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Exhibit 10.6    
    

EXECUTION VERSION  

 

 

  

 

 

  

NORAMPAC INC.,

as Company

63/4%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013 

INDENTURE 

Dated
as of May 28, 2003 

THE
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,

as Trustee 

  

  

 
 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE    
    

	TIA Section

Reference
 
	 	Indenture

Section

	310(a)(1)	 	7.10
	      (a)(2)	 	7.10
	      (a)(3)	 	N.A.
	      (a)(4)	 	N.A.
	      (a)(5)	 	7.10
	      (b)	 	7.08, 7.10
	      (c)	 	N.A.
	311(a)	 	7.11
	      (b)	 	7.11
	      (c)	 	N.A.
	312(a)	 	2.05
	313(a)	 	7.06
	      (b)(1)	 	N.A.
	      (b)(2)	 	7.06, 7.07
	      (c)	 	7.06
	      (d)	 	7.06
	314(a)	 	4.03, 4.04
	      (b)	 	N.A.
	      (c)(3)	 	N.A.
	      (d)	 	N.A.
	315(a)	 	7.01
	      (b)	 	7.05
	      (c)	 	7.01
	      (d)	 	7.01
	      (e)	 	6.11
	316(a) (last sentence)	 	2.09
	      (a)(1)(A)	 	6.05
	      (a)(1)(B)	 	6.04
	      (a)(2)	 	N.A.
	      (b)	 	6.07
	317(a)(1)	 	6.08
	      (a)(2)	 	6.09

N.A.
means Not Applicable. 

Note:  This
Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture. 

  

 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS    
    

	 
	 
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	ARTICLE 1.
	

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	

Section 1.01.	

Definitions	
 	

1
	Section 1.02.	Other Definitions	 	27
	Section 1.03.	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	 	27
	Section 1.04.	Rules of Construction	 	28
	

ARTICLE 2.
	

THE NOTES
	

Section 2.01.	

Form and Dating	
 	

28
	Section 2.02.	Execution and Authentication	 	30
	Section 2.03.	Registrar and Paying Agent	 	30
	Section 2.04.	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust	 	31
	Section 2.05.	Holder Lists	 	31
	Section 2.06.	Transfer and Exchange	 	31
	Section 2.07.	Replacement Notes	 	41
	Section 2.08.	Outstanding Notes	 	42
	Section 2.09.	Treasury Notes	 	42
	Section 2.10.	Temporary Notes	 	42
	Section 2.11.	Cancellation	 	42
	Section 2.12.	Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest	 	43
	Section 2.13.	CUSIP or ISIN Numbers	 	43
	Section 2.14.	Special Interest	 	43
	Section 2.15.	Issuance of Additional Notes	 	43
	

ARTICLE 3.
	

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
	

Section 3.01.	

Notices to Trustee	
 	

44
	Section 3.02.	Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed	 	44
	Section 3.03.	Notice of Redemption	 	44
	Section 3.04.	Effect of Notice of Redemption	 	45
	Section 3.05.	Deposit of Redemption Price	 	45
	Section 3.06.	Notes Redeemed in Part	 	45
	Section 3.07.	Optional Redemption	 	46
	Section 3.08.	Mandatory Redemption	 	47
	Section 3.09.	Offer To Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds	 	47
	

ARTICLE 4.
	

COVENANTS
	

Section 4.01.	

Payment of Notes	
 	

48
	Section 4.02.	Maintenance of Office or Agency	 	49
	Section 4.03.	Reports	 	49
	Section 4.04.	Compliance Certificate	 	50
	 	 	 	 

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	Section 4.05.	Taxes	 	50
	Section 4.06.	Stay, Extension and Usury Laws	 	50
	Section 4.07.	Corporate Existence	 	51
	Section 4.08.	Payments for Consent	 	51
	Section 4.09.	Incurrence of Additional Debt	 	51
	Section 4.10.	Restricted Payments	 	54
	Section 4.11.	Liens	 	57
	Section 4.12.	Asset Sales	 	58
	Section 4.13.	Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries	 	59
	Section 4.14.	Affiliate Transactions	 	61
	Section 4.15.	Sale and Leaseback Transactions	 	62
	Section 4.16.	Issuance or Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries	 	63
	Section 4.17.	Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries	 	63
	Section 4.18.	Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control	 	64
	Section 4.19.	Future Subsidiary Guarantors	 	66
	Section 4.20.	Covenant Termination	 	66
	Section 4.21.	Additional Amounts	 	67
	

ARTICLE 5.
	

SUCCESSORS
	

Section 5.01.	

Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets	
 	

68
	Section 5.02.	Successor Corporation Substituted	 	70
	

ARTICLE 6.
	

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	

Section 6.01.	

Events of Default	
 	

70
	Section 6.02.	Acceleration	 	72
	Section 6.03.	Other Remedies	 	73
	Section 6.04.	Waiver of Past Defaults	 	73
	Section 6.05.	Control by Majority	 	73
	Section 6.06.	Limitation on Suits	 	73
	Section 6.07.	Rights of Holders to Receive Payment	 	74
	Section 6.08.	Collection Suit by Trustee	 	74
	Section 6.09.	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	 	74
	Section 6.10.	Priorities	 	74
	Section 6.11.	Undertaking for Costs	 	75
	

ARTICLE 7.
	

TRUSTEE
	

Section 7.01.	

Duties of Trustee	
 	

75
	Section 7.02.	Rights of Trustee	 	76
	Section 7.03.	Individual Rights of Trustee	 	77
	Section 7.04.	Trustee's Disclaimer	 	77
	Section 7.05.	Notice of Defaults	 	77
	Section 7.06.	Reports by Trustee to Holders	 	77
	Section 7.07.	Compensation and Indemnity	 	78
	Section 7.08.	Replacement of Trustee	 	78
	 	 	 	 

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	Section 7.09.	Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.	 	79
	Section 7.10.	Eligibility; Disqualification	 	79
	Section 7.11.	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	 	80
	

ARTICLE 8.
	

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
	

Section 8.01.	

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	
 	

80
	Section 8.02.	Legal Defeasance and Discharge	 	80
	Section 8.03.	Covenant Defeasance	 	80
	Section 8.04.	Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance	 	81
	Section 8.05.	Deposited Cash and U.S. Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions	 	82
	Section 8.06.	Repayment to Company	 	82
	Section 8.07.	Reinstatement	 	83
	

ARTICLE 9.
	

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
	

Section 9.01.	

Without Consent of Holders of Notes	
 	

83
	Section 9.02.	With Consent of Holders of Notes	 	84
	Section 9.03.	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act	 	85
	Section 9.04.	Revocation and Effect of Consents	 	85
	Section 9.05.	Notation on or Exchange of Notes	 	86
	Section 9.06.	Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.	 	86
	

ARTICLE 10.
	

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
	

Section 10.01.	

Subsidiary Guarantees	
 	

86
	Section 10.02.	Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantor Liability	 	87
	Section 10.03.	Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee	 	88
	Section 10.04.	Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms	 	88
	Section 10.05.	Releases Following Sale of Assets	 	89
	

ARTICLE 11.
	

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	

Section 11.01.	

Satisfaction and Discharge	
 	

89
	Section 11.02.	Deposited Cash and U.S. Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions	 	90
	Section 11.03.	Repayment to Company	 	90
	

ARTICLE 12.
	

MISCELLANEOUS
	

Section 12.01.	

Trust Indenture Act Controls	
 	

90
	Section 12.02.	Notices	 	90
	 	 	 	 

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	Section 12.03.	Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes	 	91
	Section 12.04.	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	 	91
	Section 12.05.	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	 	92
	Section 12.06.	Rules by Trustee and Agents	 	92
	Section 12.07.	No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders	 	92
	Section 12.08.	Governing Law	 	92
	Section 12.09.	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	 	93
	Section 12.10.	Successors	 	93
	Section 12.11.	Severability	 	93
	Section 12.12.	Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process	 	93
	Section 12.13.	Conversion of Currency	 	93
	Section 12.14.	Currency Equivalent	 	94
	Section 12.15.	Counterpart Originals	 	94
	Section 12.16.	Table of Contents, Headings, etc.	 	95
	Section 12.17.	Qualification of This Indenture	 	95
	

EXHIBITS
	

Exhibit A	

Form of Note	
 	

A-1
	Exhibit B	Form of Certificate of Transfer	 	B-1
	Exhibit C	Form of Certificate of Exchange	 	C-1
	Exhibit D	Form of Certificate from Acquiring Institutional Accredited Investor	 	D-1
	Exhibit E	Form of Notation of Guarantee	 	E-1

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        This INDENTURE dated as of May 28, 2003, is by and among NORAMPAC INC., a company organized under the federal laws of Canada (the
"Company"), the Subsidiary Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto, and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a New York
trust company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). All dollar amounts in this Indenture are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise specified or the
context requires otherwise. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
63/4% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Notes"): 

 
 

ARTICLE 1.    
    
    DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE    
    

Section 1.01.    Definitions.    

        For
all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: 

        "144A Global Note" means the Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the
Private Placement Legend and deposited with and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes
sold in reliance on Rule 144A. 

        "Additional Assets" means: 

        (a)   any
Property (other than cash, Temporary Cash Investments, securities and Capital Stock) to be owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and used in a Related
Business; or 

        (b)   Capital
Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary from
any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company; or 

        (c)   Capital
Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary; 

provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (b) and (c), such Restricted Subsidiary is primarily engaged in a Related Business. 

        "Additional Notes" means any Notes (other than Initial Notes and Exchange Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with
Section 2.02, Section 2.15 and Section 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes or as an additional series. 

        "Affiliate" of any specified Person means: 

        (a)   any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person, or 

        (b)   any
other Person who is a director or officer of: 

        (1)   such
specified Person, 

        (2)   any
Subsidiary of such specified Person, or 

        (3)   any
Person described in clause (a) above. 

 

        For
the purposes of this definition, "control," when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. For purposes of Section 4.14
hereof only, "Affiliate" shall also mean any beneficial owner of shares representing 10% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock (on a fully diluted basis) of the Company or of rights or
warrants to purchase such Voting Stock (whether or not currently exercisable) and any Person who would be an Affiliate of any such beneficial owner pursuant to the first sentence hereof. 

        "Agent" means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent. 

        "Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer, redemption or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the
rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer, redemption or exchange. 

        "Approved Restructuring Transaction" means any transaction pursuant to which the Company becomes a wholly-owned Subsidiary of either
Cascades Inc. or Domtar Inc. (or any successor thereto). 

        "Asset Sale" means any sale, lease, transfer, issuance or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers, issuances or
dispositions) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as
a "disposition"), of 

        (a)   any
shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors' qualifying shares), or 

        (b)   any
other Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, 

other
than, in the case of clause (a) or (b) above, 

        (1)   any
disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary; 

        (2)   any
disposition that constitutes a Permitted Investment or Restricted Payment permitted by Section 4.10 hereof; 

        (3)   any
disposition effected in compliance with the first paragraph of Section 5.01 hereof; 

        (4)   any
disposition or series of related dispositions of Property with an aggregate Fair Market Value and for net proceeds of less than $10.0 million; 

        (5)   sales,
transfers or other distributions of Property, including Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries, for consideration at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the
Property sold or disposed of, but only if the consideration received consists of Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary engaged in, or Property (other than cash, except to the
extent used as a bona fide means of equalizing the value of the Property involved in the swap transaction) of a nature or type that are used in, a business having Property of a nature or type, or
engaged in a business similar or related to the nature or type of the Property, or businesses of, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the date of such sale or other disposition; 

        (6)   the
creation of any Permitted Lien; 

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        (7)   any
disposition of surplus, discontinued or worn-out equipment or other immaterial assets no longer used in the on going business of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries; 

        (8)   any
surrender or waiver of contract rights or release of contract or tort claims; 

        (9)   any
sale of Temporary Cash Investments; 

        (10) any
sale of receivables pursuant to a Qualified Securitization Transaction; and 

        (11) any
sale, transfer or other disposition of Property received as a result of a foreclosure of any secured investment or any other transfer of a secured investment in
default. 

        "Attributable Debt" in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at any date of determination, 

        (a)   if
such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Debt represented thereby according to the definition of "Capital Lease Obligations,"
and 

        (b)   in
all other instances, the greater of: 

        (1)   the
Fair Market Value of the Property subject to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, and 

        (2)   the
present value (discounted at the interest rate borne by the Notes, compounded annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the
remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). 

        "Average Life" means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Debt or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing: 

        (a)   the
sum of the product of the numbers of years (rounded to the nearest one-twelfth of one year) from the date of determination to the dates of each
successive scheduled principal payment of such Debt or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment by 

        (b)   the
sum of all such payments. 

        "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors, the  Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the
Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) or any other
Canadian federal or provincial law or the law of any other jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors. 

        "Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company. 

        "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the applicable Person to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. 

        "Business Day" means each day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required to close in
New York City or Montreal. 

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        "Capital Lease Obligations" means any obligation under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in
accordance with GAAP; and the amount of Debt represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof
shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. For
purposes of Section 4.11 hereof, a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed secured by a Lien on the Property being leased. 

        "Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any shares or other equivalents (however designated) of any class of corporate stock or
partnership interests or any other participations, rights, warrants, options or other interests in the nature of an equity interest in such Person, including Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt
security convertible or exchangeable into such equity interest. 

        "Capital Stock Sale Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company from the issuance or sale (other than to a
Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for the benefit of their employees) by the Company of its Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) after the Issue Date, net of attorneys' fees, accountants' fees, underwriters' or placement agents' fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees
actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof. 

        "Cascades" means Cascades Inc., a company organized under the laws of the province of Quebec. 

        "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following events: 

        (a)   any
"person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provisions to either of the foregoing) of
persons, including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act,
other than the Permitted Holders, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, except that a person will be deemed to have "beneficial ownership"
of all shares that any such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total
voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; or 

        (b)   the
sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or other disposition, directly or indirectly, of all or substantially all the Property of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries, considered as a whole (other than a disposition of such Property as an entirety or virtually as an entirety to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or one or more Permitted
Holders) shall have occurred, or the Company merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into any other Person (other than one or more Permitted Holders) or any other Person (other than one or more
Permitted Holders) merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified into
or exchanged for cash, securities or other Property, other than any such transaction where: 

        (1)   the
outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified into or exchanged for other Voting Stock of the Company or for Voting Stock of the Surviving Person, and 

        (2)   the
holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, not less than a majority of the Voting Stock of the
Company or the Surviving Person immediately after such transaction and in substantially the same proportion as before the transaction; or 

        (c)   during
any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new directors
whose election or appointment by such Board or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company was approved by a vote 

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of
not less than a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved)
cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office; or 

        (d)   the
shareholders of the Company shall have approved any plan of liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 

        "Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking S.A. and any successor thereto. 

        "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

        "Commission" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

        "Commodity Price Protection Agreement" means, in respect of a Person, any forward contract, commodity swap agreement, commodity option
agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in commodity prices. 

        "Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities
of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such notes. "Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Company. 

        "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date: 

        (a)   the
average of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third business day
preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the most recently published statistical release designated "H.15(519)" (or any successor release) published by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," or 

        (b)   if
such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such business day, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
for such redemption date. 

        "Consolidated Current Liabilities" means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of liabilities of the Company and its
consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries which may properly be classified as current liabilities (including taxes accrued as estimated), after eliminating: 

        (a)   all
intercompany items between the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries, and 

        (b)   all
current maturities of long-term Debt. 

        "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio" means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of: 

        (a)   the
aggregate amount of EBITDA for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are publicly available prior to such determination
date to 

        (b)   Consolidated
Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters; 

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        provided, however, that: 

        (1)   if

        (A)  since
the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Debt that remains outstanding or Repaid any Debt, or 

        (B)  the
transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence or Repayment of Debt, 

        Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Incurrence or Repayment as if such Debt was Incurred or Repaid on the
first day of such period, provided that, in the event of any such Repayment of Debt, EBITDA for such period shall be calculated on a  pro forma basis as if
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary had not earned any interest income actually earned during such period in respect of the
funds used to Repay such Debt, and 

        (2)   if

        (A)  since
the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Sale or an Investment (by merger or otherwise) in any Restricted
Subsidiary (or any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of Property which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business, 

        (B)  the
transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio is such an Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition, or 

        (C)  since
the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since
the beginning of such period) shall have made such an Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition, 

then
EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect to such Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition as if such Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition had occurred on the first
day of such period. 

        If
any Debt bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Debt shall be calculated as if the base interest rate in effect for such
floating rate of interest on the date of determination had been the applicable base interest rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Debt if such
Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). In the event the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold during the period, the Company shall be deemed, for
purposes of clause (1) above, to have Repaid during such period the Debt of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer
liable for such Debt after such sale. 

        "Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the total interest expense of the Company and its consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries, plus, to the extent not included in such total interest expense, and to the extent Incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries: 

        (a)   interest
expense attributable to leases constituting part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction and to Capital Lease Obligations; 

        (b)   amortization
of debt discount and debt issuance cost, including commitment fees; 

        (c)   capitalized
interest; 

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        (d)   non-cash
interest expense; 

        (e)   commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance financing; 

        (f)    net
costs associated with Hedging Obligations (including amortization of fees); 

        (g)   Disqualified
Stock Dividends to the extent made to Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; 

        (h)   Preferred
Stock Dividends to the extent made to Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; 

        (i)    interest
Incurred in connection with Investments in discontinued operations; 

        (j)    interest
accruing on any Debt of any other Person to the extent such Debt is Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and 

        (k)   the
cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to
any Person (other than the Company) in connection with Debt Incurred by such plan or trust. 

        "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries;  provided, however, that there shall
not be included in such Consolidated Net Income: 

        (a)   any
net income (loss) of any Person (other than the Company) if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that: 

        (1)   subject
to the exclusion contained in clause (d) below, the equity of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in the net income of any
such Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (c) below); and 

        (2)   the
equity of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in a net loss of any such Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period shall be
included in determining such Consolidated Net Income; 

        (b)   for
purposes of Section 4.10 hereof only, any net income (loss) of any Person acquired by the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries in a pooling of
interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition; 

        (c)   any
net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the
making of distributions, directly or indirectly, to the Company, except that: 

        (1)   subject
to the exclusion contained in clause (d) below, the equity of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in the net income of any
such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the
Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend 

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or
other distribution to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause); and 

        (2)   the
equity of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining
such Consolidated Net Income; 

        (d)   any
gain (but not loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Property of the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any
Sale and Leaseback Transaction) that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (provided that sales or other dispositions of assets in connection with any Qualified
Securitization Transaction shall be deemed to be in the ordinary course); 

        (e)   any
extraordinary gain or loss; 

        (f)    the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles; 

        (g)   any
gain or loss arising from foreign currency fluctuations on foreign currency denominated Debt; and 

        (h)   any
non-cash compensation expense realized for grants of performance shares, stock options or other rights to officers, directors and employees of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such shares, options or other rights can be redeemed at the option of the holder only for Capital
Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock). 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, for purposes of Section 4.10 hereof only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers
of Property from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted pursuant
to clause (a)(iii)(D) thereof. 

        "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the amounts that would appear on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries as the total assets (less accumulated depreciation and amortization, allowances for doubtful receivables, other applicable
reserves and other properly deductible items) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to purchase accounting and after deducting therefrom Consolidated Current Liabilities
and, to the extent otherwise included, the amounts of (without duplication): 

        (a)   the
excess of cost over fair market value of assets or businesses acquired; 

        (b)   any
revaluation or other write-up in book value of assets subsequent to the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company immediately preceding the Issue
Date as a result of a change in the method of valuation in accordance with GAAP; 

        (c)   unamortized
debt discount and expenses and other unamortized deferred charges, goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses,
organization or developmental expenses and other intangible items; 

        (d)   minority
interests in consolidated Subsidiaries held by Persons other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; 

        (e)   treasury
stock; 

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        (f)    cash
or securities set aside and held in a sinking or other analogous fund established for the purpose of redemption or other retirement of Capital Stock to the extent
such obligation is not reflected in Consolidated Current Liabilities; and 

        (g)   Investments
in and assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries. 

        "Consolidated Net Worth" means the total of the amounts shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are publicly available prior to the taking of any action for the purpose of which the
determination is being made, as: 

        (a)   the
par or stated value of all outstanding Capital Stock of the Company, plus 

        (b)   paid-in
capital or capital surplus relating to such Capital Stock, plus 

        (c)   any
retained earnings or earned surplus, less: 

        (1)   any
accumulated deficit, and 

        (2)   any
amounts attributable to Disqualified Stock. 

        "Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall
be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, Attention: Warren Goshine or John Neylan, or such other address as the Trustee may designate
from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to
time by notice to the Holders and the Company). 

        "Currency Exchange Protection Agreement" means, in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, currency
option or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates. 

        "Custodian" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in
Section 2.03 hereof as Custodian with respect to the Notes, any and all successors thereto appointed as custodian hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture. 

        "Debt" means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication): 

        (a)   the
principal of and premium (if any) in respect of: 

        (1)   debt
of such Person for money borrowed, and 

        (2)   debt
evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable; 

        (b)   all
Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into by such Person; 

        (c)   all
obligations of such Person representing the deferred purchase price of Property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person
under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business); 

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        (d)   all
obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, bankers' acceptance or similar credit transaction (other than obligations
with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in (a) through (c) above) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the
extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third Business Day following receipt by such Person of a demand for
reimbursement following payment on the letter of credit); 

        (e)   the
amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the Repayment of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, any Preferred
Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends); 

        (f)    all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in
either case, such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee; 

        (g)   all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of other Persons secured by any Lien on any Property of such Person (whether or
not such obligation is assumed by such Person), the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such Property and the amount of the obligation so secured; and 

        (h)   to
the extent not otherwise included in this definition, Hedging Obligations of such Person. 

The
amount of Debt of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance, or the accreted value of such Debt in the case of Debt issued with original issue discount, at such date of all
unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, of any contingent obligations at such date. The amount of
Debt represented by a Hedging Obligation shall be equal to: 

        (1)   zero
if such Hedging Obligation has been Incurred pursuant to clause (v), (vi) or (vii) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; or 

        (2)   the
notional amount of such Hedging Obligation if not Incurred pursuant to such clauses. 

        Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Debt shall not include (a) any endorsements for collection or deposits in the ordinary course of business, (b) any realization of a Permitted
Lien, and (c) Debt that has been defeased or satisfied in accordance with the terms of the documents governing such Indebtedness. With respect to any Debt denominated in a foreign currency, for
purposes of determining compliance with any Canadian-dollar denominated restriction on the Incurrence of such Debt under Section 4.09 hereof, the amount of such Debt shall be calculated based
on the currency exchange rate in effect at the end of the fiscal quarter for which financial statements are publicly available. 

        "Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. 

        "Definitive Note" means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with
Section 2.06 hereof, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges
of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto. 

        "Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in
Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture. 

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        "Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it
is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, in either case at the option of the holder thereof) or otherwise: 

        (a)   matures
or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, 

        (b)   is
or may become redeemable or repurchaseable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, or 

        (c)   is
convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof for Debt or Disqualified Stock, 

on
or prior to, in the case of clause (a), (b) or (c), the 180th day after the Stated Maturity of the Notes. 

        "Disqualified Stock Dividends" means all dividends with respect to Disqualified Stock of the Company held by Persons other than a Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary. The amount of any such dividend shall be equal to the quotient of such dividend divided by the difference between one and the maximum statutory federal income tax rate
(expressed as a decimal number between 1 and 0) then applicable to the Company. 

        "Distribution Compliance Period" means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S. 

        "Domtar" means Domtar Inc., a company organized under the federal laws of Canada. 

        "EBITDA" means, for any period, an amount equal to, for the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries: 

        (a)   the
sum of Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus the following to the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period: 

        (1)   the
provision for taxes based on income or profits or utilized in computing net loss; 

        (2)   Consolidated
Interest Expense; 

        (3)   depreciation; 

        (4)   amortization
of intangibles; and 

        (5)   any
other non-cash items (other than any such non-cash item to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in
any future period), minus 

        (b)   all
non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (other than any such non-cash item to the extent that it will result in the
receipt of cash payments in any future period). 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing clause (a), the provision for taxes and the depreciation, amortization and non-cash items of a Restricted Subsidiary shall be added to Consolidated Net
Income to compute EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income and only if a
corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the
terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its shareholders. 

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        "Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01. 

        "Euroclear" means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear systems, and any successor thereto. 

        "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. 

        "Exchange Notes" means Notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(e)(iv) hereof as evidence of the same
continuing Debt of the Company under, and in exchange for the Notes. 

        "Exchange Offer" means an offer by the Company to issue and deliver to the Holders that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the
Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes, as the case may be, a like principal amount of Exchange Notes, as set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement. 

        "Exchange Offer Registration Statement" has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. 

        "Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any Property, the price that could be negotiated in an arm's-length free market transaction,
for cash, between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair Market Value shall be determined, except as otherwise
provided, 

        (a)   if
such Property has a Fair Market Value equal to or less than $10.0 million, by any Officer of the Company, or 

        (b)   if
such Property has a Fair Market Value in excess of $10.0 million, by a majority of the Board of Directors and evidenced by a Board Resolution, dated within
30 days of the relevant transaction, delivered to the Trustee. 

        "Foreign Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is not organized under the laws of Canada or any province thereof, or the United States of
America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia. 

        "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in Canada, consistently applied, which are in effect from time to
time.

        "Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes
issued under this Indenture. 

        "Global Notes" means one or more global Notes registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee issued in accordance with
Article 2 hereof substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and bearing the Global Note Legend and including the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note"
attached thereto. 

        "Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person
and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person: 

        (a)   to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or
by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise), or 

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        (b)   entered
into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); 

        provided, however, that the term "Guarantee" shall not include: 

        (1)   endorsements
for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, or 

        (2)   a
contractual commitment by one Person to invest in another Person for so long as such Investment is reasonably expected to constitute a Permitted Investment under
clause (a) or (b) of the definition of "Permitted Investment." 

The
term "Guarantee" used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. 

        "Guarantor" means any Person Guaranteeing any obligation. 

        "Hedging Obligation" of any Person means any obligation of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Exchange
Protection Agreement, Commodity Price Protection Agreement or any other similar agreement or arrangement. 

        "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Security Register. 

        "IAI Global Note" means a Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private
Placement Legend and deposited with and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to
Institutional Accredited Investors, if any. 

        "Income Tax Act" means the Income Tax Act (Canada). 

        "Incur" means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by merger, conversion, exchange or
otherwise), extend, assume, Guarantee or become liable in respect of such Debt or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Debt or obligation on the
balance sheet of such Person (and "Incurrence" and "Incurred" shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided, however, that a change in
GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such time, and is not theretofore classified as Debt, becoming Debt shall not be deemed an Incurrence of such Debt;  provided further,
however, that any Debt or other obligations of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger,
consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary; and provided further,  however, that solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.09 hereof, amortization of debt discount shall not be deemed to be the
Incurrence of Debt; provided that in the case of Debt sold at a discount, the amount of such Debt Incurred shall at all times be the aggregate principal
amount at Stated Maturity. 

        "Indenture" means this instrument, as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended in accordance with
Article 9 hereof. 

        "Independent Financial Advisor" means an investment banking firm of national standing or any third-party appraiser of national standing in
Canada or the United States, provided that such firm or appraiser is not an Affiliate of the Company. 

        "Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant. 

        "Initial Notes" means US$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof. 

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        "Institutional Accredited Investor" means an institution that is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) under the Securities Act. 

        "Interest Payment Dates" shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 1 of the Note. 

        "Interest Rate Agreement" means, for any Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar
agreement or other similar agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates. 

        "Investment" by any Person means any direct or indirect loan (other than advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are
recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of such Person), advance or other extension of credit or capital contribution (by means of transfers of cash or other Property to others or
payments for Property or services for the account or use of others, or otherwise) to, or Incurrence of a Guarantee of any obligation of, or purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, bonds, notes,
debentures or other securities or evidence of Debt issued by, any other Person. For purposes of Sections 4.10 and 4.17 hereof and the definitions of "Restricted Payment" and "Unrestricted
Subsidiary," the term "Investment" shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the
Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent "Investment" in an Unrestricted Subsidiary of an amount (if positive) equal to: 

        (a)   the
Company's "Investment" in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, less 

        (b)   the
portion (proportionate to the Company's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation. 

In
determining the amount of any Investment made by transfer of any Property other than cash, such Property shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such Investment. 

        "Investment Grade Rating" means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody's and BBB- (or the
equivalent) by S&P. 

        "Investment Grade Status" shall be deemed to have been reached on the date that the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating
Agencies. 

        "Issue Date" means the date on which the Notes are initially issued. 

        "Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York City, Montreal, the city in which the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located, or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of
payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period. 

        "Letter of Transmittal" means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Initial Notes for use
by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer. 

        "Leverage Ratio" means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Debt on such date of
determination to (y) the EBITDA of the Company during the four fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of determination of the Leverage Ratio for which financial statements are available.
"EBITDA" shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in a similar manner as "EBITDA" is calculated on a pro
forma basis for purposes of the "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. 

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        "Lien" means, with respect to any Property of any Person, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement (other than any easement not materially impairing usefulness or marketability), encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such Property (including any Capital Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing or any Sale and Leaseback Transaction). 

        "Management Agreement" means the Management Agreement dated as of December 30, 1997 between the Company and Cascades Inc.,
as in effect on the Issue Date. 

        "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof. 

        "Net Available Cash" from any Asset Sale means cash payments received therefrom (including any cash payments received by way of deferred
payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring
Person of Debt or other obligations relating to the Property that is the subject of such Asset Sale or received in any other non-cash form), in each case net of: 

        (a)   all
legal, title, accounting and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes
required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Sale; 

        (b)   all
payments made on or in respect of any Debt that is secured by any Property subject to such Asset Sale, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such Property,
or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Sale, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Sale; 

        (c)   all
distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Sale; 

        (d)   the
deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the Property disposed in such
Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Sale, including pension and other postemployment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters
and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale; and 

        (e)   payments
of unassumed liabilities (not constituting Debt) relating to the assets sold at the time of, or within 30 days after, the date of such sale. 

        "New Revolving Credit Facility" means the Debt represented by: 

        (a)   one
or more debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans or
letters of credit, including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, certain of its Subsidiaries, the lenders party thereto and Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce, as Administrative Agent, together with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security documents), as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including amendments, supplements or modifications relating to the addition or elimination of Subsidiaries of the Company as borrowers, guarantors
or other credit parties thereunder; and 

        (b)   any
renewal, extension, refunding, restructuring, replacement or refinancing thereof (whether with the original Administrative Agent and lenders or another
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one
or more other lenders and whether provided under the original New Revolving Credit Facility or one or more other credit or other agreements or notes or other securities issued pursuant to
indentures). 

        "Non-Recourse Debt" means Debt: 

        (a)   as
to which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary (i) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that
would constitute Debt), (ii) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (iii) constitutes the lender; 

        (b)   no
default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon
notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any Debt (other than the Notes) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default on such other Debt or cause the payment thereof to be
accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and 

        (c)   as
to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary. 

        "Obligations" means all obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other
liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Debt. 

        "Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President of the Company. 

        "Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by an Officer of the Company and delivered to the Trustee. 

        "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company. 

        "Parent Merger Adjustment" means any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into Cascades Inc. or Domtar Inc.
pursuant to which the Surviving Person formed by such merger or consolidation does not have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies. 

        "Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear
or Clearstream, respectively, and, with respect to The Depository Trust Company, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream. 

        "Permitted Holders" means Cascades Inc. or Domtar Inc. and any of their respective wholly-owned Subsidiaries. 

        "Permitted Investment" means any Investment by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in: 

        (a)   the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary) or any Person that will, upon the making of such Investment,
become a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the primary business of such Person is a Related Business; 

        (b)   any
Person if as a result of such Investment such Person (i) becomes a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) is merged or
consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its Property to, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor;  provided that such Person's primary
business is a Related Business; 

        (c)   Temporary
Cash Investments; 

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        (d)   receivables
owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with
customary trade terms; provided, however, that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
deems reasonable under the circumstances; 

        (e)   payroll,
travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and
that are made in the ordinary course of business; 

        (f)    loans
and advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;  provided that such loans and advances do not exceed $5.0 million
at any one time outstanding; 

        (g)   stock,
obligations or other securities received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or
in satisfaction of judgments, including as the result of any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of a trade creditor or customer; 

        (h)   any
Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale consummated in
compliance with Section 4.12 hereof or a transaction not constituting an Asset Sale by reason of the $10.0 million threshold contained in clause (4) of the second paragraph
in the definition of "Asset Sale"; 

        (i)    lease,
utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business; 

        (j)    any
assets or Capital Stock of any Person made out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified
Stock) or the consideration for which consists solely of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; provided that the issuance of
such Capital Stock shall be excluded in the calculation set forth in clause (a)(iii)(B) of Section 4.10 hereof; 

        (k)   Hedging
Obligations entered into for bona fide hedging purposes and not for speculation and otherwise permitted by this
Indenture; 

        (l)    any
assets acquired as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Permitted Investment or other transfer of title
with respect to any secured Permitted Investment in default; 

        (m)  purchases
and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or licenses or leases or intellectual property, in any case, in the ordinary course of
business and otherwise in accordance with this Indenture; and 

        (n)   other
Investments made for Fair Market Value that do not exceed $20.0 million increasing to $35.0 million following the consummation of a Parent Merger
Adjustment in the aggregate outstanding at any one time. 

        "Permitted Joint Venture" means any Person which is not a Subsidiary and is, directly or indirectly, through its subsidiaries or
otherwise, engaged principally in a Related Business, and the Capital Stock of which is owned by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and one or more Persons other than the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company, on the other hand. 

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        "Permitted Liens" means: 

        (a)   Liens
in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor; 

        (b)   Liens
to secure Debt permitted to be Incurred under clause (ii) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; 

        (c)   Liens
to secure Debt permitted to be Incurred under clause (iii) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;  provided that any such Lien may not extend to any Property of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, other than the Property acquired, constructed or
leased with the proceeds of such Debt and any improvements or accessions to such Property; 

        (d)   Liens
for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on the Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if the same shall not at the time be
delinquent or thereafter can be paid
without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any
reserve or other appropriate provision that shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; 

        (e)   Liens
imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's and mechanics' Liens and other similar Liens, on the Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary arising
in the ordinary course of business and securing payment of obligations that are not more than 60 days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; 

        (f)    Liens
in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising in the ordinary course of business and as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties; 

        (g)   Liens
arising as a result of litigation or legal proceedings that are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate and diligent action, including any Lien
arising as a result of any judgment rendered against the Company or its Subsidiaries; 

        (h)   Liens
granted in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; 

        (i)    Liens
on the Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of obligations with respect to
statutory or regulatory requirements, performance or return-of-money bonds, surety bonds or other obligations of a like nature and Incurred in a manner consistent with industry
practice, in each case which are not Incurred in connection with the borrowing of money, the obtaining of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase price of Property and which do not
in the aggregate impair in any material respect the use of Property in the operation of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; 

        (j)    Liens
on Property (together with general intangibles and proceeds relating to such property) at the time the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary acquired such Property,
including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that any such
Lien may not extend to any other Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided further, however, that such Liens shall not have been
Incurred in anticipation of or in connection with the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such Property was acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; 

        (k)   Liens
on the Property of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;  provided, however, that any such Lien
may not extend to any other Property of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a direct
Subsidiary of such Person; provided further, however, that any such Lien was not
Incurred in anticipation of or in connection with the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary; 

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        (l)    pledges
or deposits by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under workers' compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith
deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Debt) or leases to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is party, or deposits to secure public or
statutory obligations of the Company, or deposits for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business; 

        (m)  utility
easements, building restrictions, rights-of-way, irregularities of title and such other encumbrances or charges against real Property as
are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character; 

        (n)   Liens
to secure Hedging Obligations made in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of speculation to the extent otherwise permitted by this Indenture; 

        (o)   Liens
existing on the Issue Date not otherwise described in clauses (a) through (n) above; 

        (p)   Liens
granted to secure the Notes pursuant to Section 4.11 hereof; 

        (q)   Liens
on the Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to secure any Refinancing, in whole or in part, of any Debt secured by Liens referred to in
clause (c), (j), (k) or (o) above; provided, however, that any such Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same Property that
secured the original Lien (together with improvements and accessions to such Property) and the aggregate principal amount of Debt that is secured by such Lien shall not be increased to an amount
greater than the sum of: 

        (1)   the
outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, the committed amount, of the Debt secured by Liens described under clause (c), (j), (k) or
(o) above, as the case may be, at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and 

        (2)   an
amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and defeasance costs, incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such
Refinancing; and 

        (r)   Liens
not otherwise permitted by clauses (a) through (q) above encumbering Property having an aggregate Fair Market Value not in excess of 5% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, as determined based on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter ending at least 45 days prior to the date
any such Lien shall be Incurred. 

