Document:

REIMBURSEMENT AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT

         This REIMBURSEMENT AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT is dated as of February 6,
2006, by and among RGCH Holdings Corp. ("RGCHC"), a Delaware corporation,
RathGibson, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company," and together with
RGCHC, collectively, the "Primary Obligors") and Castle Harlan Partners IV, L.P.
("CHI"):

         WHEREAS, RGCH Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
("RGCHH") has entered into that certain Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase
Agreement"), dated as of December 6, 2005, with the Company and the Persons
listed as "Sellers" on the signature pages attached thereto, whereby RGCHH
agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding Common Stock of the Company
subject to the terms set forth therein;

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, RGCHH is obligated to make
certain payments to the Representative for the benefit of the Equityholders
under Sections 1.03 and 1.04 of the Purchase Agreement, subject to the terms,
conditions and limitations contained therein;

         WHEREAS, RGCHH assigned all of its rights, powers, privileges, duties
and obligations under, among other things, the Purchase Agreement and Support
Agreement (as defined below) to RGCHC pursuant to that certain Assignment and
Assumption of Agreements, dated as of February 6, 2006; and

         WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Support Agreement (the "Support
Agreement"), dated December 6, 2005, between Castle Harlan Partners IV, L.P. and
Liberty Partners Holdings 10, L.L.C., in its capacity as the Representative for
the Equityholders, CHI has agreed to pay to the Representative on behalf of the
Equityholders any portion of the Contingent Payment or the Second Contingent
Payment that RGCHH does not pay when due under the terms of the Purchase
Agreement, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations contained therein
and in the Support Agreement.

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

               SECTION 1. Definitions. All terms used in this Reimbursement and
Cooperation Agreement which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same
meanings herein as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

               SECTION 2. Reimbursement. The Primary Obligors, jointly and
severally, hereby agree to pay to CHI (i) within five business days after each
date on which CHI shall pay any amount under the Support Agreement, a sum equal
to such amount so paid, plus (ii) interest on any amount remaining unpaid by the
Primary Obligors under clause (i) above, from the date

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such amount becomes payable on demand until payment in full, at a rate of 10%
per annum, compounded annually. The obligations of the Primary Obligors
hereunder are absolute and unconditional irrespective of: (i) any lack of
validity or enforceability of all or part of the Purchase Agreement or Support
Agreement or any agreement or instrument relating thereto; (ii) any change in
the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term in respect of, all
or any of the obligations set forth in the Purchase Agreement or Support
Agreement or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any other
amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any provision of any of
the foregoing; (iii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right
that the Primary Obligors may have against any Person, including, without
limitation, the Equityholders, or (iv) any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Primary
Obligors with respect to their obligations hereunder. CHI shall use reasonable
commercial efforts to provide contemporaneous notice to the Primary Obligors of
the payment by CHI of any amounts under the Support Agreement (it being
understood that any failure by CHI to provide such notice shall not affect any
of CHI's rights or the Primary Obligors' obligations to CHI.

               SECTION 3. Evidence of Obligations. CHI shall maintain a ledger
or ledgers evidencing the obligations of each Primary Obligor resulting from
each payment under the Support Agreement made by CHI from time to time
thereunder and the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid by each
Primary Obligor from time to time hereunder. In any legal action or proceeding
in respect of this Reimbursement and Cooperation Agreement, the entries made in
such account or accounts shall be conclusive evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations of each Primary Obligor therein recorded, absent
manifest error.

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               SECTION 4. Primary Obligors' Covenants.

               (a) CHI shall have the right to participate in all activity and
work conducted in the preparation and delivery of any calculations, financial
statements or supporting documents to be used for the determination of 2007
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA, the Contingent Payment or Second Contingent
Payment pursuant to Sections 1.03 and 1.04 of the Purchase Agreement
(collectively, the "Earnout Documents"). Neither the Company nor any of the
Primary Obligors shall deliver any Earnout Documents to the Representative
without the prior written consent of CHI.

               (b) In the event that there are any disputes concerning the
Earnout Documents or the determination of the Contingent Payment or Second
Contingent Payment that would require resolution pursuant to the process
described in Sections 1.03(a) and 1.04(a) of the Purchase Agreement, CHI shall
have the right to be fully informed and to participate in any such resolution
process. Any resolution of any disputes regarding the Earnout Documents or final
determination of the Contingent Payment or Second Contingent Payment shall be
subject to the prior written consent of CHI.

