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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.8

                                  Exhibit VI
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                              [FORM OF] GUARANTY

          This GUARANTY is entered into as of February 1, 2000 by the
undersigned (each a "Guarantor", and together with any future Subsidiaries
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executing this Guaranty, being collectively referred to herein as the
"Guarantors") in favor of and for the benefit of Bank of America, N.A., as agent
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for and representative of (in such capacity herein called "Guarantied Party")
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Collateral Agent and the several financial institutions ("Banks") from time to
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time party to the Credit Agreement referred to below, and for the benefit of the
other Beneficiaries (as hereinafter defined).

                            PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
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     A.   Levi Strauss & Co., a Delaware corporation ("Company") has entered
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into that certain Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement dated as of
January 31, 2000 with Banks; the several financial institutions party thereto as
Senior Managing Agents; the several financial institutions party thereto as
Managing Agents; the several financial institutions party thereto as Co-Agents;
and Guarantied Party, as Agent and Collateral Agent for Banks (said Amended and
Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement, as it may hereafter be amended,
modified, or supplemented from time to time, being the "Credit Agreement";
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capitalized terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used
herein as therein defined).

     B.   Guarantied Party, Banks and Collateral Agent are sometimes referred to
herein as "Beneficiaries".
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     C.   A portion of the proceeds of the Loans may be advanced to Guarantors,
and thus the Guarantied Obligations (as hereinafter defined) are being incurred
for and will inure to the benefit of Guarantors (which benefits are hereby
acknowledged).

     D.   It is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Credit
Agreement that Company's obligations thereunder be guarantied by Guarantors.

     E.   Guarantors are willing irrevocably and unconditionally to guaranty
such obligations of Company.

          NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and
in order to induce Banks and Guarantied Party to enter into the Credit
Agreement, Guarantors hereby agree as follows:

     1.   Guaranty.  (a) In order to induce Banks to extend credit to Company
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pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Guarantors jointly and severally irrevocably
and unconditionally guaranty, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties,
the due and punctual payment in full of all

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Guarantied Obligations (as hereinafter defined) when the same shall become due,
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, demand or otherwise (including
amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. (S) 362(a)). The term
"Guarantied Obligations" is used herein in its most comprehensive sense and
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includes any and all Obligations of Company, now or hereafter made, incurred or
created, whether absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether due
or not due, and however arising under or in connection with the Credit
Agreement, this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents, including those arising
under successive borrowing transactions under the Credit Agreement which shall
either continue the Obligations of Company or from time to time renew them after
they have been satisfied.

     Each Guarantor acknowledges that a portion of the Loans may be advanced to
it, that Lender Letters of Credit may be issued for the benefit of its business
and that the Guarantied Obligations are being incurred for and will inure to its
benefit.

     Any interest on any portion of the Guarantied Obligations that accrues
after the commencement of any proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving
the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or
arrangement of Company (or, if interest on any portion of the Guarantied
Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the commencement
of said proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of the
Guarantied Obligations if said proceeding had not been commenced) shall be
included in the Guarantied Obligations because it is the intention of each
Guarantor and Guarantied Party that the Guarantied Obligations should be
determined without regard to any rule of law or order that may relieve Company
of any portion of such Guarantied Obligations.

     In the event that all or any portion of the Guarantied Obligations is paid
by Company, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall continue and
remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the
event that all or any part of such payment(s) is rescinded or recovered directly
or indirectly from Guarantied Party or any other Beneficiary as a preference,
fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments that are so rescinded or
recovered shall constitute Guarantied Obligations.

     Subject to the other provisions of this Section 1, upon the failure of
Company to pay any of the Guarantied Obligations when and as the same shall
become due, each Guarantor will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in cash,
to Guarantied Party for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an amount equal to
the aggregate of the unpaid Guarantied Obligations.

     (b) Anything contained in this Guaranty to the contrary notwithstanding,
the obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be limited to a
maximum aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render its
obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any
applicable provisions of comparable state law (collectively, the "Fraudulent
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Transfer Laws"), in each case after giving effect to all other liabilities of
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such Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, that are relevant under the Fraudulent
Transfer Laws (specifically excluding, however, any liabilities of such
Guarantor (i) in respect of intercompany indebtedness

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to Company or other affiliates of Company to the extent that such indebtedness
would be discharged in an amount equal to the amount paid by such Guarantor
hereunder and (ii) under any guaranty which contains a limitation as to maximum
amount similar to that set forth in this Section 1(b), pursuant to which the
liability of such Guarantor hereunder is included in the liabilities taken into
account in determining such maximum amount) and after giving effect as assets to
the value (as determined under the applicable provisions of the Fraudulent
Transfer Laws) of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or
contribution of such Guarantor pursuant to applicable law or pursuant to the
terms of any agreement.

     (c) Each Guarantor under this Guaranty, and each guarantor under other
guaranties, if any, relating to the Credit Agreement (the "Related Guaranties")
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that contain a contribution provision similar to that set forth in this Section
1(c), together desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the
"Contributing Guarantors"), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations
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arising under this Guaranty and the Related Guaranties.  Accordingly, in the
event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor under this
Guaranty or a guarantor under a Related Guaranty, each such Guarantor or such
other guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other
Contributing Guarantors in the maximum amount permitted by law so as to maximize
the aggregate amount of the Guarantied Obligations paid to Beneficiaries.

     2.  Guaranty Absolute; Continuing Guaranty.  The obligations of each
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Guarantor hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable
discharge of a guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the Guarantied
Obligations.  In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the
generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees that:  (a) this Guaranty is a guaranty
of payment when due and not of collectibility; (b) Guarantied Party may enforce
this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Credit
Agreement notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Company and any
Beneficiary with respect to the existence of such event; (c) the obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Company under the
Loan Documents and the obligations of any other Guarantor and a separate action
or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor whether or not
any action is brought against Company or any of such other Guarantors and
whether or not Company is joined in any such action or actions; and (d) a
payment of a portion, but not all, of the Guarantied Obligations by one or more
Guarantors shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge the liability of
such or any other Guarantor for any portion of the Guarantied Obligations that
has not been paid.  This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall be binding
upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns, and each Guarantor
irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions
giving rise to any Guarantied Obligations.

     3.  Actions by Beneficiaries.  Any Beneficiary may from time to time,
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without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability of
this Guaranty or giving rise to any limitation, impairment or discharge of any
Guarantor's liability hereunder, (a) renew, extend, accelerate or otherwise
change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guarantied
Obligations, (b) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse
any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guarantied
Obligations or any agreement

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relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of
any other obligations, (c) request and accept other guaranties of the Guarantied
Obligations and take and hold security for the payment of this Guaranty or the
Guarantied Obligations, (d) release, exchange, compromise, subordinate or
modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the
Guarantied Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guarantied Obligations, or
any other obligation of any Person with respect to the Guarantied Obligations,
(e) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit
of any Beneficiary in respect of this Guaranty or the Guarantied Obligations and
direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or
remedy that Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries, or any of them, may
have against any such security, as Guarantied Party in its discretion may
determine consistent with the Credit Agreement and any applicable security
agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more
judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is
commercially reasonable, and (f) exercise any other rights available to
Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries, or any of them, under the Loan
Documents.

     4.  No Discharge.  This Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors
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hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any
limitation, impairment or discharge for any reason (other than payment in full
of the Guarantied Obligations), including without limitation the occurrence of
any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or
knowledge of any of them:  (a) any failure to assert or enforce or agreement not
to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation
of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or
any right, power or remedy with respect to the Guarantied Obligations or any
agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security
for the payment of the Guarantied Obligations, (b) any waiver or modification
of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions of the
Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument
executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the
Guarantied Obligations, (c) the Guarantied Obligations, or any agreement
relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in any respect, (d) the application of payments received from any
source to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guarantied Obligations,
even though Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries, or any of them, might
have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guarantied
Obligations, (e) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security
interest in any collateral which secures any of the Guarantied Obligations, (f)
any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which Company may assert against
Guarantied Party or any Beneficiary in respect of the Guarantied Obligations,
including but not limited to failure of consideration, breach of warranty,
payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and
usury, and (g) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act
or thing, which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of a
Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guarantied Obligations.

     5.  Waivers.  Each Guarantor waives, for the benefit of Beneficiaries:  (a)
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any right to require Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries, as a condition
of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Company, any
other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guarantied Obligations or
any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from
Company, any other guarantor of the Guarantied Obligations or any other

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Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit
account or credit on the books of any Beneficiary in favor of Company or any
other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary;
(b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any
disability or other defense of Company including, without limitation, any
defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability
of the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or
by reason of the cessation of the liability of Company from any cause other than
payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations; (c) any defense based upon any
statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be
neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the
principal; (d) any defense based upon Guarantied Party's or any other
Beneficiary's errors or omissions in the administration of the Guarantied
Obligations, except behavior that amounts to gross negligence or willful
misconduct; (e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise,
that are or might be in conflict with the terms of this Guaranty and any legal
or equitable discharge of such Guarantor's obligations hereunder, (ii) the
benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor's liability
hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs, recoupments
and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any
Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject
thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest,
notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance
of this Guaranty, notices of default under the Credit Agreement or any agreement
or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification
of the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any
extension of credit to Company and notices of any of the matters referred to in
Sections 3 and 4 hereof and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) to the
fullest extent permitted by law, any defenses or benefits that may be derived
from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or
sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of this Guaranty.

     As used in this paragraph, any reference to "the principal" includes
Company, and any reference to "the creditor" includes Guarantied Party and each
other Beneficiary.  In accordance with Section 2856 of the California Civil Code
(a) each Guarantor waives any and all rights and defenses available to it by
reason of Sections 2787 to 2855, inclusive, 2899 and 3433 of the California
Civil Code, including without limitation any and all rights or defenses such
Guarantor may have by reason of protection afforded to the principal with
respect to any of the Guarantied Obligations, or to any other guarantor of any
of the Guarantied Obligations with respect to any of such guarantor's
obligations under its guaranty, in either case pursuant to the antideficiency or
other laws of the State of California limiting or discharging the principal's
indebtedness or such guarantor's obligations, including without limitation
Section 580a, 580b, 580d, or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure; and
(b) each Guarantor waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of
remedies by the creditor, even though that election of remedies, such as a
nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for a Guarantied Obligation,
has destroyed such Guarantor's rights of subrogation and reimbursement against
the principal by the operation of Section 580d of the Code of Civil Procedure or
otherwise; and even though that election of remedies by the creditor, such as
nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for an obligation of any other
guarantor of any of the Guarantied Obligations, has destroyed such Guarantor's
rights of contribution against such other guarantor.  No other provision of this

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Guaranty shall be construed as limiting the generality of any of the covenants
and waivers set forth in this paragraph. As provided below, this Guaranty shall
be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the
internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws
principles. This paragraph is included solely out of an abundance of caution,
and shall not be construed to mean that any of the above-referenced provisions
of California law are in any way applicable to this Guaranty or to any of the
Guarantied Obligations.

     6.  Guarantors' Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc.; Subordination of
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Other Obligations.  Until the Guarantied Obligations shall have been paid in
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full and the Commitments shall have terminated and all Lender Letters of Credit
shall have expired or been cancelled, no Guarantor shall exercise any claim,
right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may
hereafter have against Company or their respective assets in connection with
this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder,
in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under
contract, by statute (including without limitation under California Civil Code
Section 2847, 2848 or 2849), under common law or otherwise and including without
limitation (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that
such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Company, (b) any right to
enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Beneficiary
now has or may hereafter have against Company, and (c) any benefit of, and any
right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter held by any
Beneficiary.  Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or
agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement,
indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of
subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against
Company or against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution
such Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and
subordinate to any rights Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries may have
against Company, to all right, title and interest Guarantied Party or the other
Beneficiaries may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right
Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries may have against such other
guarantor.

     Any indebtedness of Company now or hereafter held by any Guarantor is
subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantied Obligations, and any such
indebtedness of Company to a Guarantor collected or received by such Guarantor
after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and any amount paid to
a Guarantor on account of any subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or
contribution rights referred to in the preceding paragraph when all Guarantied
Obligations have not been paid in full, shall be held in trust for Guarantied
Party on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Guarantied
Party for the benefit of  Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the
Guarantied Obligations.

     7.  Expenses.  Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay, or cause to
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be paid, on demand, and to save Guarantied Party and the other Beneficiaries
harmless against liability for, any and all costs and expenses (including fees
and disbursements of counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel) incurred
or expended by Guarantied Party or any other Beneficiary in connection with the
enforcement of or preservation of any rights under this Guaranty.

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     8.   Financial Condition of Company.  No Beneficiary shall have any
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obligation, and each Guarantor waives any duty on the part of any Beneficiary,
to disclose or discuss with such Guarantor its assessment, or such Guarantor's
assessment, of the financial condition of Company or any matter or fact relating
to the business, operations or condition of Company.  Each Guarantor has
adequate means to obtain information from Company on a continuing basis
concerning the financial condition of Company and its ability to perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents, and each Guarantor assumes the
responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of
Company and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the
Guarantied Obligations.

     9.   Representations and Warranties.  Each Guarantor makes, for the benefit
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of Beneficiaries, each of the representations and warranties made in the Credit
Agreement by Company as to such Guarantor, its assets, financial condition,
operations, organization, legal status, business and the Loan Documents to which
it is a party.

     10.  Covenants.  Each Guarantor agrees that, so long as any part of the
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Guaranteed Obligations shall remain unpaid or any Bank shall have any
Commitment, such Guarantor will, unless Majority Banks shall otherwise consent
in writing, perform or observe, and cause its Subsidiaries to perform or
observe, all of the terms, covenants and agreements that the Loan Documents
state that Company is to cause a Guarantor and such Subsidiaries to perform or
observe.

     11.  Set Off.  In addition to any other rights any Beneficiary may have
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under law or in equity, if any amount shall at any time be due and owing by a
Guarantor to any Beneficiary under this Guaranty, such Beneficiary is authorized
at any time or from time to time, without notice (any such notice being
expressly waived), to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all
deposits (general or special, including but not limited to indebtedness evidence
by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured) and any other
indebtedness of such Beneficiary owing to a Guarantor and any other property of
such Guarantor held by a Beneficiary to or for the credit or the account of such
Guarantor against and on account of the Guarantied Obligations and liabilities
of such Guarantor to any Beneficiary under this Guaranty.

     12.  Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor.  If all of the stock of
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a Guarantor or any of its successors in interest under this Guaranty shall be
sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in a sale
in compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, the obligations of such
Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall
automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any
Beneficiary or any other Person effective as of the time of such sale; provided
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that, if the sale of such stock constitutes a Disposition as a condition
precedent to such discharge and release, Guarantied Party shall have received
evidence satisfactory to it that arrangements satisfactory to it have been made
for delivery to Guarantied Party of the Net Asset Disposition Proceeds (if any)
as required by the Credit Agreement.

     13.  Amendments and Waivers.  No amendment, modification, termination or
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waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, and no consent to any departure by any
Guarantor therefrom,

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shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of Guarantied
Party and, in the case of any such amendment or modification, Guarantors. Any
such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for
the specific purpose for which it was given.

     14.  Miscellaneous.  It is not necessary for  Beneficiaries to inquire into
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the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or Company or the officers, directors or
any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.

     The rights, powers and remedies given to Beneficiaries by this Guaranty are
cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and
remedies given to Beneficiaries by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in
any of the Loan Documents or any agreement between one or more Guarantors and
one or more Beneficiaries or between Company and one or more Beneficiaries.  Any
forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay by any Beneficiary in
exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such
right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it
preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.

     In case any provision in or obligation under this Guaranty shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such
provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.

     THIS GUARANTY AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF GUARANTORS, GUARANTIED
PARTY AND THE OTHER BENEFICIARIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.

     This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of Beneficiaries and their
respective successors and assigns.

     ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE
BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT,
EACH GUARANTOR, GUARANTIED PARTY, COLLATERAL AGENT AND BANKS EACH CONSENTS, FOR
ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF
THOSE COURTS.  EACH GUARANTOR, GUARANTIED PARTY, COLLATERAL AGENT AND BANKS EACH
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE
OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
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HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT
OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO.  EACH GUARANTOR, GUARANTIED
PARTY, COLLATERAL AGENT AND BANKS EACH WAIVE PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS,
COMPLAINT OR

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OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY NEW YORK LAW

     EACH GUARANTOR, COLLATERAL AGENT, BANKS AND GUARANTIED PARTY EACH WAIVE
THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED
UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE
BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AGENT-RELATED
PERSON, COLLATERAL AGENT-RELATED PERSON, PARTICIPANT OR ASSIGNEE, WHETHER WITH
RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR OTHERWISE.  EACH GUARANTOR,
COLLATERAL AGENT, BANKS AND GUARANTIED PARTY EACH AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR
CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.  WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO
A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION,
COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE
THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF.  THIS
WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR
MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT.

     15.  Additional Guarantors.  The initial Guarantor(s) hereunder shall be
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such of the Subsidiaries of Company as are signatories hereto on the date
hereof.  From time to time subsequent to the date hereof, Subsidiaries of
Company may become parties hereto, as additional Guarantors (each an "Additional
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Guarantor"), by executing a counterpart, a form of which is attached as Exhibit
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A, of this Guaranty.  Upon delivery of any such counterpart to Guarantied Party,
notice of which is hereby waived by Guarantors, each such Additional Guarantor
shall be a Guarantor and shall be as fully a party hereto as if such Additional
Guarantor were an original signatory hereof.  Each Guarantor expressly agrees
that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by
the addition or release of any other Guarantor hereunder, nor by any election of
the Guarantied Party not to cause any Subsidiary of Company to become an
Additional Guarantor hereunder.  This Guaranty shall be fully effective as to
any Guarantor that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any other
Person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Guarantor hereunder.

     16.  Counterparts; Effectiveness.  This Guaranty may be executed in any
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number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be
an original for all purposes; but all such counterparts together shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.  This Guaranty shall become
effective as to each Guarantor upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by
such Guarantor (whether or not a counterpart hereof shall have been executed by
any other Guarantor) and receipt by the Guaranteed Party of written or
telephonic notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof.

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     17.  Guarantied Party as Agent.
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          (a) Guarantied Party has been appointed to act as Guarantied Party
hereunder by Banks.  Guarantied Party shall be obligated, and shall have the
right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action, solely in
accordance with this Guaranty and the Credit Agreement.

          (b) Guarantied Party shall at all times be the same Person that is
Agent under the Credit Agreement. Written notice of resignation by Agent
pursuant to Section 9.9 of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute notice of
resignation as Guarantied Party under this Guaranty; removal of Agent pursuant
to Section 9.9 of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute removal as
Guarantied Party under this Guaranty; and appointment of a successor agent
pursuant to Section 9.9 of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute
appointment of a successor Guarantied Party under this Guaranty. Upon the
acceptance of any appointment as agent under Section 9.9 of the Credit Agreement
by a successor agent, that successor agent shall thereupon succeed to become
vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or
removed Guarantied party under this Guaranty, and the retiring or removed
Guarantied Party under this Guaranty shall promptly (i) transfer to such
successor Guarantied Party all sums held hereunder, together with all records
and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance
of the duties of the successor Guarantied Party under this Guaranty, and (ii)
take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with
the assignment to such successor Guarantied Party of the rights created
hereunder, whereupon such retiring or removed Guarantied Party shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations under this Guaranty. After any
retiring or removed Guarantied Party's resignation or removal hereunder as
Guarantied Party, the provisions of this Guaranty shall inure to its benefits as
to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Guaranty while it
was Guarantied Party hereunder.

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                                     VI-10
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly
executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date
first written above.

                              BATTERY STREET ENTERPRISES, INC.
                              By:___________________________________________
                              Name:_________________________________________
                              Title:________________________________________

                              Address: _____________________________________
                                       _____________________________________
                                       _____________________________________

                              LEVI STRAUSS FINANCIAL CENTER CORPORATION
                              By:___________________________________________
                              Name:_________________________________________
                              Title:________________________________________

                              Address: _____________________________________
                                       _____________________________________
                                       _____________________________________

                              LEVI STRAUSS FUNDING LLC
                              By:___________________________________________
                              Name:_________________________________________
                              Title:________________________________________

                              Address: _____________________________________
                                       _____________________________________
                                       _____________________________________

                              LEVI STRAUSS GLOBAL FULFILLMENT SERVICES, INC.
                              By:___________________________________________
                              Name:_________________________________________
                              Title:________________________________________

                              Address: _____________________________________
                                       _____________________________________
                                       _____________________________________

                                     VI-11
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                              LEVI STRAUSS GLOBAL OPERATIONS, INC.
                              By:_________________________________
                              Name:_______________________________
                              Title:______________________________

                              Address: ___________________________
                                       ___________________________
                                       ___________________________

                              LEVI STRAUSS INTERNATIONAL
                              By:_________________________________
                              Name:_______________________________
                              Title:______________________________

                              Address: ___________________________
                                       ___________________________
                                       ___________________________

                              LEVI STRAUSS LATIN AMERICA, INC.
                              By:_________________________________
                              Name:_______________________________
                              Title:______________________________

                              Address: ___________________________
                                       ___________________________
                                       ___________________________

                              LEVI'S ONLY STORES, INC.
                              By:_________________________________
                              Name:_______________________________
                              Title:______________________________

                              Address: ___________________________
                                       ___________________________
                                       ___________________________

                                     VI-12
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                                        NF INDUSTRIES, INC.
                                        By:__________________________________
                                        Name:________________________________
                                        Title:_______________________________

                                        Address: ____________________________
                                                 ____________________________
                                                 ____________________________

ACKNOWLEDGED AND FOR PURPOSES
OF THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL SET
FORTH IN SECTION 14 ONLY, AGREED
AS OF THE DATE FIRST WRITTEN ABOVE
Bank of America, N.A., as Agent

By:_______________________________
Title: ___________________________

                                     VI-13
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                                 Exhibit A to
                                 ------------

                                   Guaranty
                                   --------

                [FORM OF] COUNTERPART FOR ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS

     This COUNTERPART (this "Counterpart"), dated _______, _____, is delivered
                             -----------
pursuant to Section 15 of the Guaranty referred to below.  The undersigned
hereby agrees that this Counterpart may be attached to the Guaranty, dated as of
February 1, 2000 (as it may be from time to time amended, modified, or
supplemented, the "Guaranty"; capitalized terms used herein not otherwise
                   --------
defined herein shall have the meanings specified therein), among the Guarantors
named therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Guarantied Party.  The undersigned,
by executing and delivering this Counterpart, hereby becomes an Additional
Guarantor under the Guaranty in accordance with Section 15 thereof and agrees to
be bound by all of the terms thereof.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Counterpart to be
duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of
______________, ____.

                                               [NAME OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR]

                                               By:__________________________
                                               Name:________________________
                                               Title:_______________________

                                               Address: ____________________
                                                        ____________________
                                                        ____________________

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

              AMENDED AND RESTATED 1999 180 DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                     among

                              LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
                                  as Borrower

                    THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO
                          as Co-Documentation Agents

                    THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO
                                   as Banks

                                      and

                            BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                       as Administrative Agent for Banks

                                      and

                            BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                         as Collateral Agent for Banks

                         dated as of January 31, 2000
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                                   ARTICLE I

                                  DEFINITIONS
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1.1   Defined Terms......................................................................  1
1.2   Other Interpretive Provisions...................................................... 27
1.3   Accounting Principles.............................................................. 28

                                  ARTICLE II

                                  THE CREDIT

2.1   Amounts and Terms of Commitments; the Credit....................................... 28
2.2   Notes; Loan Accounts............................................................... 29
2.3   Procedure for Borrowing............................................................ 29
2.4   Conversion and Continuation Elections.............................................. 30
2.5   Lender 180 Day Letters of Credit................................................... 32
2.6   Voluntary Termination or Reduction of Aggregate 180 Day Commitment; Voluntary
      Prepayments........................................................................ 37
2.7   Mandatory Prepayments and Reductions of Aggregate 180 Day Commitment............... 38
2.8   Repayment; Scheduled Reductions of Aggregate 180 Day Commitment.................... 40
2.9   Interest........................................................................... 40
2.10  Fees............................................................................... 41
2.11  Computation of Fees and Interest................................................... 42
2.12  Payments by Company................................................................ 43
2.13  Payments by the Banks to Administrative Agent...................................... 44
2.14  Sharing of Payments, etc........................................................... 44

                                  ARTICLE III

                    TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

3.1  Taxes............................................................................... 45
3.2  Illegality.......................................................................... 46
3.3  Increased Costs and Reduction of Return............................................. 47
3.4  Funding Losses...................................................................... 48
3.5  Inability to Determine Rates........................................................ 48
3.6  Reserves on Offshore Rate Loans..................................................... 48
3.7  Certificates of Banks............................................................... 49
3.8  Substitution of Banks............................................................... 49
3.9  Survival............................................................................ 49
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                                  ARTICLE IV

                             CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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4.1   Condition to Closing............................................................... 49
4.2   Conditions to Each Borrowing, Issuance of Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit.......... 53
4.3   Conditions Subsequent.............................................................. 53

                                   ARTICLE V

                        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

5.1   Organization, Powers, Good Standing, Business, Ownership of Subsidiaries and
      Capitalization..................................................................... 54
5.2   Authorization of Borrowing, etc.................................................... 54
5.3   Financial Condition................................................................ 55
5.4   Title to Properties; Liens......................................................... 56
5.5   Litigation; Adverse Facts.......................................................... 56
5.6   Payment of Taxes................................................................... 56
5.7   Materially Adverse Agreements; Performance......................................... 56
5.8   Governmental Regulation............................................................ 57
5.9   ERISA Compliance................................................................... 57
5.10  Environmental Matters.............................................................. 57
5.11  Compliance With Laws............................................................... 58
5.12  Regulation U....................................................................... 58
5.13  Disclosure......................................................................... 58
5.14  Matters Relating to Collateral..................................................... 58
5.15  Intangible Assets.................................................................. 59
5.16  Insurance.......................................................................... 59
5.17  Year 2000.......................................................................... 59
5.18  Solvency........................................................................... 60

                                   ARTICLE VI

                             AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 6.1  Financial Statements and Other Reports............................................. 60
 6.2  Corporate Existence, etc........................................................... 63
 6.3  Compliance With Laws, etc.......................................................... 64
 6.4  Compliance with Agreements......................................................... 64
 6.5  Payment of Taxes and Claims........................................................ 64
 6.6  Maintenance of Properties; Insurance............................................... 64
 6.7  Inspection......................................................................... 65
 6.8  Use of Proceeds.................................................................... 65
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6.9   Execution of Guaranty and Collateral Documents by Additional Subsidiaries.......... 66
6.10  Compliance with ERISA.............................................................. 67
6.11  Post Closing Actions............................................................... 67
6.12  Transfer of Receivables............................................................ 69

                                  ARTICLE VII

                              NEGATIVE COVENANTS

7.1   Indebtedness; Derivative/FX Contracts.............................................. 69
7.2   Limitation on Liens and Negative Pledges........................................... 71
7.3   Dispositions....................................................................... 74
7.4   Fundamental Changes................................................................ 75
7.5   Use of Proceeds.................................................................... 75
7.6   Leverage Ratio..................................................................... 76
7.7   Interest Coverage Ratio............................................................ 76
7.8   Minimum Consolidated EBITDA........................................................ 77
7.9   Change in Business................................................................. 77
7.10  ERISA.............................................................................. 77
7.11  Investments........................................................................ 78
7.12  Restricted Payments................................................................ 79
7.13  Operating Lease Obligations........................................................ 79
7.14  Transactions with Affiliates....................................................... 79
7.15  Amendments of Documents Relating to Indebtedness and Receivables................... 79
7.16  Consolidated Capital Expenditures.................................................. 80
7.17  Materially Adverse Agreements...................................................... 80
7.18  Limitations on Upstreaming......................................................... 80
7.19  Change in Auditors................................................................. 80
7.20  Restricted Subsidiaries............................................................ 81

                                 ARTICLE VIII

                               EVENTS OF DEFAULT

8.1  Event of Default.................................................................... 81
8.2  Remedies............................................................................ 83
8.3  Rights Not Exclusive................................................................ 84

                                  ARTICLE IX

                    ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT; COLLATERAL AGENT

 9.1  Appointment and Authorization...................................................... 85
 9.2  Delegation of Duties............................................................... 85
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9.3   Liability of Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent.............................. 85
9.4   Reliance by Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.............................. 86
9.5   Notice of Default.................................................................. 86
9.6   Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent and Collateral
      Agent.............................................................................. 86
9.7   Indemnification of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent....................... 87
9.8   Administrative Agent in Individual Capacity........................................ 88
9.9   Successor Administrative Agent..................................................... 88
9.10  Successor Collateral Agent......................................................... 89
9.11  Withholding Tax.................................................................... 89
9.12  Co-Documentation Agents............................................................ 90
9.13  Collateral Documents, Guaranties and Intercreditor Agreement....................... 91

                                   ARTICLE X

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

10.1   Amendments and Waivers............................................................ 91
10.2   Notices........................................................................... 93
10.3   No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.................................................... 93
10.4   Costs and Expenses................................................................ 93
10.5   Company's Indemnification......................................................... 94
10.6   Payments Set Aside................................................................ 95
10.7   Successors and Assigns............................................................ 95
10.8   Assignments, Participations, etc.................................................. 95
10.9   Confidentiality................................................................... 97
10.10  Set-off........................................................................... 98
10.11  Notification of Addresses, Lending Offices, etc................................... 98
10.12  Counterparts...................................................................... 98
10.13  Severability...................................................................... 98
10.14  No Third Parties Benefited........................................................ 98
10.15  Change in Accounting Principles................................................... 98
10.16  Governing Law and Jurisdiction.................................................... 99
10.17  Interpretation.................................................................... 99
10.18  Representation of Banks........................................................... 99
10.19  Waiver of Jury Trial..............................................................100
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                                  ARTICLE XI

                                GENERAL RELEASE

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                                 EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit I..........................................[FORM OF] NOTICE OF BORROWING

Exhibit II...........................[FORM OF] NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION

Exhibit III.......................................................[FORM OF] NOTE

Exhibit IV......................................[FORM OF] COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Exhibit V .........................[FORM OF] CLOSING DATE CERTIFICATE OF COMPANY

Exhibit VI...............................[FORM OF] PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Exhibit VII...................................................[FORM OF] GUARANTY

Exhibit VIII.................................[FORM OF] ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

Exhibit IX........................................................PRIVITY LETTER

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              AMENDED AND RESTATED 1999 180 DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT

     This AMENDED AND RESTATED 1999 180 DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as
of January 31, 2000 among Levi Strauss & Co., a Delaware corporation
("Company"); the several financial institutions from time to time party to this
  -------
Agreement (collectively "Banks" and individually a "Bank"); the several
                         -----                      ----
financial institutions party to this Agreement as Co-Documentation Agents; Bank
of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent for Banks; and Bank of America, N.A. as
Collateral Agent for Banks.

     WHEREAS, Banks and Company are parties to the 1999 180 Day Credit Agreement
dated as of February 12, 1999, as amended by First Amendment to 1999 180 Day
Credit Agreement dated as of April 6, 1999, Second Amendment to 1999 180 Day
Credit Agreement dated as of August 4, 1998 and Third Amendment to 1999 180 Day
Credit Agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 (the "Existing Credit Agreement");
                                                   -------------------------
and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to a Waiver dated as of November 12, 1999, Banks agreed
to waive certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement until February 3,
2000; and

     WHEREAS, Company has agreed to secure its Obligations hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents by granting to Collateral Agent, on behalf of Banks, a
Lien on substantially all of its personal property and certain of its real
property (other than Principal Property), including a pledge of 100% of the
Capital Stock of certain of its Domestic Subsidiaries and 65% of the Capital
Stock of certain of its Foreign Subsidiaries (other than Restricted
Subsidiaries); and

     WHEREAS, certain of the Domestic Subsidiaries of Company have agreed to
guarantee the Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and to
secure their guaranties by granting to Collateral Agent, on behalf of Banks, a
Lien on substantially all of their respective personal property and certain of
their respective real property (other than Principal Property), including a
pledge of 100% of the Capital Stock of certain of their respective Domestic
Subsidiaries and 65% of the Capital Stock of certain of their respective Foreign
Subsidiaries (other than Restricted Subsidiaries);

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and
covenants contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                                  DEFINITIONS
                                  -----------

     1.1  Defined Terms.  In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this
          -------------
Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

          "Administrative Agent" means Bank of America, in its capacity as agent
           --------------------
     for Banks hereunder, and any successor administrative agent pursuant to
     Section 9.9.

