Exhibit 10.9

$455,000,000

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of November 22, 2005

among

POLYMER GROUP, INC.,
as Borrower,

THE LENDERS REFERRED TO HEREIN,

CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Administrative Agent, Documentation Agent,
Collateral Agent and Syndication Agent,

and

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner

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CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of November 22, 2005, among POLYMER GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”);  the financial institutions listed on Schedule 2.01, as such Schedule may from time to time be supplemented and amended (the “Lenders”); CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders, as documentation agent (in such capacity, the “Documentation Agent”), as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”), and as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (the “Collateral Agent”); and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. (“CGMI”), as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner (in such capacity, the “Lead Arranger”).

The parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

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

“ABR Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.

“ABR Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

“Acquisition Consideration” means the purchase consideration for any Permitted Acquisition and all other payments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, whether paid in cash or by exchange of Equity Interests or of assets, by the assumption of Indebtedness or otherwise and whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and includes any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness, “earn-outs” and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any person or business.

“Additional Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11.

“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 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit A.

“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person (excluding any trustee under, or any committee with responsibility for administering, any Plan). A Person shall be deemed to be “controlled by” any other Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power

(a)           to vote 10% or more of the securities (on a fully diluted basis) of such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or managing general partners; or

(b)           to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

“Agent Fees” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c).

“Agents” means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

“Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure” means the aggregate amount of the Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures.

“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“Alternate Base Rate” means for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Administrative Agent’s Base Rate in effect on such day, (b) 0.5% per annum above the latest three-week moving average of secondary market morning offering rates in the United States for three-month certificates of deposit of major United States money market banks, such three-week moving average being determined weekly on each Monday (or, if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day) for the three-week period ending on the next previous Friday by the Administrative Agent on the basis of such rates reported by certificate of deposit dealers to and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, if such publication shall be suspended or terminated, on the basis of quotations for such rates received by the Administrative Agent from three New York certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent, in either case adjusted to the nearest 0.25% or, if there is no nearest 0.25%, to the next higher 0.25% (the “Certificate of Deposit Rate”), and (c) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Base Rate, the Certificate of Deposit Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Base Rate, the Certificate of Deposit Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, respectively.

“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, (i) with respect to Term Loans, (A) 1.25% per annum, in the case of ABR Loans, and (B) 2.25% per annum, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and (ii) with respect to Revolving Loans, (A) before the Trigger Date, (x) 1.25% per annum, in the case of ABR Loans, and (y) 2.25% per annum, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and (B) on and after the Trigger Date, the applicable rate per annum set forth in the table below (x) under the caption “ABR Revolving Loans Spread,” in the case of ABR Loans, and (y) under the caption “Eurodollar Revolving Loans Spread,” in the case of Eurodollar Loans, in each case based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date:

For purposes of such calculation of the Applicable Rate with respect to Revolving Loans on and after the Trigger Date, (i) the Total Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower’s fiscal year based upon the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a

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change in the Total Leverage Ratio shall be effective three (3) Business Days after the date on which the Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable financial statements and a Compliance Certificate calculating the Total Leverage Ratio. If at any time the Borrower has not submitted to the Administrative Agent the applicable information as and when required under Section 5.01(a) or (b), the Applicable Rate shall be the highest rate set forth in the table above until such time as the Borrower has provided the information required under Section 5.01(a) or (b). Within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the applicable information as and when required under Section 5.01(a) or (b), the Administrative Agent shall give each Lender telefacsimile or telephonic notice (confirmed in writing) of the Applicable Rate in effect from such date.

“Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any of its Property, including any sale or issuance of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary, except (a) sales, dispositions and leases permitted by Section 6.05 (other than subsection (ix) thereof) and (b) any such transaction or series of transactions which, if an Asset Sale, would not generate Net Proceeds in excess of $2.0 million (or, when taken together with all other such transactions, in excess of $5.0 million in any Fiscal Year).

“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit C or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Attributable Indebtedness”  means, when used with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate determined by the Borrower in good faith as its cost of borrowing for Indebtedness of comparable term) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction; provided that if such Sale and Leaseback Transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense”.

“Authorized Officer” means, with respect to the Borrower, those of its officers whose signature and incumbency has been certified to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders by the Secretary of the Borrower in a certificate dated the Effective Date or any successor thereto.

“Available Revolving Credit Commitment” means as to any Revolving Lender, at any time of determination, an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time minus such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.

“Base Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.14(a).

“Base Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its base rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Base Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with extensions of credit to debtors) (any change in such rate announced by the Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change).

“Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

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“Borrower” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Borrowing” means a Loan or group of Loans to the Borrower of the same Class and Type made (including through a conversion or continuation) by the applicable Lenders on a single date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

“Borrowing Date” means any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to Section 2.02 as a date on which the Borrower requests Loans to be made hereunder.

“Borrowing Request” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02(a).

“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

“Canadian Dollars” and “Cdn. $” means lawful money of Canada.

“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, any and all expenditures made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such period for assets added to or reflected in its property, plant and equipment accounts or other similar capital asset accounts or comparable items (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include normal replacements and maintenance which are properly charged to current operations) or any other capital expenditures that are, or should be, set forth as “additions to plant, property and equipment” on the financial statement prepared in accordance with GAAP, whether such asset is purchased for cash or financed as an account payable or by the incurrence of Indebtedness, accrued as a liability or otherwise, but excluding expenditures made in connection with the repair, replacement, substitution or restoration of property pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(iv) or in connection with the reinvestment in capital assets pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(iii).

“Capital Lease Obligations” means all monetary or financial obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any leasing or similar arrangement conveying the right to use real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which, in accordance with GAAP, would or should be classified and accounted for as capital leases, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP and the stated maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date on which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

“Cash Equivalents” means Permitted Investments (other than as described in clause (g) of the definition thereof).

“Cash Interest Expense” means, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, excluding any interest expense not payable in cash (such as, for example, amortization of discount and amortization of debt issuance costs), net of interest income.

“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

“CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System List.

“Certificate of Deposit Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”.

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“CGMI” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“Change in Control” means any one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing:

(i)           any Person (other than the GOF Holders) shall own, collectively, on a fully-diluted basis (in other words, giving effect to the exercise of any warrants, options and conversion and other rights), more than 35% of the aggregate shares of voting capital stock of the Borrower (representing at least 35% of the votes that may be cast in an election of directors of the Borrower); or

(ii)          during any period of 12 consecutive calendar months, at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall no longer be composed of individuals (w) who were appointed by one or more of the GOF Holders, (x) who were members of said Board on the first day of such period, (y) whose election or nomination to said Board was approved by individuals referred to in clause (x) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of said Board or (z) whose election or nomination to said Board was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (w), (x) and (y) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of said Board.

“Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

“Class,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Term Loans or Swingline Loans and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment or Term Commitment and, when used in reference to any Lender, refers to whether such Lender is a Revolving Lender or a Term Lender.

“Closing Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

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

“Collateral” means each Mortgaged Property and any and all other Property of whatever kind and nature pledged as collateral under any Security Document.

“Collateral Account” means the collateral account or sub-account established and maintained by the Collateral Agent in its name as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with the provisions of the Security Agreement.

“Collateral Agent” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Commitment” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment or Term Commitment or any combination thereof (as the context requires).

“Commitment Fee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a).

“Commitment Fee Average Daily Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a).

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“Commitment Fee Percentage” means 0.50% per annum; provided, however, that after the Trigger Date, the Commitment Fee Percentage shall mean the applicable percentage set forth in the table below under the appropriate caption:

For purposes of such calculation of the Commitment Fee Percentage on and after the Trigger Date, (i) the Total Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower’s fiscal year based upon the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii) each change in the Commitment Fee Percentage resulting from a change in the Total Leverage Ratio shall be effective three (3) Business Days after the date on which the Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable financial statements and a Compliance Certificate calculating the Total Leverage Ratio. If at any time the Borrower has not submitted to the Administrative Agent the applicable information as and when required under Section 5.01(a) or (b), the Commitment Fee Percentage shall be the higher rate set forth in the table above until such time as the Borrower has provided the information required under Section 5.01(a) or (b). Within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the applicable information as and when required under Section 5.01(a) or (b), the Administrative Agent shall give each Lender telefacsimile or telephonic notice (confirmed in writing) of the Commitment Fee Percentage in effect from such date.

“Commitment Fee Termination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a).

“Commitment Percentage” means the percentage of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. If the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the Commitment Percentage shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

“Commitments” means the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swingline Commitments and the Term Commitments.

“Communications” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(a).

“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(a) and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

“Conduit Financing Arrangement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16.

“Consolidated Current Assets” means, as at any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which may properly be classified as current assets on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (other than cash and Cash Equivalents).

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“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as at any date of determination, the total liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which may properly be classified as current liabilities (other than the current portion of any Loans) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus, without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of:  (a) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (b) the aggregate amount of income and franchise tax expense for such period, (c) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period, (d) all unusual or non-recurring non-cash charges during such period (excluding any non-cash item of expense requiring an accrual or reserve for future cash expense), (e) plant restructuring and realignment costs not to exceed $25.0 million in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, (f) all fees and expenses paid during such period directly relating to the refinancing of the Existing Credit Agreement and (g) all non-cash stock compensation expense; and minus, without duplication and to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, all non-recurring non-cash gains during such period; all as determined on a consolidated basis with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP. Other than for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to the Transactions, any Permitted Acquisition and Asset Sales consummated at any time on or after the first day of the Test Period thereof as if the Transactions and each such Permitted Acquisition had been effected on the first day of such period and as if each such Asset Sale had been consummated on the day prior to the first day of such period.

“Consolidated Indebtedness” means, at a particular date, the aggregate stated balance sheet amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP at such date.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the total consolidated interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP plus, without duplication:

(a)           imputed interest on Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period;

(b)           commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankers’ acceptance financing and receivables financings for such period;

(c)           amortization of debt issuance costs, debt discount or premium and other financing fees and expenses incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such period;

(d)           all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such period;

(e)           the interest portion of any deferred payment obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such period; and

(f)            all interest on any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the type described in clause (iii) or (x) of the definition of “Indebtedness” for such period

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Consolidated Interest Expense and Cash Interest Expense (other than for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow) shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or permanently repaid or extinguished during the relevant Test Period in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted Acquisitions and Asset Sales as if such incurrence, assumption, repayment or extinguishing had been effected on the first day of such period.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the sum of net income (or loss) and minority interests for such period of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding:  (a) any income (or loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower, except that the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower as a dividend or other distribution shall be included; (b) the amount of any cash distributed by any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary to a Person other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (c) gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values and the related tax effects determined in accordance with GAAP for such period; (d) unrealized gains and losses with respect to Hedging Agreements for such period; and (e) the income of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary of that income is prohibited by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary.

“Contested Collateral Lien Conditions” means (a) any proceeding instituted contesting such Lien shall conclusively operate to stay the sale or forfeiture of any portion of the Collateral on account of such Lien; and (b) in the event the amount of any such Lien shall exceed $2.0 million, the Loan Party or its applicable Subsidiary shall either obtain a bond or maintain cash reserves, in either case, in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge such Lien and the Collateral Agent’s reasonable estimate of all interest and penalties related thereto.

“Credit Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.02.

“Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount” shall mean, at any date, an amount, not less than zero, determined on a cumulative basis equal to (x) the amount of Excess Cash Flow for all Fiscal Years (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 30, 2006) which is not (and, in the case of any Fiscal Year where the respective required date of prepayment has not yet occurred pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(v), will not on such date of required prepayment be) required to be applied in accordance with Section 2.05(c)(v) minus (y) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.14(b)(ii).