               (c) Neither of the Primary Obligors shall enter into any
agreement or waive, amend or modify any of their respective rights under the
Purchase Agreement affecting or relating to the determination of the Contingent
Payment or Second Contingent Payment without the prior written consent of CHI,
including with respect to any claims for indemnification that might result in an
offset to any such payment.

               SECTION 5. Notice. Any notice or communication required or
permitted to be made hereunder shall be made in the same manner and with the
same effect, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, as set forth in the
Purchase Agreement. Notices to CHI shall be made as follows:

               Castle Harlan Partners IV, L.P.
               c/o Castle Harlan, Inc.
               150 E. 58th Street--38th Floor
               New York, New York 10155
               Attn:  William M. Pruellage and Howard Weiss
               Facsimile:  (212) 207-8042

               with a copy to:

               Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
               919 Third Avenue
               New York, New York 10022
               Attn:  Robert Goldstein

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               Facsimile:  (212) 593-5955

               SECTION 6. Miscellaneous.

               (a) No amendment of any provision of this Reimbursement and
Cooperation Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by
the parties hereto, and no waiver of any provision of this Reimbursement and
Cooperation Agreement and no consent to any departure by any party therefrom,
shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the other parties
hereto, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

               (b) This Reimbursement and Cooperation Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
The parties hereby irrevocably consent to, for the purposes of any proceeding
arising hereunder, the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New
York and the United States District Court located in the borough of Manhattan in
New York City.

               (c) This Reimbursement and Cooperation Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. There is no express or implied intention to benefit any other
third party and nothing contained in this Reimbursement and Cooperation
Agreement is intended, nor shall anything herein be construed, to confer any
rights, legal or equitable, in any person or entity other than CHI. No
assignment of this Reimbursement and Cooperation Agreement or of any rights or
obligations hereunder may be made by any party hereto (by operation of law or
otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto;
provided that CHI may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to any person
or group of persons that acquire all or any portion of the business of the
Primary Obligors, whether by way of sale of stock, assets, merger or otherwise.

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               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Reimbursement
and Cooperation Agreement to be executed by an officer thereunto duly
authorized, as of the date first above written.

                                  RATHGIBSON, INC.

                                  By: /s/ Harley B. Kaplan
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Harley B. Kaplan
                                      Title: President & CEO

                                  RGCH HOLDINGS CORP.

                                  By: /s/ William M. Pruellage
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: William M. Pruellage
                                      Title: President

                                  CASTLE HARLAN PARTNERS IV, L.P.

                                  By: CASTLE HARLAN PARTNERS IV GP, INC., its
                                      General Partner

                                  By: /s/ William M. Pruellage
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: William M. Pruellage
                                      Title:

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                       AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

     This Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment") to the Credit Agreement, dated as
of February 7, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified,
the "Credit Agreement"), and entered into by and among RATHGIBSON, INC., a
Delaware corporation ("Borrower"); RGCH HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware corporation
("Holdings"), as one of the guarantors; the financial institutions who are or
hereafter become parties to the Credit Agreement as Lenders (as hereinafter
defined) and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (in
its individual capacity "GE Capital"), as agent (in such capacity, the "Agent"),
is dated as of August 15, 2006 and entered into by and among Borrower, the other
Credit Parties signatory hereto, the Lenders signatory hereto and agent.

                                    RECITALS:

     WHEREAS, Borrower has advised Agent and Lenders it intends to enter into
that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2006 (the
"Purchase Agreement") among Greenville Tube Company, a Delaware corporation
("Greenville Tube"), the sellers named therein, borrower, and the representative
named therein, pursuant to which, among other things, Borrower will acquire all
of the stock of Greenville Tube for total consideration of approximately
$35,000,000, subject to certain adjustments specified therein (the
"Acquisition"); and

     WHEREAS, upon the consummation of the Acquisition, Greenville Tube would
become a Guarantor and a Credit Party in accordance with Section 2.8(c) of the
Credit Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, to finance the Acquisition, Lenders have agreed subject to the
terms and conditions of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement to increase by
$10,000,000 the Revolving Loan Commitment (the "Revolving Loan Commitment
Increase"); and

     WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that the Greenville Tube Acquisition (as
defined below) shall be a Permitted Acquisition, that Agent and Requisite
Lenders consent to Borrower including the Accounts and Inventory of Greenville
Tube (collectively, the "Greenville Tube Assets") as Eligible Accounts and
Eligible Inventory for purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base, and that
Requisite Lenders agree to amend the Credit Agreement and certain of the other
Loan Documents as set forth below; and

     WHEREAS, Agent and the Lenders whose signatures appear below are willing to
agree to such requests and enter into this Amendment upon the terms and
conditions provided herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements,
provisions and covenants herein contained, and subject to the terms and
conditions hereof the Credit Parties, the Lenders whose signatures appear below
and Agent agree as follows:

                                   SECTION 1.