          "Administrative Agent-Related Persons" means Administrative Agent and
           ------------------------------------
     any successor administrative agent arising under Section 9.9, together with
     their respective
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     Affiliates (including, in the case of Bank of America, the Arranger), and
     the officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel, and attorneys-in-fact
     of such Persons and Affiliates.

          "Administrative Agent's Payment Office" means the address for payments
           -------------------------------------
     set forth on the signature page hereto in relation to Administrative Agent
     or such other address as Administrative Agent may from time to time specify
     in accordance with Section 10.2.

          "Affected Bank" has the meaning specified in Section 3.8.
           -------------

          "Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person which, directly
           ---------
     or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common
     control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another
     Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, (a)
     power to vote 10% or more of the Securities (on a fully diluted basis) of
     the other Person having ordinary voting power for the election of directors
     or managing general partners, or (b) to direct or cause the direction of
     the management and policies of the other Person, whether through the
     ownership of voting Securities, membership interests, by contract, or
     otherwise.

          "Affiliated Fund" means, with respect to any Bank, a fund that invests
           ---------------
     in commercial loans and is managed by the same investment advisor as such
     Bank, an Affiliate of such Bank or by an Affiliate of the same investment
     advisor as such Bank.

          "Aggregate Bridge Commitment" means the combined Commitments (as
           ---------------------------
     defined therein) under the Bridge Credit Agreement.

          "Aggregate 180 Day Commitment" means the combined Commitments of
          -----------------------------
     Banks.  The initial Aggregate 180 Day Commitment is $300,000,000.

          "Aggregate Term Commitments" means the sum of (a) the Aggregate
           --------------------------
     Commitment (as defined therein) under the Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day
     Credit Agreement, and (b) the Aggregate Commitment (as defined therein)
     under the 1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

          "Aggregate Total Commitments" means the sum of (a) the Aggregate
           ---------------------------
     Bridge Commitment and (b) the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment.

          "Agreement" means this Amended and Restated 1999 180 Day Credit
           ---------
     Agreement, as amended, supplemented, or modified from time to time.

          "Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement" means the Amended
           --------------------------------------------------
     and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement dated as of January 31, 2000,
     between Company, Bank of America, as agent, Bank of America, as collateral
     agent, and the other lenders parties thereto.

          "Applicable Margin" has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.
           -----------------

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          "Arranger" means BancAmerica Securities, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
           --------

          "Asset Disposition" means the sale by Company or any of its
           -----------------
     Subsidiaries to any Person other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
     (a) any of the stock of any of Company's Subsidiaries, (b) substantially
     all of the assets of any division or line of business of Company or any of
     its Subsidiaries, or (c) any other assets (whether tangible or intangible)
     of Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than Dispositions permitted by
     Sections 7.3(a), 7.3(c), 7.3(e), 7.3(f), 7.3(g), 7.3(h), and 7.3(m).

          "Assignee" has the meaning specified in Section 10.8(a).
           --------

          "Assignment and Acceptance" means an Assignment and Acceptance
           -------------------------
     substantially in the form of Exhibit VIII.
                                  ------------

          "Availability Period" means the period from the date of this Agreement
           -------------------
     to the close of business of Administrative Agent in San Francisco,
     California on January 31, 2002.

          "Bank" and "Banks" have the meanings specified in the introductory
           ----       -----
     clause hereto; provided that for purposes of any determination made with
                    --------
     respect to Citicorp U.S.A., Inc. under Section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 or 3.6,
     "Bank" shall be deemed to include Citibank, N.A.

          "Bank of America" means Bank of America, N.A.
           ---------------

          "Bankruptcy Code" means Title 11 of the United States Code, entitled
           ---------------
     "Bankruptcy" (11 U.S.C. (S)101, et seq.).
                                     -------

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

          "Base Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base
           --------------
     Rate.

          "Borrower Party" means Company and any of its Material Domestic
           --------------
     Subsidiaries from time to time party to a Loan Document, and "Borrower
                                                                   --------
     Parties" means all such Persons, collectively.
     -------

          "Borrowing" means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Loans made to
           ---------
     Company on the same day and, other than in the case of Base Rate Loans,
     having the same Interest Period.

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          "Borrowing Date" means any date on which a Borrowing occurs under
           --------------
     Section 2.3.

          "Bridge Credit Agreement" means the Bridge Credit Agreement dated as
           -----------------------
     of January 31, 2000, between Company, Bank of America, as administrative
     agent, Bank of America, as collateral agent, and the other lenders parties
     thereto.

          "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
           ------------
     day on which commercial banks in New York City, New York or San Francisco,
     California are authorized or required by law to close and with respect to
     calculations, disbursements, and payments relating to Offshore Rate Loans,
     a day on which dealings are carried on in the offshore Dollar interbank
     market in London.

          "Capital Adequacy Regulation" means any guideline, request or
           ---------------------------
     directive of any central bank or other Governmental Authority, or any other
     law, rule or regulation, whether or not having the force of law, in each
     case, regarding capital adequacy of any bank or of any corporation
     controlling a bank.

          "Capital Lease", as applied to any Person, means any lease of any
           -------------
     property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that,
     in conformity with GAAP, is accounted for as a capital lease on the balance
     sheet of that Person.

          "Capital Markets Transaction" means (a) an issuance or sale of
           ---------------------------
     Securities by Company, through a public offering or private placement, or
     (b) a capital contribution to Company; provided, however, that in the case
                                            --------  -------
     of debt Securities, any such Securities (i) shall be unsecured, and (ii)
     shall not have a stated maturity date or required principal payments
     earlier than five years from the date of issuance thereof.

          "Capital Stock" means (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate
           -------------
     stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all
     shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
     designated) of corporate stock, (c) in the case of a partnership,
     partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a
     limited liability company, membership interests, and (e) any other interest
     or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of
     the profits and losses of, or distribution of assets of, the issuing
     Person.

          "Cash Collateral Account" means a blocked deposit account at Bank of
           -----------------------
     America in which Company grants a security interest to Collateral Agent
     pursuant to the Collateral Documents as security for Lender 180 Day Letter
     of Credit Usage and with respect to which Company agrees to execute and
     deliver from time to time such documentation as Administrative Agent or
     Collateral Agent may reasonably request to further assure and confirm such
     security interest.

          "Closing Date" means the date on which all conditions precedent set
           ------------
     forth in Section 4.1 are satisfied or waived by all Banks, or in the case
     of Section 4.1(d), waived by the Person entitled to obtain such payment.

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          "Co-Documentation Agent" means each of The Bank of Nova Scotia,
           ----------------------
     Citicorp USA, Inc. and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York.

          "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended and any
           ----
     regulations promulgated thereunder.

          "Collateral" means, collectively, all of the Property (including
           ----------
     Capital Stock) in which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the
     Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations.

          "Collateral Agent" means Bank of America, in its capacity as
           ----------------
     collateral agent for Banks hereunder, and any successor collateral agent.

          "Collateral Agent-Related Person" means Collateral Agent and any
           -------------------------------
     successor collateral agent arising under Section 9.10, together with their
     respective Affiliates (including, in the case of Bank of America, the
     Arranger), and the officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel, and
     attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.

          "Collateral Documents" means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the
           --------------------
     Foreign Pledge Agreements, the Mortgages, and all other instruments or
     documents delivered by any Borrower Party pursuant to this Agreement or any
     of the other Loan Documents in order to grant to Collateral Agent, on
     behalf of Banks, a Lien on any Property of that Borrower Party as security
     for the Obligations.

          "Commitment" means, for each Bank, the amount set forth opposite such
           ----------
     Bank's name on Schedule 2.1, as such amount may be reduced or adjusted from
                    ------------
     time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

          "Commitment Percentage" means, as to any Bank, the percentage set
           ---------------------
     forth opposite such Bank's name on Schedule 2.1, as adjusted as
                                        ------------
     contemplated herein.

          "Company" has the meaning specified in the introductory clause hereto.
           -------

          "Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form
           ----------------------
     of Exhibit IV properly completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of
        ----------
     Company.

          "Consolidated Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, the sum of
           ---------------------------------
     the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or other
     consideration or accrued as a liability and including that portion of
     Capital Leases which is capitalized on the consolidated balance sheet of
     Company and its Subsidiaries) by Company and its Subsidiaries during that
     period that, in conformity with GAAP, are included in "additions to
     property, plant or equipment" or comparable items reflected in the
     consolidated statement of cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries;
     provided, however, that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not include
     --------  -------
     software costs.

          "Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, for Company and its
           -------------------
     Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to (a) the sum,
     without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Net Income, (ii) Consolidated
     Interest Charges, (iii) the amount of taxes,

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     based on or measured by income, used or included in the determination of
     such Consolidated Net Income, (iv) the amount of depreciation and
     amortization expense deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income,
     and (v) accruals for Company's Global Success Sharing Plan, Long Term
     Performance Plan, Leadership Shares and Long Term Incentive Payment Plan
     minus (b) Company's cash payments for Company's Global Success Sharing
     -----
     Plan, Long Term Performance Plan, Leadership Shares and Long Term Incentive
     Payment Plan.

          "Consolidated Excess Cash Flow" means, for any period, an amount (if
           -----------------------------
     positive) equal to (a) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for
     such period of (i) Consolidated EBITDA plus (or minus) (ii) loss (gain) on
                                            ----     -----
     sales of assets plus (iii) to the extent not otherwise included, all
                     ----
     noncash expenses plus (iv) the first $50,000,000 of proceeds from the
                      ----
     Pending IceHouse Disposition plus (or minus) (v) the Consolidated Working
     Capital Adjustment minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts
                        -----
     for such period for (i) scheduled repayments of Consolidated Funded
     Indebtedness (excluding repayments of revolving loans except to the extent
     the corresponding commitments are permanently reduced in connection with
     such repayments), (ii) Consolidated Capital Expenditures (net of any
     proceeds of related financings with respect to such expenditures), (iii)
     Consolidated Interest Charges paid in cash, (iv) taxes based on income of
     Company and its Subsidiaries paid in cash, (v) the excess of bank fees paid
     over bank fees amortized, and (vi) cash payments for long-term employee
     benefits and other related liabilities (other than changes in accruals
     under the Global Success Sharing Plan, Long Term Performance Plan,
     Leadership Shares and Long Term Incentive Payment Plan).

          "Consolidated Funded Indebtedness" means, as of any date of
           --------------------------------
     determination, for Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
     the sum, without duplication, of (a) the outstanding principal amount of
     all obligations and liabilities, whether current or long-term, for borrowed
     money (including Obligations in respect of Loans hereunder), (b) that
     portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that are capitalized
     in the consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries, in each
     case to the extent treated as debt in accordance with GAAP, and (c) the
     outstanding amount of all obligations under any Receivables Purchase
     Facility.

          "Consolidated Interest Charges" means, for any period, for Company and
           -----------------------------
     its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all interest (net of all interest
     income), premium payments, fees, charges and related expenses payable by
     Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed money (including
     capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of
     assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with
     GAAP.

          "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, for Company and its
           -----------------------
     Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income (or loss) of Company
     and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP for that period.

          "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the aggregate amount of
           --------------------------------
     assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after
     deducting therefrom (a) all

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     current liabilities (excluding any indebtedness for money borrowed having a
     maturity of less than 12 months from the date of the most recent
     consolidated balance sheet of Company but which by its terms is renewable
     or extendable beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the
     borrower), and (b) all goodwill, trade names, patents, unamortized debt
     discount and expense and any other like intangibles, all as set forth on
     the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Company and computed in
     accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

          "Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment" means, for any period, for
           ---------------------------------------
     Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to
     (a) the sum of the decrease (increase) during that period in current
     assets, excluding changes in cash and cash equivalents, and changes in
     current tax assets plus (b) the sum of the increase (decrease) during that
                        ----
     period in current liabilities, excluding changes in short-term Indebtedness
     or current maturities of long-term Indebtedness, changes in short-term tax
     liabilities and changes in short-term interest liabilities.

          "Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any provision of any
           ----------------------
     security issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking, contract,
     indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, document or
     agreement to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its
     property is bound.

          "Conversion/Continuation Date" means any date on which Company (a)
           ----------------------------
     converts Base Rate Loans to Offshore Rate Loans, or (b) converts Offshore
     Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, or (c) continues Offshore Rate Loans having
     Interest Periods expiring on such date as Offshore Rate Loans but with a
     new Interest Period.

          "Debtor Relief Laws" means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other
           ------------------
     liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of
     creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency,
     reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other
     applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect affecting the rights
     of creditors generally.

          "Default" means any event or  circumstance which, with the giving of
           -------
     notice, the lapse of time, or both, would (if not cured or otherwise
     remedied during such time) constitute an Event of Default.

          "Default Rate" means an interest rate equal to the Base Rate plus the
           ------------                                                ----
     Applicable Margin, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus 2% per annum;
                                                              ----
     provided, however, that with respect to an Offshore Rate Loan, the Default
     --------  -------
     Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any
     Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, in
                                                          ----
     each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws; provided
                                                                   --------
     further that with respect to an Offshore Rate Loan, upon the expiration of
     -------
     the Interest Period in effect at the time any such increase in interest
     rate is effective, such Offshore Rate Loan shall thereupon become a Base
     Rate Loan and shall thereafter bear interest at the Default Rate applicable
     to Base Rate Loans.

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          "Derivative/FX Contract" means (a) any and all interest rate swaps,
           ----------------------
     basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions,
     commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or
     equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or
     options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index
     transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions,
     cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swaps,
     cross-currency rate swaps, currency options, spot contracts or any other
     similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including
     any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such
     transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any
     and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are
     subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master
     agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association,
     Inc., the International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other
     master agreement, including any such obligations or liabilities under any
     such agreement.

          "Derivative/FX Lender" means a Bank party to the Bridge Credit
           --------------------
     Agreement or any of its Affiliates.

          "Disposition" means the sale, transfer, license or other disposition
           -----------
     (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any Property by any
     Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal with or
     without recourse of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and
     claims associated therewith.

          "Dollars", "dollars" and "$" each mean lawful money of the United
           -------    -------       -
     States.

          "Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of Company that is
           -------------------
     incorporated or organized in the United States, any state thereof or in the
     District of Columbia.

          "Eligible Assignee" means (a) a financial institution organized under
           -----------------
     the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having a combined
     capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000; (b) a commercial bank
     organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the
     Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political
     subdivision of any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus
     of at least $100,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a
                               --------
     branch or agency located in the United States; (c) a Person that is
     primarily engaged in the business of commercial banking and that is (i) a
     Subsidiary of a Bank, (ii) a Subsidiary of a Person of which a Bank is a
     Subsidiary, or (iii) a Person of which a Bank is a Subsidiary; (d) another
     Bank, any Affiliate of a Bank and any Affiliated Fund of any Bank; and (e)
     any other entity which is an "accredited investor" (as defined in
     Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) which extends
     credit or buys loans as one of its businesses, including but not limited
     to, insurance companies, mutual funds and lease financing companies.  No
     Borrower Party or any Affiliate of a Borrower Party shall be an Eligible
     Assignee.

          "Environmental Claims" means all claims, however asserted, by any
           --------------------
     Governmental Authority or other Person alleging potential liability or
     responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law, or for release or
     injury to the environment.

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          "Environmental Laws" means all federal, state or local laws, statutes,
           ------------------
     common law duties, rules, regulations, ordinances and codes, together with
     all administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses,
     authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental
     Authorities, in each case relating to environmental, health, safety and
     land use matters, but excluding routine zoning ordinances.

          "Equipment Financing Transaction" means any financing arrangement with
           -------------------------------
     any Person of equipment pursuant to a lease intended as security which will
     be treated as indebtedness under GAAP.

          "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and
           -----
     regulations promulgated thereunder.

          "ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
           ---------------
     incorporated) under common control with Company within the meaning of
     Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code
     for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

          "ERISA Event" means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension
           -----------
     Plan; (b) a withdrawal by Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension
     Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
     substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a
     cessation of operations which is treated as such a withdrawal under Section
     4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Company or any
     ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a
     Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, in each case which would
     reasonably be expected to result in a liability to Company or any of its
     Subsidiaries of more than $10,000,000; (d) the filing of a notice of intent
     to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under
     Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the
     PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or
     condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under
     Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a
     trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the
     imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC
     premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Company
     or any ERISA Affiliate.

          "Event of Default" means any of the events or circumstances specified
           ----------------
     in Section 8.1.

          "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and
           ------------
     regulations promulgated thereunder.

          "Existing Credit Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals
           -------------------------
     hereto.

          "Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement" means the Receivables
           ---------------------------------------
     Purchase Agreement dated as of April 28, 1999 among LSFCC, Levi Strauss
     Funding Corp., Ciesco L.P., Receivables Capital Corporation, the financial
     institutions from time to time party thereto and Citicorp North America,
     Inc., as agent.

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          "Exposure Factor" means 125%.
           ---------------

          "FDIC" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and any
           ----
     Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

          "Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded
           ------------------
     upwards to the nearest 1/100/th/ of 1%) equal to the weighted average of
     the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the
     Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as
     published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next succeeding
     such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal
               --------
     Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
     preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day,
     and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business
     Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged
     to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by
     Administrative Agent.

          "Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal
           ---------------------
     Reserve System and any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its
     principal functions.

          "FinServ" means Levi Strauss & Co. Europe Financial Services, S.C.A.,
           -------
     a Belgian corporation.

          "Flood Hazard Property" means real property located in an area
           ---------------------
     designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special
     flood or mud slide hazards.

          "Foreign Credit Lines" means all unsecured committed or uncommitted
           --------------------
     lines of credit to which any Foreign Subsidiary is a party from time to
     time.  The Foreign Credit Lines as of November 28, 1999 are listed on
     Schedule 1.1(a).
     ---------------

          "Foreign Pledge Agreement" means each pledge agreement or similar
           ------------------------
     instrument governed by the laws of a country other than the United States,
     executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 or from time to time
     thereafter in accordance with Section 6.9 by Company or any Material
     Domestic Subsidiary that owns Capital Stock of one or more Foreign
     Subsidiaries organized in such country, in form and substance satisfactory
     to Administrative Agent, as such Foreign Pledge Agreement may thereafter be
     amended, supplemented, or modified from time to time.

          "Foreign Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of Company, other than a
           ------------------
     Domestic Subsidiary.

          "Four Facility Commitment Reduction Fraction" means, as of any date of
           -------------------------------------------
     determination, a fraction, the numerator of which is the Aggregate 180 Day
     Commitment and the denominator of which is the sum of (a) the Aggregate 180
     Day Commitment plus (b) the Aggregate Bridge Commitment plus (c)  the
                    ----                                     ----
     Aggregate Commitment (as defined therein) under the Amended and Restated
     1997 364 Day Credit Agreement plus (d)  the Aggregate Commitment (as
                                   ----
     defined therein) under the 1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit
     Agreement.

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          "Funded Current Liability Percentage" means "funded current liability
           -----------------------------------
     percentage" within the meaning of Section 412(1)(8)(B) of the Code.

          "Further Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, levies,
           -------------
     assessments, imposts, duties, deductions, fees, withholdings or similar
     charges (including, without limitation, net income taxes and franchise
     taxes), and all liabilities with respect thereto, imposed by any
     jurisdiction on account of amounts payable or paid pursuant to Section 3.1.

          "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from
           ----
     time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
     Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
     and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards
     Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and
     authority within the accounting profession), or in such other statements by
     such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the
     U.S. accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of
     the date of determination.

          "Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or
           ----------------------
     other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary
     or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity exercising executive,
     legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
     pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or
     controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the
     foregoing.

          "Guarantor" means any Material Domestic Subsidiary that executes and
           ---------
     delivers a counterpart of the Guaranty on the Subsequent Closing Date or
     from time to time thereafter pursuant to Section 6.9.

          "Guaranty" means the Guaranty executed and delivered by existing
           --------
     Material Domestic Subsidiaries on the Subsequent Closing Date and to be
     executed and delivered by additional Material Domestic Subsidiaries from
     time to time thereafter in accordance with Section 6.9, substantially in
     the form of Exhibit VII, as such Guaranty may thereafter be amended,
                 -----------
     supplemented, or modified from time to time.

          "Guaranty Obligation" means, as to any Person, any (a) guaranty by
           -------------------
     such Person of Indebtedness of, or other obligation payable or performable
     by, any other Person, or (b) assurance, agreement, letter of
     responsibility, letter of awareness, undertaking or arrangement given by
     such Person to an obligee of any other Person with respect to the payment
     or performance of an obligation by, or the financial condition of, such
     other Person, whether direct, indirect or contingent, including any
     purchase or repurchase agreement covering such obligation or any collateral
     security therefor, any agreement to provide funds (by means of loans,
     capital contributions or otherwise) to such other Person, any agreement to
     support the solvency or level of any balance sheet item of such other
     Person or any "keep-well" or other arrangement of whatever nature given for
     the purpose of assuring or holding harmless such obligee against loss with
     respect to any obligation of such other Person; provided, however, that the
                                                     --------  -------
     term Guaranty Obligation

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     shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in
     the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guaranty Obligation
     shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount
     of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, covered by such
     Guaranty Obligation or, if less, the amount to which such Guaranty
     Obligation is specifically limited, or, if not stated or determinable, the
     maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined
     by the person in good faith.

          "Indebtedness" means, as to any Person at a particular time:
           ------------

               (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all
     obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
     similar instruments;

               (b) any direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising
     under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), banker's
     acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

               (c) whether or not so included as liabilities in accordance with
     GAAP, all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
     property or services (other than obligations under a long term supply
     contract), which purchase price is (i) due more than 90 days from the date
     of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof, or (ii) evidenced by a
     note or similar written instrument, and indebtedness (excluding prepaid
     interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by
     such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or
     other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall
     have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

               (d) without duplication, lease payment obligations under Capital
     Leases or Synthetic Lease Obligations; and

               (e) without duplication, all Guaranty Obligations of such Person
     in respect of any of the foregoing.

     For all purposes of this Agreement, the Indebtedness of any Person shall
     include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such
     Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness
     is expressly made non-recourse to such Person except for customary
     exceptions acceptable to Majority Banks.

          "Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning specified in Section 10.5.
           -----------------------

          "Indemnified Person" has the meaning specified in Section 10.5.
           ------------------

          "Indentures" means that certain Indenture dated as of November 6, 1996
           ----------
     between Company and Citibank, N.A., as trustee, and that certain Fiscal
     Agency Agreement dated as of November 22, 1996 between Company and
     Citibank, N.A., as fiscal agent.

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          "Ineligible Securities" means securities which may not be underwritten
           ---------------------
     or dealt in by member banks of the Federal Reserve System under Section 16
     of the Banking Act of 1933 (12 U.S.C. (S) 24, Seventh), as amended.

          "Insolvency Proceeding" means (a) any case, action or proceeding
           ---------------------
     before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy,
     reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution,
     winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the
     benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors or
     other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any
     substantial portion of its creditors; in each case covered by subsections
     (a) and (b) undertaken under U.S. Federal, State or foreign law, including
     the Bankruptcy Code.

          "Intellectual Property" means all patents, trademarks, tradenames,
           ---------------------
     copyrights, technology, software, know-how and processes used in or
     necessary for the conduct of the business of Company and its Subsidiaries
     as currently conducted that are material to the condition (financial or
     otherwise), business or operations of Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
     as a whole.

          "Intercreditor Agreement" means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as
           -----------------------
     of January 31, 2000 between the respective lenders under this Agreement,
     the Bridge Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit
     Agreement and the 1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

          "Interest Coverage Ratio" means, as of any date of determination, the
           -----------------------
     ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period specified to (b)
     Consolidated Interest Charges during such period.

          "Interest Payment Date" means, as to any Loan other than a Base Rate
           ---------------------
     Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and, as
     to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter;
     provided, however, that if any Interest Period for an Offshore Rate Loan
     --------  -------
     exceeds three months, interest shall also be paid on last day of each
     successive three-month period (commencing with the beginning of such
     Interest Period) and each such day will be an Interest Payment Date.

          "Interest Period" means, with respect to any Offshore Rate Loan, the
           ---------------
     period commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan or on the
     Conversion/Continuation Date of such Loan, as applicable, and ending on the
     date one, two, three, or six months thereafter (and if consented to by
     Majority Banks in the given instance, nine months), as selected by Company
     in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, as the
     case may be;

     provided that:
     --------

          (a) if any Interest Period pertaining to an Offshore Rate Loan would
     otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period
     shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of
     such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar
     month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately
     preceding Business Day;

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

          (c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date; and

          (d) unless Administrative Agent otherwise consents, there may not be
     more than 24 Interest Periods for Offshore Rate Loans in effect at any time
     under this Agreement, the Bridge Agreement, the Amended and Restated 1997
     364 Day Credit Agreement, and the 1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit
     Agreement.

          "Investment" means, as to any Person, any acquisition or any
           ----------
     investment by such Person, whether by means of the purchase or other
     acquisition of stock or other Securities of any other Person or by means of
     a loan, creating a debt, capital contribution, guaranty or other debt or
     equity participation or interest in any other Person, including any
     partnership and joint venture interests in such other Person.  For purposes
     of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount
     actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases
     in the value of such Investment.

          "IP Collateral" means, collectively, the Intellectual Property owned
           -------------
     by Company or any of its Material Domestic Subsidiaries that constitutes
     Collateral under the Pledge and Security Agreement.

          "IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service, and any Governmental
           ---
     Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions under the Code.

          "Issuing Bridge Lender" means, with respect to any Lender Bridge
           ---------------------
     Letter of Credit, the issuing lender thereof pursuant to the Bridge Credit
     Agreement.

          "Issuing 180 Day Lender" means, with respect to any Lender 180 Day
           ----------------------
     Letter of Credit, Bank of America, Citibank, N.A., Morgan Guaranty Trust
     Company of New York or The Bank of  Nova Scotia, as applicable, or any
     successor Issuing 180 Day Lender hereunder.

          "Lender Bridge Letter of Credit" means any letter of credit issued or
           ------------------------------
     outstanding under the Bridge Credit Agreement.

          "Lender Bridge Letter of Credit Usage" means, as of any date of
           ------------------------------------
     determination, the aggregate undrawn face amount of outstanding Lender
     Bridge Letters of Credit plus the aggregate amount of all drawings under
                              ----
     the Lender Bridge Letters of Credit not reimbursed by Company or converted
     into Loans under (and as defined in) the Bridge Credit Agreement.

          "Lender Derivative/FX Contract" means any Ordinary Course
           -----------------------------
     Derivative/FX Contract entered into by Company or FinServ and a
     Derivative/FX Lender that is subject to a legally enforceable netting
     agreement between Company or FinServ, as the case may be, and such
     Derivative/FX Lender with respect to all Ordinary Course Derivative

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     FX/Contracts between such parties. The Lender Derivative/FX Contracts as of
     the dates indicated are listed on Schedule 1.1(a).
                                       ---------------

          "Lender Derivative/FX Sublimit" means an amount equal to the lesser of
           -----------------------------
     the Aggregate Bridge Commitment and $75,000,000.  The Lender Derivative/FX
     Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Bridge
     Commitment.

          "Lender Derivative/FX Usage" means, as of any date of determination,
           --------------------------
     (a) the sum of the Termination Values for all outstanding Lender
     Derivative/FX Contracts times (b) the Exposure Factor.
                             -----

          "Lender Letter of Credit Sublimit" means an amount equal to the lesser
           --------------------------------
     of (a) the sum of the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment plus the Aggregate
                                                        ----
     Bridge Commitment and (b) $250,000,000.  The Lender Letter of Credit
     Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate 180 Day
     Commitment.

          "Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit" means any letter of credit issued or
           -------------------------------
     outstanding hereunder.  A Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit may be a
     commercial letter of credit, a performance letter of credit or a financial
     letter of credit.

          "Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit Usage" means, as of any date of
           -------------------------------------
     determination, the aggregate undrawn face amount of outstanding Lender 180
     Day Letters of Credit plus the aggregate amount of all drawings under the
                           ----
     Lender 180 Day Letters of Credit not reimbursed by Company or converted
     into Loans.

          "Lending Office" means, with respect to any Bank, the office or
           --------------
     offices of the Bank specified as its "Lending Office" or "Domestic Lending
     Office" or "Offshore Lending Office", as the case may be, below its name on
     the signature pages hereto, or such other office or offices of such Bank as
     it may from time to time specify to Company and Administrative Agent.

          "Letter of Credit Action" means the issuance, supplement, amendment,
           -----------------------
     renewal, extension, modification or other action relating to a Lender 180
     Day Letter of Credit hereunder.

          "Letter of Credit Application" means an application for a Letter of
           ----------------------------
     Credit Action from time to time in use by an Issuing 180 Day Lender.

          "Letter of Credit Expiration Date" means the Maturity Date.
           --------------------------------

          "Leverage Ratio" means, as of any date of determination, for Company
           --------------
     and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the ratio of (a) Consolidated
     Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b) (i) as of the end of the first
     fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2000, Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal
     quarter times 4; (ii) as of the end of the second fiscal quarter of fiscal
             -----
     year 2000, Consolidated EBITDA for the first two fiscal quarters of fiscal
     year 2000 times 2; (iii) as of the end of the third fiscal quarter of
               -----
     fiscal year 2000, Consolidated EBITDA for the first three fiscal quarters
     of fiscal year 2000 times
                         -----

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     1.333; and (iv) as of the end of any fiscal quarter thereafter,
     Consolidated EBITDA for the four fiscal quarter period then ended.

          "Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
           ----
     assignment, charge or deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
     other) or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential
     arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including those created by,
     arising under or evidenced by any conditional sale or other title retention
     agreement, the interest of a lessor under any leasing or similar
     arrangement which, in accordance with GAAP, is classified as a capital
     lease, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
     any of the foregoing, or the filing of any financing statement naming the
     owner of the asset to which such lien relates as debtor, under the UCC of
     any jurisdiction or any comparable law, or the interest of the Person other
     than Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Equipment
     Financing Transaction) and any contingent or other agreement to provide any
     of the foregoing, but not including the interest of a lessor under an
     operating lease or the interest of a purchaser of Permitted Foreign
     Receivables under any Permitted Foreign Receivables Purchase Facility.

          "Loan" means a loan by a Bank to Company under Section 2.1, and may be
           ----
     an Offshore Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan.

          "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, any Notes, the Lender 180 Day
           --------------
     Letters of Credit, the Letter of Credit Applications, the fee letters
     referred to in Section 2.11, the Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, and
     all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered to Administrative
     Agent or any Bank in connection herewith.

          "LOS/DOS Business" means the ownership and operation by Company or a
           ----------------
     Subsidiary of Company, whether directly or through joint ventures with
     third parties in partnership, corporate or other form, of businesses
     engaged solely in selling apparel and accessories and related products
     including, without limitation, selling through retail stores, outlet
     stores, telephone sales, catalog or other mail orders, and electronic
     sales.  LOS/DOS Business shall not include any business engaging in
     manufacturing or in selling and in manufacturing.

          "LSFCC" means Levi Strauss Financial Center Corporation, a California
           -----
     corporation, formerly Levi Strauss Credit Corp., a California corporation.

          "LSFLLC" means Levi Strauss Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
           ------
     company.

          "Majority Banks" means, at any time, (a) Banks holding more than 50%
           --------------
     of the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment, or (b) if the Commitments have been
     terminated, Banks holding more than 50% of the then aggregate unpaid
     principal amount of the Loans.

          "Margin Stock" means "margin stock" as such term is defined in
           ------------
     Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board.

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          "Material Adverse Effect" means any set of circumstances or events
           -----------------------
     which (a) has or could reasonably be expected to have any material adverse
     effect whatsoever upon the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document,
     (b) is or could reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the
     condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets, operations or
     prospects of Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (c)
     materially impairs or could reasonably be expected to materially impair the
     ability of any Borrower Party to perform the Obligations.

          "Material Domestic Subsidiary" means any Domestic Subsidiary that is a
           ----------------------------
     Material Subsidiary.

          "Material Foreign Subsidiary" means any Foreign Subsidiary that is a
           ---------------------------
     Material Subsidiary.

