 2.10(b)(ii) hereof, prior to the Working
Capital Loan Termination Date, Term Loan Agent shall not, directly or
indirectly, seek to foreclose, take possession of, sell or otherwise realize
upon (judicially or non-judicially) its Lien on any Collateral, assert any
claims or interests therein or exercise any remedies with respect thereto
(including, without limitation, by setoff or notification of account debtors) or
commence any legal proceedings against or with respect to any Collateral to
facilitate the actions set forth above; provided, that, in the event of the
failure of Obligors to make any payment in respect of the Term Loan Debt in
accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Documents or upon the occurrence of
any other Event of Default under the Term Loan Documents and for so long as such
Event of Default under the Term Loan Documents is continuing, subject at all
times to the provisions of Sections 2.2 and 2.4 hereof, commencing ninety (90)
days after the receipt by Working Capital Agent of the declaration by Term Loan
Agent of such Event of Default under the Term Loan Documents and of the written
demand by Term Loan Agent to Obligors for the accelerated payment of all Term
Loan Debt (unless any Obligor is subject to an Insolvency Proceeding by reason
of which such declaration and the making of such demand is stayed, in which
case, commencing on the date of the commencement of such Insolvency Proceeding),
Term Loan Agent may take any action described above with respect to its Liens on
the Collateral but only so long as Working Capital Agent is not already
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remedies against, or diligently in good faith attempting to vacate any stay or
enforcement of its Liens on, all or any material portion of the Collateral
(including, without limitation, any of the following: subject to applicable
laws, the solicitation of bids from third parties to conduct the liquidation of
all or any material portion of the Collateral, the engagement or retention of
sales brokers, marketing agents, investment bankers, accountants, auctioneers or
other third parties for the purpose of valuing, marketing, promoting and selling
a material portion of the Collateral, the notification of accounts debtors to
make payments to Working Capital Agent or its agent, any action to take
possession of all or any material portion of the Collateral or commencement of
any legal proceedings or actions against or with respect to all or any material
portion of the Collateral).

                  (b)      (i) In the event Term Loan Agent has commenced any
actions to enforce its Lien on any specific item of Collateral, such actions are
permitted hereunder and Term Loan Agent is diligently pursuing such actions,
Working Capital Agent shall not take any action of a similar nature with respect
to such Collateral.

                           (ii) In addition, in the event that, after a Release
Event, Working Capital Agent has commenced a Lien Enforcement Action against all
or a material portion of the Collateral and (A) the Credit Facility (as defined
in the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement) with respect to any further
Revolving Loans or the incurrence of further Letter of Credit Accommodations has
been terminated, and (B) Working Capital Agent has received (1) cash or other
immediately available funds in the amount of the Maximum W/C Debt then
outstanding and unpaid (exclusive of the early termination fee payable pursuant
to the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement), and (2) without
duplication, cash collateral in a manner and in such amounts as Working Capital
Agent determines is reasonably necessary to secure Working Capital Agent in
connection with any issued and outstanding letters of credit provided by Working
Capital Agent and Working Capital Lenders (or letters of credit that Working
Capital Agent has arranged to be provided by third parties pursuant to the
financing arrangements of Working Capital Agent and Working Capital Lenders with
Borrowers or any Obligor) to Borrowers or any Obligor (but not in any event in
an amount greater than 105% of the aggregate undrawn face amount of such letters
of credit), then upon the written request of Term Loan Agent, Working Capital
Agent shall not take any further action against the Collateral and Term Loan
Agent shall have the right to control any further Lien Enforcement Action
against the Collateral.

                  (c) In the event Term Loan Agent has commenced any actions to
enforce its Lien on any Collateral as permitted hereunder, Working Capital Agent
agrees that any such sale or other disposition shall be free and clear of the
Liens of Working Capital Agent and agrees to execute and deliver any and all
release documents and instruments reasonably requested by Term Loan Agent to
evidence that such sale or other disposition is free and clear of its Liens,
provided, that, (i) in any sale or other disposition of any of the Collateral by
Term Loan Agent, Term Loan Agent shall conduct such sale or other disposition in
a commercially reasonable manner and shall comply in all respects with this
Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) such sale or other disposition by Term Loan Agent
shall not extend to or otherwise affect any of the rights of Working Capital
Agent under this Intercreditor Agreement to the proceeds from any such sale or
other disposition of Collateral, (iii) Term Loan Agent shall promptly apply such
proceeds in accordance with the provisions of this Intercreditor Agreement and
(iv) no such release documents or instruments

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shall be delivered (A) to any Obligor or (B) more than one (1) Business Day
prior to the date of the closing of the sale or disposition of such Collateral;
provided, further, that if the closing of the sale or disposition of such
Collateral is not consummated, Term Loan Agent shall promptly return all release
documents to Working Capital Agent. The effectiveness of any such release by
Working Capital Agent shall be subject to the sale or disposition of such
Collateral described in such request or on substantially similar terms and shall
lapse in the event such sale or other disposition does not occur within three
(3) Business Days of the anticipated closing date. In any sale or other
disposition of any of the Collateral by Term Loan Agent, Term Loan Agent shall
conduct such sale or other disposition in a commercially reasonable manner.

                  2.11 Actions Not Subject to Limitation. Nothing in this
Intercreditor Agreement shall be construed to in any way limit or impair the
right of: (a) any Agent or Lender to bid for or purchase Collateral at any
private or judicial foreclosure upon such Collateral initiated by any such
person; (b) Term Loan Agent to join (but not control) any foreclosure or other
judicial lien enforcement proceeding with respect to the Collateral initiated by
Working Capital Agent, so long as it does not delay or interfere in any material
respect with the exercise by Working Capital Agent of its rights as provided in
this Intercreditor Agreement; or (c) Term Loan Agent to receive any remaining
proceeds of Collateral after the Working Capital Termination Date.

                  2.12 Advances by Working Capital Lenders. If Working Capital
Agent or any Working Capital Lender should honor or fail to honor a request by
any Borrower for a loan, advance or other financial accommodation under the
Working Capital Loan Documents, whether or not Working Capital Agent or any
Working Capital Lender has knowledge that the honoring of such request or the
failure to honor such request would result in an Event of Default, or act,
condition or event which with notice or passage of time or both would constitute
an Event of Default under the Term Loan Documents, in no event shall Working
Capital Agent or any Working Capital Lender have any liability to Term Loan
Agent or Term Loan Lenders as a result of such breach or failure to act, and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Term Loan Agent agrees that
Working Capital Agent and Working Capital Lenders shall not have any liability
for tortious interference with contractual relations or for inducement by
Working Capital Agent or any Working Capital Lender of any Borrower to breach of
contract or otherwise, provided, that, Working Capital Agent and Working Capital
Lenders agree that the aggregate principal amount of the Working Capital Debt
shall be subject to the limitations with respect to the amount thereof set forth
in the definition of Working Capital Debt. Nothing contained in this Section
2.12 shall limit or waive any right that Term Loan Agent has to enforce any of
the provisions of the Term Loan Documents against any Obligor.

                  2.13 No Working Capital Loans Based on Non-Affiliate
Guarantors. Working Capital Agent shall not make any loans or letter of credit
accommodations to any Obligor that are supported by any guaranty, whether
secured or unsecured, of any officer, director or shareholder of any Obligor or
of their affiliates, other than guaranties executed and delivered by any
Obligor.

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                  2.14 Prepayments and Non-Collateral Proceeds.

                  (a) Anything in the Term Loan Documents notwithstanding, at
any time prior to the Working Capital Loan Termination Date:

                           (i) all Net Cash Proceeds payable to or for the
benefit of any Borrower or Guarantor of any Extraordinary Receipts, Asset Sales,
Debt Issuance or Equity Issuance required to be delivered to Working Capital
Agent on a Turnover Date shall be applied in accordance with Sections 6.4(c),
(d) and/or (e) of the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement as in effect
as of the date hereof. Working Capital Agent hereby agrees that Sections 6.4(c),
(d) and/or (e) of the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement as in effect
as of the date hereof will not be amended without the prior written consent of
Term Loan Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably withheld.

                           (ii) all optional prepayments to Term Loan Agent
and/or any Term Loan Lender shall be permitted to the extent provided in Section
9.9(f) of the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement as in effect on the
date hereof. Working Capital Agent hereby agrees that Section 9.9(c) of the
Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof
will not be amended without the prior written consent of Term Loan Agent, which
consent shall not unreasonably withheld.

                  (b) All proceeds of any business interruption insurance of the
Borrowers or any Obligor shall be paid to the Working Capital Agent for
application to the Working Capital Debt, and after the Working Capital Loan
Termination Date, all proceeds of any business interruption insurance shall be
paid to Term Loan Agent for application to the Term Loan Debt.