                                  DEFINITIONS

     1.1 Defined Terms. Unless otherwise provided all capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.

     1.2. Additional Defined Terms. The capitalized terms set forth in Section
2.2(a) below shall have the meanings when used herein as set forth therein.

                                   SECTION 2.

                              CONSENT AND AMENDMENT

     2.1 Consent. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 3, Agent and Requisite Lenders hereby consent to Borrower including the
Greenville Tube Assets as Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory for purposes
of calculating the Borrowing Base, subject to exclusions therefrom in the
Amendments set forth below.

     2.2 Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 3, the Credit Agreement and certain of the other Loan Documents are
amended as follows:

     (a) The following terms are added to Annex A to the Credit Agreement in
their appropriate alphabetical places:

          "Amendment No. 1" means Amendment No., 1, dated August 15, 2006 to
          this Agreement.

          "Amendment No. 1 Effective Date" means August 15, 2006.

          "Greenville Tube" means Greenville Tube Company, a Delaware
          corporation.

          "Greenville Tube Acquisition" means the purchase by Borrower of all of
     the stock of Greenville Tube pursuant to and in accordance with the terms
     of the Greenville Tube Acquisition Documents.

          "Greenville Tube Acquisition Documents" means the Greenville Tube
     Purchase Agreement, together with all certificates and other documents
     entered into, recorded or filed in connection therewith.

          "Greenville Tube Guaranty" means that guaranty, dated as of the
     Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, executed by Greenville Tube in favor of
     Agent.

          "Greenville Tube Joinder Agreement" means that joinder agreement,
     dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, between Agent and
     Greenville Tube.

          "Greenville Tube Purchase Agreement" means that Stock Purchase
     Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2006, among Greenville Tube, the sellers
     named therein, Borrower, and the representative named therein, as
     originally in effect or as amended, modified or supplemented in accordance
     with its terms and the terms of this Agreement.

     (b) The definition of "Acquisition Documents" in Annex A to the Credit
Agreement is deleted in its entirety and a new definition is added to read as
follows:

          "Acquisition Documents" means, collectively, (a) the Acquisition
     Agreement and all documents, certificates, instruments, agreements and
     other writings executed or delivered in connection therewith and (b) the
     Greenville Tube Acquisition Documents.

     (c) The definition of "Borrowing Base" in Annex A to the Credit Agreement
is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that at any time after the Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date, the average Borrowing Availability during any thirty (30) day period shall
be less than $9,000,000, then and in any such event commencing thirty (30) days
after the last

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day of such thirty (30) day period, the Borrowing Base shall exclude all assets
of Greenville Tube until such time as (i) the Credit Parties and the Lenders
shall have entered into amendments to this Agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders pursuant to which Greenville Tube shall
become a co-borrower with the ability to borrow hereunder restricted to a
separate borrowing base comprised of the Eligible Accounts and Eligible
Inventory of Greenville Tube, and RathGibson shall have the ability to borrow
hereunder restricted to a separate borrowing base comprised of the Eligible
Accounts and Eligible Inventory of RathGibson, (ii) the outstanding principal
balance of the Revolving Loan outstanding at the time when Greenville Tube
becomes a co-borrower under the Credit Agreement (including Letter of Credit
Obligations) shall be allocated as Revolving Credit Advances made to and Letters
of Credit issued for the account of RathGibson and Greenville Tube in a manner
satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders and in order to reflect the relative
amounts of such separate borrowing bases and (iii) Greenville Tube shall have
delivered a Revolving Note to each Lender that has requested same and such other
documents, including officer's certificates and legal opinions as Agent shall
have reasonably requested.

     (d) The definitions of "Credit Parties" and "Guarantors" in Annex A to the
Credit Agreement are each amended by adding the text "Greenville Tube,"
immediately after the text "Holdings," appearing therein.