          "Material Subsidiary" means (a) any Subsidiary of Company, (i) the net
           -------------------
     book value of which is $5,000,000 or more or (ii) the annual gross revenue
     of which is $15,000,000 or more and (b) any other Subsidiary of Company
     designated by Company to be a "Material Subsidiary" for purposes of this
     Agreement.

          "Maturity Date" means January 31, 2002.
           -------------

          "Mortgage" means a security instrument (whether designated as a deed
           --------
     of trust or a mortgage or by any similar title) containing standard and
     customary terms and provisions executed and delivered by any Borrower
     Party, in such form as may be approved by Majority Banks in their sole
     discretion after consultation with Company, in each case with such changes
     thereto as may be recommended by Administrative Agent's local counsel based
     on local laws or customary local mortgage or deed of trust practices .
     "Mortgages" means all such instruments, collectively.
      ---------

          "Multiemployer Plan" means a "multiemployer plan", within the meaning
           ------------------
     of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which Company or any ERISA Affiliate
     makes, is making, or is obligated to make contributions or, during the
     preceding three calendar years, has made, or been obligated to make,
     contributions.

          "Negative Pledge" means a Contractual Obligation that restricts Liens
           ---------------
     on property.

          "Net Asset Disposition Proceeds" means cash payments (including cash
           ------------------------------
     received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a
     note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) received
     for an Asset Disposition, net of any bona fide direct costs incurred in
     connection with such Asset Disposition including (a) income taxes
     reasonably estimated to be actually payable within one year of the date of
     such Asset Disposition as a result of any gain recognized in connection
     with such Asset Disposition, (b) payment of the outstanding principal
     amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness
     (other than the Loans and Indebtedness under the Bridge Credit Agreement,
     the Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement, and the 1997 Second
     Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) that is secured by a Lien on the
     stock or assets in question that is required to be repaid under the

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     terms thereof as a result of such Asset Disposition, and (c) brokers' fees
     and legal fees incurred in connection with such Asset Disposition;
     provided, however, that the first $50,000,000 of proceeds from the Pending
     --------  -------
     IceHouse Disposition shall not constitute Net Asset Disposition Proceeds.

          "Net Equipment Financing Proceeds" means any cash proceeds received in
           --------------------------------
     connection with an Equipment Financing Transaction, net of (a) all
     reasonable costs payable to Persons not Affiliates of Company in connection
     with such Equipment Financing Transaction and (b) payment of the
     outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest
     on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Indebtedness under the Bridge
     Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement,
     and the 1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) that is secured
     by a Lien on the equipment in question that is required to be repaid under
     the terms thereof as a result of such Equipment Financing Transaction.

          "Net Insurance Proceeds" means any cash payments or proceeds received
           ----------------------
     by Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to Collateral under (a)
     any business interruption policy in respect of a covered loss thereunder,
     or (b) under any property insurance policy in respect of a covered loss
     thereunder, in each case, net of any actual and reasonable documented costs
     incurred by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the
     adjustment or settlement of any claims of Company or such Subsidiary in
     respect thereof.

          "Net Real Estate Financing Proceeds" means any cash proceeds received
           ----------------------------------
     in connection with a Real Estate Financing Transaction, net of all
     reasonable costs payable to Persons not Affiliates of Company in connection
     with such Real Estate Financing Transaction.

          "Net Securities Proceeds" means (a) the cash proceeds (net of
           -----------------------
     underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and
     expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and
     expenses) from the issuance of Securities of Company or any of its
     Subsidiaries, or (b) any cash capital contribution to Company.

          "1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement" means the 1997
           -------------------------------------------------
     Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 31, 2000,
     between Company, Bank of America, as agent, Bank of America, as collateral
     agent, and the other lenders parties thereto.

          "Notes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.
           -----

          "Notice of Borrowing" means a notice, signed by Company, and given to
           -------------------
     Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.3, in substantially the form of
     Exhibit I.
     ---------

          "Notice of Conversion/Continuation" means a notice, signed by Company,
           ---------------------------------
     and given to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.4, in substantially
     the form of Exhibit II.
                 ----------

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          "Obligations" means all advances to, and debts, liabilities,
           -----------
     obligations, covenants and duties of, any Borrower Party arising under any
     Loan Document, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
     assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or
     hereafter arising and including interest that accrues after the
     commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws by or against
     any Borrower Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of any Borrower Party.

          "Offshore Rate" means for any Interest Period with respect to any
           -------------
     Offshore Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent
     pursuant to the following formula:

          Offshore Rate  =            Offshore Base Rate
                              ------------------------------------
                              1.00 - Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

           Where,

          "Offshore Base Rate" means, for such Interest Period:
           ------------------

                (a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by
          Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the page
          of the Telerate Screen that displays an average British Bankers
          Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for
          delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term
          equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately
          11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of
          such Interest Period, or

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

                (c) in the event that the rates referenced in the preceding
          subsections (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum
          determined by Administrative Agent as the rate of interest at which
          Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest
          Period) in same day funds in the approximate amount of the applicable
          Offshore Rate Loan and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period
          would be offered by Bank of America's London Branch to major banks in
          the offshore Dollar market at their request at approximately 11:00
          a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such
          Interest Period.

                "Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" means, for any day during any
                 -----------------------------
          Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal,
          rounded upward to the next 1/100/th/ of 1%) in effect on such day,
          whether or not applicable to any Bank, under regulations issued from
          time to time by the Board of Governors of the
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               Federal Reserve System for determining the maximum reserve
               requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other
               marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency
               funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency liabilities").
               The Offshore Rate for each outstanding Offshore Rate Loan shall
               be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change
               in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.

               The determination of the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage and the
          Offshore Base Rate by Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the
          absence of manifest error.

               "Offshore Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based on
                ------------------
          the Offshore Rate.

               "Operating Lease" means, as applied to any Person, any lease
                ---------------
          (including leases that may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of
          any Property that is not a Capital Lease, other than any such lease
          under which that Person is the lessor.

               "Ordinary Course Derivative/FX Contracts" means any and all
                ---------------------------------------
          interest rate swaps, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions,
          forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward
          commodity contracts, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange
          transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
          transactions, currency swaps, cross-currency rate swaps, currency
          options, spot contracts or any other similar transactions or any
          combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter
          into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
          governed by or subject to any master agreement, in each case that are
          (or were) entered into by any Person in the ordinary course of
          business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with
          liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or
          reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of
          securities issued by such Person and not for purposes of speculation
          or taking a "market view" and that do not contain any provision
          ("walk-away" provision) exonerating the non-defaulting party from its
          obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the
          defaulting party.

               "Organization Documents" means, (a) with respect to any
                ----------------------
         corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the
         bylaws; (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the articles
         of formation and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any
         partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the
         partnership or joint venture agreement and any agreement, instrument,
         filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its
         formation with the secretary of state or other department in the state
         of its formation, in each case as amended from time to time.

               "Originator" has the meaning specified in Section 10.8(d).
                ----------

               "Other Taxes" means any present or future stamp, court or
                -----------
          documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
          similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or from the
          execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or
          otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Documents.

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               "Outstanding Obligations" means, as of any date, and giving
                -----------------------
          effect to making any Loan or Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit requested
          on such date and all payments, repayments and prepayments made on such
          date, (a) when reference is made to all Banks, the sum of (i) the
          aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans, and (ii) all
          Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit Usage, and (b) when reference is made
          to one Bank, the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount
          of all Loans made by such Bank, and (ii) such Bank's ratable risk
          participation in all Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit Usage.

               "Participant" has the meaning specified in Section 10.8(d).
                -----------

               "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any
                ----
          entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.

               "Pending IceHouse Disposition" means the proposed sale of the
                ----------------------------
          property located at 151 Union Street, San Francisco, California.

               "Pension Plan" means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2)
                ------------
          of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA which Company or any ERISA
          Affiliate sponsors, maintains, or to which it makes, is making, or is
          obligated to make contributions, or in the case of a multiple employer
          plan (as described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions
          at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.

               "Permitted Foreign Receivables" means all obligations of any
                -----------------------------
          obligor (whether now existing or hereafter arising) under a contract
          for sale of goods or services by Foreign Subsidiaries, which includes
          any obligation of such obligor (whether now existing or hereafter
          arising) to pay interest, finance charges or amounts with respect
          thereto, and, with respect to any of the foregoing receivables or
          obligations, (a) all of the interest of Foreign Subsidiaries in the
          goods (including returned goods) the sale of which gave rise to such
          receivable or obligation after the passage of title thereto to any
          obligor, (b) all other Liens and property subject thereto from time to
          time purporting to secure payment of such receivables or obligations,
          (c) all guaranties, insurance, letters of credit and other agreements
          or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or
          securing payment of any such receivables or obligations, (d) all books
          and records relating to the foregoing, lockbox accounts containing
          primarily proceeds of the foregoing, and other similar related assets
          customarily transferred (or in which security interests are
          customarily granted) to purchasers in receivables purchase
          transactions that are treated as sales under GAAP, (e) all rights of
          Foreign Subsidiaries to refunds on account of value added tax in
          respect of goods sold to an obligor, any receivable from whom is or
          becomes a defaulted receivable, and (f) proceeds of or judgments
          relating to any of the foregoing, any debts represented thereby and
          all rights of action against any Person in connection therewith.

               "Permitted Foreign Receivables Purchase Facility" means any
                -----------------------------------------------
          agreement of Foreign Subsidiaries providing for sales, transfers or
          conveyances of, or granting of security interests in, Permitted
          Foreign Receivables that do not provide, directly or indirectly, for
          recourse against the seller of such Permitted Foreign Receivables (or
          against any of such seller's Affiliates) by way of a guaranty or any
          other support

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          arrangement, with respect to the amount of such Permitted Foreign
          Receivables (based on the financial condition or circumstances of the
          obligor thereunder), other than such limited recourse as is reasonable
          given market standards for receivables purchase transactions that are
          treated as sales under GAAP, taking into account such factors as
          historical bad debt loss experience and obligor concentration levels.

               "Permitted Transferees" has the meaning specified in the
                ---------------------
          Stockholders Agreement dated as of April 15, 1996 between Company and
          the stockholders of Company party thereto as in effect as of the
          Closing Date, except that transferees pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(A)
          thereof shall not be deemed to be Permitted Transferees for purposes
          of this Agreement.

               "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited
                ------
          liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
          unincorporated association, joint venture or Governmental Authority.

               "Plan" means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3)
                ----
          of ERISA) which Company or any of its Subsidiaries sponsors or
          maintains or to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes, is
          making, or is obligated to make contributions and includes any Pension
          Plan.

               "Pledge and Security Agreement" means the Pledge and Security
                -----------------------------
          Agreement executed and delivered by Company on the Closing Date and
          existing Material Domestic Subsidiaries on the Subsequent Closing Date
          and to be executed and delivered by additional Material Domestic
          Subsidiaries from time to time thereafter in accordance with Section
          6.9, substantially in the form of Exhibit VI, as such Pledge and
                                            ----------
          Security Agreement may thereafter be amended, supplemented, or
          modified from time to time.

               "Pledged Collateral" means the "Pledged Collateral" as defined in
                ------------------
          the Pledge and Security Agreement.

               "Pledged Foreign Subsidiary" means a Foreign Subsidiary no more
                --------------------------
          than 65% of the Capital Stock of which is pledged to Collateral Agent.

               "Principal Property" means any contiguous or proximate parcel of
                ------------------
          real property owned by, or leased to, Company or any of its Restricted
          Subsidiaries, and any equipment located at or comprising a part of any
          such property, having a gross book value (without deduction of any
          depreciation reserves), as of the date of determination, in excess of
          1% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; provided, however, that in the
                                                  --------  -------
          event that the Indentures, or the limitations regarding Liens granted
          by Company or Restricted Subsidiaries contained in the Indentures, are
          no longer binding on Company, no Property shall be a Principal
          Property.

               "Professional Costs" means and includes all reasonable fees and
                ------------------
          disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel, the allocated
          cost of internal legal services and all disbursements of internal
          counsel and the reasonable fees and costs of financial advisors,
          accountants, appraisers, consultants, etc.

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               "Property" means any estate or interest in any kind of property
                --------
          or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether tangible or
          intangible.

               "Real Estate Financing Transaction" means any arrangement with
                ---------------------------------
          any Person pursuant to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurs
          Indebtedness secured by a Lien on real property of Company or any of
          its Subsidiaries and related personal property.

               "Receivables Purchase Facility" means any agreement providing for
                -----------------------------
          sales, transfers or conveyances of, or granting of security interests
          in, accounts receivable that do not provide, directly or indirectly,
          for recourse against the seller of such accounts receivable (or
          against any of such seller's Affiliates) by way of a guaranty or any
          other support arrangement, with respect to the amount of such accounts
          receivable (based on the financial condition or circumstances of the
          obligor thereunder), other than such limited recourse as is reasonable
          given market standards for receivables purchase transactions that are
          treated as sales under GAAP, taking into account such factors as
          historical bad debt loss experience and obligor concentration levels.

               "Receivables Transfer Agreements" means that certain Receivables
                -------------------------------
          Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 28, 2000 among
          Company, LSFCC, Levi Strauss Funding Corp. and LSFLLC and that certain
          Third Amended and Fully Restated Receivables Purchase and Sale
          Agreement between LSFCC and Company effective January 28, 2000.

               "Released Matters" has the meaning specified in Section 11.1.
                ----------------

               "Releasees" has the meaning specified in Section 11.1.
                ---------

               "Releasors" has the meaning specified in Section 11.1.
                ---------

               "Replacement Bank" means an Eligible Assignee satisfactory to
                ----------------
          Company and Issuing 180 Day Lenders which acquires and assumes all or
          a ratable part of all of a Bank's Loans and Commitment pursuant to
          Section 3.8. Each designation of a Replacement Bank shall be subject
          to the prior written consent of Administrative Agent (which consent
          shall not be unreasonably withheld).

               "Reportable Event" means, any of the events set forth in Section
                ----------------
          4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder, other than any such
          event for which the 30-day notice requirement under ERISA has been
          waived in regulations issued by the PBGC.

               "Requirement of Law" means, as to any Person, any law (statutory
                ------------------
          or common), treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an
          arbitrator or of a Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to
          or binding upon the Person or any of its property or to which the
          Person or any of its property is subject.

               "Requisite Banks" means, at any time, (a) Banks holding more than
                ---------------
          90% of the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment, or (b) if the Commitments
          have been terminated,

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          Banks holding more than 90% of the then aggregate unpaid principal
          amount of the Loans.

               "Responsible Officer" of Company means the chief executive
                -------------------
          officer, the president, the chief financial officer, or the treasurer
          of Company, or any other officer having substantially the same
          authority and responsibility.

               "Restricted Payment" means:
                ------------------

               (a) the declaration or payment of any dividend or other
          distribution by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or
          indirectly, either in cash or property, on any shares of the Capital
          Stock of any class of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except
          dividends or other distributions payable solely in shares of Capital
          Stock of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or payable by any
          Subsidiary to Company or to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Company);

               (b) the purchase, redemption or retirement by Company or any of
          its Subsidiaries of any shares of its Capital Stock of any class or
          any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire any shares of
          its Capital Stock, whether directly or indirectly (except the
          purchase, redemption or retirement of Capital Stock (or any such
          warrants, rights or options) held by Company or any wholly-owned
          Subsidiary of Company); and

               (c) the prepayment, repayment, redemption, defeasance or other
          acquisition or retirement for value prior to any scheduled maturity,
          scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, of any
          Indebtedness not otherwise permitted under any Loan Document to be so
          paid.

               "Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of Company which
                ---------------------
          owns or leases a Principal Property; provided, however, that in the
                                               --------  -------
          event that the Indentures, or the limitations regarding Liens granted
          by or on the Capital Stock or Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries
          contained in the Indentures, are no longer binding on Company, no
          Subsidiary of Company shall be a Restricted Subsidiary.

               "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
                ---
          successor thereto.

               "Securities" means any stock, shares, partnership interests,
                ----------
          voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation
          in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants,
          bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured
          or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general
          any instruments commonly known as "securities" or any certificates of
          interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim
          certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to
          subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.

               "Solvent" means, with respect to any Person, that as of the date
                -------
          of determination both (a)(i) the then fair saleable value of the
          property of such Person is (A) greater than the total amount of
          liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of such Person and (B)
          not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable
          liabilities on such Person's

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          then existing debts as they become absolute and matured considering
          all financing alternatives and potential asset sales reasonably
          available to such Person; (ii) such Person's capital is not
          unreasonably small in relation to its business or any contemplated or
          undertaken transaction; and (iii) such Person does not intend to
          incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will
          incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due;
          and (b) such Person is "solvent" within the meaning given that term
          and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent
          transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount
          of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the
          amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing
          at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to
          become an actual or matured liability.

               "Subsequent Closing Date" means the date on which all conditions
                -----------------------
          precedent set forth in Section 4.3 are satisfied or waived by all
          Banks.

               "Subsidiary" of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint
                ----------
          venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a
          majority of the shares of Securities or other interests having
          ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing
          body (other than Securities or interests having such power only by
          reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially
          owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly,
          or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
          Person.

               "Synthetic Lease Obligations" means all monetary obligations of a
                ---------------------------
          Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax
          retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of
          property creating obligations which do not appear on the balance sheet
          of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such
          Person, would be characterized as the Indebtedness of such Person
          (without regard to accounting treatment).

               "Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, levies,
                -----
          assessments, imposts, duties, deductions, fees, withholdings or
          similar charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding,
          in the case of each Bank and Administrative Agent, respectively, taxes
          imposed on or measured by its net income by the jurisdiction (or any
          political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such Bank or
          Administrative Agent, as the case may be, is organized or maintains a
          lending office.

               "Termination Value" means, in respect of any Derivative/FX
                -----------------
          Contract, after taking into account the effect of any legally
          enforceable netting agreement relating to such Derivative/FX Contract,
          the termination value, expressed in Dollars, as determined by Company;
          provided, however, that in the event that two Banks determine that the
          --------  -------
          mark-to-market value, expressed in Dollars, for any Derivative/FX
          Contract, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other
          readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such
          Derivative/FX Contract, is greater than the termination value for such
          Derivative/FX Contract determined by Company, the Termination Value of
          such Derivative/FX Contract shall be the amount determined by

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          such Banks; provided further that any such determination shall have no
                      -------- -------
          evidentiary value for purposes of determining the amount owed to the
          applicable Derivative/FX Lender.

               "Three Facility Commitment Reduction Fraction" means, as of any
                --------------------------------------------
          date of determination, a fraction, the numerator of which is the
          Aggregate 180 Day Commitment and the denominator of which is the sum
          of (a) the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment plus (b) the Aggregate
                                                  ----
          Commitment (as defined therein) under the Amended and Restated 1997
          364 Day Credit Agreement plus (c) the Aggregate Commitment (as defined
                                   ----
          therein) under the 1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

               "Total Amount of Unsecured Debt" means, as of any date of
                ------------------------------
          determination, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the Unsecured
          Derivative/FX Usage, (b) the Unsecured Letter of Credit Usage, and (c)
          the aggregate amount of all unsecured Indebtedness of Company and its
          Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness permitted under Sections 7.1(a),
          7.1(b), 7.1(c), 7.1(d), 7.1(e), 7.1(f), 7.1(g), 7.1(h), 7.1(i),
          7.1(j), 7.1(k), 7.1(l), 7.1(m), 7.1(n), 7.1(o), 7.1(p), 7.1(q),
          7.1(s), and 7.1(t)).

               "Total Letter of Credit Usage" means, as of any date of
                ----------------------------
          determination, the sum of (a) the Lender Bridge Letter of Credit Usage
          plus (b) the Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit Usage.

               "Total Utilization of Bridge Commitments" means, as of any date
                ---------------------------------------
          of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate
          principal amount of all outstanding Loans (as defined in the Bridge
          Credit Agreement), other than any such Loans made for the purpose of
          reimbursing an Issuing Bridge Lender for any amount drawn under any
          Lender Bridge Letter of Credit but not yet so applied, plus (b) the
                                                                 ----
          Lender Bridge Letter of Credit Usage plus (c) the Lender Derivative/FX
                                               ----
          Usage.

               "Total Utilization of Commitments" means, as of any date of
                --------------------------------
          determination, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the Total
          Utilization of Bridge Commitments plus (b) the Total Utilization of
                                            ----
          180 Day Commitments.

               "Total Utilization of 180 Day Commitments" means, as of any date
                ----------------------------------------
          of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate
          principal amount of all outstanding Loans (other than any such Loans
          made for the purpose of reimbursing an Issuing 180 Day Lender for any
          amount drawn under any Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit but not yet so
          applied) plus (b) the Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit Usage.
                   ----

               "Two Facility Commitment Reduction Fraction" means, as of any
                ------------------------------------------
          date of determination, a fraction, the numerator of which is the
          Aggregate 180 Day Commitment and the denominator of which is the sum
          of (a) the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment plus (b) the Aggregate Bridge
                                                  ----
          Commitment.

               "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or
                ---
          equivalent legislation) as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

               "United States" and "U.S." each means the United States of
                -------------       ----
          America.

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          "Unpledged Foreign Subsidiaries" means Foreign Subsidiaries none of
           ------------------------------
     the Capital Stock of which is pledged to Collateral Agent.

          "Unsecured Derivative/FX Usage" means, as of any date of
          -----------------------------
     determination, (a) the sum of the Termination Values for all outstanding
     Derivative/FX Contracts to which Company and any of its Subsidiaries is a
     party (other than Lender Derivative/FX Contracts and intercompany
     Derivative/FX Contracts) minus (i) the Lender Bridge Letter of Credit Usage
                              -----
     with respect to any Lender Bridge Letter of Credit issued to support any
     such outstanding Derivative/FX Contract and (ii) the Lender 180 Day Letter
     of Credit Usage with respect to any Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit issued
     to support any such outstanding Derivative/FX Contract times (b) the
                                                            -----
     Exposure Factor.

          "Unsecured Letter of Credit Usage" means, as of any date of
           --------------------------------
     determination, the aggregate undrawn face amount of outstanding letters of
     credit issued for the benefit of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other
     than Lender Bridge Letters of Credit and Lender 180 Day Letters of Credit).

          "Voting Trust Agreement" means the Voting Trust Agreement entered into
           ----------------------
     as of April 15, 1996 by and among Robert D. Haas; Peter E. Haas, Sr.; Peter
     E. Haas, Jr.; and F. Warren Hellman as the Voting Trustees and the
     stockholders of LSAI Holding Corp. who are parties thereto.

          "Voting Trustees" means the persons entitled to act as voting trustees
           ---------------
     under the Voting Trust Agreement.

     1.2  Other Interpretive Provisions.
          -----------------------------

          (a) Defined Terms.  Except as provided in Section 1.1, unless
              -------------
otherwise specified herein or therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall
have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto.  The meaning of defined terms shall be equally
applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.  Terms
(including uncapitalized terms) not otherwise defined herein and that are
defined in the UCC of California shall have the meanings therein described.

          (b) The Agreement.  The words "hereof", "herein", "hereunder" and
              -------------
words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and
section and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

          (c)  Certain Common Terms.
               --------------------

               (i) The term "documents" includes any and all instruments,
     documents, agreements, certificates, indentures, notices and other
     writings, however evidenced.

               (ii) The term "including" is not limiting and means "including
     without limitation."

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          (d) Performance; Time.  Whenever any performance obligation hereunder
              -----------------
(other than a payment obligation) shall be stated to be due or required to be
satisfied on a day other than a Business Day, such performance shall be made or
satisfied on the next succeeding Business Day.  In the computation of periods of
time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word "from" means
"from and including"; the words "to" and "until" each mean "to but excluding,"
and the word "through" means "to and including".  If any provision of this
Agreement refers to any action taken or to be taken by any Person, or which such
Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be interpreted to
encompass any and all means, direct or indirect, of taking, or not taking, such
action.

          (e) Contracts.  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references
              ---------
to agreements and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all
subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent
such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of any
Loan Document.

          (f) Laws.  References to any statute or regulation are to be construed
              ----
as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or
replacing the statute or regulation.

          (g) Captions.  The captions and headings of this Agreement are for
              --------
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this
Agreement.

          (h) Independence of Provisions.  The parties acknowledge that this
              --------------------------
Agreement and other Loan Documents may use several different limitations, tests
or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters, and that such
limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and must each be performed,
except as expressly stated to the contrary in this Agreement.

     1.3  Accounting Principles.
          ---------------------

          (a) Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, all accounting
terms not expressly defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP,
consistently applied; except that, subject to Section 10.15, all financial
computations required under this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP
as in effect on the Closing Date.

          (b) References herein to "fiscal year" and "fiscal quarter" refer to
such fiscal periods of Company.  The fiscal quarters of Company end on the last
Sunday in February, May, August, and November of each year.  Each fiscal year of
Company ends on the last Sunday in November of such year.

          (c) References herein to "consolidated" and "consolidated basis" with
reference to Company are to Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis.

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                                  ARTICLE II

                                  THE CREDITS
                                  -----------

     2.1  Amounts and Terms of Commitments; the Credit.
          --------------------------------------------

          (a) Each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth
herein, to make Loans to Company from time to time on any Business Day during
the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount which does not exceed
at any time outstanding, for the relevant period, the amount equal to the
product of the then Aggregate Bridge Commitment times the percentage set forth
                                                -----
opposite such Bank's name on Schedule 2.1 under the heading "Commitment
                             ------------
Percentage" (such amount, as the same may be reduced pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement or as a result of one or more assignments under Section 10.8, the
Bank's "Commitment"); provided, however, that (i) the sum of (A) the Total
        ----------    --------  -------
Utilization of Commitments plus (B) the Total Amount of Unsecured Debt shall not
                           ----
exceed the Aggregate Total Commitments at any time and (ii) the Total
Utilization of 180 Day Commitments shall not exceed the Aggregate 180 Day
Commitment at any time.  All loans outstanding under the Existing Credit
Agreement shall be deemed to be Loans hereunder on the Closing Date.

          (b) Within the limits of each Bank's Commitment and the Aggregate 180
Day Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, Company
may borrow under this subsection, prepay under Section 2.6 or 2.7, and reborrow
under this Section.

          (c) Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.

     2.2  Notes; Loan Accounts.
          --------------------

          (a) The Loans made by each Bank shall be evidenced by one or more loan
accounts or records maintained by such Bank in the ordinary course of business.
The loan accounts or records maintained by Administrative Agent and each Bank
shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, of the amount of the Loans
made by Banks to Company and the interest and payments thereon.  Any failure so
to record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect
the obligation of Company hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the
Loans.

          (b) Upon the request of any Bank made through Administrative Agent,
the Loans made by such Bank may be evidenced by one or more notes, as applicable
("Notes"), instead of or in addition to loan accounts.  Each such Note shall be
  -----
in the form of Exhibit III.  Each such Bank shall endorse on the schedules
               -----------
annexed to its Note the date, amount, and maturity of each Loan made by it and
the amount of each payment of principal made by Company with respect thereto.
Each such Bank is irrevocably authorized by Company to endorse its Note and each
Bank's record shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided, however, that
                                                         --------  -------
the failure of a Bank to make, or an error in making, a notation thereon with
respect to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of
Company hereunder or under any such Note to such Bank.

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     2.3  Procedure for Borrowing.
          -----------------------

          (a) Each Borrowing shall be made upon the irrevocable written notice
(including notice via facsimile transmission or telephone call confirmed
immediately by telephone call or facsimile transmission, respectively) of
Company in the form of a Notice of Borrowing, which notice must be received by
Administrative Agent not later than 9:00 a.m. San Francisco, California time:

               (i) three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date for
     Offshore Rate Loans; and

               (ii) on the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Base Rate
     Loans, specifying:

                    (A) the amount of the Borrowing, which shall be in an
          aggregate minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 or any integral
          multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof;

                    (B) the requested Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business
          Day;

                    (C) whether the Borrowing is to be comprised of Offshore
          Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans; and

                    (D) the duration of the Interest Period applicable to the
          Loans included in such notice which are Offshore Rate Loans.  If the
          Notice of Borrowing shall fail to specify the duration of the Interest
          Period for any Borrowing comprised of Offshore Rate Loans, such
          Interest Period shall be one month.

          (b) Upon receipt of the Notice of Borrowing (or notice by telephone or
facsimile transmission followed by prompt confirmation by facsimile transmission
or telephone, respectively) Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Bank
thereof and of the amount of such Bank's Commitment Percentage of the Borrowing.

               (i) Each Bank will make the amount of its Commitment Percentage
     of the Borrowing available to Administrative Agent, in immediately
     available funds for the account of Company at Administrative Agent's
     Payment Office by 10:00 a.m. San Francisco, California time on the
     Borrowing Date requested by Company.

               (ii) The proceeds of all such Loans will then be made available
     to Company by Administrative Agent at Administrative Agent's Payment Office
     by crediting Company's concentration account #12335-02255 on the books of
     Bank of America (or such other account with Bank of America as Company may
     hereafter designate in a written notice to Administrative Agent) with the
     aggregate of the amounts made available to Administrative Agent by Banks
     not later than 11:00 a.m. San Francisco, California time on such Borrowing
     Date; or will then be remitted by Administrative Agent to such other
     financial institution or institutions for the account or

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     accounts of such designees as Company shall designate from time to time in
     accordance with written instructions from Company delivered to
     Administrative Agent. To the extent that Loans made by Banks mature on any
     Borrowing Date, each Bank shall apply the proceeds of any Loans made on
     such Borrowing Date, to the extent thereof, to the repayment of such
     maturing Loans, such Loans and repayments intended to be a contemporaneous
     exchange.

     2.4  Conversion and Continuation Elections.
          -------------------------------------

          (a) Company may upon irrevocable notice to Administrative Agent in
accordance with Section 2.4(b):

               (i) elect to convert on any Business Day, any Base Rate Loans (or
     any part thereof in an amount not less than $10,000,000 or that is in an
     integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof) into Offshore Rate
     Loans; or

               (ii) elect to convert on any Interest Payment Date any Offshore
     Rate Loans maturing on such Interest Payment Date (or any part thereof in
     an amount not less than $10,000,000 or that is in an integral multiple of
     $1,000,000 in excess thereof) into Base Rate Loans; or

               (iii)  elect to renew on any Interest Payment Date any Offshore
     Rate Loans maturing on such Interest Payment Date (or any part thereof in
     an amount not less than $10,000,000 or that is in an integral multiple of
     $1,000,000 in excess thereof); provided that, if the Aggregate 180 Day
                                    --------
     Commitment shall have been reduced to less than $10,000,000, on and after
     such reduction the right of Company to elect to continue such Loans as, and
     convert such Loans into, Offshore Rate Loans shall terminate.

          (b) Company shall deliver in writing (or by facsimile transmission
confirmed immediately by a telephone call or by a telephone call confirmed
immediately by a facsimile transmission), an irrevocable Notice of
Conversion/Continuation to be received by Administrative Agent not later than
9:00 a.m. San Francisco, California time, at least three Business Days in
advance of the Conversion/Continuation Date, specifying:

               (i) the proposed Conversion/Continuation Date;

               (ii) the aggregate amount of Loans to be converted or continued;

               (iii)  the nature of the proposed conversion or continuation; and

               (iv) with respect to Offshore Rate Loans, the duration of the
     requested Interest Period.

          (c)  (i)  If upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to
     Offshore Rate Loans, Company has failed to select a new Interest Period to
     be applicable to such Offshore Rate Loans, and if no Event of Default shall
     then exist, Company shall be

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     deemed to have elected to continue such Offshore Rate Loans as Offshore
     Rate Loans with an Interest Period of one month.

               (ii) If an Event of Default exists at the time any Interest
     Period applicable to Offshore Rate Loans expires, Company shall be deemed
     to have elected to convert Offshore Rate Loans into Base Rate Loans
     effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.

          (d) Upon receipt of a Notice of Conversion/ Continuation (or
telephonic notice in lieu thereof), Administrative Agent will promptly notify
each Bank thereof, or, if no timely notice is provided, Administrative Agent
will promptly notify each Bank of the details of any automatic conversion.  All
conversions and continuations shall be made pro rata according to the respective
outstanding principal amounts of the Loans with respect to which the notice was
given or which are subject to automatic conversion held by each Bank.

