Document:

Debt Commitment Letter

 Exhibit 10.2 
 March 15, 2008 
 International Paper Company 
 6400 Poplar Avenue 
 Memphis, Tennessee 38197 
 Attention: Mr. Errol Harris 
 Project Eagle—Commitment Letter 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 You have advised JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. (“JPMCB”), Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), UBS Loan Finance LLC (“UBS”), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch (“DBNY”), Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch
(“DB Cayman”) and The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (“RBS” and, together with JPMCB, Bank of America, UBS, DBNY and DB Cayman, the “Commitment Parties”), J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
(“JPMorgan”), Banc of America Securities LLC (“BAS”), UBS Securities LLC (“UBSS”), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (“DBSI”) and RBS Securities Corporation d/b/a RBS Greenwich Capital
(“RBSGC” and, together with JPMorgan, BAS, UBSS and DBSI, the “Arrangers” and, together with the Commitment Parties, “we” or “us”) that International Paper Company, a New York
corporation (“Borrower” or “you”), proposes to acquire (the “Acquisition”) the containerboard, packaging and recycling business division (the “Acquired Business”) of Weyerhaeuser
Company, a Washington corporation (“Seller”). The Acquisition will be effected pursuant to a Purchase Agreement dated as of even date herewith (the “Acquisition Agreement”) between Borrower and Seller. All
references to “dollars” or “$” in this agreement and the attachments hereto (collectively, this “Commitment Letter”) are references to United States dollars. All references to “Borrower”
or “Borrower and its subsidiaries” for any period from and after consummation of the Acquisition shall include the Acquired Business. 
 We understand that the sources of funds required to fund the Acquisition consideration and to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the Transactions (as defined below) will include: (A) the senior term loan credit
facilities described in the Summary of Principal Terms and Conditions (the “Term Sheet”) attached hereto as Annex I (the “Facilities”); and (B) debt securities issued by the Borrower (the
“Notes”) pursuant to a public offering or Rule 144A or other private placement (the “Notes Offering”); it being understood that the aggregate principal amount of the Facilities (as defined herein) made on the
Closing Date will be reduced dollar-for-dollar as set forth in the Term Sheet by the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued on or prior to the Closing Date (the Facilities and the Notes Offering are collectively referred to as the “Debt
Financing”). No other financing will be required for the uses described above. As used herein, the term “Transactions” means the Acquisition, the Debt Financing and the payments of fees, commissions and expenses in
connection with each of the foregoing. 
 All third-party indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower and its subsidiaries (other than
the Debt Financing) that is outstanding on the Closing Date (“Existing Indebtedness”) will be repaid, redeemed, defeased or otherwise discharged (or irrevocable notice for the redemption thereof will be given), except for
(a) (i) any Existing Indebtedness listed in Schedule A to the Commitment Letter, (ii) any Existing Indebtedness with an outstanding principal amount on the Closing Date no greater than $150 million, so long as the aggregate amount of
Existing Indebtedness taken into account pursuant to this clause (ii) does not exceed $200 million and (iii) financings of the Borrower’s subsidiary in Morocco and Borrower’s joint ventures in China and Russia (provided such
financings are not guaranteed by the Borrower) (any such indebtedness described in sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this clause (a), “Assumed Indebtedness”) and (b) any capital leases of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date (“Capital Leases”). After giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and its subsidiaries shall have no third-party indebtedness for borrowed money (not including indebtedness incurred
or issued pursuant to the Debt Financing), except for the Assumed Indebtedness and any Capital Leases. 

 Commitments. 
 You have requested that the Commitment Parties commit to provide the Facilities and that the Arrangers agree to structure, arrange and syndicate the Facilities. Each of JPMCB, Bank of America, UBS, DBNY and RBS is
pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide, severally and not jointly, 20%, 20%, 20%, 20% and 20%, respectively, of the Term Loan A Facility to Borrower, and each of JPMCB, Bank of America, UBS, DB Cayman and RBS is pleased to advise you of
its commitment to provide, severally and not jointly, 20%, 20%, 20%, 20% and 20%, respectively, of the Term Loan X Facility to Borrower, in each case, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth or referred to in this Commitment Letter.
Each of the Arrangers is pleased to advise you of its willingness to act as a joint lead arranger and joint bookmanager. The commitments of the Commitment Parties hereunder are subject to the execution and delivery of definitive loan and related
agreements and documentation (collectively, the “Bank Documentation”), which shall be (i) in form and substance, and containing such representations, covenants, terms, conditions and other provisions as are, consistent with
this Commitment Letter and otherwise substantially similar to the current 5-Year Credit Agreement of the Borrower dated as of March 31, 2006 (the “Current Credit Facility”), with modifications customary for transactions of this
type, and (ii) otherwise reasonably satisfactory to us (subject in each case to the section of this Commitment Letter titled “Conditions”). It is acknowledged and agreed that this Commitment Letter sets forth the material terms of the
Bank Documentation. 
 Syndication. 
 It is agreed that the Arrangers will act as the exclusive advisors, joint lead arrangers and bookmanagers for the Facilities, and, in consultation with you, will exclusively manage the syndication of the Facilities,
and will, in such capacities, exclusively perform the duties and exercise the authority customarily associated with such roles. It is further agreed that no additional advisors, agents, co-agents, arrangers or bookmanagers will be appointed and no
Lender (as defined below) will receive compensation with respect to any of the Facilities outside the terms contained herein and in the fee letter dated as of the date hereof relating to the Facilities (the “Fee Letter”) in order to
obtain its commitment to participate in such Facilities, in each case unless you and we so agree. 
 The Commitment Parties reserve the
right, prior to or after execution of the Bank Documentation, in consultation with you, to syndicate all or a portion of their commitments to one or more institutions that will become parties to the Bank Documentation. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Commitment Letter, no Commitment Party shall, except with the written consent of the Borrower, be relieved or novated from its obligations hereunder in connection with any syndication or assignment until after the Closing Date and,
unless the Borrower agrees in writing, each Commitment Party shall (except after the Bank Documentation has been executed but only for so long as it has not been terminated) retain exclusive control over all rights and obligations with respect to
its commitment hereunder, including all rights with respect to consents, modifications and amendments, until the Closing Date has occurred and the extensions of credit to be made on such date as contemplated hereby (subject to the conditions herein)
have been made. Each Commitment Party acknowledges and agrees that its Commitment is not conditioned upon a successful syndication and that no assignment or assumption by any assignee of any obligations of such Commitment Party in respect of any
portion of its Commitment shall relieve such Commitment Party of its obligations hereunder with respect to such portion of the Commitments until the Closing Date has occurred and the extensions of credit to be made on such date as contemplated
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 All aspects of the syndication, including, without limitation, timing, potential syndicate members to be
approached, titles, allocations and division of fees, shall be determined by the Arrangers (except as otherwise provided herein and in the Fee Letter) in consultation with you. You agree to, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause Seller
and the Acquired Business to (including with a covenant to such effect in the Acquisition Agreement), actively assist the Arrangers in such syndication, which the Arrangers may commence as promptly as possible after your acceptance of this
Commitment Letter, including by using commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the syndication efforts benefit materially from your existing lending relationships and to provide the Arrangers, promptly upon request, with all information
reasonably deemed necessary by the Arrangers to complete successfully the syndication, including, but not limited to (a) information packages for delivery to potential syndicate members and participants, including at the reasonable request of
the Arrangers, a version that does not contain material non-public information concerning you, the Acquired Business or your or its affiliates or any securities of any thereof (the “Confidential Information Memoranda”) and
(b) all financial and other information as we may reasonably request with respect to you, the Acquired Business, your subsidiaries and the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to financial projections, forecasts and
budgets. You also agree to make available your representatives, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the senior officers and representatives of the Borrower and the Acquired Business, in each case from time to time prior to the
earlier of the Successful Syndication (as defined in the Fee Letter) of the Facilities and 90 days after the Closing Date, to be available and to attend and make presentations regarding the business and prospects of the Acquired Business at one or
more meetings of prospective lenders and investors at such time and place as the applicable Arrangers may reasonably request. You acknowledge and agree that (i) the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the initial
definitive Confidential Information Memorandum referred to above to be delivered to potential syndicate members as promptly as possible after your acceptance of this Commitment Letter and (ii) the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group (“S&P”) and Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), at its expense, public updates of the ratings of Borrower’s senior unsecured
non-credit-enhanced long-term debt securities after giving effect to the Transactions within 21 days after the acceptance by you of this Commitment Letter in accordance with its terms. 
 You acknowledge that (a) subject to confidentiality arrangements to be agreed upon and to the other provisions of this Commitment Letter, the
Arrangers and/or the Agents on your behalf will make available the Confidential Information Memoranda to the proposed syndicate of lenders by posting the Confidential Information Memoranda on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system and
(b) certain prospective lenders (such prospective lenders, “Public Lenders”; all other prospective lenders “Private Lenders”) may have personnel that do not wish to receive material non-public information
(within the meaning of the United States federal securities laws, “MNPI”) with respect to the Acquired Business or its affiliates or you or your affiliates or any securities of any thereof, and who may be engaged in investment and
other market-related activities with respect to such entities’ securities. 
 Before distribution of any Confidential Information
Memoranda to prospective lenders, you agree that you will provide us with a letter in customary form for syndicated loan financings, authorizing the dissemination of the Confidential Information Memoranda. In addition, you agree to use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause all materials containing Information that are to be made available to Public Lenders to be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear
prominently on the first page thereof. You agree that by your marking such materials “PUBLIC”, you shall be deemed to have authorized the Arrangers (subject to applicable confidentiality provisions and to the other provisions of this
Commitment Letter) to treat such materials as information that is not MNPI. 
  