     (e) The definition of "Guaranties" in Annex A to the Credit Agreement is
amended by adding the text ", the Greenville Tube Guaranty" immediately after
the text "the Guaranty of even date herewith executed by Holdings".

     (f) The definition of "Pro Forma" in Annex A to the Credit Agreement is
amended by replacing the date "October 31, 2005" appearing therein with the date
"June 30, 2006".

     (g) The definition of "Related Transactions" in Annex A to the Credit
Agreement is amended by adding the text "the Greenville Tube Acquisition,"
immediately after the text "the Acquisition," appearing therein.

     (h) The definition of "Revolving Loan Commitment" in Annex A to the Credit
Agreement is amended by replacing the text "Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000)
on the Closing Date" appearing therein with the text "Sixty Million Dollars
($60,000,000) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date".

     (i) Section 1.1(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the
following after the seventh sentence thereof: "Without limitation of the
foregoing, to the extent that a Lender holds a Revolving Note issued prior to
the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date evidencing its Revolving Loan Commitment and
such Lender requests a Revolving Note on or after the Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date to evidence such Lender's Revolving Loans, such Lender shall return its
previously issued Revolving Note or Revolving Notes."

     (j) Section 2.8 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the following
new paragraphs (g), (h) and (i) immediately following paragraph (f) thereof:

          "(g) On or prior to the date that is thirty (30) days following the
     Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, Borrower shall deliver to Agent such
     evidence of insurance with respect to the business and property acquired in
     the Greenville Tube Acquisition together with an endorsement naming Agent
     as loss payee and an additional insured for the benefit of Agent and
     Lenders as Agent shall have reasonably requested and in form and substance
     reasonably satisfactory to Agent, which requirement may be satisfied by an
     amendment or endorsement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
     Agent, to Borrower's existing insurance maintained in

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     accordance with Section 2.2 that adds Greenville Tube to such insurance.

          (h) On or prior to the date that is sixty (60) days following the
     Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, Borrower shall deliver to Agent a Leasehold
     Mortgage with respect to the Clarksville, Arkansas property, in form and
     substance satisfactory to Agent and duly executed by Greenville Tube and
     recorded with the Johnson County Recorder, and on or prior to the date that
     is ninety (90) days following the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, Borrower
     shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to Agent title
     insurance in form and amount satisfactory to Agent and such current surveys
     as shall be necessary to remove any survey exception from such title
     insurance.

          (i) On or prior to the date that is thirty (30) days following the
     Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, Borrower shall (i) open a deposit account
     (the "New Bank Account") at a bank acceptable to the Agent (which may be
     LaSalle Bank National Association ("LaSalle")), (ii) specify that
     collections from the lock-box maintained by Greenville Tube with LaSalle be
     credited on a daily basis to the New Bank Account (it being understood that
     neither the Borrower nor Greenville Tube shall direct that the collections
     from the lock-box be credited to any deposit account other than the New
     Bank Account without the prior written consent of the Agent), and (iii)
     enter into and cause LaSalle to enter into a Control Agreement with respect
     to the New Bank Account."

     (k) Section 2.10 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the following
provision at the end of the first sentence thereof: "; provided, however, that
if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the balance of each
such account does not exceed $15,000, Control Agreements shall not be required
with respect to the following accounts of Greenville Tube: First National Bank,
Account No. 3040888 and First Security Bank, Account No. 101774; provided,
further, that promptly upon receipt, Greenville Tube shall provide to Agent
copies of all monthly statements received with respect to such accounts."

     (l) Section 3.5(a)(iv) of the Credit Agreement is amended by replacing the
text "Borrowing Availability shall not be less than $15,000,000" appearing in
clause (x) with the text "Borrowing Availability shall not be less than
$10,000,000".

     (m) Annex B to the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:

LENDER                                 REVOLVING LOAN COMMITMENT
------------------------------------   -----------------------------------------
                                       (including a Swing Line Commitment of
                                       $5,000,000)

General Electric Capital Corporation   $60,000,000

     (n) The Credit Agreement is further amended by adding as Exhibit
1.1(a)(i)(b) the Exhibit attached hereto as Exhibit B.

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                                   SECTION 3.