     2.5  Lender 180 Day Letters of Credit.
          --------------------------------

          (a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.  Subject to the terms and
              -------------------------------
conditions set forth in this Agreement, until the Maturity Date, each Issuing
180 Day Lender shall take such Letter of Credit Actions as Company may from time
to time request of such Issuing 180 Day Lender; provided, however, that (i) the
                                                --------  -------
sum of (A) the Total Utilization of Commitments plus (B) the Total Amount of
                                                ----
Unsecured Debt shall not exceed the Aggregate Total Commitments at any time,
(ii) the Total Utilization of 180 Day Commitments shall not exceed the Aggregate
180 Day Commitment at any time, (iii) the sum of (A) the Total Letter of Credit
Usage plus (B) the Unsecured Letter of Credit Usage shall not exceed the Lender
      ----
Letter of Credit Sublimit at any time, and (iv) no Lender 180 Day Letter of
Credit shall be issued denominated in a currency other than Dollars.  Subject to
subsection (f) below and unless consented to by the applicable Issuing 180 Day
Lender and Majority Banks, no Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit may expire more
than 12 months after the date of its issuance or last renewal; provided,
                                                               --------
however, that no Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit shall expire after the Maturity
-------
Date.  If any Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit Usage remains outstanding after
such date, Company shall, not later than such date, deposit cash in an amount
equal to such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit Usage in a Cash Collateral
Account.

          (b) Requesting Letter of Credit Actions.  Company may irrevocably
              -----------------------------------
request a Letter of Credit Action by delivering a Letter of Credit Application
therefor to the proposed Issuing 180 Day Lender, with a copy to Administrative
Agent (who shall notify Banks), not later than 1:00 p.m. San Francisco,
California time, two Business Days prior to such Letter of Credit Action.  Upon
receipt by a proposed Issuing 180 Day Lender of a Letter of Credit Application
pursuant to Section 2.5(a) requesting such Issuing 180 Day Lender to take a
Letter of Credit Action, (i) in the event Administrative Agent is the proposed
Issuing 180 Day Lender, Administrative Agent shall be the Issuing 180 Day Lender
with respect to such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit, notwithstanding the fact
that the Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit Usage with respect to such Lender 180
Day Letter of Credit and with respect to all other Lender 180 Day Letters of
Credit issued by Administrative Agent, when aggregated with Administrative
Agent's outstanding Loans, may exceed Administrative Agent's Commitment then in
effect and (ii) in the event any other Issuing 180 Day Lender is the proposed
Issuing 180 Day Lender, such Issuing

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180 Day Lender shall promptly notify Company and Administrative Agent whether or
not, in its sole discretion, it has elected to issue such Lender 180 Day Letter
of Credit, and (A) if such Issuing 180 Day Lender so elects to issue such Lender
180 Day Letter of Credit it shall be the Issuing 180 Day Lender with respect
thereto and (B) if such Issuing 180 Day Lender fails to so promptly notify
Company and Administrative Agent or declines to issue such Lender 180 Day Letter
of Credit, Company may request Administrative Agent or another Issuing 180 Day
Lender to be the Issuing 180 Day Lender with respect to such Lender 180 Day
Letter of Credit in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.5(b). Each
Letter of Credit Action shall be in a form acceptable to such Issuing 180 Day
Lender in its sole discretion. Unless Administrative Agent notifies such Issuing
180 Day Lender that such Letter of Credit Action is not permitted hereunder, or
such Issuing 180 Day Lender notifies Administrative Agent that it has determined
that such Letter of Credit Action is contrary to any laws or policies of such
Issuing 180 Day Lender, such Issuing 180 Day Lender shall, upon satisfaction of
the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.2, effect such Letter of Credit
Action. This Agreement shall control in the event of any conflict with any
Letter of Credit Application. Upon the issuance of a Lender 180 Day Letter of
Credit, each Bank shall be deemed to have purchased from the applicable Issuing
180 Day Lender a risk participation therein in an amount equal to such Bank's
Commitment Percentage times the amount of such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit.
                      -----

          (c) Reimbursement of Payments Under Lender 180 Day Letters of Credit.
              -----------------------------------------------------------------
Company shall reimburse the applicable Issuing 180 Day Lender through
Administrative Agent for any payment that such Issuing 180 Day Lender makes
under a Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit on or before the date of such payment;
provided, however, that if the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 can
--------  -------
be satisfied, Company may request a Borrowing of Loans to reimburse such Issuing
180 Day Lender for such payment pursuant to Section 2.3, or, failing to make
such request, Company shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate
Loans on such payment date pursuant to subsection (e) below.

          (d) Funding by Lenders When Issuing 180 Day Lender Not Reimbursed.
              ---------------------------------------------------------------
Upon any drawing under a Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing
180 Day Lender shall notify Administrative Agent and Company.  If Company fails
to timely make the payment required pursuant to subsection (c) above, such
Issuing 180 Day Lender shall notify Administrative Agent of such fact and the
amount of such unreimbursed payment.  Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
each Bank of its Commitment Percentage of such amount.  Each Bank shall make
funds in an amount equal to its Commitment Percentage of such amount available
to Administrative Agent at Administrative Agent's Payment Office not later than
1:00 p.m. San Francisco, California time, on the Business Day specified by
Administrative Agent.  Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to
such Issuing 180 Day Lender.  The obligation of each Bank to so reimburse such
Issuing 180 Day Lender shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default or any other
occurrence or event (including the sum of (A) the Total Utilization of
Commitments plus (B) the Total Amount of Unsecured Debt exceeding the Aggregate
            ----
Total Commitments or the Total Utilization of 180 Day Commitments exceeding the
Aggregate 180 Day Commitment).  Any such reimbursement shall not relieve or
otherwise impair the obligation of Company to reimburse such Issuing 180 Day
Lender for the amount of any payment made by such Issuing 180 Day Lender under
any Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

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          (e) Nature of Banks' Funding.  If the conditions precedent set forth
              ---------------------------
in Section 4.2 can be satisfied (except for the giving of a Notice of Borrowing)
on any date Company is obligated to, but fails to, reimburse any Issuing 180 Day
Lender for a drawing under a Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit, the funding by
Banks pursuant to the previous subsection shall be deemed to be a Borrowing of
Base Rate Loans deemed requested by Company.  If the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 4.2 cannot be satisfied on the date Company is obligated to,
but fails to, reimburse any Issuing 180 Day Lender for a drawing under a Lender
180 Day Letter of Credit, the funding by Banks pursuant to the previous
subsection shall be deemed to be a funding by each Bank of its risk
participation in such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit, and each Bank making such
funding shall thereupon acquire a pro rata participation, to the extent of its
reimbursement, in the claim of such Issuing 180 Day Lender against Company in
respect of such payment and shall share, in accordance with that pro rata
participation, in any payment made by Company with respect to such claim.  Any
amounts made available by a Bank under its risk participation shall be payable
by Company upon demand of Administrative Agent, and shall bear interest at a
rate per annum equal to the Default Rate.

          (f) Special Provisions Relating to Evergreen Lender 180 Day Letters of
              ------------------------------------------------------------------
Credit.  Company may request Lender 180 Day Letters of Credit that have
------
automatic extension or renewal provisions ("evergreen" Lender 180 Day Letters of
Credit) so long as the applicable Issuing 180 Day Lender consents in its sole
and absolute discretion thereto and has the right to not permit any such
extension or renewal at least annually within a notice period to be agreed upon
at the time each such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit is issued.  Once an
evergreen Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit is issued, unless Administrative Agent
has notified the applicable Issuing 180 Day Lender that Majority Banks have
elected not to permit such extension or renewal, Borrower Parties,
Administrative Agent and Banks shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not
require) such Issuing 180 Day Lender to, in its sole and absolute discretion,
permit the renewal of such evergreen Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit at any time
to a date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, and, unless
directed by such Issuing 180 Day Lender, Company shall not be required to
request such extension or renewal.  The applicable Issuing 180 Day Lender may,
in its sole and absolute discretion elect not to permit an evergreen Lender 180
Day Letter of Credit to be extended or renewed at any time.

          (g) Obligations Absolute.  The obligation of Company to pay to each
              --------------------
Issuing 180 Day Lender the amount of any payment made by such Issuing 180 Day
Lender under any Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit shall be absolute,
unconditional, and irrevocable.  Without limiting the foregoing, Company's
obligation shall not be affected by any of the following circumstances:

             (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Lender 180 Day
     Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument
     relating thereto;

             (ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from
     such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other
     agreement or instrument relating hereto or thereto;

             (iii)  the existence of any claim, setoff, defense, or other
     rights which Company may have at any time against such Issuing 180 Day
     Lender, Administrative

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     Agent, Collateral Agent or any Bank, any beneficiary of such Lender 180 Day
     Letter of Credit (or any persons or entities for whom any such beneficiary
     may be acting) or any other Person, whether in connection with such Lender
     180 Day Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or
     instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transactions ;

             (iv)   any demand, statement, or any other document presented under
     such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent,
     invalid, or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being
     untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever so long as any such document
     appeared to comply with the terms of the Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit;

             (v)    payment by such Issuing 180 Day Lender in good faith under
     such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or any
     accompanying document which does not strictly comply with the terms of such
     Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit; or any payment made by such Issuing 180
     Day Lender under such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit to any Person
     purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee
     for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative
     of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Lender 180 Day
     Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding
     under any Debtor Relief Laws;

             (vi)   the existence, character, quality, quantity, condition,
     packing, value or delivery of any property purported to be represented by
     documents presented in connection with such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit
     or for any difference between any such property and the character, quality,
     quantity, condition, or value of such property as described in such
     documents;

             (vii)  the time, place, manner, order or contents of shipments or
     deliveries of property as described in documents presented in connection
     with such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit or the existence, nature and
     extent of any insurance relative thereto;

             (viii) the solvency or financial responsibility of any party
     issuing any documents in connection with such Lender 180 Day Letter of
     Credit;

             (ix)   any failure or delay in notice of shipments or arrival of
     any property;

             (x)    any error in the transmission of any message relating to
     such Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit not caused by such Issuing 180 Day
     Lender, or any delay or interruption in any such message;

             (xi)   any error, neglect or default of any correspondent of such
     Issuing 180 Day Lender in connection with such Lender 180 Day Letter of
     Credit;

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             (xii)   any consequence arising from acts of God, wars,
     insurrections, civil unrest, disturbances, labor disputes, emergency
     conditions or other causes beyond the control of such Issuing 180 Day
     Lender;

             (xiii)  so long as such Issuing 180 Day Lender in good faith
     determines that the document appears to comply with the terms of the Lender
     180 Day Letter of Credit, the form, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect
     of any contract or document referred to in any document submitted to such
     Issuing 180 Day Lender in connection with such Lender 180 Day Letter of
     Credit;

             (xiv)   the sum of (A) the Total Utilization of Commitments plus
                                                                         ----
     (B) the Total Amount of Unsecured Debt exceeding the Aggregate Total
     Commitments or the Total Utilization of 180 Day Commitments exceeding the
     Aggregate 180 Day Commitment; and

             (xv)    any other circumstances whatsoever where such Issuing 180
     Day Lender has acted in good faith.

     In addition, Company will promptly examine a copy of each Lender 180 Day
Letter of Credit and amendments thereto delivered to them and, in the event of
any claim of noncompliance with Company's instructions or other irregularity,
Company will immediately notify the applicable Issuing 180 Day Lender in
writing.  Company shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim
against such Issuing 180 Day Lender and its correspondents unless such notice is
given as aforesaid.

          (h) Role of Issuing 180 Day Lender.  Each Bank and Borrower Party
              ------------------------------
agree that, in paying any drawing under a Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit, the
applicable Issuing 180 Day Lender shall not have any responsibility to obtain
any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly
required by the Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as
to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person
executing or delivering any such document.  No Administrative Agent-Related
Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of
the applicable Issuing 180 Day Lender shall be liable to any Bank for any action
taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of
Banks or Majority Banks, as applicable; any action taken or omitted in the
absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or the due execution,
effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related
to any Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit.  Company hereby assumes all risks of the
acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of
any Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is
                                     --------  -------
not intended to, and shall not, preclude Company's pursuing such rights and
remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under
any other agreement.  No Administrative Agent-Related Person, nor any of the
respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any Issuing 180 Day
Lender, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in
subsection (g) above.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing,
any Issuing 180 Day Lender may accept documents that appear on their face to be
in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any
notice or information to the contrary, and such Issuing 180 Day Lender shall not
be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or
assigning or purporting to transfer or

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assign a Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or
proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or
ineffective for any reason.

          (i) Applicability of ISP98 and UCP.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed
              ------------------------------
by any Issuing 180 Day Lender and Company when a Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit
is issued and subject to applicable laws, performance under Lender 180 Day
Letters of Credit by such Issuing Bridge Lender, its correspondents, and
beneficiaries will be governed by (i) with respect to standby Lender 180 Day
Letters of Credit, the rules of the "International Standby Practices 1998"
("ISP98") or such later revision as may be published by the Institute of
  -----
International Banking Law & Practice, subject to applicable laws, and (ii) with
respect to commercial Lender 180 Day Letters of Credit, the rules of the Uniform
Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as published in its most recent
version by the International Chamber of Commerce (the "ICC") on the date any
                                                       ---
commercial Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit is issued, and including the ICC
decision published by the Commission on Banking Technique and Practice on April
6, 1998 regarding the European single currency (euro).

          (j) Letter of Credit Fee.  Company shall pay to Administrative Agent
              --------------------
in arrears, on the fifth Business Day after the last day of each fiscal quarter
for the account of each Bank in accordance with its Commitment Percentage, a
Letter of Credit fee equal to the Applicable Margin with respect to Offshore
Rate Loans times the actual daily maximum amount available to be drawn under
           -----
each Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit since the later of the Closing Date and the
previous payment date.

          (k) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to
              --------------------------------------------------------------
Issuing 180 Day Lender.  On the date of issuance, Company shall pay directly to
----------------------
the applicable Issuing 180 Day Lender for its sole account a fronting fee with
respect to any financial or performance Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit in an
amount equal to 1/8 of 1%.  On the date of issuance, Company shall pay directly
to the applicable Issuing 180 Day Lender for its sole account a fronting fee
with respect to any commercial Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit in an amount
equal to its customary issuance fee for commercial Lender 180 Day Letters of
Credit issued for the account of its most creditworthy customers.  In addition,
Company shall pay directly to the applicable Issuing 180 Day Lender, upon
demand, for its sole account its customary documentary and processing charges in
accordance with its standard schedule, as from time to time in effect, for any
Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit Action or other occurrence relating to a Lender
180 Day Letter of Credit for which such charges are customarily made.

     2.6  Voluntary Termination or Reduction of Aggregate 180 Day Commitment;
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Voluntary Prepayments.
---------------------

          (a) Company may, upon not less than three Business Days' prior
irrevocable notice to Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate 180 Day
Commitment or permanently reduce the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment by $25,000,000
and, if in a greater amount, by any integral multiple of $5,000,000; provided
                                                                     --------
that no such reduction or termination shall be permitted if, after giving effect
thereto and to any prepayments of the Loans made on the effective date thereof,
(i) the sum of (A) the Total Utilization of Commitments plus (B) the Total
                                                        ----
Amount of Unsecured Debt would exceed the Aggregate Total Commitments then in
effect or (ii) the Total Utilization of 180 Day Commitments would exceed the
Aggregate 180 Day

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Commitment; provided further that once reduced in accordance with this Section,
            -------- -------
the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment may not be increased. Any reduction of the
Aggregate 180 Day Commitment shall be applied to each Bank's Commitment in
accordance with such Bank's Commitment Percentage. If the Aggregate 180 Day
Commitment is terminated in its entirety, all accrued facility fees to, but not
including, the effective date of such termination shall be payable on the
effective date of such termination without any premium or penalty.

          (b)  Subject to Section 3.4, Company may (from time to time) ratably
prepay Loans in whole or in part in the minimum amount of $10,000,000 or any
integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, upon notice to Administrative
Agent given not later than 9:00 a.m. San Francisco, California time:

               (i)  at least three Business Days' prior to the proposed date of
     prepayment for Offshore Rate Loans; and

               (ii) on the Business Day prior to the proposed date of prepayment
     for Base Rate Loans.

          Each such notice of prepayment shall specify the date and amount of
such prepayment and whether such prepayment is of Base Rate Loans or Offshore
Rate Loans, or any combination thereof.  In the event that Company fails to so
specify, any voluntary prepayments of the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.6
shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans to the full amount thereof before
application to Offshore Rate Loans.  Such notice shall not thereafter be
revocable by Company and Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Bank
thereof and the amount of such Bank's Commitment Percentage of such prepayment.
If such notice is given by Company, Company shall make such prepayment and the
payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date
specified therein, together with accrued interest to each such date on the
amount prepaid and the amounts required pursuant to Section 3.4.

          Notice to Administrative Agent under this Section shall be in writing,
signed by Company or may be by telephone notice promptly confirmed by notice
sent by facsimile transmission.

     2.7  Mandatory Prepayments and Reductions of Aggregate 180 Day Commitment.
          --------------------------------------------------------------------
The Loans shall be prepaid and the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment shall be
permanently reduced in the amounts and under the circumstances set forth below,
all such payments to be applied as set forth below or as more specifically
provided in Section 2.7(k). Each prepayment required under this Section shall be
subject to Section 3.4.

          (a) Commitment Reductions.  If for any reason the Total Utilization of
              ---------------------
180 Day Commitments exceeds the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment as in effect or as
reduced or because of any limitation set forth in this Agreement or otherwise,
Company shall immediately prepay Loans and/or deposit cash in a Cash Collateral
Account in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.  If for any reason the sum
of (i) the Total Utilization of Commitments plus (ii) the Total Amount of
Unsecured Debt exceeds the Aggregate Total Commitments as in effect, Company
shall immediately prepay Loans and/or Loans under (and as defined in) the Bridge

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Credit Agreement and/or deposit cash in a Cash Collateral Account in an
aggregate amount equal to such excess.

          (b) Permitted Foreign Receivables Purchase Facility.  No later than
              -----------------------------------------------
five Business Days following the receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of any proceeds in respect of a Permitted Foreign Receivables Purchase Facility,
Company shall prepay the Loans and the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment shall be
permanently reduced in an aggregate amount equal to the product of the net
proceeds received by Company or any of its Subsidiaries from such Permitted
Foreign Receivables Purchase Facility times (A) until the Aggregate Term
                                      -----
Commitments have been terminated, zero (0)% and (B) thereafter, the Two Facility
Commitment Reduction Fraction.

          (c) Equipment Financing Transactions.  No later than (i) five Business
              --------------------------------
Days following the receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net
Equipment Financing Proceeds in respect of any equipment not constituting
Collateral and (ii) the date of receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
any other Net Equipment Financing Proceeds, Company shall prepay the Loans and
the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment shall be permanently reduced in an aggregate
amount equal to the product of such Net Equipment Financing Proceeds times the
                                                                     -----
Three Facility Commitment Reduction Fraction.

          (d) Real Estate Financing Transactions.  No later than (i) five
              ----------------------------------
Business Days following the receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any
Net Real Estate Financing Proceeds in respect of any real property not
constituting Collateral and (ii) the date of receipt by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of any other Net Real Estate Financing Proceeds, Company shall
prepay the Loans and the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment shall be permanently
reduced in an aggregate amount equal to the product of such Net Real Estate
Financing Proceeds times the Three Facility Commitment Reduction Fraction.
                   -----

          (e) Asset Dispositions.  No later than (i) five Business Days
              ------------------
following the receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset
Disposition Proceeds in respect to Asset Dispositions not involving Collateral
and (ii) the date of receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net
Asset Disposition Proceeds from the Pending IceHouse Disposition in excess of
$50,000,000 or any other Net Asset Disposition Proceeds, Company shall prepay
the Loans and the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment shall be permanently reduced in
an aggregate amount equal to the product of such Net Asset Disposition Proceeds
times the Four Facility Commitment Reduction Fraction.
-----

          (f) Insurance.  No later than two Business Days following the receipt
              ---------
by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Insurance Proceeds that are
required to be applied to prepay the Loans and reduce the Aggregate 180 Day
Commitment pursuant to Section 6.6, Company shall prepay the Loans and the
Aggregate 180 Day Commitment shall be permanently reduced in an aggregate amount
equal to the product of such Net Insurance Proceeds times the Four Facility
                                                    -----
Commitment Reduction Fraction.

          (g) Excess Cash Flow.  In the event that there shall be Consolidated
              ----------------
Excess Cash Flow for fiscal year 2000, Company shall, no later than 60 days
after the end of such fiscal year, prepay the Loans and the Aggregate 180 Day
Commitment shall be permanently reduced in

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an aggregate amount equal to (i) 60%of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow minus
                                                                          -----
voluntary commitment reduction under this Agreement, the Bridge Agreement, the
Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement, and the 1997 Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement made during such fiscal year times (ii) the Four
                                                           -----
Facility Commitment Reduction Fraction.

          (h) Tax Refunds.  No later than five Business Days following the
              -----------
receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any proceeds in respect of any
federal tax refunds in respect of the 1999 fiscal year in excess of $70,000,000
in the aggregate, Company shall prepay the Loans and the Aggregate 180 Day
Commitment shall be permanently reduced in an aggregate amount equal to the
product of the excess proceeds received times the Four Facility Commitment
                                        -----
Reduction Fraction.

          (i) Capital Markets Transactions.  No later than two Business Days
              ----------------------------
following the receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net
Securities Proceeds, Company shall prepay the Loans and the Aggregate 180 Day
Commitment shall be permanently reduced in an aggregate amount equal to the
product of such Net Securities Proceeds times (i) until Net Securities Proceeds
                                        -----
in an amount equal to $300,000,000 in the aggregate have been applied to reduce
the Aggregate Bridge Commitment, zero (0)% and (ii) thereafter, the Four
Facility Commitment Reduction Fraction.

          (j) Calculations of Net Proceeds Amounts; Additional Prepayments and
              ----------------------------------------------------------------
Reductions Based on Subsequent Calculations.  Concurrently with any prepayment
-------------------------------------------
of the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.7, Company shall deliver to
Administrative Agent an officer's certificate demonstrating the calculation of
the amount of the applicable proceeds or Consolidated Excess Cash Flow, as the
case may be, that gave rise to such prepayment.  In the event that Company shall
subsequently determine that the actual amount was greater than the amount set
forth in such officer's certificate, Company shall promptly make an additional
prepayment of the Loans (and the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment shall be
permanently reduced in accordance with the applicable subsection of this Section
2.7) in an amount equal to the amount of such excess, and Company shall
concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent an officer's certificate
demonstrating the derivation of the additional amount resulting in such excess.

          (k) Application of Prepayments.  Any mandatory prepayments of the
              --------------------------
Loans pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans to
the full extent thereof before application to Offshore Rate Loans and shall be
in addition to, and shall not be applied to reduce, the scheduled Commitment
reductions set forth in Section 2.8.

     2.8  Repayment; Scheduled Reductions of Aggregate 180 Day Commitment.
          ------------------------------------------------------------------

          (a) Company shall repay the principal amount of the outstanding Loans
on the last day of the Availability Period together with interest thereon.

          (b) The Commitments shall be permanently reduced on the dates set
forth below in an amount equal to the product of the correlative amount
indicated times the Three Facility Commitment Reduction Fraction:
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                    Date                            Scheduled Reduction
                    ----                            -------------------
         <S>                                        <C>
          May 25, 2000                               $ 50,000,000
          August 24, 2000                            $ 50,000,000
          November 22, 2000                          $100,000,000
          February 22, 2001                          $ 50,000,000
          May 24, 2001                               $ 50,000,000
          August 23, 2001                            $100,000,000
</TABLE>

     2.9  Interest.
          --------

          (a) Subject to Section 2.9(c), each Loan shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof (before and after default, before and after
maturity, before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws) from the Closing Date until it
becomes due at a rate per annum equal to the Offshore Rate or the Base Rate, as
the case may be, plus the Applicable Margin (the "Applicable Margin").  The
                 ----                             ---------- ------
initial Applicable Margin, subject to adjustment as provided below, shall be a
rate per annum equal to 3.25% for Offshore Rate Loans and 2.00% for Base Rate
Loans.  If Company has not completed (after the date hereof) one or more Capital
Markets Transactions and applied at least $300,000,000 of Net Securities
Proceeds therefrom in the aggregate to reduce the Aggregate Bridge Commitment on
or prior to January 31, 2001, then effective February 1, 2001, the Applicable
Margin shall increase to 4.25% for Offshore Rate Loans and 3.00% for Base Rate
Loans.  In addition, the Applicable Margin shall increase by an additional 0.25%
at the beginning of each subsequent three-month period, commencing May 1, 2001,
unless and until Company shall have completed (after the date hereof) one or
more Capital Markets Transactions and applied at least $300,000,000 of Net
Securities Proceeds therefrom in the aggregate to reduce the Aggregate Bridge
Commitment.

          (b) Interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest
Payment Date.  Interest shall also be payable on the date of any prepayment of
Loans pursuant to Section 2.6, 2.7 or 2.8 for the portion of the Loans so
prepaid and upon payment (including prepayment) in full thereof and, during any
period when principal of the Loans is due and payable, interest shall be payable
on request for such payment by the holders of the Loans.

          (c) While any Event of Default exists, Company shall pay interest
(after as well as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent permitted by
law and including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law) on the principal amount of all Loans, at a rate per annum equal to
the Default Rate.  Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including
interest on past due interest) shall be payable upon demand.

          (d) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations
of Company to any Bank hereunder shall be subject to the limitation that
payments of interest shall not be required, for any period for which interest is
computed hereunder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that contracting for
or receiving such payment by such Bank would be contrary to the provisions of
any law applicable to such Bank limiting the highest rate of interest which may

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be lawfully contracted for, charged or received by such Bank, and in such event
Company shall pay such Bank interest at the lower of (i) the highest rate
permitted by applicable law and (ii) the rates required by this Agreement.

     2.10 Fees. In addition to fees due under other provisions of this
          ----
Agreement:

          (a) Facility Fee.  Company shall pay to Administrative Agent for the
              ------------
account of each Bank pro rata according to its Commitment Percentage, a facility
fee equal to 0.25% times the actual daily amount of its Commitment regardless of
                   -----
usage.  The facility fee shall accrue at all times from the Closing Date until
the Maturity Date, shall be computed on a daily basis, and shall be payable in
arrears (i) on the fifth Business Day after the last day of each fiscal quarter,
commencing on the first such day after the Closing Date and (ii) on the Maturity
Date.

          (b) Unused Commitment Fee.  Company shall pay to Administrative Agent
              ---------------------
for the account of each Bank pro rata according to its Commitment Percentage, an
unused commitment fee equal to 0.50% times the actual daily amount by which the
                                     -----
Aggregate 180 Day Commitment exceeds the Outstanding Obligations of all Banks.
The commitment fee shall accrue at all times from the Closing Date until the
Maturity Date, shall be computed on a daily basis, and shall be payable in
arrears (i) on the fifth Business Day after the last day of each fiscal quarter,
commencing on the first such day after the Closing Date and (ii) on the Maturity
Date.  The commitment fee shall accrue at all times, including at any time
during which one or more conditions in Article IV are not met.

          (c) Utilization Fee.  Company shall pay to Administrative Agent for
              ---------------
the account of each Bank pro rata according to its Commitment Percentage, a
utilization fee equal to 0.25% times the actual daily aggregate principal amount
                               -----
of such Bank's Outstanding Obligations.  The utilization fee shall accrue at all
times from the Closing Date until the Maturity Date, shall be computed on a
daily basis, and shall be payable in arrears (i) on the fifth Business Day of
the last day of each fiscal quarter, commencing on the first such day after the
Closing Date, and (ii) on the Maturity Date.

          (d) Amendment Fee.  On the Closing Date, Company shall pay to
              -------------
Administrative Agent for the account of each Bank that approves the execution of
this Agreement pro rata according to its Commitment Percentage, an amendment fee
in an amount equal to 0.50% times the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment.  If Company
                            -----
has not completed (after the date hereof) one or more Capital Markets
Transactions and applied at least $300,000,000 of Net Securities Proceeds
therefrom in the aggregate to reduce the Aggregate Bridge Commitment on or prior
to January 31, 2001, on February 1, 2001, Company shall pay to Administrative
Agent for the account of each Bank pro rata according to its Commitment
Percentage, an additional amendment fee in an amount equal to 2.00% times the
                                                                    -----
Aggregate 180 Day Commitment.

          (e) Agency Fee.  Company shall pay to Administrative Agent an agency
              ----------
fee in such amounts and at such times as set forth in a separate fee letter
agreement between Company and Administrative Agent.  The agency fee is for
services to be performed by Administrative Agent acting as Administrative Agent
and is fully earned on the date paid.  The agency fee paid to Administrative
Agent is solely for its account and is nonrefundable.

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          (f) Collateral Agency Fee.  Company shall pay to Collateral Agent a
              ---------------------
collateral agency fee in such amounts and at such times as set forth in a
separate fee letter agreement between Company and Collateral Agent.  The
collateral agency fee is for services to be performed by Collateral Agent acting
as Collateral Agent and is fully earned on the date paid.  The collateral agency
fee paid to Collateral Agent is solely for its accounts and is nonrefundable.

          (g) Other Fees.  Company shall pay Administrative Agent for its own
              ----------
account and/or the account of each Co-Agent such fees in such amounts and at
such times as set forth in separate fee letter agreements between Company and
Administrative Agent.

     2.11 Computation of Fees and Interest.
          --------------------------------

          (a) All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base
Rate is determined by Bank of America's "prime rate" shall be made on the basis
of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All
other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day
year and actual days elapsed (which results in more interest being paid than if
computed on the basis of a 365-day year).  Interest and fees shall accrue during
each period during which interest or such fees are computed from the first day
thereof to the last day thereof.

          (b) Administrative Agent will notify Company and Banks of each
determination of an Offshore Rate.  Any failure by Administrative Agent to give
such notice and any failure by Company and any Bank to receive such notice shall
not relieve Company of any obligation to pay interest or provide the basis for
any claim against Administrative Agent.  Administrative Agent shall, upon
request made by Company or any Bank from time to time, advise such Person(s) of
the relevant applicable Offshore Rate(s).

          (c) Each determination of an interest rate by Administrative Agent
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on
Company and Banks in the absence of manifest error.

     2.12 Payments by Company.
          -------------------

          (a) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by Company on
account of principal, interest, fees and other amounts required hereunder shall
be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made in Dollars to
Administrative Agent for the ratable account of Banks at Administrative Agent's
Payment Office.  Such payments shall be made in immediately available funds and
no later than 11:00 a.m. San Francisco, California time, on the date specified
herein.  Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Bank the amount
of its Commitment Percentage (or other applicable share as expressly provided
herein) of such principal, interest, fees or other amounts, in like funds as
received.  Any payment which is received by Administrative Agent later than
11:00 a.m. San Francisco, California time, shall be deemed to have been received
on the immediately succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee
shall continue to accrue.

          (b) Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day
other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and

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such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of
interest or fees, as the case may be, subject to the provisions set forth in the
definition of "Interest Period" herein.

          (c) Unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from
Company prior to the date on which any payment is due to Banks hereunder from
Company that Company will not make such payment in full, Administrative Agent
may assume that Company has made such payment in full to Administrative Agent on
such date and Administrative Agent may (but shall not be so required), in
reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Bank on such due
date an amount equal to the amount then due such Bank.  If and to the extent
Company shall not have made such payment in full to Administrative Agent, each
Bank shall repay to Administrative Agent, on request made by Administrative
Agent, such amount distributed to such Bank, together with interest thereon for
each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Bank until the date
such Bank repays such amount to Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate
as in effect for each such day.

     2.13 Payments by the Banks to Administrative Agent.
          ---------------------------------------------

          (a) Unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Bank
at least one Business Day prior to the date of any proposed Borrowing (but prior
to 10:00 a.m. San Francisco, California time, on the same day with respect to a
Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Loans) that such Bank will not make available
to Administrative Agent for the account of Company the amount of that Bank's
Commitment Percentage of the Borrowing, Administrative Agent may assume that
each Bank has made such amount available to Administrative Agent on the
Borrowing Date and Administrative Agent may (but shall not be so required), in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to Company on such date a
corresponding amount.  If and to the extent any Bank shall not have made its
full amount available to Administrative Agent and Administrative Agent in such
circumstances has made available to Company such amount, that Bank shall on the
next Business Day following such Borrowing Date make such amount available to
Administrative Agent, together with interest at the Federal Funds Rate for and
determined as of each day during such period.