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 We agree that we will not make any materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” available to Public
Lenders, except that, subject to confidentiality arrangements to be agreed upon and to the other provisions of this Commitment Letter, the Arrangers on your behalf may distribute the following documents to all prospective lenders in the form
provided to you and to your counsel Debevoise & Plimpton LLP a reasonable time prior to their distribution, unless you or your counsel advise the Arrangers in writing (including by email) within a reasonable time prior to their intended
distribution that such material would constitute MNPI and, therefore, should only be distributed to prospective Private Lenders: (a) administrative materials for prospective lenders such as lender meeting invitations and funding and closing
memoranda, (b) notifications of changes to the Facilities’ terms and (c) other materials intended for prospective lenders after the initial distribution of the Confidential Information Memoranda, including pro forma financial
statements and drafts and final versions of definitive documents with respect to the Facilities (which shall in no event be deemed to constitute MNPI). If you advise us that any of the foregoing items should be distributed only to Private Lenders,
then the Arrangers and/or the Agents will not distribute such materials (other than pro forma financial statements and drafts and final versions of definitive documents with respect to the Facilities) to Public Lenders without further discussions
with you. 
 Information. 
 You hereby represent and covenant that (a) all written information (other than projections, forecasts, budget, estimates and other forward-looking statements (collectively, the “Projections”) and information of a
general economic or industry specific nature) that has been or will be made available to us or any of the Lenders by or on behalf of you or the Acquired Business (at your request) in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (the
“Information”), when taken as a whole (and, in the case of information relating to the Acquired Business, to the best of your knowledge; it being understood that Seller has withheld certain customer data, contracts subject to
confidentiality obligations with third parties, contracts that contain antitrust-sensitive information of the Acquired Business and other information identified as confidential as of the date hereof in the electronic datasite relating to the
Acquired Business), does not and will not, when furnished, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under
which such statements are made and (b) the Projections that have been or will be made available to us or any of the Lenders by or on behalf of you or the Acquired Business (at your request) in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby have been (or, in the case of Projections prepared after the date hereof, will be) prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by you to be reasonable at the time of preparation thereof (it being understood that projections by
their nature are inherently uncertain and no assurances are being given that the results reflected in the Projections will be achieved). You agree that if at any time prior to the Closing Date any of the representations in the preceding sentence
would be incorrect in any material respect if the Information and Projections were being furnished or made available, and such representations were being made, at such time, then you will promptly supplement, or cause to be supplemented, the
Information and Projections so that such representations will be correct in all material respects at such time. 
 Compensation.

 As consideration for the commitments of the Lenders hereunder with respect to the Facilities and the agreement of the Arrangers to
structure, arrange and syndicate the Facilities and to provide advisory services in connection therewith, you agree to pay, or cause to be paid, the fees set forth in the Term Sheet and the Fee Letter. 
  

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 Conditions. 
 The commitment of each Commitment Party hereunder with respect to the Facilities and each Arranger’s agreement to perform the services described herein are subject only to the fulfillment of the following
conditions (the “Conditions”): (i) no information (other than Projections and other information of a general economic or industry specific nature) submitted to it in writing prior to the date hereof by or on behalf of Borrower
or any of its existing subsidiaries and pertaining to Borrower and its existing subsidiaries is found (x) to contain, taken as a whole, any untrue statement of a material fact or (y) to omit to state a material fact known to the Borrower
necessary to make the statements contained therein, taken as a whole, not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, (ii) since the date of the Acquisition Agreement, there shall not have occurred a
Business Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), and (iii) fulfillment of the Clear Markets Condition (as defined below) and the conditions set forth under “Conditions to Borrowing” in the Term Sheet.
Notwithstanding anything in this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter, the Bank Documentation or any other agreement or other undertaking concerning the financing of the Acquisition to the contrary, 
 (a) the terms of the Bank Documentation shall be in a form such that they do not impair availability of the Facilities on the closing date
of the Acquisition (the “Closing Date”) if the Conditions are satisfied; and 
 (b) the only representations
the making of which shall be a condition to availability of the Facilities on the Closing Date shall be the Specified Representations. For purposes hereof, “Specified Representations” means (I) such of the representations made
by the Seller with respect to the Acquired Business in the Acquisition Agreement that are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that you have the right to terminate your obligations under the Acquisition Agreement as a
result of a breach of such representations in the Acquisition Agreement, and (II) the representations and warranties set forth in the Bank Documentation relating to corporate power and authority, the enforceability of the Bank Documentation, Federal
Reserve margin regulations, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and no material conflicts with material agreements. 
 Notwithstanding the titled “Governing Law” provisions of this Commitment Letter and the Term Sheet, it is understood and agreed that (x) whether any Specified Representation described in clause (b)(I) above has been breached,
and whether as a result you have the right to terminate your obligations thereunder, and (y) whether there shall have been a Business Material Adverse Effect shall be determined under the laws of the State of Delaware. 
 Clear Market. 
 From the date of this
Commitment Letter until the earlier of (i) 90 days after the Closing Date and (ii) our completion of a Successful Syndication (as defined in the Fee Letter) of the Facilities, you will ensure that no debt securities or syndicated loan
financing (excluding the Notes Offering, any tax exempt financings in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, financings of the Borrower’s subsidiary in Morocco and Borrower’s joint ventures in China and Russia
(provided such financings are not guaranteed by the Borrower) and, after September 1, 2008, the refinancing of the €500 million Credit Facility of International Paper Investments (France) S.A.S.) for you or any of your subsidiaries is
announced, syndicated or placed without the prior written consent of the Commitment Parties if such financing, syndication or placement would have, in the reasonable judgment of the Commitment Parties, a materially detrimental effect upon the
primary syndication of the Facilities (compliance with the foregoing being referred to as the “Clear Markets Condition”). 
  