        "Permitted Refinancing Debt" means any Debt that Refinances any other Debt, including any successive Refinancings, so long as: 

        (a)   such
Debt is in an aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) not in excess of the sum of: 

        (1)   the
aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Debt being Refinanced, and 

        (2)   an
amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and defeasance costs, related to such Refinancing, 

        (b)   the
Average Life of such Debt is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Debt being Refinanced, 

        (c)   the
Stated Maturity of such Debt is no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Debt being Refinanced, and 

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        (d)   the
new Debt shall be subordinate to the Notes at least to the same extent and in the same manner as the Debt being Refinanced, 

provided, however, that Permitted Refinancing Debt shall not include: 

        (x)   Debt
of a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that Refinances Debt of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, or 

        (y)   Debt
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 

        "Person" means any individual, corporation, company (including any limited liability company), association, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity. 

        "Predecessor Note" of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same Debt as that evidenced
by such particular Note; provided that no such Predecessor Note shall be deemed to be outstanding at the same time as such particular Note. 

        "Preferred Stock" means any Capital Stock of a Person, however designated, which entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect
to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of any other class of Capital Stock issued by
such Person. 

        "Preferred Stock Dividends" means all dividends with respect to Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries held by Persons other than the
Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary. The amount of any such dividend shall be equal to the quotient of such dividend divided by the difference between one and the maximum statutory federal
income rate (expressed as a decimal number between 1 and 0) then applicable to the issuer of such Preferred Stock. 

        "Private Placement Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under
this Indenture except as otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture. 

        "pro forma" means, with respect to any calculation made or required to be made pursuant to the terms hereof, a calculation performed in
accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act, as interpreted in good faith by the Board of Directors after consultation with the
independent certified public accountants of the Company, or otherwise a calculation made in good faith by the Board of Directors after consultation with the independent certified public accountants of
the Company, as the case may be. 

        "Property" means, with respect to any Person, any interest of such Person in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or
mixed, or tangible or intangible, including Capital Stock in, and other securities of, any other Person. For purposes of any calculation required pursuant to this Indenture, the value of any Property
shall be its Fair Market Value. 

        "Purchase Money Debt" means Debt: 

        (a)   consisting
of the deferred purchase price of Property, conditional sale obligations, obligations under any title retention agreement, other purchase money obligations
and obligations in respect of industrial revenue bonds, in each case where the maturity of such Debt does not exceed the anticipated useful life of the Property being financed, and 

        (b)   Incurred
to finance the acquisition, construction or lease by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Property, including additions and improvements thereto
(whether through the direct 

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purchase
of assets or through the acquisition of at least a majority of the Voting Stock of any Person owning such assets); 

provided, however, that such Debt is Incurred within 180 days after the acquisition, construction or lease of such Property by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary. 

        "QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A. 

        "Qualified Equity Offering" means a primary offering of common stock of the Company in the United States of at least $25.0 million,
increasing to $50.0 million following the consummation of the Parent Merger Adjustment, to Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company. 

        "Qualified Securitization Transaction" means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or reasonably related to a transaction or series of transactions in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to
(1) a Special Purpose Vehicle or (2) any other Person, or may grant a security interest in, any equipment and related assets (including contract rights) or Receivables or interests
therein secured by goods or services financed thereby (whether such Receivables are then existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and any assets relating thereto
including, without limitation, all security or ownership interests in goods or services financed thereby, the proceeds of such Receivables, and other assets which are customarily sold or in respect of
which security interests are customarily granted in connection with securitization transactions involving such assets, as any agreement governing any such transactions may be renewed, refinanced,
amended, restated or modified from time to time. 

        "Rating Agencies" mean Moody's and S&P. 

        "Receivables" means any right of payment from or on behalf of any obligor, whether constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument,
general intangible or otherwise, arising from the financing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of goods or services, and monies due thereunder, security or ownership interests in the goods
and services financed thereby, records relating thereto, and the right to payment of any interest or finance charges and other obligations with respect thereto, proceeds from
claims on insurance policies related thereto, any other proceeds related thereto, and other related rights. 

        "Reference Treasury Dealer" means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and its successors; provided,
however, that if it shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury
Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer. 

        "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as
determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third business day preceding such redemption date. 

        "Refinance" means, in respect of any Debt, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, repurchase, redeem, defease or retire, or
to issue other Debt, in exchange or replacement for, such Debt. "Refinanced" and "Refinancing" shall have correlative meanings. 

        "Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the initial purchasers named therein, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration
rights agreements between the Company and the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, relating to rights given by the Company to the
purchasers of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes under the Securities Act. 

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        "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified on the face of the Note. 

        "Regulation S" means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act. 

        "Regulation S Global Note" means the Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global
Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S. 

        "Related Business" means any business that is related, ancillary or complementary to the businesses of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries on the Issue Date. 

        "Repay" means, in respect of any Debt, to repay, prepay, repurchase, redeem, legally defease or otherwise retire such Debt. "Repayment"
and "Repaid" shall have correlative meanings. For purposes of Section 4.12 and the definition of "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio," Debt shall be considered to have been Repaid only to the
extent the related loan commitment, if any, shall have been permanently reduced in connection therewith. 

        "Responsible Officer," shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the
Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by
the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject
and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture. 

        "Restricted Definitive Note" means one or more Definitive Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend. 

        "Restricted Global Notes" means one or more 144A Global Notes, IAI Global Notes and Regulation S Global Notes and any other Global
Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend. 

        "Restricted Payment" means: 

        (a)   any
dividend or distribution (whether made in cash, securities or other Property) declared or paid on or with respect to any shares of Capital Stock of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), except for any dividend or distribution that is
made solely to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (and, if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the other shareholders of such Restricted Subsidiary on a pro
rata basis or on a basis that results in the receipt by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of dividends or distributions of greater value than it would receive on a pro
rata basis) or any dividend or distribution payable solely in shares of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, and except for pro rata dividends or other
distributions made by a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to minority stockholders; 

        (b)   the
purchase, repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than from the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary) or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into any such Capital Stock, including the exercise of any
option to exchange any Capital Stock (other than for or into Capital Stock of the Company that is not Disqualified Stock); 

        (c)   the
purchase, repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement for value, prior to the date for any scheduled maturity, sinking fund or amortization or other
installment payment, of any Subordinated Obligation (other than the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of any Subordinated Obligation pur- 

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chased
in anticipation of satisfying a scheduled maturity, sinking fund or amortization or other installment obligation, in each case due within one year of the date of acquisition); or 

        (d)   any
Investment (other than Permitted Investments) in any Person. 

        "Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 

        "Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act. 

        "Rule 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. 

        "Rule 903" means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act. 

        "Rule 904" means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act. 

        "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor
to the rating agency business thereof. 

        "Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to Property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such Property to another Person and the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person. 

        "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

        "Security Register" has the meaning specified in Section 4.18(a) hereof. 

        "Senior Debt" of the Company means: 

        (a)   all
obligations consisting of the principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any (including interest accruing on or after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company to the extent post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), in respect of: 

        (1)   Debt
of the Company for borrowed money, and 

        (2)   Debt
of the Company evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments permitted under this Indenture for the payment of which the Company is responsible
or liable; 

        (b)   all
Capital Lease Obligations of the Company and all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into by the Company; 

        (c)   all
obligations of the Company 

        (1)   for
the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar credit transaction, 

        (2)   under
Hedging Obligations, or 

        (3)   issued
or assumed as the deferred purchase price of Property and all conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations under any title retention agreement
permitted under this Indenture; and 

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        (d)   all
obligations of other Persons of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as
Guarantor; 

provided, however, that Senior Debt shall not include: 

        (A)  Debt
of the Company that is by its terms subordinate in right of payment to the Notes; 

        (B)  any
Debt Incurred in violation of the provisions of this Indenture; 

        (C)  accounts
payable or any other obligations of the Company to trade creditors created or assumed by the Company in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
obtaining of materials or services (including Guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities); 

        (D)  any
liability for federal, state, provincial, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company; 

        (E)  any
obligation of the Company to any Subsidiary; or 

        (F)  any
obligations with respect to any Capital Stock of the Company. 

        "Senior Debt" of any Subsidiary Guarantor has a correlative meaning. 

        "Shelf Registration Statement" means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement. 

        "Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a "significant subsidiary" of the Company within the meaning of
Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission. 

        "Special Interest" means the additional interest, if any, to be paid on the Notes as a result of any registration default as set forth in
the Registration Rights Agreement. 

        "Special Purpose Vehicle" means a bankruptcy-remote entity or trust or other special purpose entity which is formed by the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or any other Person for the purpose of, and engages in no material business other than in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction or other similar transactions
of Receivables or other similar or related assets. 

        "Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of
principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the
holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred). 

        "Subordinated Obligations" means any Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter
Incurred) that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement to that effect. 

        "Subsidiary" means, in respect of any Person, any corporation, company (including any limited liability company), association,
partnership, joint venture or other business entity of which a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by: 

        (a)   such
Person, 

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        (b)   such
Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or 

        (c)   one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person. 

        "Subsidiary Guarantee" means the Guarantee of the Notes by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to Article 10 hereof and in
the form of the Guarantee attached as Exhibit E and any additional Guarantee of the Notes to be executed by any Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to Section 4.19 hereof. 

        "Subsidiary Guarantor" means each Canadian and U.S. Restricted Subsidiary in existence on the Issue Date and any other Person that becomes
a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.19 hereof or who otherwise executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to the Trustee providing for a Subsidiary Guarantee. 

        "Surviving Person" means the surviving Person formed by a merger, consolidation or amalgamation and, for purposes of Section 5.01
hereof, a Person to whom all or substantially all of the Property of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor is sold, transferred, assigned, leased, conveyed or otherwise disposed. 

        "Temporary Cash Investments" means: 

        (a)   Investments
in U.S. and Canadian Government Obligations, in each case maturing within 365 days of the date of acquisition thereof; 

        (b)   Investments
in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within one year of the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed
by a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America or Canada or any state or province, as the case may be, or the District of Columbia or any U.S. or Canadian branch
of a foreign bank having, at the date of acquisition thereof, combined capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of US$250.0 million and whose long-term debt is
rated "A-3" or "A-" or higher according to Moody's or S&P (or such similar equivalent rating by at least one "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined
in Rule 436 under the Securities Act)); 

        (c)   repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) entered into with: 

        (1)   a
bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above, or 

        (2)   any
primary government securities dealer reporting to the Market Reports Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; 

        (d)   Investments
in commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company)
organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any Investment therein is made of "P-1" (or higher) according to Moody's or
"A-1" (or higher) according to S&P (or such similar equivalent rating by at least one "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined in Rule 436 under the
Securities Act)) or, with respect to commercial paper issued in Canada by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company) organized and in existence under the laws of Canada, having a rating at
the time as of which any Investment therein is made of "R-1" (or higher) according to Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited; 

        (e)   direct
obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of any state of the United States of America, any province of Canada or any
foreign country recognized by the United States or any political subdivision of any such state, province or foreign country, as the case may be (including any agency or instrumentality thereof), for
the payment of which the full faith and credit of such state is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuer's option, provided that: 

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        (1)   the
long-term debt of such state, province or country is rated "A-3" or "A-" or higher according to Moody's or S&P (or such similar
equivalent rating by at least one "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act)), and 

        (2)   such
obligations mature within one year of the date of acquisition thereof; and 

        (f)    Investments
in money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) above. 

        "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. 

        "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury
Issue, compounded semi-annually, assuming a price for such Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such
redemption date. 

        "Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument or any successor Trustee that shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture. 

        "Unrestricted Definitive Notes" means one or more Definitive Notes that do not and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend. 

        "Unrestricted Global Notes" means one or more Global Notes that do not and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend. 

        "Unrestricted Subsidiary" means: 

        (a)   any
Subsidiary of the Company that is designated after the Issue Date as an Unrestricted Subsidiary as permitted or required pursuant to Section 4.17 hereof and
is not thereafter redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary as permitted pursuant thereto; and 

        (b)   any
Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 

        "U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the
United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or
redeemable at the issuer's option. 

        "Voting Stock" of any Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then
outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof. 

        "Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" means, at any time, any Restricted Subsidiary all the Voting Stock of which (except directors'
qualifying shares) is at such time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and its other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries. 

        "Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor" means any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary. 

        "Wood Fiber Supply and Management Agreement" means the Wood Fiber Supply and Management Agreement, dated as of December 30, 1997
between the Company and Domtar, as in effect on the Issue Date. 

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Section 1.02.    Other Definitions.    

	Term
 
	 	Defined in

Section

	"Acceleration Notice"	 	6.02
	"Additional Amounts"	 	4.21
	"Affiliate Transaction"	 	4.14
	"Allocable Excess Proceeds"	 	4.12
	"Asset Sale Offer"	 	3.09
	"Authentication Order"	 	2.02
	"Base Currency"	 	12.13
	"Benefited Party"	 	10.01
	"Change of Control Offer"	 	4.18
	"Change of Control Payment Date"	 	4.18
	"Change of Control Purchase Price"	 	4.18
	"Covenant Defeasance"	 	8.03
	"defeasance trust"	 	8.04
	"DTC"	 	2.03
	"Event of Default"	 	6.01
	"Excess Proceeds"	 	4.12
	"Excluded Holder"	 	4.21
	"First Currency"	 	12.14
	"judgment currency"	 	12.13
	"Legal Defeasance"	 	8.02
	"losses"	 	7.07
	"Offer Amount"	 	3.09
	"Offer Period"	 	3.09
	"Other Currency"	 	12.14
	"Paying Agent"	 	2.03
	"Permitted Debt"	 	4.09
	"Purchase Date"	 	3.09
	"rate(s) of exchange"	 	12.13
	"Resale Restrictions Termination Date"	 	2.06
	"Registrar"	 	2.03
	"Security Register"	 	4.18
	"Taxes"	 	4.21

Section 1.03.    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.    

        (a)   Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. 

        (b)   The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings: 

        "indenture securities" means the Notes; 

        "indenture security holder" means a Holder of a Note; 

        "indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture; 

        "indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and 

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        "obligor" on the Notes means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Notes. 

        (c)   All
other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule under the TIA and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings so assigned to them. 

Section 1.04.    Rules of Construction.    

        Unless
the context otherwise requires: 

          (i)  a
term has the meaning assigned to it; 

         (ii)  an
accounting term not otherwise defined herein has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP; 

        (iii)  "or"
is not exclusive; 

        (iv)  words
in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; 

         (v)  all
references in this instrument to designated "Articles," "Sections" and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections and subdivisions of this
instrument as originally executed or as amended pursuant to and in accordance with Article 9 hereof; 

        (vi)  the
words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or
other subdivision; 

       (vii)  "including"
means "including without limitation"; 

      (viii)  provisions
apply to successive events and transactions; and 

        (ix)  references
to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by
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ARTICLE 2.    
    
    THE NOTES    
    

Section 2.01.    Form and Dating.    

        (a)    General.    The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law,
stock exchange rule or usage in addition to those set forth on Exhibit A. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
be in denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples thereof. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any
provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling. 

        (b)    Form of Notes.    Notes shall be issued initially in global form and shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend provided in Section 2.06(g)(ii) hereof and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests
in the Global Note" attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend provided in
Section 

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2.06(g)(ii) hereof
and without the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be
specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions and transfers of interests therein. Any endorsement of a
Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof. 

        (c)    Book-Entry Provisions.    This Section 2.01(c) shall only
apply to Global Notes deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary. Participants and Indirect Participants shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global
Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as the custodian for the Depositary or under such Global Note, and the Depositary shall be treated by the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and
its Participants or Indirect Participants, the Applicable Procedures or the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest
in any Global Note. 

        (d)    Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable.    The provisions of the "Operating
Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream" and "Customer Handbook" of Clearstream shall be
applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream. 

        (e)    Certificated Securities.    If at any time the Depositary notifies the Company that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the Depositary shall no longer be eligible under this Section 2.01, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary. If a
successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee,
upon receipt of a Company order for the authentication and delivery of Definitive Notes, will authenticate and deliver Definitive Notes, in authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount
and like terms and tenor equal to the principal amount of the Global Notes in exchange for such Global Notes. 

        The
Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that Global Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Notes. In such event, the Company will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of a Company order for the authentication and delivery of Definitive Notes of the same terms and tenor, will authenticate and deliver Definitive Notes, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Notes in exchange for such Global Notes. 

        If
specified by the Company pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof with respect to Global Notes, the Depositary may surrender Global Notes in exchange in whole or in part for Definitive
Notes and of like terms and tenor on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company order for the
authentication and delivery of Definitive Notes, shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge to the holders: 

          (i)  to
each Person specified by such Depositary a new Definitive Note or Notes of the same tenor, in authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal
to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Global Note; and 

         (ii)  to
such Depositary a new Global Note in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Note and the
aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Notes delivered to holders pursuant to clause (a) above. 

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        Upon
the exchange of a Global Note for Definitive Notes, such Global Note shall be cancelled by the Trustee or an agent of the Company or the Trustee. Definitive Notes in
exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.01 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its
direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Company or the Trustee in writing. The Trustee or such agent shall deliver such Notes to or as directed by
the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered or to the Depositary. 

Section 2.02.    Execution and Authentication.    

        (a)   One
Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. 

        (b)   If
an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid. 

        (c)   A
Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture. 

        (d)   The
Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an "Authentication Order"), authenticate
Notes for original issue. 

        (e)   The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an authenticating agent
may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same
rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries. 

        (f)    The
Company may issue Additional Notes from time to time after the offering of the Initial Notes. The issuance of Additional Notes will be subject to the provisions of
Section 4.09 hereof. The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes subsequently issued under this Indenture shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including,
without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. 

Section 2.03.    Registrar and Paying Agent.    

        (a)   The
Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
("Registrar") and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term
"Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.
The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying
Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. 

        (b)   The
Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to act as Depositary with respect to the Global
Notes. 

        (c)   The
Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes, and the Trustee hereby
initially agrees so to act. 

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   Section 2.04.    Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.    

        The
Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money
held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any
such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary
acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings
relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes. 

Section 2.05.    Holder List.    

        The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply
with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as
the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date or such shorter time as the Trustee may allow, as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the
Holders and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). 

Section 2.06.    Transfer and Exchange.    

        (a)    Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.    A Global Note may not be transferred
as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if (1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice
from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor
Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary or (2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes
(in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or (3) an Event of Default entitling the Holders to accelerate
shall have occurred and be continuing and the Registrar has received a written request from the Depositary to issue Definitive Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (1),
(2) or (3) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in denominations of US$1,000 or integral multiples thereof and in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee in writing.
Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Except as provided in the second sentence of this paragraph, every
Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall
be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a),
however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof. 

        (b)    Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes.    The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests
in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also
shall require compliance with either clause (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following clauses, as applicable: 

        (i)    Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note.    Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global
Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial in- 

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terest
in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may
be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the
Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i). 

        (ii)    All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes.    In connection with all transfers
and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A)(1) a
written order from a
Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another
Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information
regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B)(1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions
given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in
(B)(1) above. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be
deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global
Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the
Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof. 

        (iii)    Transfer of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note to Another Restricted Global Note.    A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following: 

        (A)  if
the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; 

        (B)  if
the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and 

        (C)  if
the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications and certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable. 

        (iv)    Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global
Note.    A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements
of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and: 

        (A)  such
exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be
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ferred,
in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes the certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal required by the Registration Rights Agreement; 

        (B)  such
transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; 

        (C)  such
transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or 

        (D)  the
Registrar receives the following: 

        (1)   if
the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or 

        (2)   if
the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; 

and,
in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar and the Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no
longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. 

        If
any such transfer is effected pursuant to clause (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall
issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to clause (B) or (D) above. 

        (v)    Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes for Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
Prohibited.    Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of,
a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. 

        (c)    Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.    

        (i)    Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes.    If any holder of a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation: 

        (A)  if
the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof; 

        (B)  if
such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
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        (C)  if
such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; 

        (D)  if
such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; 

        (E)  if
such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act other than those listed in clauses (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel
required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable; 

        (F)  if
such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or 

        (G)  if
such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, 

the
Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange
for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or
denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail or
deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein. 

        (ii)    Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.    A holder of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if: 

        (A)  such
exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in
the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in
the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; 

        (B)  such
transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; 

        (C)  such
transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or 

        (D)  the
Registrar receives the following: 

        (1)   if
the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate
from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or 

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        (2)   if
the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the
form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; 

and,
in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. 

        (iii)    Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.    If any holder of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal
amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail or
deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to
this Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the
Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail or deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so
registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend. 

        (d)    Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in the Global
Notes.    

        (i)    Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes.    If any Holder of a
Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation: 

        (A)  if
the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof; 

        (B)  if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; 

        (C)  if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or
Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; 

        (D)  if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with
Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; 

        (E)  if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act other than those listed in clauses (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and
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        (F)  if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or 

        (G)  if
such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, 

the
Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global
Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note. 

        (ii)    Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.    A Holder of a Restricted
Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if: 

        (A)  such
exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or
the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes the certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal required by the Registration Rights Agreement; 

        (B)  such
transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; 

        (C)  such
transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the
transferee makes the certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal required by the Registration Rights Agreement; or 

        (D)  the
Registrar receives the following: 

        (1)   if
the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or 

        (2)   if
the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; 

and,
in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. 

        Upon
satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note. 

        (iii)    Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.    A Holder of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note to a Person who
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beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive
Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes. 

        (iv)    Transfer or Exchange of Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
Prohibited.    An Unrestricted Definitive Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, beneficial
interests in a Restricted Global Note. 

        (v)    Issuance of Unrestricted Global Notes.    If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a
beneficial interest is effected pursuant to clauses (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred. 

        (e)    Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes.    Upon request by a
Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder's compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such
registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and
information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e): 

        (i)    Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes.    Any Restricted Definitive Note may be
transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following: 

        (A)  if
the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof; 

        (B)  if
the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and 

        (C)  if
the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable. 

        (ii)    Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.    Any Restricted Definitive Note may be
exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if: 

        (A)  such
exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or
the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes the certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal required by the Registration Rights Agreement; 

        (B)  any
such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; 

        (C)  any
such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the
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makes
the certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal required by the Registration Rights Agreement; or 

        (D)  the
Registrar receives the following: 

        (1)   if
the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or 

        (2)   if
the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; 

and,
in each such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act. 

        (iii)    Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.    A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes
may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the
Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof. 

        (f)    Exchange Offer.    Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate (A) one or more
Exchange Notes that are Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by
Persons that make the certifications in the applicable Letters of Transmittal required by the Registration Rights Agreement, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (B) Exchange
Notes that are Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons who made the foregoing
certification and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Exchange Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable
Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail or deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Restricted
Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount. 

        (g)    Legends.    The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and
Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture. 

        (i)    Private Placement Legend.    

        (A)  Except
as permitted by clause (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution
thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form: 

        "THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRE- 

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SENTS
THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AN
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR"), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR
ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN
ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS
RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS SECURITY), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION
IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (F) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY, IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C), (E) OR (F), THE HOLDER MUST,
PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION," "UNITED STATES" AND
"U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT." 

        (B)  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to clauses (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii),
(e)(iii) or (e)(iv) to this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend; provided,
however that any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to clauses (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), or (e)(iii) to this
Section 2.06 shall, if issued before the date that is four months and one day after the date of original issuance of the Note, bear a legend in substantially the following form: 

        "CANADIAN
RESALE LEGEND: 

        UNLESS
PERMITTED UNDER CANADIAN SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES SHALL NOT TRADE THE SECURITIES IN OR TO A PERSON IN ANY PROVINCE OF CANADA
BEFORE                        ,
WHICH DATE IS FOUR MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE NOTES." 

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        (ii)    Global Note Legend.    Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: 

        "THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE,
(II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE
FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. 

        UNLESS
THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN." 

        (h)    Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes.    At such time as all beneficial
interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such
Global Note shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a
Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal
amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of
the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect
such increase. 

        (i)    General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.    

          (i)  To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02
hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Company's order or at the Registrar's request. 

         (ii)  No
service charge shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or
similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 4.12, 4.18 and 9.05 hereof). 

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        (iii)  All
Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the
Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 

        (iv)  Neither
the Registrar nor the Company shall be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to
register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to
register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date. 

         (v)  Prior
to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any
Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee,
any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 

        (vi)  The
Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof. 

       (vii)  All
certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of
transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile. 

      (viii)  The
Trustee is hereby authorized to enter into a letter of representation with the Depositary in the form provided by the Company and to act in accordance with such
letter. 

        (ix)  The
Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under
applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than
to require delivery of such certificates and other
documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to
form with the express requirements hereof. 

Section 2.07.    Replacement Notes.    

        If
any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company
shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an
indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any
loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note. 

        Any
replacement Note authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Section in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same
Debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder. 

        In
case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note had become or is about to become due and payable, the Company, in its discretion, may, instead of issuing a new Note,
pay such Note, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph. 

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        The
provisions of this Section 2.07 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies of any Holder with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes. 

Section 2.08.    Outstanding Notes.    

        (a)   The
Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those
reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set
forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(c) thereof. 

        (b)   If
a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced
note is held by a bona fide purchaser. 

        (c)   If
the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue. 

        (d)   If
the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes
payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest. 

Section 2.09.    Treasury Notes.    

        In
determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, amendment, supplement, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by
any Affiliate of the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction,
amendment, supplement, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. 

Section 2.10.    Temporary Notes.    

        Until
certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes.
Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. 

        Holders
of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture. 

Section 2.11.    Cancellation.    

        The
Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee, or at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent, upon direction by the Company and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such cancelled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record retention
requirements of the Exchange Act) or return them to the Company. Certification of the destruction of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Company from time to time upon request. The Company
may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. 

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Section 2.12.    Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest.    

        Interest
on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Note (or one
or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest payment. 

        If
the Company defaults in a payment of interest or Special Interest, if any, on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest
payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each
such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date
for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid. 

Section 2.13.    CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.    

        The
Company in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP" or "ISIN" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" or "ISIN" numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed
on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP" or "ISIN" numbers. 

Section 2.14.    Special Interest.    

        If
Special Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and paragraph 1 of the Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate to
that effect stating (i) the amount of such Special Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
receives such a certificate or instruction or direction from the Holders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Special Interest is payable. The
foregoing shall not prejudice the rights of the Holders with respect to their entitlement to Special Interest as otherwise set forth in this Indenture or the Notes and pursuing any action against the
Company directly or otherwise directing the Trustee to take any such action in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes. If the Company has paid Special Interest directly to the
persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment. 

Section 2.15.    Issuance of Additional Notes.    

        The
Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09 hereof, to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture which shall have identical terms as the Initial
Notes issued on the date hereof, other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price. The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof, any Additional Notes and all Exchange Notes issued in
exchange therefor shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. 

        With
respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a resolution of its Board of Directors and an Officer's Certificate, a copy of each which shall be delivered to the
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        (a)   the
aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture; 

        (b)   the
issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes; and 

        (c)   whether
such Additional Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer and if so, specifying such restrictions and the last day of the Distribution Compliance Period
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ARTICLE 3.    
    
    REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT    
    

Section 3.01.    Notices to Trustee.    

        If
the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof and paragraph 5 of the Notes, it shall furnish to the Trustee,
at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officer's Certificate setting forth (i) the
clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.
Any such notice may be cancelled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall, therefore, be void and of no effect. 

Section 3.02.    Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.    

        If
less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed among the Holders of the Notes in compliance with any applicable
depositary and legal requirements and the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a  pro rata basis, at
random or in accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. In the event of partial redemption at
random, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the
outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. 

        The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of US$1,000 or whole multiples of US$1,000;
except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of US$1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in
the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. 

Section 3.03.    Notice of Redemption.    

        At
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each
Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. 

        The
notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state: 

        (a)   the
redemption date; 

        (b)   the
redemption price or if the redemption is made pursuant to Section 3.07(b) hereof a calculation of the redemption price; 

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        (c)   if
any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender
of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note; 

        (d)   the
name and address of the Paying Agent; 

        (e)   that
Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; 

        (f)    that,
unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest and Special Interest, if any, on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after
the redemption date; 

        (g)   the
paragraph of the Notes or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and 

        (h)   that
no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes. 

        At
the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company's name and at its expense; provided, however,
that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days, or such shorter period allowed by the Trustee, prior to the redemption date, an Officer's Certificate requesting that the
Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in this Section 3.03. 

Section 3.04.    Effect of Notice of Redemption.    

        Once
notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption
price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. 

Section 3.05.    Deposit of Redemption Price.    

        On
or before 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on any redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of
and accrued interest and Special Interest, if any, on all Notes (or portions of Notes) to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money
deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest and Special Interest, if any, on, all Notes to be
redeemed. 

        If
the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest and Special Interest, if any, shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the
portions of Notes called for redemption, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment. If a Note is redeemed on or after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest
Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. If any
Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest and Special Interest, if
any, shall be paid on the unpaid principal from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate
provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. 

Section 3.06.    Notes Redeemed in Part.    

        Upon
surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and, upon the Company's written request, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of
the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered. 

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Section 3.07.    Optional Redemption.    

        (a)   The
Company may choose to redeem the Notes at any time. If it does so, it may redeem all or any portion of the Notes, at once or over time, after giving the required
notice hereunder. To redeem the Notes prior to June 1, 2008, the Company must pay a redemption price equal to the greater of: 

          (i)  100%
of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and 

         (ii)  the
sum of the present values of (1) the redemption price of the Notes at June 1, 2008 (as set forth below) and (2) the remaining scheduled
payments of interest from the redemption date to June 1, 2008, but excluding accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the redemption date, discounted to the date of
redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the Treasury Rate (determined on the second business day
immediately preceding the date of redemption) plus 50 basis points, 

plus,
in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, including Special Interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on the relevant interest payment date). 

        Any
notice to Holders of Notes of such a redemption will include the appropriate calculation of the redemption price, but need not include the redemption price itself. The actual
redemption price, calculated as described above, will be set forth in an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the redemption date (unless
clause (b) of the definition of "Comparable Treasury Price" is applicable, in which case such Officer's Certificate shall be delivered on the redemption date). 

        (b)   Beginning
on June 1, 2008, the Company may redeem all or any portion of the Notes, at once or over time, after giving the required notice under this Indenture, at
the redemption prices set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record
on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). The following prices are for Notes redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on
June 1 of the years set forth below, and are expressed as percentages of principal amount: 

	Redemption Year
 
	 	Price
	 
	2008	 	103.375	%
	2009	 	102.250	%
	2010	 	101.125	%
	2011 and thereafter	 	100.000	%

        (c)   In
addition, at any time and from time to time, prior to June 1, 2006, the Company may redeem up to a maximum of 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of
the Notes with the proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, at a redemption price equal to 106.750% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest,
if any, thereon, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date);  provided, however, that
after giving effect to any such redemption, at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains
outstanding. Any such redemption shall be made within 90 days of such Qualified Equity Offering upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice. 

        (d)   The
Company may at any time redeem in whole but not in part the outstanding notes at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date of redemption if it has become or would become obligated to pay any Additional Amounts in respect of the Notes as a result of: 

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          (i)  any
change in or amendment to the laws (or regulations promulgated thereunder) of Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), or 

         (ii)  any
change in or amendment to any official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws or regulations, 

which
change or amendment is announced or is effective on or after the Issue Date. 

Section 3.08.    Mandatory Redemption.    

        Except
as set forth in Sections 4.12 and 4.18 hereof, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. 

Section 3.09.    Offer To Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.    

        (a)   In
the event that, pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof, the Company shall be required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an
"Asset Sale Offer"), it shall follow the procedures specified below. 

        (b)   The
Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required
by applicable law (the "Offer Period"). No later than the fifth Business Day after the termination of the Offer Period (the
"Purchase Date"), the Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes required to be purchased pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof (the
"Offer Amount") or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so
purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made. 

        If
the Purchase Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, shall be paid
to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the
Asset Sale Offer. 

        Within
five Business Days after the Company is obligated to make an Asset Sale Offer as described in clause (d) of Section 4.12 hereof, the Company shall send, by
first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes
pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things, the Purchase Date, which shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable law, a Business Day no earlier than
30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer,
shall state: 

          (i)  that
the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.12 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain
open; 

         (ii)  the
Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date; 

        (iii)  that
any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest; 

        (iv)  that,
unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest and
Special Interest, if any, after the Purchase Date; 

         (v)  that
Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of US$1,000 only; 

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        (vi)  that
Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder
to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the
address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date; 

       (vii)  that
Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the
expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of
the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; 

      (viii)  that,
if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on a  pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed
appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of US$1,000 or integral multiples
thereof shall be purchased); and 

        (ix)  that
Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or
transferred by book-entry transfer). 

        On
or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary,
the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company or the Paying Agent
(using funds received by it from the Company for such purpose), as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than five Business Days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each
tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee,
upon written request from the Company shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.
Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase
Date. 

        Other
than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through
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ARTICLE 4.    
    
    COVENANTS    
    

Section 4.01.    Payment of Notes.    

        The
Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the
Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as
of 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest
and Special Interest, if any, then due. The Company shall pay Special Interest, if any, in the same manner, on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. 

        The
Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on
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annum
in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and
Special Interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace periods), from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. 

        Interest
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 

Section 4.02.    Maintenance of Office or Agency.    

        (a)   The
Company shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office or drop facility of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or
co-registrar) where Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. 

        (b)   The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and
may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency. 

        (c)   The
Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as one such office, drop facility or agency of the Company in accordance with
Section 2.03 hereof. 

Section 4.03.    Reports.    

        (a)   The
Company shall provide the Trustee and the Holders, within 15 days after it files with, or furnishes to, the Commission, copies of its annual report and of the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or is required to furnish to Commission pursuant to this Indenture. Notwithstanding that the Company may not be required to
remain subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and
quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, the Company shall continue to file with, or furnish to, the Commission and provide the Trustee and the Holders: 

          (i)  within
180 days after the end of each fiscal year (or such shorter period as the Commission may in the future prescribe), annual reports on
Form 20-F (or any successor form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor form), 

         (ii)  within
60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, reports on Form 6-K (or any successor form)
containing substantially the same information as is required to be contained in quarterly financial reports prescribed by applicable Canadian regulatory authorities for Canadian public reporting
companies (whether or not the Company is required to file such forms under Canadian law or stock exchange requirements); and 

        (iii)  promptly
from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported, such other reports on Form 6-K (or any successor form)
as are required to be filed by the Commission; 

provided, however, that the Company shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the Commission if the Commission does not permit such filings. 

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        (b)   In
addition, following the consummation of the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, whether or not required by the Commission, the Company
shall file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods
specified in the Commission's rules and regulations (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon
request. 

        (c)   For
so long as any Notes remain outstanding and the Company does not have or shall cease to have a class of equity securities registered under
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act or is not or shall cease to be subject to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall furnish to the Holders, upon their request, the
information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. 

        (d)   Delivery
of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officer's Certificates). 

Section 4.04.    Compliance Certificate.    

        (a)   The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officer's Certificate stating that in the course of performing
their duties as Officers of the Company a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with
a view to determining whether the Company and its Subsidiaries have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing
such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company and its Subsidiaries are not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this
Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or
interest or Special Interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto. 

        (b)   The
Company shall comply with TIA § 314(a)(2) and (a)(4). 

        (c)   The
Company shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, after becoming aware of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer's Certificate of any event
that with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. 

Section 4.05.    Taxes.    

        The
Company shall pay or discharge, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay or discharge, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental
levies; provided that neither the Company nor any such Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to pay or discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged,
any such tax, assessment, charge or claim the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been
established in accordance with GAAP or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders. 

Section 4.06.    Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.    

        The
Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
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tage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted. 

Section 4.07.    Corporate Existence.    

        Subject
to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence, and
the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the
Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes or such action is otherwise permitted by this Indenture. 

Section 4.08.    Payments for Consent.    

        The
Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to
any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or is paid to
all Holders that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement. 

Section 4.09.    Incurrence of Additional Debt.    

        (a)   The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Debt unless, after giving effect to the application of the
proceeds thereof, no Default or Event of Default would occur as a consequence of such Incurrence or be continuing following such Incurrence and either: 

        (i)    such
Debt is Debt of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor and after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.00 to 1.00, or 

        (ii)   such
Debt is Permitted Debt. 

