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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.4

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT between FabriSteel Holdings Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation") and Ronald B. Kalich (the "Executive") dated as
of October 1, 2000 (the "Agreement").

     Whereas, the Corporation wishes to employ the Executive as President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation on the terms set fort herein and the
Executive wishes to be employed by the Corporation on such terms;

IT IS, THEREFORE AGREED:

                              Article 1 Employment

1.1  Employment Period. The Corporation hereby agrees to employ the Executive,
     and the Executive hereby agrees to be employed by the Corporation, for the
     period commencing as of the date hereof and ending at midnight on September
     30, 2003 as its President and Chief Executive Officer unless sooner
     terminated as hereinafter provided (the "Employment Period") and upon such
     terms and conditions herein provided; provided, that the Employment Period
     shall be extended upon the same terms and conditions contained herein for
     an additional two (2) year period if a written notice of extension is given
     by the Corporation at least ninety (90) calendar days prior to September
     30, 2003.

                                Article 2 Duties

2.1  Duties and Responsibilities. During the Employment Period, the Executive
     agrees to devote his attention full time during normal business hours to
     the business and affairs of the Corporation and to use his best efforts to
     perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities, except for
     illness, permitted vacation periods and the expenditure of time relating to
     those matters specified in Exhibit A hereto, including but not limited to
     serving on the board of directors of other corporations set forth on
     Exhibit A, so long as such commitments do not materially interfere with the
     performance of Executive's duties hereunder and such corporations do not
     directly or indirectly compete with the Corporation or its subsidiaries.
     The Executive shall, subject to the supervision and control of the Board of
     Directors of the Corporation, perform such duties and exercise such
     supervision and powers over and with regard to the business of the
     Corporation as are contemplated to be performed by the President and Chief
     Executive Officer pursuant to the Bylaws of the Corporation, and such
     additional duties consistent with his position as may from time to time be
     prescribed by the Board of Directors. Subject to the provisions of the
     Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and applicable

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     law, it is the expectation of the Corporation that the Executive will
     continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
     during the Employment Period.

                             Article 3 Compensation

3.1  Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive a
     base salary at an annual rate of at least $250,000 payable in accordance
     with the Corporation's standard payroll policy, with any increase thereto
     to be determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
     from time to time.

                           Article 4 Benefit Programs

4.1  Health Plans. The Corporation shall make available to Executive during the
     Employment Period such other benefits as other members of senior management
     of the Corporation are then generally entitled to receive, which shall, in
     any event, include life, long-term disability, health and dental insurance,
     and annual physical exams. During the Employment Period, the Corporation
     will provide to Executive at the Corporation's cost term life insurance
     with a death benefit of at least $500,000, the benefits of which are
     payable upon the Executive's death to the Executive's named beneficiaries.

4.2  Moving and Relocation. The Corporation shall provide the moving and
     relocation benefits set forth in this Section 4.2 to the Executive. The
     benefits are: (i) temporary living expenses as required for six (6) months
     from the date hereof; (ii) four (4) visits for spouse to seek housing;
     (iii) one month additional pay (net after taxes) for miscellaneous moving
     expenses; (iv) moving expenses for normal household goods (boats, RV's or
     other extras are not included); (v) reasonable and customary closing cots
     for the sale and purchase of a residence, excluding discount points; and
     (vi) the taxable amounts of all reimbursements will be grossed-up for
     applicable state and federal taxes.

4.3  Dues and Memberships. The Corporation will reimburse the Executive for the
     costs of two (2) club memberships: including a business dining club and a
     club of the Executive's choice.

4.4  Retirement. The Executive shall be permitted during the period of his
     employment hereunder to participate in any qualified or non-qualified
     retirement plans and similar benefits that are made available to other
     senior executives of the Corporation generally, on the same terms and
     conditions as such other executives, in each case to the extent that the
     Executive is eligible under the terms of such plans or programs.

4.5  Deferred Compensation. The Executive shall be eligible and permitted,
     during the Employment Period, to participate in any deferred compensation
     plans and similar benefits that are made available to other senior
     executives of this Corporation generally, on the same terms and conditions
     as such other executives.

4.6  Vacation. The Executive will be entitled to an initial vacation award of
     four (4) weeks of paid vacation during each twelve-month period during the
     Employment Period.

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     Accrued but unused vacation shall be carried over in accordance with the
     Corporation's vacation policy for its senior management.

4.7  Automobile. The Executive will be permitted the use of a Corporation-owned
     vehicle or entitled to car allowances and reimbursement of expenses for the
     use of a vehicle commensurate with his position.

4.8  Other. Annually, the Executive will be reimbursed up to a total of $2,000
     for expenses associated with yearly tax filings. Additionally, the
     Executive will be reimbursed up to a total of $3,000 for financial and/or
     estate planning services for the three-year period beginning October 1,
     2000 and ending September 30, 2003.

                         Article 5 Securities Purchase

5.1  After the execution of this Agreement, the Corporation and Executive shall
     enter into (i) a Stock Purchase Agreement, whereby the Corporation shall
     sell to the Executive            shares of the Corporation's Class A Common
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     Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), and
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     shares of the Corporation's Series [___] Preferred Stock, par value $.01
     per share [to be equivalent to 2%], and (ii) a Joinder Agreement, whereby
     the Executive shall agree to be a party to, and a Management Investor
     under, that certain Securities Purchase and Holders' Agreement dated as of
     March         , 2000 by and among the Corporation and other parties
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     thereto, the form of which documents are attached hereto as Exhibit B and
     Exhibit C, respectively.

5.2  After execution of this Agreement, the Corporation shall adopt an
     unqualified stock option plan (the "Stock Option Plan"), under which the
     Corporation shall grant to the Executive non-transferable, non-qualified
     options to purchase          shares of the Class A Common Stock of the
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     Corporation [to be equivalent to 2%] at an exercise price equal to the fair
     market value of a share of Class A Common Stock at the date of grant. The
     terms of the Options will be more fully set forth in a Non-qualified Stock
     Option Agreement, which will be delivered to the Executive under the terms
     of the Stock Option Plan, but will in any event provide that (i) the
     options will vest 20 percent per year commencing one year from the date of
     grant provided Executive is continuously employed by the Corporation during
     such year and (ii) the vesting of the options granted to Executive shall
     accelerate upon a Change in Control (as such term is defined in Exhibit C
     hereof) of the Corporation.

                         Article 6 Annual Bonus Awards

6.1  Annual Bonus Awards. For fiscal years ending after September 30, 2000, the
     Executive shall be eligible and permitted, during the Employment Period, to
     participate in any annual bonus plans and similar benefits that may be
     available to other senior executives of the Corporation generally, on the
     dame terms and conditions as such other executives. The target bonus award
     shall be 100% of base salary.

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                             Article 7 Termination

7.1  Death or Disability. This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the
     Executive's death. The Corporation may terminate this Agreement during the
     Employment Period after having established the Executive's "Disability" as
     defined below, by giving the Executive written notice of it's intention to
     terminate the Executive's employment. For purposes of this Agreement,
     "Disability" means the Executive's inability to substantially perform his
     duties and responsibilities to the Corporation by reason of a physical or
     mental disability or infirmity for a continuous period of six months. The
     date of Disability shall be the day on which the Executive receives notice
     of termination from the Corporation pursuant to this Section 7.1.

7.2  Cause. The Corporation shall have the right to terminate the Executive's
     employment for "Cause" during the Employment Period. For purposes of this
     Agreement, "Cause" shall mean (i) the willful and continued failure by the
     Executive to perform substantially his duties to the Corporation or its
     subsidiaries (other than any such failure resulting from his Disability)
     within a reasonable period of time after a written demand for substantial
     performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board of Directors, which
     the Board of Directors believes that the Executive has not substantially
     performed his duties, (ii) malfeasance, embezzlement or theft from or
     adversely affecting the Corporation or any subsidiary or affiliate by the
     Executive, (iii) the commission or perpetration by the Executive of any act
     of moral turpitude or any felony, or (iv) any material and willful
     violation by the Executive of his obligations under Section 2.1 hereof.

7.3  Termination By Executive. The Executive shall have the right to terminate
     this Agreement during the Employment Period for "Good Reason," upon thirty
     (30) days prior written notice to the Corporation or a successor of the
     Corporation. For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean (i) a
     change in the Executive's duties and responsibilities without his consent
     such that his duties and responsibilities are materially reduced or altered
     in a manner unfavorable to him; or (ii) a decrease in the Executive's
     salary or bonus award potential; or (iii) a material decrease in his
     benefits in the aggregate; or (iv) a change in the location at which the
     Executive's duties are principally carried out of more than seventy-five
     (75) miles from the current location of the Corporation's principal
     executive offices.

                        Article 8 Effect of Termination

8.1  Death or Disability. Upon termination of the Executive's employment during
     the Employment Period, because of Disability as provided in Section 7.1,
     the Corporation shall continue to pay the Executive as severance, (i) the
     amount, payable in accordance with the Corporation's standard payroll
     policy, of the Executive's annual base salary as provided in Section 3.1 at
     the rate in effect immediately prior to termination of his employment for a
     period of twelve (12) months, plus an amount payable in twelve (12) monthly
     installments equal to the average of the previous two (2) years of bonus
     plan payouts for the Executive, less the amount of any disability payments
     made by the Corporation or any Corporation plan, and (ii) will afford to
     the Executive at the

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     Corporation's expense, health insurance benefits (including medical and
     dental) and life insurance equivalent to the benefits enjoyed by the
     Executive at the date of termination (the "Insurance Benefits") for a
     period of twelve (12) months from the date of such termination. Upon
     termination of the Executive's employment during the Employment Period
     because of death, the Corporation will afford to the Executive's spouse at
     the Corporation's expense, health insurance benefits (including medical and
     dental) equivalent to the benefits enjoyed by the Executive at the date of
     his death for a period of eighteen (18) months from the date of his death.

8.1.1 Other Termination. If the executive's employment is terminated (i) by the
     Corporation during the Employment Period (other than due to death,
     Disability or for Cause), (ii) by virtue of a termination by the Executive
     pursuant to Section 7.3, or (iii) the Corporation has not extended the
     Executive's employment at the expiration of this Agreement as contemplated
     by the proviso in Section 1.1, the Corporation shall pay to the Executive
     as severance, the amount, payable in accordance with the Corporation's
     standard payroll policy, of Executive's annual base salary then in effect
     pursuant to Section 3.1, plus an amount payable in twelve (12) monthly
     installments equal to the average of the previous two (2) years of bonus
     plan payouts for the Executive and shall continue to maintain the Insurance
     Benefits for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of such
     termination or expiration.

8.2  Vested Benefits. Nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict or reduce the
     Executive's vested benefits under any of the Corporation's benefit plans as
     determined in accordance with the provisions of such benefits.

8.3  Miscellaneous. No continued salary or severance shall be paid if the
     Executive's employment terminates for any reason (including for Cause)
     during the Employment Period other than as set forth above in this Article
     8 (including but not limited to for Cause or resignation other than for
     Good Reason), and in such case the Executive's entitlement to Insurance
     Benefits, if any, shall be determined exclusively by the Corporation's
     policies in effect at the time of the termination. Upon the termination of
     employment with the Corporation for any reason, the Executive shall offer
     to resign his position as a director of the Corporation and its affiliates,
     effective as the date of such termination.

               Article 9 Confidential Information-Non-Competition

9.1  Confidential Information. For such time as the Executive is employed by the
     Corporation and following his termination for whatever reason, the
     Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the
     Corporation all secret or confidential formation, knowledge or data
     relating to the Corporation or its affiliates, and their limitation,
     customer lists, bid, proposals, contracts, matters subject to litigation,
     technology or financial information of the Corporation or its subsidiaries
     and other know-how (the "Confidential Information"). The Executive shall
     not, without the prior written consent of the Corporation, communicate or
     divulge any Confidential Information to anyone other than the Corporation
     and those designated by it in writing. Confidential Information shall not
     be deemed known to the public if such information is made public

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     by the Executive or his representatives. Following termination of
     employment for any reason whatsoever, the Executive shall promptly return
     all written Confidential Information in his possession.

9.2  Non-Competition. For a two (2) year period commencing on the date of
     termination of employment (the "Noncompete Period"), the Executive will
     not, directly or indirectly:

9.2.1 own, manage, operate, control or participate in the ownership, management
     or control of, or be connected as an officer, employee, partner, director,
     or consultant or otherwise, with, or have any financial interest in (except
     for (i) ownership as of the date hereof, (ii) any ownership in the common
     stock of the Corporation, or (iii) any ownership of less than 5% of the
     outstanding equity interest in a publicly-traded entity) an enterprise
     (other than the Corporation or successor corporation) conducting business
     in activities similar to the Corporation, in each case, in any market in
     which the Corporation or its affiliates conducts or solicits business;

9.2.2 solicit or contact any employee, or any person who within one (1) year of
     such solicitation or contact has been an employee, of the Corporation or
     its affiliates with a view to inducing or encouraging such employee to
     leave the employ of the Corporation or its affiliates or be employed by the
     Executive, an employer affiliated with the Executive, or any competitor of
     the Corporation or any affiliate thereof; or

9.2.3 engage or participate in any effort or act to induce any customers,
     suppliers, associates, or independent contractors of the Corporation or its
     affiliates to take an action which might be disadvantageous to the
     Corporation or its affiliates or to the business or line of business in
     which any of them is engaged, including but not limited to, the
     solicitation of customers, suppliers, associates, or independent
     contractors of the Corporation or its affiliates to cease doing business or
     their association or engagement, with the Corporation or its affiliates.

9.3  Damages & Injunctive Relief. In the event that any provision of this
     Article 9 shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
     unenforceable by reason of its extending for too long a period of time or
     over too large a geographical area or by reason of its being too extensive
     in any other respect, it shall be interpreted to extend only over the
     longest period of time for which it may be enforceable, and/or over the
     largest geographical area as to which it may be enforceable and/or to the
     maximum extent in all other aspects as to which it may be enforceable, all
     as determined by such court in such action. The Executive acknowledges that
     the provisions of this Article 9 are reasonable and necessary for the
     protection of the Corporation and that the Corporation will be irrevocably
     damaged if such provisions are not specifically enforced. Accordingly, the
     Executive agrees that, in addition to any other relief to which the
     Corporation may be entitled, the Corporation shall be entitled to seek and
     obtain injunctive relief from a court of competent jurisdiction (without
     the posting of a bond or other security therefore) for the purposes of
     restraining the Executive from any actual or threatened breach of such
     provisions. The Executive agrees that the Noncompete Period shall be tolled
     during any period of violation of Section 9.2 of this Agreement and during
     any period required for litigation during which the Corporation or its
     affiliates seek to enforce this Agreement

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     against the Executive. The Executive further agrees that if he violates any
     of the covenants or agreements contained in Section 9.2, in addition to
     injunctive relief, the Corporation and/or its affiliates or their
     respective successors shall be entitled to such amounts as are recoverable
     under applicable law.

                       Article 10 Successors and Assigns

10.1 Assignment. This Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the
     prior written consent of the Corporation shall not be assigned by the
     Executive other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This
     Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
     Executive's legal representatives.

10.2 Corporation. This Agreement shall insure to the benefit of and be binding
     upon the Corporation and its successors.

                            Article 11 Governing Law

11.1 Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
     the laws of the State of Michigan without reference to principles of
     conflict of laws.

                               Article 12 Notices

12.1 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing
     and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or
     certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as
     follows:

          If to the Executive:

                                 Ronald B. Kalich
                                 14997 Manitou Road
                                 Prior Lake, MN 55372

          If to the Corporation:

                                 FabriSteel Holdings, Inc.
                                 22100 Trolley Industrial Drive
                                 Taylor, MI 48180-1872
                                 Attention: Chairman

                                 cc: John D. LaRocca
                                     Dechert
                                     4000 Bell Atlantic Tower
                                     1717 Arch Street
                                     Philadelphia, PA 19103

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     Or, to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other
     in writing in accordance herewith. Notices and communications shall be
     effective when actually received by the addressee.

                            Article 13 Miscellaneous

13.1 Withholding. The Corporation may withhold from any amounts payable under
     this Agreement such federal, state or local taxes as shall be required to
     be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

13.2 No Waiver. The Corporation's failure to insist upon strict compliance with
     any provision hereon shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision
     or any other provision hereof. The Executive's failure to insist upon
     strict compliance with any provision hereof shall not be deemed to be a
     waiver of such provision hereof.

13.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement between the
     parties with respect to the Executive's employment, and may not be changed
     or terminated orally.

13.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, and both
     such counterparts hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, and
     both such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set his hand and pursuant to the
authorization from its Board of Directors the Corporation has caused these
presents to be executed in its name and on its behalf, all as of the day and
year first above written.

FabriSteel Holdings, Inc.                               Executive

By:  /s/ Richard Puricelli                              /s/ Ronald B. Kalich
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     Richard Puricelli                                  Ronald B. Kalich
Its: Chairman of the Board

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              EXPENDITURES OF TIME

1.   Board of Director membership with Thomas and Betts Corporation, Memphis,
     Tennessee.

2.   Board of Director membership with The Carbide/Grafite Group, Pittsburgh,
     Pennsylvania.

3.   Board of Director membership with National-Standard Company, Niles, MI.

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                                    EXHIBIT B
                        FORM OF STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                            STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

          THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of October
   , 2000, is made by and between FabriSteel Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
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corporation (the "Corporation") and Ronald B. Kalich (the "Executive").

                                      Terms

          SECTION 1. Sale of Stock. In consideration of the mutual benefits
contained in this Agreement and intending to be legally bound, the Corporation
hereby agrees to sell and assign to Executive, and Executive agrees to purchase,
all of the Stock (as defined below), free and clear of all liens, security
interests, and other encumbrances, other than pursuant to the Securities
Purchase and Holders Agreement (as defined below).

          SECTION 2. Payments; Other Actions.

               (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Corporation will issue and sell to Executive           shares of Class A Common
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Stock, par value $.01 per share, at a purchase price of $    per share and
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           shares of     % Series           Cumulative Preferred Stock, par
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value $.01 per share, at a purchase price of $       per share (collectively,
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the "Stock").

               (b) The closing of the transaction contemplated by Section 1
hereof shall take place on the date of this Agreement. Upon execution hereof,
the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Executive certificates
evidencing the number of shares of Stock to be purchased by Executive hereunder,
against payment of the purchase price therefor in cash, by certified or bank
cashier's check or by federal wire transfer of immediately available funds, with
confirmed receipt.

          SECTION 3.  Representations and Warranties.

               (a) Executive represents and warrants to the Corporation as
follows:

                    (i) Executive, in his individual capacity, has full legal
right, power, and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform his
obligations hereunder without the need for the consent of any other person.

                    (ii) This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid, and
binding obligation of Executive, enforceable against Executive in accordance
with its terms.

               (b) The Corporation represents and warrants to Executive as
follows:

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                    (i) The Corporation is a corporation validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

                    (ii) The Corporation has full corporate power and corporate
authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to carry out
all of the transactions provided for herein.

                    (iii) The Corporation has taken such corporate action as is
necessary or appropriate to enable it to perform its obligations hereunder,
including, but not limited to, the issuance and sale of the Stock to be issued
by it, and this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with the
terms hereof.