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 Indemnity and Expenses. 
 You agree to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Arrangers, the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates and each director, officer,
employee, advisor and agent thereof (each, an “indemnified person”) from and against any and all actions, suits, proceedings (including any investigations or inquiries), claims, losses, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind
or nature whatsoever that may be incurred by or asserted against or involve any Arranger, any Commitment Party or any other such indemnified person as a result of or arising out of or in any way related to or resulting from this Commitment Letter
and the transactions contemplated hereby, the providing or syndication of the Facilities or the actual or proposed use of proceeds thereof and to pay and reimburse each Arranger, each Commitment Party and each other indemnified person, promptly upon
request, for any reasonable legal or other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such action, suit, proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) or claim (whether or not any
Arranger, Commitment Party or other such indemnified person is a party to any action or proceeding out of which any such expenses arise); provided, however, that you shall not have to indemnify any indemnified person against any claim,
loss, damage, liability or expense (x) to the extent the same resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the respective indemnified person or any Related Person (as defined below) of such indemnified person (as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment) or (y) arising out of any breach in any material respect by such indemnified person or any Related Person of such indemnified person of this Commitment
Letter or any Bank Documentation. No indemnified person seeking indemnification or reimbursement under this Commitment Letter will, without your prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), settle, compromise, consent to the
entry of any judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any action, suit, proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) or claim referred to above. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if at any time an indemnified person shall
have requested that you reimburse such indemnified person for legal or other expenses in connection with investigating, responding to or defending any such action, suit, proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) or claim referred to
herein, you shall be liable for any settlement of any action effected without your written consent if (a) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by you of such request for reimbursement and (b) you shall not have
reimbursed such indemnified person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. You shall not, without the prior written consent of any indemnified person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in
respect of which such indemnified person is or could reasonably be expected to have been a party and indemnity could reasonably be expected to have been sought hereunder by such indemnified person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such indemnified person from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding. For purposes hereof, a “Related Person” of an indemnified person means any of its affiliates or any of its or its
affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, advisors and agents. None of the Arrangers, the Commitment Parties or any other indemnified person shall be responsible or liable to you or any other person for any indirect, consequential or punitive
damages which may be alleged as a result of this Commitment Letter or the financing contemplated hereby. In addition, you hereby agree that all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of
one firm of counsel with respect to the Facilities and one local counsel per jurisdiction) of the Commitment Parties, the Agents, the Arrangers and their respective affiliates arising in connection with this Commitment Letter and in connection with
the transactions described herein shall be reimbursed by you solely in the event that the Acquisition or an Alternate Transaction (as defined in the Fee Letter) is consummated; provided that upon termination or expiration of this Commitment
Letter you agree to pay such reasonable fees and expenses of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP whether or not the Acquisition or an Alternate Transaction is consummated. Any reimbursement hereunder shall be without duplication of any
reimbursement to the Commitment Parties, the Agents, the Arrangers and their respective affiliates under any other agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Commitment Letter, no indemnified person shall 

  