        (b)   The
term "Permitted Debt" is defined to include the following: 

        (i)    (1) Debt
of the Company evidenced by the Notes and the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Notes and (2) Debt of the Subsidiary Guarantors evidenced
by the Subsidiary Guarantees relating to the Notes and the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Notes; 

        (ii)   Debt
of the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary under the New Revolving Credit Facility or a Qualified
Securitization Transaction; provided that, after giving effect to any such Incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Incurred pursuant to
this clause (ii) and then outstanding shall not exceed the greater of (i) $350.0 million, which amount shall be permanently reduced by the amount of Net Available Cash used
to Repay Debt under the New Revolving Credit Facility, and not subsequently reinvested in Additional Assets or used to purchase Notes or Repay other Debt, pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof, and
(ii) the sum of (A) 60% of the book value of the inventory of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (B) 80% of the book value of the accounts receivable of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (C) $200.0 million, in each case determined on a 

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consolidated
basis as of the most recently ended quarter of the Company for which financial statements of the Company have been provided to the Holders of Notes; 

        (iii)  Debt
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Debt;  provided that: 

        (A)  the
aggregate principal amount of such Debt does not exceed the Fair Market Value (on the date of the Incurrence thereof) of the Property acquired, constructed or
leased, and 

        (B)  the
aggregate principal amount of all Debt Incurred and then outstanding pursuant to this clause (iii) (together with all Permitted Refinancing Debt
Incurred and then outstanding in respect of Debt previously Incurred pursuant to this clause (iii)) does not exceed 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; 

        (iv)  Debt
of the Company owing to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary and Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to and held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;  provided that if the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on any such Debt, then such Debt is expressly subordinated by its terms to the
prior payment in full in cash of the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be; provided further,  however, that any subsequent issue or
transfer of Capital Stock or other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted
Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of any such Debt (except to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of such Debt by the issuer
thereof; 

        (v)   Debt
under Interest Rate Agreements entered into by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of limiting interest rate risk in the ordinary course of the
financial management of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary and not for speculative purposes; provided that the obligations under such agreements
are directly related to payment obligations on Debt otherwise permitted by this Section 4.09; 

        (vi)  Debt
under Currency Exchange Protection Agreements entered into by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of limiting currency exchange rate risks
directly related to transactions entered into by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; 

        (vii) Debt
under Commodity Price Protection Agreements entered into by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of the financial management of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary and not for speculative purposes; 

        (viii) Debt
in connection with one or more standby letters of credit or performance bonds issued by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business
or pursuant to self-insurance obligations and not in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit; 

        (ix)  Debt
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the Issue Date not otherwise described in clauses (b)(i) through (viii) above; 

        (x)   Debt
of a Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company or otherwise became a Restricted Subsidiary
(other than Debt Incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such
Restricted Subsidiary became a Subsidiary of the Company or was otherwise acquired by the Company); provided that at the time such Restricted Subsidiary
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giving
effect to the Incurrence of such Debt, the Company would have been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to clause (a)(i) of this Section 4.09; 

        (xi)  Debt
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-out or other
similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiary of the Company otherwise permitted by and in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture; 

        (xii) Debt
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary evidenced by promissory notes issued to employees, former employees, directors or former directors of the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in lieu of any cash payment permitted to be made under Section 4.10(b)(vi) hereof; provided, however, that
(1) all such Debt must be unsecured and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the Notes (in the case of the Company) or the related
Subsidiary Guarantee (in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor) and (2) the aggregate principal amount of all such Debt incurred in any calendar year, when added to the aggregate amount of all
repurchases made in such calendar year pursuant to Section 4.10(b)(vi) hereof, shall not exceed $7.5 million; 

        (xiii) Guarantees
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary making such
Guarantee would otherwise be permitted to incur under this Indenture; 

        (xiv) Debt
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary arising from the honoring of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, provided such Debt
is extinguished within five Business Days of the Company or Restricted Subsidiary receiving notice; 

        (xv) Debt
consisting of take-or-pay obligations contained in supply agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; 

        (xvi) Debt
of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $50.0 million, increasing to
$100.0 million following the consummation of a Parent Merger Adjustment; and 

        (xvii) Permitted
Refinancing Debt Incurred in respect of Debt Incurred pursuant to clause (a)(i) of this Section 4.09 and clauses (b)(i), (iii),
(ix) and (x) above; provided, however, that in the case of any Debt of the Company owing
to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary and Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to and held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred pursuant to
Section 4.09(b)(ix) hereof, the obligee of such Permitted Refinancing Debt shall be either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or if the original obligee of the Debt being Refinanced
was the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor then the obligee of such Permitted Refinancing Debt shall be either the Company a Subsidiary Guarantor. 

        (c)   Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4.09, 

        (i)    the
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, Incur any Debt pursuant to this Section 4.09 if the proceeds thereof are used, directly
or indirectly, to Refinance any Subordinated Obligations unless such Debt shall be subordinated to the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, to at least the same extent as
such Subordinated Obligations; 

        (ii)   the
Company shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to Incur any Debt pursuant to this Section 4.09 if the proceeds thereof
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        (iii)  accrual
of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Debt will be deemed not to
be an Incurrence of Debt for purposes of this Section 4.09. 

        (d)   For
purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of
Permitted Debt described in clauses (b)(i) through (xvii) of this Section 4.09 or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to clause (a)(i) of this Section 4.09,
the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify (or later reclassify in whole or in part, in its sole discretion) such item of Debt in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09. 

        (e)   For
purposes of determining compliance with any Canadian dollar-denominated restriction or amount, the Canadian dollar-equivalent principal amount thereof denominated in
a foreign currency will be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date the Debt or other transaction was incurred or entered into, or first committed, in the case of
revolving credit debt; provided that if any Permitted Refinancing Debt is incurred to refinance Debt denominated in a foreign currency, and such
refinancing would cause the applicable Canadian dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such
Canadian dollar-denominated restriction will be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing Debt does not exceed the principal amount of such Debt
being refinanced. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no restriction or amount will be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. 

Section 4.10.    Restricted Payments.    

        (a)   The
Company shall not make, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment if at the time of, and after giving
effect to, such proposed Restricted Payment, 

        (i)    a
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, 

        (ii)   the
Company could not Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to clause (a)(i) of Section 4.09 hereof, or 

        (iii)  the
aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments declared or made since the Issue Date (the amount of any Restricted Payment, if made
other than in cash, to be based upon Fair Market Value at the time of such Restricted Payment) would exceed an amount equal to the sum of: 

        (A)  50%
of the aggregate amount of Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period) from January 1, 2003 to the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with, or furnished to, the Commission (or if the aggregate amount of Consolidated Net Income for such period shall be a deficit,
minus 100% of such deficit), plus 

        (B)  100%
of Capital Stock Sale Proceeds, plus 

        (C)  the
sum of: 

        (1)   the
aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the issuance or sale after the Issue Date of convertible or exchangeable Debt
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        (2)   the
aggregate amount by which Debt (other than Subordinated Obligations) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is reduced on the Company's consolidated balance
sheet on or after the Issue Date upon the conversion or exchange of any Debt issued or sold on or prior to the Issue Date that is convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company, 

excluding,
in the case of clause (1) or (2): 

        (x)   any
such Debt issued or sold to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any such Subsidiary
for the benefit of their employees, and 

        (y)   the
aggregate amount of any cash or other Property distributed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon any such conversion or exchange, 

plus

        (D)  an
amount equal to the sum of: 

        (1)   the
net reduction in Investments in any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary resulting from dividends, repayments, forgiveness or cancellation of
loans or advances or other transfers of Property, in each case to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Person, 

        (2)   the
portion (proportionate to the Company's equity interest in such Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at
the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of
any Person, the amount of Investments previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person, and 

        (3)   to
the extent that any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) that was made after the Issue Date is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the
lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Investment, plus 

        (E)  $25.0 million. 

        (b)   Notwithstanding
the foregoing limitation, the Company and Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable, may: 

        (i)    pay
dividends or distributions on its Capital Stock within 60 days of the declaration thereof if, on the declaration date, such dividends or distributions could
have been paid in compliance with this Indenture; provided, however, that at the time of such payment of such dividend or distribution, no other Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or result therefrom); provided further, however, that such dividend or distribution shall be
included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) above; 

        (ii)   purchase,
repurchase, redeem, legally defease, acquire or retire for value any (i) Capital Stock of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Permitted Joint
Venture, or (ii) Subordinated Obligations, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock and other
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Company
or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for the benefit of their employees); provided,
however, that 

        (A)  such
purchase, repurchase, redemption, legal defeasance, acquisition or retirement shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to
clause (a)(iii) above and 

        (B)  the
Capital Stock Sale Proceeds from such exchange or sale shall be excluded from the calculation pursuant to clause (a)(iii)(B) above; 

        (iii)  purchase,
repurchase, redeem, legally defease, acquire or retire for value any Subordinated Obligations in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially
concurrent sale of, Permitted Refinancing Debt; provided, however, that such purchase, repurchase, redemption, legal defeasance, acquisition or
retirement shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) above; 

        (iv)  the
repurchase of equity interests of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options upon surrender of equity
interests to pay the exercise price of such options; provided, however, that such repurchase shall be
excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) above; 

        (v)   repurchase,
redeem or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from current or former employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such current or former employees), pursuant to the terms of agreements (including employment agreements, employee stock options or restricted stock
agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) approved by the Board of Directors under which such individuals purchase or sell, or are granted the option to purchase or sell, shares of such Capital
Stock; provided, however, that: 

        (A)  the
aggregate amount of such repurchases shall not exceed $2.5 million in any calendar year, increasing to $7.5 million in any calendar year following the
consummation of a Parent Merger Adjustment and 

        (B)  at
the time of such repurchase, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or result therefrom); 

provided further, however, that such repurchases shall be included in the calculation of the amount of
Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) above; 

        (vi)  pay
dividends or distributions in the ordinary course of business on the Company's outstanding Capital Stock or Preferred Stock or make open market purchases of shares
of the Company's outstanding Capital Stock pursuant to stock buyback programs approved by the Board of Directors, in an amount which, when combined with all such dividends, distributions and
purchases, does not exceed $20.0 million in the aggregate in any calendar year; provided, however, that at the time of such dividend,
distribution or payment, 

        (A)  the
Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to clause (a)(i) of Section 4.09 hereof, after giving pro forma effect to such
dividend or distribution; and 

        (B)  no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or result therefrom); 

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provided further, however, that such dividends or distributions shall be excluded in the calculation of
the amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) above; 

        (vii) to
cause Norampac Avot-Vallée S.A.S. to pay dividends or distributions, on a pro rata basis,
to all holders of its common stock; 

        (viii) convert
into grants any loan or loans made on or prior to the Issue Date by Agence de l'eau to Avot-Vallée S.A.S., and from which Norampac
Avot-Vallée S.A.S. is fully and unconditionally released; provided, however,
that the principal value of the loan or loans converted does not exceed $2.0 million; 

        (ix)  purchase,
repurchase, redeem, legally defease, acquire or retire for value any Subordinated Obligations from Net Available Cash to the extent permitted by
Section 4.12 hereof; provided, however, that such purchase, repurchase, redemption, legal defeasance, acquisition or retirement for value shall
be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) above; 

        (x)   purchase
or redeem any Subordinated Obligations, to the extent required by the terms of such Debt following a Change of Control; provided,
however, that the Company has made a Change of Control Offer and has purchased all Notes tendered in connection with that Change of Control Offer;  provided further, however, that such purchase or redemption shall be included in the calculation of the
amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) above; 

        (xi)  so
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, make Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures; provided
that the aggregate amount of such Investments made pursuant to this clause (xi) shall not exceed the greater of $100.0 million or 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;  provided further,
however, that such Investments shall be excluded from the calculation of the amount of
Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) above; 

        (xii) so
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in connection with an Approved Restructuring Transaction, make a one-time Restricted Payment
of up to $200.0 million; provided that the Company's Leverage Ratio is less than 3.0 to 1.0 after giving effect to such Restricted
Payment; provided further, however, that such Restricted Payment shall be excluded from the calculation
of Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) above; 

        (xiii) purchase,
redeem, acquire or otherwise retire for value any Capital Stock of Avot-Vallée S.A.S., Montcorr Packaging Ltd, Groupe
NBG Inc. and Silvachem Inc., in each case, outstanding on the Issue Date (excluding Capital Stock owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) at a price not to exceed the
Fair Market Value thereof; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such purchases shall not exceed $10.0 million;  provided, however, that such purchase shall be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted
Payments pursuant to clause (a)(iii) above; and 

        (xiv) to
the extent not otherwise described in clauses (i) through (xiii) above, make Restricted Payments of up to $10.0 million per fiscal year;  provided, however, that such amount shall be
excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to
clause (a)(iii) above. 

Section 4.11.    Liens.    

        The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur or suffer to exist, any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of its Property
(including Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary), whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, unless it has made or will
make effective provision whereby the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with (or, if such other Debt constitutes Subordinated Obligations,
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long
as such other Debt is secured by such Lien; provided, however, that if the Debt so secured is expressly subordinated to the Notes, then the Lien
securing such Debt shall be subordinated and junior to the Lien securing the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees. 

Section 4.12.    Asset Sales.    

        (a)   The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, consummate any Asset Sale unless: 

        (i)    the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration, including the relief of liabilities, at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market
Value of the Property subject to such Asset Sale; 

        (ii)   at
least 75% of the consideration paid to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Asset Sale is in the form of cash or Temporary Cash
Investments; and 

        (iii)  the
Company delivers an Officer's Certificate to the Trustee certifying that such Asset Sale complies with the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii). 

Solely
for the purposes of clause (a)(ii) of this Section 4.12, the following will be deemed to be cash: 

        (A)  the
assumption by the purchaser of liabilities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities or liabilities that are by their terms
subordinated to the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee) as a result of which the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer obligated with respect to such liabilities, and 

        (B)  any
securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such Purchaser to the extent they are promptly converted or
monetized by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received). 

        (b)   The
Net Available Cash (or any portion thereof) from Asset Sales may be applied by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary elects (or is required by the terms of any Debt): 

        (i)    to
Repay 

        (A)  Debt
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is secured by the Property subject to such Asset Sale (excluding any Debt owed to the Company or an affiliate of
the Company) and/or 

        (B)  Debt
under the New Revolving Credit Facility; or 

        (ii)   to
reinvest in Additional Assets (including by means of an Investment in Additional Assets by a Restricted Subsidiary with Net Available Cash received by the Company or
another Restricted Subsidiary); or 

        (iii)  to
make capital expenditures to improve existing assets. 

        (c)   Any
Net Available Cash from an Asset Sale not applied in accordance with clause (b) of this Section 4.12 within 360 days from the date of the
receipt of such Net Available Cash or that is not segregated from the general funds of the Company for investment in identified Additional Assets in respect of a project that shall have been
commenced, and for which binding contractual commitments have been entered into, prior to the end of such 360-day period and that shall not have been completed or abandoned shall
constitute "Excess Proceeds"; 

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provided, however, that the amount of any Net Available Cash that ceases to be so segregated as contemplated above and any Net Available Cash that is
segregated in respect of a project that is abandoned or completed shall also constitute "Excess Proceeds" at the time any such Net Available Cash ceases to be so segregated or at the time the relevant
project is so abandoned or completed, as applicable; provided further, however, that the amount of any
Net Available Cash that continues to be segregated for investment and that is not actually reinvested within twelve months from the date of the receipt of such Net Available Cash shall also
constitute "Excess Proceeds." 

        (d)   When
the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, or $25.0 million following the consummation of a Parent Merger Adjustment (taking into
account income earned on such Excess Proceeds, if any), the Company will be required to make an Asset Sale Offer which offer shall be in the amount of the Allocable Excess Proceeds (as defined below),
on a pro rata basis according to principal amount, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the purchase
date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in
the event of oversubscription) set forth in this Indenture. To the extent that any portion of the amount of Net Available Cash remains after compliance with the preceding sentence and provided that
all Holders of Notes have been given the opportunity to tender their Notes for purchase in accordance with this Indenture, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may use such remaining amount for
any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture and the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset to zero. 

        (e)   The
term "Allocable Excess Proceeds" shall mean the product of: 

        (i)    the
Excess Proceeds and 

        (ii)   a
fraction, 

        (A)  the
numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on the date of the Asset Sale Offer, and 

        (B)  the
denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on the date of the Asset Sale Offer and the aggregate principal amount of
other Debt of the Company outstanding on the date of the Asset Sale Offer that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes and subject to terms and
conditions in respect of Asset Sales similar in all material respects to this Section 4.12 and requiring the Company to make an offer to purchase such Debt at substantially the same time as the
Asset Sale Offer. 

        (f)    Within
five Business Days after the Company is obligated to make an Asset Sale Offer as described in clause (d) of this Section 4.12, the Company
shall send a written notice as required by Section 3.09 hereof, by first-class mail, to the Holders of Notes. 

        (g)   The
Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations
in connection with any repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.12. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this
Section 4.12, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.12 by virtue
thereof. 

Section 4.13.    Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries.    

        (a)   The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist any consensual restriction
on the right of any Restricted Subsidiary to: 

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        (i)    pay
dividends, in cash or otherwise, or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock, or pay any Debt or other obligation owed, to the Company or
any other Restricted Subsidiary, 

        (ii)   make
any loans or advances to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or 

        (iii)  transfer
any of its Property to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary. 

        (b)   The
foregoing limitations will not apply: 

        (i)    with
respect to clauses (a)(i), (ii) and (iii), to restrictions: 

        (A)  in
effect on the Issue Date, including, without limitation, restrictions pursuant to the Notes, this Indenture, the indenture governing the Notes and the New Revolving
Credit Facility or pursuant to a credit agreement or credit agreements which may be entered into after the Issue Date under which one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries can
Incur up to $15.0 million of Debt so long as such Debt is Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(ii) hereof and that are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained
in the New Revolving Credit Facility on the Issue Date or, pursuant to any amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing of the agreement containing
such restriction; provided that the restrictions contained therein are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions contained in those
agreements as in effect on the date of this Indenture, 

        (B)  relating
to Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary and existing at the time it became a Restricted Subsidiary if such restriction was not created in connection with or in
anticipation of the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by the Company, 

        (C)  that
result from the Refinancing of Debt Incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in clause (i)(A) or (B) above or in
clause (ii)(A) or (B) below; provided such restriction is no less favorable to the Holders than those under the agreement
evidencing the Debt so Refinanced, 

        (D)  arising
in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction (including limitations set forth in the governing documents of a Special Purpose Vehicle), or 

        (E)  existing
under or by reason of applicable law, and 

        (ii)   with
respect to clause (a)(iii) only, to restrictions: 

        (A)  relating
to Debt that is permitted to be Incurred and secured without also securing the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.09 and
Section 4.11 hereof, that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the Property securing such Debt, 

        (B)  encumbering
Property at the time such Property was acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such restriction relates solely to the Property so
acquired and was not created in connection with or in anticipation of such acquisition, 

        (C)  resulting
from customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of leases or customary provisions in other agreements that restrict assignment of such
agreements or rights thereunder, 

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        (D)  that
constitute customary restrictions contained in sale agreements limiting the transfer of Capital Stock or Property pending the closing of such sale, 

        (E)  that
constitute customary restrictions contained in joint venture agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and in good faith and not otherwise
prohibited under this Indenture, or 

        (F)  existing
by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, any Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not
otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. 

Section 4.14.    Affiliate Transactions.    

        (a)   The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, conduct any business or enter into or suffer to exist any transaction
or series of transactions (including the purchase, sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or exchange of any Property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate
of the Company (an "Affiliate Transaction"), unless: 

          (i)  the
terms of such Affiliate Transaction are set forth in writing and no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that
could be obtained in a comparable arm's-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, 

         (ii)  if
such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments or value in excess of $10.0 million, increasing to $20.0 million following the consummation of a
Parent Merger Adjustment, the Board of Directors (including at least a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors) approves such Affiliate Transaction and, in its good faith
judgment, believes that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (a)(i) of this Section 4.14 as evidenced by a Board Resolution promptly delivered to the Trustee, and 

        (iii)  if
such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments or value in excess of $15.0 million, increasing to $50.0 million following the consummation of
a Parent Merger Adjustment, the Company
obtains a written opinion from an Independent Financial Advisor to the effect that the consideration to be paid or received in connection with such Affiliate Transaction is fair, from a financial
point of view, to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries. 

        (b)   Notwithstanding
the foregoing limitation, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into or suffer to exist the following: 

          (i)  any
transaction or series of transactions between the Company and one or more Restricted Subsidiaries or between two or more Restricted Subsidiaries;  provided that if one of the parties to such transaction
or series of transactions is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, no more
than 5% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock (on a fully diluted basis) of such Restricted Subsidiary is owned by a stockholder of the Company that is an Affiliate; 

         (ii)  any
Restricted Payment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, or any Permitted Investment; 

        (iii)  the
payment of compensation (including amounts paid pursuant to employee benefit plans) for the personal services of officers, directors and employees of the Company
or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether in cash, securities or otherwise, so long as the Board of Directors in good faith shall have approved the terms thereof and deemed the services
theretofore or thereafter to be performed for such compensation to be fair consideration therefor; 

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        (iv)  loans
and advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practices of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be; provided that such loans and advances do not exceed $2.5 million, increasing to $7.5 million following the consummation of a
Parent Merger Adjustment in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; 

         (v)  the
issuance or sale of any Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company; 

        (vi)  transactions
with customers, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case which are in the ordinary course
of business and consistent with industry practice (including, without limitation, pursuant to agreements in existence on the date of this Indenture) and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this
Indenture, and which are fair to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable, in the reasonable determination of the Board of
Directors and are on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained in a comparable arm's-length transaction with a Person
that is not an Affiliate of the Company; 

       (vii)  payments
or other transactions pursuant to any tax-sharing agreement approved by the Board of Directors and entered into in good faith between the Company
and any other Person with which the Company files a consolidated tax return or with which the Company is a part of a consolidated group for tax purposes;  provided that in no event shall the amount of
such payments exceed the Company's and its Subsidiaries' share of such tax liability; 

      (viii)  any
sale, conveyance or other transfer of Receivables and other related assets customarily transferred in a Qualified Securitization Transaction; 

        (ix)  director
and officer indemnification agreements entered into in good faith and approved by the Board of Directors; 

         (x)  payments
to Cascades or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to and in accordance with the Management Agreement; and 

        (xi)  payments
to Domtar or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to and in accordance with the Wood Fiber Supply and Management Agreement. 

Section 4.15.    Sale and Leaseback Transactions.    

        (a)   The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction with respect to any Property unless: 

          (i)  the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Sale and Leaseback transaction at least equal to the Fair
Market Value of the Property subject to such transaction; 

         (ii)  the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to Incur Debt in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof; and 

        (iii)  the
Sale and Leaseback Transaction is effected in compliance with Section 4.12 hereof. 

        (b)   In
the event that paragraph (a) of this Section 4.15 no longer applies to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in light of the circumstances
described in Section 4.20 hereof, the Company shall not, and 

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shall
not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction with respect to any Property unless 

          (i)  the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to create a Lien on such Property securing such Attributable Debt without also securing the Notes or the
applicable Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.11 hereof; and 

         (ii)  the
greater of the net proceeds of the sale or the fair value of such Property is applied within 360 days either to (A) the retirement of Debt of the
Company or (B) the purchase of other Property having a value at least equal to the greater of such amounts. 

Section 4.16.    Issuance or Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.    

        The
Company shall not: 

        (a)   sell,
pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, or 

        (b)   permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, issue or sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of its Capital Stock, 

other
than, in the case of either (a) or (b): 

        (1)   directors'
qualifying shares, 

        (2)   pledges
of Capital Stock of Subsidiaries of the Company that constitute Permitted Liens or Liens securing Senior Debt, 

        (3)   to
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or 

        (4)   a
disposition of outstanding shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Person;  provided, however, that, in the case of this clause (4),
such disposition is effected in compliance with Section 4.12 hereof, and, to the
extent applicable, Section 4.10 hereof. 

Section 4.17.    Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.    

        (a)   The
Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Company to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such designation is permitted under Section 4.10 hereof and
the Subsidiary to be so designated: 

          (i)  does
not own any Capital Stock or Debt of, or own or hold any Lien on any Property of, the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary; 

         (ii)  has
no Debt other than Non-Recourse Debt; 

        (iii)  is
not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such
agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates
of the Company; 

        (iv)  is
a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (1) to subscribe for
additional Capital Stock or (2) to maintain or preserve such Person's financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified 

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preserve
such Person's financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and 

         (v)  has
not Guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Debt of the Company of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. 

        (b)   Unless
so designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Company will be classified as a Restricted Subsidiary;  provided, however, that such Subsidiary shall not be
designated a Restricted Subsidiary and shall be automatically classified as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary if either of the requirements set forth in paragraphs (x) and (y) of Section 4.17(d) hereof shall not be satisfied after giving pro
forma effect to such classification or if such Person is a Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 

        (c)   Except
as provided in the first sentence of clause (b) of this Section 4.17, no Restricted Subsidiary may be redesignated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall at any time be directly or indirectly liable for any Debt that provides that the holder thereof may (with the passage of time or
notice or both) declare a default thereon or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any Debt, Lien or
other obligation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any right to take enforcement action against such Unrestricted Subsidiary). Upon designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in compliance with this Section 4.17, such Restricted Subsidiary shall, by execution and delivery of a supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the Trustee, be released from
any Subsidiary Guarantee previously made by such Restricted Subsidiary. 

        (d)   The
Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if, immediately after giving pro
forma effect to such designation, 

         (x)  the
Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to clause (a)(i) of Section 4.09 hereof, and 

         (y)  no
default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom. 

        (e)   Any
such designation or redesignation by the Board of Directors will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a resolution of the Board of Directors giving
effect to such designation or redesignation and an Officer's Certificate that: 

        (1)   certifies
that such designation or redesignation complies with the preceding provisions, and 

        (2)   gives
the effective date of such designation or redesignation, 

such
filing with the Trustee to occur within 45 days after the end of the fiscal quarter of the Company in which such designation or redesignation is made (or, in the case of a designation or
redesignation made during the last fiscal quarter of the Company's fiscal year, within 90 days after the end of such fiscal year). 

Section 4.18.    Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control.    

        (a)   Upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall offer to repurchase all or any part (equal to US$1,000 or an integral multiple of US$1,000) of the Notes
pursuant to the offer described below (the "Change of Control Offer") at a purchase price, in cash (the "Change of Control
Purchase Price"), equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased,
to the purchase date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest to, but excluding, the Change of Control Payment Date (as defined below)). Each Holder shall have 

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the
right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to US$1,000 or an integral multiple of US$1,000) of such Holder's Notes pursuant to such offer. 

        Within
30 days following any Change of Control, unless the Company has mailed a redemption notice with respect to all of the outstanding Notes in accordance with
Section 3.07 hereof, the Company shall send, by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder, at such Holder's address appearing in the securities register maintained in respect
of the Notes by the Registrar (the "Security Register"), a notice stating: 

          (i)  that
a Change of Control has occurred and a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.18 and that all Notes timely tendered will be
accepted for payment; 

         (ii)  the
Change of Control Purchase Price and the purchase date, which shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable law, a Business Day no earlier than
30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the "Change of Control Payment Date"); 

        (iii)  the
circumstances and relevant facts regarding the Change of Control; and 

        (iv)  the
procedures that Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes (or portions thereof) for payment, and the procedures that Holders must follow in order to
withdraw an election to tender Notes (or portions thereof) for payment. 

        The
Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with this Section 4.18 or other provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under this Section 4.18 by virtue of such compliance. 

        (b)   On
the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: 

          (i)  accept
for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; 

         (ii)  deposit
with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and 

        (iii)  deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent, on its behalf, the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer's Certificate stating the
aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being tendered and purchased by the Company. 

        The
Paying Agent shall promptly pay to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and make available
(or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal
amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of US$1,000 or an
integral multiple of US$1,000. 

        (c)   If
the Change of Control Payment Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest and
Special Interest, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered, at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to
Holders who tender pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. 

        (d)   The
provisions described above that require the Company to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control shall be applicable whether or not any other
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applicable.
Except as described in this Section 4.18, this Indenture does not contain provisions that permit the Holders of the Notes to require that the Company repurchase or redeem the Notes
in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction that does not involve a Change of Control. 

        (e)   The
Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes a Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times
and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn
under the Change of Control Offer. 

Section 4.19.    Future Subsidiary Guarantors.    

        The
Company shall cause (i) each Person that becomes a Canadian or U.S. Restricted Subsidiary following the Issue Date to execute and deliver to the Trustee a Subsidiary Guarantee
at the time such Person becomes a Canadian or U.S. Restricted Subsidiary, excluding any Special Purpose Vehicle, and (ii) any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary that Guarantees
any Debt of the Company or of any Canadian or U.S. Restricted Subsidiary following the Issue Date to execute and deliver to the Trustee a Subsidiary Guarantee at the time of such Guarantee;  provided, however, that in the case of clause (ii), a Foreign Subsidiary will not be required to deliver a Subsidiary Guarantee if and so long
as: 

        (x)   the
other Debt being Guaranteed by such Foreign Subsidiary is Senior Debt, and 

        (y)   the
Guarantee by the Foreign Subsidiary of such other Debt is not "full and unconditional" (as such term is defined in Rule 3-10 of
Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) and providing an unconditional Guarantee of such other Debt or the Notes would constitute a fraudulent conveyance, result in adverse tax
consequences to the Company or violate applicable local law. 

Section 4.20.    Covenant Termination.    

        (a)   All
of the covenants set forth in Article 4 hereof shall be applicable to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries unless the Company reaches Investment Grade
Status. After the Company has reached Investment Grade Status, and notwithstanding that the Company may later cease to have an Investment Grade Rating from either or both of the Rating Agencies, the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be released from their obligations to comply with Sections 4.09, 4.10, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15 (except for clause (b) thereof), 4.16
and 4.18 hereof but shall remain obligated to comply with the following: 

          (i)  Sections 4.01
through 4.08 hereof; 

         (ii)  Section 4.11
hereof; 

        (iii)  clause (b) of
Section 4.15 hereof; 

        (iv)  Section 4.17
hereof (other than clause (x) of the third paragraph of clause (b) thereof (and such clause (x) as
referred to in the first paragraph of clause (b) thereunder)); 

         (v)  Section 4.19
hereof; and 

        (vi)  Section 4.21
hereof. 

        (b)   The
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall also, upon reaching Investment Grade Status, remain obligated to comply with Section 5.01 (other than clauses
(a)(v) and (b)(v) thereunder). 

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Section 4.21.    Additional Amounts.    

        (a)   Payments
made by the Company under or with respect to the Notes shall be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or
future tax, duty, levy, interest, assessment or other governmental charge imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Government of Canada or any province or territory thereof or by any local, provincial
or federal authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax ("Taxes"), unless the Company is required to withhold or deduct Taxes under
Canadian law or by the interpretation or administration thereof. If, after the Issue Date, the Company is so required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes from any payment made
under or with respect to the Notes, the Company shall pay to each Holder of Notes that are outstanding on the date of the required payment, such additional amounts ("Additional
Amounts") as may be necessary so that the net amount received by such Holder (including the Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction shall not be less than the
amount such Holder would have received if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted; provided that no Additional Amounts shall be payable with
respect to a payment made to a Holder of the Notes (an "Excluded Holder"): 

          (i)  with
which the Company does not deal at arm's length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) at the time of making such payment, 

         (ii)  which
is subject to such Taxes by reason of its being connected with Canada or any province or territory thereof otherwise than by the mere holding of the Notes or the
receipt of payments thereunder, 

        (iii)  which,
despite being required by law, failed to comply with a timely request of the Company to provide information concerning such holder's nationality, residence,
entitlement to treaty benefits, identity or connection with Canada or any political subdivision or authority thereof, if and to the extent that due and timely compliance with such request would have
reduced or eliminated any Taxes as to which Additional Amounts would have otherwise been payable to such Holder but for this clause, or 

        (iv)  any
combination of the above clauses in this proviso. 

        (b)   The
Company shall also: 

          (i)  make
such withholding or deduction, and 

         (ii)  remit
the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law. 

        (c)   The
Company shall furnish, within 30 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law, to the Trustee and the Holders of Notes that
are outstanding on the date of the required payment copies of tax receipts, if any, evidencing that such payment has been made by the Company. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Holder
of Notes that are outstanding on the date of the required payment (other than an Excluded Holder) and upon written request reimburse each such Holder for the amount of: 

          (i)  any
Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Holder as a result of payments made under or with respect to the Notes, 

         (ii)  any
liability (including penalties, interest and expense) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, and 

        (iii)  any
Taxes imposed with respect to any reimbursement under clause (c)(i) or (ii) above. 

        (d)   At
least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Notes is due and payable, if the Company becomes obligated to pay Additional
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ment,
the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts shall be payable, and the amounts so payable, which will be made available to the
Trustee on or prior to the relevant payment date, and shall set forth such other information as is necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to the Holders of the Notes on the
payment date. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context: 

          (i)  the
payment of principal (and premium, if any), 

         (ii)  purchase
prices in connection with a repurchase of Notes, 

        (iii)  interest
and Special Interest, if any, or 

        (iv)  any
other amount payable on or with respect to any of the Notes, 

such
mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section 4.21 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would
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ARTICLE 5.    
    
    SUCCESSORS    
    

Section 5.01.    Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.    

        (a)   The
Company shall not merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into any other Person or sell, transfer, assign, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all its Property in any one transaction or series of transactions unless: 

          (i)  the
Company shall be the Surviving Person in such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or the Surviving Person (if other than the Company) formed by such merger,
consolidation or amalgamation or to which such sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or disposition is made shall be a corporation organized and existing under the federal laws of Canada or
the laws of any province thereof or the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia; 

         (ii)  the
Surviving Person (if other than the Company) expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee
by such Surviving Person, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on, all the Notes, according to their
tenor, and the due and punctual
performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company; 

        (iii)  in
the case of a sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all the Property of the Company, such Property shall have
been transferred as an entirety or virtually as an entirety to one Person; 

        (iv)  immediately
before and after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (and treating, for purposes of this
clause (iv) and clause (v) below, any Debt that becomes, or is anticipated to become, an obligation of the Surviving Person or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such
transaction or series of transactions as having been Incurred by the Surviving Person or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction or series of transactions), no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing; 

         (v)  immediately
after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis, the Company or the Surviving Person, as the case may be, would be
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$1.00
of additional Debt under clause (a)(i) of Section 4.09 hereof; provided,  however, that the Company shall not be obligated to comply with
this clause (v) following a Parent Merger Adjustment; 

        (vi)  the
Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officer's Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such transaction and the supplemental indenture, if any, with respect thereto comply with this Section 5.01 and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been satisfied; and 

       (vii)  the
Surviving Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for United
States Federal income tax purposes as a result of such transaction or series of transactions and will be subject to United States Federal income tax on the same amounts and at the same times as would
be the case if the transaction or series of transactions had not occurred and there will be no additional Canadian withholding taxes and no withholding taxes of any other jurisdiction imposed on any
payments made pursuant to the Notes. 

        (b)   The
Company shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into any other Person or sell, transfer, assign, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its Property in any one transaction or series of transactions unless: 

          (i)  the
Surviving Person (if not such Subsidiary Guarantor) formed by such merger, consolidation or amalgamation or to which such sale, transfer, assignment, lease,
conveyance or disposition is made shall be a corporation organized and existing under the federal laws of Canada or the laws of any province thereof or the laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia; 

         (ii)  the
Surviving Person (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture providing for a Subsidiary Guarantee in form satisfactory to
the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such Surviving Person, the due and punctual performance and observance of all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary
Guarantee; 

        (iii)  in
the case of a sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all the Property of such Subsidiary Guarantor, such
Property shall have been transferred as an entirety or virtually as an entirety to one Person; 

        (iv)  immediately
before and after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (and treating, for purposes of this
clause (iv) and clauses (v) below, any Debt that becomes, or is anticipated to become, an obligation of the Surviving Person, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result
of such transaction or series of transactions as having been Incurred by the Surviving Person, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction or series of transactions), no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; 

         (v)  immediately
after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis, the Company would be able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt
under clause (a)(i) of Section 4.09 hereof; 

        (vi)  the
Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officer's Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such transaction and such Subsidiary Guarantee, if any, with respect thereto comply with this Section 5.01 and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been satisfied; and 

       (vii)  the
Surviving Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for United
States Federal income tax purposes as a result of such transaction or series of transactions and will be subject to United States Federal income tax on the same amounts and at the same times as would
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transactions
had not occurred and there will be no additional Canadian withholding taxes and no withholding taxes of any other jurisdiction imposed on any payments made pursuant to the Notes. 

        (c)   This
Section 5.01 shall not prohibit any Subsidiary Guarantor from consolidating with, merging into or transferring all or part of its assets to the Company or
any other Canadian or U.S. Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that in the case of a consolidation, merger or transfer of all or part of the assets of any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Guarantor, the other party
thereto shall be the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Guarantor). In addition, the foregoing provisions (other than clause (iv) in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section 5.01) shall not apply to any transactions which constitute an Asset Sale if the Company has complied with Section 4.12 hereof. 

Section 5.02.    Successor Corporation Substituted.    

        The
Surviving Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture (or of the Subsidiary Guarantor under the
Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be), but the predecessor Company in the case of: 

        (a)   a
sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other disposition (unless such sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other disposition is of all the assets of the
Company as an entirety or virtually as an entirety), or 

        (b)   a
lease, 

shall
not be released from any of the obligations or covenants under this Indenture, including with respect to the payment of the Notes. 

 
 

ARTICLE 6.    
    
    DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES    
    

Section 6.01.    Events of Default.    