“Debt Incurrence” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c)(ii).

“Debt Repayments” means, for any period, principal repayments permitted by Section 6.10 and optional prepayments (to the extent such repayments and optional prepayments are made from internally generated funds) of Indebtedness made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period (other than repayments or prepayments of intercompany loans); provided that, with respect to payments of Revolving Loans, such payments shall only be included in this definition to the extent that such payment is accompanied by a simultaneous reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments).

“Default” means any Event of Default, any Event of Termination and any event or condition which upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default or Event of Termination.

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“Destruction” means any and all damage to, or loss or destruction of, or loss of title to, all or any portion of the Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Disqualified Equity Interests” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(b).

“Documentation Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“Dollars” or “$” means lawful money of the United States of America.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Non-U.S. Subsidiary.

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.08).

“Engagement Letter” means the Engagement Letter dated October 17, 2005 between CGMI and the Borrower.

“Environment” means ambient air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna, or as otherwise defined in any applicable Environmental Law.

“Environmental Claim” means any written accusation, allegation, notice of violation, claim, demand, order, directive, cost recovery action or other cause of action by, or on behalf of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person for damages, injunctive or equitable relief, personal injury (including sickness, disease or death), Remedial Action costs, tangible or intangible property damage, natural resource damages, nuisance, pollution, any adverse effect on the Environment caused by any Hazardous Material, or for fines, penalties or restrictions, resulting from or based upon:  (a) the existence, or the continuation of the existence, of a Release or threatened Release (including sudden or non-sudden, accidental or non-accidental Releases); (b) exposure to any Hazardous Material; (c) the presence, generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Material; or (d) the violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable treaties, laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the Environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including, but not limited to, any liability for damages, natural resource damage, costs of environmental remediation, administrative oversight costs, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials or (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the Environment.

“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, authorization, certificate, license, variance, filing or permission required by or from any Governmental Authority pursuant to any Environmental Law.

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“Equity Interests” means 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.

“Equity Issuance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c)(i).

“Equity Rights” means all securities convertible or exchangeable for Equity Interests and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Equity Interests, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under Sections 414(b) or (c) of the Code, and for the purpose of Section 302 of ERISA and/or Section 412, 4971, 4977, 4980D, 4980E and/or each “applicable section” under Section 414(t)(2) of the Code, within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived by regulation); (b) the existence with respect to any Pension Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan; (e) the receipt by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Pension Plan, to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan, or to take any other action with respect to a Pension Plan that could result in material liability to a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, or the occurrence of any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (f) the incurrence by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) the receipt by a Loan Party or 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; (h) the making of any amendment to any Pension Plan which could result in the imposition of a lien or the posting of a bond or other security; or (i) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could result in liability to a Loan Party or any of the Subsidiaries.

“Eurodollar Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans.

“Eurodollar Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

“Event of Termination” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

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“Excess Cash Flow” means, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, for any period, (a) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i)           Consolidated EBITDA for such period;

(ii)          extraordinary or non-recurring cash receipts of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, if any, during such period and not included in Consolidated EBITDA;

(iii)         reductions to non-cash working capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (i.e., the decrease, if any, in Consolidated Current Assets minus Consolidated Current Liabilities from the beginning to the end of such period); and

(iv)         to the extent subtracted in determining Consolidated EBITDA, all items that did not result from a cash payment by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such period,

minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i)           the amount of any cash income and franchise taxes paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to such period;

(ii)          Cash Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period;

(iii)         Capital Expenditures committed or made in cash only from internally generated funds in accordance with Section 6.14(a) and (c) during such period (and not deducted from Excess Cash Flow in any prior year);

(iv)         extraordinary or non-recurring expenses and losses to the extent paid in cash by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, if any, during such period and not included in Consolidated EBITDA;

(v)          additions to non-cash working capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (i.e., the increase, if any, in Consolidated Current Assets minus Consolidated Current Liabilities from the beginning to the end of such period);

(vi)         the amount of all fees and expenses paid in cash during such period directly relating to the refinancing of the Existing Credit Agreement;

(vii)        expenses or losses excluded from the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA during such period by operation of clause (e) of the definition thereof to the extent paid in cash during such period; and

(viii)       to the extent added to determine Consolidated EBITDA, all items that did not result from a cash payment to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such period;

provided that, to the extent otherwise included herein, the Net Proceeds of Asset Sales, Destructions, Takings, Debt Incurrences and Equity Issuances which are applied towards the prepayment of Loans and/or the reduction of Commitments and/or the repair, replacement, substitution, restoration of or reinvestment

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in property in accordance with Section 2.05(c) shall be excluded from the calculation of Excess Cash Flow.

“Excess Cash Flow Percentage” means, as of any date of determination, (i) 50% if the Total Leverage Ratio is greater than or equal to 3.0x as of such date and (ii) 25% if the Total Leverage Ratio is less than 3.0x as of such date.

“Exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(h).

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Excluded Equity Issuance” means (a) the issuance of any warrants, options or Equity Interests to directors, officers or employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and any Equity Interests of the Borrower issued upon the exercise of such warrants or options, (b) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower to the GOF Holders and (c) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower to the extent the proceeds thereof are contemporaneously applied to fund Permitted Acquisitions permitted by Section 6.04 or to fund Capital Expenditures permitted by Section 6.14(a).

“Existing Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2004 among the Borrower, Citicorp North America Inc., as administrative agent, and the other financial institutions party thereto, as amended.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) 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; provided that (a) if the day for which such rate is to be determined is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate for such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

“Fees” means the Commitment Fees, the LC Fees and the Agent Fees.

“Financial Covenants” means those covenants and agreements of the Loan Parties set forth in Sections 6.12 through 6.14, inclusive.

“Financial Officer” of any corporation, partnership or other entity means the chief financial officer, the principal accounting officer, Treasurer or Controller of such corporation, partnership or other entity.

“Fiscal Quarter” means any quarter of a Fiscal Year.

“Fiscal Year” means any period of twelve consecutive calendar months which form the basis for the Borrower’s financial statements in its Form 10-K; references to a Fiscal Year with a number corresponding to any calendar year (e.g., the “2005 Fiscal Year”) refer to the Fiscal Year as disclosed in the Borrower’s SEC filings.

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“Foreign Plan” means any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to outside the United States by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary primarily for the benefit of employees of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary employed outside the United States.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis.

“GOF” means MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners LP.

“GOF Holders” means GOF and each of its Affiliates that hold the equity of the Borrower on the date hereof, so long as such entities continue to be managed or controlled by GOF or are Affiliates or Subsidiaries of GOF.

“Governmental Authority” means any Federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body, including any central bank.

“Greenshoe Option” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(g).

“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness 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 Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to 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 Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof (including pursuant to a “synthetic lease”), (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 Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of the obligation under any Guarantee shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made (including principal, interest and fees) and (b) the maximum amount for which such guarantor may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guarantor may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of the obligation under such Guarantee shall be such guarantor’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guarantor in good faith; irrespective, in any such case, of any amount thereof that would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be reflected on a balance sheet of such Person.

“Guarantee Agreement” means the Guarantee Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, made by the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.

“Hazardous Materials” means all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, substances, chemicals, materials and constituents, including without limitation, crude oil, petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) or PCB-containing materials or equipment of any nature which can give rise to liability under, or are subject to regulation pursuant to, any Environmental Law.

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“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement and all other similar agreements or arrangements designed to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in interest rate, currency values or commodity prices.

“Impermissible Qualification” means, relative to the opinion or certification of any independent public accountant as to any financial statement of the Borrower, any qualification or exception to such opinion or certification:

(a)           which is of a “going concern” or similar nature;

(b)           which relates to the limited scope of examination of matters relevant to such financial statement; or

(c)           which relates to the treatment or classification of any item in such financial statement and which, as a condition to its removal, would require an adjustment to such item the effect of which would be to cause the Borrower to be in default of any of its obligations under any of Sections 6.12 or 6.13.

“Increased Cost Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

“Indebtedness” of any Person means the sum of all indebtedness of such Person on a consolidated basis (without duplication) with respect to (i) borrowed money or represented by bonds, debentures, notes and the like; (ii) the aggregate amount of Capital Lease Obligations; (iii) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any Property of such Person; (iv) all indebtedness representing the deferred purchase price of Property or services, excluding trade payables in the ordinary course of business; (v) all obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor in respect of letters of credit, letters of guaranty, bankers’ acceptances and similar credit transactions; (vi) all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person; (vii) synthetic lease obligations of such Person; (viii) all obligations under Hedging Agreements to the extent required to be reflected on a balance sheet of such Person; (ix) all Attributable Indebtedness of such Person; and (x) direct Guarantees and indemnities in respect of, and to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, or to assure an obligee against failure to make payment in respect of, liabilities, obligations or indebtedness of the kind described in clauses (i) through (ix).

“Indebtedness to Be Paid” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.20(a).

“Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement” means the Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit E.

“Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated as of November 2005 and posted electronically on Intralinks relating to the Borrower and this Agreement.

“Installment Payment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(d).

“Interest Expense Coverage Ratio” means, for any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Cash Interest Expense, in each case for such Test Period.

“Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to any Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing

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with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, (a) each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing and, in addition, (b) the date of any refinancing of such Borrowing with a Borrowing of a different Type.

“Interest Period” means (a) as to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing (including any date on which such Borrowing shall have been converted from a Borrowing of a different Type) or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as the case may be, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months (or if available to all Lenders, two weeks or 9 or 12 months) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; or (b) as to any ABR Borrowing (other than a Swingline Borrowing), the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing (including any date on which such Borrowing shall have been converted from a Borrowing of a different Type) or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as the case may be, and ending on the earliest of (i) the next succeeding March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, (ii) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (iii) the date such Borrowing is prepaid in accordance with Section 2.05 or converted in accordance with Section 2.03 and (c) as to any Swingline Loan, a period commencing on the date of such Loan and ending on the earliest of (i) the fifth Business Day thereafter, (ii) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (iii) the date such Loan is prepaid in accordance with Section 2.05; provided, however, that 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, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing only, 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. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.

“Investment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

“Issuing Bank” means Citibank NA, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i), or any other Revolving Lender approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

“Landlord Access Agreement” means a landlord access agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit N attached hereto

“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit 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 shall be its Commitment Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

“LC Fees” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(b).

“Lead Arranger” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

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“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 a 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.

“Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement and shall also include the letters of credit issued by Citibank NA under the Existing Credit Agreement and set forth on Schedule 1.02 hereto.

“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate 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 prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for Dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that 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 supplied to the Administrative Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Banks in the London interbank market as of the day two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the rate for Dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge, assignment, hypothecation or security interest in or on such asset, in each of the foregoing cases whether voluntary or imposed by law, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement relating to such asset, (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities, (d) in the case of any investment property or deposit account, any contract or other agreement under which any third party has the right to control such investment property or deposit account and (e) any other agreement intended to create any of the foregoing.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Security Documents, each Note and, solely for purposes of Section 7.01(a), the Engagement Letter.

“Loan Parties” means the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.

“Loans” means the Revolving Loans, the Swingline Loans and the Term Loans.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a materially adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition or liabilities of the Loan Parties and their consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under any Loan Document or (d) the value of the Collateral or the validity, enforceability, perfection or priority of the Liens granted to the Collateral

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Agent (for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties) on the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents.

“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of the Borrower and the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, individually or in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10.0 million. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

“Moody’s” means ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc.

“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, leasehold mortgage or deed of trust or other security document granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit M.