          (b) A certificate of Administrative Agent submitted to any Bank with
respect to amounts owing under this subsection shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error.  If such amount is so made available, such payment to
Administrative Agent shall constitute such Bank's Loan on the date of Borrowing
for all purposes of this Agreement.  If such amount is not made available to
Administrative Agent on the next Business Day following such Borrowing Date,
Administrative Agent shall notify Company of such failure to fund and, upon
request for payment made by Administrative Agent, Company shall pay such amount
to Administrative Agent for Administrative Agent's account, together with
interest thereon for each day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a
rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans
comprising such Borrowing.

          (c) The failure of any Bank to make any Loan on any Borrowing Date
shall not relieve any other Bank of any obligation hereunder to make a Loan on
such Borrowing Date, but no Bank shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Bank to make the Loan to be made by such other Bank on any Borrowing Date.

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     2.14 Sharing of Payments, etc.  If, other than as expressly contemplated
          -------------------------
elsewhere herein, any Bank shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it or
amounts payable in respect of Lender 180 Day Letters of Credit, any payment
(whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off,
or otherwise) in an amount in excess of its Commitment Percentage of payments on
account of the Loans or amounts payable in respect of Lender 180 Day Letters of
Credit obtained by all the Banks, such Bank shall forthwith (a) notify
Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Banks such
participations in the Loans made by them or amounts payable in respect of Lender
180 Day Letters of Credit as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Bank to
share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided, however, that if
                                                    --------  -------
all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the
purchasing Bank, such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other
Bank shall repay to the purchasing Bank the purchase price paid therefor,
together with an amount equal to such paying Bank's Commitment Percentage
(according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Bank's required
repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Bank) of any
interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Bank in respect of
the total amount so recovered.  Company agrees that any Bank so purchasing a
participation from another Bank pursuant to this Section may, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right
of set-off but subject to Section 10.10) with respect to such participation as
fully as if such Bank were the direct creditor of Company in the amount of such
participation.  Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be
conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error), of participations
purchased pursuant to this Section and will in each case notify Banks following
any such purchases and repayments.

                                  ARTICLE III

                     TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
                     --------------------------------------

     3.1  Taxes.
          -----

          (a)  Any and all payments by Company to each Bank or Administrative
Agent under this Agreement and any other Loan Document shall be made free and
clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any Taxes.  In addition,
Company shall pay all Other Taxes.

          (b)  If Company shall be required by law to deduct or withhold any
Taxes, Other Taxes or Further Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
hereunder to any Bank, or Administrative Agent, then:

               (i)    the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that,
     after making all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions
     and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section),
     such Bank or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, receives and retains
     an amount equal to the sum it would have received and retained had no such
     deductions or withholdings been made;

               (ii)   Company shall make such deductions and withholdings;

               (iii)  Company shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to
     the relevant taxing authority or other authority in accordance with
     applicable law; and

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               (iv) Company shall also pay to each Bank or Administrative Agent
     for the account of such Bank, at the time interest is paid, Further Taxes
     in the amount that the respective Bank specifies as necessary to preserve
     the after-tax yield the Bank would have received if such Taxes, Other Taxes
     or Further Taxes had not been imposed.

          (c)  Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Bank and
Administrative Agent for the full amount of (i) Taxes, (ii) Other Taxes, and
(iii) Further Taxes in the amount that the respective Bank specifies as
necessary to preserve the after-tax yield the Bank would have received if such
Taxes, Other Taxes or Further Taxes had not been imposed, and any liability
(including penalties, interest, additions to tax and expenses) arising therefrom
or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes, Other Taxes or Further Taxes
were correctly or legally asserted.  Payment under this indemnification shall be
made within 30 days after the date the Bank or Administrative Agent makes
written demand therefor.

          (d)  Within 30 days after the date of any payment by Company of Taxes,
Other Taxes or Further Taxes, Company shall furnish to each Bank or
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing
payment thereof, or other evidence of payment satisfactory to such Bank or
Administrative Agent.

          (e)  Company will not be required to pay any additional amounts in
respect of Section 3.1(b) to any Bank or Administrative Agent:

               (i)  if such Bank shall have delivered to Company a Form 1001 (or
     any successor form) pursuant to Section 9.11(a)(i), and such Bank shall not
     at any time be entitled to exemption from deduction or withholding of
     United States Federal income tax in respect of payments by Company
     hereunder for any reason other than a change in United States law or
     regulations or any applicable tax treaty or regulations or in the official
     interpretation of any such law, treaty or regulations by any Governmental
     Authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof
     (whether or not having the force of law) after the date of delivery of such
     Form 1001 (or any successor form); or

               (ii) if such Bank shall have delivered to Company a Form 4224 (or
     any successor form) pursuant to Section 9.11(a)(ii), and such Bank shall
     not at any time be entitled to exemption from deduction or withholding of
     United States Federal income tax in respect of payments by Company
     hereunder for any reason other than a change in United States law or
     regulations or in the official interpretation of such law or regulations by
     any Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or
     administration thereof (whether or not having the force of law) after the
     date of delivery of such Form 4224 (or any successor form).

          (f)  If, at any time, Company requests any Bank to deliver any forms
or other documentation pursuant to Section 9.11(a)(iii), then Company shall, on
demand of such Bank through Administrative Agent, reimburse such Bank for any
costs and expenses (including Professional Costs) reasonably incurred by such
Bank in the preparation or delivery of such forms or other documentation.

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          (g) If Company is required to pay additional amounts to any Bank or
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 3.1, then such Bank or
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall use its reasonable efforts
(consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction
of its Lending Office or take any other reasonable action so as to eliminate any
such additional payment by Company which may thereafter accrue if such change,
in the reasonable judgment of such Bank, is not otherwise materially
disadvantageous to such Bank or Administrative Agent.

     3.2  Illegality.
          ----------

          (a) If any Bank determines that the introduction of any Requirement of
Law, or any change in any Requirement of Law, or in the interpretation or
administration of any Requirement of Law, has made it unlawful, or that any
central bank or other Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful,
for any Bank or its applicable Lending Office to make Offshore Rate Loans, then,
on notice thereof by the Bank to Company through Administrative Agent, any
obligation of that Bank to make Offshore Rate Loans shall be suspended until the
Bank notifies Administrative Agent and Company that the circumstances giving
rise to such determination no longer exist.

          (b) If a Bank determines that it is unlawful for such Bank to maintain
any Offshore Rate Loan, Company shall, upon receipt of notice of such fact and
demand from such Bank (with a copy to Administrative Agent), prepay in full such
Offshore Rate Loans of that Bank then outstanding, together with interest
accrued thereon and amounts required under Section 3.4, either on the last day
of the Interest Period thereof, if the Bank may lawfully continue to maintain
such Offshore Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if the Bank may not
lawfully continue to maintain such Offshore Rate Loans.  If Company is required
to so prepay any Offshore Rate Loan, then concurrently with such prepayment,
Company shall borrow from the affected Bank, in the amount of such repayment, a
Base Rate Loan.

          (c) If the obligation of any Bank to make or maintain Offshore Rate
Loans has been so terminated or suspended, Company may elect, by giving notice
to the Bank through Administrative Agent that all Loans which would otherwise be
made by the Bank as Offshore Rate Loans shall be instead Base Rate Loans.

     3.3  Increased Costs and Reduction of Return.
          ---------------------------------------

          (a) If any Bank determines that, due to either (i) the introduction of
or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation, or (ii) the
compliance by that Bank with any guideline or request from any central bank or
other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), there
shall be any increase in the cost to such Bank of agreeing to make or making,
funding or maintaining any Offshore Rate Loans in an amount deemed material by
such Bank, then Company shall be liable for, and shall from time to time, upon
demand (with a copy of such demand to be sent to Administrative Agent), pay to
Administrative Agent for the account of such Bank, additional amounts as are
sufficient to compensate such Bank for such increased costs.

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          (b) If any Bank shall have determined that (i) the introduction of any
Capital Adequacy Regulation, (ii) any change in any Capital Adequacy Regulation,
(iii) any change in the interpretation or administration of any Capital Adequacy
Regulation by any central bank or other Governmental Authority charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or (iv) compliance by the Bank (or its
Lending Office) or any corporation controlling the Bank with any Capital
Adequacy Regulation; affects or would affect the amount of capital required or
expected to be maintained by the Bank or any corporation controlling the Bank
and (taking into consideration such Bank's or such corporation's policies with
respect to capital adequacy and such Bank's desired return on capital)
determines that the amount of such capital is increased in an amount deemed
material by such Bank as a consequence of its loans, credits or obligations
under this Agreement, then, upon request of such Bank (with a copy to
Administrative Agent), Company shall immediately pay to the Bank, from time to
time as specified by the Bank, additional amounts sufficient to compensate the
Bank for such increase.

     3.4  Funding Losses.  Company agrees to reimburse each Bank and to hold
          --------------
each Bank harmless from any loss, cost or expense which the Bank may sustain or
incur as a consequence of:

          (a) any failure of Company to make, on a timely basis, any payment or
prepayment of principal of any Offshore Rate Loan (including payments made after
any acceleration thereof);

          (b) any failure of Company to borrow, continue or convert a Loan after
Company has given (or are deemed to have given) a Notice of Borrowing or a
Notice of Conversion/Continuation;

          (c) any failure of Company to make any prepayment after Company has
given a notice in accordance with Section 2.6;

          (d) any prepayment of an Offshore Rate Loan on a day which is not the
last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto; or

          (e) any conversion pursuant to Section 2.4 of any Offshore Rate Loan
to a Base Rate Loan on a day that is not the last day of the relevant Interest
Period; or including any such loss or expense arising from the liquidation or
reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain its Offshore Rate Loans
hereunder or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds
were obtained.

     3.5  Inability to Determine Rates.  If Administrative Agent or Majority
          ----------------------------
Banks shall have determined that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for ascertaining the Offshore Base Rate for any requested Interest
Period with respect to a proposed Offshore Rate Loan or that the Offshore Base
Rate or the Offshore Rate applicable pursuant to Section 2.9 for any requested
Interest Period with respect to a proposed Offshore Rate Loan does not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Banks of funding such Loan,
Administrative Agent will forthwith give notice of such determination to Company
and each Bank.  Thereafter, the obligation of Banks to make or maintain Offshore
Rate Loans hereunder shall be suspended until Administrative Agent upon the
instruction of Majority Banks revokes such notice in writing.

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Upon receipt of such notice, Company may revoke any Notice of Borrowing or
Notice of Conversion/Continuation then submitted by Company. If Company does not
revoke such notice, Banks shall make, convert or continue the Loans, as proposed
by Company, in the amount specified in the applicable notice submitted by
Company, but such Loans shall be made, converted or continued as Base Rate Loans
instead of Offshore Rate Loans.

     3.6  Reserves on Offshore Rate Loans.  Company shall pay to each Bank, as
          -------------------------------
long as such Bank shall be required under regulations of the Federal Reserve
Board to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of
or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as "Eurocurrency
liabilities"), additional costs on the unpaid principal amount of each Offshore
Rate Loan equal to actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by the
Bank (as determined by the Bank in good faith, which determination shall be
conclusive) (without duplication for such costs included in the computation of
the Offshore Rate), payable on each date on which interest is payable on such
Loan provided Company shall have received at least 15 days' prior written notice
(with a copy to Administrative Agent) of such additional sums from the Bank.
Each such notice from a Bank shall set forth in reasonable detail (as determined
by the Bank) the basis for such additional sums.  If a Bank fails to give notice
15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional sums shall
be payable 15 days from receipt of such notice.

     3.7  Certificates of Banks.  Any Bank claiming reimbursement or
          ---------------------
compensation pursuant to this Article shall deliver to Company (with a copy to
Administrative Agent) a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the
amount payable to the Bank hereunder and such certificate shall be conclusive
and binding on Company in the absence of manifest error.  Each certificate
submitted under this Section may not claim reimbursement or compensation for a
period earlier than 30 days prior to the date of such certificate unless
interpretation of the law or regulation or the guideline or request in question
is retroactive in effect in which case the certificate can cover such
retroactive period.

     3.8  Substitution of Banks.  Upon receipt by Company from any Bank of a
          ---------------------
claim for compensation under Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 or 3.6 (each such Bank an
"Affected Bank"), Company may:  (a) request the Affected Bank to use its
--------------
reasonable efforts without incurring any material expense to obtain a
Replacement Bank; (b) request one or more of the other Banks to acquire and
assume all or part of such Affected Bank's Loans and Commitment; or (c)
designate a Replacement Bank.  Any assignment to a Replacement Bank pursuant to
this Section shall be pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance in compliance
with Section 10.8 including payment of the processing fee to Administrative
Agent (except to the extent that there is any conflict between the provisions of
this Section and Section 10.8, in which case the provisions of this Section
shall control).  If Bank of America is the Affected Bank, it may, at its sole
option, resign as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent.  Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 9.9 or  9.10, any resignation as Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent by Bank of America under this Section shall take effect upon
delivery of Bank of America's written resignation to Company and Banks without
necessity of further action or lapse of time.

     3.9  Survival.  The agreements and obligations of Company in this Article
          --------
shall survive the payment of all other Obligations.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                              CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
                              --------------------

     4.1  Condition to Closing . The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject
          ---------------------
to the following conditions:

          (a)   Administrative Agent shall have received, on or before the
Closing Date, all of the following documents, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Majority Banks:

              (i)    Loan Documents.  Originals of the Loan Documents to which
                     --------------
     Company is a party executed by Company.

              (ii)   Organization Documents.  Copies of the Organization
                     ----------------------
     Documents of each Borrower Party, certified by the Secretary of State of
     its jurisdiction of organization or, if such document is of a type that may
     not be so certified, certified by the secretary or similar officer of the
     applicable Borrower Party, together with a good standing certificate from
     the Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of organization and each other
     state in which such Person is qualified to do business and, to the extent
     generally available, a certificate or other evidence of good standing as to
     payment of any applicable franchise or similar taxes from the appropriate
     taxing authority of each of such jurisdictions, each dated a recent date
     prior to the Closing Date.

              (iii)  Resolutions; Incumbency.
                     -----------------------

                     (A)  Copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of
          each Borrower Party (or an authorized committee thereof) approving and
          authorizing the execution, delivery, and performance by such Borrower
          Party of the Loan Documents to which such Borrower Party is a party,
          certified as of the Closing Date by the Secretary or an Assistant
          Secretary of such Borrower Party.

                     (B)  A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant
          Secretary of each Borrower Party certifying, as of the Closing Date,
          the names and true signatures of the officers of such Borrower Party
          authorized to execute and deliver, as applicable, this Agreement, and
          all other Loan Documents to be delivered hereunder.

              (iv)   Opinions.  Opinions of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz,
                     --------
     special counsel to Company, Albert F. Moreno Esq., Senior Vice President
     and General Counsel of Company, and Legal Strategies Group, dated the
     Closing Date, and addressed to Administrative Agent and Banks, in form and
     substance reasonably satisfactory to Banks.

              (v)    Closing Certificates from Company.  A certificate from the
                     ---------------------------------
     president, the chief financial officer, or the treasurer of Company, dated
     as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit V.
                                                          ---------

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              (vi)   No Material Adverse Effect.  There has occurred since
                     --------------------------
     November 28, 1999, as reflected in the draft consolidated financial
     statements delivered on January 24, 2000 and the accompanying draft notes,
     no event or circumstance that has resulted or could reasonably be expected
     to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

              (vii)  Security Interests in Collateral.  Evidence satisfactory
                     --------------------------------
     to Administrative Agent that Borrower Parties shall have taken or caused to
     be taken all such actions, executed and delivered or caused to be executed
     and delivered all such agreements, documents and instruments, and made or
     caused to be made all such filings and recordings (other than the filing or
     recording of items described in subsections (B), (C) and (D) below) that
     may be necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable in
     order to create in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Banks,
     a valid and (upon such filing and recording) perfected Lien on the
     Collateral.  Such actions shall include the following:

                     (A)  Stock Certificates and Instruments.  Delivery to
                          ----------------------------------
          Administrative Agent of (1) certificates (which certificates shall be
          accompanied by irrevocable undated stock powers, duly endorsed in
          blank and otherwise satisfactory in form and substance to
          Administrative Agent) representing all Capital Stock pledged pursuant
          to the Pledge and Security Agreement and (2) all promissory notes or
          other instruments (duly endorsed, where appropriate, in a manner
          satisfactory to Administrative Agent) evidencing any Collateral;

                     (B)  Lien Searches and UCC Termination Statements. Delivery
                          --------------------------------------------
          to Administrative Agent of (1) the results of a recent search, by a
          Person satisfactory to Administrative Agent, of all effective UCC
          financing statements and fixture filings and all judgment and tax lien
          filings which may have been made with respect to any personal or mixed
          property of any Borrower Party, together with copies of all such
          filings disclosed by such search, and (2) UCC termination statements
          duly executed by all applicable Persons for filing in all applicable
          jurisdictions as may be necessary to terminate any effective UCC
          financing statements or fixture filings disclosed in such search
          (other than any such financing statements or fixture filings in
          respect of Liens permitted to remain outstanding pursuant to the terms
          of this Agreement);

                     (C)  UCC Financing Statements and Fixture Filings. Delivery
                          --------------------------------------------
          to Administrative Agent of UCC financing statements and, where
          appropriate, fixture filings, duly executed by each applicable
          Borrower Party with respect to all personal and mixed property
          Collateral of such Borrower Party, for filing in all jurisdictions as
          may be necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable
          to perfect the security interests created in such Collateral pursuant
          to the Collateral Documents; and

                     (D   Intellectual Property Filings.  Delivery to
                          -----------------------------
          Administrative Agent of all cover sheets or other documents or
          instruments required to be filed with the United States Patent and
          Trademark Office in order to create or perfect Liens in respect of any
          IP Collateral.

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              (viii)  Foreign Subsidiaries.  Copies of the Organization
                      --------------------
       Documents of each Pledged Foreign Subsidiary.

              (ix)    Financial Statements.  A copy of a draft of the unaudited
                      --------------------
       (A) consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of Company and its
       Subsidiaries as at the end of the fiscal year ended November 28, 1999,
       (B) related consolidated and consolidating statements of income of
       Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year and (C) related
       consolidated statement of cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for
       such fiscal year.

              (x)     Evidence of Insurance.  A certificate from Company's
                      ---------------------
       insurance broker or other evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent
       that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Sections 5.16
       and 6.6 is in full force and effect.

              (xi)    Financial Plan. A consolidated plan and financial forecast
                      --------------
       for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 including (A) forecasted consolidated
       balance sheets and forecasted consolidated statements of income and cash
       flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for each such fiscal year and for
       each month of fiscal year 2000 and each quarter of fiscal year 2001,
       together with a pro forma calculation of compliance with Sections 7.6,
       7.7 and 7.8 for each quarter of each such fiscal year, and (B) such other
       information as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

              (xii)   Intercreditor Agreement.  Executed copies of the
                      -----------------------
       Intercreditor Agreement.

              (xiii)  Other Credit Facilities.  Executed copies of the Bridge
                      -----------------------
       Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement,
       and the 1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, together with
       evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent that all conditions
       precedent to the effectiveness of such agreements have been satisfied.

              (xiv)   Other Documents.  Such other approvals, opinions,
                      ---------------
       documents or materials as Administrative Agent or any Bank may reasonably
       request.

         (b)  Representations and Warranties.  The representations and
              ------------------------------
warranties made by Company herein, or which are contained in any certificate,
document or financial or other statement furnished at any time under or in
connection herewith or therewith, shall be correct on and as of the Closing
Date.

         (c)  Existing Receivables Facility.  On the Closing Date, LSFLLC shall
              -----------------------------
have (i) repurchased all accounts receivable sold under the Existing Receivables
Purchase Agreement, (ii) terminated any commitments to purchase any accounts
receivable or make other extensions of credit thereunder, and (iii) delivered to
Administrative Agent all documents or instruments necessary to assign to LSFLLC
all financing statements filed in respect of transactions under the Existing
Receivables Purchase Agreement.  In addition, the Levi Strauss Receivables
Transfer Agreement dated as of April 28, 1999 among Company, Levi Strauss
Financial Center Corporation and Levi Strauss Funding Corp. shall have been
terminated.

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         (d) Payment of Fees.  On the Closing Date, Administrative Agent shall
             ---------------
have received evidence of payment by Company of all accrued and unpaid fees,
costs and expenses to the extent then due and payable on the Closing Date
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, together with Professional Costs of
Bank of America, to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date;
including any such costs, fees and expenses arising under or referenced in
Sections 2.10 and 10.4.

         (e) LSFLLC.  LSFLLC shall have entered into a Receivables Transfer
             ------
Agreement with Levi Strauss Financial Center Corporation similar to the
Receivables Transfer Agreement between Levi Strauss Financial Center Corporation
and Levi Strauss Funding Corp. and Administrative Agent shall have received duly
executed UCC financing statements for filing in all appropriate jurisdictions.

    4.2  Conditions to Each Borrowing, Issuance of Lender 180 Day Letter of
         ------------------------------------------------------------------
Credit.  The obligation of each Bank to make any Loan to be made by it
------
(including its initial Loan), and of each Issuing 180 Day Lender to issue any
Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent on the relevant disbursement date:

         (a) Notice.  As to any Loan, Administrative Agent shall have received
             ------
a Notice of Borrowing and as to any Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit,
Administrative Agent shall have received a Letter of Credit Application;

         (b) Continuation of Representations and Warranties.  The
             ----------------------------------------------
representations and warranties made by Company and contained in Article V shall
be true and correct in all material respects on and as of each disbursement date
with the same effect as if made on and as of such disbursement date (except to
the extent such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier
date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of such earlier date);

         (c) No Existing Default.  No Default or Event of Default shall exist
             -------------------
or shall result from such Borrowing, the issuance of such Lender 180 Day Letter
of Credit; and

         (d) Total Utilization of Commitments.  After giving effect to the
             ---------------------------------
proposed Borrowing or the issuance of the proposed Lender 180 Day Letter of
Credit, as the case may be, (i) the sum of (A) the Total Utilization of
Commitments and (B) the Total Amount of Unsecured Debt shall not exceed the
Aggregate Total Commitments and (ii) the Total Utilization of 180 Day
Commitments shall not exceed the Aggregate 180 Day Commitment.

Each Notice of Borrowing and each Letter of Credit Application submitted by
Company hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by Company
hereunder, as of the date of each such application, request, notice, and
disbursement date that the conditions in Section 4.2 are satisfied.

    4.3  Conditions Subsequent.  No later than the day following the Closing
         ---------------------
Date, Administrative Agent shall have received all of the following documents,
in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Majority Banks:

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          (a)  Loan Documents.  Originals of the Guaranty and the Pledge and
               --------------
Security Agreement executed by all Material Domestic Subsidiaries; and

          (b)  Opinions.  An opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, special
               --------
counsel to Company, and Albert F. Moreno, Esq., Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of Company, dated the Subsequent Closing Date, addressed to
Administrative Agent and Banks, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Banks.

                                   ARTICLE V

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
                         ------------------------------

     Company represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and each Bank that:

     5.1  Organization, Powers, Good Standing, Business, Ownership of
          -----------------------------------------------------------
Subsidiaries and Capitalization.
-------------------------------

          (a)  Organization and Powers.  Each Borrower Party is a corporation
               -----------------------
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation as specified in Schedule 5.1(a) and has all
                                              ---------------
requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties, to
carry on its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted, to enter
into each Loan Document, to issue the Notes (in the case of Company) and to
carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

          (b)  Good Standing.  Each Borrower Party is duly qualified to do
               -------------
business and is in good standing wherever necessary to carry on its respective
present business and operations, except in jurisdictions in which the failure to
be so qualified or to be in good standing has not had and will not have a
Material Adverse Effect.

          (c)  Conduct of Business.  Company and its Subsidiaries, considered
               -------------------
together, are engaged only in businesses related or incidental to the
manufacture and sale of clothing and accessories and the LOS/DOS Business.

          (d)  Common Stock of Company  All of the issued and outstanding shares
               -----------------------
of  Capital Stock of Company and each of its Subsidiaries have been duly and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

          (e)  Restricted Subsidiaries.  As of the Closing Date, the only
               -----------------------
Restricted Subsidiaries are those listed on Schedule 5.1(e).
                                            ---------------

          (f)  Organizational Structure.  As of the Closing Date, the
               ------------------------
organizational structure of Company and its Subsidiaries is set forth on
Schedule 5.1(f).
---------------

          (g)  Material Subsidiaries.  As of the Closing Date, all Material
               ---------------------
Subsidiaries are listed on Schedule 5.1(g).  As of the end of each fiscal
                           ---------------
quarter, the aggregate gross revenues of the Subsidiaries of Company not
constituting Material Subsidiaries for the preceding four fiscal quarter period
shall not be more than 1% of the aggregate gross revenues of Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period.

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     5.2  Authorization of Borrowing, etc.
          --------------------------------

          (a) Authorization of Borrowing.  The execution, delivery and
              --------------------------
performance by each Borrower Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party
and the issuance, delivery and payment of the Notes by Company as contemplated
herein have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by such
Borrower Party.  Each of the Loan Documents (other than the Notes) to which any
Borrower Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Borrower
Party, and the Notes, when executed and delivered, will be duly executed and
delivered by Company.

          (b) No Conflict.  The execution, delivery and performance by each
              -----------
Borrower Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party and the issuance,
delivery and performance of the Notes by Company do not and will not (i) violate
any Borrower Party's Organization Documents or any order, judgment or decree of
any court or other Governmental Authority binding on any Borrower Party, (ii)
conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, or require the
termination of, any Contractual Obligation of any Borrower Party, except where
such conflicts, breaches, defaults and terminations, in the aggregate, would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) result in or require the creation or
imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any of the properties or
assets of any Borrower Party (other than pursuant to the Collateral Documents),
or (iv) require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent of any
Person under any Contractual Obligation of any Borrower Party except for such
approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the Closing Date or
where the failure to obtain such approvals and consents would not, in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (c) Governmental Consents.  The execution, delivery and performance by
              ---------------------
Borrower Parties of the Loan Documents, the application of the proceeds of the
Loans and the issuance, delivery and performance of the Notes by Company do not
and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice
to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority except actions
which are required due to a change in applicable law after the date hereof and
which have been or will be duly taken within the time period prescribed by any
such law.

          (d) Binding Obligation.  Each of the Loan Documents (other than the
              ------------------
Notes) to which any Borrower Party is a party is, and the Notes, when executed
and delivered, will be, the legally valid and binding obligations of such
Borrower Party, enforceable against such Borrower Party in accordance with its
terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors'
rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability, whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity.

     5.3  Financial Condition.  On January 24, 2000, Company delivered to
          -------------------
Administrative Agent a draft of its unaudited financial statements for its
fiscal year ending November 28, 1999 and the accompanying draft notes.  The
foregoing financial statements were prepared in conformity with GAAP, and fairly
present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and the consolidated results
of operations and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for the period
covered thereby, subject, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end
adjustments.  As of the date of this

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Agreement, Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, have no material
contingent obligation, contingent liability or liability for taxes, long-term
lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment, which is not reflected in the
unaudited financial statements for its fiscal year ending November 28, 1999, the
notes thereto, or the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 6.1 (if any), and which is required by GAAP to be reflected therein.
Since November 28, 1999, there has been no event or circumstance which has a
Material Adverse Effect.

     5.4  Title to Properties; Liens.  Each of Company and its Subsidiaries has
          --------------------------
good, sufficient and legal title to all of its respective properties and assets
reflected in the balance sheets referred to in Section 5.3 or in the most recent
financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 (if any), except for
assets acquired or disposed of in the ordinary course of business since the date
of such balance sheet and assets disposed of where such disposition would not be
prohibited by Sections 7.3 and 7.4 and except for those imperfections of title
which would not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as
permitted under Section 7.2, all such properties and assets are free and clear
of Liens.  As of the Closing Date, the only Principal Properties are those
listed on Schedule 5.4.  As of the Closing Date, all domestic real property that
          -------------
is owned or leased by Company and its Subsidiaries is listed on Schedule 5.4.
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     5.5  Litigation; Adverse Facts.  Except as to any confidential governmental
          -------------------------
proceeding of which Borrower Parties are unaware, there is no action, suit,
proceeding, claim or dispute (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Company or
any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity or before or by any Governmental
Authority, pending or, to the knowledge of any Borrower Party, threatened in
writing against or affecting Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any property
of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which any Borrower Party reasonably
expects to (a) result in any Material Adverse Effect, or (b) materially and
adversely affect the ability of any Borrower Party to perform the Obligations or
the ability of Banks to enforce the Obligations.  Neither Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of any applicable Requirement of Law which (as
to all such violations in the aggregate) would have a Material Adverse Effect,
or (ii) subject to or in default with respect to any final judgment, writ,
injunction, decree, rule, or regulation of any Governmental Authority, domestic
or foreign, which (as to all such matters in the aggregate) would have a
Material Adverse Effect.  There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to
the knowledge of any Borrower Party, threatened in writing against or affecting
Company or any of its Subsidiaries which challenges the validity or the
enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents.

     5.6  Payment of Taxes.  All federal and state tax returns and reports of
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Company and each of its Subsidiaries required to be filed by such Person, where
the failure to file such returns or reports would have a Material Adverse
Effect, have been timely filed, and all taxes, assessments, fees and other
governmental charges upon such Persons and upon their respective properties,
assets, income and franchises which are due and payable, where the failure to
pay such amounts when due and payable would in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect, have been paid when due and payable.  No Borrower Party knows of
any proposed tax assessment against Company or any of its Subsidiaries that
would have a Material Adverse Effect which is not being actively contested in
good faith by the applicable corporation to the extent affected thereby (and as
to which any provision therefor required pursuant to Section 6.5 has been made).

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     5.7  Materially Adverse Agreements; Performance.
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          (a) Agreements.  Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
              ----------
party to or subject to any material agreement or instrument or charter or other
internal restriction which (in the aggregate as to all such matters) would have
a Material Adverse Effect.

          (b) Performance.  Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
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default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations,
covenants or conditions contained in any Contractual Obligation of Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, nor will any default result from the consummation of
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and no condition exists
which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute
such a default, except where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such
default or defaults, if any, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     5.8  Governmental Regulation.  Neither Company nor any of its Material
          -----------------------
Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, the Investment
Company Act of 1940, any state public utilities code or to any federal or state
statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness for money
borrowed.

     5.9  ERISA Compliance.  Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.9:
          ----------------                                       ------------

          (a) And except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan
is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
ERISA, the Code and other federal or state law.  Each Plan which is intended to
qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination
letter from the IRS and to the best knowledge of any Borrower Party, nothing has
occurred which would cause the loss of such qualification.  Company and each
ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to any Plan subject to
Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension
of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made
with respect to any Plan.

          (b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of any Borrower
Party, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental
Authority, with respect to any Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  There has been no prohibited
transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to
any Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.

          (c) (i) No ERISA Event that requires notice to be given to the PBGC
has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has a
Funded Current Liability Percentage of less than 90%; (iii) neither Company nor
any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability
under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums
due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); and (iv) neither Company
nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any
liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under
Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 or
4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan.

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     5.10  Environmental Matters.  Company and each of its Subsidiaries conducts
           ---------------------
in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing
Environmental Laws and existing Environmental Claims on its business, operations
and properties, and as a result thereof each Borrower Party has reasonably
concluded that, except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.10, such
                                                    -------------
Environmental Laws and Environmental Claims are not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     5.11  Compliance With Laws.  Each of Company and its Subsidiaries is in
           --------------------
compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to their properties, assets
and business where the failure to so comply would (as to all such failures to
comply in the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect.  There are no
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of any Borrower Party, threatened in
writing, to terminate or modify any license, permit or other approval issued by
a Governmental Authority, the termination or modification of which (in the
aggregate as to all such matters) would have a Material Adverse Effect.