        Each
of the following is an "Event of Default": 

          (i)  failure
to make the payment of any interest (including Additional Amounts) or Special Interest, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable, and such
failure continues for a period of 30 days; 

         (ii)  failure
to make the payment of any principal of, or premium, if any, on, any of the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon
acceleration, redemption, optional redemption, required repurchase or otherwise; 

        (iii)  failure
to comply with the provisions of Section 5.01 hereof; 

        (iv)  failure
to make a Change of Control Offer pursuant to Section 4.18 hereof; 

         (v)  failure
to make an Asset Sale Offer pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof, and such failure continues for 30 days after written notice is given to the Company
specifying the default and demanding that such default be remedied from the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; 

        (vi)  failure
to comply with any other covenant or agreement in the Notes or in this Indenture (other than a failure that is the subject of the foregoing clause (i),
(ii), (iii), (iv) or (v)) and such failure con- 

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tinues
for 60 days after written notice is given to the Company specifying the default and demanding that such default be remedied from the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; 

        (vii) a
default under any Debt by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that results in acceleration of the maturity of such Debt, or failure to pay any such Debt at
maturity, in an aggregate amount greater than $25.0 million, increasing to $40.0 million following the consummation of a Parent Merger Adjustment, or its foreign currency equivalent at
the time and such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled within ten Business Days after the date of such acceleration; 

        (viii) any
judgment or judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $20.0 million, increasing to $40.0 million following the
consummation of a Parent Merger Adjustment (or its foreign currency equivalent at the time), that shall be rendered against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and that shall not be waived,
satisfied (including acknowledged to be the exclusive liability of a third-party insurer) or discharged for any period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement shall not be in
effect; 

        (ix)  the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: 

        (A)  commences
a voluntary case or gives notice of intention to make a proposal under any Bankruptcy Law; 

        (B)  consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or consents to its dissolution or winding-up; 

        (C)  consents
to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; 

        (D)  makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; 

        (E)  admits
in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due or otherwise admits its insolvency; or 

        (F)  seeks
a stay of proceedings against it or proposes or gives notice of intention to propose a compromise, arrangement or reorganization of any of its debts or obligations
under any Bankruptcy Law; and 

        (x)   a
court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: 

        (A)  is
for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case; or 

        (B)  appoints
a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, trustee or custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or
substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; 

        (C)  orders
the liquidation dissolution or winding-up of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or 

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        (D)  orders
the presentation of any plan or arrangement, compromise or reorganization of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of subsidiaries that
when taken together would constitute Significant Subsidiaries; 

and
the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; and 

        (xi)  any
Subsidiary Guarantee of one or more Subsidiary Guarantors, which by themselves or taken together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, ceases to be in full
force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture) or any Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee. 

Section 6.02.    Acceleration.    

        If
any Event of Default (other than those of the type described in Section 6.01(ix) or (x) hereof) shall have occurred and is continuing, the Trustee may, and the
Trustee upon the request of Holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes may, declare the principal of all
the Notes, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, premium, if any, and Special Interest, if any, to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the
respective Event of Default and that such notice is a notice of acceleration (the "Acceleration Notice"), and the same shall become immediately due and
payable. 

        In
the case of an Event of Default specified in Section (ix) or (x) of Section 6.01 hereof, such amount with respect to all the Notes will become due and
payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes. Holders may not enforce this Indenture or the Notes except as provided in this
Indenture. 

        At
any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration is obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (by notice to the Trustee) may rescind and cancel that declaration and its consequences if: 

        (a)   the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; 

        (b)   all
existing Defaults and Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal of or interest on the Notes that has become due solely by such
declaration of acceleration; 

        (c)   to
the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest (at the same rate specified in the Notes) on overdue installments of interest and overdue payments of
principal which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration has been paid; 

        (d)   the
Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances; and 

        (e)   in
the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in Section 6.01(ix) or (x), the Trustee has received an Officer's
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived. 

        In
the case of an Event of Default occurring by reason of any willful action or inaction taken or not taken by the Company or on the Company's behalf with the intention of avoiding
payment of the premium that the Company would have been required to pay if the Company had then elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, an equivalent premium will also
become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of Default occurs prior to June 1, 2008, by reason of any willful action
or inaction taken or not taken by the Company or on the Company's behalf with the intention of 

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avoiding
the prohibition on redemption of the Notes prior to June 1, 2008, then the premium specified in Section 3.07 will also become immediately due and payable to the extent
permitted by law upon acceleration of the Notes. 

Section 6.03.    Other Remedies.    

        If
an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if
any, on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture. 

        The
Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in
exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to
the extent permitted by law. 

Section 6.04.    Waiver of Past Defaults.    

        The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may waive by consent (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or
exchange offer for, Notes) any then existing or potential Default, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Notes. In the event of any Event of
Default specified in clause (a)(vii) of Section 6.01 hereof, such Event of Default and all consequences of that Event of Default, including without limitation any acceleration or
resulting payment default, will be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, if within 60 days after the Event of Default
arose: 

        (a)   the
Debt that is the basis for the Event of Default has been discharged; 

        (b)   the
holders of that Debt have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action, as the case may be, giving rise to the Event of Default; or 

        (c)   if
the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured. 

When
a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any consequent right. 

Section 6.05.    Control by Majority.    

        Subject
to Section 7.01, Section 7.02(f) (including the Trustee's receipt of the security or indemnification described therein) and Section 7.07 hereof, in
case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding will have the right to direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes. 

Section 6.06.    Limitation on Suits.    

        No
Holder will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any remedy thereunder, unless: 

        (a)   such
Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, 

        (b)   Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding have made written request and offered reasonable indemnity to the Trustee to
institute such proceeding as trustee, and 

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        (c)   the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request
and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days. 

        A
Holder may not use this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder. 

Section 6.07.    Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.    

        Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 6.06), the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder. 

Section 6.08.    Collection Suit by Trustee.    

        If
an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01 (i) or (ii) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, then due and owing (together with interest on overdue
principal and, to the extent lawful, interest) and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. 

Section 6.09.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.    

        The
Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to participate as a member, voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such
matter and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is
hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof.
To the extent that any such compensation, expenses and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts
due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of,
any and all distributions, moneys, securities and any other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or any plan of reorganization or
arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. 

Section 6.10.    Priorities.    

        If
the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order: 

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        First:    to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all
compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection; 

        Second:    to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest,
if any, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any,
respectively; and 

        Third:    to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct. 

        The
Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. 

Section 6.11.    Undertaking for Costs.    

        In
any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its
discretion may require the
filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any
party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a
suit by the Company, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. 

 
 

ARTICLE 7.    
    
    TRUSTEE    
    

Section 7.01.    Duties of Trustee.    

        (a)   If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree
of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs. 

        (b)   Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default: 

        (1)   the
duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee undertakes to perform only those duties that are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and 

        (2)   in
the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; provided,  however, that in the case of any such
certificates or opinions which are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to this
Indenture, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of
mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein or otherwise verify the contents thereof). 

        (c)   The
Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: 

        (1)   this
paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01; 

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        (2)   the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; 

        (3)   the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to
Section 6.05 hereof; and 

        (4)   no
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. 

        (d)   Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and
(c) of this Section 7.01. 

Section 7.02.    Rights of Trustee.    

        (a)   The
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any such document. Any facsimile signature of any Person on a document required or permitted in this
Indenture to be delivered to the Trustee shall constitute a valid and binding execution thereof by such Person. 

        (b)   Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action
it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice and the advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon. 

        (c)   The
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys, and the Trustee shall
not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care. 

        (d)   The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it
by this Indenture; provided, however, that the Trustee's conduct does not constitute willful misconduct
or negligence. 

        (e)   Unless
otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the
Company. 

        (f)    The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless
such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with
such request or direction. 

        (g)   The
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless
written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default or Event of Default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee from the Company or the
Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, and such notice references the specific Default or Event of Default, the Notes and this Indenture and, in the absence of any such
notice, the Trustee may conclusively assume that no such Default or Event of Default exists. 

        (h)   Money
held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for
interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company. 

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        (i)    The
Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its power and duties hereunder. 

        (j)    The
Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company's covenants herein. 

        (k)   The
Trustee's immunities and protections from liability and its right to indemnification in connection with the performance of its duties under this Indenture shall
extend to the Trustee's officers, directors, agents, attorneys and employees. Such immunities and protections and right to indemnification, together with the Trustee's right to compensation, shall
survive the Trustee's resignation or removal, the defeasance or discharge of this Indenture and final payment of the Notes. 

        (l)    The
right of the Trustee to take the actions permitted by this Indenture shall not be construed as an obligation or duty to do so. 

        (m)  The
Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer's Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to
take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer's Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer's Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized
in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded. 

Section 7.03.    Individual Rights of Trustee.    

        The
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must comply with TIA § 310. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and
duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof. 

Section 7.04.    Trustee's Disclaimer.    

        The
Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company's use of
the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale
of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication. 

Section 7.05.    Notice of Defaults.    

        If
a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders a notice of the Default or Event of Default within
90 days after it occurs unless such Default or Event of Default has since been cured. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest or Special Interest, if any, on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is
in the interests of the Holders. 

Section 7.06.    Reports by Trustee to Holders.    

        Within
60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail
to the Holders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the
twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports
as required by TIA § 313(c). 

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        A
copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in
accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange and any delisting thereof. 

Section 7.07.    Compensation and Indemnity.    

        The
Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the Company and the Trustee shall agree in
writing. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable
disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the
Trustee's agents and counsel. 

        The
Company shall indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee against any and all losses, claims, damages, penalties, fines, liabilities or expenses, including reasonable incidental
and out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable attorneys fees ("losses") incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including
this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any
of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the
Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim, and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel if the Trustee has been reasonably
advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the Company and in the reasonable judgment of such counsel
it is advisable for the Trustee to engage separate counsel, and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee's
own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. 

        The
obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the resignation or removal of the Trustee and payment in
full of the Notes. 

        To
secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held
in trust to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. 

        When
the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(ix) or (x) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation
for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law. 

Section 7.08.    Replacement of Trustee.    

        A
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of appointment as provided in this
Section. 

        The
Trustee may resign in writing at any time upon 30 days prior notice to the Company and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if: 

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        (a)   the
Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof; 

        (b)   the
Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law; 

        (c)   a
custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or 

        (d)   the
Trustee becomes incapable of acting. 

        If
the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the
Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. 

        If
a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 

        If
the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction, at the expense of the Company, for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. 

        A
successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders.
Subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof, the retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee. Notwithstanding replacement of
the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. 

Section 7.09.    Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.    

        If
the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, trust company or banking association,
the successor corporation, trust company or banking association without any further act shall, if such successor corporation, trust company or banking association is otherwise eligible hereunder, be
the successor Trustee. 

Section 7.10.    Eligibility; Disqualification.    

        There
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least US$50,000,000
(or a wholly-owned subsidiary of a bank or trust company, or of a bank holding company, the principal subsidiary of which is a bank or trust company having a combined capital and surplus of at least
US$50,000,000) as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. 

        This
Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b). 

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Section 7.11.    Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.    

        The
Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to
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ARTICLE 8.    
    
    LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE    
    

Section 8.01.    Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.    

        The
Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth
below in this Article 8. 

Section 8.02.    Legal Defeasance and Discharge.    

        Upon
the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter,  "Legal Defeasance") and each Guarantor shall be released from all of its obligations under its Guarantee. For this purpose,
Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for
the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a), (b), (c) and (d) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations
under the Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which
shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04 hereof,
and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest and Special Interest, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due,
(b) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Sections 4.01 and 4.02 hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 8. If the Company exercises under Section 8.01 hereof the option applicable to this
Section 8.02, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. Subject to
compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof. 

Section 8.03.    Covenant Defeasance.    

        Upon
the Company's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.09 through 4.19, and the operation of Section 5.01(a)(v) and
Section 5.01(b)(v) hereof, with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter,  "Covenant
Defeasance") and each Guarantor shall be released from all of its obligations under its
Guarantee with respect to such covenants in connection with such outstanding Notes and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not "outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or
declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed "outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder (it being
understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to
comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason
of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01
hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall 

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be unaffected thereby. If the Company exercises under Section 8.01 hereof the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 8.04 hereof, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clause (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) (with respect to the covenants contained
in Sections 4.03, 4.09 through 4.19 and 4.22 hereof), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) (but in the case of (ix) and (x) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to Significant
Subsidiaries only) and (xi) or because of the Company's failure to comply with clauses (a)(v) and (b)(v) of Section 5.01 hereof. 

Section 8.04.    Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.    

        The
following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes. 

        The
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance may be exercised only if: 

        (a)   the
Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee, in trust (the "defeasance trust"), for the benefit of the Holders of
the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable U.S. Government Securities, sufficient, in
the opinion of a firm of independent public accountants of recognized international standing, to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes
on the Stated Maturity or on the next available redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to that particular redemption
date; 

        (b)   in
the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (a) the Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in
either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax in the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal
Defeasance had not occurred; 

        (c)   in
the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for Canadian Federal, provincial or territorial income tax (including withholding tax) purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will
be subject to Canadian Federal, provincial or territorial income tax (including withholding tax) on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such Legal Defeasance had not occurred; 

        (d)   in
the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax or Canadian Federal, provincial or territorial income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and
will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax or Canadian Federal, provincial or territorial income tax (including withholding tax) on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; 

        (e)   123 days
pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no Default described in Sections 6.01(ix) or (x) hereof
occurs with respect to the Company or any other Person making such deposit which is continuing at the end of the period; 

        (f)    such
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument (other than this
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pany
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is bound; 

        (g)   the
Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; 

        (h)   the
Company delivers to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or
the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. 

        (i)    Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by clause (b) above with respect to a Legal Defeasance need not be delivered if all Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (A) have become due and payable, (B) will become due and payable on the maturity date within one year or (C) as to which a
redemption notice has been given calling the Notes for redemption
within one year, under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company. 

Section 8.05.    Deposited Cash and U.S. Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions.    

        Subject
to Section 8.06 hereof, all cash and non-callable U.S. Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding
Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the
Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if
any, but such cash and securities need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 

        The
Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or U.S. Government Securities deposited pursuant to
Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding
Notes. 

        Anything
in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any cash or
non-callable U.S. Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public
accountants of recognized international standing expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the certification delivered under
Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. 

Section 8.06.    Repayment to Company.    

        Any
cash or non-callable U.S. Government Securities deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal,
premium, if any, or interest or Special Interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years (or such shorter period under the applicable abandoned property laws) after
such principal, premium, if any, or interest or Special Interest, if any, has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged
from such trust; and the Holder shall thereafter, as an unsecured creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such
cash and securities, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying
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before
being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such
cash and securities remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of
such cash and securities then remaining shall be repaid to the Company. 

Section 8.07.    Reinstatement.    

        If
the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash or non-callable U.S. Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may
be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and
the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such
cash and securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment
of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Special Interest, if any, on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the
Holders to receive such payment from the cash and securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent. 

 
 

ARTICLE 9.    
    
    AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER    
    

Section 9.01.    Without Consent of Holders of Notes.    

        Notwithstanding
Section 9.02 hereof, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder to: 

        (a)   cure
any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; 

        (b)   provide
for the assumption by a Surviving Person of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture; 

        (c)   provide
for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided that the uncertificated Notes
are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the
Code); 

        (d)   add
additional Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the Notes or to release Subsidiary Guarantors from Subsidiary Guarantees as provided or permitted under this
Indenture; 

        (e)   secure
the Notes; 

        (f)    make
any change that would provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any such Holder; 

        (g)   make
any change to comply with any requirement of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or other applicable
trust indenture legislation; or 

        (h)   to
provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with this Indenture. 

        The
Company and the Trustee may not amend the indenture without the consent of any Holder as provided in clause (b) above unless the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee: 

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        (A)  an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such assumption by a
Surviving Person and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such assumption had not occurred; and 

        (B)  an
Opinion of Counsel in Canada to the effect that Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Canadian tax purposes as a result of such assumption by a
Surviving Person and will be subject to
Canadian taxes (including withholding taxes) on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such assumption had not occurred 

Section 9.02.    With Consent of Holders of Notes.    

        Except
as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture and the Notes with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Notes, including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or tender offer or exchange
offer for the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal,
premium, if any, or interest or Special Interest, if any, on the Notes) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes (except for certain covenants and provisions of this Indenture
which cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder) may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes, including Additional Notes, if any, then
outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes). 

        Without
the consent of each Holder, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder): 

        (a)   reduce
the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; 

        (b)   reduce
the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including Special Interest, if any, on any Notes; 

        (c)   reduce
the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Notes or change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption or repurchase, or reduce the
redemption or repurchase price for those Notes (except, in the case of repurchases, as would otherwise be permitted under clauses (g) and (j) hereof); 

        (d)   make
any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note and this Indenture; 

        (e)   impair
the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal, premium, interest and Special Interest, if any, on that Holder's Notes on or after the due dates for
those payments, or to bring suit to enforce that payment on or with respect to such Holder's Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee; 

        (f)    reduce
the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed, as described in Sections 3.07 and
4.21 hereof; 

        (g)   after
the Company's obligation to purchase the Notes arises under Section 4.18 hereof, amend, modify or change the obligation of the Company to make or consummate
a Change of Control Offer or waive any default in the performance of that Change of Control Offer or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect to any such offer; 

        (h)   subordinate
the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee to any other obligation of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor; 

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        (i)    make
any change to the Indenture or the Notes that would result in the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor being required to make any withholding or deduction from
payments made under or with respect to the Notes (including payments made with pursuant to any Subsidiary Guarantee); 

        (j)    make
any change in the provisions of this Article 9 which require the consent of each Holder; 

        (k)   make
any change in the provisions of the Section 4.21 hereof that adversely affects the rights of any Holder or amend the terms of the Notes or this Indenture in
a way that would result in a loss to any Holder of an exemption from any of the Taxes described thereunder; 

        (l)    at
any time after the Company is obligated to make an Asset Sale Offer pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof, change the time at which such offer to purchase must be
made or at which the Notes must be repurchased pursuant thereto; or 

        (m)  make
any change in any Subsidiary Guarantee that would adversely affect the rights of Holders to receive payments under the Subsidiary Guarantee, other than any release
of a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. 

        The
Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any supplemental indenture. If a record date is fixed,
the Holders on
such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which
is 120 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect. 

        It
shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if
such consent approves the substance thereof. 

        After
an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holder of each Note affected thereby to such Holder's
address appearing in the Security Register a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however,
in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver. 

Section 9.03.    Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.    

        Every
amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect. 

Section 9.04.    Revocation and Effect of Consents.    

        Until
an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a
Note or portion thereof that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may
revoke the consent as to its Note or portion thereof if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment,
supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder. 

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Section 9.05.    Notation on or Exchange of Notes.    

        The
Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and
the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver. 

        Failure
to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver. 

Section 9.06.    Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.    

        The
Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended
or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amended or supplemental indenture is the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions and that such amended or supplemental indenture complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03). The Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, sign any amended or supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture. 

 
 

ARTICLE 10.    
    
    SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES    
    

Section 10.01.    Subsidiary Guarantees.    

        Subject
to this Article 10, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to
the Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (a) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, subject
to any applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on, the Notes, if
lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in
full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration pursuant to Section 6.02 hereof, redemption or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same
immediately. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection. 

        Each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations with regard to this Subsidiary Guarantee shall be joint and several, unconditional, irrespective of the validity or
enforceability of the Notes or the obligations of the Company under this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other obligor
with respect to this Indenture, the Notes or the Obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances (other than complete
performance) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Subsidiary Guarantor. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further, to the extent permitted by law, waives and
relinquishes all claims, rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to guarantors and agrees not to assert or take advantage of any such claims, rights or remedies, including but not limited to:
(a) any right to require any of the Trustee, the Holders or the Company (each a "Benefited Party"), as a condition of payment or performance by
such Subsidiary Guarantor, to (1) proceed against the Company, any other guarantor (including any other Subsidiary Guarantor) of the Obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees or any other
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held
from the Company, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (3) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any Benefited Party in
favor of the Company or any other Person, or (4) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Benefited Party whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of
authority or any disability or other defense of the Company including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Obligations under the Subsidiary
Guarantees or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of the Company from any cause other than payment in full of the Obligations under the
Subsidiary Guarantees; (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 any Benefited Party's errors or omissions in the administration of the Obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees, except
behavior which amounts to bad faith; (e)(1) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms of the Subsidiary Guarantees and any
legal or equitable discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantor's obligations hereunder, (2) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Subsidiary Guarantor's liability hereunder or the
enforcement hereof, (3) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims and (4) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Benefited Party protect, secure,
perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentations, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action
or inaction, including acceptance of the Subsidiary Guarantees, notices of default under the Notes or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of
the Obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees or any agreement related thereto, and notices of any extension of credit to the Company and any right to consent to any thereof; (g) to the
extent permitted under applicable law, the benefits of any "One Action" rule and (h) 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 the Subsidiary Guarantees. Except to the extent expressly provided herein, including Sections 8.02, 8.03 and 10.05,
each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in its Subsidiary Guarantee and this
Indenture. 

        If
any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official
acting in relation to either the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall
be reinstated in full force and effect. 

        Each
Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in
full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand,
(x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Section 6.02 hereof for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as
provided in Section 6.02 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary
Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantors shall have the
right to seek contribution from any non-paying Subsidiary Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantee. 

Section 10.02.    Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantor Liability.    

        Each
Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary
Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state
law or Canadian federal or provincial law to the extent applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby
irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article 10 shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all
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antee
of all obligations under the New Revolving Credit Facility, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other
Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary
Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. 

Section 10.03.    Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee.    

        To
evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee in substantially the
form included in Exhibit E shall be endorsed by an Officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture shall be executed
on behalf of such Subsidiary Guarantor by an Officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor. 

        Each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to
endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee. 

        If
an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary
Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless. 

        The
delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on
behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors. 

Section 10.04.    Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.    

        Except
as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof, no Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving
Person) another Person whether or not affiliated with such Subsidiary Guarantor unless: 

        (a)   subject
to Section 10.05 hereof, the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than a Subsidiary Guarantor or the Company)
unconditionally assumes all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, under this Indenture, the Subsidiary
Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement on the terms set forth herein or therein; and 

        (b)   the
Subsidiary Guarantor complies with the requirements of Article 5 hereof. 

        In
case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed
by the Subsidiary Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Subsidiary Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Subsidiary Guarantor. Such
successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the
Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Subsidiary Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Subsidiary Guarantees theretofore
and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Subsidiary Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. 

        Except
as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any
consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the 

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property
of a Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor. 

Section 10.05.    Releases Following Sale of Assets.    

        In
the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the
capital stock of any Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transactions) a Subsidiary of the Company, then such Subsidiary Guarantor
(in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all of the capital stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor) or the corporation acquiring the property (in the
event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be released and relieved of any obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee;  provided
that the net proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including
without limitation Section 4.12 hereof. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was
made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.12 hereof, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order
to evidence the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee. 

        Any
Subsidiary Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the
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ARTICLE 11.    
    
    SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE    
    

Section 11.01.    Satisfaction and Discharge.    

        This
Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect, except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes, as to all Notes issued
hereunder, when: 

        (a)   either:

        (i)    all
Notes that have been previously authenticated (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has
previously been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and is thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from the trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or 

        (ii)   all
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the
case may be; 

        (b)   the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by it under this Indenture; and 

        (c)   the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been satisfied. 

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Section 11.02.    Deposited Cash and U.S. Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions.    

        Subject
to Section 11.03 hereof, all cash and non-callable U.S. Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 11.02, the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof in respect of the outstanding
Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the
Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special
Interest, if any, but such cash and securities need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 

Section 11.03.    Repayment to Company.    

        Any
cash or non-callable U.S. Government Securities deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest or Special Interest, if any, on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years (or such shorter period under the applicable abandoned property laws) after
such principal, and premium, if any, or interest or Special Interest, if any, has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder shall thereafter, as an unsecured creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect
to such cash and securities, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition),
notice that such cash and securities remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any
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ARTICLE 12.    
    
    MISCELLANEOUS    
    

Section 12.01.    Trust Indenture Act Controls.    

        If
any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the provision required by the TIA
shall control. 

Section 12.02.    Notices.    

        Any
notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return
receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, to the other's address: 

If
to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary: 

Norampac Inc.

752, rue Sherbrooke Street West

Montréal, Québec

Canada H3A 1G1

Attention: Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Telecopier No.: (514) 282-2615 

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With
a copy to: 

Jones
Day

222 East 41st Street

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Richard M. Kosnik, Esq. and

Steven D. Guynn, Esq.

Telecopier No.: (212) 755-7306 

If
to the Trustee: 

The
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

Attention: Warren Goshine and John Neylan

Telecopier No.: (212) 225-5436 

        The
Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. 

        All
notices and communications (other than those sent to the Trustee) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; upon being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next-day delivery. All notices and communications to the Trustee shall be deemed duly given and effective only upon receipt. 

        Any
notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail to its address shown on the Security Register. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any
Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect
to other Holders. 

        If
a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it. 

        If
the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time. 

Section 12.03.    Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.    

        Holders
may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the
Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c). 

Section 12.04.    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.    

        Upon
any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture (it being understood that no Opinion of Counsel or Officer's
Certificate shall be required pursuant to this Section 12.04 in connection with the initial issuance of the Notes and Guarantees), the Company shall furnish to the Trustee: 

        (a)   an
Officer's Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in
the opinion of the signers, all condi- 

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precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and 

        (b)   an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with. 

Section 12.05.    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.    

        Each
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA §
314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include: 

        (a)   a
statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; 

        (b)   a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based; 

        (c)   a
statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 

        (d)   a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 

With
respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer's Certificate or certificates of public officials. 

Section 12.06.    Rules by Trustee and Agents.    

        The
Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions. 

Section 12.07.    No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.    

        No
past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company
or of the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a
Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. 

Section 12.08.    Governing Law.    

        THE
INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. 

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Section 12.09.    No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.    

        This
Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt
agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture. 

Section 12.10.    Successors.    

        All
covenants and agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All covenants and agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its
successors. 

Section 12.11.    Severability.    

        In
case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any
way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 12.12.    Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process.    

        (a)   The
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the courts of the United States of America
located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York over any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors waive any objection that they may have to the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby in the courts of the
State of New York or the courts of the United States of America, in each case, located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, or that such suit, action or proceeding brought in the
courts of the State of New York or the United States of America, in each case, located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to
plead or claim the same. 

        (b)   The
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors irrevocably appoint Norampac Industries Inc., as their authorized agent in the State of New York upon which process may
be served in any such suit or proceedings, and agree that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to Norampac Industries Inc. by the person serving the same to
the address provided in Section 12.02 hereof, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors in any such suit or proceeding. If
Norampac Industries Inc. is consolidated with or merged into another U.S. Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, then the surviving entity shall succeed as, and shall be substituted for, the
Company's authorized agent. If Norampac Industries Inc. is consolidated with or merged into a Canadian Restricted Subsidiary or is sold, transferred or liquidated to another Person, then the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall appoint another U.S. Restricted Subsidiary or CT Corporation System as its authorized agent for service of process. The Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors further agree to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for as long as the Notes remain outstanding. 

Section 12.13.    Conversion of Currency.    

        The
Company covenants and agrees that the following provisions shall apply to conversion of currency in the case of the Notes and this Indenture: 

        (a)   (i) If,
for the purpose of obtaining judgment in, or enforcing the judgment of, any court in any country, it becomes necessary to convert into a currency (the
"judgment currency") an amount due in any other currency (the "Base Currency"), then the conversion
shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given or the order of enforcement is made, as the case may be (unless a court shall
otherwise determine). 

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         (ii)  If
there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given or an order of enforcement is made, as
the case may be (or such other date as a court shall determine), and the date of receipt of the amount due, the Company will pay such additional (or, as the case may be, such lesser) amount, if any,
as may be necessary so that the amount paid in the judgment currency when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt will produce the amount in the Base Currency originally
due. 

        (b)   In
the event of the winding-up of the Company at any time while any amount or damages owing under the Notes and this Indenture, or any judgment or order
rendered in respect thereof, shall remain outstanding, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Holders and the Trustee harmless against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates
of exchange between (1) the date as of which the equivalent of the amount in U.S. Dollars or Canadian Dollars, as the case may be, due or contingently due under the Notes and this Indenture
(other than under this Subsection (b)) is calculated for the purposes of such winding-up and (2) the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in such
winding-up. For the purpose of this Subsection (b), the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in the winding-up of the Company shall be the date fixed by the liquidator
or otherwise in accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable law as being the latest practicable date as at which liabilities of the Company may be ascertained for such winding-up
prior to payment by the liquidator or otherwise in respect thereto. 

        (c)   The
obligations contained in Subsections (a)(ii) and (b) of this Section 12.13 shall constitute obligations of the Company separate and
independent from its other respective obligations under the Notes and this Indenture, shall give rise to separate and independent causes of action against the Company, shall apply irrespective of any
waiver or extension granted by any Holder or the Trustee or any of them from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order or the filing of any proof
of claim in the winding-up of the Company for a liquidated sum in respect of amounts due hereunder (other than under Subsection (b) above) or under any such judgment or
order. Any such deficiency as aforesaid shall be deemed to constitute a loss suffered by the Holders or the Trustee, as the case may be, and no proof or evidence of any actual loss shall be required
by the Company or the liquidator or otherwise any of them. In the case of Subsection (b) above, the amount of such deficiency shall not be deemed to be reduced by any variation in rates
of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any liquidating distribution. 

        (d)   The
term "rate(s) of exchange" shall mean the noon buying rate for cable transfers as certified for customs purposes by
the Bank of Canada between the Base Currency and judgment currency other than the Base Currency referred to in Subsections (a) and (b) above and includes any premiums and costs of
exchange payable. 

        (e)   The
Trustee shall have no duty or liability with respect to monitoring or enforcing this Section 12.13. 

Section 12.14.    Currency Equivalent.    

        Except
as provided in Section 12.13 hereof, for purposes of the construction of the terms of this Indenture or of the Notes, in the event that any amount is stated herein in the
currency of one nation (the "First Currency"), as of any date such amount shall also be deemed to represent the amount in the currency of any other
relevant nation (the "Other Currency") which is required to purchase such amount in the First Currency at the noon buying rate for cable transfers
confirmed for customs purposes by the Bank of Canada between the First Currency and Other Currency on the date of determination. 

Section 12.15.    Counterpart Originals.    

        The
parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 

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Section 12.16.    Table of Contents, Headings, etc.    

        The
Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings in this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and
shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

Section 12.17.    Qualification of This Indenture.    

        The
Company shall qualify this Indenture under the TIA in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement and shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses for the Company, the Trustee and the Holders) incurred in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, costs and expenses of qualification of
this Indenture and the Notes and printing this Indenture and the Notes. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Company any such Officer's Certificates, Opinions of Counsel or other
documentation as it may reasonably request in connection with any such qualification of this Indenture under the TIA. 

        [Signatures
on following page] 

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SIGNATURES    
    

	

Dated as of May 28, 2003	
 	

 	

 
	

 	
 	
COMPANY:
	

 	
 	
NORAMPAC INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ CHARLES SMITH
 Name: Charles Smith

Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	

 	
 	
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
	

 	
 	

NORAMPAC FINANCE US INC.

NORAMPAC HOLDING US INC.

NORAMPAC LEOMINSTER INC.

NORAMPAC NEW YORK CITY INC.

NORAMPAC SCHENECTADY INC.

3815251 CANADA INC.

3815269 CANADA INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ CHARLES SMITH
 Name: Charles Smith

Title: Authorized Officer
	

 	
 	

NEWFOUNDLAND CONTAINERS LIMITED

NORAMPAC INDUSTRIES INC.

NORAMPAC TEXAS GP INC.

1426835 ONTARIO INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ ROBERT HALL
 Name: Robert Hall

Title: Authorized Officer
	

 	
 	

NORAMPAC DALLAS FORT WORTH L.P.
	

 	
 	

By:	

NORAMPAC TEXAS GP INC., its

General Partner
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ ROBERT HALL
 Name: Robert Hall

Title: Authorized Officer
	 	 	 	 

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	 	 	TRUSTEE:
	

 	
 	

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ WARREN A. GOSHINE
 Name: Warren A. Goshine

Title: Vice President

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EXHIBIT A    
    

(Face
of Note) 

63/4% Senior Notes due 2013

	 	 	CUSIP __________________
	No. ______	 	US$ __________________

NORAMPAC INC.  

promises
to pay to [                        ] or registered assigns, the principal sum
of                        United States Dollars
(US$                        ) on June 1, 2013. 

        Interest
Payment Dates: June 1 and December 1, commencing December 1, 2003. 

        Record
Dates: May 15 and November 15. 

Dated:                                    ,
2003. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer. 

	 	 	 	NORAMPAC INC.

  
	

 	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

This is one of the [Global]

Notes referred to in the

within-mentioned Indenture:	
 	

 	

 
	
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,

AS TRUSTEE

  
	
By:	

 	
 	

 	

 
	 	
 Authorized Signatory	 	 	 
	

Dated                                    , 2003	
 	

 	

 

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(Back of Note) 

63/4%
Senior Notes due 2013 

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture]  

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture]  

[Insert the Canadian Resale Legend, if applicable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture]  

        Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated. 

        1.    Interest.    Norampac Inc., a company organized under the  Companies Act (Québec) (the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount
of this Note at 63/4% per annum until maturity and shall pay Special Interest, if any, as provided in Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement. The Company shall pay
interest semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an
"Interest Payment Date"). Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from the date of issuance; provided, however, that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between
a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date;  provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be the first of June 1 or
December 1 to occur after the date of issuance, unless such June 1 or December 1 occurs within one calendar month of such date of issuance, in which case the first Interest
Payment Date shall be the second of June 1 and December 1 to occur after the date of issuance. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the interest rate then in effect under the Indenture and
this Note; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Special Interest, if any (without
regard to any applicable grace periods), from time to time at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months. For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of interest which is equivalent to the rate payable
hereunder is the rate payable multiplied by the actual number of days in the year and divided by 360. 

        2.    Method of Payment.    The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted
interest) to the Persons in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15 next preceding the Interest
Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted
interest. The Notes shall be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, or, at the option
of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the Security Register; provided,  however,
that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with respect to principal of and interest and Special Interest,
if any, and premium, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. 

        3.    Paying Agent and Registrar.    Initially, The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New
York, the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity. 

        4.    Indenture.    The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of May 28,
2003 ("Indenture") among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto (the "Guarantors") and the
Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code
§§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, 

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and
Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the
provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are obligations of the Company unlimited in aggregate principal amount. 

        5.    Optional Redemption.    

        (a)   The
Company may choose to redeem the Notes at any time. If it does so, it may redeem all or any portion of the Notes, at once or over time, after giving the required
notice under the Indenture. To redeem the Notes prior to June 1, 2008, the Company must pay a redemption price equal to the greater of: 

          (i)  100%
of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and 

         (ii)  the
sum of the present values of (1) the redemption price of the Notes at June 1, 2008 (as set forth below) and (2) the remaining scheduled
payments of interest from the redemption date to June 1, 2008, but excluding accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the redemption date, discounted to the date of
redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the Treasury Rate (determined on the second business day
immediately preceding the date of redemption) plus 50 basis points, 

plus,
in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, including Special Interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on the relevant interest payment date). 

        Any
notice to Holders of Notes of such a redemption will include the appropriate calculation of the redemption price, but need not include the redemption price itself. The actual
redemption price, calculated as described above, will be set forth in an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the redemption date (unless
clause (b) of the definition of "Comparable Treasury Price" is applicable, in which case such Officer's Certificate shall be delivered on the redemption date). 

        (b)   Beginning
on June 1, 2008, the Company may redeem all or any portion of the Notes, at once or over time, after giving the required notice under this Indenture, at
the redemption prices set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record
on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). The following prices are for Notes redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on
February 15 of the years set forth below, and are expressed as percentages of principal amount: 

	Redemption Year
 
	 	Price
	 
	2008	 	103.375	%
	2009	 	102.250	%
	2010	 	101.125	%
	2011 and thereafter	 	100.000	%

        (c)   In
addition, at any time and from time to time, prior to June 1, 2006, the Company may redeem up to a maximum of 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of
the Notes with the proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, at a redemption price equal to 106.750% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest,
if any, thereon, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date);  provided, however, that
after giving effect to any such redemption, at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains
outstanding. Any such redemption shall be made within 90 days of such Qualified Equity Offering upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice. 

        (d)   The
Company may at any time redeem in whole but not in part the outstanding notes at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date of redemption if it has become or would become obligated to pay any Additional Amounts in respect 

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of
the Notes as a result of (i) any change in or amendment to the laws (or regulations promulgated thereunder) of Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein),
or (ii) any change in or amendment to any official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment is announced or is effective on or
after the Issue Date. 

        (e)   Any
prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Indenture. 

        6.    Mandatory Redemption.    Except as set forth in Sections 4.12 and 4.18 of the
Indenture, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. 

        7.    Repurchase at Option of Holder.    

        (a)   Upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall offer to repurchase all or any part (equal to US$1,000 or an integral multiple of US$1,000) of the Notes (a
"Change of Control Offer") at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the purchase date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest to, but excluding, the
Change of Control Payment Date). Each Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to US$1,000 or an integral multiple of US$1,000) of such Holder's Notes
pursuant to such offer. 

        (b)   Any
Net Available Cash from Asset Sales that is not applied as provided in Section 4.12(b) of the Indenture will constitute Excess Proceeds
("Excess Proceeds"). When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, or $25.0 million following the consummation of a
Parent Merger Adjustment, the Company shall commence an offer to all Holders for Notes pursuant to the Indenture by applying the Allocable Excess Proceeds (an "Asset Sale
Offer") pursuant to Section 3.09 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) that may be purchased out of the Net
Available Cash at an offer price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (including Additional Notes) tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Net
Available Cash, the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any purpose not prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders
thereof exceeds the amount of Net Available Cash, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the
subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled "Option
of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Notes. 

        8.    Notice of Redemption.    Notice of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days
but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than US$1,000 may be redeemed in part
but only in whole multiples of US$1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption. 