                  2.15 Turnover Election. If either Term Loan Agent or Working
Capital Agent is obligated to turnover any amount pursuant to the terms of this
Intercreditor Agreement, at the election of the party that is so obligated, such
turnover may be effected, (a) in the case of Term Loan Agent, by means of the
purchase of a junior participation (subject to documentation acceptable to
Working Capital Agent) in the Working Capital Debt, and (b) in the case of
Working Capital Agent, by means of the purchase of a junior participation
(subject to documentation acceptable to Term Loan Agent) in the Term Loan Debt.

                  2.16 Lender Representative. In connection with the terms of
any Collateral Access Agreement (as defined in the Working Capital Loan and
Security Agreement), whether with a landlord, processor, warehouse or other
third party or any Deposit Account Control Agreement (as defined in the Working
Capital Loan and Security Agreement), after the Working Capital Loan Termination
Date or after Term Loan Agent exercises its right under Section 2.10(b) hereof,
upon the request of Term Loan Agent and at the expense of Borrowers, Working
Capital Agent shall notify the other parties thereto that it is no longer the
"Lender Representative" or otherwise entitled to act under such agreement and
shall confirm to such parties that Term Loan Agent is thereafter the "Lender
Representative" as such term is used in such agreements and otherwise entitled
to the rights of the secured party under such agreements, in each case as the
same relates to the Collateral.

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         3. TERM LOAN LENDERS' PURCHASE OPTION.

                  3.1 Notice of Exercise. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default under the Working Capital Loan Documents,
Term Loan Agent on behalf of the Term Loan Lenders shall have the option at any
time upon five (5) Business Days' prior written notice to Working Capital Agent
to purchase the Working Capital Debt from Working Capital Agent and Working
Capital Lenders. Such notice from Term Loan Agent to Working Capital Agent shall
be irrevocable.

                  3.2 Purchase and Sale. On the date specified by Term Loan
Agent in such notice (which shall not be less than five (5) Business Days, nor
more than twenty (20) calendar days, after the receipt by Working Capital Agent
of the notice from Term Loan Agent of its election to exercise such option),
Working Capital Agent and Working Capital Lenders shall sell to Term Loan Agent,
and Term Loan Agent shall purchase from Working Capital Agent and Working
Capital Lenders, the Working Capital Debt (the "Working Capital Debt Purchase"),
provided that, Working Capital Agent and Working Capital Lenders shall retain
all rights to receive payments in respect of the Retained W/C Debt, the early
termination fee and to be indemnified or held harmless by the Obligors in
accordance with the terms of the Working Capital Loan Documents. In connection
with the Working Capital Debt Purchase, each Working Capital Lender and Term
Loan Agent, on behalf of the Term Loan Lenders, shall execute and deliver an
assignment and acceptance agreement pursuant to which, among other things, each
Working Capital Lender shall assign to the Term Loan Agent, for the benefit of
the Term Loan Lenders, such Working Capital Lender's pro rata share of the
Commitments and Working Capital Debt relating to the Working Capital Debt
Purchase. In addition to and not in limitation of the foregoing, (a)
contemporaneously with the consummation of the Working Capital Debt Purchase,
the Working Capital Agent shall resign as the "Agent" under the Working Capital
Loan Documents and the Term Loan Agent or such other Person as the Term Loan
Lenders shall designate, be designated as the successor "Agent" under the
Working Capital Loan Documents; and (b) from and after the closing date of the
Working Capital Debt Purchase, each of the Working Capital Lenders who execute
and deliver an assignment and acceptance agreement with Term Loan Agent (the
"Transferring Lenders") shall continue to be, and shall have all rights and
remedies of, a "Lender" under the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement
and the other Working Capital Loan Documents, except that, each such
Transferring Lender shall have no further obligation whatsoever to make any
loans, advances or other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of any
Obligor under any Working Capital Loan Documents. Interest with respect to the
Retained W/C Debt shall continue to be paid in accordance with the terms of the
Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement, the Retained W/C Debt shall
continue to be secured by the Collateral, the Retained W/C Debt shall be repaid,
subject to Section 3.3(f)(i) below, in accordance with the terms of the Working
Capital Loan and Security Agreement and each Transferring Lender shall continue
to have all rights and remedies of a Lender under the Working Capital Loan and
Security Agreement and the other Working Capital Loan Documents. Working Capital
Agent hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, no approval of
any court or other regulatory or governmental authority is required for the
Working Capital Debt Purchase.

                  3.3 Payment of Purchase Price. Upon the date of the Working
Capital Debt Purchase, Term Loan Agent shall (a) pay to Working Capital Agent,
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Working Capital Lenders, as the purchase price therefor, the full amount of the
Maximum W/C Debt then outstanding and unpaid (other than the early termination
fee payable pursuant to the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement which
shall be paid in accordance with Section 3.3(f)(ii)), (b) without duplication,
furnish or cause to be furnished to Working Capital Agent cash collateral in a
manner and in such amounts as Working Capital Agent determines is reasonably
necessary to secure Working Capital Agent in connection with any issued and
outstanding letters of credit provided by Working Capital Agent and Working
Capital Lenders (or letters of credit that Working Capital Agent has arranged to
be provided by third parties pursuant to the financing arrangements of Working
Capital Agent and Working Capital Lenders with Borrowers or any Obligor) to
Borrowers or any Obligor (but not in any event in an amount greater than 105% of
the aggregate undrawn face amount of such letters of credit), (c) agree to
reimburse Working Capital Agent and Working Capital Lenders for any loss, cost,
damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses) in
connection with any commissions, fees, costs or expenses related to any issued
and outstanding letters of credit as described above and any checks or other
payments provisionally credited to the Working Capital Debt, and/or as to which
Working Capital Agent and Working Capital Lenders have not yet received final
payment, (d) agree to reimburse Working Capital Agent and Working Capital
Lenders in respect of indemnification obligations of Borrowers under the Working
Capital Loan Documents as to matters or circumstances known to Term Loan Agent
at the time of the purchase and sale which would reasonably be expected to
result in any loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys'
fees and legal expenses) to Working Capital Agent and Working Capital Lenders,
provided that, in no event will Term Loan Agent or Term Loan Lenders have any
liability for such amounts in excess of proceeds of Collateral received by Term
Loan Agent, (e) agree to indemnify and hold harmless Working Capital Agent and
Working Capital Lenders from and against any loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel) arising out of
any claim asserted by a third party in respect of the Working Capital Debt or
Collateral as a direct result of any acts by Term Loan Agent occurring after the
date of such purchase, and (f) (i) after the payment in full in cash of the Term
Loan Debt and the Working Capital Debt purchased by Term Loan Agent pursuant to
this Section 3, including principal, interest and fees thereon (other than any
early termination fee payable pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement (the "Term
Loan Early Termination Fee")) and costs and expense of collection thereof
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses), Term Loan Agent shall
pay to Working Capital Agent, for the benefit of the Working Capital Lenders,
the full amount of all Retained W/C Debt outstanding and unpaid (together with
interest thereon at the highest applicable rate set forth in the Working Capital
Loan and Security Agreement as in effect on the date of the purchase), such
payment shall be made within three (3) Business Days after receipt by Term Loan
Agent of amounts sufficient to pay such amounts required to be paid under this
Section 3.3(f)(i); and (ii) after the payment of the amounts set forth in
Section 3.3(f)(i) and the payment of the Term Loan Early Termination Fee, Term
Loan Agent shall pay to Working Capital Agent, for the benefit of the Working
Capital Lenders, the early termination fee payable pursuant to the Working
Capital Loan and Security Agreement within three (3) Business Days after receipt
by Term Loan Agent of amounts sufficient to pay such early termination fee, and
the payment of the Retained W/C Debt, provided, that, for the purposes of this
clause (f)(ii), the notice of termination or effective date of termination
occurs within ninety (90) days after the effective date of the Working Capital
Debt Purchase by Term Loan Agent. Term Loan Agent and Term Loan Lenders shall
not agree to any amendment to the

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terms of such early termination fee under the Working Capital Loan Documents
during such ninety (90) day period. Such purchase price and cash collateral
shall be remitted by wire transfer in federal funds to such bank account of
Working Capital Agent in New York, New York, as Working Capital Agent may
designate in writing to Term Loan Agent for such purpose. Interest shall be
calculated to but excluding the Business Day on which such purchase and sale
shall occur if the amounts so paid by Term Loan Agent to the bank account
designated by Working Capital Agent are received in such bank account prior to
1:00 p.m., New York City time and interest shall be calculated to and including
such Business Day if the amounts so paid by Term Loan Agent to the bank account
designated by Working Capital Agent are received in such bank account later than
1:00 p.m., New York City time.