“Mortgaged Property” means, initially, each parcel of real property and the improvements thereto owned or leased by a Loan Party and identified on Schedule 4.01(u)(A), and includes each other parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.11 or 5.12.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA (i) to which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate is then making or has an obligation to make contributions, (ii) to which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has within the preceding six plan years made contributions, including any Person which ceased to be an ERISA Affiliate during such six year period, or (iii) with respect to which Loan Party or any Subsidiary could incur liability.

“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any Equity Issuance, Debt Incurrence, Asset Sale, Destruction or Taking, (a) the cash proceeds actually received in respect of such event, including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a Destruction, insurance proceeds only to the extent in excess of $2.5 million, in the aggregate for all such events and (iii) in the case of a Taking, condemnation awards and similar payments only to the extent in excess of $2.5 million, in the aggregate for all such events, net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with such event, (ii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and (iii) in the case of an Asset Sale, Destruction or Taking, the amount of all payments required to be made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by a Prior Lien (as defined in the Security Agreement or applicable Mortgage) on such asset and the amount of any reserves established by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding two years, and that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Borrower); provided that any amount by which such reserves are reduced for reasons other than payment of any such contingent liabilities shall be considered “Net Proceeds” upon such reduction.

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.20.

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“Non-U.S. Jurisdiction” means each jurisdiction of organization of a Subsidiary of the Borrower other than the United States (or any State thereof) or the District of Columbia.

“Non-U.S. Pledge Agreements” means one or more pledge agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent covering 65% of the Equity Interests owned by a Loan Party directly in a Non-U.S. Subsidiary.

“Non-U.S. Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is or becomes organized under the laws of a Non-U.S. Jurisdiction, other than following the consummation of the Permitted Restructuring, Chicopee Holdings B.V., to the extent that such Subsidiary is a “disregarded entity” for purposes of United States tax laws.

“Note” means a note substantially in the form of Exhibit ▇-▇, -▇, ▇▇ -▇.

“Obligations” means the (a) unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans made to the Borrower and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans made to or LC Disbursements made pursuant to Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower and all other obligations and liabilities of the Loan Parties to any Secured Party, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith, whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnities, costs or expenses (including, without limitation, all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel), or otherwise, (b) the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under each interest rate protection agreement constituting a Hedging Agreement relating to the Loans entered into with any counterparty that was a Lender or a Lender Affiliate at the time such interest rate protection agreement was entered into and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of overdrafts and related liabilities owed to any Lender, any Lender Affiliate or any Agent arising from treasury, depositary and cash management services or in connection with any automated clearinghouse transfer of funds.

“Organic Document” means (i) relative to each Person that is a corporation, its charter, its by-laws and all shareholder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements applicable to any of its authorized shares of capital stock, (ii) relative to each Person that is a partnership, its partnership agreement and any other similar arrangements applicable to any partnership or other equity interests in the Person and (iii) relative to any Person that is any other type of legal entity, such documents as shall be comparable to the foregoing.

“Overdraft Obligations” means the obligations described in clause (c) of the definition of “Obligations.”

“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(f).

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

“Pension Plan” means a “pension plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) and to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate may have liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial

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employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the preceding five years, or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA.

“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Annex 2 to the Security Agreement or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of all or substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests in, a Person or a division, line of business or other business unit of a Person so long as:

(a)           such acquisition shall not have been preceded by a tender offer that has not been approved or otherwise recommended by the board of directors of such Person;

(b)           such assets are to be used in, or such Person so acquired is engaged in, as the case may be, a business of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Effective Date or in a business reasonably related thereto;

(c)           immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) all transactions related thereto are consummated in all material respects in accordance with applicable laws, (iii) in the case of an acquisition of Equity Interests, the Person acquired shall become, immediately after giving effect thereto, a Subsidiary or be merged into a Subsidiary and all actions required to be taken under Sections 5.11, 5.12 and 5.16 shall have been taken, (iv) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition, with the covenants contained in Sections 6.12 and 6.13 recomputed as at the date of the last ended Test Period, as if such acquisition (and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness) had occurred on the first day of the relevant Test Period, (v) any Indebtedness or any preferred stock that is incurred, acquired or assumed in connection with such acquisition shall be in compliance with Section 6.01 and (vi) after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowings made in connection therewith, the Total Revolving Credit Commitment less the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Lenders shall not be less than $15.0 million; and

(d)           the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to the effect set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c)(i) through (vi) above, together with all relevant financial information for the Person or assets to be acquired.

“Permitted Factoring Transaction” means the factoring of receivables by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries structured as a true sale to a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a structured factoring program on market terms for companies having a credit profile similar to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the time of entering into the factoring program; provided that the outstanding proceeds of all factoring programs shall not exceed (i) $20.0 million in the case of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries or (ii) $20.0 million in the case of the Borrower’s Non-U.S. Subsidiaries. For purposes of the foregoing limitations, outstanding proceeds at any time shall be deemed to equal the then outstanding capital amount or principal amount received by the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary in respect of sales of accounts receivable.

“Permitted Investments” means:

(a)           marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or any member state of the European Union or issued by any agency

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or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America or such member state of the European Union, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b)           marketable direct obligations issued by any State of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such State or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇’▇;

(c)           commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇;

(d)           time deposits, demand deposits, certificates of deposit, Eurodollar time deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof or overnight bank deposits, in each case, issued by any bank organized under the laws of any member state of the European Union, the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, any U.S. branch of a foreign bank or any other bank in any country where operations are conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in any case, having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $500.0 million;

(e)           repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 90 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (d) above;

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

(g)           Hedging Agreements entered into for non-speculative purposes.

“Permitted Lien” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.

“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, any refinancing thereof; provided, however, that (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would arise therefrom, (ii) any such refinancing Indebtedness shall (a) not have a stated maturity or Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is shorter than the Indebtedness being refinanced, (b) be at least as subordinate to the Obligations as the Indebtedness being refinanced (and unsecured if the refinanced Indebtedness is unsecured), and (c) be in principal amount that does not exceed the principal amount so refinanced, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, plus the stated amount of any premium and other payments required to be paid in connection with such refinancing pursuant to the terms of the Indebtedness being refinanced, plus in either case, the amount of reasonable expenses of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries incurred in connection with such refinancing, and (iii) the sole obligors and/or guarantors on such refinancing Indebtedness shall be the obligors and/or guarantors on such Indebtedness being refinanced.

“Permitted Restructuring” means a corporate restructuring of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries substantially as set forth on Schedule 1.01, which may be consummated in one or more steps; provided that (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would arise therefrom and (ii) all actions required to be taken under Sections 5.11, 5.12 and 5.16 shall have been taken, including, without limitation, delivery of opinions of counsel, including Dutch counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative

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Agent confirming the enforceability of the guarantees and security interests in favor of the Secured Parties.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Plan” means any Pension Plan or Welfare Plan.

“Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(b).

“Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit I, among the Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

“Pledged Securities” has the meaning provided in the Pledge Agreement.

“Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all preferred or preference Equity Interests (however designated) of such Person whether or not outstanding or issued on the Effective Date.

“Prepayment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(f).

“Pro Forma Basis” means on a pro forma basis in accordance with GAAP and Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“Projected Financial Statements” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.15(c).

“Pro Rata Percentage” of any Revolving Lender at any time means the percentage of the aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitment represented by such Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment.

“QRTC Amount” means $75.0 million.

“Property” means any right, title or interest in or to property or assets of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible and including any ownership interests of any Person.

“Real Property” means all right, title and interest of any Loan Party in and to a parcel of real property owned, leased or operated (including, without limitation, any leasehold estate) by any Loan Party together with, in each case, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures, equipment, personal property, easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

“Reference Banks” means:

(a)           in connection with the initial syndication of the Loans and Commitments, in respect of LIBO Rate, the principal London office of Citibank, N.A.; and

(b)           at all other times, in respect of LIBO Rate, the principal London office of Citibank, N.A. and such two other banks as may be appointed by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.

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“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d).

“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board of Governors as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

“Related Hedging Obligations” means the obligations described in clause (b) of the definition of “Obligations.”

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

“Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating of any Hazardous Material in, into, onto or through the Environment.

“Remedial Action” means (a) ”remedial action” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42 USC Section 9601(24), and (b) all other actions required by any Governmental Authority or voluntarily undertaken to:  (i) clean up, remove, treat, ▇▇▇▇▇ or otherwise take corrective action to address any Hazardous Material in the Environment; (ii) prevent the Release or threat of Release, or minimize the further Release of any Hazardous Material so it does not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health, welfare or the Environment; or (iii) perform studies and investigations in connection with, or as a precondition to, (i) or (ii) above.

“Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.

“Requisite Class Lenders” means, at any time, (i) for the Class of Lenders having Term Loans, Lenders holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Term Loans of all Lenders; and (ii) for the Class of Lenders having Revolving Credit Commitments, Lenders holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments or, after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders.

“Requisite Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having more than fifty percent (50%) of the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments or, after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Exposure and (b) the aggregate outstanding amount of all Term Loans at such time.

“Requisite Revolving Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments or, after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Exposure.

“Restricted Payment” means any direct or indirect dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests or Equity Rights in the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking

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fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests or Equity Rights in the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.

“Revolving Credit Borrowing Request” means a Borrowing Request in connection with a Revolving Credit Borrowing.

“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed in each case as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. The initial amount of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 (in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments in effect on the Effective Date), or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Effective Date is $50.0 million.

“Revolving Credit Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but not including the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or any earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments to make Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.01 shall terminate as provided herein.

“Revolving Credit Exposure” means with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Revolving Lender, plus (b) such Revolving Lender’s LC Exposure at such time, plus (c) such Revolving Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Swingline Loans.

“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date.

“Revolving Lender” means a Lender with a commitment to make Revolving Loans or with any Revolving Credit Exposure, in its capacity as such.

“Revolving Loans” means the revolving loans made pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 2.01(a).

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.06.

“Secured Parties” means the Agents, each Lender that holds Loans or has Commitments (in its capacity as such), each holder of any Related Hedging Obligations (in its capacity as such) and each person holding Overdraft Obligations (in its capacity as such).

“Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit J, among the Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

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“Security Documents” means the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Non-U.S. Pledge Agreements, the Mortgages, the Perfection Certificate, Cash Management Agreements (as defined in the Security Agreement) and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.11, 5.12 or 5.16 to secure any of the Obligations.

“Statutory Reserve Rate” 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 (expressed as a decimal) of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by any Governmental Authority of the United States or of the jurisdiction of such currency or any jurisdiction to which banks in such jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans. Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

“Subordinated Debt” means Indebtedness of Borrower or any other Loan Party that is by its terms expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations of Borrower or such Loan Party, as applicable.

“Subordinated Debt Documents” means each document governing or pursuant to which is issued any Subordinated Debt, as the same may be in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation of which more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person; (ii) any partnership of which more than 50% of the outstanding partnership interests having the power to act as a general partner of such partnership (irrespective of whether at the time any partnership interests other than general partnership interests of such partnership shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) any other legal entity the accounts of which would or should be consolidated with those of such Person on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. Unless otherwise indicated, when used in this Agreement, the term “Subsidiary” shall refer to a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

“Subsidiary Loan Party” means each of the Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries that guarantees the Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement.