                    (iv) The Stock when issued in compliance with the provisions
of this Agreement will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

                    (v) As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of
the Corporation consists of (i) 2,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share, of which             are issued and outstanding, (ii)
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2,500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of which
              shares are issued and outstanding and (iii) 5,000,000 shares of
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preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of which             shares of
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preferred stock are issued and outstanding. As of the date hereof, except as
previously disclosed to Executive, there are no rights, subscriptions, warrants,
options, conversion rights, or agreements of any kind outstanding to purchase
from the Corporation, or otherwise require the Corporation to issue, any shares
of capital stock of the Corporation or securities or obligations of any kind
convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the
Corporation.

          SECTION 6. Non-Assignment. The rights and obligations of the
Corporation under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be
binding upon its successors and assigns. Executive's rights under this Agreement
shall not, in any voluntary or involuntary manner, be assignable and may not be
pledged or hypothecated.

          SECTION 7. Governing Law. The implementation and interpretation of
this Agreement shall be governed by and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the State of Delaware without giving effect to the conflicts of law provisions
thereof.

          SECTION 8. Entire Agreement; Amendments. This instrument constitutes
the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof between the
parties hereto and replaces and supersedes as of the date hereof any and all
prior oral or written agreements, understandings and communications between the
parties hereto. This Agreement may only be amended or modified by an agreement
in writing executed by Executive and the Corporation.

          SECTION 9. Counterparts; Section Headings. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all of which

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together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The section headings of
this Agreement are for convenience of reference only.

          SECTION 10. Other Arrangements. Nothing in this Agreement shall in any
way adversely affect the Corporation's rights under the Securities Purchase and
Holders Agreement, dated as of March   , 2000 (the "Securities Purchase and
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Holders Agreement"), among, inter alia, the Corporation, Citicorp Venture
Capital, Ltd., a New York corporation, the Continuing Investors (as defined
therein) and the other signatories thereto, as amended.

          SECTION 11. No Effect on Employment. Nothing in this Agreement shall
confer on Executive the right to remain in the employ of the Corporation or any
of its subsidiaries or Affiliates.

          IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set his hand and
pursuant to the authorization from its Board of Directors, the Corporation has
caused these presents to be executed in its name and on its behalf, all as of
the day and year first above written.

FabriSteel Holdings, Inc.                               Executive

By:
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     Richard Puricelli                                  Ronald B. Kalich
Its: Chairman of the Board

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                                    EXHIBIT C
                                 FORM OF JOINDER

                            FabriSteel Holdings, Inc.

                                     Joinder

                  To Securities Purchase and Holders Agreement

FabriSteel Holdings, Inc.
22900 West Eight Mile Road
Southfield, Michigan  48034

Gentlemen and Ladies:

In connection with my receipt from FabriSteel Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") of
      shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company
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represented by Certificate No.      and           shares of     % Series
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Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share and stated value $      per
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share, of the Company represented by Certificate No.      (collectively, the
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"Securities"), I hereby represent and warrant to, and agree and covenant with,
you as follows:

     1. By this instrument I shall be bound by the terms and conditions of the
Securities Purchase and Holders Agreement, dated as of March   , 2000 (the
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"Agreement"), among, inter alia, the Company, Citicorp Venture Capital, Ltd., a
New York corporation ("CVC"), the Continuing Investors (as defined therein) and
the other signatories thereto and agree to be a "Management Investor" as such
term is defined therein, and to be subject to the rights, duties and obligations
of a Management Investor pursuant to the terms of such Agreement; provided, that
as such Agreement applies to me, (a) the term "the fifth anniversary of the
Recapitalization Date" in Sections 6.2, 6.3(a), 6.3(b), 6.4 and 6.5 of the
Agreement shall be replaced with the date "October 1, 2005"; (b) the vesting
period in section 6.3(a)(ii) of the Agreement will commence on the first
anniversary of October 1, 2000 (instead of the first anniversary of the
Recapitalization Date); (c) the term "the Recapitalization Date" in the
definition of "Repurchase Price Percentage" in section 6.3(a)(iv) of the
Agreement shall be replaced with the date "October 1, 2000" and (d) the vesting
provisions in Section 6.3(a) of the Agreement will accelerate upon a Change in
Control.

For purposes hereof:

"Change in Control" means (i) the first day on which a majority of the members
of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors, (ii) the
sale, transfer, conveyance or

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other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a
series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any person (as that term is
used in section 13(d) (3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended),
other than the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any Principal or any
Related Party or (iii) the consummation of any transaction (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person
(as defined above), other than the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any
Principal or any Related Party, becomes the beneficial owner (as that term is
used in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting
securities of the Company.

"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of determination, any member of the
Board of Directors of the Company who: (i) was a member of such Board of
Directors on the date hereof; or (ii) was nominated for election or was elected
to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing
Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or
election or (iii) was designated by a Principal or a Related Party.

"Principal" means Citigroup, Citicorp Venture Capital Limited and 399 Venture
Partners, Inc., and any successor to any of the foregoing.

"Related Party" means (i) any direct or indirect subsidiary of a Principal, (ii)
any officer, director, or employee of a Principal or a person specified in
clause (i) hereof, (iii) any spouse or lineal descendant (including by adoption
and stepchildren) of a person specified in clause (ii) hereof, (iv) any trust,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which at
least 50% of the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners or owners of which
consist of one or more of the persons described in clause (ii) or (iii) hereof,
and (v) any charitable trust the grantor of which consists of one or more of the
persons described in clause (ii) or (iii) hereof.

     2. I have read and understand each of the provisions of the Agreement.

     3. I have full legal right, power and authority (including the due
authorization by all necessary corporate action) to enter into this Joinder and
to perform my obligations hereunder without the need for the consent of any
other person.

     4. This Joinder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and
constitutes my valid and binding obligation enforceable against me in accordance
with the terms hereof.

     5. The Securities are being acquired by me solely for my own account for
investment and not with a view to any further distribution thereof that would
violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or the
applicable securities laws of any state. I will not distribute the Securities in
violation of the Securities Act or the applicable securities laws of any state.

     6. I understand that the Securities have not been registered under the
Securities Act or registered for resale under the securities laws of any state
and must be held indefinitely unless

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subsequently registered under the Securities Act and any applicable state
securities laws or unless an exemption from such registration is or becomes
available.

     7. I am financially able to hold the Securities for long-term investment, I
believe that the nature and amount of the Securities being purchased are
consistent with my overall investment program and financial position, and I
recognize that there are substantial risks involved in the purchase of the
Securities.

     8. I confirm that (i) I am familiar with the business of the Company and
its subsidiaries, (ii) I have had the opportunity to ask questions of the
officers and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries and to obtain (and
that I have received to my satisfaction) such information about the business and
financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries as I have reasonably
requested, and (iii) I, either alone or with my representative (as defined in
Rule 501(h) promulgated under the Securities Act), if any, have such knowledge
and experience in financial and business matters that I am capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities.

     9. I reside at the address set forth below the signature line to this
letter.

     10. I agree that the certificates representing the Securities shall bear
the following legend or a similar legend:

          THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
          1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
          STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE
          SECURITIES ACT OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
          SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

          THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE
          TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A SECURITIES PURCHASE AND HOLDERS AGREEMENT BY
          AND AMONG THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDERS SPECIFIED THEREIN, A COPY OF
          WHICH AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY. THE
          SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES IS SUBJECT TO
          THE TERMS OF SUCH AGREEMENT AND THE SECURITIES ARE TRANSFERABLE ONLY
          UPON PROOF OF COMPLIANCE THEREWITH.

     11. I agree that a notation will be made in the appropriate transfer
records of the Company with respect to the restrictions on transfer of the
Securities required under or pursuant to the Agreement.

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     12. I have executed this Joinder and declare that the information contained
herein is current, complete and accurate and may be relied upon by the Company.

                                                 Very truly yours,

                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Ronald B. Kalich

Dated: October   , 2000                          Address:
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                                                 SSN:
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.5

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                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                   dated as of

                                   May 1, 2003

                                      among

                                FASTENTECH, INC.,

                 THE LENDERS AND LC ISSUING BANKS PARTY HERETO,

                               JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
                  as the Administrative Agent for the Lenders,

                          LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.
                      as Syndication Agent for the Lenders,

                                       and

                               NATIONAL CITY BANK
                   as the Documentation Agent for the Lenders

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                           J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
                                       and
                              LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
                     as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners

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                                Table of Contents

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                                    ARTICLE 1
                                   Definitions

Section 1.01.   Defined Terms....................................................1
Section 1.02.   Classification of Loans and Borrowings..........................23
Section 1.03.   Terms Generally.................................................23
Section 1.04.   Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP...............................24

                                    ARTICLE 2
                                   The Credits

Section 2.01.   Revolving Commitments...........................................24
Section 2.02.   Revolving Loans.................................................24
Section 2.03.   Requests to Borrow Revolving Loans..............................25
Section 2.04.   Letters of Credit...............................................26
Section 2.05.   Funding of Revolving Loans......................................31
Section 2.06.   Interest Elections..............................................32
Section 2.07.   Termination or Reduction of Commitments.........................33
Section 2.08.   Payment at Maturity; Evidence of Debt...........................33
Section 2.09.   Optional Prepayments............................................34
Section 2.10.   Fees............................................................35
Section 2.11.   Interest........................................................36
Section 2.12.   Alternate Rate of Interest......................................37
Section 2.13.   Increased Costs.................................................38
Section 2.14.   Break Funding Payments..........................................39
Section 2.15.   Taxes...........................................................39
Section 2.16.   Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-Offs.....41
Section 2.17.   Lender's Obligation to Mitigate; Replacement of Lenders.........43

                                    ARTICLE 3
                         Representations and Warranties

Section 3.01.   Organization; Powers............................................44
Section 3.02.   Authorization; Enforceability...................................44
Section 3.03.   Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts............................45
Section 3.04.   Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change................45
Section 3.05.   Properties......................................................45
Section 3.06.   Litigation and Environmental Matters............................46
Section 3.07.   Compliance with Laws and Agreements.............................47
Section 3.08.   Investment and Holding Company Status...........................47
Section 3.09.   Taxes...........................................................47
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Section 3.10.   ERISA...........................................................47
Section 3.11.   Disclosure......................................................47
Section 3.12.   Subsidiaries....................................................48
Section 3.13.   Insurance.......................................................48
Section 3.14.   Labor Matters...................................................48
Section 3.15.   Solvency........................................................48
Section 3.16.   Senior Debt.....................................................49

                                    ARTICLE 4
                                   Conditions

Section 4.01.   Effective Date..................................................49
Section 4.02.   Each Extension of Credit........................................51

                                    ARTICLE 5
                              Affirmative Covenants

Section 5.01.   Financial Statements and Other Information......................52
Section 5.02.   Notice of Material Events.......................................53
Section 5.03.   Information Regarding Collateral................................54
Section 5.04.   Real Estate Collateral..........................................55
Section 5.05.   Existence; Conduct of Business..................................55
Section 5.06.   Payment of Obligations..........................................55
Section 5.07.   Maintenance of Properties.......................................55
Section 5.08.   Insurance.......................................................55
Section 5.09.   Casualty and Condemnation.......................................57
Section 5.10.   Proper Records; Rights to Inspect...............................58
Section 5.11.   Compliance with Laws............................................58
Section 5.12.   Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit...........................58
Section 5.13.   Additional Subsidiaries.........................................58
Section 5.14.   Further Assurances..............................................58
Section 5.15.   Landlord And Warehouseman Waivers...............................59

                                    ARTICLE 6
                               Negative Covenants

Section 6.01.   Debt; Certain Equity Securities.................................60
Section 6.02.   Liens...........................................................62
Section 6.03.   Fundamental Changes.............................................63
Section 6.04.   Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions.......64
Section 6.05.   Asset Sales.....................................................65
Section 6.06.   Sale and Leaseback Transactions.................................66
Section 6.07.   Hedging Agreements..............................................66
Section 6.08.   Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Debt...................66
Section 6.09.   Transactions with Affiliates....................................68
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Section 6.10.   Restrictive Agreements..........................................68
Section 6.11.   Amendment or Termination of Material Documents..................69
Section 6.12.   Capital Expenditures............................................69
Section 6.13.   Interest Expense Coverage Ratio.................................70
Section 6.14.   Leverage Ratio..................................................70
Section 6.15.   Minimum EBITDA..................................................70
Section 6.16.   Periods of Less Than Four Fiscal Quarters.......................70
Section 6.17.   Fiscal Year.....................................................71

                                    ARTICLE 7
                                Events of Default

                                    ARTICLE 8
                            The Administrative Agent

Section 8.01.   Appointment and Authorization...................................74
Section 8.02.   Rights and Powers as a Lender...................................74
Section 8.03.   Limited Duties and Responsibilities.............................74
Section 8.04.   Authority to Rely on Certain Writings, Statements and Advice....75
Section 8.05.   Sub-Agents and Related Parties..................................75
Section 8.06.   Resignation; Successor Administrative Agent.....................75
Section 8.07.   Credit Decisions by Lenders.....................................76

                                    ARTICLE 9
                                  Miscellaneous

Section 9.01.   Notices.........................................................76
Section 9.02.   Waivers; Amendments.............................................77
Section 9.03.   Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver..............................78
Section 9.04.   Successors and Assigns..........................................80
Section 9.05.   Survival........................................................83
Section 9.06.   Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness........................83
Section 9.07.   Severability....................................................83
Section 9.08.   Right of Set-off................................................84
Section 9.09.   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process......84
Section 9.10.   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL............................................85
Section 9.11.   Headings........................................................85
Section 9.12.   Confidentiality.................................................85
Section 9.13.   Interest Rate Limitation........................................86
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SCHEDULES:

Pricing Schedule
Commitment Schedule

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Schedule 2.04 -- Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.05 -- Existing Real Properties
Schedule 3.06 -- Disclosed Matters
Schedule 3.12 -- List of Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.13 -- Insurance
Schedule 6.01 -- Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02 -- Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04 -- Existing Investments, Loans, Advances and Guaranties
Schedule 6.10 -- Existing Restrictions

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A -- Form of Assignment
Exhibit B -- Form of Opinion of Borrower's Counsel
Exhibit C -- Form of Guarantee and Security Agreement
Exhibit D -- Terms of Subordination

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     CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 1, 2003 among FASTENTECH, INC., the
LENDERS and LC ISSUING BANKS party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Administrative Agent, LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., as Syndication Agent,
NATIONAL CITY BANK, as Documentation Agent, and J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners.

     WHEREAS, the Borrower is issuing Subordinated Debt and using the proceeds
thereof to prepay a portion of the outstanding loans under its Existing Credit
Facilities, to repay its Existing Subordinated Debt and to settle its existing
Hedging Agreements;

     WHEREAS, the Borrower is terminating its Existing Credit Facilities and
desires to replace such facilities, and to prepay a portion of the outstanding
loans under its Existing Credit Facilities, with this Agreement;

     WHEREAS, the Borrower is willing to secure its obligations under this
Agreement by granting Liens on its assets to the Administrative Agent as
provided in the Security Documents;

     WHEREAS, the Borrower is willing to cause each of its Domestic Subsidiaries
to guarantee the foregoing obligations of the Borrower and to secure its
guarantee thereof by granting Liens on its assets to the Administrative Agent as
provided in the Security Documents;

     WHEREAS, the Lenders and the LC Issuing Banks are not willing to make loans
or issue or participate in letters of credit hereunder unless (i) the foregoing
obligations of the Borrower are secured and guaranteed as described above and
(ii) each guarantee thereof is secured by Liens on assets of the relevant
Subsidiary Guarantor as provided in the Security Documents;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE 1
                                   Definitions

     Section 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the meanings specified below:

     "Additional Subordinated Debt" means Debt represented by senior
subordinated notes issued by the Borrower, and the Guarantees issued in
connection therewith, after the Effective Date; provided that any Additional
Subordinated Debt shall (i) be issued under the same indenture as the
Subordinated Debt and with a Yield to Worst no greater than 14.5%, (ii)

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otherwise have terms, including the terms of subordination for both the issuer
and the guarantor thereof, substantially identical to, and in any event no less
favorable to the Lenders than those contained in the Subordinated Debt Documents
governing the Subordinated Debt and (iii) have no required amortization,
redemption, defeasance, repayment or acquisition prior to the first anniversary
of the Revolving Maturity Date.

     "Adjusted LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for
any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period
multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Adjustment.

     "Administrative Agent" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its capacity as
administrative agent under the Loan Documents.

     "Administrative Questionnaire" means an Administrative Questionnaire in a
form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

     "Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with such specified Person.

     "Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the
highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Base CD Rate in
effect on such day plus 1% and (c) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on
such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change
in the Prime Rate, the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate will be
effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime
Rate, the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

     "Applicable Rate" has the meaning specified in the Pricing Schedule;
provided that at the option of the Administrative Agent (or at the request of
the Required Lenders), if the Borrower fails to deliver consolidated financial
statements to the Administrative Agent as and when required by Section 5.01(a)
or Section 5.01(b), the Applicable Rates will be those set forth in the Pricing
Schedule and corresponding to Level IV Status during the period from the
expiration of the time specified for such delivery until such financial
statements are so delivered.

     "Assessment Rate" means, for any day, the annual assessment rate in effect
on such day that is payable by a member of the Bank Insurance Fund classified as
"well-capitalized" and within supervisory subgroup "B" (or a comparable
successor risk classification) within the meaning of 12 C.F.R. Part 327 (or any
successor provision) to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for insurance
by such Corporation of time deposits made in dollars at the offices of

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such member in the United States; provided that if, as a result of any change in
any law, rule or regulation, the Assessment Rate cannot be determined as
aforesaid, then the Assessment Rate shall be such annual rate as the
Administrative Agent shall determine to be representative of the cost of such
insurance to the Lenders.

     "Assignment" means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required
by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of
Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

     "Base CD Rate" means the sum of (a) the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate
multiplied by the Statutory Reserve Adjustment plus (b) the Assessment Rate.

     "Base Rate", when used with respect to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

     "Borrower" means FastenTech, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     "Borrower Group Companies" means the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.

     "Borrowing" means Loans of the same Interest Type made, converted or
continued on the same day and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which the
same Interest Period is in effect.

     "Borrowing Request" means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.03.

     "Business Acquisition" means (i) an investment (whether by means of share
purchase, capital contribution, loan or other extension of credit, time deposit
or otherwise) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in capital stock or
other equity interests (including warrants, options or other rights to acquire
such equity interests) of any Person other than the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or (ii) an acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
of the property and assets of any Person (other than the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries) that constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such
Person or any division or other business unit of such Person.

     "Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to
remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan,

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the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open
for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

     "Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, (a) the additions to
property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries that are (or would be) set forth in a consolidated statement of
cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period prepared in
accordance with GAAP and (b) any Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period.

     "Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person means obligations of such Person
to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying
the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required under GAAP to be classified and accounted for as
capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person. The amount of such obligations
will be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

     "Cash Collateral Account" has the meaning specified in Section 1 of the
Security Agreement.

     "Change in Control" means (x) (1) at any time prior to the consummation of
an IPO, the Sponsor shall cease to own at any time at least 50% of the
outstanding voting stock (including for this purpose securities exercisable into
or convertible or exchangeable for voting stock) of the Borrower at such time or
(2) at any time on or after the consummation of an IPO, (aa) the Sponsor shall
cease to own at least 20% of the outstanding voting stock (including for this
purpose securities exercisable into or convertible or exchangeable for voting
stock) of the Borrower or (bb) any "Person" or "group" (as such terms are used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended),
excluding the Sponsor, is or shall become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in
Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under such Act), directly or indirectly, of a greater
percentage of the voting stock (including for this purpose securities
exercisable into or convertible or exchangeable for voting stock) than is owned
by the Sponsor; (y) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant
seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i)
nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by
directors so nominated; or (z) the occurrence of a "Change of Control" as
defined in the Subordinated Debt Documents.