        9.    Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.    The Notes are in registered form without coupons
in denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000. This Note shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed hereon and the
aggregate principal amount of Notes represented hereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. The transfer of Notes may be registered and
Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company
may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected
for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days
before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date. 

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        10.    Persons Deemed Owners.    The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its
owner for all purposes. 

        11.    Amendment, Supplement and Waiver.    Subject to certain exceptions, the Company and the
Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, including Additional Notes, if any, voting
as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 of the Indenture, any
existing Default or Event of Default (except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest or Special Interest, if any, on the Notes) or compliance
with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes (except for certain covenants and provisions of the Indenture which cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder) may be waived with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in
connection with a purchase of or tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes). Without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to
cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company of the obligations of the Company under the
Indenture, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to add additional Guarantees or additional obligors with respect to the Notes, to secure the Notes, to
add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company, to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to make any change to comply with any requirement of the
Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA or to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes. 

        12.    Defaults and Remedies.    Each of the following is an Event of Default under the
Indenture: (i) failure to make the payment of any interest (including Additional Amounts) or Special Interest, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable, and such failure
continues for a period of 30 days; (ii) failure to make the payment of any principal of, or premium, if any, on, any of the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated
Maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, optional redemption, required repurchase or otherwise; (iii) failure to comply with the provisions of Section 5.01 of the Indenture;
(iv) failure to make a Change of Control Offer pursuant to Section 4.18 of the Indenture; (v) failure to make an Asset Sale Offer pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture
and such failure continues for 30 days after written notice is given to the Company specifying the default and demanding that such default be remedied from the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; (vi) failure to comply with any other covenant or agreement in the Notes or in the Indenture (other than a failure
that is the subject of the foregoing clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v)) and such failure continues for 60 days after written notice is given to the Company specifying the
default and demanding that such default be remedied from the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; (vii) a default under any
Debt by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that results in acceleration of the maturity of such Debt, or failure to pay any such Debt at maturity, in an aggregate amount greater than
$25.0 million, increasing to $40.0 million following the consummation of a Parent Merger Adjustment, or its foreign currency equivalent at the time and such acceleration has not been
rescinded or annulled within ten Business Days after the date of such acceleration; (viii) any judgment or judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$20.0 million, increasing to $40.0 million following the consummation of a Parent Merger Adjustment (or its foreign currency equivalent at the time), that shall be rendered against the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and that shall not be waived, satisfied (including acknowledged to be the exclusive liability of a third-party insurer) or discharged for any period of 60
consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement shall not be in effect; (ix) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries; and (x) any Subsidiary Guarantee of one or more Subsidiary Guarantors, which by themselves or taken together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, ceases to be in
full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Subsidiary Guarantee or
the Indenture) or any Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee. 

        If
any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and
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in
the Indenture, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject
to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from
Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or Special Interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes
waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or Special Interest on, or the
principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of any Default
or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default. 

        13.    Trustee Dealings with Company.    Subject to certain limitations, the Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. 

        14.    No Recourse Against Others.    No past, present or future director, officer, employee,
incorporator or stockholder of the Company or of any Subsidiary Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture, the
Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such
liability. 

        15.    Authentication.    This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the
manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. 

        16.    Abbreviations.    Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 

        17.    Additional Rights of Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive
Notes.    In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes that are
Initial Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2003, between the Company and the parties named on the signature pages thereto
or, in the case of Additional Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have the rights set forth in one or more registration rights agreement, if any, among the
Company and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of any Additional Notes. 

        18.    CUSIP Numbers.    Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers placed thereon. 

        The
Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: 

Norampac Inc.

752, rue Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Québec

Canada H3A 1G1

Attention:    Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary 

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        19.    Governing Law.    The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to
construe this Note without giving effect to applicable principals of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby. 

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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase    

        If
you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.12 or 4.18 of the Indenture, check the box below: 

	o
	Section 4.12

	o
	Section 4.18

        If
you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.12 or Section 4.18 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to
have purchased: US$                      

  

	Date:	 	 	Your Signature:	 	 
	 	
	 	 	
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the Note)
	

 	

 	
 	

Tax Identification No.:	

 
	 	 	 	 	 	

	

 	

 	
 	

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:

  
	

 	

 	
 	

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent
Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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Assignment Form    

        To
assign this Note, fill in the form below: 

        (I)
or (we) assign and transfer this Note to 

	  
(Insert assignee's social security or other tax I.D. no.)
	
  

	

  

	

  

	

  
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
	
and irrevocably appoint	

 
	

 	

	

as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
	

	

Date:	

 	
 	

 	

 	

 
	 	
	 	 	 	 
	

 	

 	
 	

Your Signature:	

 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

  
	

 	

 	
 	
Signature Guarantee:	

 
	 	 	 	 	 	

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE    

        The
following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global
Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made: 

	Date of Exchange
 
	 	Amount of decrease in

Principal Amount of

this Global Note
	 	Amount of increase in

Principal Amount of

this Global Note
	 	Principal Amount of

this Global Note

following such decrease

(or increase)
	 	Signature of

authorized signatory

of Trustee or

Note Custodian

	

  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT B    
    
    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER    
    

Norampac Inc.

752, rue Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Québec

Canada H3A 1G1

Attention: Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary 

The
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

Attention: Warren Goshine

Telecopier No.: (212) 225-5436 

Re:
63/4% Senior Notes due 2013

        Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2003 (the "Indenture"), among Norampac Inc., as issuer (the
"Company"), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 

                                ,
(the "Transferor") owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such
Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of US$                        in such Note[s] or interests (the
"Transfer"), to                        (the "Transferee"),
as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that: 

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]  

        1.     o
Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Definitive
Note Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest in the Global Note or Definitive
Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest in the Global Note or Definitive Note for its own
account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the
meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United
States and applicable securities laws of any other applicable jurisdiction. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest in the Global Note or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or
the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 

        2.     o
Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a
Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly,
the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was
outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was
executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a
buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(a) of Regulation S
under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities 

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Act
and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit
of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note
will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture
and the Securities Act. 

        3.     o
Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note or a Definitive
Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable
to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of
the United States and the securities laws of any other applicable jurisdiction, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one): 

        (a)   o
such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, supported by
an opinion of counsel provided by the Transferor (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act; 

or

        (b)   o
such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; 

or 

        (c)   o
such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in
compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; 

or

        (d)   o
such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general
solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global
Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of
Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect
that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend
printed on the IAI Global Note and/or the Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 

        4.     o
Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note. 

        (a)   o
Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer
is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States and the securities laws of any other applicable jurisdiction, (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iii) an opinion of counsel has been provided by the Transferor (a copy of which the Transferor has
attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note 

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will
no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture. 

        (b)   o
Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture
and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and the securities laws of any other applicable jurisdiction and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted
Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture. 

        (c)   o 
Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer
is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in
compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and the securities laws of any other applicable
jurisdiction, (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and
(iii) an opinion of counsel has been provided by the Transferor and the Transferee, as may be required (copies of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that
such Transfer is in compliance with an exemption from the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest
or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in
the Indenture. 

        This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company. 

	 	 	
 [Insert Name of Transferor]
	

 	
 	

By:	

    
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Dated:	

    

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER    

        1.     The
Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following: 

[CHECK
ONE OF (a) OR (b)] 

	(a)
	o
a beneficial interest in the:

	(i)
	o
144A Global Note (CUSIP                        ), or

	(ii)
	o
Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                        ), or

	(iii)
	o
IAI Global Note (CUSIP                        ); or

	(b)
	o
a Restricted Definitive Note.

	2.
	After
the Transfer the Transferee will hold: 

[CHECK
ONE OF (a), (b) OR (c)] 

	(a)
	o
a beneficial interest in the:

	(i)
	o
144A Global Note (CUSIP                        ), or

	(ii)
	o
Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                        ), or

	(iii)
	o
IAI Global Note (CUSIP                        ); or

	(iv)
	o
Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP                        ); or

	(b)
	o
a Restricted Definitive Note; or

	(c)
	o
an Unrestricted Definitive Note, 

in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture. 

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EXHIBIT C    
    
    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE    
    

Norampac Inc.

752, rue Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Québec

Canada H3A 1G1

Attention: Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary 

The
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

Attention: Warren Goshine

Telecopier No.: (212) 225-5436 

Re:
63/4% Senior Notes due 2013

        Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2003 (the "Indenture"), among Norampac Inc., as issuer (the
"Company"), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 

                                ,
(the "Owner") owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such
Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of US$                        in such Note[s] or interests (the
"Exchange"). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that: 

        1.     Exchange
of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an
Unrestricted Global Note 

        (a)   o
Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer,
(ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Note and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act (supported by an opinion of counsel to such effect) and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. 

        (b)   o
Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted
Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Note and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act (supported by an opinion of counsel to such effect) and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive
Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. 

        (c)   o
Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner's Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner
hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the 

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Owner's
own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act (supported by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect) and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of
the United States. 

        (d)   o
Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive
Note. In connection with the Owner's Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted
Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted
Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in
order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state
of the United States. 

        2.     Exchange
of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Notes 

        (a)   o
Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted
Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner's beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal
principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner's own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed
on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 

        (b)   o 
Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner's Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CIRCLE ONE]
144A Global Note, Regulation S Global Note, IAI Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the
Owner's own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Definitive Note and pursuant to
and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global
Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 

        This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company. 

	 	 	
 [Insert Name of Transferor]
	

 	
 	

By:	

    
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

Dated:	

    

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EXHIBIT D    
    
    FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM
  ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR    
    

Norampac Inc.

752, rue Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Québec

Canada H3A 1G1

Attention: Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary 

The
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

Attention: Warren Goshine

Telecopier No.: (212) 225-5436 

Re:
63/4% Senior Notes due 2013

        Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2003 (the "Indenture"), among Norampac Inc., as issuer (the
"Company"), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 

        In
connection with our proposed purchase of US$                        aggregate principal amount of: 

	(a)
	o
a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or

	(b)
	o
a Definitive Note, 

        we
confirm that: 

        1.     We
understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the
undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). 

        2.     We
understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or
sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any
interest therein, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) for so long as the Notes are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities
Act to a person we reasonably believe is a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer,
furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter and, if such transfer is in respect of a principal
amount of Notes, at the time of transfer of less than US$250,000, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act, (D) to persons outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act (provided that such persons agree not to resell or
otherwise transfer the Notes in Canada or for the benefit of a Canadian resident, except in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws), (E) pursuant to the provisions of
Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any Person purchasing the
Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice
advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein. 

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        3.     We
understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal
opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased
by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect. 

        4.     We
are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting
are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment. We have had access to such financial and other information and have been afforded the opportunity to ask such questions of
representatives of the Company and receive answers thereto, as we deem necessary in connection with our decision to purchase the Notes. 

        5.     We
are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional "accredited
investor") as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion and are not acquiring the Notes with a view to any distribution thereof in a transaction that would violate the Securities Act of
the securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction. 

        You
and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. This letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. 

	 	 	 	
 [Insert Name of Accredited Investor]
	

 	

 	
 	

By:	

    
 Name:

Title:
	

Dated:	

    
	
 	

 	

 

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EXHIBIT E    
    
    FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE    
    

        For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees, to the
extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2003 (the "Indenture"), among
NORAMPAC INC., as issuer (the "Company"), the Guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, as trustee (the "Trustee"), (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Special
Interest, if any, on the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent
permitted by law, interest and Special Interest, if any, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in
accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant
to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee. This Guarantee is
subject to release as and to the extent set forth in Sections 8.02, 8.03 and 10.05 of the Indenture. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions. 

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	 	 	NORAMPAC FINANCE US INC.

NORAMPAC HOLDING US INC.

NORAMPAC LEOMINSTER INC.

NORAMPAC NEW YORK CITY INC.

NORAMPAC SCHENECTADY INC.

3815251 CANADA INC.

3815269 CANADA INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

NEWFOUNDLAND CONTAINERS LIMITED

NORAMPAC INDUSTRIES INC.

NORAMPAC TEXAS GP INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

NORAMPAC DALLAS-FORT WORTH L.P.
	

 	
 	

By:	

NORAMPAC TEXAS GP INC., its General Partner
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

1426835 ONTARIO INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:

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Exhibit 10.6

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

ARTICLE 2. THE NOTES

ARTICLE 3. REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

ARTICLE 4. COVENANTS

ARTICLE 5. SUCCESSORS

ARTICLE 6. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

ARTICLE 7. TRUSTEE

ARTICLE 8. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

ARTICLE 9. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

ARTICLE 10. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

ARTICLE 11. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

ARTICLE 12. MISCELLANEOUS

SIGNATURES

EXHIBIT A

Option of Holder to Elect Purchase

Assignment Form

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

EXHIBIT B FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

EXHIBIT C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

EXHIBIT D FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR

EXHIBIT E FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEEQuickLinks
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Exhibit 10.7    
    

 
 

EXECUTION COPY                  
    

CREDIT AGREEMENT
  dated as of May 28, 2003 

Among  

NORAMPAC INC.

NORAMPAC HOLDING US INC.

NORAMPAC AVOT VALLÉE SAS
  (as Borrowers) 

–and– 

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE
  (as Administrative and Collateral Agent) 

–and– 

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO
  (as Lenders) 

CDN. $350,000,000 FACILITY

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE
  (as Lead Arranger and Bookrunner) 

–and– 

NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
  (as Co-Arrangers and Co-Syndication Agents) 

–and– 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG
  (as Co-Arranger and Documentation Agent) 

MCCARTHY TÉTRAULT LLP  

TABLE OF CONTENTS  

	 
	 	 
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	1—INTERPRETATION	 	1
	 	

1.1	
 	

Definitions	
 	

1
	 	1.2	 	Designated Subsidiaries	 	11
	 	1.3	 	Currency Conversions	 	11
	 	1.4	 	Accounting Terms and Calculations	 	11
	 	1.5	 	Time	 	11
	 	1.6	 	Headings and Table of Contents	 	12
	 	1.7	 	Governing Law	 	12
	 	1.8	 	Previous Agreements	 	12
	 	1.9	 	Inconsistency	 	12
	
2—THE FACILITY	
 	

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2.1	
 	

The Facility	
 	

12
	 	2.2	 	Reallocation among Tranches	 	13
	 	2.3	 	Purpose and Nature of the Facility	 	13
	 	2.4	 	Availability and Borrowing Options	 	13
	 	2.5	 	Borrowing Base Limitations	 	14
	 	2.6	 	Borrowings Proportionate to Commitments	 	14
	 	2.7	 	Notice of Borrowings	 	14
	 	2.8	 	Overdraft Utilizations with Swingline Lenders	 	15
	 	2.9	 	Funding	 	16
	 	2.10	 	Lender's Failure to Fund	 	16
	 	2.11	 	Conversions and Renewals	 	16
	 	2.12	 	Limitations on Lender's Obligation to Fund	 	17
	
3—ACCEPTANCES	
 	

17
	 	

3.1	
 	

Period and Amounts	
 	

17
	 	3.2	 	Disbursement	 	18
	 	3.3	 	Power of Attorney	 	18
	 	3.4	 	Depository Bills	 	18
	 	3.5	 	Availability	 	18
	
4—LIBOR LOANS	
 	

18
	 	

4.1	
 	

Amounts and Periods	
 	

18
	 	4.2	 	Changed Circumstances	 	19
	 	4.3	 	Conversion Prior to Maturity	 	19
	
5—LETTERS OF CREDIT	
 	

20
	 	

5.1	
 	

Availability	
 	

20
	 	5.2	 	Pro rata Utilizations	 	20
	 	5.3	 	Maturity of Letters of Credit	 	20
	 	 	 	 	 

 

	 	5.4	 	Borrowings	 	20
	 	5.5	 	Payments under Letters of Credit	 	20
	 	5.6	 	Currency Conversion	 	21
	 	5.7	 	Indemnity	 	21
	 	5.8	 	I.C.C. Rules	 	21
	 	5.9	 	Deemed Utilizations	 	21
	
6—FEES AND INTEREST	
 	

22
	 	

6.1	
 	

Commitment Fee	
 	

22
	 	6.2	 	Letter of Credit Fees	 	22
	 	6.3	 	Administrative Charges with respect to Letters of Credit	 	22
	 	6.4	 	Standby Fee	 	22
	 	6.5	 	Acceptance Fees	 	22
	 	6.6	 	Interest on Prime Rate Loans	 	23
	 	6.7	 	Interest on US Base Rate Loans	 	23
	 	6.8	 	Interest on Euro Base Rate Loans	 	23
	 	6.9	 	Interest on Libor Loans	 	23
	 	6.10	 	Calculation of Interest Rates	 	23
	 	6.11	 	Interest on Arrears	 	24
	
7—REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND REDUCTION	
 	

24
	 	

7.1	
 	

Repayment of the Facility	
 	

24
	 	7.2	 	Mandatory Prepayments	 	24
	 	7.3	 	Optional Prepayments	 	24
	 	7.4	 	Exchange Rate Fluctuations	 	25
	 	7.5	 	Letters of Credit	 	25
	 	7.6	 	Reduction of the Facility	 	25
	
8—PLACE OF PAYMENT, CURRENCY AND TAXES	
 	

26
	 	

8.1	
 	

Payments to the Agent	
 	

26
	 	8.2	 	Time of Payments	 	26
	 	8.3	 	Currency	 	26
	 	8.4	 	Judgment Currency	 	26
	 	8.5	 	Payments Net of Taxes	 	27
	 	8.6	 	Obligations of Lenders in respect of Taxes	 	27
	
9—CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BORROWINGS	
 	

27
	 	

9.1	
 	

Conditions Precedent to the Initial Borrowing	
 	

27
	 	9.2	 	Conditions Precedent to all Borrowings	 	29
	 	9.3	 	Waiver of Conditions Precedent	 	29
	 	9.4	 	Early Termination of the Commitments	 	29
	 	9.5	 	Special Waiver with respect to the Security	 	29
	
10—SECURITY	
 	

30
	 	

10.1	
 	

Guarantees	
 	

30
	 	10.2	 	Security over Current Assets	 	30
	 	10.3	 	Fixed Assets	 	30
	 	 	 	 	 

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	 	10.4	 	Insurance	 	31
	 	10.5	 	Security for Hedging Agreements	 	31
	 	10.6	 	Validity and Contents of Security Documents	 	32
	 	10.7	 	Exceptions for certain Credit Parties	 	32
	 	10.8	 	Release of the Security	 	32
	
11—REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	
 	

33
	 	

11.1	
 	

Corporate Existence and Capacity	
 	

33
	 	11.2	 	Authorization and Validity	 	33
	 	11.3	 	No Breach	 	33
	 	11.4	 	Approvals	 	33
	 	11.5	 	Compliance with Laws and Permits	 	34
	 	11.6	 	Title to Assets	 	34
	 	11.7	 	Fibre Supply Arrangements	 	34
	 	11.8	 	Litigation	 	34
	 	11.9	 	No Default	 	34
	 	11.10	 	Solvency	 	34
	 	11.11	 	Taxes	 	35
	 	11.12	 	ERISA and Pension Plans	 	35
	 	11.13	 	Margin Stock Restrictions	 	35
	 	11.14	 	Investment Company Act	 	35
	 	11.15	 	Public Utility Holding Company Act	 	35
	 	11.16	 	Tax Shelter Regulations	 	35
	 	11.17	 	Restriction on Payments	 	36
	 	11.18	 	Corporate Structure and Location of Assets	 	36
	 	11.19	 	Financial Statements and Fiscal Year	 	36
	 	11.20	 	No Material Change	 	36
	 	11.21	 	True and Complete Disclosure	 	36
	
12—AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	
 	

37
	 	

12.1	
 	

General Covenants	
 	

37
	 	12.2	 	Norampac US and Avot Vallée	 	38
	 	12.3	 	Use of Proceeds	 	38
	 	12.4	 	Further Assurances	 	38
	 	12.5	 	Representations and Warranties	 	38
	
13—NEGATIVE COVENANTS	
 	

38
	 	

13.1	
 	

Negative Pledge	
 	

39
	 	13.2	 	Indebtedness	 	39
	 	13.3	 	Limitations on Fundamental Changes	 	39
	 	13.4	 	Investments and Acquisitions	 	41
	 	13.5	 	Distributions	 	42
	 	13.6	 	Transactions with Related Parties	 	42
	
14—FINANCIAL RATIOS	
 	

43
	 	

14.1	
 	

Funded Debt to Capitalization Ratio	
 	

43
	 	14.2	 	Interest Coverage Ratio	 	43
	 	 	 	 	 

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15—REPORTING REQUIREMENTS	
 	

43
	 	

15.1	
 	

Annual Reporting	
 	

43
	 	15.2	 	Quarterly Reports	 	44
	 	15.3	 	Borrowing Base Report	 	44
	 	15.4	 	ERISA	 	44
	 	15.5	 	Reporting from Time to Time	 	45
	 	15.6	 	Hedging Agreements	 	45
	
16—EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES	
 	

45
	 	

16.1	
 	

Events of Default	
 	

45
	 	16.2	 	Remedies	 	46
	
17—EQUALITY AMONG LENDERS	
 	

47
	 	

17.1	
 	

Distribution among Lenders	
 	

47
	 	17.2	 	Other Security	 	47
	 	17.3	 	Direct Payment to a Lender	 	47
	 	17.4	 	Adjustments	 	47
	
18—THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS	
 	

48
	 	

18.1	
 	

Appointment of the Agent	
 	

48
	 	18.2	 	Restrictions on the Powers of the Lenders	 	48
	 	18.3	 	Security Documents	 	48
	 	18.4	 	Action by Agent	 	48
	 	18.5	 	Enforcement Measures	 	49
	 	18.6	 	Indemnification	 	49
	 	18.7	 	Reliance on Reports	 	49
	 	18.8	 	Liability of the Agent	 	49
	 	18.9	 	Liability of Lenders	 	49
	 	18.10	 	Rights of the Agent as Lender	 	49
	 	18.11	 	Sharing of Information	 	50
	 	18.12	 	Competition	 	50
	 	18.13	 	Successor Agent	 	50
	
19—DECISIONS, WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS	
 	

50
	 	

19.1	
 	

Amendments and Waivers by the Majority Lenders	
 	

50
	 	19.2	 	Amendments and Waivers by Unanimous Approval	 	50
	 	19.3	 	Swingline Adjustments in Tranche C	 	51
	
20—MISCELLANEOUS	
 	

51
	 	

20.1	
 	

Books and Accounts	
 	

51
	 	20.2	 	Determination	 	51
	 	20.3	 	Prohibition on Assignment by Borrowers	 	51
	 	20.4	 	Assignments and Participations	 	52
	 	20.5	 	Affiliated Lenders' Commitment	 	52
	 	20.6	 	Notes	 	53
	 	20.7	 	Costs and Expenses	 	53
	 	 	 	 	 

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	 	20.8	 	No Waiver	 	54
	 	20.9	 	Irrevocability of Notices of Borrowings	 	54
	 	20.10	 	Set-off	 	54
	 	20.11	 	Indemnification	 	54
	 	20.12	 	Mitigation of costs	 	55
	 	20.13	 	Corrections of Errors	 	55
	 	20.14	 	Communications	 	55
	 	20.15	 	Counterparts	 	55
	 	20.16	 	Waiver of Jury Trial	 	55
	
21—NOTICES	
 	

56
	 	

21.1	
 	

Sending of Notices	
 	

56
	 	

21.2	
 	

Receipt of Notices	
 	

56
	
SCHEDULE "A"	
 	

61
	 	

APPLICABLE MARGINS OR RATES	
 	

61
	
SCHEDULE "B"	
 	

63
	 	

LIST OF DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES	
 	

63
	
SCHEDULE "C"	
 	

64
	 	

NOTICE OF BORROWING [CONVERSION OR RENEWAL]	
 	

64
	
SCHEDULE "D"	
 	

65
	 	

LETTERS OF CREDIT	
 	

65
	
SCHEDULE "E"	
 	

66
	 	

CHARGED FIXED ASSETS	
 	

66
	
SCHEDULE "F"	
 	

67
	 	

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE	
 	

67
	
SCHEDULE "G"	
 	

69
	 	

BORROWING BASE REPORT	
 	

69
	
SCHEDULE "H"	
 	

70
	 	

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT	
 	

70
	
SCHEDULE "I"	
 	

74
	 	

ADDRESSES FOR NOTICE PURPOSES	
 	

74

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CREDIT AGREEMENT  

        THIS AGREEMENT is made as of May 28, 2003 among NORAMPAC INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada ("Norampac"), NORAMPAC HOLDING
US INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, ("Norampac US"), NORAMPAC AVOT VALLÉE SAS, a corporation incorporated under the laws of France ("Avot
Vallée"), (each a "Borrower" and, collectively the "Borrowers"), CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, a Canadian bank, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, the
"Agent"), and each of the financial institutions being a Lender hereunder. 

RECITALS  

	A.
	The
Borrowers have requested the Lenders to make available to the Borrowers a 5-year revolving facility in a principal amount of Cdn.$350,000,000 for general corporate and
working capital purposes.

	B.
	Norampac
owns all of the outstanding shares of Norampac US and approximately 99% of the outstanding shares of Avot Vallée;

	C.
	The
Lenders are willing to make the Facility available to the Borrowers and the Agent has agreed to act in such capacity on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this
Agreement. 

        THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 

1—INTERPRETATION  

1.1   Definitions  

        In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the respective meanings set out below (and all such terms that are defined in
the singular have the corresponding meaning in the plural and vice versa). 

        "Acceptance" means: 

	(a)
	in
respect of a Lender who is a bank that customarily accepts bankers' acceptances, at such Lender's discretion, either a depository bill subject to the  Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada) or a bill of
exchange subject to the Bills of Exchange Act
(Canada), in each case, drawn by Norampac on and accepted by such Lender; and

	(b)
	in
respect of any other Lender, a promissory note bearing no interest, made by Norampac to such Lender; 

 

        "Affiliate" means, with respect to a Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under
common Control with, that Person; 

        "Agent" means Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce or any successor agent appointed pursuant to Section 18.13; 

        "Agent's Office" means the administrative office of the Agent designated by the Agent from time to time as its administrative office for
the purposes hereof, after notice to the Lenders; 

        "Applicable Margin (or Rate)" means a margin (or rate) determined in accordance with Schedule "A"; 

        "Borrowing Base" means the amount (expressed in Dollars) determined by the Agent as being the sum of: 

	(a)
	80%
of the book value of the trade accounts receivable of the Credit Parties which are subject to the Security and are owed by customers located in Canada and the United States, but
excluding accounts that have been outstanding for more than 90 days since their original billing dates, accounts owed by Credit Parties, accounts subject to set-off, accounts in
dispute and doubtful accounts;

	(b)
	60%
of the book value of the raw materials and finished goods inventory of the Credit Parties which is subject to the Security and is located in Canada and the United States; and

	(c)
	the
lesser of $200,000,000 and 50% of the market value of the Charged Fixed Assets (determined as provided in Section 10.3); 

less
the excess of (i) a reasonable estimate of the aggregate of all amounts owing to creditors (including governments) whose claims are secured or protected by a Lien capable of ranking  pari passu with
or prior to the Security with respect to such accounts receivables and inventory, over (ii) $3,000,000; 

        "Borrowings" means the Prime Rate Loans, the US Base Rate Loans, the Acceptances, the Libor Loans, the Euro Base Rate Loans and the
Letters of Credit; 

        "Branch of Account" means, with respect to any Tranche, a branch of a bank where the Agent has established an account for such Tranche, in
each case as may be designated by the Agent from time to
time as the applicable branch of account, after consultation with the applicable Borrower, it being understood that unless otherwise agreed between the Agent and Avot Vallée, the Branch
of Account for Tranche C will be located in Canada; 

        "Business Day" means a day on which banks are open for business in Montreal and in Toronto, excluding Saturday and Sunday; where such term
is used in the context of a US Base Rate Loan, such day must also be a day on which banks are open for business in New York City and where such term is used in the context of a Libor Loan or an Euro
Base Rate Loan, such day must also be a day on which banks are open for business in London, England, in Paris, France and in the city where the applicable Branch of Account is located; 

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        "CDOR Rate" means, for any day, the arithmetic average of the bankers' acceptances discount rates of the Canadian banks for the applicable
period which appear on the Reuter's Screen CDOR Page at 10:00 a.m., or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided however, that if such rates
are not available, then the CDOR Rate for any day will be the bankers' acceptances discount rate of the Agent for the applicable period as of 10:00 a.m. on such day, or if said day is not a
Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day; 

        "Capitalization" means the aggregate of Funded Debt and Tangible Net Worth, less Guarantees and Liens granted in respect of Funded Debt of
non-Credit Parties; 

        "Charged Fixed Assets" means the fixed assets of Norampac and the Designated Subsidiaries which are subject to the Security, as provided
in Section 10.3; 

        "Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, its proportion (expressed as a percentage or as an amount, as the case may be) of the
aggregate amount of the Facility or, as the case may be, of any of Tranche A, Tranche B or Tranche C, as specified opposite its name on the signature pages of this Agreement, subject however to any
readjustment resulting from a reduction in the amount of the Facility, a change in the amount of any Tranche or from an assignment of Commitment made pursuant to this Agreement; 

        "Control" (including any correlative term) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of
the management or policies of a Person (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or trust interests, by contract or otherwise); without limiting the generality of the foregoing
(i) a Person is deemed to Control a corporation if such Person (or such Person and its Affiliates) holds outstanding shares of the corporation carrying votes in sufficient number to elect a
majority of the board of directors of the corporation, (ii) a Person is deemed to Control a partnership if such Person (or such Person and its Affiliates) holds more than 50% in value of the
equity of the partnership, (iii) a Person is deemed to Control a trust if such Person (or such Person and its Affiliates) holds more than 50% in value of the beneficial interests in the trust,
and (iv) a Person that controls another Person is deemed to Control any Person controlled by that other Person; 

        "Corporate Structure Chart" means the description of the corporate and capital structure of Norampac and its Subsidiaries as at the date
hereof, as described in the chart dated as of May 28, 2003 delivered to the Agent and the Lenders prior to the execution of this Agreement; 

        "Credit Documents" means this Agreement, the Security Documents, any note issued pursuant to Section 20.6 and any other present and
future document relating to any of the foregoing, in each case, as amended, supplemented or restated; 

        "Credit Parties" means each of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries; 

        "Default" means any event or circumstance which constitutes an Event of Default or which, with the passage of time, the giving of a notice
or both, would constitute an Event of Default; 

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        "Designated Subsidiaries" means the Subsidiaries of Norampac (other than a Borrower) designated as Designated Subsidiaries pursuant to
Section 1.2; 

        "Discount Rate" means on any day, 

	(a)
	in
respect of any Acceptance accepted by a Lender that is a Canadian Schedule I bank, the CDOR Rate on such day for the applicable period; and

	(b)
	in
respect of any Acceptance accepted by a Lender that is not a Canadian Schedule I bank, the lesser of (x) the discount rate of such Lender in effect at or about
10:00 a.m. on the relevant date for bankers' acceptances (or equivalent instruments if such Lender does not customarily accept bankers' acceptances) of such Lender for a period comparable to
the period of such Acceptance and (y) the CDOR Rate plus 0.10%; 

        "Discounted Proceeds" means, with respect to any issue of Acceptances, an amount (rounded to the nearest whole cent and with
one-half of one cent being rounded up) calculated by multiplying: 

	(a)
	the
aggregate face amount of such Acceptances; by

	(b)
	the
price, where the price is determined by dividing one by the sum of one plus the product of:

	(i)
	the
Discount Rate applicable to such Acceptances (expressed as a decimal); and

	(ii)
	a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the period of such Acceptances and the denominator of which is 365; 

with
the price as so determined being rounded up or down to the fifth decimal place and .000005 being rounded up; 

        "Distribution" means any payment in cash or in kind that provides an income (including interest or dividend) or a return on, or
constitutes a distribution or redemption of, the equity or capital of a Person (other than by way of the issuance of new equity interests); 

        "Dollar" and the symbol $ mean lawful money of Canada; 

        "EBITDA" means, with respect to a Person, the net income of such Person for the rolling four-quarter period ending on the date
that EBITDA is determined, plus the following items, to the extent such items have been deducted in calculating net income: 

	(a)
	Interest
Expense;

	(b)
	income
taxes;

	(c)
	amortization,
depletion and depreciation; 

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	(d)
	non-cash
compensation expenses for grants of performance shares or stock options to the extent same are not redeemable for cash;

	(e)
	other
non-cash items that do not represent an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period; 

provided
that net income is calculated excluding: 

	(f)
	the
equity of such Person in the net income of any other Person that is not a Credit Party to the extent same has not been distributed in cash to such Person by way of Distributions;
(it being understood that cash dividends received by such Person from non-Credit Parties in each case are included in the net income of such Person);

	(g)
	gains
or losses arising from extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items or from the translation of any debt payable in a foreign currency;

	(h)
	non-cash
items that will not result in the receipt of cash payments in any future period; and

	(i)
	the
net income of any Subsidiary to the extent that the payment of Distributions of net income by that Subsidiary is not at the date of determination permitted (i) without
prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), or (ii) pursuant to the terms of its constitutive documents or any agreement (other than the Norampac Indenture), order, law or
regulation applicable to such Subsidiary or its shareholders; 

        "Environmental Laws" shall mean all laws, rules and regulations, and any orders or legally binding policies, in each case as now or
hereafter in effect, relating to the regulation or protection of human health, safety or the environment or to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants, contaminants,
chemicals or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes into the indoor or outdoor environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, soil, surface water, ground water, wetlands, land or subsurface
strata, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, chemicals or toxic or hazardous
substances or wastes; 

        "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 of the United States, as
amended from time to time; 

        "ERISA Affiliate" means any corporation or trade or business that is a member of any group of organizations (i) described in
Section 414(b) or (c) of the US Revenue Code of which any Credit Party is a member and (ii) solely for purposes of potential liability under Section 302(c)(11) of ERISA and
Section 412(c)(11) of the US Revenue Code and the lien created under Section 302(f) of ERISA and Section 412(n) of the US Revenue Code, described in Section 414(m) or
(o) of the US Revenue Code of which any Credit Party is a member; 

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        "Euro Base Rate" means, for any day, the annual rate of interest for deposits in Euros with a term of 30 days in the Paris
interbank market which is shown on the applicable Telerate page of the Telerate
Service as of 11:00 a.m. (Paris time) on such day, or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided however that if such rate is not available,
then the Euro Base Rate for any day will be the rate announced by the Swingline Lender under Tranche C as being its rate for similar deposits then in effect on the relevant day, provided further that
the Swingline Lender under Tranche C and Avot Vallée may agree on an alternate reference rate for the determination of the Euro Base Rate; 

        "Euro Base Rate Loan" means a Loan denominated in Euros and bearing interest at the Euro Base Rate, plus the Applicable Margin; 

        "Existing Facilities" means the credit facilities made available to Norampac, Norampac Industries Inc. and Avot
Vallée pursuant to a credit agreement dated December 22, 1997 with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as agent and the lenders party thereto, as amended; 

        "Facility" means the revolving facility made available to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement, by way of Tranche A, Tranche B and
Tranche C; 

        "Facility Maturity Date" means the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement; 

        "Funded Debt" means, with respect to a Person, and without duplication, all obligations that under GAAP should be classified on such
Person's balance sheet as liabilities or to which reference should be made by footnotes thereto, (i) including, whether or not so classified, Guarantees and Liens granted in respect of Funded
Debt of another Person, but (ii) excluding deferred taxes, trade accounts payable, obligations under operating leases and other accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business,
and also excluding Subordinated Debt, and (iii) being understood that bankers' acceptances are included in Funded Debt for their face amount; 

        "Funded Debt to Capitalization Ratio" means the ratio of Funded Debt to Capitalization; 

        "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in Canada or where reference must be made to GAAP in relation to any Credit Party
organized under the laws of the United States or France, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States or France (as applicable), in each case which (i) with respect to the
financial ratios referred to in Article 14, are in effect on the date hereof (but taking into account such subsequent changes as may be agreed on between Norampac and the Majority Lenders), and
(ii) for all other purposes, are in effect from time to time; 

        "Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or not, directly or indirectly guaranteeing any liability or indebtedness of any Person or
protecting a creditor of such Person from a loss in respect of any such liability or indebtedness or having the same economic effect; 

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        "Hedging Agreement" means any foreign exchange contract, interest rate hedging contract and any other financial contract or arrangement
capable of protecting a Credit Party against fluctuations in currencies, interest rates or commodities; 

        "Interest Coverage Ratio" means the ratio of EBITDA to Interest Expense for the period EBITDA has been calculated; 

        "Interest Expense" means, for any period, the aggregate amount of interest and other financing expenses during such period in each case
determined in accordance with GAAP, but (i) including interest and other financing charges which have been capitalized, and (ii) excluding amortization of financing expenses and deferred
gains or losses on the translation of any debt payable in foreign currency; 

        "Issuing Lender" means, in respect of any Tranche, each of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, National Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova
Scotia and Deutsche Bank AG as Lender, provided that if any of such Lenders ceases to be a Lender under any Tranche, then the Borrower concerned will be entitled with the consent of the Agent to
replace such Issuing Lender by another Lender who has a Commitment under the applicable Tranche and is willing to issue Letters of Credit; 