“Survey” means a survey of any Mortgaged Property (and all improvements thereon):  (i) prepared by a surveyor or engineer licensed to perform surveys in the state where such Mortgaged Property is located, (ii) dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof unless there shall have occurred within six months prior to such date of delivery any exterior construction on the site of such Mortgaged Property, in which event such survey shall be dated (or redated) after the completion of such construction or if such construction shall not have been completed as of such date of delivery, not earlier than 20 days prior to such date of delivery, (iii) certified by the surveyor (in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) to the Collateral Agent and the Title Company, (iv) complying in all respects with the minimum detail requirements of the American Land Title Association as such requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of such survey and (v) sufficient for the Title

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Company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the title insurance policy (or marked title insurance commitment having the effect of a policy) and issue a survey endorsement.

“Swingline Commitment” means the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Loans pursuant to Section 2.04.

“Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Commitment Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.

“Swingline Lender” means Citicorp North America, Inc., in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans.

“Swingline Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(a).

“Swingline Sublimit” has the meaning assigned to such term as Section 2.04(a).

“Syndication Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“Taking” means any taking of any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any portion thereof, in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any law, general or special, or by reason of the temporary requisition or use of any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any portion thereof, by any Governmental Authority.

“Taxes” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16.

“Term Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Term Loans on the Effective Date.

“Term Borrowing Request” means a Borrowing Request in connection with the Term Loans on the Effective Date.

“Term Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make a Term Loan hereunder on the Effective Date, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Term Loan to be made by such Lender hereunder, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. The initial amount of each Lender’s Term Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Term Commitments is $405.0 million.

“Term Lender” means a Lender with a Term Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan, in its capacity as such.

“Term Loan Maturity Date” means the seventh anniversary of the Effective Date.

“Term Loans” means the Loans made pursuant to clause (i) of Section 2.01(a).

“Terminated Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.

“Test Period” means (i) for the covenants contained in Sections 6.12 and 6.13, the four consecutive complete Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower then last ended as of the date closest to each date listed under the heading “Date” therein and (ii) for all other provisions in this Agreement, the four consecutive

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complete Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower ended as of the time indicated. Compliance with such covenants shall be tested, as of the end of each Test Period, on the date on which the financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) have been, or should have been, delivered for the applicable fiscal period.

“Title Company” means Chicago Title Insurance Company or such other title insurance or abstract company as shall be reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Total Leverage Ratio” means, at any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended.

“Total Revolving Credit Commitment” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments, as in effect at such time.

“Transactions” means, collectively, the execution and delivery by each Loan Party of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the Borrowing of the Term Loans and Revolving Loans hereunder in each case on the Effective Date, the payment of Indebtedness to be Paid and the payment of fees and expenses in connection with any of the foregoing.

“Trigger Date” means the date on which a Compliance Certificate for the first quarter ending after the Effective Date shall have been received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b).

“Type,” when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, refers to the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, “Rate” shall include the Adjusted LIBO Rate and the Alternate Base Rate.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable state or jurisdiction.

“Unrefunded Swingline Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(c).

“U.S. Dollar Equivalent” means, on any day, with respect to any loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, the amount of U.S. Dollars that would be required to purchase the Canadian Dollar amount of such loan on such day, assuming a rate of exchange equal to the New York foreign exchange selling rate quoted for such Canadian Dollars in the Wall Street Journal for such day (or, for the most recent day on which the Wall Street Journal shall have been published), provided that if for any reason the Wall Street Journal shall cease to be published for three or more consecutive Business Days, “U.S. Dollar Equivalent” shall mean the amount of U.S. Dollars that would be required to purchase the Canadian Dollar amount of such loan on such day, based upon the spot selling rate at which the Administrative Agent offers to sell Canadian Dollars for U.S. Dollars in the London foreign exchange market at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time for delivery two Business Days later.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the original aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each scheduled installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.

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“Welfare Plan” means a “welfare plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, that is maintained or contributed to by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or with respect to which a Loan Party or any Subsidiary could incur liability.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership or other entity of which all of the equity securities or other ownership interests (other than, in the case of a corporation, directors’ qualifying shares) are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

“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 1 of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

SECTION 1.02.              Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”), by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Borrowing”), by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Credit Borrowing”).

SECTION 1.03.              Terms Generally. (a)  The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document means such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and (ii) all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with the covenants contained in Article VI, all accounting terms herein shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Effective Date and applied on a basis consistent with the application used in the financial statements referred to in Section 3.05.

(b)           If any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be due on any day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be paid for the period of such extension.

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

SECTION 2.01.              Credit Commitments. (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, (i) each Term Lender severally agrees to make a Term Loan in Dollars to the Borrower on the Effective Date in a principal amount not exceeding its Term Commitment and (ii) each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of the Term Loans may not be reborrowed. During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period the Borrower may use the Revolving Credit Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in

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accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in no event may Revolving Loans be borrowed under this Article II if, after giving effect thereto (and to any concurrent repayment or prepayment of Loans), (i) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect or (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Lender would exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment.

(b)           The Revolving Loans and the Term Loans may from time to time be (i) Eurodollar Loans, (ii) ABR Loans or (iii) a combination thereof, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 2.03.

(c)           Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class. 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; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

SECTION 2.02.              Procedure for Borrowing. (a)  The Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Credit Commitments (subject to the limitations in Section 2.01(a)) or the Term Commitments by giving the Administrative Agent notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B (a “Borrowing Request”), which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, or (b) 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of an ABR Borrowing. The Borrowing Request for each Borrowing shall specify (i) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Term Borrowing, (ii) the amount to be borrowed, (iii) the requested Borrowing Date (which must be the Effective Date, in the case of a Term Borrowing), (iv) whether the Borrowing is to be of Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, (v) if the Borrowing is to be of Eurodollar Loans, the length of the initial Interest Period therefor, and (vi) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of this Agreement. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(b)           Each Borrowing shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of (i) in the case of a Term Borrowing, $1.0 million or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof or (ii) in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing, $1.0 million or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the aggregate amount of the then Available Revolving Credit Commitments.

(c)           Upon receipt of the Term Borrowing Request, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Term Lender of the aggregate amount of the Term Borrowing and of the amount of such Term Lender’s pro rata portion thereof, which shall be based on their respective Term Commitments. Each Term Lender will make the amount of its pro rata portion of the Term Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the New York office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 9.01 prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Effective Date in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Amounts so received by the Administrative Agent will promptly be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

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(d)           Upon receipt of a Revolving Credit Borrowing Request, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Borrowing and of the amount of such Revolving Lender’s pro rata portion thereof, which shall be based on the respective Available Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Revolving Lenders. Each Revolving Lender will make the amount of its pro rata portion of each such Revolving Credit Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the New York office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 9.01 prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Amounts so received by the Administrative Agent will promptly be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent; provided that if on the Borrowing Date of any Revolving Loans to be made to the Borrower, any Swingline Loans made to the Borrower or LC Disbursements for the account of the Borrower shall be then outstanding, the proceeds of such Revolving Loans shall first be applied to pay in full such Swingline Loans or LC Disbursements, with any remaining proceeds to be made available to the Borrower as provided above; and provided further that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.

SECTION 2.03.              Conversion and Continuation Options for Loans. (a)  The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert (i) Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans, by giving the Administrative Agent prior notice of such election not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day prior to a requested conversion or (ii) ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior notice of such election not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior to a requested conversion; provided that if any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans is made other than on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrower shall pay any amounts due to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.17 as a result of such conversion. Any such notice of conversion to Eurodollar Loans shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period or Interest Periods therefor. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. All or any part of the outstanding Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans may be converted as provided herein; provided that (i) no Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (ii) no Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan after the date that is one month prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable.

(b)           Any Eurodollar Loans may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving prior notice to the Administrative Agent, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior to a requested continuation setting forth the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans; provided that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such (i) when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (ii) after the date that is one month prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable; and provided, further, that if the Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this Section 2.03 or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso, then such Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period (in which case the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of such conversion).

(c)           In connection with any Eurodollar Loans, there shall be no more than ten (10) Interest Periods outstanding at any time.

(d)           This Section shall not apply to Swingline Loans.

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SECTION 2.04.              Swingline Loans. (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender agrees to make swingline loans (individually, a “Swingline Loan” and collectively, the “Swingline Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.04, provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans shall not exceed $10.0 million (the “Swingline Sublimit”) at any one time outstanding, (ii) the principal amount of any borrowing of Swingline Loans may not exceed the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Lenders immediately prior to such borrowing or result in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure then outstanding exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, and (iii) in no event may Swingline Loans be borrowed hereunder if (x) a Default or Event of Default or Event of Termination shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) such Default or Event of Default or Event of Termination shall not have been subsequently cured or waived. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.04 may be repaid and, up to but excluding the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, reborrowed. All Swingline Loans shall at all times be ABR Loans. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent notice of any Swingline Loan requested hereunder (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested Borrowing Date) specifying (A) the amount to be borrowed, and (B) the requested Borrowing Date. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Swingline Lender of the aggregate amount of such borrowing. Not later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in such notice the Swingline Lender shall make such Swingline Loan available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the office of the Administrative Agent set forth in Section 9.01 in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Amounts so received by the Administrative Agent will promptly be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of such office with the amount made available to the Administrative Agent by the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent. Each Borrowing pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.

(b)           Notwithstanding the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default or Event of Termination or noncompliance with the conditions precedent set forth in Article IV or the minimum borrowing amounts specified in Section 2.02, if any Swingline Loan shall remain outstanding at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the seventh Business Day following the Borrowing Date thereof and if by such time on such seventh Business Day the Administrative Agent shall have received neither (i) a notice of borrowing delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.02 requesting that Revolving Loans be made pursuant to Section 2.01 on the immediately succeeding Business Day in an amount at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Swingline Loan, nor (ii) any other notice satisfactory to the Administrative Agent indicating the Borrower’s intent to repay such Swingline Loan on the immediately succeeding Business Day with funds obtained from other sources, the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have received a notice from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.02 requesting that ABR Revolving Loans be made pursuant to Section 2.01 on such immediately succeeding Business Day in an amount equal to the amount of such Swingline Loan, and the procedures set forth in Section 2.02 shall be followed in making such ABR Revolving Loans; provided that for the purposes of determining each Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage with respect to such Borrowing, the Swingline Loan to be repaid with the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be deemed to not be outstanding. The proceeds of such ABR Revolving Loans shall be applied to repay such Swingline Loan.

(c)           If, for any reason, ABR Revolving Loans may not be, or are not, made pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.04 to repay any Swingline Loan as required by such paragraph, effective on the date such ABR Revolving Loans would otherwise have been made, each Revolving Lender severally,

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unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it shall, without regard to the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, purchase a participating interest in such Swingline Loan (“Unrefunded Swingline Loan”) in an amount equal to the amount of the ABR Revolving Loan which would otherwise have been made pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.04. Each Revolving Lender will immediately transfer to the Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation, and the proceeds of such participations shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender. All payments by the Revolving Lenders in respect of Unrefunded Swingline Loans and participations therein shall be made in accordance with Section 2.13.

(d)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender shall not have any obligation to acquire a participation in a Swingline Loan pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs if a Default or Event of Default or Event of Termination shall have occurred and be continuing at the time such Swingline Loan was made and such Lender shall have notified the Swingline Lender in writing prior to the time such Swingline Loan was made, that such Default or Event of Default or such Event of Termination has occurred and that such Lender will not acquire participations in Swingline Loans made while such Default or Event of Default or such Event of Termination is continuing.

SECTION 2.05.              Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Loans; Repayments of Term Loans. (a)  The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans (subject to compliance with the terms of Section 2.17), in whole or in part, subject to Section 2.05(e), upon irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, two Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment, specifying (i) the date and amount of prepayment, and (ii) the Class of Loans to be prepaid and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof (including in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the Borrowing to which such prepayment is to be applied and, if of a combination thereof, the amount allocable to each). Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Loans (other than Swingline Loans) shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 million or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the remaining outstanding principal amount thereof). Partial prepayments of Swingline Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the remaining outstanding principal amount thereof).