     "Change in Law" means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after
the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in
the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after
such date or (c) compliance by any Lender or any LC Issuing Bank (or, for
purposes of Section 2.13(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such
Lender's or such LC Issuing Bank's holding company, if any) with any request,

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guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after such date.

     "Collateral" means any and all "Collateral", as defined in any Security
Document.

     "Collateral and Guarantee Requirement" means the requirement that:

          (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received from each Credit
     Party either (i) a counterpart of the Security Agreement duly executed and
     delivered on behalf of such Credit Party or (ii) in the case of any Person
     that becomes a Credit Party after the Effective Date, a supplement to the
     Security Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and
     delivered on behalf of such Credit Party;

          (b) all outstanding Equity Interests in any Borrower Group Company
     owned by or on behalf of any Credit Party shall have been pledged pursuant
     to the Security Agreement (except that the Credit Parties shall not be
     required to pledge more than 65% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests
     in any first tier Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or any
     shares in any Subsidiary of a first tier Foreign Subsidiary) and the
     Administrative Agent shall have received all certificates or other
     instruments representing such Equity Interests (to the extent such Equity
     Interests are represented by certificates or other instruments), together
     with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto
     endorsed in blank;

          (c) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code
     financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the
     Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the
     Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents and perfect or
     record such Liens to the extent, and with the priority, required by the
     Security Agreement, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or
     delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing, registration or
     recording;

          (d) Within 60 days after the Effective Date the Administrative Agent
     shall have received (i) counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each
     Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such
     Mortgaged Property, (ii) a policy or policies of title insurance issued by
     a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each
     such Mortgage as a valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described
     therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section
     6.02, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the
     Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request and
     (iii) such surveys, abstracts, appraisals and other

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     documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may
     reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property

          (e) each Credit Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals
     required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery
     of all Security Documents to which it is a party, the performance of its
     obligations thereunder and the granting of the Liens granted by it
     thereunder; and

          (f) each Credit Party shall have taken all other action required under
     the Security Documents to perfect, register and/or record the Liens granted
     by it thereunder, including, without limitation, using commercially
     reasonable efforts to obtain waivers of landlords' and warehousemen's liens
     as provided in Section 5.15.

     "Commitment" means a Revolving Commitment.

     "Commitment Schedule" means the Commitment Schedule attached hereto and
identified as such.

     "Consolidated Cash Interest Expense" means, for any period, the amount by
which:

          (a) the sum of (i) the interest expense (including imputed interest
     expense in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower and its
     Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in
     accordance with GAAP, (ii) any interest accrued during such period, in
     respect of Debt of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, that is required under
     GAAP to be capitalized rather than included in consolidated interest
     expense for such period and (iii) any cash payments made during such period
     in respect of obligations referred to in clause (b)(ii) below that were
     amortized or accrued in a previous period, exceeds

          (b) the sum of (i) to the extent included in such consolidated
     interest expense for such period, non-cash amounts attributable to
     amortization of financing costs paid in a previous period and (ii) to the
     extent included in such consolidated interest expense for such period,
     non-cash amounts attributable to amortization of debt discount or accrued
     interest payable in kind for such period.

     "Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for
such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in
determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) consolidated interest
expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income tax expense for such period,

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(iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period
and (iv) all non-capitalized expenses for such period attributable to: the
issuance by the Borrower of the Subordinated Debt, one time refinancing and
plant closing charges, extraordinary items, foreign currency exchange
agreements, debt issuance costs, purchase accounting adjustments, adjustments to
goodwill in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard 142 and mark-to-market
interest rate swaps; provided that the sum of all such items which are cash
amounts does not exceed $4,000,000 in the aggregate for such period; provided
further that the calculation of the sum referred to in the immediately preceding
clause shall not include one-time cash charges related to the retirement of the
Existing Subordinated Debt on the Effective Date). For purposes of calculating
the Leverage Ratio, if a material acquisition or disposition occurs,
Consolidated EBITDA will be determined after giving pro forma effect thereto as
if such acquisition or disposition had occurred at the beginning of the relevant
four-quarter period.

     "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income or loss of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the
income of any Person (except (i) the Borrower and (ii) any Subsidiary if (x) it
is Controlled by the Borrower and (y) its accounts would be consolidated with
those of the Borrower in consolidated financial statements of the Borrower
prepared in accordance with GAAP) in which any other Person (except the
Borrower, a Subsidiary or a director holding qualifying shares in compliance
with applicable law) owns an Equity Interest, except to the extent that
dividends or other distributions were actually paid by such Person to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary during such period, and (b) the income or loss of any
Person accrued before (i) the date it becomes a Subsidiary, (ii) the date it is
merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iii) the
date its assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

     "Control" means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
"Controlling" and "Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto.

     "Credit Parties" means the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

     "Debt" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of
such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any
kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person on which interest
charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under
conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property
acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the
deferred purchase price of property

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or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course
of business), (f) all Debt of others secured by (or for which the holder of such
Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien
on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Debt secured
thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Debt of others,
(h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of
letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers' acceptances and (k) the
aggregate amount advanced by buyers or lenders with respect to all Receivables
Transactions, net of repayments or recoveries through liquidation of the assets
transferred pursuant to such Receivables Transaction. The Debt of any Person
shall include the Debt of any other entity (including any partnership in which
such Person is a general partner) to the extent that such Person is liable
therefor as a result of such Person's ownership interest in or other
relationship with such entity, except to the extent that contractual provisions
binding on the holder of such Debt provide that such Person is not liable
therefor.

     "Default" means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of
Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, become an Event of Default.

     "Disclosed Matters" means the actions, suits, proceedings and environmental
matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06.

     "dollars" or "$" refers to lawful money of the United States.

     "Domestic Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

     "Effective Date" means the date on which each of the conditions specified
in Section 4.01 is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

     "Environmental Laws" means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances,
orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued,
promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way
to the environment, the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the
management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or health
and safety matters.

     "Environmental Liability" means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of remediation, fines, penalties or
indemnities), of any Credit Party directly or indirectly resulting from or based
on (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Material, (c)

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exposure to any Hazardous Material, (d) the release or threatened release of any
Hazardous Material into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other
consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with
respect to any of the foregoing.

     "Equity Interests" means (i) shares of capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial
interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person or (ii) any
warrants, options or other rights to acquire such shares or interests.

     "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.

     "ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
that, together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code or, solely for
purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code,
is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.

     "ERISA Event" means (a) any "reportable event", as defined in Section 4043
of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (except an
event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with
respect to any Plan of an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or
not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum
funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to
terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f)
the incurrence by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with
respect to withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan;
or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the
receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of
any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination
that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in
reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

     "Eurodollar", when used with respect to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

     "Events of Default" has the meaning specified in Article 7.

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     "Exchange" shall mean the exchange of the Existing Subordinated CBO Debt
for Subordinated Debt pursuant to Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement dated
August 27, 2002 between Fabri-Steel and Citibank, N.A.

     "Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to any Lender Party or other recipient
of a payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder:

          (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net
     income by the United States, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which
     such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or,
     in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is
     located;

          (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any
     similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a)
     above; and

          (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any withholding tax that (i) is
     in effect and would apply to amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the
     time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement or designates a
     new lending office or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender's failure
     to comply with Section 2.15(e).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a withholding tax will not be an "Excluded Tax"
to the extent that (A) it is imposed on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender by
reason of an assignment made to such Foreign Lender at the Borrower's request
pursuant to Section 2.17(b), (B) it is imposed on amounts payable to a Foreign
Lender by reason of any other assignment and does not exceed the amount for
which the assignor would have been indemnified pursuant to Section 2.15 or (C)
in the case of designation of a new lending office, it does not exceed the
amount for which such Foreign Lender would have been indemnified if it had not
designated a new lending office.

     "Existing Credit Facilities" means (a) the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of June 11, 1998, as amended prior to the date hereof, among
Fabri-Steel Products Incorporated, the Eligible Subsidiaries, Banks and LC
Issuing Banks referred to therein and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
as Agent and (b) the Credit Agreement dated as of March 16, 2000, as amended
prior to the date hereof, among Nelson Stud Welding, Inc., Progressive Stamping
Co. (DE), Inc., the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein, the Institutions
from time to time parties thereto, Bank One N.A., as Administrative Agent and
Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent.

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     "Existing Letters of Credit" means the letters of credit issued before the
Effective Date under any of the Existing Credit Facilities and identified on
Schedule 2.04.

     "Existing Subordinated Debt" means (a) the senior subordinated Credit
Agreement dated as of March 31, 1999 between Fabri-Steel Products Incorporated
and Citicorp Mezzanine Partners, L.P., (b) the Subordinated Credit Agreement
dated as of March 17, 2000 between Fabri-Steel Holdings, Inc. and Citicorp
Mezzanine III, L.P., as assigned to Citicorp Mezzanine Partners, L.P. and (c)
the 10% subordinated notes payable to former minority shareholders of the Ferry
Cap and Set Screw Company due June 30, 2007.

     "Existing Subordinated CBO Debt" means the 10.5% Senior Subordinated notes
due 2012 issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of August 30, 2002 by and
among Fabri-Steel, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Citibank, N.A.,
as Trustee.

     "Fabri-Steel" means Fabri-Steel Products Incorporated, a Michigan
corporation.

     "Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, the weighted average
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published on such Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions
received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it.

     "Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States.

     "Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer, principal accounting
officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.

     "Financing Transactions" means (a) the execution, delivery and performance
by each Credit Party of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party, the
borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters
of Credit hereunder, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by each Credit
Party of the Subordinated Debt Documents to which it is to be a party, the
issuance of the Subordinated Debt and the use of the proceeds thereof and (c)
the Exchange.

     "Fiscal Quarter" means a fiscal quarter of the Borrower.

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     "Fiscal Year" means a fiscal year of the Borrower.

     "Foreign Lender" means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction outside the United States.

     "Foreign Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary (which may be a corporation,
limited liability company, partnership or other legal entity) organized under
the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, and conducting
substantially all its operations outside the United States, other than any such
entity that is (whether as a matter of law, pursuant to an election by such
entity or otherwise) treated as a partnership in which any Credit Party is a
partner or as a branch of any Credit Party for United States income tax
purposes.

     "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to time in the United States, applied on a basis consistent (except for
changes concurred in by the Borrower's independent public accountants) with the
most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to the Lenders.

     "Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and
any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

     "Guarantee" by any Person (the "guarantor") means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person (the
"primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including
any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or
advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other
obligation or to purchase (or advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any
security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities
or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Debt or other
obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity
capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary
obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt or other obligation
or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of
guaranty issued to support such Debt or other obligation; provided that the term
"Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business.

     "Hazardous Materials" means all explosive or radioactive substances or
wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing
materials,

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polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other
substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

     "Hedging Agreement" means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign
currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other
interest rate, currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.

     "Indemnified Taxes" means all Taxes except Excluded Taxes.

     "Interest Election" means an election by the Borrower to change or continue
the Interest Type of a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.06.

     "Interest Payment Date" means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, the
last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any
Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing
of which such Loan is a part and, if such Interest Period is longer than three
months, each day during such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three
months' duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

     "Interest Period" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the
period beginning on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months
thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period
would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding
Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period
that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for
which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of
such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar
month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing
initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall
be deemed to be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation
of such Borrowing.

     "Interest Type", when used with respect to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate
Base Rate.

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

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     "IPO" means an underwritten public offering of common stock of, and by, the
Borrower pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance
with the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, which public equity offering
results in gross proceeds to the Borrower of not less than $20,000,000.

     "LC Disbursement" means a payment made by an LC Issuing Bank in respect of
a drawing under a Letter of Credit.

     "LC Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn
amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time plus (b) the aggregate
amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf
of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any
time will be its Revolving Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

     "LC Issuing Bank" means JPMorgan Chase Bank and any other Lender that may
agree to issue letters of credit hereunder with the consent of the
Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld), in each case in its
capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit, and its successors in such capacity
as provided in Section 2.04(i). Each LC Issuing Bank may, in its discretion,
arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by its Affiliates, in
which case the term "LC Issuing Bank" shall include each such Affiliate with
respect to Letters of Credit issued by it.

     "LC Reimbursement Obligations" means, at any time, all obligations of the
Borrower to reimburse each LC Issuing Bank for amounts paid by it in respect of
drawings under Letters of Credit, including any portion of such obligations to
which Lenders have become subrogated by making payments to an LC Issuing Bank
pursuant to Section 2.04(e).

     "Lender Affiliate" means, (a) with respect to any Lender, (i) an Affiliate
of such Lender or (ii) any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or
otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing
in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its
business and is administered or managed by such Lender or an Affiliate of such
Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank
loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank
loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment
advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

     "Lender Parties" means the Lenders, each LC Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent.

     "Lenders" means the Persons listed on the Commitment Schedule and any other
Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment,

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other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an
Assignment.

     "Letter of Credit" means (i) any Existing Letters of Credit and (ii) any
letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement, and "Letters of Credit"
means all of the foregoing, collectively.

     "Leverage Ratio" means, on any day, the ratio of (a) Net Debt as of such
day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive Fiscal
Quarters (subject to Section 6.16) ended on such day (or, if such day is not the
last day of a Fiscal Quarter, ended on the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most
recently ended before such day).

     "LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any
Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Dow Jones Market Service
(or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or
substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those
currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the
Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of
interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days before the beginning of
such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable
to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any
reason, then the "LIBO Rate" with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such
Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for
a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal
London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the
London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days before the beginning of such Interest Period.

     "Lien" means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust,
lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or
of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional
sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing
lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing)
relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option,
call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

     "Loan Documents" means this Agreement and the Security Documents.

     "Loans" means loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement.

     "Long-Term Debt" means any Debt that, in accordance with GAAP, constitutes
(or, when incurred, constituted) a long-term liability.

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     "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of
the Borrower Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Credit
Party to perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document or (c) the
rights of or benefits available to any Lender Party under any Loan Document.

     "Material Debt" means Debt (other than obligations in respect of the Loans
and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging
Agreements, of any one or more Borrower Group Companies in an aggregate
principal amount exceeding $5,000,000. For purposes of determining Material
Debt, the "principal amount" of the obligations of any Borrower Group Company in
respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time will be the maximum aggregate
amount (after giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Borrower Group
Company would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at
such time.

     "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

     "Mortgage" means a mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents,
leasehold mortgage or other security document granting a Lien on any Mortgaged
Property to secure the Secured Obligations. Each Mortgage must be satisfactory
in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.

     "Mortgaged Property" means each parcel of real property and improvements
thereto owned or, solely in the case of real property located in Cleveland,
Ohio, leased, by a Credit Party that is either (i) identified on Schedule 3.05
(but not including that property located in Gevelsberg, Germany as identified on
Schedule 3.05) or (ii) subject to a Transaction Lien granted after the Effective
Date pursuant to Section 5.13 or 5.14.

     "Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

     "Net Debt" means, as of any date, the sum (without duplication) of (a) the
aggregate principal amount of Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
outstanding as of such date, in the amount that would be reflected on a balance
sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP,
and (b) the aggregate principal amount of Debt of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date that is not required to be reflected on
a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, determined on a consolidated basis,
minus cash, cash equivalents and Permitted Investments at such date that would
be reflected on the balance sheet; provided that, for purposes of clause (b)
above, the term "Debt" will not include contingent obligations of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or
letter of

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guaranty unless such letter of credit or letter of guaranty supports an
obligation that constitutes Debt.

     "Net Cash Proceeds" shall mean, with respect to the incurrence of Debt of
the Borrower in connection with the issuance of Additional Subordinated Debt,
the gross proceeds received from such incurrence less all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses
incurred or to be incurred and all federal, state, local and foreign taxes
assessed or to be assessed in connection with the closing of such transaction.

     "Offering Memorandum" means the Preliminary Offering Memorandum dated
February 3, 2003 and the Offering Memorandum dated April 24, 2003 relating to
the Borrower and the offering of the Subordinated Debt.

     "Other Taxes" means any and all present or future recording, stamp,
documentary, excise, transfer, sales, property or similar taxes, charges or
levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan
Document.

     "Participants" has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(e).

     "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and
defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

     "Perfection Certificate" means a certificate in the form of Exhibit E to
the Security Agreement or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

     "Permitted Investments" means investments in:

          (a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and
     interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States (or
     by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full
     faith and credit of the United States), in each case maturing within one
     year from the date of acquisition thereof;

          (b) commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of
     acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest
     credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody's;

          (c) certificates of deposit, banker's acceptances and time deposits
     maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or
     guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or
     offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the
     laws of the United States or any State thereof which has a combined capital
     and surplus and undivided profits of at least $500,000,000;

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          (d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more
     than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into
     with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause
     (c) above; and

          (e) shares of prime money market funds that invest exclusively in
     assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (d) of this
     definition.

     "Permitted Liens" means:

          (a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being
     contested in compliance with Section 5.06;

          (b) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's
     and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of
     business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days
     or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.06;

          (c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
     compliance with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other
     social security laws or regulations;

          (d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts,
     leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds
     and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course
     of business;

          (e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an
     Event of Default under clause (k) of Article 7; and

          (f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar
     encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary
     course of business that do not secure any monetary obligation and do not
     materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere
     with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

provided that the term "Permitted Liens" shall not include any Lien that secures
Debt.

     "Permitted Receivables Transaction" means any Receivables Transaction of
which the effect of the structure and documentation on the Lenders (including an
intercreditor agreement) is reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders.

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     "Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority
or other entity.

     "Plan" means any employee pension benefit plan (except a Multiemployer
Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the
Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would
under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) a "contributing sponsor" as defined
in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA.

     "Preferred Stock" means the Series A senior preferred stock, the Series B
junior preferred stock, the Series C junior preferred stock, the Series D senior
preferred stock, the Series E junior preferred stock and the Series F senior
preferred stock of the Borrower.

     "Pricing Schedule" means the Pricing Schedule attached hereto and
identified as such.

     "Prime Rate" means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from
time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank as its prime rate in effect at its principal
office in New York City. Each change in the Prime Rate will be effective for
purposes hereof from and including the date such change is publicly announced as
being effective.

     "Receivables Transaction" means any receivables securitization program or
other type of accounts receivable financing transaction (including by way of
sale) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that substantially
all Debt incurred in connection therewith (other than Debt of an SPV) arises
from a transfer of accounts receivable which is intended by the parties thereto
to be treated as a sale.

     "Register" has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(c).

     "Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified Person, such
Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents
and advisors of such Person and its Affiliates.

     "Required Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures
and unused Commitments representing at least 51% of the sum of all Revolving
Exposures and unused Commitments at such time.

     "Required 2003 Financials" means the financial statements required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) in respect of the Fiscal Year ending
September 30, 2003.

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     "Restricted Debt" means Debt of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the
payment, prepayment, redemption, purchase or defeasance of which is restricted
under Section 6.08.

     "Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether in
cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest in any
Borrower Group Company, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other
property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of
any Equity Interest in any Borrower Group Company (including, for this purpose,
any payment in respect of any Equity Interest under a Synthetic Purchase
Agreement).

     "Revolving Availability Period" means the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding the Revolving Maturity Date (or, if earlier, the
date on which all outstanding Revolving Commitments terminate).