                  3.4 Limitation on Representations and Warranties. Such
purchase shall be expressly made without representation or warranty of any kind
by Working Capital Agent or any Working Capital Lender as to the Working Capital
Debt or otherwise and without recourse to Working Capital Agent or any Working
Capital Lender, except that the Working Capital Lender that is transferring such
Working Capital Debt shall represent and warrant: (a) the amount of the Working
Capital Debt being purchased from it, (b) that such Working Capital Lender owns
the Working Capital Debt free and clear of any Liens or encumbrances and (c)
that such Working Capital Lender has the right to assign such Working Capital
Debt and the assignment is duly authorized.

                  3.5 Notice of Exercise of Remedies. Working Capital Agent
agrees that it will give Term Loan Agent five (5) Business Days' prior written
notice of its intention to commence the exercise of any enforcement right or
remedy against the Collateral. In the event that during such five (5) Business
Day period, Term Loan Agent shall send to Working Capital Agent the irrevocable
notice of Term Loan Agent's intention to exercise the purchase option given by
Working Capital Agent to Term Loan Agent under Section 3.1 hereof, Working
Capital Agent shall not commence any foreclosure or other action to sell or
otherwise realize upon the Collateral (provided that continuing collection of
accounts receivable and other actions permitted under the Working Capital Loan
Documents when no Event of Default exists shall not be prohibited hereunder),
provided, that, Working Capital Agent's forbearance shall terminate if the
purchase and sale with respect to the Working Capital Debt provided for herein
shall have closed within five (5) Business Days after the receipt by the Working
Capital Agent of the irrevocable notice from Term Loan Agent, and Working
Capital Agent shall not have received payment in full of the Working Capital
Debt as provided for herein within such five (5) Business Day period.

         4. MISCELLANEOUS.

                  4.1 Representations.

                  (a) Term Loan Agent represents and warrants to Working Capital
Agent that:

                           (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Intercreditor Agreement by Term Loan Agent (A) are within the powers of Term
Loan Agent, (B) have been duly authorized by Term Loan Agent, and (C) do not
contravene any law, any provision of any of the Term Loan Documents or any
agreement to which Term Loan Agent is a party or by which it is bound;

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                           (ii) the Term Loan Lenders have taken such action as
is required under the Term Loan Document to effectively authorize Term Loan
Agent to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this
Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Term Loan Lenders; and

                           (iii) this Intercreditor Agreement constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligations of Term Loan Agent, enforceable in
accordance with its terms and shall be binding on Term Loan Agent and the Term
Loan Lenders.

                  (b) Working Capital Agent hereby represents and warrants to
Term Loan Agent that:

                           (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Intercreditor Agreement by Working Capital Agent (A) is within the powers of
Working Capital Agent, (B) has been duly authorized by Working Capital Agent,
and (C) does not contravene any law, any provision of the Working Capital Loan
Documents or any agreement to which Working Capital Agent is a party or by which
it is bound;

                           (ii) the Working Capital Lenders have taken such
action as is required under the Working Capital Document to effectively
authorize Working Capital Agent to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out
the terms of this Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Working Capital
Lenders; and

                           (iii) this Intercreditor Agreement constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligations of Working Capital Agent, enforceable in
accordance with its terms and shall be binding on Working Capital Agent and
Working Capital Lenders.

                  4.2 Amendments. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval by any
of the Lenders of or under any provision, condition or covenant to this
Intercreditor Agreement must be in writing and shall be effective only to the
extent it is set forth in writing and as to the specific facts or circumstances
covered thereby. Any amendment of this Intercreditor Agreement must be in
writing and signed by Working Capital Agent and Term Loan Agent.

                  4.3 Successors and Assigns.

                  (a) This Intercreditor Agreement shall be binding upon the
Agents and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns and shall
inure to the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders and their respective
successors, participants and assigns.

                  (b) To the extent provided in their respective Agreements,
each of the Agents and the Lenders reserves the right to grant participations
in, or otherwise sell, assign, transfer or negotiate all or any part of, or any
interest in, the Working Capital Debt or the Term Loan Debt, as the case may be;
provided, that, no Agent or Lender shall be obligated to give any notices to or
otherwise in any manner deal directly with any participant in the Working
Capital Debt or the Term Loan Debt, as the case may be, and no participant shall
be entitled to any rights or benefits

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under this Intercreditor Agreement except through the Lender with which it is a
participant and any sale of a participation in the Working Capital Debt shall be
expressly made subject to the provisions of this Intercreditor Agreement
(including, without limitation, Section 3 hereof).

                  (c) In connection with any participation or other transfer or
assignment, an Agent or a Lender (i) may, subject to its respective Agreement,
disclose to such assignee, participant or other transferee or assignee all
documents and information which such Lender now or hereafter may have relating
to any Obligor or the Collateral and (ii) shall disclose to such participant or
other transferee or assignee the existence and terms and conditions of this
Intercreditor Agreement.

                  (d) In the case of an assignment or transfer, the assignee or
transferee acquiring any interest in the Term Loan Debt or the Working Capital
Debt, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver to the applicable Agent
acting on its behalf a written acknowledgment of receipt of a copy of this
Intercreditor Agreement and the written agreement by such person to be bound by
the terms of this Intercreditor Agreement which acknowledgement and agreement
may be included in the assignment instrument between the assignor and assignee,
provided, that, if any Lender assigns or transfers a portion of the debt to an
affiliate controlled by or under common control with such Lender, such Lender
shall cause such person to become bound by the terms of this Intercreditor
Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 3 hereof), but no notice of
such assignment or transfer needs to be given by such Lender to the other Agent
and such affiliate shall not be required to execute any written acknowledgment
or agreement. Unless and until Working Capital Agent or Term Loan Agent receives
notice of such assignment or transfer by or such Lender to an affiliate, such
Agent shall only be obligated to give any notices hereunder to the assigning
Lender and otherwise deal with such persons and any action by such persons shall
be binding on such assignee or transferee. In addition, in the event of an
assignment or transfer by Working Capital Agent of less than all of the Working
Capital Debt, or by Term Loan Agent or any Term Loan Lender of less than all of
the Term Loan Debt, the assigning Lender shall agree with the assignee in the
assignment instrument effecting such assignment to appoint one person as an
agent to act on their behalf under this Intercreditor Agreement for purposes of
receiving payments and notices hereunder, which in the case of a Term Loan
Lender, shall be Term Loan Agent and in the case of Working Capital Agent shall
be Working Capital Agent.

                  (e) In connection with any assignment or transfer of any or
all of the indebtedness of Working Capital Agent or any or all rights of Working
Capital Agent in the property of any Obligor (other than pursuant to a
participation), Term Loan Agent agrees to execute and deliver an agreement
identical to this Intercreditor Agreement (subject to changing names of parties,
documents and addresses, as appropriate) in favor of any such assignee or
transferee and, in addition, will execute and deliver an agreement identical to
this Intercreditor Agreement (subject to changing names of parties, documents
and addresses, as appropriate) in favor of any third person who succeeds to or
refinances, replaces or substitutes for any or all of Working Capital Agent's
financing of the Borrowers and of any of the Obligors, whether such successor or
replacement financing occurs by transfer, assignment, "takeout" or any other
means or vehicle.

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                  (f) In connection with any assignment or transfer of any or
all of the indebtedness of Term Loan Agent and Term Loan Lenders or any or all
rights of Term Loan Agent and Term Loan Lenders in the property of any Obligor
(other than pursuant to a participation), Working Capital Agent agrees to
execute and deliver an agreement identical to this Intercreditor Agreement
(subject to changing names of parties, documents and addresses, as appropriate)
in favor of any such assignee or transferee and, in addition, will execute and
deliver an agreement identical to this Intercreditor Agreement (subject to
changing names of parties, documents and addresses, as appropriate) in favor of
any third person who succeeds to or refinances, replaces or substitutes for any
or all of the Term Loan Lenders' financing of the Borrowers and of any of the
Obligors, whether such successor or replacement financing occurs by transfer,
assignment, "takeout" or any other means or vehicle.

                  4.4 Insolvency. This Intercreditor Agreement shall be
applicable both before and after the filing of any petition by or against any
Obligor under the Bankruptcy Code and all converted or succeeding cases in
respect thereof, and all references herein to any Obligor shall be deemed to
apply to the trustee for any Obligor and any Obligor as debtor-in-possession.
The relative rights of Working Capital Agent, Term Loan Agent and Term Loan
Lenders in or to any distributions from or in respect of any Collateral or
proceeds of Collateral, shall continue after the filing thereof on the same
basis as prior to the date of the petition, subject to any court order approving
the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Obligor as
debtor-in-possession.