                           CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

     The consent provided in Section 2.1 and the amendments contained in Section
2.2 shall become effective on the date (the "Effective Date") that the following
conditions have been satisfied in full or waived by the Requisite Lenders:

     (a) Agent shall have received one or more counterparts of (i) this
Amendment No. 1 executed and delivered by the Credit Parties, the Requisite
Lenders (including the Lenders who are listed in Annex B set forth in Section
2.2 hereof with an increased Revolving Loan Commitment) and Agent, (ii) the
Assignment of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Indemnities, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A, executed and delivered by Borrower and Agent,
(iii) an amendment and restatement, each in the form of Exhibit B, of each
Revolving Note held by a Lender whose commitment is being increased hereunder,
each dated the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and executed by the maker of such
Revolving Note, (iv) amendments to each of the Collateral Documents, including
the schedules and exhibits thereto, listed on the closing checklist attached
hereto as Exhibit C, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, (v)
the Greenville Tube Guaranty, (vi) the Greenville Tube Joinder Agreement and
(vi) the other documents listed on the closing checklist attached hereto as
Exhibit C.

     (b) Agent shall have received duly executed copies of the Greenville Tube
Acquisition Documents and all other material related agreements and instruments,
certified as correct and complete by Borrower, and all opinions, certificates
and other documents reasonably requested by Agent and all required regulatory
and third party approvals.

     (c) Agent shall have completed its legal due diligence as to Greenville
Tube.

     (d) Each of the conditions set forth in the definition of "Permitted
Acquisition" in Section 3.6 of the Credit Agreement (as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Date) shall have been satisfied or waived by Agent with
respect to the Greenville Tube Acquisition.

     (e) There shall be no continuing Default or Event of Default and the
representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in the Loan
Documents, as amended by this Amendment No. 1, shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the Effective Date or such other specific date as of
which any such representation or warranty is by its terms made.

     (f) Since June 30, 2006 and after giving effect to the Greenville Tube
Acquisition and the funding of the Revolving Loan Commitment Increase, no event
or condition shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

     (g) Agent shall have received an amendment fee in the amount of $100,000.

     (h) Agent shall have received a perfection certificate in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent executed by Greenville Tube and the results,
satisfactory to Agent, of UCC, judgment and tax lien searches from such
jurisdictions as Agent shall have reasonably required with respect to Greenville
Tube.

     (i) Agent shall have received (i) a Pro Forma giving effect to the
acquisition of Greenville Tube and the Revolving Loan Commitment Increase, (ii)
Financial Statements for the month and period ended June 30, 2006 and a
Compliance Certificate for the month ended June 30, 2006, (iii) a Borrowing Base
Certificate for the month ended June 30, 2006, and (iv) any outstanding items
with respect to the April 30, 2006 field audit of RathGibson.

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     (j) Agent shall have received such deposit account control agreements with
respect to deposit accounts of Greenville Tube as Agent shall have reasonably
requested and in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

     (k) (i) All material conditions to the closing of the Greenville Tube
Acquisition shall have been satisfied or, with the consent of Agent (not to be
unreasonably withheld), waived and concurrently with the effectiveness of this
Amendment No. 1, the Greenville Tube Acquisition shall be consummated in
accordance with the Greenville Tube Acquisition Documents, (ii) the business and
assets acquired in the Greenville Tube Acquisition shall be free and clear of
all Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances) and (iii) Agent shall have
received payoff letters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
with respect to the "Closing Date Indebtedness" (as such term is defined in the
Greenville Tube Purchase Agreement) and evidence satisfactory to Agent that all
Closing Date Indebtedness shall be satisfied concurrently with the effectiveness
of this Amendment No. 1.

     (l) Agent shall have been provided a first priority perfected Lien (subject
to Permitted Encumbrances) in all outstanding Stock of Greenville Tube (together
with the stock certificates and executed stock powers with respect thereto)
pursuant to the Pledge Agreement which shall have been amended in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent in order to provide for such pledge and to
add RathGibson as a party thereto, and in all assets of Greenville Tube in
accordance with the requirements of Section 2.8(c) of the Credit Agreement.

                                   SECTION 4.

                              LIMITATION ON SCOPE

     Except as expressly amended hereby, the Loan Documents shall remain in full
force and effect in accordance with their respective terms. The amendments set
forth herein shall be limited precisely as provided for herein and shall not be
deemed to be waivers of, amendments of, consents to or modifications of any term
or provision of the Loan Documents or any other document or instrument referred
to therein or of any transaction or further or future action on the part of any
Credit Party requiring the consent of Agent or Lenders except to the extent
specifically provided for herein. Agent and Lenders have not and shall not be
deemed to have waived any of their respective rights and remedies against any
Credit Party for any existing or future Defaults or Events of Default.