     "Revolving Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment,
if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in
Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum
aggregate amount of such Lender's Revolving Exposure hereunder, as such
commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b)
reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender's Revolving
Commitment is set forth on the Commitment Schedule, or in the Assignment
pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its initial Revolving
Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Revolving
Commitments is $40,000,000.

     "Revolving Exposure" means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum
of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans
and its LC Exposure at such time.

     "Revolving Lender" means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if the
Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with a Revolving
Exposure.

     "Revolving Loan" means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.

     "Revolving Maturity Date" means May 1, 2008.

     "Revolving Percentage" means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the
percentage of the total Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender's
Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired,
the Revolving Percentages will be determined based on the Revolving Commitments
most recently in effect, adjusted to give effect to any assignments.

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     "S&P" means Standard & Poor's.

     "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     "Secured Guarantee" has the meaning specified in Section 1 of the Security
Agreement.

     "Secured Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section 1 of the
Security Agreement.

     "Secured Parties" has the meaning specified in Section 1 of the Security
Agreement.

     "Security Agreement" means the Guarantee and Security Agreement among the
Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C hereto.

     "Security Documents" means the Security Agreement, the Mortgages and each
other security agreement, instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant
to Section 5.13 or 5.14 to secure any of the Secured Obligations.

     "Sponsor" means Citicorp Venture Capital Ltd., a New York corporation, and
its Affiliates, including CCT Partners V LP, Citicorp Mezzanine Partners, L.P.,
Citicorp Mezzanine III, L.P. and CVC Equity Partners L.P.

     "SPV" means a Subsidiary which is a special-purpose entity created and used
solely for purposes of effecting a Permitted Receivables Transaction.

     "Statutory Reserve Adjustment" means a fraction (expressed as a decimal),
the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the
number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any
marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal
established by the Federal Reserve Board to which the Administrative Agent is
subject with respect to (a) for purposes of determining the Base CD Rate, new
negotiable nonpersonal time deposits in dollars of over $100,000 with maturities
approximately equal to three months and (b) for purposes of determining the
Adjusted LIBO Rate, eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency
Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board). Such reserve
percentages will include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar
Loans will be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to
such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions
or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such
Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Adjustment will
be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any
applicable reserve percentage.

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     "Subordinated Debt" means the 11.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 to
be issued by the Borrower and the Guarantees to be issued in connection
therewith by certain of the Subsidiaries on or before the Effective Date in the
aggregate principal amount of $175,000,000 (including such Senior Subordinated
Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000 to be issued pursuant to
the Exchange) and the Debt represented thereby.

     "Subordinated Debt Documents" means the indenture under which the
Subordinated Debt is issued and all other instruments, agreements and other
documents evidencing or governing the Subordinated Debt or providing for any
Guarantee or other right in respect thereof.

     "subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person (the "parent") at any date,
(a) any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity the
accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent's
consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in
accordance with GAAP as of such date and (b) any other corporation, limited
liability company, partnership or other entity (i) of which securities or other
ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of
the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the
general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held,
or (ii) that is otherwise Controlled as of such date, by the parent and/or one
or more of its subsidiaries.

     "Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Borrower.

     "Subsidiary Guarantors" means each Subsidiary listed on the signature pages
of the Security Agreement under the caption "Guarantors" and each Domestic
Subsidiary that shall, at any time after the date hereof, become a Guarantor
pursuant to Section 27 of the Security Agreement.

     "Synthetic Purchase Agreement" means any swap, derivative or other
agreement or combination of agreements pursuant to which the Borrower or a
Subsidiary is or may become obligated to make (i) any payment in connection with
the purchase by any third party, from a Person other than the Borrower or a
Subsidiary, of any Equity Interest or Restricted Debt or (ii) any payment (other
than on account of a permitted purchase by it of any Equity Interest or
Restricted Debt) the amount of which is determined by reference to the price or
value at any time of any Equity Interest or Restricted Debt; provided that no
phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only to current or former
directors, officers or employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (or their
heirs or estates) will be deemed to be a Synthetic Purchase Agreement.

     "Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

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     "Three-Month Secondary CD Rate" means, for any day, the secondary market
rate for three-month certificates of deposit reported as being in effect on such
day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) by
the Federal Reserve Board through the public information telephone line of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (which rate will, under the current practices
of the Federal Reserve Board, be published in Federal Reserve Statistical
Release H.15(519) during the week following such day) or, if such rate is not so
reported for such day or such next preceding Business Day, the average of the
secondary market quotations for three-month certificates of deposit of major
money center banks in New York City received at approximately 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next
preceding Business Day) by the Administrative Agent from three negotiable
certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by it.

     "Transaction Liens" means the Liens on Collateral granted by the Credit
Parties under the Security Documents.

     "United States" means the United States of America.

     "Utilization" means, at any date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction
(i) the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of the Revolving Exposure of
all Lenders at such date and (ii) the denominator of which is the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders at such date.

     "Withdrawal Liability" means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result
of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms
are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

     "Yield to Worst" means the lowest yield of yield to maturity or yield to
all possible call dates.

     Section 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this
Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Interest Type (e.g., a
"Eurodollar Loan"). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by
Interest Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Borrowing").

     Section 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein (including
those incorporated by reference to another document) apply equally to the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun includes the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter
forms. The words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase "without limitation". The word "will" shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect as the word "shall". Unless the context
requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such
agreement,

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instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements
or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall
be construed to include such Person's successors and assigns, (c) the words
"herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits
and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the word "property" shall be construed
to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including
cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

     Section 1.04. Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall
be construed in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided
that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower
requests an amendment of any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any
change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof (or
if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders
request an amendment of any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of
whether such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the
application thereof, then such provision shall be applied on the basis of GAAP
as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become
effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended
in accordance herewith.

                                    ARTICLE 2
                                   The Credits

     Section 2.01. Revolving Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender agrees to make Revolving
Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period
in an aggregate principal amount that will not at any time result in such
Lender's Revolving Exposure exceeding its Revolving Commitment. Within the
foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

     (b) The Commitments of the Lenders are several, i.e., the failure of any
Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other
Lender of its obligations hereunder, and no Lender shall be responsible for any
other Lender's failure to make Loans as and when required hereunder.

     Section 2.02. Revolving Loans. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as
part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Interest Type made by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments, as the

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Borrower may request (subject to Section 2.12) in accordance herewith; provided
that any Borrowings made on the Effective Date must be Base Rate Borrowings.
Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic
or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan. Any exercise of
such option shall not affect the Borrower's obligation to repay such Loan as
provided herein.

     (b) At the beginning of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing,
the aggregate amount of such Borrowing shall be an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and not less than $2,000,000. When each Base Rate Borrowing is made,
the aggregate amount of such Borrowing shall be an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and not less than $2,000,000; provided that a Base Rate Revolving
Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that (i) is equal to the entire unused
balance of the Revolving Commitments or (ii) is required to finance the
reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.04(e).
Borrowings of more than one Interest Type may be outstanding at the same time;
provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 5 Eurodollar
Borrowings outstanding.

     (c) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Borrower will not be
entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Eurodollar
Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after
the Revolving Maturity Date.

     Section 2.03. Requests to Borrow Revolving Loans. To request a Revolving
Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by
telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed
Borrowing or (b) in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:00
a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed
Borrowing; provided that any such notice of a Base Rate Revolving Borrowing to
finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section
2.04(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date
of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or facsimile to the
Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and
written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance
with Section 2.02:

          (i) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;

          (ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

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          (iii) whether such Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a
     Eurodollar Borrowing;

          (iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest
     Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by
     the definition of "Interest Period"; and

          (v) the location and number of the Borrower's account to which funds
     are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section
     2.05.

If no election as to the Interest Type of a Borrowing is specified, the
requested Borrowing will be a Base Rate Borrowing. If no Interest Period with
respect to a requested Eurodollar Borrowing is specified, the Borrower will be
deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month's duration. Promptly
after it receives a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender as to the details of such
Borrowing Request and the amount of such Lender's Loan to be made pursuant
thereto.

     Section 2.04. Letters of Credit. (a) General. On the Effective Date, Bank
One, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, in their respective capacities as issuers of
the Existing Letters of Credit (each, in such capacity, an "Existing LC Issuer")
shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have sold to
each of the Lenders, and each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by
any party hereto, to have purchased from each Existing LC Issuer, a
participation (on the terms specified in this Section) in each Existing Letter
of Credit equal to such Lender's Revolving Percentage thereof. Concurrently with
such sale, the participations sold pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit
Agreements to the lenders party thereto shall be automatically cancelled without
further action by any of the parties hereto. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees
that its obligation to acquire participations in Existing Letters of Credit
pursuant to this subsection is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and
continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and
that each payment by a Lender to acquire such participations shall be made
without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance
of Letters of Credit for its own account or the account of one of its
Subsidiaries, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and
the applicable LC Issuing Bank, from time to time during the Revolving
Availability Period. If the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit
application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by
the Borrower with, any LC Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit are not
consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall control.

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     (b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal or Extension; Certain
Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment,
renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall
hand deliver or facsimile (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable LC Issuing Bank)
to an LC Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the
requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be
amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the requested date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on
which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with Section
2.04(c)), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the
beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare,
amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable LC
Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on
such LC Issuing Bank's standard form in connection with any request for a Letter
of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only
if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit
the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect
to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, (i) the LC Exposure will not
exceed $5,000,000 and (ii) the total Revolving Exposures will not exceed the
total Revolving Commitments then in effect. Subject to the foregoing sentence,
and so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
Letters of Credit containing customary "evergreen" provisions shall be extended
automatically so long as such extension is for a period not exceeding one year
and is granted no earlier than three months before the then existing expiry date
thereof.

     (c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or before the
close of business on the earlier of (i) the date that is one year after such
Letter of Credit is issued (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof,
one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five
Business Days before the Revolving Maturity Date.

     (d) Participations. Effective upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or
an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without
any further action on the part of the applicable LC Issuing Bank or the
Revolving Lenders, the applicable LC Issuing Bank grants to each Revolving
Lender, and each Revolving Lender acquires from such LC Issuing Bank, a
participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender's Revolving
Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn thereunder. Pursuant to
such participations, each Revolving Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the applicable LC Issuing Bank, such Lender's
Revolving Percentage of (i) each LC Disbursement made by such LC Issuing Bank
and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in Section
2.04(e) and (ii) any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the
Borrower for any

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reason. Each Lender's obligation to acquire participations and make payments
pursuant to this subsection is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or
extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default
or any reduction or termination of the Commitments, and each such payment shall
be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

     (e) Reimbursement. If an LC Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement under a
Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying an
amount equal to such LC Disbursement to the Administrative Agent not later than
12:00 noon, New York City time, on the day that such LC Disbursement is made, if
the Borrower receives notice of such LC Disbursement before 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on such day, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower
before such time on such day, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City
time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such
notice is received before 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt,
or (ii) the next Business Day, if such notice is not received before such time
on the day of receipt; provided that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions
to borrowing set forth herein and the minimum borrowing requirements set forth
in Section 2.02(b), request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be
made with the proceeds of a Base Rate Revolving Borrowing and, to the extent so
financed, the Borrower's obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and
replaced by the resulting Base Rate Revolving Borrowing. If the Borrower fails
to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each
Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from
the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender's Revolving Percentage thereof.
Promptly after it receives such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent its Revolving Percentage of the payment then due from the
Borrower, in the same manner as is provided in Section 2.05 with respect to
Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.05(b) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to
such payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent
shall promptly pay to the applicable LC Issuing Bank the amounts so received by
it from the Revolving Lenders. If a Revolving Lender makes a payment pursuant to
this subsection to reimburse an LC Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other
than by funding Base Rate Revolving Loans as contemplated above), (i) such
payment will not constitute a Loan and will not relieve the Borrower of its
obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement and (ii) such Revolving Lender will
be subrogated to its pro rata share of such LC Issuing Bank's claim against the
Borrower for such reimbursement. Promptly after the Administrative Agent
receives any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this subsection, the
Administrative Agent will distribute such payment to the applicable LC Issuing
Bank or, if Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this subsection to
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Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such LC Issuing Bank as their interests
may appear.

     (f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower's obligation to reimburse LC
Disbursements as provided in Section 2.04(e) shall be absolute, unconditional
and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this
Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document
presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid
in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect, (iii) payment by an LC Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of
such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the
provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or
provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower's obligations hereunder. None of
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the LC Issuing Banks and their respective
Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in
connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment
or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the
circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission,
interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or
other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any
document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of
technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of any
LC Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not excuse any LC Issuing
Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as
opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are waived by the
Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower
that are caused by such LC Issuing Bank's failure to exercise care when
determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of
Credit comply with the terms thereof. In the absence of gross negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of any LC Issuing Bank (as finally determined by
a court of competent jurisdiction), such LC Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have
exercised care in each such determination. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which
appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter
of Credit, the applicable LC Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either
(A) accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary,
or (B) refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents
do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

     (g) Disbursement Procedures. Each LC Issuing Bank shall, promptly after its
receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand

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for payment under a Letter of Credit. Each LC Issuing Bank shall promptly notify
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by facsimile)
of such demand for payment and whether such LC Issuing Bank has made or will
make an LC Disbursement pursuant thereto; provided that any failure to give or
delay in giving such notice will not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to
reimburse such LC Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any
such LC Disbursement.

     (h) Interim Interest. Unless the Borrower reimburses an LC Disbursement in
full on the day it is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for
each day from and including the day on which such LC Disbursement is made to but
excluding the day on which the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the
rate per annum then applicable to Base Rate Revolving Loans; provided that, if
the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to
Section 2.04(e), then Section 2.11(c) and 2.11(d) shall apply. Interest accrued
pursuant to this subsection shall be for the account of the applicable LC
Issuing Bank, except that a pro rata share of interest accrued on and after the
day that any Revolving Lender reimburses such LC Issuing Bank for a portion of
such LC Disbursement pursuant to Section 2.04(e) shall be for the account of
such Lender.

     (i) Replacement of LC Issuing Bank. Any LC Issuing Bank may be replaced at
any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the
replaced LC Issuing Bank and the successor LC Issuing Bank. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement. At the time any such
replacement becomes effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued
for the account of the replaced LC Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.10(b). On
and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor LC
Issuing Bank will have all the rights and obligations of the replaced LC Issuing
Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued
thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term "LC Issuing Bank" will be
deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous LC Issuing Bank, or to such
successor and all previous LC Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After
an LC Issuing Bank is replaced, it will remain a party hereto and will continue
to have all the rights and obligations of an LC Issuing Bank under this
Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it before such
replacement, but will not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

     (j) Cash Collateralization. If an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans
has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC Exposures representing at least
51% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant
to this subsection, the Borrower shall deposit in its Cash Collateral Account an
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unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash
collateral will become effective immediately, and such deposit will become
immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in
clause (h) or (i) of Article 7. Any amount so deposited (including any earnings
thereon) will be withdrawn from the Borrower's Cash Collateral Account by the
Administrative Agent and applied to pay LC Reimbursement Obligations as they
become due; provided that (i) if at any time all Events of Default have been
cured or waived, such amount (to the extent not theretofore so applied) will be
returned to the Borrower upon its request and (ii) if at any time the maturity
of the Loans has been accelerated, such amount (to the extent not theretofore so
applied or returned) will be applied to pay the Secured Obligations as provided
in Section 21 of the Security Agreement.

     Section 2.05. Funding of Revolving Loans. (a) Each Lender making a
Revolving Loan hereunder shall wire the principal amount thereof in immediately
available funds, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the proposed date of such
Loan, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it
for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall make
such funds available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so
received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the
Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by the Borrower in the
applicable Borrowing Request; provided that Base Rate Revolving Loans made to
finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.04(e)
will be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable LC Issuing Bank.

     (b) Unless the Administrative Agent receives notice from a Lender before
the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make its share of
such Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent
may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in
accordance with Section 2.05 and may, in reliance on such assumption, make a
corresponding amount available to the Borrower. In such event, if a Lender has
not in fact made its share of such Borrowing available to the Administrative
Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for
each day from and including the day such amount is made available to the
Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at
(i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate
and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower,
the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If such Lender pays such amount
to the Administrative Agent, such amount shall constitute such Lender's Loan
included in such Borrowing.

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     Section 2.06. Interest Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially
shall be of the Interest Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and,
in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as
specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to
convert such Borrowing to a different Interest Type or, in the case of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, to continue such Borrowing for one or more additional
Interest Periods, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect
different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing,
in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders
holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such
portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

     (b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify
the Administrative Agent thereof by telephone by the time that a Borrowing
Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting
that a Borrowing of the Interest Type resulting from such election be made on
the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election
shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
facsimile to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election in a form
approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.

     (c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election shall specify the
following information in compliance with Section 2.02 and subsection (e) of this
Section:

          (i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election applies and, if
     different options are being elected with respect to different portions
     thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing
     (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii)
     and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

          (ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest
     Election, which shall be a Business Day;

          (iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing
     or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and

          (iv) if the resulting Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the
     Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such
     election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of
     "Interest Period".

If an Interest Election requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an
Interest Period, the Borrower will be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one month's duration.

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     (d) Promptly after it receives an Interest Election, the Administrative
Agent shall advise each Lender as to the details thereof and such Lender's
portion of each resulting Borrowing.

     (e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election with
respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing before the end of an Interest Period
applicable thereto, such Borrowing (unless repaid) will be converted to a Base
Rate Borrowing at the end of such Interest Period. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the
Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding
Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii)
each Eurodollar Borrowing (unless repaid) will be converted to a Base Rate
Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto on the date of
such notice.

     Section 2.07. Termination or Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless
previously terminated, the Revolving Commitments will terminate on the Revolving
Maturity Date.

     (b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce,
the Commitments; provided that (i) the amount of each reduction of the
Commitments shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than
$2,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving
Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayment of
Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.09, the total Revolving Exposures would
exceed the total Revolving Commitments.

     (c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to
terminate or reduce the Commitments under Section 2.07(b) at least three
Business Days before the effective date of such termination or reduction,
specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly after it
receives any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of
the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this
Section will be irrevocable; provided that any such notice terminating the
Revolving Commitments may state that it is conditioned on the effectiveness of
other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the
Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or before the specified
effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction
of the Commitments will be permanent and will be made ratably among the Lenders
in accordance with their respective Commitments.

     Section 2.08. Payment at Maturity; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent on the Revolving

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Maturity Date, for the account of each Revolving Lender, the then unpaid
principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans.

     (b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an
account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal
and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time.

     (c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall
record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Interest Type thereof and
each Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by
the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each
Lender's share thereof.

     (d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to subsections (b)
and (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that any failure by any
Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error
therein shall not affect the Borrower's obligation to repay the Loans in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

     (e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a
promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver
to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if
requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by
such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory
notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such
promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

     Section 2.09. Optional Prepayments. (a) Optional Prepayments. The Borrower
will have the right at any time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part,
subject to the provisions of this Section.

     (b) Allocation of Prepayments. Before any optional prepayment of Borrowings
hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid
and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.09(e).

     (c) Partial Prepayments. Each partial prepayment of a Borrowing shall be in
an amount that would be permitted under Section 2.02(b) for a Borrowing of the
same Interest Type. Each partial prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied
ratably to the Loans included in such Borrowing.

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     (d) Accrued Interest. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be accompanied
by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.11.