     5.12  Regulation U.  None of Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged
           ------------
principally, nor as one of its important activities, in the business of
extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.  No
part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used to purchase or carry any Margin
Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
any Margin Stock.  No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used for any
purpose which violates, or which is inconsistent with, the provisions of
Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

     5.13  Disclosure.  No representation or warranty of any Borrower Party
           ----------
contained in this Agreement or any other document, certificate or written
statement furnished to Administrative Agent or any Bank by any Borrower Party
for use in connection with any transactions contemplated by this Agreement
contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state or will omit to state a material fact known to such Borrower Party
necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     5.14  Matters Relating to Collateral.
           ------------------------------

           (a) The execution and delivery of the Collateral Documents by
Borrower Parties, together with (i) the actions taken on or prior to the date
hereof pursuant to Sections 4.1(a)(vii) and 4.1(a)(viii), (ii) the actions taken
pursuant to Sections 6.9 and 6.11, and (iii) the delivery to Administrative
Agent of any Pledged Collateral not delivered to Administrative Agent at the
time of execution and delivery of the applicable Collateral Document (all of
which Pledged Collateral has been so delivered) are effective to create in favor
of Administrative Agent for the benefit of Banks, as security for the respective
Secured Obligations (as defined in the applicable Collateral Document in respect
of any Collateral), a valid and perfected Lien on all of the Collateral, a
security interest in which may be perfected by filing in the United States or
possession, and all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect
and maintain the perfection of such Liens have been duly made or taken and
remain in full force and effect, other than the filing of any UCC financing
statements delivered to Administrative Agent for filing (but not yet filed) and
the periodic filing of UCC continuation statements in respect of UCC financing
statements filed by or on behalf of Administrative Agent.

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          (b) No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any Government Authority in the United States is required for
either (i) the pledge or grant by any Borrower Party of the Liens purported to
be created in favor of Administrative Agent pursuant to any of the Collateral
Documents, or (ii) the exercise by Administrative Agent of any rights or
remedies in respect of any Collateral (whether specifically granted or created
pursuant to any of the Collateral Documents or created or provided for by
applicable law), except for filings or recordings contemplated by Section
5.14(a) and except as may be required, in connection with the disposition of any
Pledged Collateral, by laws generally affecting the offering and sale of
securities .

          (c) The pledge of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to the Collateral
Documents does not violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.

          (d) All information supplied to Administrative Agent by or on behalf
of any Borrower Party with respect to any of the Collateral (in each case taken
as a whole with respect to any particular Collateral) is accurate and complete
in all material respects.

     5.15 Intangible Assets.  Company and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the
          -----------------
right to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights,
franchises, licenses and other intangible assets that are used in the conduct of
their respective businesses as now operated, and none of such items, to the best
knowledge of any Borrower Party, conflicts with the valid trademark, trade name,
copyright, patent, patent right or intangible asset of any other Person, to the
extent that such failure to own or possess or such conflict has a Material
Adverse Effect.

     5.16 Insurance.  The properties of Company and its Subsidiaries are insured
          ---------
with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of
Company or with Majestic Insurance International Ltd., a wholly-owned Subsidiary
of Company, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as
are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning
similar properties in localities where Company and its Subsidiaries operate.
From and after the date that is 30 days following the Closing Date, property,
general liability, business interruption and automobile insurance policies shall
name Collateral Agent for the benefit of Banks as an additional insured
thereunder as its interests may appear and, in the case of property insurance,
contain a loss payable subsection or endorsement, satisfactory in form and
substance to Administrative Agent, that names Collateral Agent for the benefit
of Banks as the loss payee thereunder for any covered loss with respect to the
Collateral, as appropriate.  Insurance policies shall provide for at least 30
days prior written notice to Administrative Agent of any material modification
or cancellation of such policy.

     5.17 Year 2000.  Company has (a) initiated a review and assessment of all
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areas within its and each of its Subsidiaries' business and operations
(including those affected by customers and vendors) that could be adversely
affected by the "Year 2000 Problem" (that is, the risk that computer
applications and devices containing imbedded computer chips used by Company or
any of its Subsidiaries (or their respective customers and vendors) may be
unable to recognize and perform properly date-sensitive functions involving
certain dates prior to and any date after December 31, 1999), (b) developed a
plan and timeline for addressing the Year 2000 Problem on a timely basis, and
(c) to date, implemented that plan in accordance with that timetable.  Based on
the foregoing, Company believes that all computer applications and devices
containing

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imbedded computer chips (including those of its and its Subsidiaries' customers
and vendors) that are material to its or any of its Subsidiaries' business and
operations are reasonably expected on a timely basis to be able to perform
properly date-sensitive functions for all dates before and after January 1, 2000
(that is, be "Year 2000 Compliant"), except to the extent that a failure to do
so does not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     5.18 Solvency.  Each Borrower Party is and, upon the incurrence of any
          --------
Obligations by such Borrower Party on any date on which this representation is
made, will be, Solvent.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                             AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
                             ---------------------

     Company covenants and agrees that, until full and final payment of all
Loans and other Obligations, unless Majority Banks waive compliance in writing,
Company shall, and shall (except in the case of Company's reporting covenants)
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, perform and comply with all covenants in this
Article.

     6.1  Financial Statements and Other Reports.
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          (a)  Company shall maintain a system of accounting established and
administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation
of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and in material conformity with
all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory
jurisdiction over Company or any of its subsidiaries.  Company shall deliver to
Administrative Agent for distribution to Banks:

               (i)  as soon as practicable and in any event within 30 days after
the end of each fiscal month, a copy of the consolidated and consolidating
balance sheets of Company and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such period,
the related consolidated and consolidating statement of income of Company and
its Subsidiaries for such fiscal month and for the fiscal year to date, and the
related consolidated statement of cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for
such fiscal month and for the fiscal year to date, certified by the chief
financial officer, treasurer or controller of Company as fairly presenting the
financial condition of Company and its Subsidiaries in all material respects as
at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and changes in cash
flows for the periods indicated in accordance with GAAP, except for the absence
of footnotes and subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end
adjustment;

               (ii) as soon as practicable and in any event within 45 days after
the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of the fiscal year, a copy of
the consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of Company and its
Subsidiaries, as at the end of such period, the related consolidated and
consolidating statement of income of Company and its Subsidiaries for such
fiscal quarter and for the fiscal year to date, and the related consolidated
statement of cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter
and for the fiscal year to date, certified by the chief financial officer,
treasurer or controller of Company as fairly presenting the financial condition
of Company and its Subsidiaries in all material respects as at the dates
indicated and the result results of their

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operations and changes in cash flows for the periods indicated in accordance
with GAAP, except for the absence of footnotes and subject to changes resulting
from audit and normal year-end adjustment;

               (iii) as soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days
after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of the consolidated and consolidating
balance sheets of Company and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such year, the
related consolidated and consolidating statements of income of Company and its
Subsidiaries for such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of
stockholders' equity and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such
fiscal year, accompanied by a report thereon of and a letter from Arthur
Andersen LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national
standing selected by Company and satisfactory to Majority Banks substantially in
the form of Exhibit IX, which report shall be unqualified as to going concern
            ----------
and scope of audit and shall state that such consolidated financial statements
present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Company and
its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of operations and
cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP (except as
otherwise stated therein) and that the examination by such accountants in
connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;

               (iv) together with each delivery of any financial statements
pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(ii) or 6.1(a)(iii) a Compliance Certificate from
Company executed by a Responsible Officer, stating that the signer does not have
knowledge of the existence as at the date of such certificate, of any condition
or event which constitutes a Default or Event of Default, or, if any such
condition or event existed at such date or exists, specifying the nature and
period of existence thereof and what action Company has taken, is taking and
proposes to take with respect thereto, and demonstrating in reasonable detail
compliance during or at the end of such accounting periods, as applicable, with
Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.11 and 7.16; and, should there be any
material change in GAAP as in effect as of the Closing Date, such Compliance
Certificate shall include computations setting forth reconciliation of the items
used in computing compliance with the covenants under this Agreement by reason
of the differences between GAAP used in the preparation of such financial
statements and GAAP as in effect as of the Closing Date;

               (v) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements
referred to in Section 6.1(a)(iii), a certificate of Company's independent
certified public accountants certifying such financial statement and stating
that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of
any Default or Event of Default hereunder or, if any such Default or Event of
Default shall exist, stating the nature and status of such event;

               (vi) as soon as practicable and in any event no later than 10
Business Days after the end of each fiscal month, a cash flow forecast for
Company and its Subsidiaries for the then following 13 weeks and a report
setting forth the cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for the prior 13
weeks, together with an explanation of any

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material variance between those results and the results previously projected for
those 13 weeks;

              (vii)  (A) as soon as practicable and in any event no later than
10 Business Days after the end of each fiscal month, (1) a report setting forth
the details of (y) any Lender Derivative/FX Contract to which Company or FinServ
is a party, including the Termination Value of any such Lender Derivative/FX
Contract, and (z) all other outstanding unsecured Indebtedness of Company or any
of its Subsidiaries (including any letters of credit (other than Lender Bridge
Letters of Credit and Lender 180 Day Letters of Credit) issued for the benefit
of Company and its Subsidiaries) incurred in accordance with Section 7.1(r), and
(2) information with respect to all other Derivative/FX Contracts to which
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, and (B) promptly upon request,
any other information concerning such Derivative/FX Contracts reasonably
requested by Administrative Agent;

              (viii) as soon as practicable and in any event no later than 30
days after the end of fiscal year 2000, a consolidated plan and financial
forecast for fiscal year 2001 including (A) forecasted consolidated balance
sheets and forecasted consolidated statements of income and cash flows of
Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year and for each month of such
fiscal year, together with a pro forma calculation of compliance with
                             ---------
Sections 7.6, 7.7 and 7.8 for each quarter of such fiscal year and an
explanation of the major assumptions on which such forecasts are based, and (B)
such other information as Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

              (ix)   promptly after the same are available, copies of each
annual report or proxy statement sent to the stockholders of Company, and copies
of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements
which Company may file or, if Company were subject to the Exchange Act, would be
required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Sections 13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and not otherwise required to be delivered to
Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;

              (x)    promptly upon any Responsible Officer of Company obtaining
knowledge of any condition or event which constitutes a Default or Event of
Default, or becoming aware that any Bank has given any written notice of a
claimed Default or Event of Default, a certificate from Company, executed by a
Responsible Officer of Company, specifying the nature and period of existence of
any such condition or event, or specifying the notice given or action taken, and
the nature of such claimed Default or Event of Default, event or condition, and
what action Company has taken, is taking, and proposes to take with respect
thereto;

              (xi)   promptly upon any Responsible Officer of Company obtaining
knowledge of (A) the institution of, or non-frivolous threat of, any material
action, suit, proceeding or arbitration against or affecting Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any property of Company or any of its Subsidiaries not
previously disclosed in writing by Company to Administrative Agent, or (B) any
material development in any action, suit, proceeding or arbitration already
disclosed, and in each case Company reasonably expects such institution, threat,
or material development to result in any Material Adverse

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     Effect or materially and adversely to affect the ability of Company and its
     Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform the Obligations or the ability
     of Banks to enforce the Obligations, Company shall promptly give notice
     thereof to Administrative Agent and provide such other information
     (excluding communications covered by the attorney-client privilege) as may
     be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or a Bank to enable their
     counsel to evaluate such matters;

              (xii)  promptly upon any Responsible Officer of Company becoming
     aware of its occurrence, notice of any of the following events affecting
     Company or any ERISA Affiliate (but in no event more than 10 days after
     such event), and such Responsible Officer shall also deliver to
     Administrative Agent and each Bank a copy of any notice with respect to
     such event that is filed with a Governmental Authority and any notice
     delivered by a Governmental Authority to Company or any ERISA Affiliate
     with respect to such event:

                     (A)  an ERISA Event;

                     (B)  a decrease in the Funded Current Liability Percentage
          for any Pension Plan at the end of any fiscal quarter to less than
          90%; or

                     (C)  any significant change in the status of any item
          disclosed on Schedule 5.9;
                       ------------

              (xiii) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any detailed audit
     reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of
     directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of Company by
     independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of Company
     or any of its Subsidiaries, or any audit of any of them;

              (xiv)  promptly upon any discovery or determination that any
     computer application (including those of its suppliers and vendors) that is
     material to the business and operations of Company or any of its
     Subsidiaries will not be Year 2000 Compliant on a timely basis, except to
     the extent that such failure does not have a Material Adverse Effect, a
     notice thereof; and

              (xv)   promptly upon any Responsible Officer of Company becoming
     aware of its occurrence, a notice of any material change in accounting
     policies or financial reporting practices by Company or any of its
     Subsidiaries.

          (b) Company will deliver to Administrative Agent for distribution to
each Bank together with the Compliance Certificate required under subsection
(iv) of subsection (a) of this Section, a copy of all press releases and other
statements made available generally by Company to the public during the period
covered by the Compliance Certificate.  The press releases and such other
statements covered by this subsection are those which concern material
developments in the business of Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

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          (c) Company will deliver to Administrative Agent for distribution to
each Bank copies of material financial and other information as Administrative
Agent or Majority Banks may reasonably request from time to time.

     6.2  Corporate Existence, etc.  Except as permitted by Section 7.4, Company
          -------------------------
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times preserve and
keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and rights and franchises
material to its business and its goodwill except where the failure to do so
would not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

     6.3  Compliance With Laws, etc.  Company shall, and shall cause each of its
          --------------------------
Subsidiaries, to comply with the requirements of each applicable Requirement of
Law, including all laws relating to environmental, health, safety and land use
matters applicable to any property, except where the failure to do so would not
in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

     6.4  Compliance with Agreements.  Company shall, and shall cause each of
          --------------------------
its Subsidiaries to, promptly and fully comply with all Contractual Obligations
to which any one or more of them is a party, except for any such Contractual
                                             ------
Obligations (a) the performance of which would cause a Default or Event of
Default, (b) then being contested by any of them in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, or (c) if the failure to comply therewith does not have a Material
Adverse Effect.

     6.5  Payment of Taxes and Claims.  Company shall, and shall cause each of
          ---------------------------
its Subsidiaries to pay, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges
(other than taxes, assessments and other governmental charges not exceeding
$5,000,000 in the aggregate) imposed upon any of them or any of their properties
or assets or in respect of any of their franchises, business, income or property
before any penalty or interest accrues thereon, and all claims (including,
without limitation, claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums
(other than claims not exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate) which have become
due and payable and which by law have or may become a Lien upon any of their
properties or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be
incurred with respect thereto; provided that no such governmental charge or
                               --------
claim need be paid if it is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall
be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor.

     6.6  Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.
          ------------------------------------

          (a) Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition
all properties used or useful in the business of Company and its Subsidiaries
and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs,
renewals and replacements thereof, if the failure to perform such actions would
in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.  Company shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained, through self-
insurance or with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with
respect to its properties and business and the properties and business of its
Subsidiaries against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by
corporations of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses
and similarly situated, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily
carried under similar circumstances by such other corporations, if the failure
to do so would (as to all

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such failures in the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect. From and after
the date that is 30 days following the Closing Date, property, general
liability, business interruption and automobile insurance policies shall (i)
name Collateral Agent for the benefit of Banks as an additional insured
thereunder with respect to all Collateral as its interests may appear and, in
the case of property insurance, (ii) contain a loss payable subsection or
endorsement, satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent, that
names Collateral Agent for the benefit of Banks as the loss payee thereunder for
any covered loss with respect to all Collateral, as appropriate. Insurance
policies shall provide for at least 30 days prior written notice to
Administrative Agent of any material modification or cancellation of such
policy.

          (b) Upon receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any
insurance proceeds constituting Net Insurance Proceeds, (i) so long as no Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Company or such Subsidiary may
retain and apply such Net Insurance Proceeds for working capital purposes, in
the case of business interruption insurance proceeds, or to pay or reimburse the
costs of repairing, restoring or replacing the assets (or substantially similar
assets) in respect of which such Net Insurance Proceeds were received or, to the
extent not so applied, as provided in Section 2.7, and (ii) if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Company shall apply an amount
equal to such Net Insurance Proceeds as provided in Section 2.7.

     6.7  Inspection.
          ----------

          (a) Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i)
permit any authorized representatives designated by a Bank, at the expense of
that Bank, to visit and inspect any of the properties of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, including their financial and accounting records, and to make
copies and take extracts therefrom, and to discuss their affairs, finances and
accounts with their officers and independent public accountants, all upon
reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and
as often as may be reasonably requested, and (ii) following the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default, permit any authorized
representatives designated by a Bank, at the expense of Company, to visit and
inspect any of the properties of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including
their financial and accounting records, and to make copies and take extracts
therefrom, and to discuss their affairs, finances and accounts with their
officers and independent public accountants, immediately upon request by
Administrative Agent.

          (b) Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit
E & Y Restructuring LLC and its affiliates, at the expense of Company, to have
access to and review their financial and accounting records in connection with
the services to be performed by E & Y Restructuring LLC for Banks and to discuss
their affairs, finances and accounts.  The scope of such services shall be
determined by Banks from time to time and shall include a monthly review during
the first six months following the Closing Date (including a review of all
Derivative/FX Contracts) and a quarterly review thereafter.  Banks agree that
provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Professional
--------
Costs for the services of E & Y Restructuring LLC for which Company shall be
liable shall not exceed $600,000 in the aggregate plus all related expenses.
                                                  ----
Information acquired by a Bank pursuant to this Section shall be subject to the
confidentiality provisions of Section 10.9.

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     6.8  Use of Proceeds.  Company shall use the proceeds of the Loans solely
          ---------------
for repayment of all obligations under the Existing Receivables Purchase
Agreement and for working capital and other general corporate purposes and not
in contravention of any applicable Requirement of Law.

     6.9  Execution of Guaranty and Collateral Documents by Additional
          ------------------------------------------------------------
Subsidiaries.
------------

          (a) In the event that any Person becomes a Material Domestic
Subsidiary after the date hereof, Company will notify Administrative Agent of
that fact and cause such Material Domestic Subsidiary to execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent a counterpart of the Guaranty and the Pledge and Security
Agreement, and to take all such further actions and execute such further
documents and instruments as may be necessary or, in the opinion of
Administrative Agent, desirable to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of Banks, a valid and perfected Lien on the assets of such Material
Domestic Subsidiary described in the applicable Collateral Documents within 30
days of such Person becoming a Material Domestic Subsidiary; provided, however,
                                                             --------  -------
that neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to grant
Liens on any Principal Property, the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary or
any Indebtedness of or issued by a Restricted Subsidiary.

          (b) Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent, together with such
Loan Documents, (i) certified copies of such Subsidiary's Organization
Documents, together with a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State
of the jurisdiction of its organization and each other state in which such
Person is qualified to do business and, to the extent generally available, a
certificate or other evidence of good standing as to payment of any applicable
franchise or similar taxes from the appropriate taxing authority of each of such
jurisdictions, each to be dated a recent date prior to their delivery to
Administrative Agent, (ii) a certificate executed by the secretary or similar
officer of such Subsidiary as to (A) the fact that the attached resolutions of
the board of directors of such Subsidiary approving and authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of such Loan Documents are in full force and
effect and have not been modified or amended and (B) the incumbency and
signatures of the officers of such Subsidiary executing such Loan Documents, and
(iii) a favorable opinion of counsel to such Subsidiary, in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and its counsel, as to (A) the due
organization and good standing of such Subsidiary, (B) the due authorization,
execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of such Loan Documents, (C) the
enforceability of such Loan Documents against such Subsidiary, and (D) such
other matters (including matters relating to the creation and perfection of
Liens in any Collateral pursuant to such Loan Documents) as Administrative Agent
may reasonably request, all of the foregoing to be satisfactory in form and
substance to Administrative Agent and its counsel.

          (c) In the event that (i) Company or any Material Domestic Subsidiary
acquires any fee interest or leasehold interest in real property after the date
hereof or (ii) at the time any Person becomes a Material Domestic Subsidiary,
such Person owns or holds any fee interest or leasehold interest in real
property, Company or such Material Domestic Subsidiary will notify
Administrative Agent of that fact and deliver, or cause such Material Domestic
Subsidiary to, execute and deliver to Administrative Agent, within 30 days of
such Person acquiring such Property or becoming a Material Domestic Subsidiary,
as the case may be, a fully executed and notarized Mortgage, in proper form for
recording in all appropriate places in all

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applicable jurisdictions, encumbering the interest of such Borrower Party in
such Property, and the opinions, appraisals, documents, title insurance,
environmental reports described in Section 6.11(a) or that may be reasonably
required by Administrative Agent; provided, however, that neither Company nor
                                  --------  -------
any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to grant Liens on any Principal
Property.

     6.10 Compliance with ERISA.  Company shall and shall cause each of its
          ---------------------
Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA Affiliates to: (a) maintain each Plan in
compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the
Code and other federal or state law; (b) cause each Plan which is qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code to maintain such qualification; and (c) make
all required contributions to any Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code.

     6.11 Post Closing Actions.
          --------------------

          (a)  Real Estate.
               -----------

               (i)  On or prior to the date that is 60 days after the Closing
     Date, Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent:

                    (A) Fully executed and notarized Mortgages in proper form
          for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable
          jurisdictions, encumbering the Property listed on Schedule 6.11(a)(i);
                                                            -------------------

                    (B) An opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably
          satisfactory to Administrative Agent) in each state in which any such
          Property is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s)
          of Mortgages to be recorded in such state and such other matters as
          Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in each case in form and
          substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent;

                    (C) (1) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies or
          unconditional commitments therefor issued by a title company
          satisfactory to Administrative Agent with respect to the Property
          listed on Schedule 6.11(a)(i), in amounts not less than the respective
                    -------------------
          amounts designated therein with respect to any particular Property,
          insuring fee simple title to each such Property vested in Company and
          assuring Administrative Agent that the applicable Mortgage creates
          valid and enforceable mortgage Liens on the respective Property
          encumbered thereby subject only to a standard survey exception, which
          policies (y) shall include an endorsement for mechanics' liens, for
          future advances under this Agreement and for any other matters
          reasonably requested by Administrative Agent and (z) shall provide for
          affirmative insurance and such reinsurance as Administrative Agent may
          reasonably request, all of the foregoing in form and substance
          reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent; and (2) evidence
          satisfactory to Administrative Agent that Company has delivered to the
          title company all certificates and affidavits required by the title
          company in connection with the issuance of the policies and paid to
          the title company or to the

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          appropriate governmental authorities all expenses and premiums of the
          title company in connection with the issuance of the policies and all
          recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage recording and intangible
          taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgages in the
          appropriate real estate records;

                     (D) With respect to each Property listed on Schedule
                                                                --------
          6.11(a)(i), a title report issued by the title company with respect
          ----------
          thereto, dated not more than 30 days prior to the Closing Date and
          satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent;

                     (E) Copies of all recorded documents listed as exceptions
          to title or otherwise referred to in the policies or in the title
          reports delivered pursuant to subsection (D); and

                     (F) (1)  Evidence, which may be in the form of a letter
          from an insurance broker or a municipal engineer, as to whether any
          Property is a Flood Hazard Property and the community in which any
          such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National
          Flood Insurance Program; (2) if there are any such Flood Hazard
          Properties, Company's written acknowledgement of receipt of written
          notification from Administrative Agent (y) as to the existence of each
          such Flood Hazard Property and (z) as to whether the community in
          which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in
          the National Flood Insurance Program; and (3) in the event that any
          such Flood Hazard Property is located in a community that participates
          in the National Flood Insurance Program, evidence that Company has
          obtained flood insurance in respect of such Flood Hazard Property to
          the extent required under the applicable regulations of the Board of
          Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

               (ii)  In the event that the pending sale of any of the Properties
     listed on Schedule 6.11(a)(ii) is not consummated on or prior to the date
               --------------------
     that is 90 days after the Closing Date, Company will notify Administrative
     Agent of that fact and promptly execute and deliver to Administrative Agent
     a fully executed and notarized Mortgage, in proper form for recording in
     all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions encumbering the
     interest of Company in such Property and the opinions, appraisals,
     documents, title insurance and environmental reports described in Section
     6.11(a)(i) or that may be reasonably required by Administrative Agent.

               (iii) In the event that a contract of sale is not entered into
     by Company within 120 days after the Closing Date with respect to any of
     the Properties listed on Schedule 6.11(a)(iii), Company will notify
                              ---------------------
     Administrative Agent of that fact and promptly execute and deliver to
     Administrative Agent a fully executed and notarized Mortgage, in proper
     form for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable
     jurisdictions encumbering the interest of Company in such Property and the
     opinions, appraisals, documents, title insurance and environmental reports
     described in Section 6.11(a)(i) or that may be reasonably required by
     Administrative Agent; provided, however, that in the event a contract of
                           --------  -------
     sale is entered into with respect to any such Property during such period
     and a sale is not consummated on or prior to the date that is

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     60 days after the execution of any such contract, Company will notify
     Administrative Agent of that fact and promptly take the actions described
     above with respect to such Property.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Property listed on
Schedule 6.11(a)(ii) or Schedule 6.11(a)(iii) becomes a Principal Property prior
--------------------    ---------------------
to the date on which a Mortgage with respect to such Property is required to be
delivered, Company shall have no obligation to make the deliveries or take the
actions set forth above with respect to such Property.

          (b) Insurance.  On or prior to the date that is 30 days after the
              ---------
Closing Date, Company shall have delivered to Collateral Agent a certificate
from Company's insurance broker or other evidence satisfactory to Collateral
Agent that Collateral Agent on behalf of Banks has been named as additional
insured and/or loss payee under all insurance policies to the extent required
under Sections 5.16 and 6.6.

          (c) Derivative/FX Contracts.  On or prior to the date that is 60 days
              -----------------------
after the Closing Date, Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent
executed copies of amendments to the existing master agreements pursuant to
which Lender Derivative/FX Contracts are issued providing that the obligations
of Company and FinServ under such agreements will be secured by the Collateral
Documents (as defined in the Bridge Credit Agreement).

          (d) Foreign Collateral.  Company shall use its best efforts to take or
              ------------------
cause to be taken all such actions, execute and deliver or cause to be executed
and delivered all such agreements, documents and instruments and make or cause
to be made all such filings and recordings that may be necessary or, in the
opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable in order to create in favor of
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Banks, a valid and perfected security
interest in all foreign registrations of IP Collateral and 65% of the Capital
Stock owned by Company or any Domestic Subsidiary of all Material Foreign
Subsidiaries (other than the Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries).

          (e) Intercompany Transactions.  On or prior to the date that is 10
              -------------------------
Business Days after the Closing Date, Company shall deliver a certificate
setting forth (i) all Indebtedness of Company to any of its Subsidiaries and of
any of its Subsidiaries to Company or any of its other Subsidiaries, and (ii)
all Investments by Company in any of its Subsidiaries and Investments of any of
its Subsidiaries in Company or any of its other Subsidiaries.  On or prior to
the date that is 30 days after the Closing Date, Company shall deliver a fully
executed copy of an intercompany note evidencing all Indebtedness of Foreign
Subsidiaries to Domestic Subsidiaries that are Guarantors.

     6.12 Transfer of Receivables.  LSFCC shall sell to LSFLLC all accounts
          -----------------------
receivable purchased by it from Company immediately upon consummation of such
purchase.

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                                  ARTICLE VII

                              NEGATIVE COVENANTS
                              ------------------

     Company covenants and agrees that, until full and final payment of all
Loans and other Obligations, unless Majority Banks waive compliance in writing,
Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, perform and comply
with all covenants in this Article.

     7.1  Indebtedness; Derivative/FX Contracts.  Company shall not, and shall
          -------------------------------------
not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or Derivative/FX Contracts,
except

          (a) Indebtedness of Company outstanding on the Closing Date and listed
on Schedule 7.1 and any refinancing of the industrial revenue bond obligations
   ------------
listed on Schedule 7.1 provided there is no increase in the aggregate principal
          ------------ --------
amount of such obligations;

          (b) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;

          (c) Indebtedness arising from the honoring of a check, draft or
similar instrument against insufficient funds;

          (d) Guaranty Obligations of Company guaranteeing the Indebtedness of
Material Foreign Subsidiaries permitted under Section 7.1(r);

          (e) Indebtedness of Company and the other Borrower Parties under the
Bridge Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement,
and the 1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the related loan
documents;

          (f) Indebtedness of Company in respect of Capital Leases not exceeding
$5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;

          (g) Indebtedness of Company to any wholly-owned Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor and Indebtedness of any wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor to Company or any other wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor; provided that (i) all such intercompany Indebtedness shall be
           --------
evidenced by promissory notes pledged to Administrative Agent on behalf of
Banks, (ii) all such intercompany Indebtedness owed by Company to any of its
Subsidiaries shall be subordinated in right of payment to the payment in full of
the Obligations in any Insolvency Proceeding pursuant to the terms of the
applicable promissory notes or an intercompany subordination agreement, (iii)
any payment by any Subsidiary of Company under any guaranty of the Obligations
shall result in a pro tanto reduction of the amount of any intercompany
Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Company or any of its Subsidiaries for
whose benefit such payment is made;

          (h) Indebtedness of Pledged Foreign Subsidiaries to other Pledged
Foreign Subsidiaries;

          (i) Indebtedness of Unpledged Foreign Subsidiaries to Pledged Foreign
Subsidiaries or other Unpledged Foreign Subsidiaries;

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          (j) Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries (other than LSFCC or
LSFLLC) to FinServ and Indebtedness of FinServ to Company and its other
Subsidiaries (other than LSFCC or LSFLLC) in the ordinary course of business;

          (k) other Indebtedness of Company to any of its Subsidiaries and other
Indebtedness of any of its Subsidiaries to Company or any of its other
Subsidiaries incurred after the date hereof; provided, however, that the sum of
                                             --------  -------
(i) the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness incurred after the
date hereof plus (ii) the aggregate Investments permitted by Section 7.11(j),
            ----
plus (iii) the aggregate Dispositions permitted by Section 7.3(j) shall not
----
exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate during fiscal year 2000 or $100,000,000 in
the aggregate during fiscal year 2001;

          (l) Derivative/FX Contracts between Company or FinServ and FinServ and
the other Subsidiaries of Company (other than LSFCC or LSFLLC) in the ordinary
course of business;

          (m) Indebtedness of Company in the form of Securities issued in a
Capital Markets Transaction; provided (i) Company makes the prepayments required
                             --------
pursuant to Section 2.8, (ii) the stated maturity date of such Indebtedness is
not earlier than five years from the issuance thereof, and (iii) such
Indebtedness is unsecured;

          (n) Indebtedness of Company and its Material Subsidiaries (other than
LSFCC or LSFLLC) secured by Liens permitted under Section 7.2(h) not exceeding
$25,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;

          (o) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in the form of Permitted
Foreign Receivables Purchase Facilities, provided Company and its Subsidiaries
                                         --------
make the prepayment required pursuant to Section 2.7;

          (p) Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries in the form of Real
Estate Financing Transactions not exceeding the limitations in Section 7.2(m) at
any time, provided Company and its Subsidiaries make the prepayment required
          --------
pursuant to Section 2.7;

          (q) Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries in the form of
Equipment Financing Transactions not exceeding the limitations in Section 7.2(m)
at any time, provided Company and its Subsidiaries make the prepayment required
             --------
pursuant to Section 2.7;

          (r) unsecured Indebtedness (including Foreign Credit Lines), unsecured
reimbursement obligations under letters of credit (other than Lender Bridge
Letters of Credit and Lender 180 Day Letters of Credit) and secured or unsecured
Ordinary Course Derivative/FX Contracts (other than Lender Derivative/FX
Contracts and intercompany Ordinary Course Derivative/FX Contracts) of Company
and its Subsidiaries (other than LSFCC and LSFLLC); provided, however, that (i)
                                                    --------  -------
the sum of (A) the Total Utilization of Commitments plus (B) the Total Amount of
                                                    ----
Unsecured Debt shall not exceed the Aggregate Total Commitments at any time,
(ii) the sum of (A) the Unsecured Letter of Credit Usage plus (B) the Total
                                                         ----
Letter of Credit Usage shall not exceed the Lender Letter of Credit Sublimit at
any time and (iii) the sum of (A) the Unsecured Derivative/FX Usage plus (B)the
                                                                    ----
Derivative/FX Usage shall not exceed the Lender Derivative/FX Sublimit at any
time;

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          (s) Indebtedness of Company to any of its Subsidiaries and other
Indebtedness of any of its Subsidiaries to Company or any of its other
Subsidiaries outstanding on the Closing Date and set forth on the certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 6.11(e); and

          (t) other Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries not exceeding
$5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time.