                  4.5 Bankruptcy Financing.

                  (a) If any Obligor shall become subject to a case under the
Bankruptcy Code and if as a debtor-in-possession, such Obligor moves for
approval of financing to be provided in good faith by Working Capital Agent (the
"DIP Lender") under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or the use of cash
collateral with the consent of the DIP Lender under Section 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions under applicable law, Term Loan Agent
agrees that no objection will be raised by Term Loan Agent or Term Loan Lenders
to any such financing on the grounds of a failure to provide "adequate
protection" for the Liens of Term Loan Agent so long as (i) the interest rate,
fees, advance rates, lending sublimits and limits and other terms are
commercially reasonable under the circumstances, (ii) Term Loan Agent retains a
Lien on the Collateral (including proceeds thereof arising after the
commencement of such proceeding) with the same priority as existed prior to the
commencement of the case under the Bankruptcy Code, (iii) Term Loan Agent
receives a replacement Lien on post-petition assets to the same extent granted
to the DIP Lender, with the same priority relative to the Lien of the DIP Lender
as the priority of the Term Loan Agent's Lien on the Collateral relative to the
Working Capital Agent's Lien prior to the commencement of the case under the
Bankruptcy Code, (iv) the aggregate principal amount of loans and letter of
credit accommodations outstanding under such post-petition financing, together
with the aggregate principal amount of the pre-petition Working Capital Debt
shall not exceed the Maximum W/C Debt, and (v) such financing or use of cash
collateral is subject to the terms of this Intercreditor Agreement, including
without limitation Section 2.13 hereof.

                  (b) Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit the
rights of Term Loan Agent or Term Loan Lenders to object to post-petition
financing or use of cash collateral on any grounds other than the failure to
provide "adequate protection" for the Liens of Term Loan

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Agent or to object on grounds of a failure to provide "adequate protection" to
the extent such financing or use of cash collateral does not comply with clause
(a) of this Section 4.5.

                  (c) If any Obligor shall become subject to a case under the
Bankruptcy Code (in such capacity, a "Debtor"), Term Loan Agent agrees that
neither Term Loan Lender nor the Term Loan Lenders will provide to such Debtor
as debtor-in-possession any financing under Section 364(d) of the Bankruptcy
Code to the extent that Term Loan Agent or any Term Loan Lender would, in
connection with such financing, be granted a priming or pari passu Lien on the
pre-petition Collateral of such Debtor.

                  (d) For purposes of this Section 4.5, notice of a proposed
financing or use of cash collateral shall be deemed given when given, in the
manner prescribed by Section 4.7 hereof.

                  4.6 Bailee for Perfection. Each of the Lenders hereby appoints
each Agent and each other Lender as agent for the purposes of perfecting their
respective Liens in and on any of the Collateral in the possession or under the
control of such person; provided, that, an Agent or Lender in the possession or
having control of any Collateral shall not have any duty or liability to protect
or preserve any rights pertaining to any of the Collateral and, except for gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined pursuant to a final
non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction, the non-possessing
and/or non-controlling Agents or Lenders hereby waive and release the other
Agents and Lenders from, all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the
possessing Agent's or Lender's role as agent with respect to the Collateral, so
long as the possessing and/or controlling Agent or Lender shall use the same
degree of care with respect thereto as the possessing and/or controlling Agent
or Lender uses for similar property pledged to the possessing and/or controlling
Lender as collateral for indebtedness of others to the possessing and/or
controlling Agent or Lender. After the Working Capital Loan Termination Date or
after Term Loan Agent exercises its right under Section 2.10(b) hereof, Working
Capital Agent shall deliver the remainder of the Collateral, if any, in its
possession to Term Loan Agent and, if permitted under the applicable agreements,
transfer control of the remainder of the Collateral, if any, under its control
to Term Loan Agent, in each case, except as may otherwise be required by
applicable law or court order.

                  4.7 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
respective parties hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given,
made or received: if delivered in person, immediately upon delivery; if by
telex, telegram or facsimile transmission, immediately upon sending and upon
confirmation of receipt; if by nationally recognized overnight courier service
with instructions to deliver the next Business Day, one (1) Business Day after
sending; and if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, five (5)
days after mailing to the parties at their addresses set forth below (or to such
other addresses as the parties may designate in accordance with the provisions
of this Section):

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<Table>
<S>                                        <C>
         To Working Capital Agent,         Congress Financial Corporation (Central)
             or Working Capital            150 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 2200
             Lenders,                      Chicago, IL  60606
                                           Attention:  Portfolio Manager
                                           Telephone No.:  312 332-0420
                                           Telecopy No.:   312 332-0424

         with a copy to:                   Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, P.C.
                                           230 Park Avenue, 29th Floor
                                           New York, New York 10169
                                           Attention:  Mitchell Brand.
                                           Telephone No.:  212-661-9100
                                           Telecopy No.:   212-682-6104

         To Term Loan Agent or             Silver Point Finance LLC
             Term Loan Lenders:            600 Steamboat Road
                                           Greenwich, CT 06830
                                           Attention:  David Sawyer
                                           Telecopier No.: 203-618-6413
                                           Telephone No.:  203-618-2698

         with a copy to:                   Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
                                           919 Third Avenue
                                           New York, New York 10022
                                           Attention:  Ronald B. Risdon
                                           Tel.: 212-756-2203
                                           Fax: 212-593-5955
</Table>

Each of the above Lenders may change the address(es) to which all notices,
requests and other communications are to be sent by giving written notice of
such address change to the other Lenders in conformity with this Section 4.7,
but such change shall not be effective until notice of such change has been
received by the other Lenders.

                  4.8 Counterparts. This Intercreditor Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original with the same
force and effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Intercreditor Agreement
by facsimile shall have the same force and effect as delivery of an original
counterpart thereof.

                  4.9 Governing Law. The validity, construction and effect of
this Intercreditor Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State
of New York, but excluding any principles of conflicts of law or other rule of
law that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than
the laws of the State of New York.

                  4.10 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY
HERETO HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND OF

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THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY (INCLUDING
ITS APPELLATE DIVISION), AND OF ANY OTHER APPELLATE COURT IN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY
HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE
OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH
PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND,
ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER THIS INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT OR IN ANY
WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES
HERETO IN RESPECT OF THIS INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR
HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE.

                  4.11 Complete Agreement. This written Intercreditor Agreement
is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and is
intended as a complete statement of the terms and conditions of their agreement
with respect to the subject matter hereof.

                  4.12 No Third Parties Benefited. Except as expressly provided
in Section 4.3 and consents which are deemed to have been given under Section
2.9 hereof, this Intercreditor Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Agents
and the Lenders and their respective successors, participants and assigns, and
no other person shall have any right, benefit, priority or interest under, or
because of the existence of, this Intercreditor Agreement.

                  4.13 Disclosures; Non-Reliance. Each Agent and each Lender has
the means to, and shall in the future remain, fully informed as to the financial
condition and other affairs of the Obligors and no Agent or Lender shall have
any obligation or duty to disclose any such information to the other Agents or
Lenders. Except as expressly set forth in this Intercreditor Agreement, the
parties hereto have not otherwise made to each other nor do they hereby make to
each other any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability
to each other with respect to: (a) the enforceability, validity, value or
collectability of any of the Term Loan Debt or the Working Capital Debt or any
guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection
therewith, (b) any Obligor's title to or right to transfer any of the
Collateral, or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this
Intercreditor Agreement.

                  4.14 Terms. This Intercreditor Agreement is a continuing
agreement and shall remain in full force and effect until the indefeasible
satisfaction in full of all Working Capital Debt and Term Loan Debt and the
termination of the financing arrangements between Working Capital Agent, Working
Capital Lenders, Term Loan Agent, Term Loan Lenders, and the Obligors.