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be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through electronic telecommunications or other
information transmission systems, except to the extent the same resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such indemnified person or any Related Person of such indemnified person (as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment). 
 Confidentiality. 
 You agree that, unless the Arrangers have otherwise consented (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), neither this
Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter nor the terms hereof or thereof will be disclosed by you to any person or entity except that this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter (but, in the case of the Fee Letter, only as contemplated in clauses (i),
(ii) (to the extent the provisions thereof relating to fees payable to the Arrangers and Agents and other pricing related terms have been redacted in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers), (iv) and (v) of this sentence)
may be disclosed to (i) to your officers, directors, employees, accountants, agents, attorneys and other advisors, and then only on a “need to know” confidential basis, (ii) the Seller and its affiliates, officers, directors,
employees, agents, accountants, attorneys and other advisors, (iii) to any actual or prospective Lender or any actual or prospective lender or investor in connection with any of the Transactions, any of their respective affiliates, and any of
the respective partners, officers, directors, employees, agents, accountants, attorneys and other advisors of any of the foregoing, (iv) to the extent necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedy or enforcement of any right
hereunder, (v) as may be compelled to be disclosed in, or necessary to the defense of, any litigation or a judicial or administrative proceeding or as otherwise required by law, (vi) in any public or regulatory filing or in any proxy
statement, prospectus, offering memorandum or offering circular in connection with any of the Transactions, and (vii) to Moody’s, S&P or any other ratings agency in connection with obtaining a rating of any of the Facilities and/or the
Notes. 
 Other Services. 
 You acknowledge and agree that we and/or our affiliates may be requested to provide additional services with respect to Borrower, the Acquired Business and/or their respective affiliates or other matters contemplated hereby. Any such
services will be set out in and governed by a separate agreement(s) (containing terms relating, without limitation, to services, fees and indemnification) in form and substance satisfactory to the parties thereto. Nothing in this Commitment Letter
is intended to obligate or commit us or any of our affiliates to provide any services other than as set out herein. 
 You acknowledge that
the Commitment Parties and their affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which you may have conflicting interests regarding the
transactions described herein and otherwise. No Commitment Party will use confidential information obtained from you by virtue of the transactions contemplated by this letter or their other relationships with you in connection with the performance
by such Commitment Party of services for other companies, and no Commitment Party will furnish any such information to other companies. You also acknowledge that no Commitment Party has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this letter, or to furnish to you, confidential information obtained from other companies. 
 No Fiduciary
Relationship. 
 You hereby acknowledge that we are acting solely as agents, lenders, bookmanagers or arrangers, as applicable, in
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length basis and in no event do the parties intend that any of us act or be responsible as a fiduciary to you or any of your subsidiaries, your stockholders
or creditors or any other person in connection with any activity that we may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of the Facilities, either before or after the date hereof. We hereby expressly disclaim any fiduciary or similar obligations to
any such person, either in connection with the Facilities or this Commitment Letter or any matters leading up to either, and you hereby confirm your understanding and agreement to that effect. Each of you and we agree that you and we are each
responsible for making our own independent judgments with respect to the Facilities, and that any opinions or views expressed by us to you regarding such transactions do not constitute advice or recommendations to you or any of your subsidiaries.
You, on behalf of yourself and your subsidiaries, hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that you or any of your subsidiaries may have against us with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or
similar duty in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter or any matters leading up to the execution of this Commitment Letter or the Bank Documentation. 
 Governing Law, Etc. 
 This Commitment
Letter and the commitment of the Lenders shall not be assignable by you without the prior written consent of us and the Lenders, and any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. We reserve the right to employ the services of our
affiliates in providing services contemplated by this Commitment Letter and to allocate, in whole or in part, to our affiliates certain fees payable to us in such manner as we and our affiliates may agree in our sole discretion. You also agree that
the Commitment Parties may at any time and from time to time assign all or any portion of their respective commitments hereunder to one or more of their respective affiliates provided that no Commitment Party shall be relieved of any portion of its
commitments hereunder prior to the initial funding under the Facilities. We agree to treat all non-public information provided to us by you as confidential information in accordance with the terms of a confidentiality agreement separately entered
into between you and us. 
 This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the
subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. No party has been authorized by any of the Commitment Parties or the Arrangers to make any oral or
written statements that are inconsistent with this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter. This Commitment Letter may not be amended or any provision hereof waived or modified except by an instrument in writing signed by us and you. This Commitment
Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Commitment Letter by
facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Commitment Letter. Headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration when
interpreting, this Commitment Letter. This Commitment Letter is intended to be for the benefit of the parties hereto and is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, and may not be relied on by, any persons other
than the parties hereto, the Lenders and, with respect to the indemnification provided under the heading “Indemnity and Expenses,” each indemnified person. 
 This Commitment Letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the laws of
another jurisdiction will be required thereby. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court sitting in the County of New York in
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all claims in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court. Each party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court, and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such
court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right to trial by jury with respect to any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Commitment
Letter. 
 Patriot Act. 
 We hereby notify you that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) (the “Patriot Act”), we and the other Lenders may be required to obtain,
verify and record information that identifies Borrower, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number and other information regarding them that will allow us or such Lender to identify them in accordance with the Patriot
Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the Patriot Act and is effective as to us and the Lenders. 
 Please
indicate your acceptance of the terms of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter by returning to us executed counterparts of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 17, 2008 (the
“Deadline”), whereupon the undertakings of the parties shall become effective to the extent and in the manner provided hereby. This offer shall terminate if not so accepted by you on or prior to that time. Upon the earliest to occur
of (A) the execution and delivery of the Bank Documentation by all of the parties thereto and the occurrence of the initial funding of the Facilities, (B) September 30, 2008, if the Bank Documentation shall not have been executed and
delivered by all such parties, and the initial funding of the Facilities shall not have occurred, prior to that date and (C) the date of termination of the Acquisition Agreement, this Commitment Letter and the commitments of the Lenders
hereunder and the agreement of the Arrangers to provide the services described herein shall automatically terminate unless the Lenders and the Arrangers shall, in their discretion, agree to an extension. 
 You shall have the right to terminate this Commitment Letter and the Commitments of the Commitment Parties hereunder at any time upon written notice to
them from you, subject to your surviving obligations as set forth in this paragraph. The provisions of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter relating to the payment of fees and expenses and indemnification and the provisions of the Sections
titled “Clear Market”, “Confidentiality”, “Syndication”, “No Fiduciary Relationship” and “Governing Law, Etc.” will survive the expiration or termination of this Commitment Letter (including any
extensions thereof) but (x) the provisions of the Sections titled “Syndication” and “Clear Market” will survive the expiration or termination of this Commitment Letter (including any extensions thereof) only if this
Commitment Letter terminates pursuant to clause (A) above, in which case such provisions shall survive until the earlier of (i) the completion of a Successful Syndication of the Facilities and (ii) 90 days after the Closing Date.

 This Commitment Letter supersedes the Commitment Letter signed by us dated March 10, 2008, which shall be null and void. 

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 We are pleased to have been given the opportunity to assist you in connection with the financing for the
Acquisition. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Linda M. Meyer

	Name:	 	Linda M. Meyer
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

			
	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Bruce S. Borden

	Name:	 	Bruce S. Borden
	Title:	 	Executive Director

  

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	BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Andrew Stinson

	Name:	 	Andrew Stinson
	Title:	 	Principal

  

			
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael L. Letson, Jr.

	Name:	 	Michael L. Letson, Jr.
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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	UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jesse Latham

	Name:	 	Jesse Latham
	Title:	 	Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Eric Bootsma

	Name:	 	Eric Bootsma
	Title:	 	Director & Counsel Region Americas Legal

  

			
	UBS SECURITIES LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jesse Latham

	Name:	 	Jesse Latham
	Title:	 	Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Eric Bootsma

	Name:	 	Eric Bootsma
	Title:	 	Director & Counsel Region Americas Legal

  

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	DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Frederick W. Laird

	Name:	 	Frederick W. Laird
	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Heidi Sandquist

	Name:	 	Heidi Sandquist
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

			
	DEUTSCHE BANK AG CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert Danziger

	Name:	 	Robert Danziger
	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Frederick W. Laird

	Name:	 	Frederick W. Laird
	Title:	 	Managing Director

  

			
	DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Frederick W. Laird

	Name:	 	Frederick W. Laird
	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Heidi Sandquist

	Name:	 	Heidi Sandquist
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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	THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Grover A. Fitch

	Name:	 	Grover A. Fitch
	Title:	 	Managing Director

  

			
	 RBS SECURITIES CORPORATION
 d/b/a RBS
GREENWICH CAPITAL

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Dennis J. Dee

	Name:	 	Dennis J. Dee
	Title:	 	MD

  

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 Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above: 
  

			
	INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Errol A. Harris

	Name:	 	Errol A. Harris
	Title:	 	Vice President and Treasurer

  

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 ANNEX I 
 SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS1 
  

			
	Borrower:	  	International Paper Company (“Borrower”).
		
	 Joint Lead Arrangers and
 Bookmanagers:

	  	J.P.Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBS Securities Corporation d/b/a RBS Greenwich Capital (the
“Arrangers”).
		
	Lenders:	  	A syndicate of banks, financial institutions and other entities arranged by the Arrangers (collectively, the “Lenders”).
		
	Administrative Agent:	  	One of the Arrangers (or an affiliate thereof) as designated by the Borrower and agreed to by such Arranger.
		