                                   SECTION 5.

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

     (a) Each Credit Party hereby represents and warrants as follows:

          (i) this Amendment No. 1 has been duly authorized and executed by such
Credit Party and the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment No. 1 is the
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as (1) such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors in general and (2) the availability of
equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general
applicability; and

          (ii) Such Credit Party repeats and restates the representations and
warranties of such Credit Party contained in the Credit Agreement as of the
Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties relate
to a specific date; provided that references to the "Credit

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Agreement" or "this Agreement" in such representations and warranties shall be
deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended pursuant to this
Amendment No. 1.

     (b) This Amendment No. 1 is being delivered in the State of New York.

     (c) Each Credit Party hereby ratifies and confirms that the Credit
Agreement as amended hereby remains in full force and effect.

     (d) Each Credit Party agrees that all Loan Documents, as amended hereby or
otherwise amended in connection herewith, remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding the execution and delivery of this Amendment No. 1 and that
nothing contained in this Amendment No. 1 shall constitute a defense to the
enforcement of any Loan Document.

     (e) This Amendment No. 1 may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all of which counterparts together shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.

     (f) All references in the Loan Documents to the "Credit Agreement" and in
the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereof," "herein" or the like shall
mean and refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 1 (as
well as by all subsequent amendments, restatements, modifications and
supplements thereto).

     (g) This Amendment is a "Loan Document" and each of the following
provisions of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by this
reference with the same effect as though set forth in its entirety herein,
mutatis mutandis, and as if "this Agreement" in any such provision read "this
Amendment No. 1"; Section 9.6 (Severability), Section 9.9 (Applicable Law),
Section 9.14 (Consent to Jurisdiction) and Section 9.15 (Waiver of Jury Trial).

                          [Signature page is next page]

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     Witness the due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers
of the undersigned of Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement as of the date
first written above.

                                            RATHGIBSON, INC.

                                            By: /s/ Harley B. Kaplan
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name: Harley B. Kaplan
                                                Title: President & CEO

                                            RGCH HOLDINGS CORP.

                                            By: /s/ Harley B. Kaplan
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name: Harley B. Kaplan
                                                Title:

                                            GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
                                            CORPORATION,
                                            AS AGENT, L/C ISSUER, AND LENDER

                                            By:
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

                      Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement

     Witness the due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers
of the undersigned of this Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement as of the
date first written above.

                                            RATHGIBSON, INC.

                                            By:
                                                -----------------------------
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

                                            RGCH HOLDINGS CORP.

                                            By:
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

                                            GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
                                            CORPORATION,
                                            AS AGENT, L/C ISSUER, AND LENDER

                                            By: /s/ Matthew D. Liepget
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name: Matthew D. Liepget
                                                Title: Duly Authorized Signatory

                       Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement

                           CONSENT AND REAFFIRMATION

     The undersigned ("Guarantor") hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of
the foregoing Amendment No. 1; (ii) consents to Borrower's execution and
delivery thereof and approves and consents to the transactions contemplated
thereby; (iii) agrees to be bound thereby; and (iv) affirms that nothing
contained therein shall modify or diminish in any respect whatsoever its
obligations under the Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party and reaffirms that such Guaranty is and shall continue to remain in full
force and effect. This acknowledgement by the Guarantor is made and delivered to
induce Agent and Lenders to enter into Amendment No. 1, and the Guarantor
acknowledges that Agent and Lenders would not enter into Amendment No. 1 in the
absence of the acknowledgements contained herein. Although Guarantor has been
informed of the matters set forth herein and has acknowledged and agreed to
same. Guarantor understands that Agent and Lenders have no obligation to inform
Guarantor of such matters in the future or to seek Guarantor's acknowledgment or
agreement to future amendments or waivers, and nothing herein shall create such
a duty. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings
given to such terms in the Amendment No. 1 to which this Consent is attached or
in the Credit Agreement referred to therein, as applicable.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Consent and
Reaffirmation on and as of the date of Amendment No. 1.

                                             RGCH HOLDINGS CORP.

                                             By: /s/ Harley B. Kaplan
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Name: Harley B. Kaplan
                                                 Title:

                            Consent and Reaffirmation

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