     (e) Notice of Prepayments. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative
Agent by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of any prepayment of any Borrowing
hereunder (i) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment and (ii)
in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be
irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each
Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of
optional prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of
termination of the Revolving Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.07(c),
then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is
revoked in accordance with Section 2.07(c). Promptly after it receives any such
notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof.

     Section 2.10. Fees. (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at a rate of
(i) 0.50% per annum if Utilization is greater than or equal to 50% and (ii)
0.75% per annum if Utilization is less than 50%, in each case on the average
daily unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender. Such fees shall accrue
during the period from the Effective Date to the date on which such Commitment
terminates. Accrued commitment fees will be payable in arrears in respect of the
Revolving Commitments, on the last day of March, June, September and December of
each year and the day when the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on
the first such day to occur after the date hereof. All commitment fees will be
computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and will be payable for the actual
number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For
purposes of computing commitment fees with respect to Revolving Commitments, a
Lender's Revolving Commitment will be deemed to be used to the extent of its
outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure.

     (b) The Borrower shall pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account
of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations
in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue for each day, at the Applicable Rate
that applies to Eurodollar Revolving Loans, on the amount of such Lender's LC
Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC
Disbursements) on such day, during the period from the Effective Date to the
later of the date on which such Lender's Revolving Commitment terminates and the
date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to each LC
Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 1/4 of 1% per
annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion
thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC

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Disbursements) during the period from the Effective Date to the later of the
date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and the date on which there
ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as each LC Issuing Bank's standard fees
with respect to issuing, amending, renewing or extending any Letter of Credit or
processing drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued
through the last day of March, June, September and December of each year will be
payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the
first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees
accrued to the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate will be payable
on such date, and any such fees accruing after such date will be payable on
demand. Any other fees payable to any LC Issuing Bank pursuant to this
subsection will be payable within 10 days after demand. All such participation
fees and fronting fees will be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and
will be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day
but excluding the last day).

     (c) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own
account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon by
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

     (d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in
immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to any LC Issuing
Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of
commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees
paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

     Section 2.11. Interest. (a) The Base Rate Loans shall bear interest for
each day at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

     (b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest for
each Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for
such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate.

     (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any
Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid
when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such
overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate
per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the
rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding subsections
of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate
applicable to Base Rate Revolving Loans.

     (d) Interest accrued on each Revolving Loan shall be payable in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon termination of the Revolving
Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section

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2.11(c) shall be payable on demand, (ii) upon any repayment of any Loan (except
a prepayment of a Base Rate Revolving Loan before the end of the Revolving
Availability Period), interest accrued on the principal amount repaid shall be
payable on the date of such repayment and (iii) upon any conversion of a
Eurodollar Loan before the end of the current Interest Period therefor, interest
accrued on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

     (e) All interest hereunder will be computed on the basis of a year of 360
days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at
times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate will be computed
on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each
case will be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first
day but excluding the last day). Each applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted
LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and its determination
thereof will be conclusive absent manifest error.

     Section 2.12. Alternate Rate of Interest. If before the beginning of any
Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

          (i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination will be
     conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not
     exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or

          (ii) Lenders whose Loans to be included in such Borrowing aggregate at
     least 51% thereof advise the Administrative Agent that the Adjusted LIBO
     Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the
     cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans for such Interest
     Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the
Lenders by telephone or facsimile (such notice, an "Alternate Interest Rate
Notice") as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative
Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise
to such Alternate Interest Rate Notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of
any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing will be ineffective and (ii) if any
Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing will be made
as a Base Rate Borrowing. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the
Borrower and the Lenders if it determines that the circumstances giving rise to
the Alternate Interest Rate Notice no longer exist.

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     Section 2.13. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:

          (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or
     similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of,
     or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement
     reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or any LC Issuing Bank; or

          (ii) impose on any Lender or any LC Issuing Bank or the London
     interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar
     Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make Eurodollar Loans) or to increase the cost to such Lender or
such LC Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of
Credit or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender or such LC
Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the
Borrower shall pay to such Lender or such LC Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
such additional amount or amounts as will compensate it for such additional cost
incurred or reduction suffered.

     (b) If any Lender or any LC Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law
regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate
of return on such Lender's or such LC Issuing Bank's capital or on the capital
of such Lender's or such LC Issuing Bank's holding company, if any, as a
consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters
of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such LC
Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such LC Issuing Bank or
such Lender's or such LC Issuing Bank's holding company could have achieved but
for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender's or such LC
Issuing Bank's policies and the policies of such Lender's or such LC Issuing
Bank's holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time
the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or such LC Issuing Bank, as the case may
be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate it or its holding
company for any such reduction suffered.

     (c) A certificate of a Lender or an LC Issuing Bank setting forth the
amount or amounts necessary to compensate it or its holding company (including
reasonably detailed calculations of such amount), as the case may be, as
specified in subsection Section 2.13 or (b) of this Section shall be delivered
to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower
shall pay such Lender or such LC Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount
shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

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     (d) Failure or delay by any Lender or any LC Issuing Bank to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section will not constitute a waiver of its right
to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower will not be required to
compensate a Lender or an LC Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any
increased cost or reduction incurred more than 270 days before it notifies the
Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased cost or reduction
and of its intention to claim compensation therefor. However, if the Change in
Law giving rise to such increased cost or reduction is retroactive, then the
270-day period referred to above will be extended to include the period of
retroactive effect thereof.

     Section 2.14. Break Funding Payments. If (a) any principal of any
Eurodollar Loan is repaid on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period
applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) any
Eurodollar Loan is converted on a day other than the last day of an Interest
Period applicable thereto, (c) the Borrower fails to borrow, convert, continue
or prepay any Revolving Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered
pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section
2.09(e) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) any Eurodollar Loan is
assigned on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable
thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.17, then
the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for its loss, cost and expense
attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost
and expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by
such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would
have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred,
at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the
period from the date of such event to the end of the then current Interest
Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue,
the Interest Period that would have begun on the date of such failure), over
(ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such
period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the
beginning of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period
from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting
forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to
this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on
any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

     Section 2.15. Taxes. (a) All payments by the Borrower under the Loan
Documents shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that, if the Borrower shall be
required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then
(i) the sum payable will be increased as necessary so that, after all required
deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section) are made, each relevant Lender Party receives an amount equal to
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sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower
shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount
deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law.

     (b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

     (c) The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender Party, within 10 days after
written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes paid by such Lender Party with respect to any payment by or obligation of
the Borrower under the Loan Documents (including Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this
Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom
or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment (including
reasonably detailed calculations of such amount) delivered to the Borrower by a
Lender Party on its own behalf, or by the Administrative Agent on behalf of a
Lender Party, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

     (d) As soon as practicable after the Borrower pays any Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by
such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return
reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.

     (e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction
of withholding tax under the laws of the United States, or any treaty to which
the United States is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement
shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the
time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed
documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the
Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a
reduced rate, provided that such Foreign Lender has received written notice from
the Borrower advising it of the availability of such exemption or reduction and
supplying all applicable documentation. If any such Foreign Lender becomes
subject to any Tax because it fails to comply with this subsection as and when
prescribed by applicable law, the Borrower shall take such steps as such Foreign
Lender shall reasonably request to assist such Foreign Lender to recover such
Tax.

     (f) If any Lender Party shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a
refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has
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indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid
increased amounts hereunder, it shall promptly notify the Borrower of such
refund. Within 30 days after receipt of a request by the Borrower, a Lender
Party shall, at the Borrower's expense, make a claim to a Governmental Authority
for a refund if, in the judgment of such Lender Party, the making of such claim
will not (i) be disadvantageous to it or (ii) require the disclosure of
information the Lender Party deems to be confidential. The Lender Party will not
be required to institute any other administrative or judicial proceedings to
obtain any such refund. If the Lender Party receives a refund specifically
related to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified
by the Borrower, or with respect to which the Borrower has paid increased
amounts hereunder, it shall within 30 days after receipt of such refund pay over
the amount of such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity
payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower with respect to the
Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket
expenses of such Lender Party related to claiming such refund. The Borrower
shall, upon the request of such Lender Party repay the amount paid over to the
Borrower (plus penalties, interest or other charges due to the appropriate
Governmental Authority in connection therewith) to such Lender Party in the
event such Lender Party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental
Authority.

     Section 2.16. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-Offs.
(a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it under the
Loan Documents (whether of principal, interest or fees, or reimbursement of LC
Disbursements, or amounts payable under Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.15 or otherwise)
before the time expressly required under the relevant Loan Document for such
payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, before 12:00 noon, New York
City time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without
set-off or counterclaim. Any amount received after such time on any day may, in
the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on
the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.
All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices
specified in Section 9.01(a)(ii) (or at such other offices as may be designated
by the Administrative Agent from time to time by written notice to the
Borrower), except payments to be made directly to an LC Issuing Bank as
expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.13,
2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and
payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified
therein. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payment received by
it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly
after receipt thereof. If any payment under any Loan Document shall be due on a
day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment will be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day and, if such payment accrues interest, interest

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thereon will be payable for the period of such extension. All payments under
each Loan Document shall be made in dollars.

     (b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the
Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC
Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied
(i) first, to pay interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the
parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees
then due to such parties, and (ii) second, to pay principal and unreimbursed LC
Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in
accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then
due to such parties.

     (c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim
or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any
of its Loans or any of its participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such
Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its
Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than
the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such
greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent
necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and
accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and
all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such
participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent
of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this subsection
shall not apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in
accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a
Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any
of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or
participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof
(as to which the provisions of this subsection shall apply). The Borrower
consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the
foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and
counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were
a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

     (d) Unless, before the date on which any payment is due to the
Administrative Agent for the account of one or more Lender Parties hereunder,
the Administrative Agent receives from the Borrower notice that the Borrower
will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the
Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may,

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in reliance on such assumption, distribute to each relevant Lender Party the
amount due to it. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such
payment, each Lender Party severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender Party with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the day such amount is distributed to
it to but excluding the day it repays the Administrative Agent, at the greater
of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

     (e) If any Lender fails to make any payment required to be made by it
pursuant to Section 2.04(d), 2.04(e), 2.05(b), 2.16(d) or 9.03(c), the
Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender's obligations under
such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

     Section 2.17. Lender's Obligation to Mitigate; Replacement of Lenders. (a)
If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, or if the Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, then such
Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for
funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment
of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce
amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.15, as the case may be, in the
future, (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense
and (iii) would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower
shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection
with any such designation or assignment.

     (b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, or if the
Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15,
or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the
Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign, without recourse (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all
its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that
shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender
accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving
Commitment is being assigned, each LC Issuing Bank, which consents shall not
unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an
amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts

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payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding
principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all
other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a
claim for compensation under Section 2.13 or payments required to be made
pursuant to Section 2.15, such assignment will result in a material reduction in
such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such
assignment if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or
otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment
cease to apply.

                                    ARTICLE 3
                         Representations and Warranties

     The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender Parties that:

     Section 3.01. Organization; Powers. Each Borrower Group Company is duly
organized, validly existing and to the extent applicable in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and
authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where failures
to do so, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing
in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

     Section 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. (a) The Financing
Transactions to be entered into by each Borrower Group Company are within its
corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and,
if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which
any Credit Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Credit
Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower or
such Credit Party, as the case may be, in each case enforceable in accordance
with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law.

     (b) The Security Documents create valid security interests in, and first
mortgage Liens on, the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, which
security interests and mortgage Liens are and will remain perfected security
interests and mortgage Liens, prior to all other Liens (other than Liens not
securing Debt which rank senior to such security interests and mortgage Liens by
operation of law and other Permitted Liens and Permitted Encumbrances (as such
term is defined in the applicable Mortgage)). Each of the representations and
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Subsidiary Guarantor in the Security Documents is true and correct in all
material respects.

     Section 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Financing
Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or
filing with, or other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) such as
have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (ii) filings
necessary to perfect the Transaction Liens and (iii) filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in accordance with the applicable Subordinated Debt
Documents, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter,
by-laws or other organizational documents of any Borrower Group Company or any
order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default
under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Borrower
Group Company or any of its properties, or give rise to a right thereunder to
require any Borrower Group Company to make any payment and (d) will not result
in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than the Transaction Liens) on
any property of any Borrower Group Company.

     Section 3.04. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The
Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i) its consolidated balance
sheets as of September 30, 2001 and September 30, 2002 and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the
Fiscal Years then ended, reported on by Ernst & Young LLP, independent public
accountants, and (ii) its unaudited consolidated balance sheets as of December
31, 2002 and March 31, 2003 and the related unaudited consolidated statements of
income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Quarters then ended
and for the portions of the Fiscal Year then ended, all certified by its chief
financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of such dates and their results of operations and cash flows for
such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end adjustments and
the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause
(ii) above.

     (b) After giving effect to the Financing Transactions, none of the Borrower
Group Companies has, as of the Effective Date, any material contingent
liabilities, unusual long-term commitments or unrealized losses, except as
disclosed in the financial statements referred to above or the notes thereto or
in the Offering Memorandum and except for the Disclosed Matters.

     (c) Since September 30, 2002, there has been no material adverse change in
the business, assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or
otherwise, of the Borrower Group Companies, taken as a whole.

     Section 3.05. Properties. (a) Each Borrower Group Company has good title
to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real and personal property material to
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business (including all its Mortgaged Properties), except for minor defects in
title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business
as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes
and except as may be disclosed in the title reports previously delivered to the
Administrative Agent.

     (b) Each Borrower Group Company owns, or is licensed to use, all
trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property
material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower Group Companies
does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for infringements
that, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.

     (c) Schedule 3.05 sets forth the correct address and a brief description of
each real property that is owned or leased by each of the Borrower Group
Companies as of the Effective Date.

     (d) As of the Effective Date, no Credit Party has received notice of, or
has knowledge of, any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting
any Mortgaged Property or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of
condemnation. Neither any Mortgaged Property nor any interest therein is subject
to any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to purchase
such Mortgaged Property or interest therein.

     Section 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) Except for the
Disclosed Matters, there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened against or affecting any Borrower Group Company (i) as to
which there is a reasonable possibility of adverse determinations that, in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
or (ii) that involve the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Loan
Documents or the Financing Transactions.

     (b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except for other matters that, in
the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, no Borrower Group Company (i) has failed to comply with any
Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or
other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) is subject to any
Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to
any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental
Liability.

     (c) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the
status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has
resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse
Effect.

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     Section 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each Borrower Group
Company is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any
Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures,
agreements and other instruments binding on it or its property, except where
failures to do so, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.

     Section 3.08. Investment and Holding Company Status. No Borrower Group
Company is (a) an "investment company" as defined in, or subject to regulation
under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a "holding company" or
"subsidiary company" of a holding company as defined in, or subject to
regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

     Section 3.09. Taxes. Each Borrower Group Company has timely filed or
caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed by it
and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it,
except (a) any Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which the relevant Borrower Group Company has set aside on
its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that failures to do so, in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.

     Section 3.10. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected
to occur that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events for which
liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Based on the assumptions used for purposes
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87, with respect to all
underfunded Plans in the aggregate, the present value of all the accumulated
benefit obligations thereunder did not, as of the date of the most recent
financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than $25,000,000
the fair market value of all the assets thereof.

     Section 3.11. Disclosure. The Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all
agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which any
Borrower Group Company is subject, and all other matters known to any of them,
that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Offering Memorandum nor any of the
other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished
by or on behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other
information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that,
with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only
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information was prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed to be
reasonable at the time.

     Section 3.12. Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.12 sets forth the name of, and the
ownership interest of the Borrower in, each of its Subsidiaries and identifies
each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case as of the Effective
Date. The Borrower has no Domestic Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiary
Guarantors. All the Borrower's Subsidiaries are, and will at all times be, fully
consolidated in its consolidated financial statements. No Borrower Group Company
is engaged in any joint venture or partnership with another Person.

     Section 3.13. Insurance. Schedule 3.13 sets forth a description of all
insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of
the Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, all premiums in respect of such
insurance have been paid. The Borrower believes that the insurance maintained by
or on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is adequate.

     Section 3.14. Labor Matters. As of the Effective Date, there are no
strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against any Borrower Group Company pending or, to
the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened. The hours worked by and payments made
to employees of the Borrower Group Companies have not violated the Fair Labor
Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law
dealing with such matters, except where a violation could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All payments due from any
Borrower Group Company, or for which any claim may be made against any Borrower
Group Company, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and
other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such
Borrower Group Company.

     Section 3.15. Solvency. Immediately after the Financing Transactions to
occur on or before the Effective Date are consummated and after giving effect to
the application of the proceeds of any Loan made on the Effective Date, (a) the
fair value of the assets of each Credit Party, at a fair valuation, will exceed
its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the
present fair saleable value of the property of each Credit Party will exceed the
amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its debts and
other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and
other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) each Credit Party will be
able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as
such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) no Credit Party
will have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which
it is engaged as such business is now conducted and proposed to be conducted
after the Effective Date.

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     Section 3.16. Senior Debt. The Secured Obligations constitute "Senior
Debt" and "Designated Senior Debt" under and as defined in the Subordinated Debt
Documents.

                                    ARTICLE 4
                                   Conditions

     Section 4.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans
and of each LC Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not
become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

     (a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each
party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such
party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which
may include facsimile transmission of a signed signature page) that such party
has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

     (b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written
opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the
Effective Date) of Dechert LLP, counsel for the Borrower, substantially in the
form of Exhibit B, and covering such other matters relating to the Credit
Parties, the Loan Documents or the Financing Transactions as the Required
Lenders shall reasonably request. The Borrower requests such counsel to deliver
such opinion.

     (c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and
certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request
relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Credit Party,
the authorization of the Financing Transactions and any other legal matters
relating to the Credit Parties, the Loan Documents or the Financing
Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and its counsel.

     (d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the
Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial
Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in
clauses (a) and (b) of Section 4.02.

     (e) The Credit Parties shall have paid all fees and other amounts due and
payable to the Lender Parties on or before the Effective Date, including, to the
extent invoiced, all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Credit Party
under the Loan Documents.

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     (f) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied
(excluding paragraph (d) thereof, which by its terms must be satisfied within 60
days after the Effective Date) and the Administrative Agent shall have received
a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Effective Date and signed by a
Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower, together with all
attachments contemplated thereby, including the results of a search of the
Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent) filings made with respect to the Credit
Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate and
copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such
search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the
Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are
permitted by Section 6.02 or have been released.

     (g) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that all
insurance required by Section 5.08 is in effect.

     (h) The Borrower shall have received gross cash proceeds (before
underwriting discounts and expenses) of at least $175,000,000 from the issuance
of the Subordinated Debt (including the gross cash proceeds received in
connection with the issuance of the Existing Subordinated CBO Debt subject to
the Exchange). The terms and conditions of the Subordinated Debt and the
provisions of the Subordinated Debt Documents shall require no payments of
principal prior to the first anniversary of the Revolving Maturity Date and
shall be satisfactory to the Lenders (including, without limitation, with
respect to interest rate and terms of subordination). The Administrative Agent
shall have received copies of the Subordinated Debt Documents, certified by a
Financial Officer as complete and correct.

     (i) All consents and approvals required to be obtained, or in the
discretion of the Administrative Agent advisable to obtain, from any
Governmental Authority or other Person in connection with the Financing
Transactions or the continuing operations of the Borrow Group Companies shall
have been obtained, and all applicable waiting periods and appeal periods shall
have expired, in each case without the imposition of any burdensome condition.