	Type and Amount of Facilities:	  	Term Loan Facilities (the “Facilities”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $6,000 million, comprised as follows:
		
		  	 (i)     a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $2,000 million (the “Term Loan A
Facility”); and

		
		  	 (ii)    a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $4,000 million (the “Term Loan X
Facility”);

		
		  	it being understood that the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued on or prior to the Closing Date, if any, will first reduce the Term Loan X Facility on a dollar-for-dollar basis and then
reduce the Term Loan A Facility on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
		
	Purpose:	  	Proceeds of the Facilities (together with the proceeds of any Notes issued on or prior to the Closing Date) will be used on the Closing Date to finance the Acquisition consideration and to pay
fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the Transactions.
		
	Maturity Dates:	  	Term Loan A Facility: Five years from the Closing Date.
		
		  	Term Loan X Facility: Twelve months from the Closing Date (the “Initial Term Loan X Maturity Date”); provided that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the maturity

  

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	 All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Commitment Letter to which
this summary is attached. 

			
		  	date may be automatically extended at Borrower’s option for one six-month period (to the date which is eighteen months from the Closing Date) upon notice from Borrower given in accordance
with the Bank Documentation within 30 days prior to the Initial Term Loan X Maturity Date (the “Term Loan X Extension”).
		
	Availability:	  	A single drawing may be made on the Closing Date of up to the full amount of the Facilities.
		
	Amortization:	  	Term Loan A Facility: The Term Loan A Facility will amortize in annual amounts (set forth as a percentage of the original aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan A Facility) set forth below,
with equal quarterly payments, except that in Year 5, payments shall be 5% for each of the first three quarters and the remaining balance shall be due on the Maturity Date:

  

										
		 	Year 1	  	5.0	%	 		  	
		 	 Year 2
	  	10.0	%	 		  	
		 	 Year 3
	  	10.0	%	 		  	
		 	 Year 4
	  	15.0	%	 		  	
		 	 Year 5
	  	60.0	%	 		  	

  

			
		  	Term Loan X Facility: None.
		
	Interest:	  	At Borrower’s option, loans will bear interest based on the Base Rate or LIBOR, as described below:
		
		  	 A      Base Rate Option

		
		  	Interest will be at the Base Rate plus the applicable Interest Margin, calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 days and payable quarterly in arrears. The
Base Rate is defined as the higher of the Federal Funds Rate, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, plus 1/2 of 1% and the prime commercial lending rate of the Administrative Agent.
		
		  	Base Rate borrowings will be in minimum amounts to be agreed upon.
		
		  	 B.     LIBOR Option

		
		  	Interest will be determined for periods to be selected by Borrower (“Interest Periods”) of one, two, three or six months (or, if agreed to by all Lenders, a shorter period or
nine or twelve months) and will be at an annual rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) for the corresponding deposits of U.S. dollars, plus the applicable Interest Margin. LIBOR will be determined by the
Administrative Agent at the start of each Interest Period and will be fixed through such period. Interest will

  

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		  	be paid at the end of each Interest Period or, in the case of Interest Periods longer than three months, quarterly, and will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a
year of 360 days. LIBOR will be adjusted for maximum statutory reserve requirements (if any).
		
		  	LIBOR borrowings will require three business days’ prior notice and will be in minimum amounts to be agreed upon.
		
	Default Interest and Fees:	  	Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a payment default, interest will accrue (i) in the case of overdue principal, interest or premium (if any) on any loan at a rate of
2.0% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such loan and (ii) in the case of any other overdue amount, at a rate of 2.0% per annum plus the non-default interest rate then applicable to Base Rate loans under the Term Loan A
Facility, and will be payable on demand.
		
	Interest Margins:	  	The applicable Interest Margins will be the basis points set forth in the following table based on the ratings by S&P and Moody’s of the senior unsecured long-term debt securities of
Borrower after giving effect to the Transactions without third-party credit enhancement (the “Debt Ratings”); provided that the Interest Margins with respect to the Term Loan X Facility for each ratings status shall increase
by 25 basis points following the date which is six months after the Closing Date and by an additional 50 basis points following the Initial Term Loan X Maturity Date.

  

							
	 	  	 Ratings by S&P and Moody’s
	  	Base Rate
Loans	  	LIBOR
Loans
	 I
	  	 Either (i) A- or higher and Baa1 or higher;
 or
 (ii) BBB+ or higher and A3 or higher
	  	0.0	  	100.0
				
	 II
	  	 Above category does not apply and either
 (i) BBB+ or
higher and Baa2 or higher;
 or
 (ii) BBB or higher and Baa1 or
higher
	  	25.0	  	125.0
				
	 III
	  	 Above categories do not apply and either
 (i) BBB or
higher and Baa3 or higher; or
 (ii) BBB- or higher and Baa2 or higher
	  	62.5	  	162.5
				
	 IV
	  	BBB- and Baa3	  	75.0	  	175.0
				
	 V
	  	 Above categories do not apply and either
 (i) BBB- or
higher and Ba1 or higher;
 or
 (ii) BB+ or higher and Baa3 or
higher
	  	112.5	  	212.5
				
	 VI
	  	 Above categories do not apply and either
 (i) BB+ or
higher and Ba2 or higher;
 or
 (ii) BB or higher and Ba1 or
higher
	  	150.0	  	250.0
				
	 VII
	  	Above categories do not apply	  	175.0	  	275.0

  

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	Mandatory Prepayments:	  	The Term Loan X Facility shall be prepaid in an amount equal to (i) 100% of the net proceeds received by Borrower or any of its subsidiaries from asset sales (excluding such net proceeds of
up to $250 million in the aggregate for sales of forestlands and net proceeds of up to $250 million in the aggregate for sales of assets other than forestlands), subject to exceptions to be agreed, and (ii) 100% of the net proceeds
received by Borrower or any of its subsidiaries from the issuance of debt or equity after the Closing Date, subject to exceptions for permitted debt other than the Notes, option programs, bonus programs and subject to other exceptions to be agreed.

		
		  	There will be no prepayment penalties (except LIBOR breakage costs) for mandatory prepayments.
		
	Optional Prepayments:	  	Permitted in whole or in part, with prior notice but without premium or penalty (except LIBOR breakage costs) and including accrued and unpaid interest, subject to limitations as to minimum
amounts of prepayments.
		
		  	Optional prepayments of the Facilities will be applied first, to the Term Loan X Facility and second, to the Term Loan A Facility. Within the Term Loan A Facility, prepayments will be applied in
direct order to the next four scheduled amortization payments thereof and thereafter to the remaining scheduled amortization payments on a pro rata basis.
		
	Guarantees:	  	The Facilities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by all of the existing and future direct and indirect U.S. subsidiaries of Borrower (collectively, the
“Guarantors”) (it being understood that a foreign subsidiary holding company, as reasonably determined by the Borrower, which has not guaranteed any other debt for borrowed money of any U.S. company will be deemed a non-U.S.
subsidiary for purposes of this provision; provided that International Paper France Inc. will be deemed a foreign subsidiary holding company so long as the Borrower intends it to be a foreign subsidiary holding company or to be redomiciled as
a foreign subsidiary and causes it be a foreign subsidiary holding company or to be so redomiciled within a period to be agreed after the Closing Date), other than any such subsidiary (i) that is a subsidiary of a non-U.S. subsidiary of
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		  	materiality threshold to be agreed, (iii) that is a special purpose subsidiary created in connection with any financing transaction involving promissory notes or letters of credit or other
securitization transaction, or (iv) subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any subsidiary thereof), in each case to the extent otherwise permitted by applicable law or regulation.
		