(b)           In the event and on such occasion that the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, the Borrower shall prepay Revolving Credit Borrowings or Swingline Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in the account established with the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 2.06(j)) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.

(c)           (i)  If the Borrower shall issue any Equity Interests or Equity Rights (it being understood that the issuance of debt securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, any Equity Interest or Equity Right shall be governed by Section 2.05(c)(ii) below) (other than any Excluded Equity Issuance) (each, an “Equity Issuance”), then 25% of the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied within three Business Days after receipt thereof toward the prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(e) below.

(ii)                  If the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall incur any Indebtedness (including pursuant to debt securities which are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, any Equity Interest or Equity Rights) (other than as permitted by Section 6.01(a)) (each, a “Debt Incurrence”),

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100% of the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied within three Business Days after receipt thereof toward the prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(e) below.

(iii)                 If the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall receive Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale, 100% of such Net Proceeds shall be applied within three Business Days after receipt thereof toward the prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(e) below; provided that (x) the Net Proceeds from Asset Sales permitted by Section 6.05 shall not be required to be applied as provided herein on such date if and to the extent that (1) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise therefrom and (2) the Borrower delivers an officers’ certificate to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of such Asset Sale stating that such Net Proceeds shall be reinvested or committed to be reinvested in capital assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in each case within 180 days following the date of such Asset Sale (which certificate shall set forth the estimates of the proceeds to be so expended), (y) all such Net Proceeds shall be held in the Collateral Account and released therefrom only in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement, and (z) if all or any portion of such Net Proceeds not so applied as provided herein is not so used within such 180-day period (or if, prior to such 180th day, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary shall have entered into a binding agreement to so use any such Net Proceeds, within 360 days following the date of such binding agreement), such remaining portion shall be applied on the last day of such period as specified in this subsection (c)(iii); provided, further, if the Property subject to such Asset Sale constituted Collateral under the Security Documents, then any capital assets purchased with the Net Proceeds thereof pursuant to this subsection shall be mortgaged or pledged, as the case may be, to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties in accordance with Section 5.11.

(iv)                If the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall receive proceeds from insurance or condemnation recoveries in respect of any Destruction or any proceeds or awards in respect of any Taking, 100% of the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied within three Business Days after receipt thereof toward the prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(e) below; provided, that (x) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise therefrom, such Net Proceeds shall not be required to be so applied to the extent that the Borrower has delivered an officers’ certificate to the Administrative Agent promptly following the receipt of such Net Proceeds stating that such proceeds shall be used to (1) repair, replace or restore any Property in respect of which such Net Proceeds were paid or (2) fund the substitution of other Property used or usable in the business of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries, in each case within 180 days following the date of the receipt of such Net Proceeds, (y) all such Net Proceeds shall be held in the Collateral Account and released therefrom only in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement, and (z) if all or any portion of such Net Proceeds not so applied as provided herein is not so used within 180 days (or if, prior to such 180th day, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary shall have entered into a binding agreement to so use any such Net Proceeds, within 360 days following the date of such binding agreement) after the date of the receipt of such Net Proceeds, such remaining portion shall be applied on the last day of such period as specified in this subsection (c)(iv); provided, further, if the Property subject to such Destruction or Taking constituted Collateral under the Security Documents, then any replacement or substitution Property purchased with the Net Proceeds thereof pursuant to this subsection shall be mortgaged or pledged, as the case may be, to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties in accordance with Section 5.11.

(v)                 If, for any Fiscal Year of the Borrower commencing with its Fiscal Year ending on December 30, 2006, there shall be Excess Cash Flow for such Fiscal Year, an amount equal to (a) the Excess Cash Flow Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow less (b) the amount of Debt Repayments for such Fiscal Year shall be applied, not later than 10 days after the date upon which the Borrower is required to deliver its annual audit report pursuant to Section 5.01(b), toward the prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(e) below.

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(d)           The Term Loans shall be repaid in consecutive quarterly installments on the dates set forth below (each such day, an “Installment Payment Date”), commencing on March 31, 2006, in an aggregate amount equal to the amount specified below for each such Installment Payment Date.

(e)           (i)  Optional prepayments in respect of Term Loans under this Agreement and mandatory prepayments shall be applied first to reduce remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of outstanding Term Loans under Section 2.05(d) in direct order of maturity up to but not including the first scheduled installment due after the date that is 24 months following the date of such prepayment. After application of prepayments pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph (e)(i) and to the extent there are mandatory prepayment amounts remaining after such application, such excess prepayments shall be applied to reduce outstanding Term Loans pro rata against the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of the Term Loans under Section 2.05(d).

(ii)                  After application of prepayments pursuant to paragraph (e)(i) and to the extent there are prepayment amounts remaining after such application, the Revolving Loans shall be repaid (but the Revolving Commitments not reduced), ratably among the Revolving Lenders, in accordance with their applicable Revolving Loans outstanding in an aggregate amount equal to the excess.

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(iii)                 Optional terminations or reductions in Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made in accordance with Section 2.11(b).

(iv)                Except as otherwise may be directed by the Borrower, any prepayment of Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall be applied, first, to any ABR Loans then outstanding and the balance of such prepayment, if any, to the Eurodollar Loans then outstanding.

(f)            If on any day on which Loans would otherwise be required to be prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.05, but for the operation of this Section 2.05(f) (each, a “Prepayment Date”), the amount of such required prepayment exceeds the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of ABR Loans which are of the Type required to be prepaid, and no Default or Event of Default exists or is continuing, then, at the Borrower’s election, on such Prepayment Date, (i) the Borrower shall deposit funds into the Collateral Account in an amount equal to such excess, and only the outstanding ABR Loans which are of the Type required to be prepaid shall be required to be prepaid on such Prepayment Date, and (ii) on the last day of each Interest Period after such Prepayment Date in effect with respect to a Eurodollar Loan which is of the Type required to be prepaid, the Administrative Agent is irrevocably authorized and directed to apply funds from the Collateral Account (and liquidate investments held in the Collateral Account as necessary) to prepay such Eurodollar Loans for which the Interest Period is then ending to the extent funds are available in the Collateral Account.

SECTION 2.06.              Letters of Credit.

(a)           General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and 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, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

(b)           Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, 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 telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the 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 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 paragraph (c) of this Section), 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 Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the 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 shall not exceed $25.0 million and (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment. With respect to any Letter of Credit which contains any “evergreen” automatic renewal provision, the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have consented to any such extension or renewal provided that all of the requirements of this Section 2.06 are met and no Default or Event of Default exists.

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(c)           Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (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 prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

(d)           Participations. By 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 Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender’s Commitment Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit 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 an Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e)           Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, 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 prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.02 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. 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 Revolving Lender’s Commitment Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Commitment Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.02 with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Lender (and Section 2.02 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR

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Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

(f)            Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.06 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 the 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. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their 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 the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the 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 hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct or its failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, 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 Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(g)           Disbursement Procedures. The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

(h)           Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided that if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.06, then Section 2.08(c)

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shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.07 to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

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

(j)            Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in the Collateral Account an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall 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 (a) of Section 7.01 or any Event of Default described in clause (i) of Section 7.01. Each such deposit shall be held by the Collateral Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Borrower hereby grants the Collateral Agent a security interest in respect of each such deposit and the Collateral Account in which such deposits are held. The Collateral Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over the Collateral Account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made in accordance with the Security Agreement, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in the Collateral Account. Moneys deposited in the Collateral Account pursuant to this Section 2.06(j) shall be applied by the Collateral Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Defaults or Events of Default have been cured or waived.

SECTION 2.07.              Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a)  The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Lenders (i) in respect of Revolving Credit Borrowings, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (or such earlier date as, and to the extent that, such Revolving Loan becomes due and payable pursuant to Section 2.05 or Article VII),

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the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan and each Swingline Loan made to it by each such Lender and (ii) in respect of Term Borrowings, on the Term Loan Maturity Date (or such earlier date as, and to the extent that, such Term Loan becomes due and payable pursuant to Section 2.05 or Article VII), the unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan held by each such Lender. The Borrower hereby further agrees to pay interest in immediately available funds at the applicable office of the Administrative Agent (as specified in Section 2.13(a)) on the unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Term Loans made to it from time to time from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 2.08. All payments required hereunder shall be made in Dollars.

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

(c)           The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 9.04, and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each such Loan, the Class and Type of each such Loan and the Interest Period 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 in respect of each such Loan and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower in respect of each such Loan and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d)           The entries made in the Register and accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 2.07 and the Notes maintained pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.07 shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register or such subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e)           The Loans of each Class made by each Lender to the Borrower shall, if requested by the applicable Lender (which request shall be made to the Administrative Agent), be evidenced by a single Note duly executed on behalf of the Borrower, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit ▇-▇, -▇ ▇▇ -▇, as applicable, with the blanks appropriately filled, payable to the order of such Lender.

SECTION 2.08.              Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a)  Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate determined for such Interest Period, plus the Applicable Rate.

(b)           Each ABR Loan (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, or over a year of 360 days when the Alternate Base Rate is determined by reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”) at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

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(c)           If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan, (ii) any interest payable thereon or (iii) any Commitment Fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity thereof or by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum which is (x) in the case of overdue principal (except as otherwise provided in clause (y) below), the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.08 plus 2.00% per annum or (y) in the case of any overdue interest, Commitment Fee or other amount, the rate described in Section 2.08(b) applicable to an ABR Revolving Loan plus 2.00% per annum, in each case from the date of such nonpayment to (but excluding) the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).

(d)           Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date and on the Term Loan Maturity Date and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion. Interest in respect of each Loan shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.

SECTION 2.09.              Computation of Interest. Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.

SECTION 2.10.              Fees. (a)  The Borrower agrees to pay a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”) to each Revolving Lender, for which payment will be made in arrears through the Administrative Agent on the last day of March, June, September and December beginning after the Effective Date, and on the Commitment Fee Termination Date (as defined below). The Commitment Fee due to each Revolving Lender shall commence to accrue for a period commencing on the Effective Date and shall cease to accrue on the date (the “Commitment Fee Termination Date”) that is the earlier of (i) the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Revolving Lender shall be terminated as provided herein and (ii) the first date after the end of the Revolving Credit Commitment Period. The Commitment Fee accrued to each Revolving Lender shall equal the Commitment Fee Percentage multiplied by such Lender’s Commitment Fee Average Daily Amount (as defined below) for the applicable quarter (or shorter period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending with such Lender’s Commitment Fee Termination Date). A Revolving Lender’s “Commitment Fee Average Daily Amount” with respect to a calculation period shall equal the average daily amount during such period calculated using the daily amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment less such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding clause (c) of the definition thereof for purposes of determining the Commitment Fee Average Daily Amount only) for any applicable days during such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Period. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.

(b)           The Borrower agrees to 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 at a rate equal to the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the date on which such Revolving Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which

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shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank’s reasonable and customary fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees (collectively, “LC Fees”) accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each calendar year during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period shall 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 shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand therefor. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(c)           The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the correct administrative fee set forth in the Engagement Letter (the “Agent Fees”).

(d)           All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable.

SECTION 2.11.              Termination, Reduction or Adjustment of Commitments. (a)  Unless previously terminated, (i) the Term Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Effective Date and (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

(b)           The Borrower shall have the right, upon one Business Day’s notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate or, from time to time, reduce the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any repayments of the Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure then outstanding would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect.