     (j) The Lenders shall have received from the Borrower satisfactory copies
of (i) its consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2001 and September
30, 2002 and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity
and cash flows for the Fiscal Years then ended, reported on by Ernst & Young
LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) its unaudited consolidated balance
sheets as of December 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003 and the related unaudited
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the
Fiscal Quarters then ended and for the portions of the Fiscal Year then ended.

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     (k) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, in form and
substance satisfactory to it in its sole discretion that (i) the commitments
under the Existing Credit Facilities have been terminated, and all amounts
outstanding thereunder (including, without limitation, all fees accrued but
unpaid thereunder to the Effective Date, whether or not then payable under the
terms thereof) have been repaid in full (which termination and repayment may be
contemporaneous with the satisfaction of the conditions under this Section and
the application of proceeds of any Borrowings to occur on the Effective Date);
(ii) all commitments under the Existing Subordinated Debt have been terminated,
and all amounts outstanding thereunder have been repaid in full (which
termination and repayment may be contemporaneous with the satisfaction of the
conditions under this Section and the application of proceeds of any Borrowings
to occur on the Effective Date); and (iii) all guarantees of and all collateral
securing amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Facilities and/or the
Existing Subordinated Debt have been released (which release may be
contemporaneous with the satisfaction of the conditions under this Section and
the application of proceeds of any Borrowings to occur on the Effective Date).

     (l) The Exchange shall have been consummated.

     (m) The Borrower's senior secured long term debt shall have been rated BB-
or better by S&P and Ba3 or better by Moody's, in each case with a "stable
outlook".

Promptly after the Effective Date occurs, the Administrative Agent shall notify
the Borrower and the Lenders thereof, and such notice shall be conclusive and
binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make
Loans and of each LC Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit shall not become
effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived
pursuant to Section 9.02) before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 15, 2003
(and, if any such condition is not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall
terminate at such time).

     Section 4.02. Each Extension of Credit. The obligation of each Lender to
make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing and the obligation of any LC
Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, are each
subject to receipt of the Borrower's request therefor in accordance herewith and
to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

     (a) The representations and warranties of each Credit Party set forth in
the Loan Documents shall be true in all material respects on and as of the date
of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
such Letter of Credit, as applicable.

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     (b) Immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the
Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in clauses (a) and (b)
of this Section.

                                    ARTICLE 5
                              Affirmative Covenants

     Until all the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of
and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full
and all Letters of Credit have expired or been cancelled and all LC
Disbursements have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the
Lenders that:

     Section 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will
furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

     (a) within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, its audited
consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Year and the related
statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for such Fiscal
Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous Fiscal Year, all such consolidated balance sheets and related
statements reported on by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public
accountants of recognized national standing (without a "going concern" or like
qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the
scope of such audit) as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial
position, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;

     (b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters
of each Fiscal Year, its consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal
Quarter and the related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
flows for such Fiscal Quarter and for the then elapsed portion of such Fiscal
Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of
the end of) the previous Fiscal Year, all certified by a Financial Officer as
presenting fairly in all material respects the financial position, results of
operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end
adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

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     (c) concurrently with each delivery of financial statements under clause
(a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer (i) certifying as to
whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred and is continuing,
specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with
respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations
demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.13, 6.14 and 6.15 and (iii) stating
whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the
date of the Borrower's audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04
and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on
the financial statements accompanying such certificate;

     (d) concurrently with each delivery of financial statements under clause
(a) above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial
statements stating whether during the course of their examination of such
financial statements they obtained knowledge of any Default (which certificate
may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);

     (e) within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a detailed
consolidated budget for such Fiscal Year presented on a monthly basis (including
a projected consolidated balance sheet and related statements of projected
operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such Fiscal Year and setting
forth the assumptions used in preparing such budget) and, promptly when
available, any significant revisions of such budget;

     (f) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all
periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by any
Borrower Group Company with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to
any or all of the functions of the SEC, or with any national securities
exchange, as the case may be; and

     (g) promptly following any request therefor, such other information
regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any
Borrower Group Company, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as
the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

     Section 5.02. Notice of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:

     (a) the occurrence of any Default;

     (b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting any
Borrower Group Company or any Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined,
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

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     (c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any
other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in
liabilities of the Borrower Group Companies in an aggregate amount exceeding
$5,000,000; and

     (d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected
to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of
a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the
details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

     Section 5.03. Information Regarding Collateral. (a) The Borrower will
furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any change in (i)
any Credit Party's corporate name or any trade name used to identify it in the
conduct of its business or any Credit Party's chief executive office, its
principal place of business, or any office or facility at which Collateral owned
by it is located (including the establishment of any such new office or
facility), (ii) any Credit Party's identity or corporate structure or (iii) any
Credit Party's Federal Taxpayer Identification Number. The Borrower will not
effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all
filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code and all other actions
have been taken that are required so that such change will not at any time
adversely affect the validity, perfection or priority of any Transaction Lien on
any of the Collateral. The Borrower will also promptly notify the Administrative
Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.

     (b) Each year, at the time annual financial statements with respect to the
preceding Fiscal Year are delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a), the Borrower
will deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer
(i) setting forth the information required pursuant to Section A of the
Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such
information since the date of the Perfection Certificate delivered on the
Effective Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to
this subsection and (ii) certifying that all Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate
filings, recordings or registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and
reregistrations, containing a description of the Collateral have been filed of
record in each appropriate office in each jurisdiction identified pursuant to
clause (b) above to the extent necessary to protect and perfect the Transaction
Liens for a period of at least 18 months after the date of such certificate
(except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed
within such period).

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     Section 5.04. Real Estate Collateral. Within 60 days after the Effective
Date, the Borrower will:

          (a) deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) counterparts of a Mortgage
     with respect to each Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the
     record owner of such Mortgaged Property, (ii) a policy or policies of title
     insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company
     insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid first Lien on the
     Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as
     expressly permitted by Section 6.02, together with such endorsements,
     coinsurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent or the Required
     Lenders may reasonably request and (iii) such surveys, abstracts,
     appraisals and other documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required
     Lenders may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or
     Mortgaged Property; and

          (b) deliver a favorable opinion of local counsel in each jurisdiction
     where a Mortgaged Property is located, in form and substance satisfactory
     to the Administrative Agent, and covering such matters relating to the
     Credit Parties, the Loan Documents or the Financing Transactions as the
     Required Lenders shall reasonably request.

     Section 5.05. Existence; Conduct of Business. Each Borrower Group Company
will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in
full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits,
privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material
to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit
any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section
6.03.

     Section 5.06. Payment of Obligations. Each Borrower Group Company will pay
its Debt and other obligations, including Tax liabilities, before the same shall
become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof
is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the relevant
Borrower Group Company has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect
thereto in accordance with GAAP, (c) such contest effectively suspends
collection of the contested obligation and the enforcement of any Lien securing
such obligation and (d) the failure to make payment pending such contest could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 5.07. Maintenance of Properties. Each Borrower Group Company will
maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working
order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

     Section 5.08. Insurance. (a) The Borrower Group Companies will maintain
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the Borrower that customarily write insurance for the risks covered thereby in
the amounts contemplated thereby:

          (i) fire and extended coverage insurance, on a replacement cost basis,
     with respect to all personal property and improvements to real property, in
     such amounts as are customarily maintained by companies in the same or
     similar business operating in the same or similar locations;

          (ii) commercial general liability insurance against claims for bodily
     injury, death or property damage occurring upon, about or in connection
     with the use of any properties owned, occupied or controlled by it,
     providing coverage on an occurrence basis with a combined single limit of
     at least $25,000,000 and including the broad form CGL endorsement;

          (iii) business interruption insurance, insuring against loss of gross
     earnings for a period of at least 12 months arising from any risks or
     occurrences required to be covered by insurance pursuant to clause (i)
     above; and

          (iv) such other insurance as may be required by law or as is
     reasonably carried by companies of established repute engaged in the same
     or similar business, owning similar properties, and located in the same
     general areas as the Borrower Group Companies.

Deductibles or self-insured retention shall not exceed $2,500,000 for fire and
extended coverage policies, $2,000,000 for commercial general liability policies
or seven days for business interruption policies.

     (b) Fire and extended coverage policies (and any policies required to be
maintained pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section) maintained with respect
to any Collateral shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include (i) a
non-contributing mortgagee clause (regarding improvements to real property) and
lenders' loss payable clause (regarding personal property), in each case in
favor of the Administrative Agent and providing for losses thereunder to be
payable to the Administrative Agent or its designee as sole loss payee, (ii) a
provision to the effect that neither the Borrower, the Administrative Agent nor
any other party shall be a coinsurer and (iii) such other provisions as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require from time to time to protect the
interests of the Secured Parties. Commercial general liability policies shall be
endorsed to name the Administrative Agent as an additional insured. Business
interruption policies shall name the Administrative Agent as sole loss payee.
Each such policy referred to in this subsection also shall provide that it shall
not be canceled, modified in any material respect (or in any respect whatsoever
which could reasonably be expected to be adverse to the Administrative Agent or
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or not renewed (i) by reason of nonpayment of premium except upon at least 10
days' prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent
(giving the Administrative Agent the right to cure defaults in the payment of
premiums) or (ii) for any other reason except upon at least 30 days' prior
written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, prior to the cancellation,
modification or nonrenewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy of a renewal
or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously
delivered to the Administrative Agent) together with evidence satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent of payment of the premium therefor.

     (c) If at any time the area in which any Mortgaged Property is located is
designated a "flood hazard area" in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), the Borrower
shall obtain flood insurance in such total amount as the Administrative Agent or
the Required Lenders may from time to time require, and otherwise comply with
the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, as amended from time to time. If at any time the area in
which any Mortgaged Property is located is designated a "Zone 1" area, the
Borrower shall obtain earthquake insurance in such total amount as the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may from time to time require.

     (d) Any proceeds in excess of $2,000,000 from any insurance policy which
are payable to the insured in respect of any claim, or any condemnation award or
other compensation in respect of a condemnation (or any transfer or disposition
of property in lieu of condemnation) for which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries receives a condemnation award or other compensation in excess of
$2,000,000, shall be paid to the Administrative Agent to be held, applied or
released for application in accordance with Section 15 of the Security Agreement
and each insurance policy shall provide that all insurance proceeds in excess of
$2,000,000 per claim which are payable to the insured shall be adjusted with and
payable to the Administrative Agent; provided that so long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, no claim shall be adjusted or settled
without the consent of the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary. The Borrower
hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact to make proof
of loss, claim for insurance and adjustments with insurers, and to execute or
endorse all documents, checks or drafts in connection with payments under
insurance policies.

     Section 5.09. Casualty and Condemnation. The Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of any casualty or
other insured damage to any material portion of the Collateral or the
commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any Collateral or any
part thereof or interest therein under power of eminent domain or by
condemnation or similar proceeding.

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     Section 5.10. Proper Records; Rights to Inspect. Each Borrower Group
Company will keep proper books of record and account in which complete and
correct entries are made of all transactions relating to its business and
activities. Each Borrower Group Company will permit any representatives
designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior
notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from
its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with
its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as
often as reasonably requested.

     Section 5.11. Compliance with Laws. Each Borrower Group Company will comply
with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority
applicable to it or its property, except where failures to do so, in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.

     Section 5.12. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the
Subordinated Debt will be used only to (a) prepay loans outstanding under the
Existing Credit Facilities, (b) pay fees and expenses payable in connection with
the Financing Transactions, (c) repay Debt owing under the Existing Subordinated
Debt and (d) settle existing Hedging Agreements. The proceeds of the Revolving
Loans will be used (i) for the purposes described in (a), (b), (c) and (d)
above, (ii) for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business, (iii) to finance any Business Acquisition
permitted by Section 6.04(g) and (iv) to make any Restricted Payment permitted
by Section 6.08(a)(iv). No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used,
directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the
Regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, including Regulations G, U and X.
Letters of Credit will be requested and used only to support obligations
incurred in the ordinary course of business.

     Section 5.13. Additional Subsidiaries. If any additional Subsidiary is
formed or acquired after the Effective Date, the Borrower will, within three
Business Days after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and cause any Equity Interest in or
Debt of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Credit Party to be added to
the Collateral. If such Subsidiary is or subsequently becomes a wholly owned
Domestic Subsidiary and is not prohibited by applicable law or regulation from
guaranteeing the Borrower's obligations hereunder, the Borrower shall promptly
cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to
such Subsidiary, whereupon such Subsidiary will become a "Subsidiary Guarantor"
and "Lien Grantor" for purposes of the Loan Documents.

     Section 5.14. Further Assurances. (a) Each Borrower Group Company will
execute and deliver any and all further documents, financing statements,
agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the
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and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of
trust and other documents), that may be required under any applicable law, or
that the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to
cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all
at the Borrower's expense. The Borrower will provide to the Administrative
Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Transaction Liens
created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.

     (b) If any material assets (including any real property (other than one or
more parcels of real property having an aggregate fair market value less than
$1,000,000) or improvements thereto or any interest therein) are acquired by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor after the Effective Date (other than assets
constituting Collateral that become subject to Transaction Liens upon
acquisition thereof), the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders thereof, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders, will cause such assets to be subjected to a Transaction Lien securing
the Secured Obligations and will take, or cause the relevant Subsidiary
Guarantor to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by
the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect or record such Transaction Lien,
including actions described in Section 5.14(a), all at the Borrower's expense.

     (c) Within 60 days after the Effective Date, the Borrower will deliver a
Phase I environmental report, in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and the Required Lenders, prepared by an environmental consultant selected by
the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders with respect to any Environmental Liabilities that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect that may be
attributable to such properties or operations of the Borrower Group Companies as
have been specified by the Administrative Agent for review.

     Section 5.15. Landlord And Warehouseman Waivers. The Borrower shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Administrative Agent waivers
or subordinations of contractual and statutory landlord's, landlord's
mortgagee's and warehouseman's Liens in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent under each existing lease, warehouse
agreement or similar agreement to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a
party; provided that such waivers or subordinations will in any event be
incorporated when the existing lease, warehouse agreement or similar agreement
is amended, renewed or extended and the Borrower will obtain waivers of both
contractual and statutory landlord's, landlord's mortgagee's and warehouseman's
Liens in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
in connection with each new lease, warehouse agreement or similar agreement
entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

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                                    ARTICLE 6
                               Negative Covenants

     Until all the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of
and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full
and all Letters of Credit have expired or been cancelled and all LC
Disbursements have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the
Lenders that:

     Section 6.01. Debt; Certain Equity Securities. (a) Neither the Borrower nor
any Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Debt, except:

          (i) Debt created under the Loan Documents;

          (ii) the Subordinated Debt;

          (iii) Debt existing on the date hereof and listed in Schedule 6.01 and
     extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Debt that do not increase
     the outstanding principal amount thereof or result in an earlier maturity
     date or decreased weighted average life thereof;

          (iv) Debt of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and Debt of any Subsidiary
     to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that Debt of any
     Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
     Guarantor shall be subject to Section 6.04;

          (v) Guarantees by the Borrower of Debt of any Subsidiary and
     Guarantees by any Subsidiary of Debt of the Borrower or any other
     Subsidiary; provided that Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
     Guarantor of Debt of any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party shall be
     subject to Section 6.04;

          (vi) Debt of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the
     acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets,
     including Capital Lease Obligations and any Debt assumed in connection with
     the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets
     before the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements
     of any such Debt that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
     thereof or result in an earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average
     life thereof; provided that (A) such Debt is incurred before or within 90
     days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or
     improvement and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Debt permitted by
     this clause shall not exceed $6,000,000 at any time outstanding;

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          (vii) Debt of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date
     hereof; provided that (A) such Debt exists at the time such Person becomes
     a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with
     such Person becoming a Subsidiary and (B) the aggregate principal amount of
     Debt permitted by this clause shall not exceed $6,000,000 at any time
     outstanding;

          (viii) Debt of the Borrower or any Subsidiary arising in connection
     with a Permitted Receivables Transaction;

          (ix) unsecured Debt of the Borrower issued to a seller in connection
     with, and as consideration in lieu of cash for, a Business Acquisition
     otherwise permitted under this Agreement; provided that such Debt (i)
     requires no payment of principal prior to, and has a maturity no earlier
     than, the first anniversary of the Revolving Maturity Date and (ii) is
     expressly subordinated in right of payment (at maturity, upon acceleration
     or otherwise) by the instrument creating such Debt to the obligations of
     the Credit Parties under the Loan Documents on terms and conditions no less
     favorable to the Lenders than those set forth in Exhibit D;

          (x) Additional Subordinated Debt;

          (xi) Debt under Hedging Agreements; provided that such Hedging
     Agreements are related to business transactions of the Borrower or one or
     more Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business and that
     such Hedging Agreements are entered into for bona fide hedging purposes of
     the Borrower or any Subsidiary and not for purposes of speculation;

          (xii) Debt represented by letters of credit and guarantees for the
     account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, in order to
     provide security for workers' compensation claims, payment obligations in
     connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary
     course of business, and other Debt with respect to workers' compensation
     claims, self-insurance obligations, performance, surety and similar bonds
     and completion guarantees provided by the Borrower of any Subsidiary in the
     ordinary course of business;

          (xiii) Debt in respect of trade and standby letters of credit,
     performance bonds, bankers' acceptances and surety or appeal bonds issued
     for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
     its business;

          (xiv) Indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar
     obligations, in each case, incurred in connection with the disposition of

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     any business, assets or capital stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
     provided that the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Debt
     shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the
     Borrower and the Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition; and

          (xv) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial
     institution of a check, draft or similar instrument (except in the case of
     daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary
     course of business; provided that such Debt is extinguished within five
     business days of incurrence.

     (b) No Borrower Group Company will issue any preferred stock or other
preferred Equity Interests, unless such preferred stock or any such preferred
Equity Interest is (i) not subject to mandatory redemption prior to the first
anniversary of the Revolving Maturity Date and (ii) issued either (x) for 100%
cash consideration or (y) in connection with a Business Acquisition permitted
under Section 6.04(g).

     Section 6.02. Liens. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary will create
or permit to exist any Lien on any property now owned or hereafter acquired by
it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or
rights in respect of any thereof, except:

     (a) Transaction Liens;

     (b) Permitted Liens;

     (c) any Lien on any property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on
the date hereof and listed in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien shall
not apply to any other property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (ii) such
Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and
extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof;

     (d) any Lien existing on any property before the acquisition thereof by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property of any Person that
becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof before the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in
connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the
case may be, (ii) such Lien will not apply to any other property of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien will secure only those obligations which
it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a
Subsidiary, as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements
thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

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     (e) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) the Debt secured by such liens
is permitted by Section 6.01(a)(vi), (ii) such Liens and the Debt secured
thereby are incurred before or within 90 days after such acquisition or the
completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Debt secured thereby
does not exceed 75% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such
fixed or capital assets and (iv) such Liens will not apply to any other property
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

     (f) Liens existing on cash collateral securing a letter of credit issued
for the account of the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries; provided that such
Lien does not secure obligations (i) in excess of $50,000 and (ii) other than in
connection with a letter of credit issued prior to the Effective Date under the
credit agreement described in clause (b) of the definition of Existing Credit
Facilities.