	Security:	  	None.
		
	Conditions to Borrowing:	  	Conditions precedent to borrowing under the Facilities will be limited to (1) those set forth under “Conditions” in the Commitment Letter and in Annex II to the Commitment Letter,
(2) subject to the limitations set forth under “Conditions” in the Commitment Letter, the accuracy of all representations and warranties in all material respects and (3) receipt of a customary borrowing notice.
		
	Representations and Warranties:	  	Representations and warranties will apply to Borrower and its subsidiaries, will be subject to materiality levels and/or exceptions customary for transactions of this type (and substantially
similar, to the extent applicable, to the Current Credit Facility) and will be limited to:
		
		  	Corporate existence; corporate power and authority; accuracy and completeness of financial statements delivered in connection with or under the Bank Documentation; absence of undisclosed
liabilities; no material adverse change; no material litigation; no conflict with, or default under, charter documents, law or material contractual obligations of the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries (other than immaterial conflicts under
contractual obligations); enforceability of the Bank Documentation; Federal Reserve regulations; ERISA; taxes; Investment Company Act; environmental matters; existing indebtedness; use of proceeds and not engaging in the business of
purchasing/carrying margin stock; solvency; Patriot Act and anti-terrorism law compliance; and full disclosure.
		
	Affirmative Covenants:	  	Affirmative covenants will apply to Borrower and its subsidiaries, will be subject to thresholds and/or exceptions customary for transactions of this type (and substantially similar, to the
extent applicable, to the Current Credit Facility) and will be limited to:
		
		  	Delivery of certified quarterly and audited annual financial statements, reports to shareholders, notices of defaults, litigation and other material events, continuation of business and
maintenance of existence and material rights and privileges; compliance with all applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation, environmental matters, taxation and ERISA); maintenance of property and insurance; maintenance of books
and records and right of the Lenders to inspect property and books and records.

  

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	Negative Covenants:	  	Negative covenants will apply to Borrower and its subsidiaries, will be subject to thresholds and/or exceptions customary for transactions of this type (and substantially similar, to the extent
applicable, to the Current Credit Facility) and will be limited to:
		
		  	 1. Limitation on fundamental changes.
  
 2. Limitation on liens.

		
	Financial Covenants:	  	Financial covenants will apply to Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries and will be limited to (with the same covenant levels and definitions as set forth in the Current Credit Facility):

		
		  	1. Maximum ratio of total consolidated debt to total consolidated capitalization.
		
		  	2. Minimum net worth.
		
	Events of Default:	  	Events of default will be subject to materiality levels, default triggers, cure periods and/or exceptions customary for transactions of this type (and substantially similar, to the extent
applicable, to the Current Credit Facility) and will be limited to the following: nonpayment, breach of representations and covenants, material cross-defaults, invalidity of guarantees, bankruptcy and insolvency events, ERISA events, judgments and
change of control (to be defined).
		
	Assignments and Participations:	  	Each Lender may assign all or, subject to minimum amounts to be agreed, a portion of its loans and commitments under one or more of the Facilities. Assignments will require payment of an
administrative fee to the Administrative Agent and the consents of the Administrative Agent and Borrower, which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided that (i) no consents shall be required for an assignment to an existing
Lender, an affiliate of an existing Lender or an Approved Fund (as such term shall be defined in the bank Documentation) and (ii) no consent of Borrower shall be required during a payment or bankruptcy default. In addition, each Lender may sell
participations in all or a portion of its loans and commitments under one or more of the Facilities; provided that no purchaser of a participation shall have the right to exercise or to cause the selling Lender to exercise voting rights in
respect of the Facilities (except as to certain basic issues).
		
	Indemnification:	  	The Bank Documentation will contain customary provisions (substantially consistent with the Current Credit Facility and otherwise customary for transactions of this type) for indemnification of
the Arrangers, Lenders and the Agents (with exceptions, including other than as a result of the respective Lender’s or Agent’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final
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		  	decision). The Bank Documentation will contain expense reimbursement provisions for the Arrangers and the Agents consistent with the last sentence of the Section titled “Indemnity and
Expenses” in the Commitment Letter and otherwise customary for facilities of this type.
		
	 Yield Protection, Taxes and
 Other Deductions:

	  	The Bank Documentation will contain yield protection provisions, consistent with the Current Credit Facility and otherwise customary for transactions of this type, protecting the Lenders in the
event of unavailability of LIBOR, breakage losses, reserve, capital adequacy requirements and withholding taxes. The Borrower shall have the right to replace any lender that charges an amount with respect to contingencies described in the
immediately preceding sentence.
		
	Voting:	  	Lenders holding at least a majority of total loans and commitments under the Facilities, with certain amendments requiring the consent of Lenders holding a greater percentage (or all affected
Lenders) of the total loans and commitments under the Facilities.
		
	Governing Law and Forum:	  	The laws of the State of New York. Each party to the Bank Documentation will waive the right to trial by jury and will consent to jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in The City
of New York.
		
	 Counsel to the Commitment Parties,
 the Arrangers and the Administrative
 Agent:
	  	Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

  

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 ANNEX II 
 CONDITIONS TO CLOSING2 
 1. The Acquisition shall be consummated concurrently with the initial funding of the Facilities
substantially in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement without any waiver or amendment thereof, or consent thereunder, that is materially adverse to the Lenders unless consented to by the Commitment Parties (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, it being understood that Borrower may waive the Marketing Period (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) in its sole discretion). 
 2. After giving effect to the consummation of the Acquisition, neither the Borrower nor any of its subsidiaries shall have any third-party indebtedness for borrowed money, except for indebtedness incurred pursuant to
the Debt Financing, the Assumed Indebtedness and any Capital Leases. Any Existing Indebtedness, other than the Assumed Indebtedness and any Capital Leases, shall have been repaid, redeemed, defeased or otherwise discharged (or irrevocable notice for
redemption of which shall have been given pursuant to procedures reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers) on the Closing Date. 
 3. The
Commitment Parties shall have received (i) not later than the earlier of (x) promptly after receipt from the Acquired Business and (y) April 15, 2008, audited combined balance sheet and related statements of income, business unit
equity and cash flows of the Acquired Business for 2007, (ii) unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Borrower for such interim periods of 2008 and 2007 (with respect to
which the independent auditors shall have performed an SAS 100 review) as would be required for a registered securities offering by Borrower on the Closing Date, and unaudited combined balance sheet and related statements of income and cash flows of
the Acquired Business for the same interim periods of 2008 and 2007 (with respect to which the independent auditors shall have performed an SAS 100 review), within 55 days after the end of the relevant fiscal quarter and (iii) pro forma
consolidated and consolidating balance sheet and related statements of income and cash flows for Borrower, as well as pro forma levels of EBITDA, for 2007 and for the latest four-quarter period ending with the latest interim period covered by the
financial statements referred to clause (ii), in each case after giving effect to the Transactions, promptly after the historical financial statements for such periods are available. The financial statements referred to in clauses (i) through
(iii) shall be prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. 
 4. If the Debt Ratings on
the Closing Date are BBB- or higher from S&P and Baa3 or higher from Moody’s (the “6B Ratings Status”), the ratio of total indebtedness to total capitalization (as defined in the Current Credit Facility) of Borrower,
calculated on a pro forma consolidated basis as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions shall not be greater than 60%. If the 6B Ratings Status is not achieved on the Closing Date, the ratio of (x) pro forma total
consolidated indebtedness of Borrower as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions to (y) Pro Forma EBITDA (as defined in Annex III) for the latest four-quarter period ending with the latest fiscal quarter for which interim
financial statements are required pursuant to paragraph 3 above shall not be greater than 4.30x. 
  