                  4.15 Lien Subordination. Nothing in this Intercreditor
Agreement (including, without limitation, the definitions of Working Capital
Debt or Term Loan Debt) shall be deemed to subordinate the right of Term Loan
Agent or Term Loan Lenders to receive payment or the

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right of Working Capital Agent or Working Capital Lenders to receive payment
(whether before or after the occurrence of any Insolvency Proceeding), it being
the intent of the parties hereto that, to the extent provided in this
Intercreditor Agreement, (a) the Lien of Term Loan Agent with respect to
Collateral shall be junior to the Lien of Working Capital Agent securing Maximum
W/C Debt in the Collateral as a result of the Lien priorities provided for in
this Intercreditor Agreement (so that all proceeds of Collateral shall, to the
extent provided in this Intercreditor Agreement, be paid to Working Capital
Agent for application to the Maximum W/C Debt before Term Loan Agent or Term
Loan Lenders shall receive any proceeds of such Collateral for application to
the Term Loan Debt) and (b) the Lien of the Working Capital Agent with respect
to Collateral securing the Working Capital Debt in excess of the Maximum W/C
Debt shall be junior to the Lien of Term Loan Agent and Term Loan Lenders in
such Collateral as a result of the Lien priorities provided for in this
Intercreditor Agreement (so that all proceeds of Collateral (other than
Collateral securing the Maximum W/C Debt) shall, to the extent provide in this
Intercreditor Agreement, be paid to Term Loan Agent for application to Term Loan
Debt before Working Capital Agent shall receive any proceeds of such Collateral
for application to the Working Capital Debt in excess of the Maximum W/C Debt.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Intercreditor
Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

                                        WORKING CAPITAL AGENT

                                        CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION (CENTRAL)

                                        By:  [ILLEGIBLE]
                                             -----------------------------------

                                        Name:[ILLEGIBLE]
                                             -----------------------------------

                                        Title: Senior Vice President
                                              ----------------------------------

                                        TERM LOAN AGENT

                                        SILVER POINT FINANCE LLC

                                        By:  /s/ THOMAS J. STEIGLEHNER
                                             -----------------------------------

                                        Name: Thomas J. Steiglehner
                                             -----------------------------------

                                        Title: Authorized Signatory
                                              ----------------------------------

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                  Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees to the
foregoing terms and provisions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing
or any of the other rights and remedies of Working Capital Agent, any Working
Capital Lender, Term Loan Agent, or any Term Loan Lender, each of the
undersigned (i) acknowledges and confirms the rights of Working Capital Agent
and Term Loan Agent set forth in Section 2.14 of the Intercreditor Agreement,
and (ii) agrees to make any payments (mandatory, permissive, or otherwise)
permitted or required by any Term Loan Document or Working Capital Loan Document
in accordance with Section 2.14 regardless of any contrary provision in any Term
Loan Document or Working Capital Loan Document.

                  By its signature below, each of the undersigned agrees that it
will, together with its successors and assigns, be bound by the provisions
hereof.

                  Each of the undersigned agrees that any Agent or Lender
holding or controlling Collateral does so as bailee (under the UCC) for the
other Agents or Lenders that have a Lien on such Collateral and is hereby
authorized to and may turn over to such other Agents or Lenders upon request
therefor any such Collateral, after all obligations and indebtedness of the
undersigned to the bailee Agent or Lender have been fully paid and performed.

                  Each of the undersigned acknowledges and agrees that: (i) it
is not a party to the Intercreditor Agreement and does not and will not receive
any right, benefit, priority or interest under or because of the existence of
the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement (except for consents which are deemed to
have been given by Term Loan Agent and Term Loan Lenders under Section 2.9), and
(ii) it will execute and deliver such additional documents and take such
additional action as may be necessary or desirable in the reasonable opinion of
any of the Agents or Lenders to effectuate the provisions and purposes of the
foregoing Intercreditor Agreement.

BORROWERS                                     GUARANTORS
OMEGA WIRE, INC.                              INTERNATIONAL WIRE GROUP, INC.
WIRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
IWG RESOURCES, LLC
OWI CORPORATION
INTERNATIONAL WIRE ROME
  OPERATIONS, IN                              By: /s/ JOSEPH M. FIAMINGO
CAMDEN WIRE CO., INC.                             ------------------------------
                                                  Name: Joseph M. Fiamingo
                                                  Title: Chief Executive Officer

By: /s/ JOSEPH M. FIAMINGO
    -------------------------------------
    Name: Joseph M. Fiamingo
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6

                         INTERNATIONAL WIRE GROUP, INC.
                             2004 STOCK OPTION PLAN

        1.      Purpose. The International Wire Group, Inc. 2004 Stock Option
Plan (the "Plan") is intended to provide incentives which will retain and
motivate employees of International Wire Group, Inc. (the "Company") and of any
subsidiary corporation now existing or hereafter formed or acquired, by
providing them opportunities to acquire shares of the common stock, par value
$.01 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock"). Furthermore, the Plan is
intended to assist in aligning the interests of such employees to those of the
Company's stockholders.

        2.      Administration.

        (a)     The Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of
the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Committee"). Whenever the Company
shall have a class of equity securities registered pursuant to section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the Committee
shall be comprised solely of not less than two members who shall be
"Non-Employee Directors" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3) (or any
successor rule) promulgated under the Exchange Act and "outside directors"
within the meaning of section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"). The Committee is authorized, subject to the provisions of
the Plan, to establish such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the
proper administration of the Plan and to make such determinations and
interpretations and to take such action in connection with the Plan and any
Stock Options (as defined below) granted hereunder as it deems necessary or
advisable, including, but not limited to, accelerating vesting or exercisability
of any Stock Options, extending the term or period of exercisability (but in no
event beyond ten (10) years after the date it is granted) of any Stock Options,
or, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 14 hereof, waiving any terms
or conditions applicable to any Stock Options. All determinations and
interpretations made by the Committee shall be binding and conclusive on all
participants and their legal representatives. No member of the Board of
Directors of the Company, no member of the Committee and no employee of the
Company shall be liable for any act or failure to act hereunder, except in
circumstances involving his or her bad faith, or for any act or failure to act
hereunder by any other member or employee or by any agent to whom duties in
connection with the administration of this Plan have been delegated. The Company
shall indemnify members of the Committee and any agent of the Committee who is
an employee of the Company, against any and all liabilities or expenses to which
they may be subjected by reason of any act or failure to act with respect to
their duties on behalf of the Plan, except in circumstances involving such
person's bad faith.

        (b)     The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members, or to
one or more agents, such administrative duties as it may deem advisable, and the
Committee, or any person to whom it has delegated duties as aforesaid, may
employ one or more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility
the Committee or such person may have under the Plan. The Committee may employ
such legal or other counsel, consultants and agents as it may deem desirable for
the administration of the Plan and may rely upon any opinion or computation
received from any such counsel, consultant or agent. Expenses incurred by the
Committee in the engagement of such counsel, consultant or agent shall be paid
by the Company, or the subsidiary or affiliate whose employees have benefited
from the Plan, as determined by the Committee.

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        3.      Participants. Participants will consist of such employees of and
other persons performing services for the Company and any subsidiary corporation
of the Company as the Committee in its sole discretion determines to be in a
position to impact the success and future growth and profitability of the
Company and whom the Committee may designate from time to time to receive Stock
Options under the Plan. The Committee shall consider such factors as it deems
pertinent in selecting participants and in determining the type and amount of
their respective Stock Options.

        4.      Common Stock Available Under the Plan. The aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Options granted
under this Plan shall be 1,111,111 shares of Common Stock, which may be
authorized and unissued or treasury shares, subject to any adjustments made in
accordance with Section 6. Any shares of Common Stock that may be issued
pursuant to a Stock Option which for any reason is cancelled or terminated
without having been exercised shall again be available for issuance pursuant to
Stock Options granted under the Plan. The maximum aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Options that may be granted to
any single participant within any calendar year during the term of the Plan (as
set forth in Section 16) shall be [_____] shares, subject to the adjustments
provided in Section 6. For purposes of the preceding sentence, such Stock
Options that are cancelled or repriced shall continue to be counted during the
calendar year such Stock Options were granted in determining such maximum
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be granted to any single
participant during the term of the Plan.

        5.      Stock Options. "Stock Options" will consist of awards from the
Company that will enable the holder to purchase a specific number of shares of
Common Stock, at set terms and at a fixed purchase price. Stock Options may be
incentive stock options ("Incentive Stock Options"), within the meaning of
section 422 of the Code, or Stock Options which do not constitute Incentive
Stock Options ("Nonqualified Stock Options"). The Committee will have the
authority to grant to any participant one or more Incentive Stock Options,
Nonqualified Stock Options, or both types of Stock Options. Stock Options shall
be evidenced by agreements in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or in such
other forms (which need not be identical) as the Committee may from time to time
approve; provided, however, that in the event of any conflict between the
provisions of the Plan and any such agreements, the provisions of the Plan shall
prevail. Each Stock Option shall be subject to terms and conditions consistent
with the Plan as the Committee may impose from time to time, subject to the
following limitations:

        (a)     Exercise Price. Except in the case of Stock Options granted
through assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding stock options
previously granted by an acquired company, and except as a result of an
adjustment event referred to herein, each Stock Option granted hereunder shall
have such per-share exercise price as the Committee may determine at the date of
grant, subject to subsection (d) below.

        (b)     Payment of Exercise Price. The option exercise price may be paid
in cash or, in the discretion of the Committee determined at the date of grant,
by the delivery of shares of Common Stock of the Company then owned by the
participant, provided such shares have been held for at least six (6) months. In
the discretion of the Committee, payment may also be made by delivering a
properly executed exercise notice to the Company together with a copy of
irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company the
amount of sale or

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loan proceeds to pay the exercise price. The Committee may prescribe any other
method of paying the exercise price that it determines to be consistent with
applicable law and the purpose of the Plan, including, without limitation, in
lieu of the exercise of a Stock Option by delivery of shares of Common Stock of
the Company then owned by a participant, providing the Company with a notarized
statement attesting to the number of shares owned, where, upon verification by
the Company, the Company would issue to the participant only the number of
incremental shares to which the participant is entitled upon exercise of the
Stock Option. In determining which methods a participant may utilize to pay the
exercise price, the Committee may consider such factors as it determines are
appropriate.