(c)           The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Revolving Lenders, on each date of termination or reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Commitment Fee on the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments so terminated or reduced accrued to the date of such termination or reduction.

SECTION 2.12.              Inability to Determine Interest Rate; Unavailability of Deposits; Inadequacy of Interest Rate. If prior to 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days before the first day of any Interest Period, including an initial Interest Period, for a requested Eurodollar Borrowing:

(i)              the Administrative Agent shall have determined in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market generally, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period, or

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(ii)             the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a majority in interest of the Lenders of the applicable Class that the Adjusted LIBO Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period for such Eurodollar Borrowing will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period,

then the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the same day. The Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice to the Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable after the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and until such notice has been given, any affected Eurodollar Loans shall not be (x) converted or continued pursuant to Section 2.03 or (y) made pursuant to a Borrowing Request, and shall be continued or made as an ABR Loans, as the case may be.

SECTION 2.13.              Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a)  Each reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the amounts of such Revolving Lenders’ Commitment Percentages. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on Loans which are ABR Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of such ABR Loans then held by the Lenders of the applicable Class. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on Loans which are Eurodollar Loans designated by the Borrower to be applied to a particular Eurodollar Borrowing shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of such Loans then held by the Lenders of the applicable Class. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on Swingline Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Swingline Loans or participating interests therein, as the case may be, then held by the relevant Lenders. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 12:00 noon, New York time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders of the applicable Class, at the Administrative Agent’s New York office specified in Section 9.01 in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders entitled thereto promptly upon receipt. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension) unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

(b)           Subject to Section 2.12, unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a Borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to the daily average Federal Funds Rate for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.13(b)

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shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such Borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Revolving Loans hereunder, on demand, from the Borrower, but without prejudice to any right or claim that the Borrower may have against such Lender.

(c)           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, towards payment of 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, towards payment of 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.

SECTION 2.14.              Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law, or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, (a) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans, continue Eurodollar Loans as such and convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be suspended until such time as the making or maintaining of Eurodollar Loans shall no longer be unlawful, and (b) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law.

SECTION 2.15.              Requirements of Law. (a)  If at any time any Lender or the Issuing Bank reasonably determines that the introduction of, or any change in or in the interpretation of, any law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order (other than any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements included in determining the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the compliance by such Lender or the Issuing Bank with any guideline, request or directive from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), shall have the effect of increasing the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank for agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Eurodollar Loans or participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit, then the Borrower shall from time to time, within five days of demand therefor by such Lender or the Issuing Bank (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender or the Issuing Bank additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by such Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing of the occurrence of any such event, such notice to state, in reasonable detail, the reasons therefor and the additional amount required fully to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such increased cost or reduced amount. Such additional amounts shall be payable directly to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, within five days of the Borrower’s receipt of such notice, and such notice shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Borrower.

(b)           If any change in, or the introduction, adoption, effectiveness, interpretation, reinterpretation or phase-in of, any law or regulation, directive, guideline, decision or request (whether or not having the force of law) of any court, central bank, regulator or other Governmental Authority after the date hereof affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or a holding company controlling such Lender or the Issuing Bank) and such

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Lender or the Issuing Bank reasonably determines that the rate of return on its capital (or the capital of its holding company, as the case may be) as a consequence of its Revolving Credit Commitment or the Loans made by it or its participations in Swingline Loans or any issuance, participation or maintenance of Letters of Credit is reduced to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank (or its holding company) could have achieved but for the occurrence of any such circumstance, then, in any such case upon notice from time to time by such Lender or the Issuing Bank to the Borrower, the Borrower shall, within five days of the Borrower’s receipt of such notice, pay directly to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank (or its holding company) for such reduction in rate of return. A statement of such Lender or the Issuing Bank as to any such additional amount or amounts (including calculations thereof in reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Borrower. In determining such amount, such Lender or the Issuing Bank may use any reasonable method of averaging and attribution that it shall deem applicable.

(c)           In the event that the Issuing Bank or any Lender determines that any event or circumstance that will lead to a claim under this Section 2.15 has occurred or will occur, the Issuing Bank or such Lender will use its best efforts to so notify the Borrower; provided that any failure to provide such notice shall in no way impair the rights of the Issuing Bank or such Lender to demand and receive compensation under this Section 2.15, but without prejudice to any claims of the Borrower for compensation for actual damages sustained as a result of any failure to observe this undertaking.

SECTION 2.16.              Taxes. All payments by the Borrower of principal of, and interest on, the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any present or future income, excise, stamp or franchise taxes and other taxes, fees, duties, withholdings or other charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority on the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender (or any assignee of such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, or a Participant or a change in designation of the lending office of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be (a “Transferee”)), but excluding franchise taxes and taxes imposed on or measured by the recipient’s net income (such non-excluded items being called “Taxes”) unless required by applicable law, rule or regulation. In the event that any withholding or deduction from any payment to be made by the Borrower hereunder is required in respect of any Taxes pursuant to any applicable law, rule or regulation, then the Borrower will:

(a)           pay directly to the relevant authority the full amount required to be so withheld or deducted;

(b)           promptly forward to the Administrative Agent an official receipt or other documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent evidencing such payment to such authority; and

(c)           pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as are necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by each Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, will equal the full amount such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, would have received had no such withholding or deduction been required.

Moreover, if any Taxes are directly asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender or Transferee with respect to any payment received by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or such Lender or Transferee hereunder, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or such Lender or Transferee may pay such Taxes and the Borrower will promptly pay such additional amounts (including

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any penalties, interest or expenses) as shall be necessary in order that the net amount received by such Person after the payment of such Taxes (including any Taxes on such additional amount) shall equal the amount such Person would have received had such Taxes not been asserted. In addition, the Borrower shall also reimburse each Lender or Transferee or the Issuing Bank, upon the written request of such Lender or Transferee or Issuing Bank, for taxes imposed on or measured by the net income of such Person pursuant to the laws of the United States of America, any state or political subdivision thereof, or the jurisdiction in which such Person is incorporated, or a jurisdiction in which the principal executive office or lending office of such Person is located, or under the laws of any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction, as such Person shall reasonably determine are or were payable by such Person, in respect of amounts payable to such Person pursuant to this Section 2.16 taking into account the amount of Taxes that are (x) allowed as a deduction in determining taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or allowed as a credit against any taxes imposed on or measured by net income and (y) payable to such Person pursuant to this Section 2.16.

If the Borrower fails to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, the respective Lenders or Transferees, the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Issuing Bank, Lenders and Transferees for any incremental Taxes, interest, penalties or other costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) that may become payable by the Issuing Bank, any Lender or Transferee as a result of any such failure. For purposes of this Section 2.16, a distribution hereunder by the Administrative Agent to or for the account of the Issuing Bank, any Lender or Transferee shall be deemed a payment by the Borrower.

Each Lender or Transferee that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any state or political subdivision thereof shall, on or prior to the Effective Date (in the case of each Lender that is a party hereto on the Effective Date) or on or prior to the date of any assignment, participation or change in the designated lending office hereunder (in the case of a Transferee) and thereafter as reasonably requested from time to time by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, execute and deliver, if legally able to do so, to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent one or more (as the Borrower or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request) United States Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN or such other forms or documents (or successor forms or documents), appropriately completed, as may be applicable to establish the extent, if any, to which a payment to such Lender or Transferee is exempt from or entitled to a reduced rate of withholding or deduction of Taxes.

With respect to obligations under this Agreement other than those specified in the immediately following paragraph, the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify or to pay any additional amounts to the Issuing Bank, any Lender or Transferee with respect to any Taxes pursuant to this Section 2.16 to the extent that (i) any obligation to withhold, deduct or pay amounts with respect to such Tax existed on the date the Issuing Bank, such Lender or Transferee became a party to this Agreement or otherwise becomes a Transferee (and, in such case, the Borrower may deduct and withhold such Tax from payments to the Issuing Bank, such Lender or Transferee), or (ii) any Lender or Transferee fails to comply in full with the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph (and, in such case, the Borrower may deduct and withhold all Taxes required by law as a result of such noncompliance from payments to the Issuing Bank, such Lender or Transferee).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.16, if the Internal Revenue Service determines that a Lender (or Transferee) is a conduit entity participating in a conduit financing arrangement as defined in Section 7701(l) of the Code and the regulations thereunder and the Borrower was not a participant to such arrangement (other than as the Borrower under this Agreement) (a “Conduit Financing Arrangement”), then (i) the Borrower shall have no obligation to pay additional amounts or

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indemnify the Lender or Transferee for any Taxes with respect to any payments hereunder to the extent the amount of such Taxes exceeds the amount that would have otherwise been withheld or deducted had the Internal Revenue Service not made such a determination and (ii) such Lender or Transferee shall indemnify the Borrower in full for any and all taxes for which the Borrower is held directly liable under Section 1461 of the Code by virtue of such Conduit Financing Arrangement; provided that the Borrower (i) promptly forwards to the indemnitor an official receipt or other documentation satisfactorily evidencing such payment, (ii) shall contest such tax upon the reasonable request of the indemnitor and at such indemnitor’s cost and (iii) shall pay to such indemnitor within 30 days any refund of such taxes (including interest thereon). Each Lender or Transferee represents that it is not participating in a Conduit Financing Arrangement.

In the event that the Issuing Bank or any Lender determines that any event or circumstance that will lead to a claim by it under this Section 2.16 has occurred or will occur, the Issuing Bank or such Lender will use its best efforts to so notify the Borrower; provided that any failure to provide such notice shall in no way impair the rights of the Issuing Bank or any Lender to demand and receive compensation under this Section 2.16, but without prejudice to any claims of the Borrower for failure to observe this undertaking.

SECTION 2.17.              Indemnity. In the event any Lender shall incur any loss or expense (including any loss (other than lost profit) or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to make, continue or maintain any portion of the principal amount of any Loan as, or to convert any portion of the principal amount of any Loan into, a Eurodollar Loan) as a result of any conversion of a Eurodollar Loan to an ABR Loan or repayment or prepayment of the principal amount of any Eurodollar Loan on a date other than the scheduled last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, whether pursuant to Section 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 2.14, 2.15 or 2.20 or otherwise, or any failure to borrow or convert any Eurodollar Loan after notice thereof shall have been given hereunder, whether by reason of any failure to satisfy a condition to such Borrowing or otherwise, then, upon the written notice of such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall, within five days of its receipt thereof, pay directly to such Lender such amount as will (in the reasonable determination of such Lender) reimburse such Lender for such loss or expense. Such written notice (which shall include calculations in reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Borrower.

SECTION 2.18.              Change of Lending Office. Each Lender (or Transferee) agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16 with respect to such Lender (or Transferee), it will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender (or Transferee)) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided that such designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its respective lending offices to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage; and provided, further, that nothing in this Section 2.18 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender (or Transferee) pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16.