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	 All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Commitment Letter to which
this Annex II is attached. 

 5. The Debt Ratings on the Closing Date are either (x) BBB- or higher from S&P and Ba1 (stable
or positive outlook) or higher from Moody’s or (y) BB+ (stable or positive outlook) or higher from S&P and Baa3 or higher from Moody’s (the “5B Ratings Status”). 
 6. The Borrower and the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered the Bank Documentation (including the guarantees), and the Lenders shall have
received customary legal opinions (including that the Bank Documentation does not conflict with identified material agreements), certificates (including a customary solvency certificate) and closing documentation, all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Commitment Parties. 
 7. The Borrower and each of the Guarantors shall have provided the documentation and
other information to the Lenders that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act. 
 8. All reasonable and out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses of one firm of counsel per jurisdiction
and the fees and expenses of appraisers, consultants and other advisors) and compensation payable to the Lenders, the Arrangers, the Commitment Parties or the Administrative Agent as set forth in the Fee Letter shall have been paid to the extent
due. Any reimbursement pursuant hereto shall be without duplication of any reimbursement to the Lenders, the Arrangers, the Commitment Parties or the Administrative Agent and their respective affiliates under any other agreements. 
  

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 ANNEX III 
 “EBITDA” means, for any period, (A) consolidated earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and minority interest for such period, plus (B) to the extent such
consolidated earnings was reduced thereby, without duplication, (i) net interest expense, depreciation, amortization and cost of timber harvest, (ii) transaction fees and expenses, integration expenses, restructuring charges or reserves
and expense amounts associated with any purchase accounting adjustments and step-ups with respect to re-valuing assets and liabilities, all in connection with the Transactions, (iii) any cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles
(which may be negative or positive), (iv) the aggregate amount of all other non-cash expenses or charges (excluding any non-cash charge that results in an accrual of a reserve for cash charges in any future period), such as impairments of fixed
assets and goodwill, (v) losses on sales of businesses and impairments of businesses held for sale and (vi) other non-recurring expenses, losses or charges, minus (C) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of all non-cash
items increasing such consolidated earnings (other than the accrual of revenue or recording of receivables in the ordinary course of business) for such period, (ii) gains on sales of businesses and (iii) other non-recurring income or
gains, all determined on a consolidated basis for Borrower and its subsidiaries in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. 
 “Pro Forma EBITDA” means for any period, EBITDA for such period determined after giving effect to the Transactions as if they occurred at the beginning of such period. 

 SCHEDULE A 
 EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS 
 [This schedule has been omitted and will be supplementally furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission upon request.]Waiver and Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 WAIVER AND SIXTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 This WAIVER AND SIXTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of March 14, 2008, among DEVCON SECURITY HOLDINGS, INC., a Florida corporation (“Holdings”), DEVCON SECURITY SERVICES CORP., a Delaware Corporation
(“Services”), MUTUAL CENTRAL ALARM SERVICES INC., a New York corporation (“Mutual”), STAT-LAND BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS & DEVICES INC., a New York corporation (“Stat-Land”, together with Holdings,
Services, and Mutual, are hereinafter referred to individually as a “Borrower” and collectively as “Borrowers”), and CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC, as Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”), for the Lenders parties
thereto and as a Lender. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement described below. 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 A. Borrowers, Agent and Lenders have entered into that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2005, as modified by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, Master Reaffirmation and Joinder to Loan Documents, dated March 6, 2006, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement
dated as of April 11, 2006 and that certain Waiver and Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated December 29, 2006 and that certain Waiver and Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated May 10, 2007 and that certain Consent and Fifth
Amendment to Credit Agreement dated September 25, 2007 (as amended hereby and as may from time to time be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which Agent and Lenders made
Loans and other financial accommodations to Borrowers, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, and have entered into the other Loan Documents. 
 B. Borrowers are not in compliance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a result of their failure to maintain the required Attrition Ratio for
the periods ended December 31, 2007 and January 31, 2008 as required by Section 9.4 of the Credit Agreement and will not be in compliance with such covenant for the period ending February 29, 2008 (collectively, the
“Noncompliance Matters”) 
 C. Borrowers have requested that Agent and Lenders amend the Credit Agreement as set forth herein, and
Agent and the Lenders are, subject to the terms hereof, willing to amend the Credit Agreement. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, each of the undersigned hereby agrees as follows: 
  

	1.	Amendments to Credit Agreement. 

 (a) The following
defined terms in Section 1 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended by deleting such terms in their entirety and replacing them with the following: 
 “Applicable LIBOR Margin” shall mean 6.50%. 

 “Applicable Base Rate Margin” shall mean 5.00% 
 “Qualified Retail Multiple” means twenty-eight (28), provided, that, at any time the Attrition Ratio shall exceed the Attrition Ratio
Threshold, the Qualified Retail Multiple may, in Agent’s sole discretion, be reduced to twenty-seven (27), provided, further, that, after any such reduction the Qualified Retail Multiple be increased to twenty-eight (28) upon the
satisfaction of the following conditions: (i) the Attrition Ratio is equal to or less than the Attrition Ratio Threshold, (ii) Borrowers shall be in compliance with all of the covenants set forth in Section 9 hereof and
(iii) Agent has received a written notice of Borrowers requesting that the Qualified Retail Multiple be increased to twenty-eight (28) and certifying the satisfaction of the conditions in (i) and (ii) above. 
 (b) The following defined terms are added in the appropriate alphabetical order to Section 1 of the Credit Agreement: 
 “Attrition Ratio Threshold” shall mean (a) 12.75% from the Sixth Amendment Effective Date through July 31, 2008,
(b) 12.50% on or after August 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008 and (c) 12.25% on or after January 1, 2009 and thereafter, 
 “Sixth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean March 14, 2008. 
 (c) Section 2.4(a) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 
 (a) The Borrowers shall pay
interest to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders in accordance with the various Loans being made by each Lender, in arrears on each applicable Interest Payment Date, at the following rates: (i) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Base Rate
Margin per annum, or (ii) at the election of Borrowers, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable LIBOR Margin per annum, provided, however, that, notwithstanding any provision of any Loan Document, for the purpose of
calculating interest hereunder (A) the Base Rate shall be not less than 6.00% and (B) the LIBOR Rate shall not be less than 3.00%. 
 (d) Section 2.4(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with “(b) RESERVED.” 
 (e) Section 9.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 
 9.4 Maximum Attrition Ratio. 
 Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall maintain on a consolidated basis, for the Fiscal Month for ending on the date set forth below, an Attrition Ratio of not greater than the percentage set forth opposite such date: 
  