        (c)     Exercise Period. Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be
exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions,
including vesting, as shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however,
that no Stock Option shall be exercisable later than ten (10) years after the
date it is granted. All Stock Options shall terminate at such earlier times and
upon such conditions or circumstances as the Committee shall in its discretion
set forth in such option agreement at the date of grant.

        (d)     Limitations on Incentive Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options
may be granted only to participants who are employees of the Company or
subsidiary corporation of the Company at the date of grant and the per share
exercise price may not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common
Stock at the date of grant. The aggregate market value (determined as of the
time the option is granted) of the Common Stock with respect to which Incentive
Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a participant during any
calendar year (under all option plans of the Company) shall not exceed $100,000;
provided that to the extent stock options issued as Incentive Stock Options
first become exercisable during a calendar year in excess of such $100,000
limitation, such excess Stock Option shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock
Options. For purposes of the preceding sentence, Incentive Stock Options will be
taken into account in the order in which they are granted. Incentive Stock
Options may not be granted to any participant who, at the time of grant, owns
stock possessing (after the application of the attribution rules of section
424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all
outstanding classes of stock of the Company or any subsidiary corporation of the
Company, unless the option price is fixed at not less than 110% of the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant and the exercise of such
option is prohibited by its terms after the expiration of five years from the
date of grant of such option. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, no Incentive Stock Option may be exercised later than ten years after
the date it is granted.

        6.      Adjustment Provisions; Change in Control.

        (a)     If there shall be any change in the Common Stock of the Company,
through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend,
stock split, reclassification, split up, spin-off, combination of shares,
exchange of shares, dividend in kind or other like change in capital structure
or distribution (other than normal cash dividends) to stockholders of the
Company, an adjustment shall be made to each outstanding Stock Option such that
each such Stock Option shall thereafter be exercisable for such securities, cash
and/or other property as would have been received in respect of the Common Stock
subject to such Stock Option had such Stock Option been exercised in full
immediately prior to such change or

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distribution, and such an adjustment shall be made successively each time any
such change shall occur. In addition, in the event of any such change or
distribution, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of participants'
rights under the Plan, the Committee will have authority to adjust, in an
equitable manner, the number and kind of shares that may be issued under the
Plan, the exercise price applicable to outstanding Stock Options, and the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock and other value determinations applicable to
outstanding Stock Options. Appropriate adjustments may also be made by the
Committee in the terms of any Stock Options under the Plan to reflect such
changes or distributions and to modify any other terms of outstanding Stock
Options on an equitable basis. In addition the Committee is authorized to make
adjustments to the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Stock
Options in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company
or the financial statements of the Company, or in response to changes in
applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) any adjustment with respect to an Incentive Stock Option shall
comply with the rules of section 424(a) of the Code and (ii) in no event shall
any adjustment be made which would render any Incentive Stock Option granted
hereunder other than an incentive stock option for purposes of section 422 of
the Code.

        (b)     In the event of a Change in Control (as defined below), the
Committee, in its discretion, may take such actions as it deems appropriate with
respect to outstanding Stock Options, including, without limitation,
accelerating the exercisability or vesting of such Stock Options.

                The Committee, in its discretion, may determine that, upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, each Stock Option outstanding
hereunder shall terminate within a specified number of days after notice to the
holder and, in the event any holder does not exercise such holder's Stock
Options prior to such date of termination, such holder shall receive, with
respect to each share of Common Stock subject to such Stock Option, an amount
equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock
immediately prior to the occurrence of such Change in Control over the exercise
price per share of such Stock Option, such amount to be payable in cash, in one
or more kinds of property (including the property, if any, payable in the
transaction) or in a combination thereof, as the Committee, in its discretion,
shall determine.

                A "Change in Control" of the Company shall be deemed to have
occurred if, subsequent to the Effective Date of this Plan, (A) any person (as
such term is used in section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the "beneficial
owner" (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly
or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent
(50%) of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities,
(B) a majority of the Board of Directors shall consist of persons who are not
Continuing Directors (as defined below), (C) the Company shall merge with or
consolidate into any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation
which would result in the holders of the voting securities of the Company
outstanding immediately prior thereto holding immediately thereafter securities
representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding
immediately after such merger or consolidation or (D) the stockholders of the
Company approve and effect a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an
agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all
of the Company's assets.

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                For purposes of this Agreement, a "Continuing Director" shall
mean, as of the date of determination, any Person who (i) was a member of the
Board of Directors of the Company on the Effective Date of this Plan or (ii) was
nominated for election or elected to the Board of Directors of the Company with
the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members
of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.

        7.      Transferability. Stock Options granted under the Plan to a
participant shall not be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable, during the participant's
lifetime, only by the participant. In the event of the death of a participant,
each Stock Option theretofore granted to him or her shall be exercisable during
such period after his or her death as the Committee shall in its discretion set
forth in such Stock Option at the date of grant and then only by the executor or
administrator of the estate of the deceased participant or the person or persons
to whom the deceased participant's rights under the Stock Option shall pass by
will or the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at
the discretion of the Committee, a Stock Option (other than an Incentive Stock
Option) may be transferred by a participant solely to the participant's spouse,
siblings, parents, children and grandchildren or trusts for the benefit of such
persons or partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies or other
entities owned solely by such persons, including trusts for such persons,
subject to any restriction included in the award of the Stock Option.

        8.      Other Provisions. The award of any Stock Option under the Plan
may also be subject to such other provisions (whether or not applicable to the
Stock Option awarded to any other participant) as the Committee determines, at
the date of grant, appropriate, including, without limitation, for the
installment purchase of Common Stock under Stock Options, for the forfeiture of,
or restrictions on resale or other disposition of, Common Stock acquired under
any Stock Option, for the acceleration of exercisability or vesting of Stock
Options in the event of a Change in Control of the Company, for the payment of
the value of Stock Options to participants in the event of a Change in Control
of the Company, or to comply with federal and state securities laws, or
understandings or conditions as to the participant's employment in addition to
but not inconsistent with those specifically provided for under the Plan.

        9.      Fair Market Value. For purposes of this Plan and any Stock
Options awarded hereunder, Fair Market Value shall be the closing price of the
Company's Common Stock on the date of calculation (or on the last preceding
trading date if Common Stock was not traded on such date) if the Company's
Common Stock is readily tradable on a national securities exchange or other
market system, and if the Company's Common Stock is not readily tradable, Fair
Market Value shall mean the amount determined in good faith by the Committee as
the fair market value of the Common Stock of the Company; provided, however, in
the event of a Change in Control, the Fair Market Value shall be based on the
actual consideration paid for such Common Stock.

        10.     Withholding. All payments or distributions made pursuant to the
Plan shall be net of any amounts required to be withheld pursuant to applicable
federal, state and local tax withholding requirements. If the Company proposes
or is required to distribute Common Stock pursuant to the Plan, it may require
the recipient to remit to it or to the corporation that employs such recipient
an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax withholding requirements prior to the

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delivery of any certificates for such Common Stock. In lieu thereof, the Company
or the employing corporation shall have the right to withhold the amount of such
taxes from any other sums due or to become due from such corporation to the
recipient as the Committee shall prescribe. The Committee may, in its discretion
and subject to such rules as it may adopt (including any as may be required to
satisfy applicable tax and/or non-tax regulatory requirements), permit an
optionee to pay all or a portion of the federal, state and local withholding
taxes arising in connection with any Stock Options by electing to have the
Company withhold shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the
amount of tax to be withheld, such tax calculated at rates required by statute
or regulation.

        11.     Tenure. A participant's right, if any, to continue to serve the
Company as a director, officer, employee, or otherwise, shall not be enlarged or
otherwise affected by his or her designation as a participant under the Plan.