     (g) Liens securing Debt arising out of, and sales of accounts receivable as
part of, a Permitted Receivables Transaction;

     (h) Permitted Encumbrances (as such term is defined in the applicable
Mortgage) on Mortgaged Property; and

     (i) Liens not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses arising in the
ordinary course of its business which (i) do not secure Debt and (ii) do not
secure any single obligation (or class of obligations having a common cause) in
an amount exceeding $3,000,000.

     Section 6.03. Fundamental Changes. (a) No Borrower Group Company will merge
into or consolidate with any other Person, or liquidate or dissolve, or permit
any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, except that, if at the
time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, (i) any Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a
transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any
Subsidiary may merge into any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving
entity is a Subsidiary and (if any party to such merger is a Subsidiary
Guarantor) is a Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) any Subsidiary (except a
Subsidiary Guarantor) may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in
good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the
Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that, if
any such merger involves a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary
immediately before such merger, such merger shall not be permitted unless also
permitted by Section 6.04.

     (b) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary will engage to any material
extent in any business except businesses of the types conducted by the Borrower

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and its Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement and businesses reasonably
related thereto.

     Section 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions.
Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary will purchase, hold or acquire
(including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned
Subsidiary before such merger) any Equity Interest in or evidence of
indebtedness or other security (including any option, warrant or other right to
acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loan or advance
to, Guarantee any obligation of, or make or permit to exist any investment or
other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one
transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person
constituting a business unit, except:

     (a) Permitted Investments;

     (b) investments existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 6.04;

     (c) investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in Equity Interests in
their respective Subsidiaries; provided that (i) any such Equity Interest held
by a Credit Party shall be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement as
required to satisfy clause (b) of the definition of "Collateral and Guarantee
Requirement" and (ii) the aggregate amount of investments by Credit Parties in,
and loans and advances by Credit Parties to, and Guarantees by Credit Parties of
Debt of, Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties (including all such
investments, loans, advances and Guarantees existing on the Effective Date
(other than those existing on the closing date and identified on Schedule 6.04),
but excluding investments arising in connection with, and as part of, a
Permitted Receivables Transaction) shall not exceed (x) $3,000,000 at any time
outstanding in the case of advances made to TRW Nelson Bolzenschweiss-Technik
Verwaltungs GmhH and other German Subsidiaries of the Borrower, in each case to
be used for working capital and (y) an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 at any
time outstanding in the case of all other investments;

     (d) loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary or made by any
Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that the amount of
such loans and advances made by Credit Parties to Subsidiaries that are not
Credit Parties shall be subject to the limitations set forth in clause 6.04(c)
above;

     (e) Guarantees constituting Debt permitted by Section 6.01; provided that
(i) a Subsidiary shall not Guarantee the Subordinated Debt unless (A) such
Subsidiary also has Guaranteed the Secured Obligations pursuant to the Security
Agreement and (B) such Guarantee of the Subordinated Debt is subordinated to
such Guarantee of the Secured Obligations on terms no less favorable to the

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Lenders than the subordination provisions of the Subordinated Debt, and (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of Debt of Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties
that is Guaranteed by Credit Parties shall be subject to the limitation set
forth in clause 6.04(c) above;

     (f) investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with,
customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

     (g) any Business Acquisition; provided that the aggregate consideration for
all Business Acquisitions made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after the
date hereof (as such aggregate consideration is reduced to an amount not less
than zero by an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of
Additional Subordinated Debt) shall not exceed the sum of (i) $25,000,000 plus
(ii) in the case of any Business Acquisition made on or after the date on which
the Borrower has delivered the Required 2003 Financials, 50% of Consolidated Net
Income for each Fiscal Year ended prior to the date of such Business Acquisition
(commencing with the Fiscal Year ended September 30, 2003); provided further
that no Business Acquisition shall be permitted pursuant to this Section 6.04(g)
unless, immediately before and after giving effect to such Business Acquisition,
(A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (B) the aggregate
unused amount of the Revolving Commitments shall be equal to or greater than
$17,500,000. Solely for purposes of calculating the amount specified in
Subsection 6.04(g)(ii) above, if Consolidated Net Income (as adjusted to exclude
one time restructuring and plant closing charges that are non-cash charges, and,
to the extent applicable, in accordance with clause (2) below) for any Fiscal
Year is less than zero (such negative number for any Fiscal Year, the "Negative
Carry-Forward Amount"), (1) Consolidated Net Income for such Fiscal Year shall
be deemed to be zero and (2) the Negative Carry-Forward Amount in respect of
such Fiscal Year shall be applied to reduce Consolidated Net Income for the
succeeding Fiscal Year. For purposes of this Section 6.04(g), a Lender's
Revolving Commitment will be deemed to be used to the extent of its outstanding
Revolving Loans and LC Exposure;

     (h) With respect to each Mortgaged Property, Permitted Encumbrances (as
defined in the related Mortgages); and

     (i) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; provided
that the outstanding principal amount of such loans and advances shall not
exceed $1,000,000 at any time.

     Section 6.05. Asset Sales. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary will
sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any property, including any Equity

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Interest owned by it, nor will any Subsidiary issue any additional Equity
Interest in such Subsidiary, except:

     (a) transfers of assets in connection with a Permitted Receivables
Transaction;

     (b) sales of inventory, used or surplus equipment and Permitted Investments
in the ordinary course of business;

     (c) sales, transfers and other dispositions to the Borrower or a
Subsidiary; provided that any such sales, transfers or dispositions involving a
Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party shall comply with Section 6.09; and

     (d) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets that are not
permitted by any other clause of this Section; provided that the aggregate fair
market value of all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in
reliance on this clause shall not exceed $5,000,000 during any Fiscal Year;

provided that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted by
this Section (except those permitted by clause (c) above) shall be made for fair
value and for at least 85% cash consideration.

     Section 6.06. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary will enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it
shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its
business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease
such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the
same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except for any
such sale of any fixed or capital asset that is made for cash consideration in
an amount not less than the cost of such fixed or capital asset and is
consummated within 90 days after such Borrower Group Company acquires or
completes the construction of such fixed or capital asset.

     Section 6.07. Hedging Agreements. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary
will enter into any Hedging Agreement, except Hedging Agreements entered into in
the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which a Borrower
Group Company is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its
liabilities.

     Section 6.08. Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Debt. (a) No
Borrower Group Company will declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly
or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or
otherwise) to do so, except that (i) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends
with respect to its capital stock payable solely in additional shares of its
common stock, (ii) any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends with respect to
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stock, (iii) the Borrower may repurchase shares of its Equity Interests from
employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries upon their death,
termination or retirement, so long as, before and after giving effect to such
repurchase, (x) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) the
aggregate consideration for all such repurchases made after the date hereof does
not exceed $3,000,000 plus proceeds of equity issuances to employees, (iv) the
Borrower may repurchase shares of its Equity Interests at any time so long as,
before and after giving effect to any such repurchase, (x) no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, (y) the aggregate unused amount of the Revolving
Commitments shall be equal to or greater than $17,500,000 and (z) the aggregate
consideration for all of such repurchases made after the date hereof does not
exceed the sum of (A) $3,500,000 plus (B) in the case of any such repurchases
made on or after the date on which the Borrower has delivered the Required 2003
Financials, 50% of Consolidated Net Income for each Fiscal Year ended prior to
the date of such repurchases (commencing with the Fiscal Year ended September
30, 2003) minus an amount equal to the excess of (X) the aggregate consideration
for all Business Acquisitions consummated from and after the date hereof in
reliance on Section 6.04(g) over (Y) $25,000,000. Solely for purposes of
calculating the amount in Subsection 6.08(z)(B) above, if Consolidated Net
Income (as adjusted to exclude one time restructuring and plant closing charges
that are non-cash charges, and to the extent applicable, in accordance with
clause (2) below) for any Fiscal Year is less than zero (such negative number
for any Fiscal Year, the "Negative Carry-Forward Amount"), (1) Consolidated Net
Income for such Fiscal Year shall be deemed to be zero and (2) the Negative
Carry-Forward Amount in respect of such Fiscal Year shall be applied to reduce
Consolidated Net Income for the succeeding Fiscal Year.

     (b) No Borrower Group Company will make or agree to pay or make, directly
or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or
other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Debt, or any
payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property),
including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase,
redemption, defeasance or termination of any Debt (including, without
limitation, any payment in respect of Restricted Debt under a Synthetic Purchase
Agreement), except:

          (i) payment of Debt created under the Loan Documents;

          (ii) payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as
     and when due in respect of any Debt, except payments in respect of the
     Subordinated Debt prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;

          (iii) refinancings of Debt to the extent permitted by Section 6.01;

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          (iv) payment of secured Debt that becomes due as a result of the
     voluntary sale or transfer of the property securing such Debt;

          (v) payment of intercompany debt owing;

          (vi) payment of Debt that is permitted under Section 6.01(vi); and

          (vii) payment of Debt that is permitted under Section 6.01(vii).

     (c) The Borrower will not enter into or be party to, or make any payment
under, any Synthetic Purchase Agreement unless (i) in the case of any Synthetic
Purchase Agreement related to any Equity Interests, (A) the payments required to
be made thereunder are limited to the amount permitted under subsection Section
6.08 of this Section and (B) the obligations of the Borrower thereunder are
subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Required
Lenders; and (ii) in the case of any Synthetic Purchase Agreement related to any
Subordinated Debt, (A) the payments required to be made thereunder are limited
to the amount permitted under subsection (b) of this Section and (B) the
obligations of the Borrower thereunder are subordinated to the Secured
Obligations to at least the same extent as the Subordinated Debt to which such
Synthetic Purchase Agreement relates. The Borrower shall promptly deliver to the
Administrative Agent a copy of any Synthetic Purchase Agreement to which it
becomes party. The Borrower will not permit any Subsidiary to enter into, be
party to, or make any payment under any Synthetic Purchase Agreement.

     Section 6.09. Transactions with Affiliates. No Borrower Group Company will
sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property to, or purchase, lease or
otherwise acquire any property from, or otherwise engage in any other
transaction with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) transactions in the ordinary
course of business and are at prices and on terms and conditions not less
favorable to such Borrower Group Company than could be obtained on an
arm's-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or
among the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors not involving any other
Affiliate, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.08, (d)
transactions in connection with a Permitted Receivables Transaction and (e) the
performance of the Advisory Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 by and among the
Borrower, certain of its Subsidiaries from time to time and Citicorp Venture
Capital Ltd.

     Section 6.10. Restrictive Agreements. No Borrower Group Company will,
directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any agreement or other
arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition on (a) the
ability of any Borrower Group Company to create or permit to exist any Lien on
any of its property or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or
other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make
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advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Debt of the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not
apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document,
Subordinated Debt Document or any document evidencing a Permitted Receivables
Transaction, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions
existing on the date hereof and identified on Schedule 6.10 (but shall apply to
any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, or any extension or
renewal of, any such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not
apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating
to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided that such restrictions
and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is
permitted hereunder, (iv) clause Section 6.10 of this Section shall not apply to
restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Debt
permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the
property securing such Debt and (v) clause Section 6.10 of this Section shall
not apply to customary provisions in leases restricting the assignment thereof.

     Section 6.11. Amendment or Termination of Material Documents. No Borrower
Group Company will (a) amend, modify or waive any of its rights under any
Subordinated Debt Document or (b) amend, modify or waive a provision in its
certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents if such
amendment, waiver or modification could adversely effect any Lender or (c)
terminate any material license or contract constituting a part of the Collateral
unless the Borrower's board of directors has determined in its good faith
discretion that such license or agreement is no longer useful to the business of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

     Section 6.12. Capital Expenditures. (a) The Borrower will not permit the
aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made in any Fiscal Year referred to
below to exceed the sum of:

          (i) $10,000,000 (in the case of the Fiscal Year ending September 30,
     2003) or $12,000,000 (in the case of each Fiscal Year ending thereafter);
     plus

          (ii) for each Fiscal Year ending after September 30, 2003, the amount
     (if any) by which (x) the amount of Capital Expenditures for the
     immediately preceding Fiscal Year specified pursuant to clause (i) above
     (without including any carryover amount from any prior Fiscal Year)
     exceeded (y) the amount of Capital Expenditures actually made during such
     immediately preceding Fiscal Year.

     (b) If any property acquired or constructed by any Credit Party after the
date hereof and having an aggregate fair market value (taken together with the
fair market value of all other such properties not subject to a Transaction
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excess of $1,000,000 is not subject to a Transaction Lien, the Borrower will
cause such mortgages and other security documents to be executed and delivered
as may be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent may request, to subject such
property to a Transaction Lien.

     Section 6.13. Interest Expense Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not
permit the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest
Expense, in each case for any period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters
(subject to Section 6.16) ending on any date during any period set forth below,
to be less than the ratio set forth below opposite such period:

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    Period                                                                 Ratio
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1/01/03-9/30/03                                                           1.85:1
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10/01/03-9/30/05                                                          2.00:1
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Thereafter                                                                2.25:1
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     Section 6.14. Leverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Leverage
Ratio at any time during any period set forth below to exceed the ratio set
forth opposite such period:

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     Period                                                                Ratio
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1/01/03-9/30/03                                                           5.00:1
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10/01/03-03/31/04                                                         4.75:1
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04/01/04-09/30/04                                                         4.50:1
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10/01/04-9/30/05                                                          4.00:1
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10/01/05-9/30/06                                                          3.50:1
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Thereafter                                                                3.00:1
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     Section 6.15. Minimum EBITDA. At the last day of each Fiscal Quarter during
each period set forth below (beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ended March 31,
2003), Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters
then ended shall not be less than the amount set forth below opposite such
period:

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    Period                                                            Amount ($)
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1/01/03-9/30/03                                                       35,000,000
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10/01/03-9/30/04                                                      38,000,000
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10/01/04-9/30/05                                                      40,000,000
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10/01/05-9/30/06                                                      42,000,000
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Thereafter                                                            44,000,000
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     Section 6.16. Periods of Less Than Four Fiscal Quarters. If any
determination hereunder is required by the terms hereof to be made for a period
of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters at a time when fewer than four full Fiscal

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Quarters have elapsed since the Effective Date, such determination shall be made
for the period of twelve months then most recently ended; provided that such
determination shall be made subject to the last sentence of the definition of
Consolidated EBITDA.

     Section 6.17. Fiscal Year. The Borrower will not change its fiscal year
from a fiscal year ending September 30 and no Subsidiary will change its fiscal
year from the fiscal year in effect on the date hereof.

                                    ARTICLE 7
                                Events of Default

     If any of the following events ("Events of Default") shall occur:

     (a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any LC
Reimbursement Obligation when the same shall become due, whether at the due date
thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

     (b) the Borrower shall fail to pay when due any interest on any Loan or any
fee or other amount (except an amount referred to in clause (a) above) payable
under any Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period
of three Business Days;

     (c) any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by or
on behalf of any Borrower Group Company in or in connection with any Loan
Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in
any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished
pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or
modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect
when made or deemed made;

     (d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement
contained in Section 5.02, 5.05 (with respect to the existence of the Borrower)
or 5.12 or in Article 6;

     (e) any Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or
agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause
(a), (b) or (d) above), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period
of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower
(which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);

     (f) any Borrower Group Company shall fail to make a payment or payments
(whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of

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Material Debt when the same shall become due, whether at the due date thereof or
at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

     (g) any event or condition occurs that results in the acceleration of the
maturity of any Material Debt or that enables or permits (with or without the
giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of Material
Debt or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause Material Debt to
become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance
thereof, before its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause shall not
apply to secured Debt that becomes due as a result of a voluntary sale or
transfer of the property securing such Debt;

     (h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition
shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in
respect of any Borrower Group Company or its debts, or of a substantial part of
its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official
for any Borrower Group Company or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in
any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60
days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be
entered;

     (i) any Borrower Group Company shall (i) voluntarily commence any
proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of,
or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or
petition described in clause (h) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or
similar official for any Borrower Group Company or for a substantial part of its
assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition
filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of
the foregoing;

     (j) any Borrower Group Company shall become unable, admit in writing its
inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

     (k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount
exceeding $5,000,000 shall be rendered against one or more Borrower Group
Companies and shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days
during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be
legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any asset of any
Borrower Group Company to enforce any such judgment;

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     (l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required
Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred,
could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000;

     (m) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall
cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Credit Party not to be, a valid and
perfected Lien on any Collateral, with the priority required by the applicable
Security Document, except (i) as a result of a sale or other disposition of the
applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents or
(ii) as a result of the Administrative Agent's failure to maintain possession of
any stock certificates, promissory notes or other documents delivered to it
under the Security Agreement;

     (n) a Change in Control shall occur; or

     (o) any Subsidiary Guarantor's Secured Guarantee shall at any time fail to
constitute a valid and binding agreement of such Subsidiary Guarantor or any
party shall so assert in writing;

then, and in every such event (except an event with respect to the Borrower
described in clause (h) or (i) above), and at any time thereafter during the
continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of
the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of
the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the
Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii)
declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part,
in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter
be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so
declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all
fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due
and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of
any kind, all of which are waived by the Borrower; and in the case of any event
with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) above, the
Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then
outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other
obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due
and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind,
all of which are waived by the Borrower.

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                                   ARTICLE 8
                            The Administrative Agent

     Section 8.01. Appointment and Authorization. Each Lender Party irrevocably
appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative
Agent (i) to sign and deliver the Security Documents and (ii) to take such
actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such
actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

     Section 8.02. Rights and Powers as a Lender. A bank serving as the
Administrative Agent shall, in its capacity as a Lender, have the same rights
and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not
the Administrative Agent. Such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from,
lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any Borrower
Group Company or Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent.

     Section 8.03. Limited Duties and Responsibilities. The Administrative Agent
shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the
Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the
Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied
duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or
exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers
expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is
required in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as
provided in Section 9.02) and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan
Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and
shall not be liable for any failure to disclose, any information relating to any
Borrower Group Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving
as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The
Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number
or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as
provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have
knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the
Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent
shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i)
any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan
Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or
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any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any
condition set forth in Article 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than
to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.

     Section 8.04. Authority to Rely on Certain Writings, Statements and Advice.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on, and shall not incur any
liability for relying on, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement,
instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely
on any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made
by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any
Borrower Group Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by
it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in
accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

     Section 8.05. Sub-Agents and Related Parties. The Administrative Agent may
perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through
one or more sub-agents appointed by it. The Administrative Agent and any such
sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the
preceding Sections of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the
Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall
apply to activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities
provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

     Section 8.06. Resignation; Successor Administrative Agent. Subject to the
appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in
this Section, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the
Lenders, each LC Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the
Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to
appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the
Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after
the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the
retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and each LC Issuing
Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an
office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon acceptance
of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such
successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent
shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by
the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's resignation
hereunder, the provisions

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of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of
such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related
Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them
while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

     Section 8.07. Credit Decisions by Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges that it
has, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate,
made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each
Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance on the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its
own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based on this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder
or thereunder.