SECTION 2.19.              Sharing of Setoffs. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, through the exercise of a right of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim against the Borrower, or pursuant to a secured claim under Section 506 of Title 11 of the United States Code or other security or interest arising from, or in lieu of, such secured claim received by such Lender under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or otherwise, or by any other means, obtain payment (voluntary or involuntary) in respect of any Loans or participations in LC Disbursements which at the time shall be due and payable as a result of which the unpaid principal portion of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements which at

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the time shall be due and payable shall be proportionately less than the unpaid principal portion of such Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of any other Lender, it shall be deemed simultaneously to have purchased from such other Lender at face value, and shall promptly pay to such other Lender the purchase price for, a participation in such Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of such other Lender, so that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Loans and participations in LC Disbursements held by each Lender shall be in the same proportion to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all such Loans and participations in LC Disbursements as prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event; provided, however, that if any such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 2.19 and the payment giving rise thereto shall thereafter be recovered, such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be rescinded to the extent of such recovery and the purchase price or prices or adjustments restored without interest. The Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangements and agrees that any Lender holding a participation in a Loan or an LC Disbursement deemed to have been so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim with respect to any and all moneys owing by the Borrower to such Lender by reason thereof as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor directly to the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

SECTION 2.20.              Assignment of Commitments Under Certain Circumstances. In the event that (a) any Lender shall have delivered a notice or certificate pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.15, or the Borrower shall be required to make additional payments to any Lender under Section 2.16 (each, an “Increased Cost Lender”) or (b) subject to the terms and conditions of Section 9.08(e), in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of the provisions hereof described in Section 9.08(e), the consent of all Lenders required hereunder would have been obtained but for such Lender’s failure to consent (such Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”); then, with respect to each such Non-Consenting Lender and Increased Cost Lender (the “Terminated Lender”), the Borrower shall have the right, but not the obligation, at its own expense, upon notice to such Terminated Lender and the Administrative Agent, to replace such Terminated Lender with an assignee (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04) approved by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and such Terminated Lender hereby agrees to transfer and 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 such assignee; provided, however, that no Terminated Lender shall be obligated to make any such assignment unless (i) such assignment shall not conflict with any law or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority and (ii) such assignee or the Borrower shall pay to the affected Terminated Lender in immediately available funds on the date of such assignment the principal of and interest accrued to the date of payment on the Loans made by such Terminated Lender and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans held by such Terminated Lender and all commitment fees and other fees owed to such Terminated Lender hereunder and all other amounts accrued for such Terminated Lender’s account or owed to it hereunder (including, without limitation, any Commitment Fees). Each Lender agrees that, if it becomes a Terminated Lender, it shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance to evidence such sale and purchase and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any Note (if the assigning Lender’s Loans are evidenced by Notes) subject to such Assignment and Acceptance; provided, however, that the failure of any Terminated Lender to execute an Assignment and Acceptance shall not render such sale and purchase (and the corresponding assignment) invalid and such assignment shall be recorded in the Register.

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ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

In order to induce the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit hereunder and under the other Loan Documents on the Effective Date, the Loan Parties, jointly and severally, make the representations and warranties set forth in this Article III (after giving effect to the Transactions) and upon the occurrence of each Credit Event thereafter:

SECTION 3.01.              Organization, etc. Each Loan Party (a) is a corporation or other form of legal entity, and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership or other form of legal entity, validly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, (b) has all requisite corporate or other power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or foreign partnership (or comparable foreign qualification, if applicable, in the case of any other form of legal entity), as the case may be, in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify will not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has full power and authority and holds all requisite material governmental licenses, permits and other approvals to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party and to own or hold under lease its Property and to conduct its business substantially as currently conducted by it.

SECTION 3.02.              Due Authorization, Non-Contravention, etc. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, the borrowing of the Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of the Letters of Credit hereunder are within each Loan Party’s corporate, partnership or comparable powers, as the case may be, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or comparable and, if required, stockholder action, as the case may be, and do not

(a)           contravene the Organic Documents of any Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries;

(b)           contravene any material law, statute, rule or regulation binding on or affecting any Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries;

(c)           violate or result in a default or event of default or an acceleration of any rights or benefits under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries; or

(d)           result in, or require the creation or imposition of, any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries that would have or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except Liens created under the Loan Documents.

SECTION 3.03.              Government Approval, Regulation, etc. No consent, authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or regulatory body or other Person is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower or any other Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the borrowing of the Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except filings necessary to perfect Liens under the Security

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Documents. No Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

SECTION 3.04.              Validity, etc. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party will, on the due execution and delivery thereof and assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the other parties hereto, constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable in accordance with its respective terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.

SECTION 3.05.              Financial Information. (a)  The consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of January 1, 2005 reported on by Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Borrower for the three years ended January 1, 2005, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (including with respect to the fresh-start accounting adjustments made to the first three fiscal quarters of 2003).

(b)           As of the Effective Date, except as disclosed in the financial statements referred to above or the notes thereto or on Schedule 3.05, none of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries has any material Indebtedness, contingent liabilities, long-term commitments or unrealized losses.

SECTION 3.06.              No Material Adverse Effect. Since January 1, 2005, no event or circumstance has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.07.              Litigation. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened, litigation, action or proceeding affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective operations, properties, businesses, assets or prospects, or the ability of the parties to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, which has a reasonable likelihood of adverse determination and, if determined adversely, in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

SECTION 3.08.              Compliance with Laws and Agreements. None of the Loan Parties has violated, is in violation of or has been given written notice of any violation of any laws (other than Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 3.13), regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except for any violations which do not have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 3.09.              Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.09 sets forth the name of, and the direct or indirect ownership interest of the Borrower in, each Subsidiary of the Borrower and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Loan Party, in each case as of the Effective Date.

SECTION 3.10.              Ownership of Properties. (a)  Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to (or other similar title in jurisdictions outside the United States of America), or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, or is licensed

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to use, all its material properties and assets (including all Mortgaged Properties), except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All such material properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

(b)           As of the Effective Date, Schedule 3.10(b) contains a true and complete list of each parcel of Real Property (i) owned by any Loan Party as of the date hereof and describes the type of interest therein held by such Loan Party and (ii) leased, subleased or otherwise occupied or utilized by any Loan Party, as lessee, as of the date hereof and describes the type of interest therein held by such Loan Party and whether such lease, sublease or other instrument requires the consent of the landlord thereunder or other parties thereto to the Transactions.

(c)           Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has complied with all obligations under all leases to which it is a party, except where the failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession could not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d)           Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, possesses, is licensed or otherwise has the right to use, or could obtain ownership or possession of, on terms not materially adverse to it, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary for the present conduct of its business, without any known conflict with the rights of others, except where such conflicts could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(e)           As of the Effective Date, no Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries has received any written notice of, or has any knowledge of, any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any of the Mortgaged Properties or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation that remains unresolved as of the Effective Date.

(f)            Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is obligated on the Effective Date under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any interest therein.

SECTION 3.11.              Taxes. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed all federal and all other material income tax returns and reports required by law to have been filed by it and has paid all material taxes and governmental charges due, except any such taxes or charges which are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on its books; provided that any such contest of taxes or charges with respect to Collateral shall satisfy the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions.

SECTION 3.12.              Pension and Welfare Plans. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or give rise to a Lien on the assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their ERISA Affiliates are in compliance in all respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan except for failures to so comply which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No condition exists or event or transaction has occurred

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with respect to any Plan which reasonably might result in the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability, fine or penalty which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability with respect to post-retirement benefits provided by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under a Welfare Plan, other than (i) liability for continuation coverage described in Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and (ii) liabilities that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) each Foreign Plan has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders and has been maintained, where required, in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities, and (b) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any obligation in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Plan.

SECTION 3.13.              Environmental. (a)  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(a), all facilities and property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and all operations conducted thereon, are in compliance with all Environmental Laws, except for such noncompliance that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)           Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(b), there are no pending or threatened (in writing):

(i)            Environmental Claims received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or

(ii)           written claims, complaints, notices or inquiries received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries regarding Environmental Liability,

in each case which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)           Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13(c), there have been no Releases of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any property or facility now or, to any Loan Party’s knowledge, previously owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, have had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d)           The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been issued and are in compliance with all Environmental Permits necessary for their operations, facilities and businesses and each is in full force and effect, except for such Environmental Permits which, if not so obtained or as to which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not in compliance, or are not in effect, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(e)           No property now or, to any Loan Party’s knowledge previously, owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is listed or, to any Loan Party’s knowledge, proposed (with respect to owned property only) for listing (i) on the National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA or (ii) on the CERCLIS or on any similar list of sites requiring investigation or clean-up, which, in the case of this clause (ii) only, singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

(f)            There are no underground storage tanks, active or abandoned, including petroleum storage tanks, surface impoundments or disposal areas, on or under any property now or, to any

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Loan Party’s knowledge previously, owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which, singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(g)           Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has transported or arranged for the transportation of any Hazardous Material to any location which is listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA, on the CERCLIS or on any similar list or which is the subject of federal, state or local enforcement actions or other investigations which would reasonably be expected to lead to any Environmental Claim against the Borrower or such Subsidiary which (other than in the case of a listing or proposed listing on the National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA), singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(h)           No liens have been recorded pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to any property or other assets currently owned or leased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries.

(i)            Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is currently conducting any Remedial Action pursuant to any Environmental Law, nor has any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries assumed by contract, agreement or operation of law any obligation under Environmental Law, the cost of which, singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j)            There are no polychlorinated biphenyls or friable asbestos present at any property or facility owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which, singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.14.              Regulations U and X. The Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in a violation of any provision of Regulation U or Regulation X.

SECTION 3.15.              Disclosure; Accuracy of Information; Pro Forma Balance Sheets and Projected Financial Statements. (a)  The Loan Parties have disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which they or any of their Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to any of them that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither this Agreement nor any other material document, certificate or statement furnished to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection herewith (including, without limitation, the Information Memorandum and the Projected Financial Statements) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided that to the extent this or any such document, certificate or statement (including without limitation the Information Memorandum and the Projected Financial Statements) was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection, the Loan Parties represent only that they acted in good faith and utilized assumptions believed by management to be reasonable at the time made. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders recognize, however, that forecasts and projections as to future events are not to be viewed as representations with respect to future performance and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by the forecasts or projections probably will differ from the projected results and that the difference may be material.

(b)           The Borrower shall have furnished to the Lenders the pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of October 1, 2005, prepared giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred on such date. Such pro forma consolidated balance sheet (i) was prepared in good faith based on the same assumptions used to prepare the pro forma financial statements included in the Information

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Memorandum, (ii) accurately reflects in all material respects all adjustments necessary to give effect to the Transactions and (iii) presents fairly in all material respects the pro forma financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of October 1, 2005.

(c)           The Borrower shall have furnished to the Lenders pro forma consolidated income statement projections for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, pro forma consolidated balance sheet projections for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and pro forma consolidated cash flow projections for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries through the 2012 Fiscal Year, which shall be prepared on a quarterly basis through the 2006 Fiscal Year and annually thereafter (the “Projected Financial Statements”), which give effect to the Transactions and all Indebtedness and Liens incurred or created in connection with the Transactions.

SECTION 3.16.              Insurance. As of the Effective Date, set forth on Schedule 3.16 is a summary of all insurance policies maintained by the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries with financially sound and responsible insurance companies (a) with respect to its properties material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries against such casualties and contingencies and of such types and in such amounts as are customary in the case of similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, and (b) required to be maintained pursuant to the Security Documents.

SECTION 3.17.              Labor Matters. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Borrower or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened; (b) the hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, 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 the Borrower or such Subsidiary.

SECTION 3.18.              Solvency. Immediately following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, (a) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower, individually, and the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, at a fair valuation, will exceed its or their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower, individually, and the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its or their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) the Borrower, individually, and the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, will be able to pay its or their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) each Loan Party will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

SECTION 3.19.              Securities. The Equity Interests of each Subsidiary held, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower free and clear of all Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 6.02 (i), (v) or (x). There are not, as of the Effective Date, any existing options, warrants, calls, subscriptions, convertible or exchangeable securities, rights, agreements, commitments or arrangements for any Person to acquire any common stock of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for any such common stock, except as set forth on Schedule 3.19.