        "Lender" means each of the financial institutions having executed this Agreement as Lender and any other financial institution that
becomes a Lender pursuant to an assignment or a designation made in accordance with Section 20.4 or Section 20.5; 

        "Letter of Credit" means a letter of credit or letter of guarantee issued pursuant to this Agreement; 

        "Libor" means, with respect to any Libor Loan, the annual rate of interest determined by the Agent as being the rate (rounded upwards to
the nearest multiple of 1/16%) for deposits in US Dollars or in Euros (as applicable) in the London interbank market which is shown on the applicable Telerate page of the Telerate
Service as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the second Business Day prior to the commencement of the applicable Libor Loan and for a comparable period, or if such rate is not
available, the average (determined by the Agent in accordance with its normal practices and rounded up to the nearest 1/16%) of the rates per annum which leading banks in the London
interbank market offer to the Agent for placing deposits in U.S. Dollars or Euros (as applicable) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the second Business Day prior to the commencement
of the applicable Libor Loan and for a comparable period; 

        "Libor Loan" means a loan denominated in US Dollars or in Euros bearing interest at Libor for US Dollars or Euros, as applicable, plus the
Applicable Margin; 

        "Lien" means any hypothec, security interest, mortgage, lien, right of preference, pledge, assignment by way of security or any other
agreement or encumbrance of any nature that secures the performance of an obligation, and a Person is deemed to own subject to a Lien any property or assets that it has acquired or holds subject to
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conditional
sale agreement, capital or synthetic lease or similar agreement (other than an operating lease) relating to such property or assets; 

        "Majority Lenders" means any group of Lenders whose Commitments amount in the aggregate to at least 51% of the aggregate amount of the
Facility; 

        "Material Adverse Change" means any change, condition, event or occurrence which, when considered individually or together with other
changes, conditions, events or occurrences, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 

        "Material Adverse Effect" means (i) a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, operations,
assets, liabilities (absolute or contingent) or prospects of the Credit Parties taken as a whole, (ii) a material adverse effect on the ability of Norampac or of the Credit Parties taken as a
whole to perform their obligations under any Credit Document, or, (iii) a material impairment of the rights or remedies of the Lenders under any Credit Document; 

        "Net Tangible Assets" means, in respect of Norampac, total assets, after deducting current liabilities and non-controlling
interests, and less, to the extent otherwise included in total assets, the amounts of (without duplication) (i) revaluations and other write-ups of assets
subsequent to December 31, 2002, and (ii) goodwill and other intangible assets, in each case calculated on a consolidated basis; 

        "Non-Designated Subsidiaries" means the Subsidiaries of Norampac (other than Borrowers) that are not Designated Subsidiaries; 

        "Norampac Indenture" means the indenture dated May 28, 2003 for the US$250,000,000 notes due June 1, 2013 of Norampac; 

        "PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA; 

        "Permitted Lien" means: 

	(a)
	Liens
imposed or arising by operation of law, in each case, in respect of obligations not yet due or which have been postponed or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings to the extent that adequate reserves are maintained;

	(b)
	pledges
or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with bids or tenders or to comply with the requirements of any legislation or regulation applicable to the
Person concerned or its business or assets;

	(c)
	Liens
securing obligations incurred in connection with the purchase or the lease of any property, or securing any renewal, extension or replacement of such obligations, provided that
any such Lien charges only the property purchased or leased and for an amount not in excess of the related obligation and that the aggregate of all outstanding amounts secured by such Liens (excluding
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secured
by Liens permitted pursuant to paragraph (e) below) does not at any time exceed for all Credit Parties 5% of the Net Tangible Assets of Norampac and provided further that no such
property is part of the Charged Fixed Assets or is material to the operations of such assets; 

	(d)
	Liens
securing loans and advances made by a Credit Party to another Credit Party, provided such loans and advances are subject to the Security; and

	(e)
	Liens
existing on the date hereof and listed in the Permitted Liens list dated May 28, 2003 delivered to the Lenders prior to the execution of this Agreement, or any renewal,
extension or replacement of any such Lien provided that no such renewal, extension or replacement may extend to property other than that initially charged by such Lien and that the aggregate of all
outstanding amounts secured by Liens permitted under this paragraph does not at any time exceed $7,500,000; 

        "Person" means any natural person, legal person, corporation, company, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated organization, business
trust or any other entity; 

        "Plan" means an employee benefit or other plan established or maintained by a Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate and that is covered by
Title IV of ERISA; 

        "Prime Rate" means, for any day, the greater of: 

	(a)
	the
annual rate of interest established by the Agent as being its reference rate then in effect for determining interest rates for commercial loans denominated in Dollars made in
Canada; and

	(b)
	the
CDOR Rate for bankers' acceptances with a period of one month, plus 0.75%; 

        "Prime Rate Loan" means a loan denominated in Dollars bearing interest at the Prime Rate, plus the Applicable Margin; 

        "Security" means the security and subordinations granted and the guarantees, undertakings and acknowledgments provided to or for the
benefit of the Lenders and the Agent pursuant to Article 10; 

        "Security Documents" means any document or agreement evidencing or relating to the Security; 

        "Solvent" means, with respect to any Person, that as of the date of determination such Person is "solvent" within the meaning given to
that term and similar terms under applicable corporations laws or laws relating to voidable transactions or fraudulent transfers or conveyances; for such purpose, the amount of any contingent
liability at any time will 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 (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under GAAP); 

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        "Subordinated Debt" means any debt of Norampac which is fully subordinated and postponed to the obligations of the Credit Parties under
the Facility and the Hedging Agreements, and that the Agent, acting with the consent of the Majority Lenders, has agreed in writing to consider as such for the purposes of this Agreement; 

        "Subsidiary" means a Person that is under the Control of another Person; 

        "Swingline Lender" means, in respect of Tranche A, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as Lender, in respect of Tranche B, Comerica Bank as
Lender, and in respect of Tranche C, Société Générale as Lender, provided that the Borrower concerned will be entitled with the consent of
the Agent to replace a Swingline Lender by another Lender who agrees to become a Swingline Lender and has a Commitment under the applicable Tranche; 

        "Tangible Net Worth" means the aggregate of shareholders' equity and Subordinated Debt, less goodwill and other like intangible assets; 

        "Tranche A" means the portion of the Facility made available to Norampac as provided in Section 2.1; 

        "Tranche B" means the portion of the Facility made available to Norampac US as provided in Section 2.1; 

        "Tranche C" means the portion of the Facility made available to Avot Vallée as provided in Section 2.1; 

        "US Base Rate" means, for any day, the greater of: 

	(a)
	the
annual rate of interest established by the Agent as being its reference rate then in effect for determining interest rates for commercial loans denominated in US Dollars made in
Canada (in the case of US Base Rate Loans made under Tranche A) or made in New York City (in the case of US Base Rate Loans made under Tranches B and C); and

	(b)
	the
federal funds effective rate in effect on such day (and if such day is not a Business Day, then on the preceding Business Day), plus 0.50%; the term "federal funds effective rate"
means the rate usually designated as such and as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the relevant Business Day, or if such rate is not available on any Business Day, the rate that
the Agent is prepared to offer, at approximately 9:00 a.m. on such day, for overnight deposits in US Dollars in New York; 

        "US Base Rate Loan" means a loan denominated in US Dollars and bearing interest at the US Base Rate, plus the Applicable Margin; 

        "US Revenue Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of the United States, as amended from time to time; 

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1.2   Designated Subsidiaries  

	(a)
	The
Subsidiaries of Norampac listed in Schedule "B" hereof are hereby designated as Designated Subsidiaries.

	(b)
	Norampac
may designate any other of its Subsidiaries (other than a Borrower) as a Designated Subsidiary upon giving not less than 30 days' prior notice to the Agent. Any such
designation will be effective on the first day of the fiscal quarter of Norampac following the expiry of the notice period and no such designation may be cancelled or revoked.

	(c)
	Each
Designated Subsidiary must be at all times a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Norampac and must provide Security as and to the extent required by Article 10.

	(d)
	Norampac
covenants and agrees that the Non-Designated Subsidiaries will include no Subsidiary that has provided a Guarantee of the obligations of Norampac under the
Norampac Indenture or notes issued thereunder;

	(e)
	Norampac
covenants and agrees that the aggregate amount of the trade accounts receivable and inventories of all Non-Designated Subsidiaries will not at any time exceed 15%
of Norampac's trade accounts receivable and inventories (on a consolidated basis). 

1.3   Currency Conversions  

        Where any amount expressed in any currency has to be converted or expressed in another currency, or where its equivalent in another currency has to be determined
(or vice versa), the calculation is made at the exchange rate announced or quoted by the Agent or the Lender concerned (as applicable) in accordance
with its normal practices at or around noon on the relevant date for the relevant currency against the other currency (or vice versa). 

1.4   Accounting Terms and Calculations  

        Unless otherwise provided, (i) terms and expressions of an accounting or financial nature have the respective meanings given to such terms and expressions
under GAAP; (ii) calculations must be made in accordance with GAAP insofar as applicable, and (iii) financial ratios must be calculated on a consolidated basis of Norampac. 

1.5   Time  

        Except where otherwise indicated in this Agreement, any reference to time means local time in Montreal. 

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1.6   Headings and Table of Contents  

        The headings and the Table of Contents are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. 

1.7   Governing Law  

        This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Quebec and the laws of Canada applicable therein. 

1.8   Previous Agreements  

        This Agreement supersedes any previous agreement in connection with the Facility. 

1.9   Inconsistency  

        In the event of inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Credit Document, the provisions of this Agreement must be accorded precedence. 

2—THE FACILITY  

2.1   The Facility  

        The Lenders, individually, and not solidarily (i.e. not jointly and severally), agree to make the Facility available to the Borrowers in an aggregate maximum
amount at any time not exceeding the total of the Commitments in effect at such time. As of the date hereof, the Commitment of each Lender is as specified opposite its name on the signature pages of
this Agreement and the collective Commitments of the Lenders aggregate to $350,000,000. The Facility will be available in three tranches, Tranche A, Tranche B and Tranche C, as follows: 

	(a)
	Tranche
A, initially in the amount of $160,000,000, will be available to Norampac in the proportion as to each Lender of its Commitment under Tranche A;

	(b)
	Tranche
B, initially in the amount of $160,000,000, will be available to Norampac US in the proportion as to each Lender of its Commitment under Tranche B;

	(c)
	Tranche
C, initially in the amount of $30,000,000, will be available to Avot Vallée in the proportion as to each Lender of its Commitment under Tranche C. 

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2.2   Reallocation among Tranchesc  

	(a)
	Upon
giving not less than ten Business Days prior notice to the Agent, Norampac may change the allocations among Tranches set forth in Section 2.1 (and, accordingly, the
amounts of Tranche A, Tranche B and Tranche C), in multiples of $5,000,000;

	(b)
	Any
reallocation will result in a corresponding adjustment in the amounts of the Commitments of the Lenders under Tranche A, Tranche B and Tranche C, proportionately as to each Lender
to the percentage of its commitment under the applicable Tranche;

	(c)
	Reallocations
will be effective on the first Business Day of the quarter following the expiry of said ten-day notice period. Any reallocation will remain in effect until
the effective date of any subsequent reallocation replacing same;

	(d)
	Norampac
may not make a reallocation resulting in the amount of Tranche B being in excess of $335,000,000 or in the amount of Tranche C being in excess of $50,000,000. 

2.3   Purpose and Nature of the Facility  

	(a)
	The
Borrowers will use the Facility to refinance the Existing Facilities and for general corporate and working capital purposes;

	(b)
	The
Facility will revolve and, accordingly, Borrowings may be obtained, repaid and re-borrowed by the Borrowers until the Facility Maturity Date. 

2.4   Availability and Borrowing Options  

	(a)
	Tranche A—Borrowings may be obtained by Norampac under Tranche A in the form of:

	(i)
	Prime
Rate Loans;

	(ii)
	Acceptances;

	(iii)
	US
Base Rate Loans;

	(iv)
	Libor
Loans in US Dollars; and

	(v)
	Letters
of Credit;

	(b)
	Tranche B—Borrowings may be obtained by Norampac US under the Tranche B in the form of: 

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	(i)
	US
Base Rate Loans;

	(ii)
	Libor
Loans in US Dollars; and

	(iii)
	Letters
of Credit;

	(c)
	Tranche C—Borrowings may be obtained by Avot Vallée under Tranche C in the form of:

	(i)
	Libor
Loans in US Dollars or Euros;

	(ii)
	US
Base Rate Loans;

	(iii)
	Letters
of Credit; and

	(iv)
	Euro
Base Rate Loans, but only with the Swingline Lender under Tranche C. 

2.5   Borrowing Base Limitations  

        The Borrowers must ensure that the aggregate amount of all outstanding Borrowings (expressed in Dollars) will not at any time exceed the lesser of (i) the
amount of the Facility, and (ii) the Borrowing Base. Accordingly, no Borrower may request a Borrowing if the making of such Borrowing would result in such limit being exceeded. 

2.6   Borrowings Proportionate to Commitments  

        Each Borrowing will be made through the Agent at the applicable Branch of Account and will be allocated by the Agent among the Lenders approximately in the
proportion of their respective Commitments under the applicable Tranche subject however to the provisions of Section 2.8 (Overdraft Utilizations) and of Article 5 (Letters of Credit). 

2.7   Notice of Borrowings  

        To obtain a Borrowing (other than a Letter of Credit), the Borrower concerned must give a notice to the Agent specifying: 

	(a)
	the
applicable Tranche and the selected form of Borrowing;

	(b)
	the
amount of the Borrowing, with a minimum of $5,000,000 (or US $5,000,000 as the case may be) per Borrowing under Tranche A and with a minimum of $1,000,000 (or US $1,000,000 or
Euros 1,000,000 as the case may be) per Borrowing under Tranche B or Tranche C; 

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	(c)
	the
date of the Borrowing, which must be a Business Day; and

	(d)
	to
the extent applicable, the period of the Borrowing. 

The
notice must be given by telephone not later than 11:00 a.m. two Business Days prior to the Borrowing, except in the case of a Libor Loan where the notice must be given not later than
10:00 a.m. three Business Days prior to the date of such Libor Loan. Each telephone notice must be followed by a written confirmation on the same date, in the form of Schedule "C" or in any
other manner as may be agreed between the Agent and the relevant Borrower. 

2.8   Overdraft Utilizations with Swingline Lenders  

	(a)
	The
notice and minimum amount requirements otherwise applicable to Borrowings do not apply to Borrowings in the form of Prime Rate Loans, US Base Rate Loans or Euro Base Rate Loans
(as applicable) obtained from any Swingline Lender by way of overdrafts in accounts opened for such purpose with such applicable Swingline Lender up to a maximum outstanding amount not exceeding
$20,000,000 in Tranche A, $9,000,000 in Tranche B and $3,000,000 in Tranche C. Any cheque or payment instruction or debit authorization from the Borrower concerned and resulting in an overdraft in any
such account will be deemed to be a request for such a Borrowing, in an amount that is sufficient to cover the overdraft.

	(b)
	The
said accounts may include accounts of the Borrower concerned and of other Credit Parties in respect of which set-off and netting arrangements have been made with the
applicable Swingline Lender, including any notional account reflecting any such arrangements. The outstanding Borrowings owed to any Swingline Lender may be calculated after giving effect to said
arrangements.

	(c)
	The
Agent may also permit that Prime Rate Loans, US Base Rate Loans and Euro Base Rate Loans (as applicable) under Tranche A, Tranche B or Tranche C be owing to the Lenders in
proportions other than those of their respective Commitments under Tranche A, Tranche B or Tranche C, as the case may be. However, the Agent may from time to time, and will upon the request of the
applicable Swingline Lender, make adjustments among the Lenders under any Tranche so that all Borrowings under such Tranche be approximately in the proportion of the respective Commitments of the
Lenders (including the Swingline Lender) under said Tranche. In addition, if outstanding Borrowings by way of overdrafts with a Swingline Lender under Tranche B or Tranche C exceed for three
consecutive Business Days 50% of the limit applicable to such Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.8(a), the Swingline Lender concerned will so notify the Agent and the Agent will make
adjustments among the Lenders under the applicable Tranche in amounts sufficient to eliminate the excess.

	(d)
	For
greater certainty, (i) this Section 2.8 does not authorize the Agent to allow that Borrowings owing to a Lender other than a Swingline Lender exceed the 

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amount
of the Commitment of such Lender under any Tranche, and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Borrowings outstanding under any Tranche (including Borrowings from the applicable Swingline
Lender) may not exceed the amount of such Tranche, as determined pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2. 

2.9   Funding  

	(a)
	At
the request of the Agent, (including following a request from a Swingline Lender where applicable), each Lender will promptly pay to the Agent such Lender's share of any Borrowing
made or to be made by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders and of any adjustment payable pursuant to Section 2.8(c). The Agent will provide the Lenders with such information as may be necessary
in order for the Lenders to make payments to the Agent and fund their respective shares of any Borrowing.

	(b)
	Any
amount to be paid by a Lender to the Agent must be available to the Agent at the Agent's Office by 2:00 p.m. on the applicable day. Any amount to be disbursed by the Agent
to a Borrower will be made available to the relevant Borrower by crediting such Borrower's account at the applicable Branch of Account or at any other place to be agreed upon from time to time between
the relevant Borrower and the Agent. 

2.10 Lender's Failure to Fund  

        If a Lender fails to advance its share of any Borrowing and, despite such failure, the Agent advances such amount to a Borrower, the Agent may recover such amount
from such Lender or, if it is unable to do so, from such Borrower, with interest from the date of disbursement at the rate applicable to Borrowings in the same form under the relevant Tranche. Nothing
in this Section obliges the Agent to fund any Borrowing or advance any sums on behalf of a Lender who has failed to comply with its obligations. 

2.11 Conversions and Renewals  

	(a)
	A
Borrower may convert from one form of permitted Borrowings to another form of permitted Borrowings the whole or any part of the outstanding Borrowings under the applicable Tranche
and renew Acceptances and Libor Loans, provided that (i) Acceptances and Libor Loans may not be converted prior to the maturity of their respective periods and (ii) Letters of Credit may
not be converted.

	(b)
	Sections
2.4 to 2.10 apply to a conversion or a renewal with such modifications as may be required. 

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	(c)
	Unless
they are repaid, converted or renewed upon the maturity date of their respective periods, (i) Acceptances will then become Prime Rate Loans for the face amount of such
Acceptances, (ii) Libor Loans in US Dollars will then become US Base Rate Loans, and (iii) Libor Loans in Euros under Tranche C will then become US Base Rate Loans.

	(d)
	When
making adjustments among Lenders pursuant to Section 2.8(c), the Agent may convert outstanding Euro Base Rate Loans into US Base Rate Loans.

	(e)
	Any
conversion to Borrowings in another currency is effected by the repayment of the Borrowings to be so converted and by the re-borrowing of an equivalent amount in the
other currency. 

2.12 Limitations on Lender's Obligation to Fund  

        Each Lender's obligation under this Agreement to fund Borrowings is limited to such Lender's Commitment under the relevant Tranche, subject however to the
obligations of the Swingline Lenders pursuant to Section 2.8(a). The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are not solidary and are not joint and several, and no Lender is responsible for the
obligations of any other Lender. 

3—ACCEPTANCES  

3.1   Period and Amounts  

        Acceptances 

	(a)
	are
for periods of one, two, three or six months, but must mature on a date which is a Business Day and which is no later than the Facility Maturity Date;

	(b)
	are
denominated in Dollars, with a minimum of $5,000,000 per issue, provided that the Agent may round each Lender's allocation of such issue to the nearest $100,000 increment;

	(c)
	constitute
outstanding Borrowings for their face amount;

	(d)
	do
not bear interest nor carry any days of grace; and

	(e)
	may
be discounted by the Lenders for their own account or may be sold to third parties. 

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3.2   Disbursement  

	(a)
	The
amount to be disbursed to Norampac with respect to Acceptances discounted by the Lenders is the Discounted Proceeds of such Acceptances, less the applicable acceptance fee.

	(b)
	In
the case of an issue of Acceptances for the purposes of replacing existing Borrowings, Norampac must, concurrently with such issue, pay to the Agent an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of the Borrowings so replaced. The amount so paid to the Agent will be applied to the portion of the Borrowings which have been replaced by such Acceptances. 

3.3   Power of Attorney  

        Upon any issue of Acceptances, each Lender is authorized to sign, complete, endorse and deliver on behalf of Norampac the Acceptances to be so issued and to do
all things necessary or useful in order to facilitate such issuance. The Agent is also authorized to make the necessary arrangements for the negotiation and delivery of Acceptances intended to be sold
on the money market. 

3.4   Depository Bills  

        A Lender who accepts Acceptances that are "depository bills" within the meaning of the Depository Bills and Notes
Act (Canada) may deposit same with the Canadian Depository for Securities Limited ("CDS") and such Acceptances may be dealt with in accordance with the rules and procedures of
CDS. 

3.5   Availability  

        The availability of Acceptances is subject to funds being available for such purpose in the Canadian money market; the Agent will notify Norampac if Acceptances
cease to be so available as well as when availability resumes. Norampac must ensure that no more than ten different issues of Acceptances are outstanding at any time, provided that on an occasional
basis the Agent may permit such limit to be exceeded. 

4—LIBOR LOANS  

4.1   Amounts and Periods  

	(a)
	Libor
Loans may be obtained for periods of one, two, three or six months, but must mature on a Business Day which is not later than the Facility Maturity Date; 

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	(b)
	Libor
Loans must be in multiples of US $100,000 (or 100,000 Euros, if applicable), with a minimum of US $5,000,000 per Borrowing under Tranche A and US 1,000,000 (or 1,000,000 Euros,
if applicable) per Borrowing under Tranche B or Tranche C; and

	(c)
	The
Borrower must ensure that no more than ten different Borrowings by way of Libor Loans are outstanding at any time under the Facility, provided that on an occasional basis the
Agent may permit such limit to be exceeded. 

4.2   Changed Circumstances  

        If a Lender determines that: 

	(a)
	it
is unable to obtain US Dollars or Euros in the London inter-bank market,

	(b)
	a
law, regulation, administrative decision or guideline, or a Court decision has made it unlawful or prohibits such Lender from making or maintaining Libor Loans in US Dollars or in
Euros, or has imposed costs or constraints on such Lender that do not exist on the date hereof in respect of Libor Loans in US Dollars or in Euros, or

	(c)
	Libor
is less than its effective funding cost for making or maintaining Libor Loans in the applicable currency, 

the
Lender may so notify the Agent and the Borrower concerned and no new Borrowing by way of Libor Loans in the applicable currency, no conversion into Libor Loans in the applicable currency and no
renewal of Libor Loans in the applicable currency may be made with such Lender from the date of the notice until the cause of such determination has ceased to exist. In any such case, Borrowings with
such Lender that otherwise would have been made by way of Libor Loans in the applicable currency will be made by way of US Base Rate Loans notwithstanding Section 2.6. 

4.3   Conversion Prior to Maturity  

        If it becomes unlawful or prohibited for a Lender to maintain Libor Loans in US Dollars or in Euros, all Libor Loans owed to such Lender (in US Dollars or Euros,
as applicable) will become US Base Rate Loans on the date of the notice given pursuant to Section 4.2. 

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5—LETTERS OF CREDIT  

5.1   Availability  

        Letters of Credit will be issued by any one of the Issuing Lenders under the applicable Tranche, in Dollars, US Dollars, Euros or any other freely tradable
currency acceptable to such Issuing Lender, for such transactions and on such terms and conditions as are mutually agreed upon between the Borrower concerned and the applicable Issuing Lender and are
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article 5. Letters of Credit are available only up to an aggregate outstanding amount (expressed in Dollars) at any time not exceeding, in respect
of any Tranche, 20% of the amount of such Tranche. 

5.2   Pro rata Utilizations  

        The Borrower concerned will use its best efforts in order that the aggregate amount of outstanding Letters of Credit under any Tranche be allocated among the
Issuing Lenders under such Tranche in the proportion of their respective Commitments as Lenders under such Tranche (disregarding for the purpose of such calculation, the Commitments of Lenders who are
not Issuing Lenders). 

5.3   Maturity of Letters of Credit  

        Except with the consent of all Lenders, no Letter of Credit may mature more than 365 days after the date of its issue or after the Facility Maturity Date. 

5.4   Borrowings  

        Any Letter of Credit constitutes from the date of its issue an outstanding Borrowing under the applicable Tranche in a principal amount equal to the maximum
amount of the obligation of the applicable Issuing Lender. Any Issuing Lender will notify the Agent of the issue of any Letter of Credit at least one Business Day prior to the date of such issue. 

5.5   Payments under Letters of Credit  

        Each amount paid by an Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit issued under Tranche A will constitute, as of the date of payment, a Prime Rate Loan, if the
payment is made in Dollars or in a currency other than the US Dollar, and a US Base Rate Loan if the payment is made in US Dollars. Each amount paid by an Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit
issued under Tranche B or Tranche C will constitute, as of the date of payment, a US Base Rate Loan. Any such Loan will be allocated among the Lenders pro
rata to their respective Commitments under the applicable Tranche. Each Lender must fund such loan by remitting to the Agent (for the 

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account
of the applicable Issuing Lender) the amount of its share of such loan. The provisions of Section 2.9 will apply in the event of non-disbursement by a Lender. 

5.6   Currency Conversion  

        If an Issuing Lender has paid an amount under a Letter of Credit in a currency other than the currency of the resulting Loan, such amount will be converted into
the applicable currency (as specified in Section 5.5) on the date of payment. 

5.7   Indemnity  

        The Borrower concerned will pay all reasonable costs incurred and indemnify the Agent, any Issuing Lender and the Lenders in respect of any loss or damage
suffered by them in connection with Letters of Credit, including legal fees and other costs of litigation, except for any loss, damage or cost resulting from wilful malfeasance of the Agent, the
applicable Issuing Lender or the Lenders. 

5.8   I.C.C. Rules  

        Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or in any agreement relating to their issue, Letters of Credit are governed by the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits (I.C.C. Publication 500, 1993 revision). 

5.9   Deemed Utilizations  

        From the date of the fulfillment of the conditions precedent of Section 9.1, the letters of credit listed in Schedule "D" will be deemed to be Letters of
Credit issued and outstanding hereunder, with each issuer of any such letter of credit being considered as an Issuing Lender in respect of said letter of credit. Adjustments must be made among such
Issuing Lenders and the other Lenders in order that the non-accrued portion of any fee previously paid in respect of any such letter of credit be shared among the Lenders  pro rata to their Commitments
under Tranche A, as provided in Section 6.2 for Letters of Credit issued from the date of this Agreement. However,
there will be no fronting fee and no change in the fee rate which was applicable to such letters of credit. For greater certainty, no amendment to or renewal of any such letter of credit may be made
without the consent of the Majority Lenders. 

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   6—FEES AND INTEREST  

6.1   Commitment Fee  

        The Borrowers must pay, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the commitment or arrangement fees specified in the agreements providing for such fees
executed by the Borrowers prior to the date of this Agreement. 

6.2   Letter of Credit Fees  

        The Borrower concerned must pay a fee for each Letter of Credit issued under the Facility. The fee for each Letter of Credit will be at an annual rate equal to
the Applicable Rate. Fees are calculated on the face amount of each Letter of Credit for the number of days included in the period of same. Any such fee must be paid to the applicable Issuing Lender
upon the issue (or any renewal) of the relevant Letter of Credit, for distribution to the Lenders pro rata to their Commitments under the relevant
Tranche. Concurrently with the payment of any such fee, the Borrower concerned must also pay to the applicable Issuing Lender, for its own account, a fronting fee at an annual rate equal to 0.125%,
calculated as aforesaid. 

6.3   Administrative Charges with respect to Letters of Credit  

        The Borrower concerned must pay to the applicable Issuing Lender administrative charges in connection with Letters of Credit at the rates and on the terms
generally applicable to the other customers of the Agent. 

6.4   Standby Fee  

        Norampac must pay to the Agent, for distribution to the Lenders pro rata to their Commitments under the Facility a
standby fee on the unused portion of the Facility. The standby fee will be calculated daily at an annual rate equal to the Applicable Rate and will be payable quarterly in arrears on the first
Business Day of the following quarter. 

6.5   Acceptance Fees  

        Upon the issue of any Acceptance, Norampac must pay to the relevant Lender (or to the Agent for the account of such Lender) an acceptance fee at an annual rate
equal to the Applicable Rate. The acceptance fee will be calculated on the face amount of the applicable Acceptance and for the number of days included in the period of same. 

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6.6   Interest on Prime Rate Loans  

        Prime Rate Loans bear interest until they are converted or repaid in full (both before and after any Event of Default or judgment) at the Prime Rate in effect
from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin. The interest is payable monthly in arrears on the first Business Day of the following month. 

6.7   Interest on US Base Rate Loans  

        US Base Rate Loans bear interest until they are converted or repaid in full (both before and after an Event of Default or judgment) at the US Base Rate in effect
from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin. The interest is payable monthly in arrears on the first Business Day of the following month. 

6.8   Interest on Euro Base Rate Loans  

        Euro Base Rate Loans bear interest until they are converted or repaid in full (both before and after an Event of Default or judgment) at the Euro Base Rate in
effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin. The interest is payable monthly in arrears on the first Business Day of the following month. 

6.9   Interest on Libor Loans  

        Each Libor Loan bears interest at the Libor applicable to each such loan, plus the Applicable Margin. The interest is payable at the maturity of the period of the
loan or, if the period of such loan is more than 90 days, at 90-day intervals during the period of the loan. 

6.10 Calculation of Interest Rates  

	(a)
	Interest
rates and fees calculated at the Applicable Margins or Rates are annual rates and are calculated daily on the basis of a 365-day year, except for (i) Libor
Loans, (ii) US Base Rate Loans under Tranche B and Tranche C, and (iii) Euro Base Rate Loans, where rates are calculated on the basis of a 360-day year.

	(b)
	For
the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) only, the annual rate of interest equivalent to a rate calculated on the basis of a
365-day or 360-day year is equal to the rate so calculated multiplied by the actual number of days included in a given year and divided by 365 days (or by
360 days, in the case of a rate calculated on the basis of a 360-day year Loan). 

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6.11 Interest on Arrears  

	(a)
	Any
amount (other than an amount due on account of principal or interest) which is not paid when due will bear interest at the Prime Rate in effect from time to time, increased by 2%,
in the case of an amount to be paid in Dollars, at the Euro Base Rate in effect from time to time, increased by 3%, in the case of an amount payable in Euros and at the US Base Rate in effect from
time to time, increased by 2%, in the case of an amount to be paid in US Dollars or any other currency (other than the Dollar or the Euro).

	(b)
	Any
interest which is not paid when due will bear interest at the rate that has been used to calculate such unpaid interest.

	(c)
	Interest
on arrears is compounded monthly and is payable on demand. 

7—REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND REDUCTION  

7.1   Repayment of the Facility  

        Norampac must repay in full the outstanding Borrowings and pay all other amounts owing under Tranche A on the Facility Maturity Date. Norampac US must repay in
full the outstanding Borrowings and pay all other amounts owing under Tranche B on the Facility Maturity Date. Avot Vallée must repay in full the outstanding Borrowings and pay all
other amounts owing under Tranche C on the Facility Maturity Date. 

7.2   Mandatory Prepayments  

        Norampac must make (or cause other Borrowers to make) such prepayments as may be necessary to ensure that the aggregate amount of the outstanding Borrowings
(expressed in Dollars) under the Facility will not at any time exceed the lesser of (i) the amount of the Facility, and (ii) the Borrowing Base. 

7.3   Optional Prepayments  

	(a)
	The
Borrowers concerned may at any time make prepayments on Borrowings outstanding under Tranche A, Tranche B or Tranche C (as applicable) without affecting their right to
re-borrow under such Tranche up to its maximum available amount. The notice requirements of Section 2.7 (adapted accordingly) apply to any such prepayment if the amount of same is
$2,000,000, US $2,000,000 or 2,000,000 Euros (as applicable) or more. 

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	(b)
	No
prepayment may be made in respect of Acceptances before the maturity date of their respective periods. For greater certainty, any prepayment in respect of Libor Loans will be
subject to Section 20.11(b). 

7.4   Exchange Rate Fluctuations  

        If, at any time, due to fluctuations in the rate of exchange of a currency against another currency, the outstanding amount of the Borrowings under the Facility,
expressed in Dollars, exceeds the amount of the Facility, Norampac must pay to the Agent, three Business Days following a demand to that effect, the amount of such excess. However, no such demand will
be made as long as the excess is not more than 5% and the Borrowing Base is not exceeded. 

7.5   Letters of Credit  

        For greater certainty, if Letters of Credit are outstanding on the Facility Maturity Date or on the date the indebtedness of the Borrowers becomes repayable
pursuant to Section 16.2, the aggregate amount of such outstanding Letters of Credit will be included in the Borrowings to be repaid on any such date. However, if any such Letter of Credit
expires or is cancelled without having been drawn, the amount repaid in respect of same will be reimbursed to the Borrower concerned but only after performance of all other obligations of, and payment
of all other amounts payable by, the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents. 

7.6   Reduction of the Facility  

	(a)
	Norampac
may, on giving not less than ten Business Days prior notice to the Agent, reduce the amount of the Facility by amounts of not less than $5,000,000. The notice of reduction
must specify the amount of the reduction, and the Business Day when the reduction will be become effective.

	(b)
	On
the 360th day following the receipt by any Credit Party of any net proceeds from insurance covering the loss of any Charged Fixed Assets, the amount of the Facility
will be reduced by the amount of such net proceeds less the portion of same that the Credit Parties have used or reserved (pursuant to binding commitments) to purchase or repair assets. However, no
such use or reserve of net insurance proceeds exceeding $10,000,000 may be made without the consent of the Majority Lenders and such use or reserve must be on terms and conditions acceptable to the
Majority Lenders. If the consent of the Majority Lenders is not obtained, the amount of the Facility will be reduced by the amount of such net proceeds 30 days following the receipt of such
proceeds.

	(c)
	The
amount of the Facility will also be reduced further to a disposition of assets contemplated in Section 13.3(b)(iii) but only to the extent and after the expiry of
the 360-day period specified in said Section. 

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	(d)
	Any
reduction in the amount of the Facility will be permanent and result in a corresponding reduction of each of Tranche A, Tranche B and Tranche C, on a pro
rata basis. On the effective date of any reduction, the Borrowers must make repayments in amounts sufficient for the outstanding Borrowings under any Tranche not to exceed the
new amount of such Tranche. 

8—PLACE OF PAYMENT, CURRENCY AND TAXES  

8.1   Payments to the Agent  

        Unless otherwise provided or agreed between the Borrower concerned and the Agent, (i) all payments to be made by a Borrower must be made to the Agent at
the applicable Branch of Account, except that interest payments on outstanding Borrowings owing to a Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.8 must be made to such Swingline Lender and interest
payments to Lenders under Tranche C whose lending offices are in France must be made directly to such Lenders, and (ii) all payments made to the Agent will be deemed to have been made to the
Agent for the rateable benefit of the applicable Lenders. Any payment due by a Borrower may be charged to an account maintained by such Borrower with the Agent or the applicable Lender. 

8.2   Time of Payments  

        Any payment that is due on a day that is not a Business Day may be made on the next Business Day but will bear interest until received in full. All payments must
be made in funds which are immediately available on the date on which payment is due. 

8.3   Currency  

        Unless otherwise provided, (i) all amounts owing under any Borrowing are payable in the currency of such Borrowing, (ii) Letter of Credit fees under
Tranche A are payable in Dollars, except that any such fee owing as a result of a Letter of Credit issued in US Dollars is payable in US Dollars, (iii) Letter of Credit fees under Tranche B are
payable in US Dollars, (iv) Letter of Credit fees under Tranche C are payable in Euros, (v) standby fees are payable in Dollars, and (vi) all other amounts are payable in Dollars,
US Dollars or Euros, as may be specified by the Agent. 

8.4   Judgment Currency  

        If a judgment is rendered against a Borrower for an amount owed hereunder and if the judgment is rendered in a currency ("other currency") other than that in
which such amount is owed under this Agreement ("currency of the Agreement"), such Borrower will pay, if applicable, at the date of payment of the judgment, an additional amount equal to the excess
(i) of the said amount owed under this Agreement, expressed into the other currency as at the 

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date
of payment of the judgment, over (ii) the amount of the judgment. For the purposes of obtaining the judgment and making the calculation referred to in (i), the exchange rate will be the
spot rate at which the Agent, on the relevant date, may in Toronto, sell the currency of the Agreement to obtain the other currency. Any additional amount owed under this Section will constitute a
cause of action distinct from the cause of action which gave rise to the judgment, and said judgment shall not constitute res judicata in that respect. 

8.5   Payments Net of Taxes  

        If, due to the existence of any tax or levy, a Borrower, the Agent or any Lender is compelled by law to make any withholding or deduction in respect of any
payment due or made by a Borrower, the Borrower concerned must pay to the Agent or such Lender such additional amount as may be necessary in order that the payment actually received be equal to the
payment which otherwise would have been received in the absence of such withholding or deduction (including in the absence of any additional withholding or deduction in respect of any additional
amount payable pursuant to this Section). However, this Section 8.5 will not apply in respect of a tax on the overall net income or capital of a Lender. 