     7.2  Limitation on Liens and Negative Pledges.  Company shall not, and
          ----------------------------------------
shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien or Negative Pledge upon any of their
Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

          (a) any Lien or Negative Pledge existing on the property of Company or
its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.2;
                                                   ------------

          (b) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges
which are not delinquent or remain payable without penalty, or to the extent
that non-payment thereof is permitted by Section 6.5;

          (c) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', landlords', materialmen's,
repairmen's or other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business
which are not delinquent or remain payable without penalty or which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have
the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the Property subject thereto
or if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, required by GAAP
shall have been made therefor;

          (d) Liens (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) consisting of pledges
or deposits required in the ordinary course of business in connection with
workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation;

          (e) Liens securing (i) the performance of tenders, bids, trade
contracts (other than for borrowed money), government contracts, leases,
statutory obligations, and performance and return-of-money bonds, (ii)
contingent obligations on surety and appeal bonds, and (iii) other obligations
of a like nature; in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

          (f) Liens consisting of judgment or judicial attachment liens,
provided that the judgment secured by any such Lien shall, within 45 days after
--------
the entry thereof, have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending
appeal, or shall have been discharged within 45 days after the expiration of any
such stay and such Liens do not constitute an Event of Default;

          (g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances that do not interfere with the ordinary conduct of the businesses
of Company and its Subsidiaries;

          (h) purchase money mortgages (including chattel mortgages) or other
purchase money liens or conditional sale or other title retention or security
agreements incurred by Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (other than
LSFCC or LSFLLC) in connection with the acquisition or construction of any real
or personal property, or mortgages or liens or conditional sale or other title
retention agreements or security agreements existing on any such

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property at the time of acquisition or construction or placed thereon within one
year of the acquisition or completion of construction thereof and any extension,
renewal or replacement of any such purchase money mortgage or lien in respect of
all or part of the same property; provided that the aggregate outstanding amount
                                  --------
of Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not exceed $25,000,000 in the
aggregate at any time; provided further that every such mortgage, lien or
                       -------- -------
agreement shall apply only to the property originally subject thereto and fixed
improvements, if any, then existing or thereafter erected thereon;

          (i) any interest or title of a lessor under any Capital or Operating
Lease permitted hereunder (other than any Equipment Financing Transaction);

          (j) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law
provision relating to banker's liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and
remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor
depository institution; provided that (i) such deposit account is not a
                        --------
dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against
access by Company or any of its Subsidiaries owning the affected deposit account
or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution in excess of
those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board, and
(ii) such deposit account is not intended by Company or any of its Subsidiaries
to provide collateral to the depository institution;

          (k) leases or subleases granted to others in the ordinary course of
business not interfering with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
grantor thereof;

          (l) Liens attaching to ownership interests in joint ventures (whether
in partnership, corporate or other form) engaged in the LOS/DOS Business or
attaching to intellectual property rights relating to the LOS/DOS Business;

          (m) Liens created in connection with (i) Equipment Financing
Transactions and (ii) Real Estate Financing Transactions so long as (A) the
aggregate amount of all such transactions permitted by this Section 7.2(m) at
any time outstanding (as measured by the sum of all Indebtedness secured by such
Liens then outstanding or to be so created or assumed) shall not exceed
$175,000,000 and (B) Company shall cause, in connection therewith, the
prepayments of Loans required by Section 2.7;

          (n) Liens created pursuant to applications or reimbursement agreements
pertaining to documentary letters of credit which encumber documents and other
property relating to such documentary letters of credit and the products and
proceeds thereof;

          (o) Liens granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents;

          (p) Liens securing Indebtedness under the Bridge Credit Agreement, the
Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement, and the 1997 Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement;

          (q) Liens securing Ordinary Course Derivative/FX Contracts permitted
by Section 7.1(r);

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          (r) other Liens so long as the aggregate outstanding amount of
Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not exceed $2,000,000 at any time;

          (s) Negative Pledges on accounts receivables of Foreign Subsidiaries
and the associated assets of Foreign Subsidiaries in connection with Permitted
Foreign Receivable Purchase Facilities;

          (t) Negative Pledges on Intellectual Property licensed from third
parties; and

          (u) Negative Pledges with respect to specific property encumbered to
secure payment of particular Indebtedness permitted hereunder.

     7.3  Dispositions.  Company shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any
          ------------
of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Dispositions, except:

          (a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;

          (b) Dispositions of inventory by Company or any of Subsidiaries to
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in ordinary course of business arm's length
transactions;

          (c) Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

          (d) Dispositions of accounts receivable from Company to LSFCC and from
LSFCC to LSFLLC;

          (e) Dispositions of Permitted Foreign Receivables pursuant to
Permitted Foreign Receivables Purchase Facilities, provided Company and its
                                                   --------
Subsidiaries make the prepayments required pursuant to Section 2.7;

          (f) Dispositions of equipment pursuant to Equipment Financing
Transactions not exceeding the limitations in Section 7.2(m) at any time,
provided Company and its Subsidiaries make the prepayments required pursuant to
--------
Section 2.7;

          (g) Dispositions of real property pursuant to Real Estate Financing
Transactions not exceeding the limitations in Section 7.2(m) at any time,
provided Company and its Subsidiaries make the prepayments required pursuant to
--------
Section 2.7;

          (h) licenses of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of
business;

          (i) the Pending IceHouse Disposition;

          (j) other Dispositions by Company to any of its Subsidiaries of
Property other than accounts receivable and other Dispositions by any of its
Subsidiaries to Company or any of its other Subsidiaries of Property other than
accounts receivable; provided, however, that the sum of (i) the fair market
                     --------  -------
value of the assets sold, transferred, licensed or otherwise disposed of plus
                                                                         ----
(ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.1(k)
plus (iii) the
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aggregate Investments permitted by Section 7.11(j) shall not exceed $50,000,000
in the aggregate during fiscal year 2000 or $100,000,000 in the aggregate during
fiscal year 2001;

          (k) Asset Dispositions by Company and its Subsidiaries of Property
other than accounts receivable; provided that (i) at the time of any
                                --------
Disposition, no Event of Default shall exist or shall result from such
Disposition; (ii) the consideration received for such Disposition shall be in an
amount at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold, transferred,
licensed or otherwise disposed of; (iii) the sole consideration received shall
be cash; (iv) the aggregate fair market value of all assets so sold,
transferred, licensed or otherwise disposed of by Company and its Subsidiaries
shall not exceed $50,000,000 in any fiscal year; and (v) Company and its
Subsidiaries make the prepayments required pursuant to Section 2.7;

          (l) Dispositions of the Capital Stock of Domestic Subsidiaries that
are Guarantors to Company and wholly owned Domestic Subsidiaries that are
Guarantors; Dispositions of the Capital Stock of Pledged Foreign Subsidiaries to
Company, Domestic Subsidiaries that are Guarantors and other Pledged Foreign
Subsidiaries; and Dispositions of the Capital Stock of Unpledged Foreign
Subsidiaries to Company or any of its other Subsidiaries; and

          (m) Dispositions of accounts receivable to collection agencies the
aggregate face amount of which does not exceed $2,000,000.

     7.4  Fundamental Changes. Company shall not and shall not suffer or permit
          -------------------
its Subsidiaries to, merge or consolidate with or into any Person or liquidate,
wind-up or dissolve themselves, or permit or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution or sell all or substantially all of their respective assets, except
that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom
(a) any Domestic Subsidiary may merge with or into Company or any other Domestic
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, or be liquidated, wound-up or dissolved or all
or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased,
transferred or otherwise disposed of to Company or any other Domestic Subsidiary
that is a Guarantor, provided that, in the case of a merger, Company or such
                     --------
Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be the continuing or surviving corporation;
(b) any Pledged Foreign Subsidiary may merge with or into any other Pledged
Foreign Subsidiary or be liquidated, wound-up or dissolved or all or any part of
its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or
otherwise disposed of to Company or any other Pledged Foreign Subsidiary; (c)
any Unpledged Foreign Subsidiary may merge with or into any other Unpledged
Foreign Subsidiary or any Pledged Foreign Subsidiary, or be liquidated, wound-up
or dissolved or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be
conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of to any other
Unpledged Foreign Subsidiary or a Pledged Foreign Subsidiary, provided that, in
                                                              --------
the case of a merger, such Pledged Foreign Subsidiary shall be the continuing or
surviving corporation; and (d) Company and its Subsidiaries may make Asset
Dispositions permitted by Section 7.3(k).

     7.5  Use of Proceeds.
          ---------------

          (a) Company shall not use any portion of the Loan proceeds directly or
indirectly, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock, (ii) to repay or otherwise
refinance Indebtedness of Company or others incurred to purchase or carry Margin
Stock, (iii) to extend

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credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, or (iv) to
acquire any security in any transaction that is subject to Sections 13 or 14 of
the Exchange Act.

          (b) Company shall not, directly or indirectly, use any portion of the
proceeds of the Loans (i) knowingly to purchase Ineligible Securities from the
Arranger during any period in which the Arranger makes a market in such
Ineligible Securities, (ii) knowingly to purchase during the underwriting or
placement period Ineligible Securities being underwritten or privately placed by
the Arranger, or (iii) to make payments of principal or interest on Ineligible
Securities underwritten or privately placed by the Arranger and issued by or for
the benefit of Company or any Affiliate of Company.  The Arranger is a
registered broker-dealer and permitted to underwrite and deal in certain
Ineligible Securities.

     7.6  Leverage Ratio.  Company shall not permit the Leverage Ratio on the
          --------------
last day of any period set forth below to be more than the correlative amount
indicated:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                Period                                         Leverage Ratio
                                ------                                         --------------
     <S>                                                                       <C>
     First Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2000                                   6.00 to 1.00
     First Two Fiscal Quarter Period of Fiscal Year 2000                        6.00 to 1.00
     First Three Fiscal Quarter Period of Fiscal Year 2000                      6.00 to 1.00
     Fiscal Year 2000                                                           5.75 to 1.00
     Four Fiscal Quarter Period ending on the last day of the First Fiscal      5.25 to 1.00
     Quarter of Fiscal Year 2001
     Four Fiscal Quarter Period ending on the last day of the Second            5.00 to 1.00
     Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2001
     Four Fiscal Quarter Period ending on the last day of the Third Fiscal      4.50 to 1.00
     Quarter of Fiscal Year 2001
     Fiscal Year 2001                                                           4.25 to 1.00
</TABLE>

     7.7  Interest Coverage Ratio.  Company shall not permit the Interest
          -----------------------
Coverage Ratio for any period set forth below to be less than the correlative
amount indicated:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Interest
                              Period                                        Coverage Ratio
                              ------                                        --------------
     <S>                                                                    <C>
     First Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2000                               1.6 to 1.00
     First Two Fiscal Quarter Period of Fiscal Year 2000                    1.6 to 1.00
     First Three Fiscal Quarter Period of Fiscal Year 2000                  1.7 to 1.00
     Fiscal Year 2000                                                       1.8 to 1.00
     Four Fiscal Quarter Period ending on the last day of the First         1.9 to 1.00
     Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2001
     Four Fiscal Quarter Period ending on the last day of the Second        2.0 to 1.00
     Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2001
     Four Fiscal Quarter Period ending on the last day of the Third         2.1 to 1.00
     Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2001
     Fiscal Year 2001                                                       2.2 to 1.00
</TABLE>

          7.8  Minimum Consolidated EBITDA.  Company shall not permit
               ---------------------------
Consolidated EBITDA for any period set forth below to be less than the
correlative amount indicated:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        Minimum
                            Period                                                 Consolidated EBITDA
                            ------                                                 -------------------
                                                                                      ($ in millions)
     <S>                                                                           <C>
     First Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2000                                               $102
     First Two Fiscal Quarter Period of Fiscal Year 2000                                    $205
     First Three Fiscal Quarter Period of Fiscal Year 2000                                  $320
     Fiscal Year 2000                                                                       $440
     Four Fiscal Quarter Period ending on the last day of the First                         $465
     Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2001
     Four Fiscal Quarter Period ending on the last day of the                               $490
     Second Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2001
     Four Fiscal Quarter Period ending on the last day of the Third                         $510
     Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2001
     Fiscal Year 2001                                                                       $540
</TABLE>

      7.9 Change in Business. Company shall not, and shall not suffer or permit
          ------------------
any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business not related or incidental to
the manufacture and sale of clothing and accessories. The LOS/DOS Business is a
business that is related or incidental to the manufacture and sale of clothing
within the meaning of the preceding sentence. Company shall not suffer or permit
LSFLLC to engage in any business other than the purchase and holding of accounts
receivable and shall not suffer or permit LSFCC to engage in any business other
than the purchase and servicing of accounts receivable generated by Company, the
processing of

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accounts payable of Company and its Subsidiaries, and other accounting and
general customer relationship functions.

    7.10  ERISA.  Company shall not, and shall not permit or suffer any of its
          -----
Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates to:

          (a) engage in any transaction in connection with which Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates would be subject
to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) or 502(l) of ERISA
or a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code, in either case in an amount in
excess of $5,000,000;

          (b) fail to make full payment within five Business Days after the date
when due of all amounts exceeding $5,000,000 which, under the provisions of any
Pension Plan, Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates is required to pay as contributions thereto, or (as to any
Subsidiary organized under the laws of any of the United States) permit to exist
any accumulated funding deficiency, whether or not waived, with respect to any
Pension Plan in an aggregate amount greater than $5,000,000;

          (c) permit the Funded Current Liability Percentage for any Pension
Plan to be less than 90%; or

          (d) fail to make any payments in an aggregate amount greater than
$5,000,000 to any Multiemployer Plan that Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
any of their respective ERISA Affiliates may be required to make under any
agreement relating to such Multiemployer Plan, or any law pertaining thereto.

          As used in this Section, the term "accumulated funding deficiency" has
the meaning specified in Section 3(23) of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code and
the term "accrued benefit" has the meaning specified in Article 3 of ERISA.

     7.11 Investments.  Company shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any of
          -----------
its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Investments, or acquire,
by purchase or otherwise, all or substantially all the business, property or
fixed assets of, or stock or other ownership interest of any Person, or any
division or line of business of, any Person except:
                                            ------

          (a) Investments existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule
                                                                     --------
7.11;
----

          (b)  cash and cash equivalents;

          (c) advances to officers, directors and employees of Company or any of
their respective Subsidiaries for travel, entertainment, relocation and
analogous ordinary business purposes;

          (d) extensions of credit to customers or suppliers of Company or any
of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and any Investments
received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof;

          (e) Investments permitted by Section 7.4;

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          (f) intercompany loans permitted by Sections 7.1(g), 7.1(h), 7.1(i),
and 7.1(j);

          (g) Investments by Company in any wholly-owned Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor and Investments of any wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor in Company or any other wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor;

          (h) Investments by Pledged Foreign Subsidiaries in other Pledged
Foreign Subsidiaries;

          (i) Investments by Unpledged Foreign Subsidiaries in other Unpledged
Foreign Subsidiaries;

          (j) other Investments by Company in any of its Subsidiaries and other
Investments of any of its Subsidiaries in Company or any of its other
Subsidiaries made after the date hereof; provided, however, that (i) such
                                         --------  -------
Investments plus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted
            ----
by Section 7.1(k) plus (iii) the aggregate Dispositions permitted by Section
                  ----
7.3(j) shall not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate during fiscal year 2000 or
$100,000,000 in the aggregate during fiscal year 2001; provided further that
                                                       -------- -------
Investments in Subsidiaries of Company that are not Solvent immediately prior to
the making of any such Investment shall not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate
in any fiscal year;

          (k) Investments by Company in any of its Subsidiaries and other
Investments of any of its Subsidiaries in Company or any of its other
Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and set forth on the certificate delivered
pursuant to Section 6.11(e); and

          (l) other Investments not exceeding $25,000,000 at any time.

     7.12  Restricted Payments. Company shall not, and shall not permit or
           -------------------
suffer any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay,
make or set apart any sum for any Restricted Payment other than (a) payments of
Indebtedness in connection with Asset Dispositions as contemplated by the
definition of Net Asset Disposition Proceeds or Equipment Financing Transactions
as contemplated by the definition of Net Equipment Financing Proceeds and (b)
repayments and prepayments of Indebtedness under the Bridge Credit Agreement,
the Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement, and the 1997 Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

     7.13  Operating Lease Obligations. Company shall not, and shall not suffer
           ---------------------------
or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or suffer
to exist any obligations for the payment of rent for any property under
Operating Leases, except:
                  ------

          (a) Operating Leases in existence on the Closing Date; and

          (b) Operating Leases entered into or assumed by Company or any
Subsidiary after the date hereof in the ordinary course of business.

     7.14  Transactions with Affiliates. Company shall not, and shall not suffer
           ----------------------------
or permit any of its Subsidiaries to directly or indirectly, enter into or
permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange
of any property or the rendering of any service)

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with any Affiliate of Company other than arm's-length transactions with
Affiliates that are otherwise not prohibited hereunder.

     7.15  Amendments of Documents Relating to Indebtedness and Receivables.
           ----------------------------------------------------------------

          (a) Company shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any of its
Subsidiaries to,  amend or otherwise change the terms of any Indebtedness (other
than Indebtedness under the Bridge Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated
1997 364 Day Credit Agreement or the 1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement), or make any payment consistent with an amendment thereof or change
thereto, if the effect of such amendment or change is to increase the interest
rate on such Indebtedness, change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which
payments of principal or interest are due thereon, change any event of default
or condition to an event of default with respect thereto (other than to
eliminate or make less onerous any such event or default or increase any grace
period related thereto), change the redemption, prepayment or defeasance
provisions thereof, or change any collateral therefor (other than to release
such collateral), or if the effect of such amendment or change, together with
all other amendments or changes made, is to increase materially the obligations
of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders of
such Indebtedness (or a trustee or other representative on their behalf) which
would be materially adverse to Company or to Banks.  Company shall not amend or
otherwise change the terms of the Bridge Credit Agreement, the Amended and
Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement or the 1997 Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement without the written consent of Majority Banks if the effect of
such amendment is to extend the stated maturity date thereof or increase the
aggregate commitments thereunder.  Company shall not amend or otherwise change
the terms of the Bridge Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day
Credit Agreement or the 1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to
provide for an earlier stated maturity date unless this Agreement is amended to
provide for the same maturity date.

          (b) Company shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise change the terms of the Receivables Transfer
Agreements other than amendments to extend the term thereof or to preserve the
arm's length nature of the purchase and sale effected thereby.

     7.16 Consolidated Capital Expenditures.  Company shall not, and shall not
          ---------------------------------
suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make or incur Consolidated Capital
Expenditures, in any fiscal year indicated below, in an aggregate amount in
excess of the corresponding amount set forth below opposite such fiscal year:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            Maximum Capital
                 Fiscal Year                 Expenditures
                 -----------                 ------------
                 <S>                        <C>
                     2000                     $60,000,000

                     2001                     $60,000,000
</TABLE>

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     7.17  Materially Adverse Agreements. Company shall not, and shall not
suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become a party to or become subject
to any material agreement or instrument or charter or other internal restriction
which (in the aggregate as to all such matters) would have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     7.18  Limitations on Upstreaming. Company shall not, and shall not suffer
or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, agree to any restriction or limitation on
the making of Restricted Payments or transferring of assets from any Subsidiary
to its parent except pursuant to this Agreement, the Bridge Credit Agreement,
the Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement, and the 1997 Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

     7.19  Change in Auditors. Company shall not terminate the certified public
accountants auditing the books of Company or any of its Subsidiaries unless
Company shall have informed Administrative Agent of the reason for the
termination and selected new certified public accountants of recognized national
standing and reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

     7.20  Restricted Subsidiaries. Company shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries existing as of the Closing Date to become a Restricted Subsidiary
other than as a result of a change in Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

                                 ARTICLE VIII

                               EVENTS OF DEFAULT
                               -----------------

     8.1   Event of Default.  Any of the following shall constitute an "Event of
           ----------------                                             --------
Default":
-------

           (a)  Non-Payment.  Company fails to pay, (i) when and as required to
                -----------
be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or (ii) within three
Business Days after the same becomes due, any other interest, fee or any other
amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

           (b)  Cross Default.  Failure of Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
                -------------
pay, or any default in the payment of, any principal, interest or any other
amount on any Indebtedness or Derivative/FX Contract beyond any period of grace
provided; or breach or default with respect to any other material term of any
evidence of any Indebtedness or Derivative/FX Contract, or of any loan
agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto, if such
breach or default continues beyond any applicable period of grace provided, if
and for so long as the effect of such failure, default or breach is to cause or
permit the holder or holders of that Indebtedness or Derivative/FX Contract (or
a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with or without the
giving of notice, that Indebtedness or Derivative/FX Contract to become or be
declared due prior to its stated maturity; provided, however, that this
                                           --------  -------
subsection shall not apply with respect to Indebtedness and Derivative/FX
Contracts, the aggregate principal amount of which or the Termination Value of
which, as the case may be, does not exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate; or

           (c)  Representation or Warranty.  Any representation or warranty made
                --------------------------
by any Borrower Party herein or in any other Loan Document or any representation
or warranty in any statement or certificate at any time given by any Borrower
Party in writing pursuant to any of the

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Loan Documents or in connection herewith shall be false in any material respect
on the date as of which made; or

          (d) Specific Defaults.  Failure to perform or observe any term,
              -----------------
covenant or agreement contained in Section 6.8 or Article VII; or

          (e) Other Defaults.  Failure to perform or observe any term, covenant
              --------------
or agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and such
default shall not have been remedied or waived within 30 days after receipt of
notice from Administrative Agent or any Bank of such default; or

          (f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.
              -----------------------------------------------------

              (i)   A court having jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order
     for relief in respect of Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries in an
     involuntary case under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws, which decree or
     order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any
     applicable Debtor Relief Laws; or

              (ii)  A decree or order of a court having jurisdiction for the
     appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or
     other officer having similar powers over Company or any of its Material
     Subsidiaries or over all or a substantial part of their property, shall
     have been entered; or the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver,
     trustee or other custodian of Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries
     for all or a substantial part of their property; or the issuance of a
     warrant of attachment, execution or similar process against any substantial
     part of the property of Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries, and
     the continuance of any such events described in this subsection (f)(ii) for
     60 days unless stayed, dismissed, bonded or discharged; or

              (iii) an involuntary case under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws
     shall have been commenced against Company or any of its Material
     Subsidiaries and shall not have been dismissed within 60 days after the
     commencement of such case; or

          (g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.  Company or
              ---------------------------------------------------
any of its Material Subsidiaries shall commence a voluntary case under any
applicable Debtor Relief Laws, or shall consent to the entry of an order for
relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a
voluntary case, under any such Debtor Relief Laws, or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian
for all or a substantial part of their property; the making by Company or any of
its Material Subsidiaries of any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the
inability or failure of Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries or the
admission by Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries in writing of their
inability to pay their debts as such debts become due; or the Board of Directors
of Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (or any committee thereof) adopts
any resolution or otherwise authorizes action to approve any of the foregoing;
or

          (h) Judgments and Attachments.  Any money judgment, writ or warrant of
              -------------------------
attachment, or similar process involving in any case an amount in excess of
$10,000,000 in excess of available insurance coverage as to which the insurer
has not denied coverage shall be

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entered or filed against Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries or any of
their respective assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded and
unstayed for a period of 45 days or in any event later than five days prior to
the date of any proposed sale thereunder; or

          (i) Unfunded ERISA Liabilities.  Any Pension Plan maintained by
              --------------------------
Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall be terminated within the meaning of
Title IV of ERISA or a trustee shall be appointed by an appropriate United
States district court to administer any Pension Plan, or the PBGC (or any
successor thereto) shall institute proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan or
to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan, and, in each case,
Company's or any such ERISA Affiliate's liability (after giving effect to the
tax consequences thereof) as of the date thereof to the PBGC (or any successor
thereto) for unfunded guaranteed vested benefits under such Pension Plan or
Company's obligations to contribute to any Pension Plan in order to voluntarily
terminate such Pension Plan exceed $20,000,000 (or in the case of a termination
involving Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates as a "substantial employer" (as
defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) the withdrawing employer's proportionate
share of such liability shall exceed such amount); or

          (j) Withdrawal Liability Under Multiemployer Plan.  Company or any of
              ---------------------------------------------
its ERISA Affiliates as employer under a Multiemployer Plan shall have made a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan and the plan sponsor
of such Multiemployer Plan shall have notified such withdrawing employer that
such employer has incurred a withdrawal liability in an amount exceeding
$20,000,000; or

          (k) Change of Control.  (i) Any person or two or more persons (other
              -----------------
than Permitted Transferees) acting in concert shall acquire beneficial
ownership, directly or indirectly, of Securities of Company or Voting Trust
Certificates issued under the Voting Trust Agreement (or other securities
convertible into such securities) representing 30% or more of the combined
voting power of all Securities of Company entitled to vote (or would be entitled
to vote in the absence of the Voting Trust Agreement) in the election of
directors (except that the provisions of this subsection (i) shall not apply to
Voting Trustees serving in their capacities as such under the Voting Trust
Agreement); or (ii) during any period of up to 12 consecutive months, commencing
after the Closing Date, individuals who at the beginning of such 12 month period
were directors of Company shall cease for any reason to constitute a majority of
the Board of Directors of Company unless the persons replacing such individuals
were nominated by the Board of Directors of Company, by Permitted Transferees or
by any of the Voting Trustees; or

          (l) Failure to Deliver Certain Loan Documents; Invalidity of
              --------------------------------------------------------
Guaranties; Failure of Security; Repudiation of Obligations.  The Guaranty or
-----------------------------------------------------------
the Pledge and Security Agreement shall not be executed and delivered by the
Material Domestic Subsidiaries on or prior to the day following the Closing
Date.  At any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) any Guaranty
for any reason, other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations, shall
cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms)
or shall be declared to be null and void, (ii) any Collateral Document shall
cease to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of
Collateral thereunder in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, the
satisfaction in full of the Obligations or any other termination of such
Collateral Document in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof) or shall be
declared null and void by a court of competent jurisdiction, or Collateral Agent
shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and

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perfected Lien in any Collateral (other than Inventory in the possession or
control of Company's agents or processors) purported to be covered thereby
having a fair market value, individually or in the aggregate, exceeding
$5,000,000, in each case for any reason other than the failure of Administrative
Agent or any Bank to take any action within its control, or (iii) any Borrower
Party shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document in
writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with
respect to future advances by Banks, under any Loan Document to which it is a
party.

     8.2  Remedies.  If any Event of Default occurs, Administrative Agent shall,
          --------
at the request of, or may, with the consent of, Majority Banks,

          (a) declare the Commitment of each Bank to be terminated, whereupon
such Commitments shall forthwith be terminated;

          (b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all
interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable
hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable;
without presentment, demand, request, protest or other notice of any kind, all
of which are hereby expressly waived by Company;

          (c) demand immediate payment by Company of an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of all outstanding Lender 180 Day Letter of Credit Usage to be
held in the Cash Collateral Account; and

          (d) exercise on behalf of itself and Banks all rights and remedies
available to it and Banks under the Loan Documents or applicable law;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any event specified in Section
--------  -------
8.1(f) or (g) above (after the expiration of any grace or cure period provided
therein), (i) the obligation of each Bank to make Loans shall automatically
terminate; (ii) the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all
interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and
payable without further act of Administrative Agent or any Bank; and (iii) an
amount equal to the aggregate amount of all outstanding Lender 180 Day Letter of
Credit Usage shall be immediately due and payable to the applicable Issuing 180
Day Lender without notice to or demand upon Company, which are expressly waived
by Company, to be held in the Cash Collateral Account.

     8.3  Rights Not Exclusive.  The rights provided for in this Agreement and
          --------------------
the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other
rights, powers, privileges or remedies provided by law or in equity, or under
any other instrument, document or agreement now existing or hereafter arising.
No Bank may exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Obligations
without the consent of Majority Banks in their sole and absolute discretion.
The order and manner in which Administrative Agent's and Banks' rights and
remedies are to be exercised shall be determined by Majority Banks in their sole
and absolute discretion.  Regardless of how a Bank may treat payments for the
purpose of its own accounting, for the purpose of computing the Obligations
hereunder, payments shall be applied first, to costs and expenses (including
Professional Costs) incurred by Administrative Agent and each Bank,

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second, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans to and
including the date of such application, third, to the payment of the unpaid
principal of the Loans, and fourth, to the payment of all other amounts
(including fees) then owing to Administrative Agent and Banks under the Loan
Documents, in each case paid pro rata to each Bank in the same proportions that
the aggregate Obligations owed to each Bank under the Loan Documents bear to the
aggregate Obligations owed under the Loan Documents to all Banks, without
priority or preference among Banks. No application of payments will cure any
Event of Default, or prevent acceleration, or continued acceleration, of amounts
payable under the Loan Documents, or prevent the exercise, or continued
exercise, of rights or remedies of Administrative Agent and Banks hereunder or
thereunder or at law in equity.

                                  ARTICLE IX

                    ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT; COLLATERAL AGENT
                    --------------------------------------

     9.1  Appointment and Authorization.  Each Bank hereby irrevocably (subject
          -----------------------------
to Section 9.9) appoints, designates and authorizes Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this
Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform
such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in
this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, neither Administrative Agent nor
Collateral Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those
expressly set forth herein, nor shall Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent
have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no
implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or
liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
otherwise exist against Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent.  Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term "agent"
in this Agreement with reference to Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent is
not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations
arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law.  Instead, such term is used
merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only
an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

     9.2  Delegation of Duties.  Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may
          --------------------
execute any of their respective duties under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be
entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.
Neither Administrative Agent nor Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the
absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

     9.3  Liability of Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent.  No
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Administrative Agent-Related Person or Collateral Agent-Related Person shall (a)
be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions
contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct
in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), or (b) be responsible
in any manner to any of Banks for any recital, statement, representation or
warranty made by any Borrower Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of any
Borrower Party, or any officer thereof,

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contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any
certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in,
or received by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent under or in connection
with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness,
genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or for any failure of any Borrower Party or any other party to any
Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No
Administrative Agent-Related Person or Collateral Agent-Related Person shall be
under any obligation to any Bank to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance
or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the Properties, books or
records of any Borrower Party, or any of Company's Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

     9.4  Reliance by Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
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          (a) Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall be entitled to
rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication,
signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit,
letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, statement or other
document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have
been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and
statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Company), independent
accountants and other experts selected by Administrative Agent or Collateral
Agent. Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in
failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall first
receive such advice or concurrence of Majority Banks as it deems appropriate
and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by
Banks against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by
reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.  Administrative Agent
shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting,
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or
consent of Majority Banks (or all of Banks if required hereunder) and such
request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding
upon all of Banks.  Where this agreement expressly permits or prohibits an
action unless Majority Banks otherwise determine, and in all other instances,
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may, but shall not
be required to, initiate any solicitation for the consent or a vote of Banks.

          (b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions
specified in Section 4.1, each Bank shall be deemed to have consented to,
approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter
either sent by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent to such Bank for
consent, approval, acceptance, or satisfaction, required thereunder to be
consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Bank.

     9.5  Notice of Default.  Neither Administrative Agent nor Collateral Agent
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shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or
Event of Default, except that Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have
knowledge with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and
fees required to be paid to Administrative Agent for the account of Banks,
unless Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Bank or
Company referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default
and stating that such notice is a "notice of default".  Administrative Agent
will notify Banks of its receipt of any such notice.  Administrative Agent shall
take such action with respect to such Default or

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Event of Default as may be directed by Majority Banks in accordance with Article
VIII; provided, however, that unless and until Administrative Agent has received
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any such direction, Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to)
take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such
Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest
of Banks.

     9.6  Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent and
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Collateral Agent.  Each Bank acknowledges that no Administrative Agent-Related
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Person or Collateral Agent-Related Person has made any representation or
warranty to it, and that no act by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent
hereinafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or
review of the affairs of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, shall
be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Administrative
Agent-Related Person or Collateral Agent-Related Person to any Bank as to any
matter, including whether Administrative Agent-Related Persons or Collateral
Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession.
Each Bank, including any Bank by assignment, represents to Administrative Agent
that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Administrative Agent-
Related Person or Collateral Agent-Related Person and based on such documents
and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and
investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and
other condition and creditworthiness of Company and its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates, and all applicable bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions
contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and
to extend credit to Company hereunder.  Each Bank also represents that it will,
independently and without reliance upon any Administrative Agent-Related Person
or Collateral Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information
as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
analysis, appraisals and decision in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it
deems necessary to inform itself as to the business prospects, operations,
property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Company and its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates.  Except for notices, reports and other documents
expressly required to be furnished to Banks by Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent herein, neither Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent shall
have any duty or responsibility to provide any Bank with any credit or other
information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial
and other condition or creditworthiness of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Administrative Agent
Related Person or any Collateral Agent-Related Person.