                                   ARTICLE 9
                                  Miscellaneous

     Section 9.01. Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other
communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and
other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by facsimile, as follows:

          (i) if to the Borrower, to it at 8500 Normandale Lake Boulevard, Suite
     1230, Bloomington, MN 55437, Attention of David Harbert (Facsimile No.
     (952) 921-2099), with a copy to Dechert LLP, 400 Bell Atlantic Tower, 1717
     Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2793, Attention of Gary Green
     (Facsimile No. (215) 994-2222);

          (ii) if to the Administrative Agent or to JPMorgan Chase Bank as an LC
     Issuing Bank, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, Loan and Agency Services Group, 1111
     Fannin, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Michael Chau
     (Facsimile No. (713) 750-2938) or Debbie Meche (Facsimile No. (713)
     750-2938), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, 270 Park Avenue, 15th Floor,
     New York, New York 10017, Attention of Freddy Luscher (Facsimile No. (212)
     270-2901);

          (iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or facsimile
     number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

     (b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures

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approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not
apply to notices pursuant to Article 2 unless otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the
Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be
limited to particular notices or communications.

     (c) Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices
and other communications hereunder by notice to the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement will be deemed to have been
given on the date of receipt.

     Section 9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by any Lender
Party in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan
Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of
steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of
the Lender Parties under the Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive
of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any
provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Credit Party
therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by
subsection (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the making of a Loan
nor the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be
construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Lender Party had
notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

     (b) No Loan Document or provision thereof may be waived, amended or
modified except, in the case of this Agreement, by an agreement or agreements in
writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, in the case of
any other Loan Document, by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into
by the parties thereto with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that
no such agreement shall:

          (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without its written consent;

          (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or
     reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fee payable hereunder,
     without the written consent of each Lender Party affected thereby;

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          (iii) postpone the maturity of any Loan, or the required date of
     reimbursement of any LC Disbursement, or any date for the payment of any
     interest or fee payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse
     any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any
     Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender Party affected
     thereby;

          (iv) change Section 2.16(b) or 2.16(c) in a manner that would alter
     the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written
     consent of each Lender;

          (v) change any provision of this Section or the percentage set forth
     in the definition of "Required Lenders" or any other provision of any Loan
     Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to take
     any action thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;

          (vi) release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its Secured Guarantee
     (except as expressly provided in the Security Agreement), or limit its
     liability in respect of its Secured Guarantee, without (x) the written
     consent of each Lender and (y) the prior or simultaneous release and
     termination of any Guarantee of the Subordinated Debt by such Subsidiary
     Guarantor; or

          (vii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the
     Transaction Liens, without the written consent of each Lender.

provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect
the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or any LC Issuing Bank without
its prior written consent.

     (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Required Lenders enter into or
consent to any waiver, amendment or modification pursuant to subsection (b) of
this Section, no consent of any other Lender will be required if, when such
waiver, amendment or modification becomes effective, (i) the Commitment of each
Lender not consenting thereto terminates and (ii) all amounts owing to it or
accrued for its account hereunder are paid in full.

     Section 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall
pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative
Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the
syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and
administration of the Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications or
waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by each LC

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Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Lender Party, including the fees, charges
and disbursements of any counsel for any Lender Party, in connection with the
enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents
(including its rights under this Section), the Letters of Credit or the Loans,
including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout,
restructuring or negotiations in respect of the Letters of Credit or the Loans.

     (b) The Borrower shall indemnify each of the Lender Parties and their
respective Related Parties (each such Person being called an "Indemnitee")
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any
Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of
their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Financing
Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or
Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by
any LC Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if
the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence
or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any Mortgaged Property or any other
property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or
any Subsidiary or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation,
investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on
contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a
party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not be available to any
Indemnitee to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final
and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from such Indemnitee's gross
negligence or willful misconduct.

     (c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be
paid by it to the Administrative Agent or any LC Issuing Bank under subsection
Section 9.03 or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent or such LC Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such Lender's
pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed
expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent or the applicable LC Issuing Bank in its capacity as such.
For purposes hereof, a Lender's "pro rata share" shall be determined based on

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its share of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures and unused Commitments at
the time.

     (d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not
assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed
to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result
of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the
Financing Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds
thereof.

     (e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable within five
Business Days after written demand therefor.

     Section 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of
any LC Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that the Borrower
may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment
or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void).
Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer
upon any Person (except the parties hereto, their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any LC Issuing Bank that
issues any Letter of Credit) and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the
Related Parties of the Lender Parties) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

     (b) Any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of any
Commitment it has at the time and any Loans at the time owing to it); provided
that:

          (i) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender
     Affiliate, each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and, in the
     case of an assignment of all or a portion of a Revolving Commitment or any
     Lender's obligations in respect of its LC Exposure, each LC Issuing Bank)
     must give their prior written consent to such assignment (which consents
     shall not be unreasonably withheld);

          (ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a
     proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations
     under this Agreement;

          (iii) unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
     otherwise consent, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the

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     assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date
     on which the relevant Assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent)
     shall not be less than $1,000,000 and, after giving effect to such
     assignment, the assigning Lender shall have Commitments and Loans
     aggregating at least $1,000,000; provided that this (iii) shall not apply
     to an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate or an assignment of the
     entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Commitment or Loans;

          (iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
     Administrative Agent an Assignment, together with a processing and
     recordation fee of $3,500; provided that only one such fee shall be due in
     respect of a simultaneous assignment to more than one Lender Affiliate; and

          (v) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
     Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire;

and provided further that any consent of the Borrower otherwise required under
this subsection shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to subsection
(d) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each
Assignment the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of
the interest assigned by such Assignment, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment covering all
of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such
Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a
Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with
this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by
such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
subsection (e) of this Section.

     (c) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in New York City a copy of each
Assignment delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and
addresses of the Lenders, their respective Commitments and the principal amounts
of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms
hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, and the parties hereto may treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender for all purposes of
this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by any party hereto at any reasonable time and from
time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

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     (d) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment executed by an
assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee's completed Administrative
Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the
processing and recordation fee referred to in subsection (b) of this Section and
any written consent to such assignment required by subsection (b) of this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and record the
information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective
for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as
provided in this subsection.

     (e) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or any other Lender
Party, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities
("Participants") in all or a portion of such Lender's rights and obligations
under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the
Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender's obligations under this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations
and (iii) the Borrower and the other Lender Parties shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which
a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain
the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided that
such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.
Subject to subsection (f) of this Section, each Participant shall be entitled to
the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 to the same extent as if it were a
Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of
this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided
that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.16(c) as though it were
a Lender.

     (f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment
under Section 2.13 or 2.15 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled
to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless
the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower's
prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a
Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15 unless the Borrower
is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant
agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.15(e) as
though it were a Lender.

     (g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all
or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such

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Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal
Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment
of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security
interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

     Section 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Credit Parties in the Loan Documents and in certificates
or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to the Loan
Documents shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties
hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and
the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any
investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding
that any Lender Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or
incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended
hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any principal
of or accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable hereunder
is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding or any
Commitment has not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.13, 2.14,
2.15 and 9.03 and Article 8 shall survive and remain in full force and effect
regardless of the consummation of the Financing Transactions, the repayment of
the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the
Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

     Section 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may
be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different
counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when
taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other
Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable
to the Administrative Agent 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. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement (i) will become
effective when the Administrative Agent shall have signed this Agreement and
received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of
each of the other parties hereto and (ii) thereafter will be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Agreement by facsimile will be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.

     Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of any Loan Document is
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction then, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, (i) such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent (but only to the extent) of such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability, (ii) the other provisions of the Loan Documents
shall remain in full force and

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effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor of the
Lender Parties in order to carry out the intentions of the parties thereto as
nearly as may be possible and (iii) the invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability of any such provision in any jurisdiction shall not affect the
validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

     Section 9.08. Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is authorized at any
time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off
and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional
or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such
Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against
any obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing hereunder and held by
such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any
demand hereunder and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of
each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of setoff) that such Lender may have.

     Section 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law
of the State of New York.

     (b) The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and
its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State
of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court
of the Southern District of New York, and any relevant appellate court, in any
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each party hereto irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the
extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each party hereto agrees that a
final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be
enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner
provided by law. Nothing in any Loan Document shall affect any right that any
Lender Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to
any Loan Document against any Credit Party or its properties in the courts of
any jurisdiction.

     (c) The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest
extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to any Loan Document in any court referred to in subsection
(b) of this Section. Each party hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any
such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

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     (d) Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the
manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in any Loan Document will
affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law.

     Section 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK
TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

     Section 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of
Contents herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

     Section 9.12. Confidentiality. Each Lender Party agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information
may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates' directors, officers, employees
and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being
understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of
the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such
Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by
any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement,
(e) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or any suit, action
or proceeding relating to any Loan Document or the enforcement of any right
thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the
same as those of this Section, to (i) any actual or prospective assignee of or
Participant in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any
actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative
transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent
of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information either (i) becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii)
becomes available to any Lender Party on a nonconfidential basis from a source
other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, "Information" means
all information received from the Borrower relating to the

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Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to
any Lender Party on a nonconfidential basis before disclosure by the Borrower;
provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower after the
date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as
confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information
as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its
obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to
maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to
its own confidential information.

     Section 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together
with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such
Loan under applicable law (collectively the "Charges"), shall exceed the maximum
lawful rate (the "Maximum Rate") that may be contracted for, charged or
otherwise received by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable
law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together
with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum
Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been
payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the
operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges
payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased
(but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such Lender shall have received
such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds
Effective Rate to the date of payment.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.

                                         FASTENTECH, INC.

                                         By: /s/ Ronald B. Kalich
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Ronald B. Kalich
                                             Title: President

                                         JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as a
                                            Lender, as an LC Issuing Bank and as
                                            Administrative Agent

                                         By: /s/ John C. Riordan
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: John C. Riordan
                                             Title: Vice President

                                         LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER
                                            INC., as a Lender and as Syndication
                                            Agent

                                         By: /s/ G. Andrew Keith
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: G. Andrew Keith
                                             Title: Authorized Signatory

                                         NATIONAL CITY BANK, as a Lender
                                            and as Documentation Agent

                                         By: /s/ Martin J. McCormick
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: Martin J. McCormick
                                             Title: Vice President

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                                Pricing Schedule

     "Applicable Rate" means, for Loans of any Interest Type on any day, the
rate per annum set forth below in the row corresponding to Loans of such
Interest Type and in the column corresponding to the Status that applies on such
day:

Status:                    Level I   Level II   Level III   Level IV
-------                    -------   --------   ---------   --------
Applicable Rate for
Eurodollar Loans:           2.75%      3.00%      3.25%       3.50%
Applicable Rate for Base
Rate Loans:                 1.75%      2.00%      2.25%       2.50%

     For the purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the following
meanings:

     "Level I Status" exists at any date, if at such date, no other Status
exists.

     "Level II Status" exists at any date, if at such date, (i) the Leverage
Ratio is greater than or equal to 2.75:1 and (ii) neither Level III Status nor
Level IV Status exists.

     "Level III Status" exists at any date, if at such date, (i) the Leverage
Ratio is greater than or equal to 3.25:1 and (ii) Level IV Status does not
exist.

     "Level IV Status" exists at any date, if at such date, the Leverage Ratio
is greater than or equal to 4.25:1.

     "Status" refers to the determination of which of Level I Status, Level II
Status, Level III Status or Level IV Status exists at any date.

     For purposes of this Schedule, (x) the Leverage Ratio shall be determined
as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter based on the Borrower's most recent
consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or
5.01(b) (subject to the proviso to the definition of "Applicable Rate" as set
forth in the Credit Agreement) and (y) each change in an Applicable Rate
resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the
period from and including the day when the Administrative Agent receives the
financial statements indicating such change to but excluding the effective date
of the next such change.

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                               Commitment Schedule

                                                                      Revolving
        Name of Lender                                               Commitment
----------------------------                                         -----------
JPMorgan Chase Bank                                                  $15,000,000
Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.                                         $15,000,000
National City Bank                                                   $10,000,000

                                                                     ===========
Total                                                                $40,000,000

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                                                                   Schedule 2.04

                           Existing Letters of Credit

     $50,000 Letter of Credit issued by Provident Bank for purchasing cards.

                                      S-3

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                                                                   Schedule 3.05

                            Existing Real Properties

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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            Address                   Primary Purpose               Owned/Leased
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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<S>                              <C>                                    <C>
  8500 Normandale Lake Blvd.              Office                       Leased
          Suite 1230
     Bloomington, MN 55437
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 22100 Trolley Industrial Dr.          Manufacturing                   Leased
       Taylor, MI 48180
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       1066 Commerce St.               Manufacturing                   Leased
     Birmingham, MI 48009
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         2807 Samoset                  Manufacturing                    Owned
      Royal Oak, MI 48067
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     7900 West Ridge Road              Manufacturing                    Owned
         P.O. Box 4019
     Elyria, OH 44036-2019
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trestle Bridge Business Center   Warehouse, Sales, Service             Leased
         250 Boot Road
     Downingtown, PA 19335
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    20621 East Valley Blvd.      Warehouse, Sales, Service             Leased
            Suite B
       Walnut, CA 91789
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    9008-10 S. Thomas Ave.       Warehouse, Sales, Service             Leased
     Bridgeview, IL 60455
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      23765 Foley Street         Warehouse, Sales, Service             Leased
       Hayward, CA 94545
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2211 Century Center Blvd.     Warehouse, Sales, Service             Leased
       Irving, TX 75062
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       821 Sharon Drive                Manufacturing                   Leased
      Westlake, OH 44145
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Mexico Office                 Sales Office                    Leased
   Matilde Marquez No. 61-M
    Col. Penon de los Banos
    C.P. 15520 Mexico, DF
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     7845 Middlebelt Road              Manufacturing                   Leased
       Romulus, MI 48174
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     23600 Capitol Avenue              Manufacturing                   Leased
       Redford, MI 48238
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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       26700 Wixom Road                Manufacturing                   Leased
        Novi, MI 48374
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                      S-4

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Address                   Primary Purpose               Owned/Leased
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                              <C>                         <C>
      2151 Scranton Road               Manufacturing         Building Owned, Land Leased
      Cleveland, OH 44113
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    9007-9101 Detroit Ave.               Warehouse                      Owned
      Cleveland, OH 44102
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       200 Martha Street               Manufacturing                    Owned
     Blairsville, PA 15717
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         3 Quality Way                 Manufacturing                    Owned
        Greenville, SC
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     225 West Morgan Ave.              Manufacturing                   Leased
     Evansville, IN 47710
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Gevelsburg, Germany          European Headquarters                Owned
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Z.l du chemin vert               Sales Office                    Leased
     8 rue de l'Angoumois
   Argenteuil F-95100 France
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Mississauga, Canada        Warehouse, Sales, Service             Leased
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                      S-5

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                                                                   Schedule 3.06

                                Disclosed Matters

    An unasserted claim of patent infringement by R B & W Manufacturing LLC.

                                      S-6

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                                                                   Schedule 3.12

                              List of Subsidiaries

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Subsidiary                 Jurisdiction      Guarantor              Ownership Interest
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                        <C>               <C>                    <C>
FastenTech, Inc.           Delaware          N/A
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Progressive Stamping Co.   Delaware          Subsidiary Guarantor   100% by FastenTech, Inc.
(DE), Inc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nelson Stud Welding,       Delaware          Subsidiary Guarantor   100% by FastenTech, Inc.
Inc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fabri-Steel Products       Michigan          Subsidiary Guarantor   100% by FastenTech, Inc.
Incorporated
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nelson Stud Welding        Delaware          Subsidiary Guarantor   100% by Nelson Stud
International, Inc.                                                 Welding, Inc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nelson Stud Welding,       Ontario, Canada   N/A                    100% by Nelson Stud
Canada Inc.                                                         Welding, Inc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fabri-Steel C.V.           Netherlands       N/A                    90% by Nelson Stud
                                                                    Welding International,
                                                                    Inc.,
                                                                    10% by Nelson Stud
                                                                    Welding, Inc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nelson Stud Welding        Netherlands       N/A                    100% by Fabri-Steel C.V.
Fabri-Steel Netherlands
B.V.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nelson Stud Welding        France            N/A                    100% by Nelson Stud
France S.A.S.                                                       Welding Fabri-Steel
                                                                    Netherlands B.V.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Profile Steel and Wire,    Delaware          Subsidiary Guarantor   100% by Fabri-Steel
Inc.                                                                Products Incorporated
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The Ferry Cap & Set        Ohio              Subsidiary Guarantor   100% by Fabri-Steel
Screw Company                                                       Products Incorporated
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Fabri-Steel Ltd.           United Kingdom    N/A                    100% by Fabri-Steel
                                                                    Products Incorporated
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</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subsidiary                 Jurisdiction      Guarantor              Ownership Interest
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                        <C>               <C>                    <C>
Specialty Bar Products     Pennsylvania      Subsidiary Guarantor   100% of common ownership
Company                                                             by Fabri-Steel Products
                                                                    Incorporated;

                                                                    86.7% of preferred
                                                                    ownership by Fabri-Steel
                                                                    Products Incorporated
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Integrated Energy          Delaware          Subsidiary Guarantor   100% by Fabri-Steel
Technologies, Inc.                                                  Products Incorporated
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRW Nelson                 Germany           N/A                    100% by Nelson Stud
Bolzenschweiss-Technik                                              Welding France S.A.S.
Verwaltungs GmhH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRW Nelson                 Germany           N/A                    99.7% by Nelson Stud
Bolzenschweiss-Technik                                              Welding France S.A.S.,
GmhH & Co. KG                                                       0.3% by TRW Nelson
                                                                    Bolzenschweiss-Technik
                                                                    Verwaltungs GmhH
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</TABLE>

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                                                                   Schedule 3.13

                                    Insurance

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Insurance Policy                  Issuer                   Coverage Limit
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                           <C>                           <C>
          Umbrella             St. Paul Fire & Mar                 $25,000,000
                                   Ins. Co.

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 Property (covers Building,     Travelers Indemnity of            $232,282,881
   Personal Property and               Illinois
      Business Income)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     General Liability        American Home Assurance Co.     $2,000,000 aggregate

                                                            $1,000,000 per occurrence
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Workers Compensation      American Home Assurance Co.          $1,000,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Excess Workers Compensation   Hartford Casualty Ins. Co.           $1,000,000
 (The Ferry Cap & Set Screw
          Company)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Excess Umbrella           American Guar. & Liab.             $25,000,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Business Auto          American Home Assurance Co.          $1,000,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Boiler and Machinery        Travelers Indemnity of             $50,000,000
                                  Illinois

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      Foreign Package          Great Northern Insurance            $42,604,608
                                     Co.

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           Crime                 Gulf Insurance Group               $500,000
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   Directors and Officers       Gulf Insurance Company             $5,000,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Fiduciary              Gulf Insurance Company             $3,000,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

                                                                   Schedule 6.01

                              Existing Indebtedness

1.   Earnout pursuant to Asset Purchase Agreement between FastenTech, Inc. and
     Rolls-Royce Corporation, closing date February 28, 2003

2.   All capitalized leases that exist as of the date of the Agreement.

                                      S-10

<PAGE>

                                                                   Schedule 6.02

                                 Existing Liens

              To be determined following completion of lien search.

                                      S-11

<PAGE>

                                                                   Schedule 6.04

              Existing Investments, Loans, Advances and Guaranties

                                [to be provided]

                                      S-12

<PAGE>

                                                                   Schedule 6.10

                              Existing Restrictions

1.   Charters of each member of the Borrower Group.

2.   Securities Purchase and Holders Agreement dated March 17, 2000, by and
     among FastenTech, Inc. and the other parties thereto.

3.   Preferred Stockholders Agreement dated March 17, 2000, by and among
     FastenTech, Inc. and the other parties thereto.

                                      S-13

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