8.6   Obligations of Lenders in respect of Taxes  

        Each Lender under Tranche B who is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof but who is entitled to receive payments
hereunder without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes must deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent two duly completed copies of the United States Internal Revenue Service
Form W8BEN or W8ECI or otherwise successor applicable form, as the case may be, certifying that it is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without any such deduction or withholding. Any
such Lender who fails to deliver such forms will not be entitled to benefit from Section 8.5 to the extent that the applicable withholding or deductions would not have been necessary if such
forms had been delivered. 

9—CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BORROWINGS  

9.1   Conditions Precedent to the Initial Borrowing  

        The Borrowers may not obtain any Borrowing under the Facility until the following conditions precedent have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Agent and
Lenders: 

	(a)
	no
Material Adverse Change has occurred since December 31, 2002;

	(b)
	Norampac
must have raised cash proceeds of not less than US $250,000,000 from the issuance of notes under the Norampac Indenture and have issued irrevocable call notice with respect
of the notes issued by Norampac under the indenture dated January 28, 1998; 

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	(c)
	the
Lenders must be satisfied (based on their reasonable estimate) that the market value of the Charged Fixed Assets is not less than as specified in Schedule "E";;

	(d)
	Standard &
Poors and Moody's Investor Service must have issued ratings on both the Facility and the notes to be issued under the Norampac Indenture;

	(e)
	all
fees and expenses owing by the Borrowers to the Agent and the Lenders at the time of execution of this Agreement must have been paid in full;

	(f)
	the
Agent and the Lenders must have received, in form and substance satisfactory to them, each of the following documents:

	(i)
	a
copy of the constitutive documents of each of the Borrowers and the Designated Subsidiaries;

	(ii)
	a
certificate of good standing in respect of each of the Borrowers and the Designated Subsidiaries;

	(iii)
	a
copy of the documents evidencing the authority and attesting to the authenticity of the signatures of the Persons acting on behalf of each of the Borrowers and the
Designated Subsidiaries;

	(iv)
	the
Security Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Article 10;

	(v)
	the
audited consolidated financial statements of Norampac for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002;

	(vi)
	financial
forecasts for the operations of Norampac for each of the fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, on a consolidated basis;

	(vii)
	a
compliance certificate in the form of Schedule "F", showing compliance with the financial covenants herein as of March 31, 2003 but as if the notes issued
under the Norampac Indenture had been issued on such date;

	(viii)
	a
Borrowing Base report in the form of Schedule "G", as of March 31, 2003;

	(ix)
	with
respect to the Charged Fixed Assets, an environmental and engineering review by AMEC E&C Services Limited;

	(x)
	a
direction of payment for the repayment and cancellation of the Existing Facilities together with an undertaking of the lenders thereunder to release the Liens securing
such facilities;

	(xi)
	the
policies evidencing the insurance coverage required to be maintained by the Credit Parties pursuant to Section 12.1(f) together with a review of such
coverage by Intech Risk Management Inc.; and 

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	(xii)
	legal
opinions addressed to the Agent and the Lenders from counsel to the Credit Parties and counsel to the Agent, relating to such matters as the Agent and the
Lenders may reasonably require. 

9.2   Conditions Precedent to all Borrowings  

        The Borrowers may not obtain any Borrowing or convert or renew any Borrowing: 

	(a)
	if
the Agent has not received timely notice of such Borrowing, conversion or renewal; or

	(b)
	if
a Default has occurred and is continuing. 

Each
notice of Borrowing or of the renewal or conversion of a Borrowing constitutes a certification by the Borrowers that no Default has occurred and is continuing. 

9.3   Waiver of Conditions Precedent  

        The conditions precedent provided for in this Article 9 are for the sole benefit of the Agent and the Lenders. The Agent and the Lenders may waive such
conditions precedent, in whole or in part, with or without conditions, without prejudice to any other or future rights that they might have against the Borrowers and any other Person. 

9.4   Early Termination of the Commitments  

        If all of the conditions precedent provided for in this Article have not been previously fulfilled or waived, the Lenders' Commitments will terminate on June 15,
2003. 

9.5   Special Waiver with respect to the Security  

        The Agent and the Lenders waive the requirements of clauses (iv) and (xii) of Section 9.1(f) insofar as they apply to the Charged Fixed
Assets and also of clause (xi) of Section 9.1(f), provided that such conditions are met by July 12, 2003. For greater certainty, the Charged Fixed Assets will be included in the
calculation of the Borrowing Base only from the time such conditions are met. 

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10—SECURITY  

10.1 Guarantees  

        Each Borrower must guarantee in favour of the Agent and the Lenders the performance of all obligations of the other Borrowers under the Facility and the Hedging
Agreements and each Designated Subsidiary must guarantee in favour of the Agent and the Lenders the performance of all obligations of the Borrowers under the Facility and the Hedging Agreements. 

10.2 Security over Current Assets  

        To secure the performance of the obligations of the Borrowers under the Facility and the Hedging Agreements, each of the Borrowers and the Designated Subsidiaries
that owns inventory and accounts receivable must provide in favour of the Agent and the Lenders security over all of its present and future inventory and accounts receivable (including related
assets), present and future. 

10.3 Fixed Assets  

	(a)
	To
secure the performance of the obligations of the Borrowers under the Facility and the Hedging Agreements, Norampac and the Designated Subsidiaries must provide in favour of the
Agent and the Lenders security over the plants or mills of Norampac and the Designated Subsidiaries located at 600 Jannelle Street, Drummondville, Quebec, 200 Cascades Street, Cabano, Quebec,
416 - 58th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta, 7447 Bramley Road, Mississauga, Ontario, and 601, 655 and 701 Creditstone Street, Vaughan, Ontario, including related
assets and fibre supply arrangements relating to mills (together with other fixed assets which may become subject to the Security as contemplated by Section 10.3(e), the "Charged Fixed
Assets").

	(b)
	For
Borrowing Base purposes, the market value of the Charged Fixed Assets will be determined by the Agent initially using the initial market value amount of $435,000,000 specified in
Schedule "E" (provided, however, that the condition precedent specified in Section 9.1(c) has been met).

	(c)
	If,
after the date hereof, the Majority Lenders have reasonable grounds to believe that the market value of the Charged Fixed Assets has reduced below $400,000,000 (or, as the case
may be, below the most recent amount determined pursuant to this Section 10.3 if such most recent amount is less than $400,000,000), Norampac will provide to the Agent, within 30 days
from a request by the Agent, a valuation report on such assets.

	(d)
	From
the date a valuation report is provided to the Agent and until such time a new valuation report is so provided pursuant to this Section 10.3, the market value 

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of
the Charged Fixed Assets will be determined for Borrowing Base purposes on the basis of the most recent valuation. 

	(e)
	If
a valuation report concludes to a market value for the Charged Fixed Assets lower than $400,000,000, or if a Credit Party wishes to sell assets which are part of the Charged Fixed
Assets, Norampac will have the option to provide (or to cause other Designated Subsidiaries to provide) security over other fixed assets acceptable to the Majority Lenders to restore or maintain at
$400,000,000 the market value of the Charged Fixed Assets component of the Borrowing Base. The market value of such other fixed assets will be determined on the basis of a valuation report which
Norampac undertakes to provide to the Agent at the time of any request made to the Majority Lenders pursuant to this paragraph. For greater certainty, no assets which are part of the Charged Fixed
Assets may be sold until replacement security acceptable to the Majority Lenders is provided as aforesaid.

	(f)
	Any
valuation report to be provided to the Agent pursuant to Section 10.3 must be prepared by an independent appraiser acceptable to the Majority Lenders and be accompanied by
(and take into account the contents of) an environmental and engineering review by a consultant acceptable to the Majority Lenders. 

10.4 Insurance  

        The Borrowers will cause the Agent (or its representative) to be named as loss payee on all insurance policies relating to the property and assets covered by the
Security. Each policy covering immovable property and equipment must contain a "mortgage clause". 

10.5 Security for Hedging Agreements  

	(a)
	The
Agent will act as agent for the Lenders in their capacity as counterparties under Hedging Agreements (hereafter, the "hedging lenders") for all purposes of the Security Documents,
including the enforcement thereof. For such purposes, the provisions of Articles 17, 18 and 19 (adapted accordingly) will also apply to the hedging lenders. However, until termination and repayment in
full of the Facility, the claims of the hedging lenders will not be taken into account in the calculation of the Majority Lenders, including in any situation where a decision regarding the Security
has to be made by the Majority Lenders.

	(b)
	The
rights of the Lenders and the hedging lenders under the Security will rank pari passu, but only to the extent of an aggregate
maximum amount of $50,000,000 in respect of the claims of the hedging lenders under Hedging Agreements (such amount to be calculated as provided in
Section 10.5(c)). Any excess will rank after the rights of the Lenders under the Facility. Any proceeds of realization of the Security to be
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pro rata to their claims (irrespective of the dates of the related agreements or transactions). 

	(c)
	Each
hedging lender will calculate its claim under any Hedging Agreement in accordance with normal market practices (using the mark-to-market method whenever
applicable) and after giving effect to any close-out, netting arrangement or right of set-off provided by contract or permitted by law.

	(d)
	For
greater certainty, (i) the Hedging Agreements secured by the Security will include not only Hedging Agreements made from the date hereof but also those made prior to the
date hereof with hedging lenders, and (ii) the Security will continue to secure the obligations of any Borrower to any hedging lender after termination and repayment in full of the Facility. 

10.6 Validity and Contents of Security Documents  

	(a)
	The
Security must be perfected and first-ranking at all times with respect to all property intended to be covered thereby, subject however to Permitted Liens. Each Security Document
must be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and remain valid and in force at all times. The Security Documents will include such legal opinions, Lien searches and certificates of location
or surveys as the Agent may reasonably require.

	(b)
	With
respect to long-term fibre supply arrangements which are part of the Charged Fixed Assets, Norampac will use its best efforts to obtain acknowledgments from the
suppliers that same are subject to the Security. 

10.7 Exceptions for certain Credit Parties  

        Notwithstanding any other provision of the Credit Documents, (i) the obligations of Avot Vallée under the Credit Documents will exclude any
obligation of any other Credit Party, (ii) Avot Vallée will not be required to provide security over its inventory and accounts receivable, and (iii) Designated
Subsidiaries constituted or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside Canada and the United States will be required to comply with the other provisions of this Article 10 only to the
extent possible or permitted under applicable law. 

10.8 Release of the Security  

        In the event of a disposition to a non-Credit Party permitted by and complying with Sections 10.3 and 13.3(b) of property or assets subject to the
Security, the Agent will be authorized to release the Security with respect to such property or assets and to execute on behalf of the Lenders any instrument evidencing such release. 

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11—REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES  

        Each of the Borrowers represents and warrants that: 

11.1 Corporate Existence and Capacity  

        Each of the Credit Parties 

	(a)
	is
a Person duly constituted and organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its constitution;

	(b)
	has
all requisite corporate or other power necessary to own its assets and carry on its business as now being or as proposed to be conducted; and

	(c)
	is
qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary and where failure so to
qualify could have a Material Adverse Effect. 

11.2 Authorization and Validity  

        Each Credit Party has all necessary power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Credit Documents to which it is a
party, has duly authorized by all necessary action the execution, delivery and performance of its obligations under such Credit Documents and has duly and validly executed and delivered the Credit
Documents to which it is a party. The obligations of each Credit Party under the Credit Documents to which it is a party constitute legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable against such
Credit Party in accordance with their terms. 

11.3 No Breach  

        The execution and delivery of the Credit Documents and the performance by the Credit Parties of their respective obligations thereunder will not conflict with,
result in a breach of or require any consent under, the constitutive documents or by-laws of any Credit Party, or any applicable law or regulation in any material respect, or any order or
decision of any court or governmental authority or agency, or any agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound. 

11.4 Approvals  

        Except for filings or registrations required to perfect the Security, no authorization, approval or consent of, nor any filing or registration with, any
governmental or regulatory authority or agency, is necessary for the execution, delivery or performance by each Credit Party 

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of
the Credit Documents to which it is a party or to ensure the legality, validity or enforceability thereof. 

11.5 Compliance with Laws and Permits  

        Each of the Credit Parties is in compliance in all material respects with all laws and regulations applicable to it and its business and assets, including
Environmental Laws. Each of the Credit Parties holds all material permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations required under all such laws and regulations to own its assets and to
carry on its business as now being or as proposed to be conducted. 

11.6 Title to Assets  

        The property and assets of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, are not subject to title defects or restrictions which could materially and adversely impair
their value or normal use. The Credit Parties own or have rights of use for all property and assets (including intellectual property) necessary to carry on their businesses. 

11.7 Fibre Supply Arrangements  

        The fibre supply arrangements available to Norampac provide sufficient volumes to sustain operations and, where related to Charged Fixed Assets, are subject to
the Security. 

11.8 Litigation  

        There are no legal or arbitration proceedings at law or in equity, or any proceedings by or before any governmental or regulatory authority or agency, or, to the
best of its knowledge, any claim or investigation by any such authority or agency or under Environmental Laws, or any labor disputes, now pending or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened against
any of the Credit Parties or any of their properties or rights which, when considered individually or together with other such proceedings, claims, investigations or disputes, could have a Material
Adverse Effect if adversely determined. 

11.9 No Default  

        No Default has occurred and is continuing. 

11.10 Solvency  

        Each of the Credit Parties is Solvent. 

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11.11 Taxes  

        Each of the Credit Parties has filed all income tax returns and all other material tax returns and paid all taxes material in their amount that are required to be
filed or paid by them. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Credit Parties in respect of taxes and other governmental charges are adequate. 

11.12 ERISA and Pension Plans  

        Each Plan and each other pension or employee benefit plan of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable
provisions of ERISA, the US Revenue Code and any other applicable law. No Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate has any material unfunded liability under any pension plan on an ongoing or termination basis. 

11.13 Margin Stock Restrictions  

        None of the Credit Parties is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, of buying or
carrying margin stock, and no part of the proceeds of any extension of credit hereunder will be used to buy or carry any margin stock. "Margin stock" herein has the meaning specified in Regulations U
and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States. 

11.14 Investment Company Act  

        None of the Credit Parties is an "investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment company", within the meaning of the  Investment Company
Act of 1940 of the United States, as amended. 

11.15 Public Utility Holding Company Act  

        None of the Credit Parties is a "holding company", or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company", within the meaning
of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 of the United States, as amended. 

11.16 Tax Shelter Regulations  

        The Facility is not and none of the Borrowers intends to treat the Facility as a reportable transaction within the meaning of
Section 301.6112-1 of the United States Treasury Regulation. 

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11.17 Restriction on Payments  

        Except as provided in the Norampac Indenture, none of the Credit Parties is subject to any law, regulation, agreement or legal impediment that prohibits,
restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of a Credit Party to pay Distributions or to make or repay loans or advances. 

11.18 Corporate Structure and Location of Assets  

        The Corporate Structure Chart contains a complete and correct list of all of the Subsidiaries of Norampac and indicates (i) the jurisdiction of formation
of each such entity, (ii) each Person holding ownership interests in each such entity, (iii) the nature of the ownership interests held by each such Person and the percentage of
ownership represented by such ownership interests, (iv) the location of the
registered and chief executive offices of each Credit Party that must provide Security, (v) any prior name (including any pre-merger corporate name) of each such Credit Party and
(vi) the jurisdictions where the material inventory and accounts receivable of each such Credit Party are located. 

11.19 Financial Statements and Fiscal Year  

        The last audited financial statements of Norampac are complete and correct and fairly present the consolidated financial condition and results of operation of
Norampac as at their stated date, all in accordance with GAAP. Except as reflected or disclosed in such financial statements, none of the Credit Parties has on the date hereof any material contingent
liabilities, liabilities for taxes, unusual forward or long-term commitments or unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments that have not been disclosed in writing to
the Agent and the Lenders. The fiscal year of each of the Credit Parties ends on December 31 of each year. 

11.20 No Material Change  

        There has been no Material Adverse Change since December 31, 2002. 

11.21 True and Complete Disclosure  

        The information, reports, financial statements and documents furnished or to be furnished by or on behalf of the Credit Parties to the Agent or any Lender in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery or performance of the Credit Documents, when taken as a whole, do not and will not contain any untrue statement of material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

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12—AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS  

12.1 General Covenants  

        Each of the Borrowers will, and will cause each of the other Credit Parties to: 

	(a)
	Legal Existence—subject to Section 13.3, preserve and maintain its legal existence and all of its material rights,
privileges, licenses and franchises;

	(b)
	Legal Compliance—comply in all material respects with the requirements of all laws and regulations applicable to it and its
business and assets (including Environmental Laws) and with all orders of governmental or regulatory authorities;

	(c)
	Payment of Taxes—pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed on it or on its income
or profits or on any of its property or assets prior to the date on which penalties or interest attach thereto, except for any such tax, assessment, charge or levy the payment of which is being
contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and against which adequate reserves are being maintained;

	(d)
	Maintenance of Property—maintain all of its properties and assets used or useful in its business in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted;

	(e)
	Material Agreements—perform its obligations under and preserve and maintain in force all agreements to which it is a party
that are necessary for or material to its operations and business, including without limitation its virgin and other fibre agreements;

	(f)
	Insurance—insure and keep insured its property, assets and business, and will maintain business interruption and civil
liability (including product and environmental liability) insurance for such coverage as a prudent administrator would obtain in the case of similar property, assets and businesses;

	(g)
	Records—keep adequate records and books of account, in which complete entries will be made in accordance with GAAP; and

	(h)
	Access—permit representatives of the Agent and any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours,
to examine, copy and make extracts from its books and records, to inspect any of its properties or assets, and to discuss its business and affairs with its officers and auditors. 

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12.2 Norampac US and Avot Vallée  

        Norampac will own at all times all of the outstanding shares of Norampac US and at least 99% of the outstanding voting and non-voting shares of Avot
Vallée, provided that this covenant will cease to apply to Avot Vallée if (i) Tranche C is reduced to zero further to a reallocation made pursuant to
Section 2.2, (ii) all amounts outstanding thereunder are repaid, and (iii) the Borrowers permanently waive their rights under Tranche C. 

12.3 Use of Proceeds  

	(a)
	The
Borrowers will use the Facility only for the purposes permitted under this Agreement. The Borrowers will not use the Facility to finance any private or public tender offer for the
shares or other securities of a Person whose governing body has not approved such offer ("hostile take-over"). No utilization or series of related utilizations made for the purpose of
financing an acquisition may at any time exceed 80% of the amount of the Facility.

	(b)
	Norampac
will use the proceeds of the notes to be issued under the Norampac Indenture first to repay the Existing Facilities and will reserve the balance of such proceeds to repay all
outstanding indebtedness under the indenture dated January 28, 1998 and, as soon as such indebtedness become repayable, will use the amount so reserved to make such repayment. The Funded Debt
of Norampac arising from the January 28, 1998 indenture will be calculated net of the amount so reserved. 

12.4 Further Assurances  

        Each of the Borrowers will, and will cause each of the other Credit Parties to, cooperate with the Lenders and the Agent and execute such further instruments and
documents as the Agent may reasonably request to carry out to its satisfaction the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents. 

12.5 Representations and Warranties  

        Each of the Borrowers will ensure that all representations made in this Agreement are true and correct at all times, except for representations made as of a date
expressly stated therein. 

13—NEGATIVE COVENANTS  

        Each of the Borrowers covenants and agrees that: 

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13.1 Negative Pledge  

        None of the Credit Parties will create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on their present and future property or assets except the Security and Permitted
Liens. 

13.2 Indebtedness  

        None of the Credit Parties other than Norampac will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Funded Debt other than: 

	(a)
	indebtedness
to the Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents;

	(b)
	indebtedness
among the Borrowers and the Credit Parties;

	(c)
	indebtedness
permitted to be secured by Permitted Liens;

	(d)
	indebtedness
under Hedging Agreements provided same are not made for speculative purposes, except for two interest rate swap agreements with notional amounts aggregating US $6,000,000
and maturity in 2008 and 2012 made for speculative purposes by Norampac New York City Inc. (formerly Star Corrugated Box Company) prior to the latter becoming a Subsidiary of Norampac.

	(e)
	Guarantees
under the Norampac Indenture and the indenture;

	(f)
	indebtedness
up to aggregate outstanding amount for all Credit Parties other than Norampac not exceeding at any time $10,000,000; and

	(g)
	existing
indebtedness not exceeding $8,500,000 specified in the list of permitted indebtedness dated May 28, 2003 and delivered to the Lenders prior to the date hereof (as
extended or renewed, as the case may be) and any future indebtedness incurred for the purposes of refinancing any such indebtedness but only up to the amount to be refinanced. 

13.3 Limitations on Fundamental Changes  

        None of the Credit Parties will: 

	(a)
	enter
into any transaction of merger or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself, except that any Credit Party may merge or amalgamate with a Borrower or any other
Credit Party provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:

	(i)
	no
Default occurs as a result of the merger or amalgamation; 

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	(ii)
	the
surviving or amalgamated entity is a Borrower or another Credit Party and executes and delivers to the Agent all such documents as may be necessary or advisable to
confirm that such entity is bound as successor of the merging or amalgamating entities by all Credit Documents to which such entities were parties;

	(iii)
	if
the surviving or amalgamated entity is a Credit Party other than a Borrower, such Credit Party must be a Designated Subsidiary, if any of the merging or
amalgamating entities includes a Designated Subsidiary;

	(iv)
	the
Agent has been provided prior to or concurrently with the merger or amalgamation with satisfactory evidence of compliance with the requirements of clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) including such financial information, certificates, documents and legal or other professional opinions as the Agent may reasonably request; and

	(v)
	a
seven-day prior notice is given to the Agent in the case of an amalgamation or merger involving a Borrower.

	(b)
	sell,
lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of related transactions to any Person (in each case, a "disposition"), any property or assets (other than
inventory sold in the ordinary course of business), except for the following dispositions (in each case, provided that no Default occurs as a result of the disposition):

	(i)
	a
disposition of property or assets with a value of less than $10,000,000;

	(ii)
	a
disposition to another Credit Party provided that the conditions of paragraph (a) above are fulfilled (as if the disposition were a merger and the transferee
were the surviving entity) and provided further that if the disposition relates to substantially all of the property or assets of a Credit Party (other than a Borrower), the latter may
wind-up or dissolve itself after completion of such disposition;

	(iii)
	a
disposition to any other Person, provided that the disposition is made for a consideration at least equal to the fair market value of the related property or assets,
at least 75% of the consideration is paid in cash and the available cash proceeds of the disposition are used to reduce the Facility pursuant to Section 7.6; for purposes of the foregoing, the
available cash proceeds of a disposition are the cash proceeds of such disposition (net of related expenses and payments made to repay indebtedness secured by Liens on the property or assets sold),
less the portion of such cash proceeds which has been reinvested (or segregated for reinvestments pursuant to binding commitments) in Credit Parties within 360 days from the date of the
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	(iv)
	a
disposition of accounts receivable pursuant to a securitization transaction on the condition that details of such transaction are supplied promptly to the Agent;
provided that if any such accounts receivable are subject to the Security, Norampac will furnish promptly to the Agent an update (giving effect to the transaction) of the most recent Borrowing Base
report delivered pursuant to Section 15.3 and provided further that from the date of the transaction and until otherwise agreed by the Majority Lenders, the aggregate of the amounts included in
the Borrowing Base pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of the definition of Borrowing Base will not exceed 150% of the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (a) of said
definition;

	(c)
	carry
on any business, directly or indirectly, other than the businesses currently carried on by them and activities ancillary or reasonably related thereto (the "core business"), or
make any investment (other than investments referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) of Section 13.4(b)) in a non-Credit Party who is not in the same line of business as
the core business, provided that businesses other than the core business may be carried on by Credit Parties and by non-Credit Parties in which investments are made to the extent that the
aggregate of the combined assets of such Credit Parties and of the value of all such investments in such non-Credit Parties does not at any time exceed 5% of Norampac's Net Tangible
Assets. 

13.4 Investments and Acquisitions  

	(a)
	None
of the Credit Parties will, directly or indirectly, make any investment in any Person who is not a Credit Party, if such investment would result in the aggregate amount of all
said investments made after the date hereof being in excess of the greater of (i) 5% of Norampac's Net Tangible Assets at the end of the quarter ending immediately prior to the investment, and
(ii) $100,000,000.

	(b)
	However,
the foregoing limitation will not apply to (i) investments funded from the proceeds of any issue of equity made by Norampac after the date hereof,
(ii) temporary cash or cash equivalent investments made for cash management purposes, and (iii) loans and advances to employees in an aggregate amount not exceeding $5,000,000 at any
time.

	(c)
	Any
investment in a non-Credit Party (other than an investment referred to in clauses (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (b)) and any acquisition of business
by a Credit Party (either by way of purchase of assets or shares or otherwise) are subject to Norampac being in compliance with the financial ratios to be maintained pursuant to Article 14,
calculated on a pro forma basis as of the end of Norampac's most recent quarter as if the transaction and any related financing had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter period
ending at such time (excluding the effect of any potential synergies). If such investment or acquisition is for a consideration exceeding $35,000,000, Norampac must deliver to the Agent, within 5
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Days
from the completion of the transaction, a certificate in the form of Schedule E showing such compliance. 

13.5 Distributions  

	(a)
	None
of the Credit Parties will make any Distribution (other than a direct or indirect Distribution to a Credit Party) if there is a Default or if such Distribution could result in a
Default or if, after giving effect to the Distribution, the aggregate amount of all Distributions made from January 1, 2003 to non-Credit Parties were to exceed 50% of the
consolidated net income of Norampac for the period from January 1, 2003 to the end of its most recent fiscal quarter (treated as one accounting period) plus the sum of (i) the proceeds
of any new issue of equity made by Norampac to Persons other than its then existing shareholders if such proceeds are used to make Distributions to such shareholders and (ii) $25,000,000.

	(b)
	However,
the foregoing limitation will not apply to Distributions up to an aggregate amount not exceeding $10,000,000 per fiscal year and also to a dividend in an amount $28,000,000
paid by Norampac on March 28, 2003.

	(c)
	For
greater certainty, the management services fee paid to Cascades Inc. by Norampac will not be considered as a Distribution to the extent that the aggregate amount paid on
account of such fee does not exceed in any fiscal year 2% of the sum of (i) Norampac's EBITDA, less Norampac's Interest Expense, and (ii) the actual cost of reasonable out of pocket and
employee transfer expenses incurred by Cascades Inc., in each case calculated on a consolidated basis for such year. 

13.6 Transactions with Related Parties  

        None of the Credit Parties will engage in any material transactions with any related party on terms and conditions less favourable in any material respect to the
relevant Credit Party than those that could be obtained on an arm's length basis from unrelated third parties, provided that the foregoing requirement will not apply to transactions among the Credit
Parties. For the purposes of this Section 13.6, (i) related party means, with respect to a Person, another Person that Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the
relevant Person, and (ii) the definition of Control must be read replacing 50% by 20%. For greater certainty, the management service fee payments made in accordance with Section 13.5(c)
are deemed to be in compliance with this Section 13.6. 

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   14—FINANCIAL RATIOS  

14.1 Funded Debt to Capitalization Ratio  

        Norampac must maintain at all times, on a consolidated basis, a Funded Debt to Capitalization Ratio of not more than: 

        —
60% until June 30, 2004; 

        —
57.5% from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2006; 

        —
55% from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007; 

        —
50% thereafter. 

14.2 Interest Coverage Ratio  

        Norampac must maintain at all times, on a consolidated basis, an Interest Coverage Ratio not less than 2.50:1. 

15—REPORTING REQUIREMENTS  

15.1 Annual Reporting  

        Norampac will deliver to the Agent, for distribution to the Lenders, as soon as possible and, in any event, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Borrowers: 

	(a)
	the
unqualified audited annual financial statements of Norampac, on a consolidated basis;

	(b)
	the
unaudited annual financial statements of each of the other Borrowers on a consolidated basis; and

	(c)
	the
unaudited annual financial statements of each of the businesses operated with the Charged Fixed Assets; 

and,
by no later than December 31 of each year, the annual business plan and operating and capital budget for the succeeding fiscal year, including an income statement, a balance sheet, a
statement of cash flow and also a narrative discussion describing strategic initiatives, business conditions and salient assumptions. 

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15.2 Quarterly Reports  

        Norampac will deliver to the Agent, for distribution to the Lenders, as soon as possible and, in any event within 60 days after the end of each fiscal
quarter: 

	(a)
	the
unaudited financial statements of Norampac for the relevant fiscal quarter, on a consolidated basis;

	(b)
	the
unaudited financial statements for the relevant fiscal quarter of each of the other Borrowers on a consolidated basis;

	(c)
	the
unaudited financial statements for the relevant quarter of each of the businesses operated with the Charged Fixed Assets;

	(d)
	a
compliance certificate relating to the covenants herein in the form of Schedule "E" (with sufficient details to reconcile the financial statements with the calculation base of the
financial covenants); and

	(e)
	copy
of any filing with securities regulators. 

15.3 Borrowing Base Report  

        Within 25 days after the end of each quarter (and of any month during which Borrowings were outstanding for an amount exceeding 50% of the Facility for at
least 10 days), Norampac will deliver to the Agent, for distribution to the Lenders, a Borrowing Base Report in the form of Schedule "G". 

15.4 ERISA  

        Norampac will inform the Agent as soon as possible, and in any event within 10 days after it knows or has reason to believe that any of the events or
conditions specified below has occurred or exists (and will provide a copy of any report or notice required to be filed with or given to PBGC): 

	(a)
	any
reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(b) of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder, unless the 30-day notice requirement in respect thereof has been
waived by the PBGC;

	(b)
	a
notice of intent to terminate any Plan or any action taken by a Credit Party to terminate any Plan, provided notice of intent to terminate is required pursuant to
Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA;

	(c)
	the
institution by PBGC of proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan; and 

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	(d)
	the
adoption of an amendment to any Plan that, pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the US Revenue Code or Section 307 of ERISA, would result in the loss of
tax-exempt status of the trust of which such Plan is a part if security has not been provided in accordance with the provisions of these Sections. 

15.5 Reporting from Time to Time  

        The Borrowers will promptly notify the Agent of any Default and deliver to the Agent any auditor letter highlighting issues or deficiencies that, if not addressed
or corrected, could reasonably result in a Material Adverse Change. The Borrowers will also furnish the Agent all information, documents and records and allow any enquiry, study, audit or inspection
that the Agent may reasonably request in connection with the business, financial condition, property, assets or prospects of the Credit Parties, or to verify compliance with the obligations of any of
the Credit Parties under any Credit Document. 

15.6 Hedging Agreements  

        Norampac will provide to the Agent, concurrently with each compliance certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 15.2, a report listing all
outstanding Hedging Agreements with Lenders and specifying the counterparties, notional amounts, dates, maturities and risk exposure (calculated using the mark-to-market method
whenever applicable) of all such agreements. If, at the end of any week, the aggregate risk exposure of all Hedging Agreements with Lenders exceeds $40,000,000, then Norampac will provide such a
report on a weekly basis until such aggregate risk exposure has become less than $40,000,000 for a period of four consecutive weeks. 

16—EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES  

16.1 Events of Default  

        The occurrence of one or more of the following events constitutes an event of default ("Event of Default") under the Credit Documents: 

	(a)
	a
Borrower defaults in the payment when due of any amount owing under the Facility in respect of principal, interest or acceptance fee, or defaults for more than five Business Days in
the payment of any other amount owing under a Credit Document or an Hedging Agreement with a Lender;

	(b)
	anyone
or more than one of the Credit Parties (i) is or are in default in respect of any obligation or obligations exceeding in the aggregate $25,000,000, or (ii) is or
are in default under the Norampac Indenture and, in each case, such failure or default continues after the applicable notice or grace period, if any; 

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	(c)
	any
representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by a Credit Party in any Credit Document proves to be false or misleading as of the time made in any material
respect;

	(d)
	any
of the provisions of Article 10 is not complied with;

	(e)
	any
of the covenants contained in Section 1.2, Article 13 or Article 14 is not complied with;

	(f)
	a
Credit Party becomes unable to pay its debts generally as such debts become due or is adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

	(g)
	a
Credit Party (i) applies for or consents to or is the subject of an order for the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, trustee (or any Person performing similar
functions) in respect of itself or of all or a substantial part of its assets, (ii) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iii) takes advantage of any law relating
to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution, arrangement or winding-up, or (iv) takes any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

	(h)
	a
proceeding is commenced or any similar action is taken against a Credit Party seeking (i) its bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution, arrangement or
winding-up, or similar relief, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, trustee (or any Person performing similar functions) in respect of itself or of all or any
substantial part of its assets, or (iii) the seizure or the attachment of, or the enforcement of remedies on, any part of the assets of the Credit Parties having a value of more than
$25,000,000 and, in each case, such proceeding (or similar action) is not dismissed or withdrawn after a period of 60 days, provided that such grace period will apply only if such proceeding
(or action) is diligently contested in good faith and does not disrupt the business or normal operations of the Credit Party concerned;

	(i)
	a
Credit Party defaults in the performance of any of its other obligations under a Credit Document and, if such default is capable of being remedied, same continues unremedied for a
period of 30 days after notice by the Agent to the Borrowers;

	(j)
	the
Control of Norampac is acquired by any Person (or by a group of Persons acting in concert) other than Cascades Inc. or Domtar Inc.; or

	(k)
	a
Material Adverse Change. 

16.2 Remedies  

        If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Agent may, on giving a notice to the Borrowers take any one or more of the following actions: 

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	(a)
	terminate
the right of the Borrowers to use the Facility;

	(b)
	declare
all indebtedness of the Borrowers under the Credit Documents to be immediately payable and demand immediate payment of the whole or part thereof; and

	(c)
	exercise
any or all of the rights and remedies of the Agent and the Lenders including their rights and remedies under any Credit Document; 

provided
that the right of the Borrowers to use the Facility will automatically terminate and all indebtedness of the Borrowers under the Credit Documents will automatically become due and payable
without any notice upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Section 16.1(f) or Section 16.1(g). 

17—EQUALITY AMONG LENDERS  

17.1 Distribution among Lenders  

        Any payment received by the Agent on account of the Facility, including any amount received through the exercise of any right of set-off and the
enforcement of any Security, must be distributed among the Lenders proportionately to the amount of the indebtedness owing to them hereunder and which is then payable. Any such distribution must be
made forthwith but no later than the Business Day following the date of receipt of the payment. 

17.2 Other Security  

        No Lender may take any Security or Lien in connection with the Facility or Hedging Agreements except in accordance with Article 10. 

17.3 Direct Payment to a Lender  

        Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement permitting direct payment to Lenders, if a Lender receives, otherwise than through the Agent, a payment on
account of the Facility (including any payment received through the exercise of any right of set-off), such Lender will remit the payment to the Agent, for distribution among all Lenders. 

17.4 Adjustments  

        If, at any time, the amount of Borrowings owing to a Lender under the Facility compared to the aggregate amount of all outstanding Borrowings under the Facility
is not proportional to such Lender's Commitment under the Facility, expressed as a percentage, the Agent may (and will, after termination of the Facility) make from time to time such adjustments among
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Lenders
as may be necessary in order that the outstanding Borrowings under the Facility are in the proportions of the Commitments of the Lenders under the Facility and the Lenders will make all such
payments as the Agent may direct to give full effect to such adjustments. The Borrowers will be bound by such adjustments. 

18—THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS  

18.1 Appointment of the Agent  

        Each Lender irrevocably appoints the Agent to exercise on its behalf the rights and powers delegated to the Agent hereunder and authorizes the Agent to take any
action necessary for the performance of its duties. Whenever acting in such capacity, the Agent represents and binds all Lenders. 

18.2 Restrictions on the Powers of the Lenders  

        No Lender may exercise individually the rights and powers delegated to the Agent, including the enforcement of remedies after the occurrence of an Event of
Default. 

18.3 Security Documents  

        The Agent is authorized to hold any Security on behalf of the Lenders and to execute in their name any Security Document. For greater certainty, the Agent is
authorized to act as representative (fondé de pouvoir) of the Lenders (notwithstanding that the Agent is also a Lender) for the purposes
of any hypothec granted by any Credit Party pursuant to article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec to secure debentures or similar instruments
issued for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the Security. 

18.4 Action by Agent  

        The duties of the Agent are limited to those specifically conferred upon it in the Credit Documents. Except as otherwise provided, the Agent is not required to
exercise any discretion or to take any action under the Credit Documents, unless the Agent has been so required by the Majority Lenders (or by all Lenders where the consent of all Lenders is
required). In no event, will the Agent be required to exercise any right or power, if in its judgment, doing so would contravene any Credit Document or applicable law or where the Agent determines
that the indemnity provided in Section 18.6 may not be available or adequate. 

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18.5 Enforcement Measures  

        Any legal proceedings and enforcement measures on behalf of the Lenders will be taken by the Agent; at the Agent's request, all Lenders must join the Agent in
such proceedings or enforcement measures. 

18.6 Indemnification  

        Each Lender will indemnify the Agent (and its directors, officers, employees and agents), proportionately to its respective Commitment, from and against all
losses suffered or liabilities or expenses incurred by the Agent of any kind or nature when exercising its rights and powers, save any losses, liabilities or expenses resulting from the wilful
misconduct or gross negligence of the Agent (or its directors, officers, employees or agents). 

18.7 Reliance on Reports  

        The Agent will be entitled to make any determination of the Borrowing Base and of any Applicable Margin or Rate based on the most recent reports or certificates
furnished by any Borrower in relation to such matters. 