        12.     Unfunded Plan. Participants shall have no right, title, or
interest whatsoever in or to any investments which the Company may make to aid
it in meeting its obligations under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and
no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to
create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and
any participant, beneficiary, legal representative or any other person. To the
extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company
under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured
general creditor of the Company. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid
from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund shall be
established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such
amounts except as expressly set forth in the Plan. The Plan is not intended to
be subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

        13.     No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall
be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Stock Option. The Committee
shall determine whether cash or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu
of fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto
shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

        14.     Duration, Amendment and Termination. No Stock Options shall be
granted more than ten years after the Effective Date; provided, however, that
the terms and conditions applicable to any Stock Option granted prior to such
date may thereafter be amended or modified by mutual agreement between the
Company and the participant or such other persons as may then have an interest
therein. The Committee may amend the Plan from time to time or suspend or
terminate the Plan at any time. However, no action authorized by this Section 14
shall reduce the amount of any outstanding Stock Option or change the terms and
conditions thereof without the participant's consent. No amendment of the Plan
shall, without approval of the stockholders of the Company, (i) increase the
total number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan or the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be granted to any individual
under the Plan or (ii) modify the requirements as to eligibility for Stock
Options under the Plan; provided, however, that no amendment may be made without
approval of the stockholders of the Company (i) if the amendment will disqualify
any Incentive Stock Options granted hereunder, or (ii) whenever the Company
shall have a class of equity securities registered pursuant to section 12 of the
Exchange Act, where absent such approval, the amendment would violate any rules
or regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, any other

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securities exchange, or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
that are applicable to the Company.

        15.     Governing Law. This Plan, Stock Options granted hereunder, and
actions taken in connection herewith shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (regardless of the law that
might otherwise govern under applicable Delaware principles of conflict of
laws).

        16.     Effective Date.

        (a)     The Plan is adopted to give effect to the Company's plan of
reorganization under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
"Bankruptcy Code") pursuant the confirmation order dated August 25, 2004, of the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The Plan
shall be effective as of October 20, 2004 (the "Effective Date"), provided that
the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company within 12 months of the
Effective Date. Such approval of stockholders shall be a condition to the right
of each participant to receive any Stock Options hereunder. Any Stock Options
granted under the Plan prior to such approval of stockholders shall be effective
as of the date of grant (unless, with respect to any Stock Option, the Committee
specifies otherwise at the time of grant), but no such Stock Option may be
exercised or settled and no restrictions relating to any Stock Option may lapse
prior to such stockholder approval, and if stockholders fail to approve the Plan
as specified hereunder, any such Stock Options shall be cancelled.

        (b)     This Plan shall terminate on October 20, 2014 (unless sooner
terminated by the Committee).

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this 2004 Stock Option Plan
to be signed by the undersigned duly authorized officer of the Corporation as of
October 20, 2004.

                                             /s/ JOSEPH M. FIAMINGO
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name:  Joseph M. Fiamingo
                                             Title: Chief Executive Officer

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                        [FORM OF STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT]

                         INTERNATIONAL WIRE GROUP, INC.
                       NONQUALFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

        THIS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into between
International Wire Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Group"), and the
undersigned (the "Holder") in connection with the grant of an Option
(hereinafter defined) under the International Wire Group, Inc. 2004 Stock Option
Plan (the "Plan").

                                   WITNESSETH:

        WHEREAS, the Holder is an employee of Group or a subsidiary corporation
thereof (such subsidiary corporation sometimes referred to herein as "Related
Entities"; Group and the Related Entities are collectively referred to herein as
the "Corporation") in a key position or is an officer and/or director of the
Corporation, and Group desires to grant the Holder an Option through the Plan to
purchase shares of Stock (hereafter defined) of Group, and Holder desires to
accept the Option upon the terms, conditions and covenants set forth herein and
in the Plan.

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises, the parties agree
that the following shall constitute the agreement between the Corporation and
the Holder:

        1.      DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings specified below:

        1.1     "Board of Directors" shall mean the board of directors of Group.

        1.2     "Cause" shall be as defined by any employment agreement
applicable to Holder or, if none, shall mean termination of employment of Holder
because of (i) Holder's conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere (or other
similar plea) to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) Holder's
personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, willful violation of any
law, rule, or regulation (other than minor traffic violations or similar
offenses) or breach of fiduciary duty which involves personal profit; (iii)
Holder's commission of material mismanagement in the conduct of Holder's duties
as assigned to him; (iv) Holder's willful failure to execute or comply with the
policies of the Corporation; (v) Holder's failure to properly perform Holder's
stated established duties, or intentional failure to perform Holder's stated
duties; or (vi) the illegal use of drugs on the part of Holder.

        1.3     "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

        1.4     "Committee" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under
the Plan.

        1.5     "Confidential Information" shall mean information about the
Corporation, including its respective businesses, products and practices,
disclosed to or known by the Holder as a direct or indirect consequence of or
through the employment by the Corporation. However,

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Confidential Information shall not include under any circumstances any
information with respect to the foregoing matters which is (i) available to the
public from a source other than Holder, (ii) released in writing by the
Corporation to the public or (iii) the subject of a written waiver executed by
the Corporation for the benefit of Holder.

        1.6     "Disability" shall be construed under the appropriate provisions
of the long-term disability plan maintained for the benefit of employees of the
Corporation who are regularly employed on a salaried basis. The determination of
a Holder's Disability, and the date of its commencement, shall be determined in
good faith solely by the Committee.

        1.7     "Fair Market Value" shall mean the closing price of the Stock on
the date of calculation (or on the last preceding trading date if the Stock was
not traded on such date) if the Stock is readily tradable on a national
securities exchange or other market system, and if the Stock is not readily
tradable, Fair Market Value shall mean the amount determined in good faith by
the Committee as the fair market value of the Stock.

        1.8     "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

        1.9     "Stock" shall mean Group's authorized par value $0.01 per share
Common Stock together with any other securities with respect to which Options
(hereinafter defined) or other rights granted hereunder may become exercisable.

        2.      GRANT OF NONQUALIFIED OPTION. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, Group grants to the Holder an Option (the "Option")
to purchase from Group at a price per share (the "Exercise Price") the number of
shares of Stock (the "Option Shares") as both are set out on the signature page
hereof subject to adjustments as provided in Paragraph 9 hereof. The Option is
not intended to be an incentive option within the meaning of Section 422(a) of
the Code.

        3.      NOTICE OF EXERCISE. This Option may be exercised, in accordance
with Paragraph 8, to purchase all or a portion of the applicable number of
Option Shares exercisable by written notice to Group as provided in Paragraph
12, which notice shall:

                (a)     specify the number of shares of Stock to be purchased at
the Exercise Price;

                (b)     if the person exercising this Option is not the named
Holder, contain or be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Committee of
such person's right to exercise this Option; and

                (c)     be accompanied by (i) payment in full of the Exercise
Price in the form of a certified or cashier's check payable to the order of
Group, (ii) with the Committee's approval, payment in the form of shares of
Stock owned by the Holder which are of at least equal value to the aggregate
Exercise Price payable in connection with such exercise, provided, such shares
have been held for at least six (6) months or (iii) with the Committee's
approval, a combination of any of (i) - (ii). The Committee may grant or
withhold its approval under any or all of the foregoing subsections (ii) or
(iii) in its sole and absolute discretion.

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        4.      INVESTMENT LETTER. Unless there is in effect a registration
statement under the Securities Act with respect to the issuance of the Option
Shares (and, if required, there is available for delivery a prospectus meeting
the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act), the Holder (or, in
the event of his death, the person exercising the Option) shall, as an absolute
condition to his right to exercise the Option, deliver to Group an agreement or
certificate containing such representations, warranties, and covenants as Group
may deem necessary or appropriate to ensure that the issuance of shares of Stock
pursuant to such exercise is not required to be registered under the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities law. It is understood and agreed that
under no circumstance shall Group be obligated to file any registration
statement under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law to
permit exercise of the Option or to issue any Stock in violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities law.

        5.      TRANSFER AND EXERCISE OF NONQUALIFIED OPTION. The Option is not
transferable by the Holder otherwise than by operation of law or by will or the
laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable, during the Holder's
lifetime, only by the Holder. The Option may not be assigned, transferred
(except by operation of law or by will or the laws of descent and distribution),
pledged, or hypothecated in any way and shall not be subject to execution,
attachment, or similar proceeding. Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge,
hypothecation, or other disposition of the Option or any rights hereunder or
thereto contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy of any attachment or
similar proceeding upon the Option, shall be null and void and without effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Option may be transferred by the Holder
solely to the Holder's spouse, siblings, parents, children and grandchildren or
trusts for the benefit of such persons or partnerships, corporations, limited
liability companies or other entities owned solely by such persons, including
trusts for such persons.

        6.      STATUS OF HOLDER. The Holder shall not be deemed a stockholder
of Group with respect to any of the shares of Stock subject to this Option,
except to the extent that such shares shall have been purchased and issued.
Group shall not be required to issue or transfer any certificates for shares of
Stock purchased upon exercise of this Option until there is compliance with all
applicable requirements of law and this Agreement. This Agreement is not a
contract of employment and the terms of the Holder's employment shall not be
affected hereby or by any agreement referred to herein except to the extent
specifically so provided herein or therein. Nothing herein shall be construed to
impose any obligation on the Corporation to continue the Holder's employment.