     9.7  Indemnification of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.  Whether
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or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, Banks shall
indemnify upon demand each Administrative Agent-Related Person and each
Collateral Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of
any Borrower Party and without limiting the obligation of any Borrower Party to
do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Administrative Agent Related Person and
each Collateral Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified
Liabilities incurred by it; provided, however, that no Bank shall be liable for
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the payment to any Administrative Agent-Related Person or any Collateral Agent-
Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting from
such Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided, however, that no
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action taken in accordance with the directions of Majority Banks shall be deemed
to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for

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purposes of this Section. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Bank shall
reimburse Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent upon demand for its ratable
share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Professional Costs)
incurred by Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or
enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of,
or financial or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under,
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or
referred to herein, to the extent that Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent
is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Company. The undertaking
in this Section shall survive the payment of all Obligations hereunder and the
resignation or replacement of Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent.

     9.8  Administrative Agent in Individual Capacity.  Bank of America and its
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Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept
deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of
banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with Company
and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates as though Bank of America were not
Administrative Agent, an Issuing 180 Day Lender or Collateral Agent hereunder
and without notice to or consent of Banks.  In addition, Banks acknowledge that
Bank of America has been appointed administrative agent and collateral agent
under the Bridge Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit
Agreement, and the 1997 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and that
the lenders party to those agreements have been granted a Lien on the Collateral
that is subordinated to the Lien granted to Banks pursuant to the Intercreditor
Agreement.  Bank of America or its Affiliates may receive information regarding
Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (including information that may be
subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Company, such Subsidiary or
such Affiliate) or information relating to the Bridge Credit Agreement, the
Amended and Restated 1997 364 Day Credit Agreement or the 1997 Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement) as a result of the activities described above and
Banks acknowledge that Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent shall be under
no obligation to provide such information to them.  With respect to its Loans,
Bank of America shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as
any other Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not Administrative
Agent, an Issuing 180 Day Lender or Collateral Agent, and the terms "Bank" and
"Banks" shall include Bank of America in its individual capacity.

     9.9  Successor Administrative Agent.  Administrative Agent may, and at the
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request of Majority Banks shall, resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days'
notice to Company and Banks.  If Administrative Agent resigns under this
Agreement, Majority Banks shall appoint from among Banks a successor
administrative agent for Banks which successor administrative agent shall be
consented to by Company at all times other than during the existence of an Event
of Default (which approval of Company shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed).  If no successor administrative agent is appointed prior to the
effective date of the resignation of Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent
may appoint, after consulting with Banks and Company, a successor administrative
agent from among Banks.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor
administrative agent hereunder, such successor administrative agent shall
succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative
Agent and the term "Administrative Agent" shall mean such successor
administrative agent and the retiring Administrative Agent's appointment, powers
and duties as Administrative Agent shall be

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terminated. After any retiring Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder as
Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX and Sections 10.4 and
10.5 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken
by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor
administrative agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the
date which is 30 days following a retiring Administrative Agent's notice of
resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless
thereupon become effective and Banks shall perform all of the duties of
Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as Majority Banks
appoint a successor agent as provided for above. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Bank of America may not be removed as Administrative Agent at the request of
Majority Banks unless Bank of America shall also simultaneously be replaced as
"Collateral Agent" and an "Issuing 180 Day Lender" hereunder pursuant to
documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Bank of America.

     9.10 Successor Collateral Agent.  Collateral Agent may, and at the request
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of Majority Banks shall, resign as Collateral Agent upon 30 days' notice to
Company and Banks.  If Collateral Agent resigns under this Agreement, Majority
Banks shall appoint from among Banks a successor collateral agent for Banks
which successor collateral agent shall be consented to by Company at all times
other than during the existence of an Event of Default (which approval of
Company shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).  If no successor
collateral agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of
Collateral Agent, Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with Banks and
Company, a successor collateral agent from among Banks.  Upon the acceptance of
its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor
collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the
retiring Collateral Agent and the term "Collateral Agent" shall mean such
successor collateral agent and the retiring Collateral Agent's appointment,
powers and duties as Collateral Agent shall be terminated.  After any retiring
Collateral Agent's resignation hereunder as Collateral Agent, the provisions of
this Article IX and Sections 10.4 and 10.5 shall inure to its benefit as to any
actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Collateral Agent under
this Agreement.  If no successor collateral agent has accepted appointment as
Collateral Agent by the date which is 30 days following a retiring Collateral
Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent's resignation shall
nevertheless thereupon become effective and Banks shall perform all of the
duties of Collateral Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as Majority Banks
appoint a successor agent as provided for above.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Bank of America may not be removed as Collateral Agent at the request of
Majority Banks unless Bank of America shall also simultaneously be replaced as
"Administrative Agent" and an "Issuing 180 Day Lender" hereunder pursuant to
documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Bank of America.

     9.11 Withholding Tax.
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          (a)  If any Bank is a "foreign corporation, partnership or trust"
within the meaning of the Code and such Bank claims exemption from, or a
reduction of, U.S. withholding tax under Sections 1441 or 1442 of the Code, such
Bank agrees with and in favor of Administrative Agent, to deliver to
Administrative Agent and Company:

               (i)  if such Bank claims an exemption from, or a reduction of,
     withholding tax under a United States tax treaty, two properly completed
     and executed

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     copies of IRS Form 1001 (or any successor form) before the payment of any
     interest in the first calendar year and before the payment of any interest
     in each third succeeding calendar year during which interest may be paid
     under this Agreement;

               (ii)  if such Bank claims that interest paid under this Agreement
     is exempt from United States withholding tax because it is effectively
     connected with a United States trade or business of such Bank, two properly
     completed and executed copies of IRS Form 4224 (or any successor form)
     before the payment of any interest is due in the first taxable year of such
     Bank and in each succeeding taxable year of such Bank during which interest
     may be paid under this Agreement; and

               (iii) such other form or forms as may be required under the Code
     or other laws of the United States as a condition to exemption from, or
     reduction of, United States withholding tax.

     Such Bank agrees to promptly notify Administrative Agent of any change in
circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or
reduction.

          (b)  If any Bank claims exemption from, or reduction of, withholding
tax under a United States tax treaty by providing IRS Form 1001 (or any
successor form) and such Bank sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or
otherwise transfers all or part of the Obligations of Company to such Bank, such
Bank agrees to notify Administrative Agent of the percentage amount in which it
is no longer the beneficial owner of Obligations of Company to such Bank.  To
the extent of such percentage amount, Administrative Agent will treat such
Bank's IRS Form 1001 (or any successor form) as no longer valid.

          (c)  If any Bank claiming exemption from United States withholding tax
by filing IRS Form 4224 (or any successor form) with Administrative Agent sells,
assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers all or part of the
Obligations of Company to such Bank, such Bank agrees to undertake sole
responsibility for complying with the withholding tax requirements imposed by
Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code.

          (d)  If any Bank is entitled to a reduction in the applicable
withholding tax, Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to
such Bank an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax after taking
into account such reduction.  However, if the forms or other documentation
required by subsection (a) of this Section are not delivered to Administrative
Agent, then Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such
Bank not providing such forms or other documentation an amount equivalent to the
applicable withholding tax imposed by Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code,
without reduction.

          (e)  If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority of the United
States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that Administrative Agent did not
properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Bank
(because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed, or
because such Bank failed to notify Administrative Agent of a change in
circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding
tax ineffective, or for any other reason) such Bank shall indemnify
Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by
Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including

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penalties and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on
the amounts payable to Administrative Agent under this Section, together with
all costs and expenses (including Professional Costs). The obligation of Banks
under this subsection shall survive the payment of all Obligations and the
resignation or replacement of Administrative Agent.

     9.12 Co-Documentation Agents.  None of the Banks identified on the facing
          -----------------------
page or signature pages of this Agreement as a "Co-Documentation Agent" shall
have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this
Agreement other than those applicable to all Banks as such.  Without limiting
the foregoing, none of Banks so identified as a "Co-Documentation Agent" shall
have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Bank.  Each Bank
acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Banks so
identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking
action hereunder.

     9.13 Collateral Documents, Guaranties and Intercreditor Agreement.  Each
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Bank hereby further authorizes Collateral Agent, on behalf of and for the
benefit of Banks, to enter into each Collateral Document as secured party and
hereby authorizes Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the benefit of
Banks, to enter into each Guaranty and the Intercreditor Agreement, and each
Bank agrees to be bound by the terms of each Collateral Document, each Guaranty
and the Intercreditor Agreement; provided that neither Administrative Agent nor
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Collateral Agent shall (a) enter into or consent to any material amendment,
modification, termination or waiver of any provision contained in any Collateral
Document or Guaranty or (b) release any Collateral without the prior consent of
Majority Banks, Requisite Banks or all Banks, as provided in Section 10.1;
provided, however, that, without further written consent or authorization from
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Banks, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may execute
any documents or instruments necessary to (i) release any Lien encumbering any
item of Collateral that is the subject of a Capital Lease, Equipment Financing
Transaction, Real Estate Financing Transaction, Permitted Foreign Receivables
Purchase Facility or sale or other disposition of assets permitted by Section
7.3, (ii) release any Guarantor from a Guaranty if all of the Capital Stock of
such Guarantor is sold to any Person (other than an Affiliate of Company)
pursuant to a sale or other disposition permitted by Section 7.3, or (iii)
subordinate the Liens of Collateral Agent, on behalf of Banks, to any Lien
permitted hereunder.  Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the
contrary notwithstanding, Company, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and
each Bank hereby agree that (A) no Bank shall have any right individually to
realize upon any of the Collateral under any Collateral Document or to enforce
any Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and
remedies under the Collateral Documents and the Guaranties may be exercised
solely by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent for the benefit of Banks in
accordance with the terms thereof, and (B) in the event of a foreclosure by
Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale,
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Bank may be the purchaser of any
or all of such Collateral at any such sale and Administrative Agent, as agent
for and representative of Banks (but not any Bank or Banks in its or their
respective individual capacities unless Majority Banks shall otherwise agree in
writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or
payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at
any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on
account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by Administrative Agent
at such sale.

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                                   ARTICLE X

                                 MISCELLANEOUS
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     10.1 Amendments and Waivers.  No amendment or waiver of any provision of
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this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent with respect to any
departure therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and
signed by Majority Banks and Company and acknowledged by Administrative Agent,
and then such waiver, amendment or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given, except that
written agreement from all of Banks is required for any waiver, amendment, or
consent which does any of the following:

          (a)  subject to subsection (b), written agreement from Requisite Banks
is required for any waiver, amendment, or consent which releases any (i)
Collateral other than the release of any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral
that is the subject of a Capital Lease, Equipment Financing Transaction, Real
Estate Financing Transaction, Permitted Foreign Receivables Purchase Facility or
sale or other disposition of assets permitted by Section 7.3 or (ii) Guarantor
from a Guaranty other than in connection with the sale of all of the Capital
Stock of such Guarantor to any Person (other than an Affiliate of Company)
pursuant to a sale or other disposition permitted by Section 7.3; and

          (b)  written agreement from all Banks is required for any waiver,
amendment, or consent which does any of the following:

               (i)   postpones, extends or delays any date fixed for any payment
     of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to Banks (or any of them)
     hereunder or under any Loan Document;

               (ii)  reduces the principal of, or the rate of interest specified
     herein on any Loan, or of any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or
     under any Loan Document or any mandatory reduction of the Aggregate 180 Day
     Commitment or any mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.7;

               (iii) changes the Commitment Percentage or the aggregate unpaid
     principal amount of the Loans which shall be required for Banks or any of
     them to take any action hereunder;

               (iv)  changes the definition of Majority Banks, Requisite Banks
     or the number of Banks required to take any action under this Agreement;

               (v)   releases any Lien granted in favor of Collateral Agent with
     respect to all or substantially all of the Collateral; or

               (vi)  amends this Section 10.1 or Section 2.12 or 2.13 or 2.14;

     provided that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and
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     signed by Administrative Agent in addition to Majority Banks or all Banks,
     as the case may be, affect the rights or duties of Administrative Agent
     under this Agreement or any other

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     Loan Document; provided further that no amendment shall, unless in writing
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     and signed by Collateral Agent in addition to Majority Banks or all Banks,
     as the case may be, affect the rights or duties of Collateral Agent under
     this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided still further that no
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     amendment shall, unless in writing and signed by Issuing 180 Day Lenders,
     in addition to Majority Banks or all Banks, as the case may be, affect the
     rights or duties of Issuing 180 Day Lender under this Agreement or any
     other Loan Document; provided still further that this Section 10.1 shall
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     not apply in connection with an Insolvency Proceeding.

     10.2 Notices.
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          (a)  Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all
notices, requests and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in
writing (including, unless the context expressly otherwise provides,
telegraphic, telex, facsimile transmission or cable communication, provided that
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any matter transmitted by facsimile transmission shall be followed promptly by a
hard copy original thereof) and mailed, telegraphed, telexed, sent by facsimile
transmission, or delivered, to the address or number specified for notices on
the applicable signature page hereof; or, as to Company or Administrative Agent,
to such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice
to the other parties, and as to each other party, at such other address as shall
be designated by such party in a written notice to Company and Administrative
Agent.

          (b)  All such notices and communications shall, when transmitted by
overnight delivery, telegraphed, telecopied by facsimile, telexed or cabled, be
effective when delivered for overnight delivery or to the telegraph company,
transmitted by telecopier, confirmed by telex answerback or delivered to the
cable company, respectively, or if delivered, upon delivery, except that notices
pursuant to Articles II or IX shall not be effective until actually received by
Administrative Agent.

          (c)  Company acknowledges and agrees that any agreement of
Administrative Agent and Banks in Article II to receive certain notices by
telephone and facsimile is solely for the convenience and at the request of
Company.  Administrative Agent and Banks shall be entitled to rely on the
authority of any Person purporting to be a Person authorized by Company to give
such notice and Administrative Agent and Banks shall not have any liability to
Company or other Person on account of any action taken or not taken by
Administrative Agent and Banks in reliance upon such telephonic or facsimile
notice.  The obligation of Company to repay the Loans shall not be affected in
any way or to any extent by any failure by Administrative Agent and Banks to
receive written confirmation of any telephonic or facsimile notice or the
receipt by Administrative Agent and Banks of a confirmation which is at variance
with the terms understood by Administrative Agent and Banks to be contained in
the telephonic or facsimile notice.

     10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.  No failure to exercise and no delay
          ------------------------------
in exercising, on the part of Administrative Agent or any Bank, any right,
remedy, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof;  nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, remedy, power or privilege.

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     10.4 Costs and Expenses.  Company agrees to:
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          (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated, pay or reimburse Bank of America (including in its capacity as
Administrative Agent) promptly after demand, for all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by Bank of America (including in its capacity as
Administrative Agent) in connection with the development, preparation, delivery,
administration and execution of, and any amendment, supplement, waiver or
modification to (in each case, whether or not consummated), this Agreement, any
Loan Document and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or
therewith, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, including reasonable Professional Costs and other professional fees
incurred by Bank of America (including in its capacity as Administrative Agent)
with respect thereto;

          (b) Subject to the limitations set forth therein, pay or reimburse
Administrative Agent promptly after demand, for all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by Administrative Agent (including the fees, expenses and
disbursements of any auditors, accountants, advisors and agents employed or
retained by Administrative Agent or its counsel) in connection with obtaining
and reviewing the information provided under Section 6.1 or 6.7;

          (c) Pay or reimburse Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, the
Arranger and each Bank within five Business Days after demand, for all costs and
expenses (including Professional Costs) incurred by them in connection with the
enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document during the existence of an Event
of Default or after acceleration of the Loans (including in connection with any
"workout" or restructuring regarding the Loans, and including in any Insolvency
Proceeding or appellate proceeding);

          (d) Pay or reimburse Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
promptly after demand, for all the actual costs and reasonable expenses of
creating and perfecting Liens in favor of Collateral Agent on behalf of Banks
pursuant to any Collateral Document, including filing and recording fees,
expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, search fees, title insurance
premiums, and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and of counsel providing any opinions
that Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Majority Banks may request in
respect of the Collateral Documents or the Liens created pursuant thereto; and

          (e) Pay or reimburse Collateral Agent promptly after demand, for all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Collateral Agent in connection with
the custody and preservation of the Collateral.

     10.5 Company's Indemnification.  Whether or not the transactions
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contemplated hereby are consummated, Company shall indemnify, defend and hold
Administrative Agent-Related Persons, Collateral Agent-Related Persons and each
Bank and each of its respective officers, directors, employees, counsel, agents,
attorneys-in-fact and Affiliates (each, an "Indemnified Person") harmless from
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and against any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, charges, expenses and disbursements
(including Professional Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any
time

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(including at any time following repayment of the Loans and the termination,
resignation or replacement of Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent or
replacement of any Bank) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such
Person in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, or any document
contemplated by or referred to herein, or the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby, or any action taken or omitted by any such Person under or in
connection with any of the foregoing, including with respect to any
investigation, litigation or proceeding (including any Insolvency Proceeding or
appellate proceeding) related to or arising out of this Agreement or the Loans
or the use of the proceeds thereof, whether or not any Indemnified Person is a
party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities");
                                                     -----------------------
provided that Company shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified
--------
Person with respect to Indemnified Liabilities resulting solely from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person. The agreements in
this Section shall survive payment of all other Obligations.

     10.6 Payments Set Aside.  To the extent that Company makes a payment to
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Administrative Agent or Banks, or Administrative Agent or Banks exercise their
right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part
thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential,
set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by
Administrative Agent or such Bank in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee,
receiver or any other party, in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding or
otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery the obligation or part
thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in
full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had
not occurred, and (b) each Bank severally agrees to pay to Administrative Agent
upon demand its pro rata share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by
Administrative Agent.

     10.7 Successors and Assigns.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be
          ----------------------
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted (and those arising by operation of law) successors and assigns, except
that Company may not assign or transfer any rights or obligations under this
Agreement without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent and each
Bank and no Bank may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under
this Agreement except in accordance with Section 10.8 and by operation of law.

     10.8 Assignments, Participations, etc.
          ---------------------------------

          (a) Any Bank may, with the written consent of Administrative Agent and
Issuing 180 Day Lenders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), at
any time, assign and delegate to one or more Eligible Assignees (provided that
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no written consent of Administrative Agent or Issuing 180 Day Lenders shall be
required in connection with (i) any assignment and delegation by a Bank to an
Affiliate of such Bank or (ii) to another Bank) (each an "Assignee") all, or any
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ratable part of all, of the Loans, and the other rights and obligations of such
Bank hereunder, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000; provided, however, that:
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                    (A) a Bank may enter into an assignment and delegation of
          less than $5,000,000 if such assignment and delegation consists of
          such Bank's entire interest;

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                    (B) the assignment shall provide that any claims made by any
          Assignee under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.6 shall not exceed the
          claims the assigning Bank could have made on the interests assigned if
          the assigning Bank had retained such interests; provided, however,
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          that this subsection shall not apply when the assignment is made by a
          Bank in favor of another Bank which was a Bank on the Closing Date;
          and

                    (C) Company and Administrative Agent may continue to deal
          solely and directly with such Bank in connection with the interest so
          assigned to an Assignee until (1) written notice of such assignment,
          together with payment instructions, addresses and related information
          with respect to the Assignee, shall have been given to Company and
          Administrative Agent by such Bank and the Assignee; (2) such Bank and
          its Assignee shall have delivered to Company and Administrative Agent
          an Assignment and Acceptance and any Note or Notes subject to such
          assignment; and (3) the assignor Bank or Assignee has paid
          Administrative Agent a processing fee of $3,500.

          (b) From and after the date that Administrative Agent notifies the
assignor Bank that it has provided its consent to and received an executed
Assignment and Acceptance and payment of the processing fee of $3,500, (i) the
Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and
obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and
Acceptance, shall have the rights and obligations of a Bank under the Loan
Documents, and (ii) the assignor Bank shall, to the extent that rights and
obligations hereunder and the other Loan Documents have been assigned by it
pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (other than
any rights of indemnity) and be released from its obligations under the Loan
Documents.

          (c) Within five Business Days after its receipt of notice by
Administrative Agent that it has received an executed Assignment and Acceptance
and payment of the processing fee, Company shall execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent, new Notes evidencing such Assignee's assigned Loans and,
if the assignor Bank has retained a portion of its Loans, replacement Notes in
the principal amount of the Loans retained by the assignor Bank (such Notes to
be in exchange for, but not in payment of, the Notes held by such Bank).
Immediately upon each Assignee's making its payment under the Assignment and
Acceptance, this Agreement, shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, but
only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of the Assignee.  If an
assignor Bank has not retained a portion of its Loans, such Bank shall mark its
Notes "superseded" and return such Notes to Administrative Agent for delivery to
Company.

          (d) Any Bank may at any time sell to one or more Eligible Assignees (a
"Participant") participating interests in any Loans and the other interests of
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that Bank (the "Originator") hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;
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provided, however, that (i) the Originator's obligations under this Agreement
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shall remain unchanged, (ii) the Originator shall remain solely responsible for
the performance of such obligations, (iii) Company and Administrative Agent
shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Originator in connection
with the Originator's rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, and (iv) no Bank shall transfer or grant any participating
interest under which the

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Participant shall have rights to approve any amendment to, or any consent or
waiver with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except to the
extent such amendment, consent or waiver would require unanimous consent as
described in Section 10.1. In the case of any such participation, the
Participant shall not have any rights under this Agreement, or any of the other
Loan Documents, and all amounts payable by Company hereunder shall be determined
as if such Originator had not sold such participation; except that, if amounts
outstanding under this Agreement are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared
or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of set-off in respect of its
participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent
as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a
Bank under this Agreement.

          (e) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, any Bank
may at any time create a security interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of
its rights under and interest in this Agreement (and the Notes held by it) in
favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Federal
Reserve Board or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 CFR (S)203.14, and may assign all
or any portion of its rights under or interests in this Agreement (and the Notes
held by it) to any Affiliate for purposes of creating such a security interest
or pledge, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce such pledge or security
interest in any manner permitted under applicable law.

     10.9 Confidentiality.  Each Bank agrees to take and to cause its
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Affiliates, directors and employees to take normal and reasonable precautions
and exercise due care to maintain the confidentiality of all information
provided to it by Company or any Subsidiary of Company, or by Administrative
Agent or Collateral Agent on Company's or such Subsidiary's behalf or obtained
by a Bank pursuant to such Bank's exercise of its rights under Section 6.7,
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and neither it nor any of its
Affiliates shall use any such information other than in connection with or in
enforcement of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or in connection with
other business now or hereafter existing or contemplated with Company or any
Subsidiary of Company; except to the extent such information (a) was or becomes
generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the
Bank or (b) was or becomes available on a non-confidential basis from a source
other than Company, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality
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agreement with Company known to the Bank; provided, however, that Administrative
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Agent, Collateral Agent, and any Bank may disclose such information (i) at the
request or pursuant to any requirement of any Governmental Authority to which
the Bank is subject or in connection with an examination of such Bank by any
such authority; (ii) pursuant to subpoena or other court process; (iii) when
required to do so in accordance with the provisions of any applicable
Requirement of Law; (iv) to the extent reasonably required in connection with
any litigation or proceeding to which Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent,
any Bank, or their respective Affiliates may be party; (v) to the extent
reasonably required in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or
under any other Loan Document; (vi) to such Bank's Affiliates or any of their
Subsidiaries or their Affiliates' directors, officers, employees, auditors,
counsel, advisors, or representatives whom it determines need to know such
information for the purposes set forth in this Section, provided that such
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Person agrees to keep such information confidential to the same extent required
by Banks hereunder; (vii) to any bank or financial institution or other entity
to which such Bank has assigned or desires to assign an interest or
participation in the Loan Documents or

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the Obligations, provided that such Person agrees to keep such information
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confidential to the same extent required by Banks hereunder; (viii) to any Bank
or its Affiliate, as expressly permitted under the terms of any other document
or agreement regarding confidentiality to which Company or any Subsidiary of
Company is party or is deemed party with such Bank or such Affiliate; and (ix)
to its Affiliates in connection with any such Affiliate's business with Company.

     10.10  Set-off.  In addition to any rights and remedies of Banks provided
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by law, if an Event of Default exists (after the giving of any required notice
and the expiration of any grace period required to make the relevant event an
Event of Default), each Bank is authorized at any time and from time to time,
without prior notice to Company, any such notice being waived by Company to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by,
and other indebtedness at any time owed by, such Bank or, in the case of
Citicorp U.S.A., Inc., Citibank, N.A., to or for the credit or the account of
Company against any and all Obligations owing to such Bank or Citibank, N.A.,
now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not Administrative Agent
or such Bank shall have made a request for payment under this Agreement or any
Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured and
Citibank, N.A. is hereby irrevocably authorized to permit such setoff and
application.  Each Bank severally agrees promptly to notify Company and
Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Bank;
provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
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validity of such set-off and application.  The rights of each Bank under this
Section are in addition to the other rights and remedies (including other rights
of set-off) which the Bank may have.

     10.11  Notification of Addresses, Lending Offices, etc.  Each Bank shall
            ------------------------------------------------
notify Administrative Agent and Company in writing of any changes in the address
to which notices to the Bank should be directed, of addresses of each of its
Lending Offices, of payment instructions in respect of all payments to be made
to it hereunder and of such other administrative information as Administrative
Agent shall reasonably request.

     10.12  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the
            ------------
parties to this Agreement in any number of separate counterparts, each of which,
when so executed, shall be deemed an original, and all of said counterparts
taken together shall be deemed to constitute but one and the same instrument.  A
set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged
with Company and Administrative Agent.

     10.13  Severability.  The illegality or unenforceability of any provision
            ------------
of this Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder shall not in
any way affect or impair the legality or enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder.

     10.14  No Third Parties Benefited.  This Agreement is made and entered into
            --------------------------
for the sole protection and legal benefit of Company, Banks, Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent-Related Persons and Collateral
Agent-Related Persons and their permitted successors and assigns, and no other
Person shall be a direct or indirect legal beneficiary of, or have any direct or
indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this Agreement or any of

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the other Loan Documents.  None of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, any
Bank, any Administrative Agent-Related Persons and any Collateral Agent-Related
Persons shall have any obligation to any Person not a party to this Agreement or
other Loan Documents.

     10.15  Change in Accounting Principles.  If any change in GAAP occurs or
            -------------------------------
takes effect after the Closing Date which would result in a change in any
quantity reported to Banks hereunder which provides the basis for any covenant,
performance obligation or standard of measurement used in this Agreement, the
parties hereto agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such covenant,
performance obligation or standard of performance so as to reflect such change
with the result that the criteria for evaluating compliance with such covenant,
performance obligation or standard of performance shall be the same after the
change as if the change had not been made.  Until the parties hereto agree to
such amendment, all covenants, performance obligations and standards of
performance shall be calculated without giving effect to the change in GAAP.

     10.16  Governing Law and Jurisdiction.
            ------------------------------

            (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES; PROVIDED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
COLLATERAL AGENT, BANKS, AND COMPANY SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER
FEDERAL LAW.

            (b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT
MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS
AGREEMENT, COMPANY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, COLLATERAL AGENT, AND BANKS EACH
CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. COMPANY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, COLLATERAL AGENT,
AND BANKS EACH IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE
LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY
                                           --------------------
NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH
JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO.
COMPANY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, COLLATERAL AGENT, AND BANKS EACH WAIVE PERSONAL
SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY
OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY NEW YORK LAW.

     10.17  Interpretation.  This Agreement is the result of negotiations
            --------------
between and has been reviewed by counsel to Administrative Agent, Company and
other parties, and is the product of all parties hereto.  Accordingly, this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be construed against Company,
Banks, or Administrative Agent merely because of their involvement in the
preparation of such documents and agreements.

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     10.18  Representation of Banks.  Each Bank party to and as of the date of
            -----------------------
this Agreement severally and only with respect to itself and to its status as a
Bank represents that it is entitled to receive interest payments from Company
free and clear of and without deduction for any U.S. taxes collected by way of
withholding that are in effect as of the date of this Agreement.  Each Bank
party to and as of the date of this Agreement severally and only with respect to
itself represents that it is either (a) a corporation, company or association,
incorporated or organized in or under the laws of the U.S. or a state of the
U.S. (a "U.S. corporation"); (b) a non-U.S. corporation lending through its U.S.
branch, which will treat the interest income as effectively connected with its
U.S. trade or business; or (c) a non-U.S. corporation, resident in a country
that has a treaty with the U.S. that exempts interest payments by Company from
withholding taxes.

     10.19  Waiver of Jury Trial.  COMPANY, BANKS, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND
            --------------------
COLLATERAL AGENT EACH WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY
CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR
THEREBY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY
ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT-RELATED
PERSON, COLLATERAL AGENT-RELATED PERSON, PARTICIPANT OR ASSIGNEE, WHETHER WITH
RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR OTHERWISE.  COMPANY, BANKS,
COLLATERAL AGENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT  EACH AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR
CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.  WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO
A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION,
COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE
THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR
ANY PROVISION HEREOF OR THEREOF.  THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT
AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

                                  ARTICLE XI

                                GENERAL RELEASE
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     11.1   Except with respect to the matters, rights and obligations specified
in Section 11.2, Company for itself and on behalf of its parent, subsidiary and
controlled affiliate corporations, past or present, and each of them, as well as
each of their respective directors, officers, agents, servants, representatives,
attorneys, administrators, executors, heirs, assigns, predecessors and
successors in interest, and each of them (collectively, the "Releasors") hereby
                                                             ---------
release and forever discharge Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Banks
and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, past or
present, and each of them, as well as each of their respective directors,
officers, agents, servants, employees, shareholders, representatives, attorneys,
administrators, executors, heirs, assigns, predecessors and successors in
interest, and all other persons, firms or corporations with whom any of the
former have been, are now, or may hereafter be affiliated, and each of them
(collectively, the "Releasees"), from and
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against any and all claims, demands, liens, agreements, contracts, covenants,
actions, suits, causes of action in law or equity, obligations, controversies,
debts, costs, expenses, damages, judgments, orders and liabilities of whatever
kind or nature in law, equity or otherwise, whether known or unknown, fixed or
contingent, suspected or unsuspected by the Releasors, and whether concealed or
hidden, which Releasors now own or hold or have at any time heretofore owned or
held, which are based upon or arise out of or in connection with any matter,
cause or thing existing at any time prior to the date hereof or anything done,
omitted or suffered to be done or omitted at any time prior to the date hereof
in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents (collectively the "Released Matters").
                                  ----------------

     11.2 Notwithstanding anything hereunder to the contrary, this Article XI
shall not release or alter any obligation arising subsequent to the date hereof
to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.  It is expressly understood and agreed that it is the intent of
Company to forever release certain claims against Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent and Banks, including, but not limited to, any claims related to
the actions and omissions of Releasees prior to the date hereof, but that
nothing herein shall affect the obligations of the Releasees arising subsequent
to the date hereof, including, but not by way of limitation, compliance
subsequent to the date hereof with all terms and conditions of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents.

     11.3 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Company for itself
and on behalf of the other Releasors expressly releases any and all past,
present and future claims in connection with the Released Matters, about which
the Releasors do not know or suspect to exist in their favor, whether through
ignorance, oversight, error, negligence or otherwise, and which, if known, would
materially affect Company's decision to enter into this release, and to this end
Company for itself, and on behalf of each of the other Releasors, waives all
rights under Section 1542 of the Civil Code of California, which states in full
as follows:

          "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does
not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release,
which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the
debtor."

          Company knowingly and willingly waives the provisions of Section 1542
and acknowledges and agrees that this waiver is an essential and material term
of this release.  Company has reviewed this release with Company's legal
counsel, and Company understands and acknowledges the significance and
consequence of this release and of the specific waiver of Section 1542 of the
Civil Code of California.

     11.4 Company represents, warrants and agrees that in executing and entering
into this release, Company is not relying and has not relied upon any
representation, promise or statement made by anyone which is not recited,
contained or embodied in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.  Company
understands and expressly assumes the risk that any fact not recited, contained
or embodied therein may turn out hereafter to be other than, different from, or
contrary to the facts now known to Company or believed by Company to be true.
Nevertheless, Company intends by this release to release fully, finally and
forever all Released Matters and agrees that this release shall be effective in
all respects notwithstanding any such difference in facts, and

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shall not be subject to termination, modification or rescission by reason of any
such difference in facts.

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