18.8 Liability of the Agent  

        The Agent will only be liable to the Lenders for willful misconduct or gross negligence, and will have no liability as a consequence of a failure of any Person to
fulfil its obligations or any action authorized by the Majority Lenders (or by all Lenders where the consent of all Lenders is required). The Agent will be entitled to assume that there exists no
Default, unless the Agent has been notified in writing of the existence of a Default. 

18.9 Liability of Lenders  

        Each Lender acknowledges that it has been and will continue to be solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of the financial
condition of the Borrowers and any other Credit Party, and for the assessment of the risks arising from the Facility. No Lender may rely on the Agent in this regard nor will the Agent be responsible
for ensuring the validity or enforceability of any Credit Document. 

18.10 Rights of the Agent as Lender  

        In its capacity as Lender, the Agent has the same rights as the other Lenders and may exercise such rights independently of its role as Agent; unless the context
otherwise requires, the expression "Lender" also refers to the Lender which is the Agent. 

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18.11 Sharing of Information  

        The Lenders may share with each other any information held by them regarding the financial condition, business or property of the Credit Parties or relating to
matters contemplated by the Credit Documents or the Hedging Agreements. The Lenders may provide such information on a confidential basis to any financial institution which is an assignee or a
prospective assignee of Commitments or a participant in the Facility. 

18.12 Competition  

        Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Agent and each of the Lenders may enter into other transactions with any Credit Party and they are not
required to notify each other of such transactions. 

18.13 Successor Agent  

        The Agent may resign by giving notice thereof to the Borrowers and to the Lenders. The Agent may also be replaced by the Majority Lenders following the failure by
the Agent to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The resignation or replacement of the Agent will be effective 30 days after the appointment by the Majority Lenders of a successor
Agent from among the Lenders. Promptly after being so appointed, any successor Agent must give notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders. From the effective date of its appointment, any
successor Agent will be vested with all the rights, powers and duties of the Agent under the Credit Documents. 

19—DECISIONS, WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS  

19.1 Amendments and Waivers by the Majority Lenders  

        Subject to Section 19.2, the provisions of the Credit Documents may be amended or waived, and consents thereunder may be given, only by an instrument
signed by the Agent, with the approval of the Majority Lenders, and in the case of an amendment, also signed by the relevant Credit Party. 

19.2 Amendments and Waivers by Unanimous Approval  

        Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, an amendment, waiver or consent that relates to any of the following matters must be made or given by an
instrument signed by the Agent, with the prior consent of all Lenders, and in the case of an amendment, also signed by the relevant Credit Party: 

	(a)
	the
extension of the maturity date of the Facility; 

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	(b)
	any
increase in the amount of the Facility or in the Commitment of any Lender;

	(c)
	any
postponement of the due date, any subordination or any reduction of any amount payable hereunder;

	(d)
	the
reduction of any interest rate, discount rate or fee;

	(e)
	the
release or subordination of any portion of the Security; and

	(f)
	the
definition of the "Majority Lenders" and the provisions of Section 9.1, Section 13.1, Sections 16.1(a), 16.1(f) and 16.1(g), Article 17, Article 18,
Article 19 and Section 20.3. 

19.3 Swingline Adjustments in Tranche C  

        The Borrowers, the Agent and the Lender who is the Swingline Lender in Tranche C may (without the consent of the other Lenders) (i) increase or decrease
the $3,000,000 Swingline limit specified in Section 2.8(a); and (ii) transfer to Tranche C a portion of such Lender's Commitment under another Tranche (or vice versa) in an amount
sufficient for the Commitment under Tranche C of such Lender to correspond to the amount of said Swingline limit. Any such transfer will result in corresponding pro
rata adjustments in the Commitments of the other Lenders in each Tranche affected by the transfer, in order that no such transfer results in any change in the amount of any
Tranche. 

20—MISCELLANEOUS  

20.1 Books and Accounts  

        The Agent will keep books and accounts evidencing the transactions made pursuant to this Agreement. Absent manifest error, such books and accounts will be deemed
to represent accurately such transactions and the indebtedness of the Borrowers. 

20.2 Determination  

        In the absence of manifest error, any determination made by the Agent of the amounts payable hereunder will be conclusive and binding upon the Lenders and the
Borrowers. 

20.3 Prohibition on Assignment by Borrowers  

        No Borrower may assign its rights under this Agreement. 

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20.4 Assignments and Participations  

	(a)
	A
Lender (the "assignor") may assign, in whole or in part, its Commitment under the Facility, including outstanding Borrowings owing to it, to any financial institution (the
"assignee"). The assignment must be made in an instrument substantially in the form of Schedule "H". The assignor must pay to the Agent, for its own account, an assignment fee of $3,500. When the
assignment becomes effective, the assignee will become a Lender and will benefit from the rights and be liable for the obligations of the assignor, proportionally to the assigned Commitment, and, to
the same extent, the assignor will be released from its obligations. The assignor and the assignee will be liable for all expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with such assignment.

	(b)
	No
partial assignment of a Commitment may be made (i) if the residual amount of the Commitment of the assignor or if the total Commitment of the assignee is less than
$10,000,000 or (ii) if the assigned portion is not allocated among Tranches A, B and C in the same proportion as the Commitment of the assignor.

	(c)
	Concurrently
with any assignment in favour of an assignee who is not, at the time of the assignment, party to this Agreement, the Borrowers and the Designated Subsidiaries must
acknowledge that the assignee is entitled to the benefit of the Security.

	(d)
	Each
assignment by a Lender is subject to the prior consent of the Agent, of any Issuing Lender and of any Swingline Lender, and, if made at a time when no Default is continuing, to
the prior consent of the Borrowers (which consents will not be unreasonably withheld). However, no such consent will be required if the assignee is an Affiliate of the assignor.

	(e)
	Sections
20.4(a) to (d) do not apply to (i) a participation that a Lender may grant to another financial institution or to an assignment by way of security to a Federal
Reserve Bank provided that no such participation or assignment will release any Lender of its obligations under the Credit Documents or confer upon any participant any right against the Agent, and
(ii) an assignment to effect any adjustment required to be made pursuant to Section 17.4.

	(f)
	No
assignment or participation made at the time when no Default is continuing may increase for any Borrower the costs of the Borrowings pursuant to Section 8.5. 

20.5 Affiliated Lenders' Commitment  

	(a)
	With
the written consent of the Agent (which will not be unreasonably withheld), a Lender (the "designating Lender") may designate one of its Affiliates (the "designated Lender") for
the purposes of making available its Commitment in respect of Tranche B or Tranche C. Upon its acceptance of the designation and as 

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long
as such designation has not been revoked, the designated Lender will be deemed to be a Lender for all purposes of the Credit Documents, with a Commitment corresponding to the portion of the
applicable Tranche to be made available by it and with the designating Lender's Commitment under the Facility being reduced accordingly. However, no such designation will reduce the obligations of the
designating Lender under the Tranche(s) in which it remains a Lender, including as a result of an increase in its Commitment due to a reallocation made pursuant to Section 2.2. 

	(b)
	A
designating Lender and its designated Lender may not make an assignment of their Commitments otherwise than through assignments made concurrently by each of them to the same
assignee; such assignments will be considered as one single assignment for the purposes of Section 20.4. For greater certainty, the assignee may also avail itself of the provisions of
Section 20.5(a). Any revocation of a designation will result in the outstanding Borrowings owing to the designated Lender being automatically assigned to its designating Lender, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 20.4 but subject to Section 20.4(f).

	(c)
	Each
of BNP Paribas (Canada), Société Générale (Canada), The Toronto-Dominion Bank and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (Canada)
hereby designates as its designated Lender its Affiliate specified below its name on the signature pages of this Agreement for the purposes of making available its Commitment in respect of Tranche B
or Tranche C (as applicable). Each such designated Lender hereby accepts the designation made by its designating Lender.

	(d)
	Sections
20.4(c) and 20.4(f) will apply to any designation of a designated Lender made after the date of this Agreement, as if the designation were an assignment and the designated
Lender were an assignee. 

20.6 Notes  

        At the request of a Lender, any Borrower will execute in favour of such Lender a note evidencing its indebtedness to such Lender under this Agreement. 

20.7 Costs and Expenses  

        The Borrowers must pay on demand the amount of all reasonable costs and expenses (including legal and other professional and consultant fees) incurred by the
Agent in connection with the implementation of the Facility and the preparation, negotiation, execution, syndication and on-going administration of the Credit Documents, as well as the
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Agent or the Lenders in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Credit Document. 

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20.8 No Waiver  

        The omission by the Agent or any Lender to exercise any of its rights will not be deemed to be a waiver of the exercise of any such right subsequently. The
omission by the Agent or any Lender to
notify any Credit Party of the occurrence of a Default will not be deemed to be a waiver of the right of the Agent or of such Lender to avail itself of such Default. 

20.9 Irrevocability of Notices of Borrowings  

        No Borrower may cancel a notice of Borrowing, conversion, renewal, reduction or prepayment. The Borrower concerned must indemnify the Lenders in respect of any
loss resulting from its failure to act in accordance with such notice. 

20.10 Set-off  

        If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Agent and each Lender are authorized to set off and to apply any and all deposits held for any Credit Party
against any amount due and payable by any Credit Party under the Credit Documents. 

20.11 Indemnification  

	(a)
	If
any law, regulation, administrative decision or guideline or decision of a Court (i) increases the cost of the Facility for any Lender or (ii) reduces the income
receivable by any Lender from the Facility (including, without limitation, by reason of the imposition of reserves, taxes or requirements as to the capital adequacy of such Lender but in no event by
reason of taxes on the overall net income of a Lender), such Lender may send to the Borrower concerned a statement indicating the amount of such additional cost or reduction of income; in the absence
of manifest error, this statement shall be conclusive evidence of the amount of such additional cost or reduction of income and the Borrower concerned must pay forthwith said amount to such Lender.

	(b)
	The
Borrowers must pay on demand the amount of any breakage cost and other loss suffered by a Lender as a result of the conversion or repayment of a Borrowing before the maturity date
of its period, irrespective of the cause of such conversion or repayment (including a repayment resulting from a demand for payment after the occurrence of an Event of Default). In the absence of
manifest error, a statement prepared by the affected Lender indicating the amount of such cost or other loss and the method by which same was calculated will be binding and conclusive.

	(c)
	The
Borrowers must indemnify the Agent and the Lenders for any loss suffered and costs or expenses (including costs of any investigation, cleanup, removal or 

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other
similar action, damages of any kind, settlement costs and legal and other professional fees) incurred by any of them as a result of non-compliance by any Credit Party with any
Environmental Laws or any claim under Environmental Laws in connection with the operations of, or any property owned or operated by, any Credit Party. 

20.12 Mitigation of costs  

        Each Lender will use its best efforts to avoid any additional cost or reduction of income for which a Borrower is required to indemnify such Lender pursuant to
Section 20.11(a). However, nothing herein will require any Lender to take any action which would cause such Lender to incur any expense which would not materially reduce any amount to be
received pursuant to Section 20.11(a) or which the Lender determines in its sole judgment to be inadvisable for regulatory, competitive or internal management reasons. The Borrowers will
reimburse any Lender for any expense incurred by such Lender in taking any action pursuant to this Section 20.12. 

20.13 Corrections of Errors  

        The Agent is authorized to correct any typographical error or other error of an editorial nature in this Agreement and to substitute such corrected text in the
counterparts of this Agreement, provided that such corrections do not modify the meaning or the interpretation of this Agreement and provided that copies of the corrected texts are remitted to each
party. 

20.14 Communications  

        The Agent is entitled to rely in its dealings with any Borrower upon any instruction or notice which the Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a
Person authorized to give such instruction or notice or to make the applicable transaction. 

20.15 Counterparts  

        This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together constitute one and the same instrument. A party may execute this
Agreement by signing any counterpart. 

20.16 Waiver of Jury Trial  

        EACH OF THE BORROWERS, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND 

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ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS. 

21—NOTICES  

21.1 Sending of Notices  

        Unless otherwise provided, any notice to be given to a party in connection with this Agreement will be given in writing and will be given by personal delivery, by
a reputable delivery service, by telecopier or (except for any notice pursuant to Article 16) by electronic mail, addressed to the recipient at its address specified in Schedule "I" hereof or
at such other address as may be notified by such party to the others pursuant to this Article. 

21.2 Receipt of Notices  

        Any notice given by personal delivery or by a delivery service will be conclusively deemed to have been given at the time of such delivery and, if given by
telecopier or by electronic mail, on the day of transmittal if before 3:00 p.m. on a Business Day, or on the following Business Day if such transmission occurs on a day which is not a Business
Day or after 3:00 p.m. on a Business Day. If the telecopy or electronic transmission system suffers any interruptions by way of a strike, slow-down, a force
majeure, or any other cause, a party giving a notice must do so using another means of communication not affected by the disruption. 

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

	 	 	NORAMPAC INC.
	

 	
 	
Per:	

 
	 	 	 	

	

 	
 	
NORAMPAC HOLDING US INC.
	

 	
 	
Per:	

 
	 	 	 	

	

 	
 	
NORAMPAC AVOT VALLÉE SAS
	

 	
 	
Per:	

 
	 	 	 	

	

 	
 	
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF

COMMERCE, as Agent
	

 	
 	

Per:	

 
	 	 	 	

	

 	
 	

 	
(the names and signatures of the Lenders

are on the next page)

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	Commitment Amounts
	 	Lenders

	 	 	 	 	 	CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE
	 	 	 	 	 	per:
	Tranche A:	 	$	30,100,000	 	 
	Tranche B:	 	$	32,400,000	 	 
	Tranche C:	 	$	5,500,000	 	CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF
	Total:	 	$	68,000,000	 	COMMERCE, NEW YORK AGENCY (in respect of Tranche B)
	 	 	 	 	 	per:
	

	 	 	 	 	 	NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA
	 	 	 	 	 	per:
	Tranche A:	 	$	24,700,000	 	 
	Tranche B:	 	$	26,700,000	 	 
	Tranche C:	 	$	4,600,000	 	NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, NEW
	Total:	 	$	56,000,000	 	YORK BRANCH (in respect of Tranche B)
	 	 	 	 	 	per:
	

	Tranche A:	 	$	24,700,000	 	THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
	Tranche B:	 	$	26,700,000	 	 
	Tranche C:	 	$	4,600,000	 	per:
	Total:	 	$	56,000,000	 	 
	

	Tranche A:	 	$	17,700,000	 	DEUTSCHE BANK AG
	Tranche B:	 	$	19,100,000	 	 
	Tranche C:	 	$	3,200,000	 	per:
	Total:	 	$	40,000,000	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 

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	Tranche A:	 	$	8,900,000	 	BANK OF MONTREAL
	Tranche B:	 	$	9,600,000	 	 
	Tranche C:	 	$	1,500,000	 	per:
	Total:	 	$	20,000,000	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	BNP PARIBAS (CANADA)
	 	 	 	 	 	Per:
	Tranche A:	 	$	8,900,000	 	 
	Tranche B:	 	$	9,600,000	 	 
	Tranche C:	 	$	1,500,000	 	BNP PARIBAS, as designated Lender pursuant to Section 20.5 with respect to Tranche B and C
	Total:	 	$	20,000,000	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	per:
	

	Tranche A:	 	$	8,900,000	 	COMERICA BANK
	Tranche B:	 	$	9,600,000	 	 
	Tranche C:	 	$	1,500,000	 	per:
	Total:	 	$	20,000,000	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE (CANADA)
	 	 	 	 	 	Per:
	Tranche A:	 	$	7,400,000	 	 
	Tranche B:	 	$	9,600,000	 	 
	Tranche C:	 	$	3,000,000	 	SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, as designated Lender pursuant to Section 20.5 with respect to Tranche B and C
	Total:	 	$	20,000,000	 	per:
	

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	 	 	 	 	 	THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
	 	 	 	 	 	per:
	Tranche A:	 	$	8,900,000	 	 
	Tranche B:	 	$	9,600,000	 	 
	Tranche C:	 	$	1,500,000	 	TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC., as designated Lender pursuant to Tranche B
	Total:	 	$	20,000,000	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	Per:
	

	 	 	 	 	 	BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI (CANADA)
	 	 	 	 	 	per:
	Tranche A:	 	$	6,600,000	 	 
	Tranche B:	 	$	7,100,000	 	 
	Tranche C:	 	$	1,300,000	 	THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD., as designated Lender pursuant to Section 20.5 with respect to Tranche B
	Total:	 	$	15,000,000	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	per:
	

	Tranche A:	 	$	13,200,000	 	CAISSE CENTRALE DESJARDINS*
	Tranche B:	 	$	0	 	 
	Tranche C:	 	$	1,800,000	 	per:
	Total:	 	$	15,000,000	 	 
	

	*
	Notwithstanding
Section 2.2, as long as Caisse centrale Desjardins ("CCD") will be a Lender, (i) no reallocation among Tranches will result in CCD becoming a Lender under
Tranche B, (ii) no reallocation between Tranche A and Tranche B (or between Tranche B and Tranche C) will result in a change in CCD's Commitment under Tranche A (or between Tranche B and
Tranche C) prior to such reallocation, and (iii) the proportional adjustments in the Commitments of the Lenders under Tranche A (or Tranche C) resulting from a reallocation
between Tranche A and Tranche B (or Tranche C) will be made excluding CCD from the calculation of the proportion. 

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   SCHEDULE "A "  

APPLICABLE MARGINS OR RATES  

	Rating
 
	 	Prime, US Base Rate
	 	Acceptance Fee / Libor

Euro Base Rate/L/C Fee
	 	Stand-By Fee

	BBB+/Baa1 or Higher	 	0 bps	 	75 bps	 	17.5 bps
	

BBB/Baa2	
 	

0 bps	
 	

100 bps	
 	

20 bps
	

BBB-/Baa3	
 	

25 bps	
 	

125 bps	
 	

25 bps
	

BB+/Bal	
 	

37.5 bps	
 	

137.5 bps	
 	

30 bps
	

BB/Ba2	
 	

50 bps	
 	

150 bps	
 	

37.5 bps
	

BB-/Ba3 or Lower	
 	

75 bps	
 	

175 bps	
 	

50 bps

DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE MARGIN OR RATE  

	1.
	The
rates of the margins applicable to Prime Rate, US Base Rate, Euro Base Rate and Libor and the rates of the Acceptance Fees, stand-by fees and Letter of Credit fees
under the Facility (the "Rates") will be determined as set forth in this Schedule.

	2.
	During
any day that Norampac has a senior secured long-term debt rating from S&P or Moody's with respect to the Facility (a "Rating"), the applicable Rates will be those
which correspond to the Rating in effect at the close of business on such day, as specified in the above grid. If, on any day, Norampac has a Rating from both of S&P and Moody's but the two Ratings
are not at the same level, then (i) the higher Rating will apply if the Ratings are not more than one level apart, and (ii) the Rating which is at mid-point will apply if the
Ratings are more than one level apart; if there is no mid-point level, the higher of the two intermediate Ratings will apply.

	3.
	If,
on any day, Norampac has no Rating, then the applicable Rates will be those which correspond to the Rating that would be one level higher than the S&P or Moody's rating in effect
on such day for the senior unsecured long-term debt rating of Norampac; if on any day, Norampac has received different senior unsecured long-term debt ratings from both S&P and
Moody's, then the applicable Rates will be determined using the same formula as in paragraph 2 for differentials in Ratings. If there exists any day that Norampac does not have any Rating or
senior unsecured long-term debt rating from S&P and Moody's, the applicable Rates for such day will be those which correspond to a Rating of lower than BB-/Ba3. 

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	4.
	Interest
and stand-by fees will be calculated, for any day, using the applicable Rate in effect on the relevant day. Acceptance and Letter of Credit fees will be calculated
using the Rate in effect on the date such fees are payable. Any change in a Rating resulting in a modification of Rate will give rise to adjustments to Acceptance and Letter of Credit fees previously
calculated if the period of calculation extended beyond the date of the modification. The adjustments will apply to the number of days remaining to accrue from the date of the modification. The
adjustments will be calculated by the Agent and be payable by the Borrower concerned or the Lenders (as applicable) three Business Days after demand from the Agent.

	5.
	With
respect to Letter of Credit fees, the "L/C Fee" Rate specified in the above grid will apply to financial Letters of Credit; the Rate applicable to non-financial
Letters of Credit will be equal to 50% of the Rate applicable to financial Letters of Credit. For the purposes of the foregoing:

	(b)
	"non-financial Letter of Credit" means a commercial or documentary letter of credit or guarantee backing the purchase price
of goods or supporting the particular performance of non-financial or commercial contracts or undertakings which is subject to a conversion factor of 20% or 50% according to the Capital
Adequacy Guideline of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) in effect on the date of issue of such letter of credit or guarantee, and also includes any letter of credit
or guarantee which is subject to the same conversion factor; as of the date hereof, the following are considered by such guideline as subject to such conversion factors: (i) performance bonds,
warranties, indemnities, performance stand-by letters of credit backing the performance of non-financial or commercial contracts or undertakings (including arrangements backing
sub-contractors' and suppliers' performance, labour and materials contracts, delivery of merchandise, bids or tender bonds); (ii) guarantees of repayment of deposits or prepayments
in cases of non-performance; and (iii) customs and excise bonds; and

	(c)
	"financial Letter of Credit" means any Letter of Credit which is not a non-financial Letter of Credit. 

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   SCHEDULE "B "  

LIST OF DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES  

	Name
 
	 	Jurisdiction
	 	Shareholder

	1426835 Ontario Inc.	 	Ontario	 	Norampac Inc.
	

Norampac New York City Inc.	
 	

New York	
 	

Norampac Holding US Inc.
	

Norampac Leominster Inc.	
 	

Massachusetts	
 	

Norampac Holding US Inc.
	

Newfoundland Containers Limited	
 	

Newfoundland	
 	

Norampac Inc.
	

Norampac Finance US Inc.	
 	

Delaware	
 	

Norampac Holding US Inc.
	

Norampac Industries Inc.	
 	

New York	
 	

Norampac Finance US Inc.
	

Norampac Texas G.P. Inc.	
 	

Texas	
 	

Norampac Inc.
	

Norampac Dallas-Forth Worth LP	
 	

Texas	
 	

Norampac Inc.
	

3815251 Canada Inc.	
 	

Canada	
 	

Norampac Inc. (99.9%)

3815269 Canada Inc. (0.1%)
	

3815269 Canada Inc.	
 	

Canada	
 	

Norampac Inc.
	

Norampac Schenectady Inc.	
 	

New York	
 	

Norampac Holding US Inc.

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   SCHEDULE "C "  

NOTICE OF BORROWING

[CONVERSION OR RENEWAL]

[ Date ]

[Name
and address of Agent] 

RE: Credit Agreement dated as of 28, 2003  

Sirs:

        Reference
is made to the above-mentioned Credit Agreement entered into between, inter alia, the undersigned and the Lenders mentioned
therein. 

        We
confirm our request for a Borrowing [or for a conversion or renewal] to be made on [date], the details of which are as follows: 

—Applicable
Tranche: 

—Form
of Borrowing: [Prime Rate, Acceptances, US Base Rate Loan, Libor Loan in US Dollars or Libor Loan in Euros] 

—Amount:

—Date
of Borrowing: [or of conversion or renewal] 

—Period:

        On
the date hereof, we certify that the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement are still true and correct in all material respects and that no Default has
occurred and is continuing. 

[Name of the Borrower concerned]

Per:

Note:
This form (adapted accordingly) may also be used for a notice of repayment. 

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   SCHEDULE "D "  

LETTERS OF CREDIT

Deemed Utilizations  

	Issuer
 
	 	Amount
	 	Beneficiary
	 	Maturity

	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	 	$	2,250,000	 	 	 	Independent Electricity Market Operator	 	June 2, 2003
	

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	
 	
$	

25,000	
 	

 	
 	

City of Calgary, Solid Waste Service Division	
 	

October 1, 2003
	

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	
 	
$	

3,349,000	
 	

 	
 	

ADP Canada	
 	

December 31, 2003
	

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	
 	
$	

105,000	
 	

 	
 	

Regional District of Fraser, Fort George	
 	

December 31, 2003
	

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	
 	
 	

4,573,470.52	
 	

Euros	
 	

Société Générale	
 	

December 31, 2003
	

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	
 	
$	

2,500,000	
 	

 	
 	

Independent Electricity Market Operator	
 	

April 19, 2004

	Note:
	For purposes of the Credit Documents, Norampac will be deemed to be the Borrower having requested the issue of the above Letters of Credit and, accordingly,
such Letters of Credit will be deemed to be outstanding Borrowings of Norampac.

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   SCHEDULE "E "  

CHARGED FIXED ASSETS  

	Mill or Plant
 
	 	Initial Market Value

	Cabano, Quebec mill	 	$	160,000,000
	

Mississauga, Ontario mill	
 	
$	

85,000,000
	

Vaughan, Ontario plant	
 	
$	

100,000,000
	

Drummondville, Quebec plant	
 	
$	

60,000,000
	

Calgary, Alberta plant	
 	
$	

30,000,000

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   SCHEDULE "F "  

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE  

[ Date ]

[Name
and address of Agent] 

RE: Credit Agreement dated May 28, 2003  

        Reference is made to the above-mentioned Credit Agreement entered into between, inter alia, Norampac Inc.
("Norampac") and the Lenders mentioned therein. I am the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Norampac and I hereby certify in such capacity that, to the best of my knowledge, but after
reasonable enquiry, the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement are still true and correct in all material respects and that no Default has occurred and is continuing. 

        I
also certify that, on the last day of the last fiscal quarter of Norampac: 

	1.
	the
Funded Debt to Capitalization Ratio of Norampac calculated in accordance with the Credit Agreement, was    •    ;

	2.
	the
Interest Coverage Ratio of Norampac, calculated in accordance with the Credit Agreement, was    •    to 1.00.

	3.
	the
amount of the Net Tangible Assets of Norampac calculated in accordance with the Credit Agreement was $    •    .

	4.
	the
amount of the indebtedness permitted pursuant to Sections 13.2(f) and 13.2(g) of the Credit Agreement was $    •    and
$    •    , respectively.

	5.
	during
such fiscal quarter, there was no disposition of property or assets with a value of more than $10,000,000 (other than inventory sold in the ordinary course of business)
[except for the dispositions described in the attached annex, which also contains the details of the consideration received and the use of proceeds].

	6.
	the
aggregate amount of Permitted Liens specified in paragraph (c) of the definition of Permitted Liens (purchase money lien) was $    •    .

	7.
	the
aggregate amount of trade accounts receivable and inventories of all Non-Designated Subsidiaries was $    •    .

	8.
	The
aggregate amount of investments subject to the limitation of Section 13.4(a) of the Credit Agreement (investments in non-Credit Parties) was
$    •    .

	9.
	The
aggregate amount of Distributions subject to the limitation of Section 13.5(a) was $    •    . 

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	10.
	The
aggregate value of the combined assets of Credit Parties in businesses other than the core business and of investments in non-Credit Parties who are not in the same
line of business as the core business was $    •    . 

        The
details of all calculations supporting the above statements are set forth in the attached annex which also contains a list of all Subsidiaries of Norampac which have become
Designated Subsidiaries after the date of the Credit Agreement as well as a report listing all outstanding Hedging Agreements as specified in Section 15.6 of the Credit Agreement. 

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   SCHEDULE "G "  

BORROWING BASE REPORT  

[ Date ]

[Name
and address of Agent] 

RE: Credit Agreement dated as of May 28, 2003  

        Reference is made to the above-mentioned Credit Agreement entered into between, inter alia, Norampac Inc.
("Norampac") and the Lenders mentioned therein. I am the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Norampac and I hereby certify in such capacity that: 

	1.
	As
at [date], the Borrowing Base (expressed in Dollars) amounted to $    •    . The calculation has been made in accordance with
the requirements of the Credit Agreement and the details of such calculation are set forth in the annex attached hereto.

	2.
	The
Borrowing Base has been calculated on the basis of qualifying inventory and qualifying receivables located in Canada and the United States. For purposes of such calculation, the
location of an account receivable is the billing address of the relevant customer.

	3.
	The
attached annex also contains a breakdown by Credit Party and by country of the inventory and accounts receivable included in the Borrowing Base.

	4.
	The
inventory of the Credit Parties included in the Borrowing Base is still located in the jurisdictions specified for such Credit Parties in the Corporate Structure Chart
[except for the following]. 

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   SCHEDULE "H "  

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT  

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT entered into in    •    , on this            day
of                        ,
    •    between                        (the "Assignor")
and                        (the "Assignee"). 

        WHEREAS a credit agreement has been entered into as of May 28, 2003 among Norampac Inc., Norampac Holding US Inc. and
Norampac Avot Vallée SAS, as Borrowers, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as Agent, and the Lenders (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"); 

        WHEREAS the Assignor is a Lender under the Credit Agreement; 

        WHEREAS, as provided in the Credit Agreement, the Assignor has a Commitment in respect of the Facility, with
$                        being
allocated to Tranche A, with $                        being allocated to Tranche B, and with
$                        being allocated to Tranche C; 

        WHEREAS a Lender may assign, in whole or in part, its Commitment with respect to the Facility to any other financial institution pursuant
to Section 20.4 of the Credit Agreement; 

        WHEREAS the Assignor proposes to assign to the Assignee all of its rights under the Credit Agreement in respect of a portion of the
Assignor's Commitment, such assigned portion to be in the amount of $                        in respect of Tranche A, in the
amount of $                        in respect of Tranche B and in the amount of
$                        in respect of Tranche C (the "Assigned Amounts"), together with a corresponding portion of the Borrowings
owed to the Assignor, and the Assignee proposes to accept such assignment and
assume the corresponding obligations of the Assignor; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

1.     Definitions  

Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. 

2.     Assignment  

The
Assignor hereby assigns and sells to the Assignee all of the rights of the Assignor (the "Assigned Rights") under the Credit Agreement to the extent of the Assigned Amounts. This assignment will
not result in a novation of the portion of the Borrowings owed to the Assignor which is hereby assigned to the Assignee. 

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3.     Assumption  

The
Assignee hereby accepts such assignment and assumes all of the obligations of the Assignor (the "Assigned Obligations") under the Credit Agreement to the extent of the Assigned Amounts, including,
for greater certainty, the corresponding portion of the Facility made available to the Borrowers by the Assignor and still in effect on the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined). 

4.     Effective Date  

This
Agreement will come into effect on                        (the "Effective Date"). 

5.     Rights and Obligations of the Parties  

Upon
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Assignor and the Assignee, the consent hereto by the Borrowers and the Agent, the delivery of a copy of this Agreement to the Agent, the
payment by the Assignor of a $3,500 fee to the Agent and the payment to the Assignor by the Assignee of the amounts specified in Section 6: 

	i)
	the
Assignee will, as of the Effective Date, have the rights and be obligated to perform the obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement with a Commitment in
respect of the Facility in an amount equal to the Assigned Amounts, with $                        being allocated to Tranche A,
with $                        being allocated to Tranche B and with
$                        
being allocated to Tranche C;

	ii)
	the
Commitment of the Assignor in respect of the Facility will, as of the Effective Date, be reduced by like amounts and the Assignor will be released from its
obligations under the Credit Agreement to the extent of the Assigned Obligations which are assumed by the Assignee; and

	iii)
	the
Assignee will, as of the Effective Date, be bound by and entitled to the full benefit of the Credit Agreement and of the other Credit Documents (including the
Security Documents) to the same extent as if it were an original party thereto. 

6.     Payments  

As
consideration for the assignment and sale contemplated in Section 2 hereof, the Assignee will pay to the Assignor the price of assignment (including any interest and fees included in such
price) in an
amount and upon the modalities agreed upon between them. Fees and interest accrued to the Effective Date with respect to the Assigned Amounts are for the account of the Assignor, whereas fees and
interest accrued from the Effective Date are for the account of the Assignee. Each of the Assignor and the Assignee agrees that if it receives any amount under the Credit Agreement which is for the
account of the other party hereto, it will be deemed to have received same for the account of such other party and will forthwith pay the same to such other party. 

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7.     Non-Reliance on Assignor  

The
Assignor makes no representation in connection with, and will have no responsibility with respect to the solvency or financial condition or statements of any Credit Party or of any other Person,
or the validity and enforceability of the Credit Documents. The Assignee acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance on the Assignor, and based on such documents and information as it
has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and will continue to be responsible for making its own independent appraisal of the financial condition
of any Credit Party or of any other Person. 

8.     Representations  

The
Assignee represents and warrants to the Borrowers that this assignment will not increase for the Borrowers the costs of the Borrowings pursuant to Section 8.4 of the Credit Agreement. The
Assignee and the Assignor represent and warrant to one another, and also to the Borrowers, the Agent and the other Lenders that they have the capacity, right and power to execute this Agreement and to
perform the obligations resulting therefrom, [that they are Affiliates] and that they have taken all necessary action to authorize the execution of this Agreement. The Assignor
represents and warrants to the Assignee that the Assignor has not granted any Lien on and has not assigned the Assigned Rights to any other Person. 

9.     Warranty  

Subject
to Section 8, this assignment is made without any warranty, express or implied, from the Assignor. 

10.   Existing Lender  

The
rights and obligations of the Assignee resulting form this Agreement are in addition to, and not in substitution for, the rights and obligations that the Assignee may otherwise have as Lender
under the Credit Agreement. 

11.   Governing Law  

This
Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Quebec. 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed in the place and on the date mentioned on the first page hereof. 

	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	[ASSIGNOR], as Lender	 	 	[ASSIGNEE]
	

By:

Title:	

    
	
 	

By:

Title:	

    

        The
Agent and the Borrowers consent to this Agreement. Each of the Borrowers and the Designated Subsidiaries acknowledges and agrees that the Security granted by it in favour of the
Agent and the Lenders will also benefit the Assignee. 

	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	[Names of the Borrowers]
	

 	

 	
 	

By:

Title:	

    

	

 	

 	
 	

 	
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, acting as Agent
	

 	

 	
 	

By:

Title:	

    

	

 	

 	
 	

 	
[Names of the Designated Subsidiaries]
	

 	

 	
 	

By:

Title:	

    

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   SCHEDULE "I "  

ADDRESSES FOR NOTICE PURPOSES  

	CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,

as Agent and as Lender

c/o CIBC World Markets

Credit Capital Markets

BCE Place, 8th Floor

161 Bay Street

Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S8

Attention:    Loan Syndications

Fax:             (416) 956-3830	 	CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,

as Lender,

New York Agency

425 Lexington Avenue

Cross Border, 8th Floor

New York, NY 10017

Attention:    Executive Director

Fax:             (212) 856-3761
	
NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, as Lender

c/o National Bank Financial

1155 Metcalfe Street

Montreal, Quebec, H3B 4S9

Attention:    Director

Fax:             (514) 390-7840	
 	
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Lender

c/o Scotia Capital

1002 Sherbrooke Street West, 9th Floor

Montreal, Quebec, H3A 3L6

Attention:    Managing Director

Fax:             (514) 499-5504
	
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, as Lender

222 Bay Street, Suite 1100

Toronto, Ontario M5K 1E7

Attention:    Marcellus Leung

Fax:             (416) 682-8484	
 	
BANK OF MONTREAL, as Lender

c/o BMO Nesbitt Burns

Tour McGill College

1501 McGill College Avenue, Suite 3200

Montreal, Quebec, H3A 3M8

Attention:    Director

Fax:             (514) 282-5920
	
BNP PARIBAS (CANADA), as Lender

BNP Paribas, as designated Lender

1981 McGill College Ave, 4th Floor

Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2W8

Attention:    Director

Fax:             (514) 285-2906	
 	
COMERICA BANK, as Lender

Comerica Tower

1 Detroit Center

500 Woodward Ave.

Mail code: 3328

Detroit, Michigan, 48226

U.S.A.

Attention:    Director

Fax:             (313) 222-3377
	 	 	 

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SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE (CANADA), as Lender

1501 McGill College Avenue, Suite 1800

Montreal, Quebec, H3A 3M8

Attention:    Director

Fax:             (514) 841-6259	
 	
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, as Lender

c/o TD Bank Financial Group

500 rue St-Jacques, 9th Floor

Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 1S1

Attention:    Director

Fax:             (514) 289-0788
	
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, as designated Lender

New York Branch

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attention:    Wayne Hosang

Fax:             (212) 278-7862	
 	

 
	
TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.,

as designated Lender

909 Fannin St.

Suite 1700

Houston, Texas 77010

Attention:    Lynn Chasin

Fax:             (713) 951-9921	
 	
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI (CANADA),

as Lender

600 de la Gauchetière West

Suite 2780

Montreal, Québec, H3B 4L8

Attention:    Senior Vice President and General Manager Fax:             (514) 875-9392
	
CAISSE CENTRALE DESJARDINS, as Lender

1, complexe Desjardins, Suite 2822

Montreal, Quebec, H5B 1B3

Attention:    Director

Fax:             (514) 281-7083	
 	
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD., as

designated Lender

New York Branch

1251 Avenue of the Americas

New York, N.Y. 10020-1104

Attention:    Vice President, Corporate Banking

Fax:             (212) 782-6440
	
All notices to the Borrowers collectively or to anyone of them may be addressed to:	
 	
NORAMPAC INC.

752 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1G1

Attention:    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Fax:             (514) 282-2650

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