				
	 Date
	  	Minimum
Attrition Ratio	 
	 For the period beginning on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date and ending on July 31, 2008
	  	13	%
	 From August 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2008
	  	12.75	%
	 from January 1, 2009 and thereafter
	  	12.50	%

  

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	2.	Waiver. Effective as of the date hereof, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement, the Agent and the Lenders waive the Noncompliance
Matters to the extent such Noncompliance Matters constitute a Default or an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents. Provided that each of the Borrowers complies with all of the requirements contained in this
Amendment and the Loan Documents, the Agent and Lenders shall forbear from enforcing their respective remedies with respect to any Default or Event of Default deemed to have occurred as a result of the Noncompliance Matters. If at any time any of
the Borrowers fails to comply with any of the requirements set forth herein or if any additional Default or Event of Default occurs under this Amendment, the Credit agreement or the other Loan Documents, Agent and Lenders may immediately commence,
proceed or otherwise continue with any or all rights and remedies available under the Loan Documents, under applicable law or otherwise without demand or notice to any Borrower, but as among Agent and Lenders, subject to the provisions of the Credit
Agreement with respect to exercising remedies. Lenders and Agent are entering into this Amendment as an accommodation to the Borrowers and the Borrowers remain bound to perform their respective obligations under the Loan Documents.

  

	3.	Conditions. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the following conditions precedent: 

  

	 	(a)	This Amendment shall have been delivered to Agent, duly authorized and executed and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. 

  

	 	(b)	Agent shall have received all fees and expenses payable to it by Borrowers or any other Person pursuant to this Amendment or any other Loan Document, in connection herewith,
including, without limitation, Agent’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with the negotiation, documentation and execution of this Amendment. 

  

	 	(c)	Except as waived hereby, no Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, shall have occurred and be continuing. 

  

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	4.	Representations and Warranties. 

  

	 	(a)	Each Borrower hereby confirms to the Agent and Lenders that the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, as amended by
this Amendment, made by such Borrower are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and shall be deemed to be remade as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties (x) expressly refer to an
earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, or (y) is qualified by materiality or has a Material Adverse Effect qualifier (in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all
respects)). 

  

	 	(b)	Each Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and Lenders that: (i) it has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its
obligations hereunder; (ii) upon the execution and delivery hereof, this Amendment shall be valid, binding and enforceable upon it in accordance with its terms (except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights and laws relating to the availability of equitable remedies); (iii) the execution and delivery of this Amendment do not and shall not contravene, conflict
with, violate or constitute a default under (A) the articles or certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other constituent documents of Borrower, if applicable, or (B) any applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order or any
material agreement, indenture or instrument to which it is a party or is bound or which is binding upon or applicable to all or any portion of it property; and (iv) no Default or Event of Default exists. 

  

	5.	Miscellaneous. 

  

	 	(a)	No Further Amendments; Ratification of Liability; Effect. Each of the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms. Each
Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms its liabilities, obligations and agreements under the Loan Documents, as amended hereunder, and acknowledges that (i) it has no defenses, claims or set-offs to the enforcement by Agent or any Lender of such
liabilities, obligations and agreements, (ii) Agent and each Lender have fully performed all of their respective obligations to such Persons which Agent or such Lender may have had or has on and as of the date hereof and (iii) by
Agent’s execution hereof, neither Agent nor any Lender waives, diminishes or limits any term, condition or covenant contained in any of the Loan Documents. 

 Except as expressly set forth herein, nothing contained in this Amendment shall be deemed to be an amendment or modification of any provision of any Loan
Documents or any right, power or remedy of Agent or Lenders, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any Loan Document, or any other document, instrument and/or agreement executed or delivered in connection therewith or of any Default or Event
of Default under any of the foregoing, in each case whether arising before or after the date hereof or as a result of performance thereunder. This Amendment shall not preclude the future exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege available to
the Agent or Lenders, whether under the Loan Documents, at law or otherwise. 
  

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	 	(b)	Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon each Borrower and its respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Agent and each Lender
and their respective successors and assigns. 

  

	 	(c)	Release. Notwithstanding any other provision of any Loan Document, each Borrower voluntarily, knowingly, unconditionally and irrevocably, with specific and express intent,
for and on behalf of itself (the “Releasing Party”), hereby fully and completely releases and forever discharges each Indemnified Person and any other Person or insurer which may be responsible or liable for the acts or omissions of
any of the Indemnified Persons, or who may be liable for the injury or damage resulting therefrom (collectively, with the Indemnified Persons, the “Released Parties”), of and from any and all actions, causes of action, damages,
claims, obligations, liabilities, costs, expenses and demands of any kind whatsoever, at law or in equity, matured or unmatured, vested or contingent, that the Releasing Party has against any of the Released Parties as of the date of this Amendment
(“Losses”), other than Losses resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Released Party. Each Borrower acknowledges that the foregoing release is a material inducement to (a) Lender’s decision to
enter into this Amendment, (b) Lender’s decision to extend to Borrowers the financial accommodations hereunder and has been relied upon by each Lender in agreeing to make the Advances and (c) CapitalSource Finance LLC’s decision
to serve as Agent. 

  

	 	(d)	Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL AND NOTICE PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. 

  

	 	(e)	Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Amendment shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of this Amendment shall be prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this
Amendment. 

  

	 	(f)	Merger. This Amendment represents the final agreement of each Borrower with respect to the matters contained herein and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior or
contemporaneous agreements, or prior or subsequent oral agreements, between any of Borrowers on the one hand and Agent and the Lenders on the other hand. 

  

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	 	(g)	Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, including by facsimile transmission, and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed by each of the undersigned as of the day
and year first set forth above. 
  

			
	 DEVCON SECURITY HOLDINGS, INC.,
 a
Florida corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark McIntosh

	Name:	 	Mark McIntosh
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	 DEVCON SECURITY SERVICES CORP.,
 a
Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark McIntosh

	Name:	 	Mark McIntosh
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	 MUTUAL CENTRAL ALARM SERVICES INC.,
 a
New York corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark McIntosh

	Name:	 	Mark McIntosh
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	STAT-LAND BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS & DEVICES INC., a New York corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark McIntosh

	Name:	 	Mark McIntosh
	Title:	 	CFO
	
	 CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC,
 as Agent
for the Lenders

		
	By:	 	 /s/ William C. Schmidt

	Name:	 	William C. Schmidt
	Title:	 	Director

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