        7.      NO EFFECT ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE. This Option shall not affect the
right of Group to reclassify, recapitalize or otherwise change its capital or
debt structure or to merge, consolidate, convey any or all of its assets,
dissolve, liquidate, windup, or otherwise reorganize and, by acceptance of this
Agreement, Holder agrees that Holder has no standing before any court to object
to or contest any such action.

        8.      CONDITIONS AND SCHEDULE FOR EXERCISE. Except as otherwise
provided herein, all Options shall expire no later than ten (10) years from the
date of this Agreement (the "Expiration Date"). Holder shall be entitled to
exercise the Options granted herein in accordance with the vesting schedule set
forth on the signature page hereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of the
immediately preceding sentence, all Option Shares shall become exercisable
immediately prior

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to a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) subject, however, to the
consummation of the Change in Control.

        All other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding,
in the event of the termination of Holder's employment with the Corporation
either due to Holder's voluntary resignation or the Corporation's termination of
Holder for Cause, all rights under this Agreement and the Option shall terminate
and shall thereupon be null and void effective upon such termination; provided,
however, any shares of Stock obtained through exercise prior to such termination
date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall remain the sole and
absolute property of the Holder.

        In the event of the termination of Holder's employment with the
Corporation other than as a result of Holder's voluntary resignation or Holder's
termination by the Corporation for Cause, all rights under this Agreement and
the Option shall terminate and shall become null and void effective on the later
of (i) the date upon which Holder is no longer entitled to receive any benefits
from Group or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any employment agreement
applicable to Holder or, in the absence of any employment agreement applicable
to Holder, (ii) thirty (30) days (or 180 days if because of death or Disability)
after such termination (as applicable, the "Extended Exercisability Period");
provided, however, that in no event shall the Extended Exercisability Period
extend beyond the Expiration Date; and provided, further, any shares of Stock
obtained through exercise prior to such termination date in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement shall remain the sole and absolute property of the
Holder. During such Extended Exercisability Period, Holder (or Holder's legal
representative in the event that Holder's employment with the Corporation is
terminated because of death) shall have the right to exercise the Option with
respect to all or any part of the shares of Stock which Holder was entitled to
purchase immediately prior to the time of such termination.

        9.      ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION, MERGER, ETC. AND
ACCELERATION OF EXERCISABILITY. In the event that, by reason of any merger,
consolidation, combination, liquidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock
dividend, stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of shares,
exchange of shares or other like change in capital structure of Group (each, a
"Reorganization"), the Stock is substituted, combined, or changed into any cash,
property, or other securities, or the shares of Stock are changed into a greater
or lesser number of shares of Stock, the number and/or kind of shares and/or
interests subject to an Option and the Exercise Price or value thereof shall be
appropriately adjusted by the Committee to give appropriate effect to such
Reorganization. Any fractional shares or interests resulting from such
adjustment shall be eliminated.

        All of the provisions of this paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding,
Group shall have the right to grant stock appreciation right agreements to
others and/or issue additional stock options, if such options are to others out
of authorized but unissued shares, even though the result of such stock
appreciation right agreements and/or stock options dilute either the percentage
of ownership of the Holder or the value per share of any Stock or Option herein
granted and, in any such event, Holder's rights hereunder shall not be increased
in any way.

        10.     COMMITTEE AUTHORITY. Any question concerning the interpretation
of this Agreement, any adjustments required to be made under Paragraph 9 of this
Agreement, and any

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controversy which may arise under this Agreement and/or any paragraph hereof
shall be finally determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute
discretion.

        11.     PLAN CONTROLS. The terms of this Agreement are governed by the
terms of the Plan, which is made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein, and
in the case of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the
terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control.

        12.     NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required or permitted hereunder,
such notice must be in writing and personally delivered, sent by mail or sent by
overnight courier. Any notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder
shall be deemed to be delivered on the date which it is personally delivered,
or, whether actually received or not, on the third business day after it is
deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid or
next business day after it is sent by overnight courier, addressed to the person
who is to receive it at the address which such person has theretofore specified
by written notice delivered in accordance herewith. Group or Holder may change,
at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the other, the address
previously specified for receiving notices. Until changed in accordance
herewith, Group and the Holder specify their respective addresses as set forth
below on the signature lines on the last page hereof.

        13.     AWARD INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL. As partial consideration for the
granting of this Option, the Holder agrees that Holder will keep confidential
all information and knowledge that Holder has relating to the manner and amount
of participation in the Plan; provided, however, that such information may be
disclosed as required by law and may be given in confidence to the Holder's
spouse, tax and financial advisors, or to a financial institution to the extent
that such information is necessary to secure a loan.

        14.     TAX WITHHOLDING. By acceptance hereof, Holder hereby (i) agrees
to reimburse the Corporation by which Holder is employed for any federal, state,
or local taxes required by any government to be withheld or otherwise deducted
by such Corporation in respect of Holder's exercise of all or a portion of the
Option; (ii) authorizes the Corporation by which the Holder is employed to
withhold from any cash compensation paid to the Holder or on the Holder's
behalf, an amount sufficient to discharge any federal, state, and local taxes
imposed on the Corporation by which the Holder is employed, in respect of the
Holder's exercise of all or a portion of the Option; and (iii) agrees that Group
may, in its discretion, hold the stock certificate to which Holder is entitled
upon exercise of the Option as security for the payment of the aforementioned
withholding tax liability, until cash sufficient to pay that liability has been
accumulated, and may, in its discretion, effect such withholding by retaining
shares issuable upon the exercise of the Option having a Fair Market Value on
the date of exercise which is equal (in the judgment of such Corporation) to the
amount to be withheld.

        15.     CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. As partial consideration of the
granting of this Option, the Holder agrees that during Holder's employment with
the Corporation or at any time thereafter, irrespective of the time, manner or
cause of the termination of this Agreement, Holder will not directly or
indirectly reveal, divulge, disclose or communicate to any person or entity,
other than authorized officers, directors and employees of the Corporation, in
any manner whatsoever, any Confidential Information of the Corporation or any
direct or indirect subsidiary

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of the Corporation without the prior written consent of the Chairman of the
Board of Group. Given the nature of the Confidential Information, the
Corporation may be irreparably damaged by any unauthorized disclosure of any
Confidential Information. Without prejudice to the rights and remedies otherwise
available to the Corporation, Holder agrees that the Corporation shall be
entitled to seek equitable relief, including an injunction or specific
performance, in the event of any breach of this Paragraph 15.

        16.     SUCCESSORS. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement
is binding on and enforceable by the heirs, successors, and assigns of the
parties.

        17.     GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
the State of Delaware, except to the extent that Delaware law is preempted by
Federal law.

        18.     RESTRICTION ON SHARES. Holder acknowledges and agrees that upon
exercise of the Option, if required in the opinion of counsel to Group, the
certificates for Common Stock, when issued, will have substantially the
following legend:

        THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, NOR PURSUANT TO THE
        SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS OF ANY STATE. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE
        OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED,
        EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH
        SECURITIES WHICH IS EFFECTIVE UNDER SUCH ACT, (ii) RULE 144 UNDER SUCH
        ACT, OR (iii) ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT.

        19.     ENFORCEABILITY; BINDING EFFECT. If any provision of this
Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such ruling shall not invalidate or render unenforceable the other
provisions of this Agreement, unless the result of such invalidation or
unenforceability shall be to deprive a party of the essential benefit of its
bargain under this Agreement, in which event either adversely affected party may
immediately terminate this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is
found to be unenforceable, the unenforceable provision shall be deemed modified
to the extent required to permit its enforcement in a manner most closely
representing the intent of the parties as expressed herein and all other
provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect. Subject to the
prohibition on assignments, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their legal representatives,
successors and assigns.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Group has caused this Nonqualified Stock Option
Agreement to be executed and the Holder has hereunto set Holder's hand as of
_______________.

GROUP:                              INTERNATIONAL WIRE GROUP, INC.
                                    101 South Hanley
                                    St. Louis, Missouri 63105

                                    By:
                                       ----------------------------------------

                                    Name:
                                         --------------------------------------

                                    Title:
                                          -------------------------------------

HOLDER:
                                    --------------------------------------------

                                    Address:
                                            -----------------------------------

                                    --------------------------------------------

                                    --------------------------------------------

OPTION TERMS:

Number of Option Shares:
                                    -------------------------------------------

Exercise Price:                     $_____ per share

Date of Grant:
                                    -------------------------------------------

Vesting Schedule:                   1/3 of the Option Shares shall be
                                    exercisable on or after the Date of Grant;
                                    an additional 1/3 of the Option Shares shall
                                    be exercisable on or after the second
                                    anniversary of the Effective Date (as
                                    defined in the Plan); and the remaining 1/3
                                    of the Option Shares shall be exercisable on
                                    or after the third anniversary of the
                                    Effective Date.

Expiration Date:                    10 years from the Date of Grant

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