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SECTION 3.20.              Indebtedness Outstanding. (a)  Set forth on Schedule 3.20(a) hereto is a list and description of all Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries that will be repaid, defeased, transferred or otherwise terminated on or immediately prior to the Effective Date (such Indebtedness, “Indebtedness to Be Paid”).

(b)           Set forth on Schedule 3.20(b) hereto is a list and description of all Liens of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries that will be repaid, defeased, transferred or otherwise terminated on or immediately prior to the Effective Date.

SECTION 3.21.              Security Documents. (a)  The Pledge Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable security interests in the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) and, when such Collateral is delivered to the Collateral Agent, the Pledge Agreement shall constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the pledgor thereunder in such Collateral to the extent such Liens and security interests can be perfected by possession.

(b)           (i) The Security Agreement and each Non-U.S. Pledge Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable security interests in the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) and (ii) when (x) financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 7 to the Perfection Certificate and (y) upon the taking of possession or control by the Collateral Agent of any such Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Collateral Agent to the extent possession or control by the Collateral Agent is required by the Security Agreement), the Security Agreement shall constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in such Collateral to the extent such Liens and security interests can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement pursuant to the UCC or by possession or control by the Collateral Agent, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to Permitted Liens.

(c)           When the filings in clause (b)(ii)(x) above are made and when the Security Agreement (or a summary thereof) is filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, the Security Agreement shall constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security Agreement) in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a security agreement, financing statement or analogous document in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect Liens on registered trademarks, trademark applications and copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Effective Date), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person other than with respect to Permitted Liens.

(d)           Each Mortgage executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent to secure the Obligations as of the Effective Date is, or, to the extent any Mortgage is duly executed and delivered thereafter by the relevant Loan Party, will be, effective to create, subject to the exceptions listed in each title insurance policy covering each such Mortgage, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on and security interests in all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 3.21(d), such Mortgages shall constitute Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person,

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other than with respect to the rights of Persons under the exceptions listed in each title insurance policy covering each such Mortgage.

SECTION 3.22.              Anti-Terrorism Laws. (a)  None of the Loan Parties or, to the knowledge of any of the Loan Parties, any of their Affiliates is in violation of any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering (“Anti-Terrorism Laws”), including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”), and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law
107-56.

(b)           No Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any of the Loan Parties, any of their Affiliates or their respective brokers or other agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans is any of the following:

(i)            a Person or entity that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the
Executive Order;

(ii)           a Person or entity owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person or entity that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;

(iii)          a Person or entity with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;

(iv)          a Person or entity that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; or

(v)           a Person or entity that is named as a “specially designated national and blocked person” on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list.

(c)           No Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, any of its brokers or other agents acting in any capacity in connection with the Loans (i) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Person described in clause (b) above, (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order, or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS

SECTION 4.01.              Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans, and the obligation of each Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, on the Effective Date are subject, at the time of the making of such Loans or the issuance of such Letters of Credit, to satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions on or prior to the Effective Date:

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(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 telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

(b)           The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of the Guarantee Agreement signed on behalf of each Domestic Subsidiary and (ii) counterparts of the Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement signed on behalf of each Loan Party.

(c)           The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower a Closing Certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed on behalf of the Borrower by a Financial Officer of the Borrower.

(d)           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 Loan Party, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(e)           The Administrative Agent shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, an opinion addressed to each Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date substantially in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(f)            The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions of (i) local counsel in each of the jurisdictions (in each case unless, and to the extent otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent) referred to in Schedule 4.01(f), in each case reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which opinions shall (x) be addressed to each Agent and the Lenders and be dated the Effective Date, (y) cover various matters regarding the perfection and priority of the security interests granted in respect of the Equity Interests of Persons organized in such Non-U.S. Jurisdiction, and such other maters incident to the transactions contemplated herein as the Agents may reasonably request and (z) be in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, and (ii) local counsel to the Loan Parties as specified in Schedule 4.01(f) in the form of Exhibit K, which opinions (x) shall be addressed to each Agent and each of the Lenders and be dated the Effective Date, (y) shall cover the enforceability of the respective Mortgage and perfection of the Liens and security interests granted pursuant to the relevant Security Documents and such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated herein as the Agents may reasonably request and (z) shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents.

(g)           All documents executed or submitted in connection with this Agreement, the borrowings hereunder and the other Loan Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders.

(h)           The Lenders shall have received the audited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower described in Section 3.05, which audited financial statements (and the notes thereto) shall be in form and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders.

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occur on or prior to the Effective Date shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall have received all information and copies of all documents and papers, including records of corporate proceedings, governmental approvals, good standing certificates and bring down telegrams or facsimiles, if any, which the Administrative Agent reasonably may have requested in connection therewith, such documents and papers where appropriate to be certified by proper corporate or governmental authorities.

(j)            The Requisite Lenders shall be satisfied that the representations and warranties set forth in Article III hereof and in the other Loan Documents that are made as of the Effective Date shall be true and correct (or true and correct in all material respects if not otherwise qualified by materiality or by a Material Adverse Effect) with the same effect as if then made.

(k)           The Requisite Lenders shall be satisfied that at the time of and immediately after the Borrowings and issuances of Letters of Credit, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(l)            The Lenders shall have received a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower in the form of Exhibit L and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together with such other evidence reasonably requested by the Lenders, confirming the solvency of each of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions.

(m)          The Lenders shall have received (i) the pro forma consolidated balance sheet referred to in Section 3.15(b), together with the certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower certifying clauses (i)-(iii) thereof and the Lenders shall be reasonably satisfied that such balance sheet is not materially inconsistent with the forecasts previously provided to the Lenders and (ii) the Projected Financial Statements.

(n)           The Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that all loans and letters of credit outstanding under, and all other amounts due in respect of, the Indebtedness to Be Paid shall have been repaid in full (or satisfactory arrangements made for such repayment and letters of credit) and the commitments thereunder shall have been permanently terminated, and all related guarantees and security interests shall have been terminated (or provisions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall have been made for their termination).

(o)           After giving effect to the Transactions, none of the Borrower or its respective Subsidiaries shall have outstanding any Indebtedness other than (i) the Loans and other extensions of credit under this Agreement and (ii) Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 (other than clauses (vi), (vii), (xiii), (xiv) and (xv) thereof).

(p)           All requisite material governmental authorities and third parties shall have approved or consented to the Transactions to the extent required, all applicable appeal periods shall have expired and there shall be no judicial or regulatory action by a governmental agency, actual or threatened, that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose materially burdensome conditions on the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby.

(q)           The Lenders shall be reasonably satisfied that no litigation or administrative proceeding or development in any litigation or administrative proceeding by any entity (private or governmental) shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened that could reasonably

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be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the parties to consummate the Transactions.

(r)            The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on or prior to the Effective Date under the Engagement Letter and all other amounts due and payable pursuant to the Loan Documents on or prior to the Effective Date, including reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and invoiced out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP and domestic and foreign local counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

(s)           The Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of the Pledge Agreement signed by each Loan Party and covering pledges of 100% of the Equity Interests held by the Loan Parties in all of their Domestic Subsidiaries and 65% of the Equity Interests of their “first tier” Non-U.S. Subsidiaries (other than any Equity Interests of such Subsidiaries pledged pursuant to Non-U.S. Pledge Agreements) of the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary and counterparts of the Non-U.S. Pledge Agreements covering pledges of 65% of the Equity Interests of the “first tier” Non-U.S. Subsidiaries of the Borrower, and the Collateral Agent shall have received all promissory notes (the “Intercompany Notes”) evidencing all intercompany Indebtedness owed to any Loan Party by the Borrower or any Subsidiary as of the Effective Date and stock powers and instruments of transfer, endorsed in blank, with respect to the Equity Interests of the Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries and any such promissory notes.

(t)            The Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of the Security Agreement and Pledge Agreement signed by each Loan Party, in each case, together with the following in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent:

(A)          certificates representing all Pledged Securities, together with executed and undated stock powers and/or assignments in blank;

(B)           a favorable written opinion of foreign counsel in the jurisdiction of organization of each “first-tier” Non-U.S. Subsidiary (except for PGI Nonwovens Mauritius Ltd.) as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (a) addressed to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and (b) covering such matters relating to the Security Documents and the Loan Documents as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request including, without limitation, the perfection of the security interest created in the Pledged Securities of such Non-U.S. Subsidiaries;

(C)           instruments representing all intercompany Indebtedness payable to any Loan Party, together with executed and undated instruments of assignment endorsed in blank;

(D)          certificates of insurance required under this Agreement;

(E)           appropriate financing statements or comparable documents authorized by (and executed by, to the extent applicable) the appropriate entities in proper form for filing under the provisions of the UCC and applicable domestic or local laws, rules or regulations in each of the offices where such filing is necessary or appropriate, in the Collateral Agent’s reasonable discretion, to grant to the Collateral Agent perfected Liens on

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such Collateral, superior and prior to the rights of all third persons other than the holders of Permitted Liens;

(F)           UCC, judgment and tax lien, bankruptcy and pending lawsuit search reports listing all effective financing statements or comparable documents which name any applicable Loan Party as debtor and which are filed in those jurisdictions in which, any Loan Party is organized and to the extent the Administrative Agent reasonably requests, any jurisdiction in which any of such Collateral is located and the jurisdictions in which any applicable Loan Party’s principal place of business is located in the United States, together with copies of such existing financing statements, none of which shall encumber such Collateral covered or intended or purported to be covered by the Security Documents other than Permitted Liens;

(G)           evidence of the preparation for recording or filing, as applicable, of all recordings and filings of each such Security Document, including, without limitation, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and delivery and recordation, if necessary, of such other security and other documents, including, without limitation, UCC-3 termination statements with respect to UCC filings that do not constitute Permitted Liens, as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the Liens created, or purported or intended to be created, by such Security Documents;

(H)          with respect to leased Real Property which is not subject to a leasehold Mortgage as of the Effective Date, if any Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries is maintained on such premises, the Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver a Landlord Access Agreement with respect thereto;

(I)            evidence that all other actions reasonably necessary or, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the security interest created by the Security Documents have been taken; and

(J)            a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Effective Date and signed by an executive officer or Financial Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, including the results of a search of the UCC (or equivalent) filings made with respect to the Loan 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 Liens or have been released.

(u)           The Collateral Agent shall have received the following documents and instruments:

(A)          with respect to each Mortgaged Property indicated on Schedule 4.01(u)(A) hereto, a Mortgage encumbering each of the same in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, duly executed and acknowledged by the applicable Loan Party, and otherwise in form for recording in the recording office where each such Mortgaged Property is situated, together with such certificates, affidavits, questionnaires or returns as shall be required in connection with the

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recording or filing thereof to create a first priority lien under applicable law, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and such UCC-1 financing statements and other similar statements as are contemplated by the counsel opinions described in Section 4.01(f) in respect of such Mortgages, all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Collateral Agent, and any other instruments necessary to grant a mortgage lien under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction, which Mortgages and financing statements and other instruments shall when recorded be effective to create Liens on such Mortgaged Property subject to no other Liens except the Prior Liens;

(B)           with respect to each Mortgaged Property, such consents, approvals, amendments, supplements, estoppels, tenant subordination agreements or other instruments, in form acceptable to the Collateral Agent, as necessary or required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or as shall reasonably be deemed necessary by the Collateral Agent in order for the owner or holder of the fee or leasehold interest constituting such Mortgaged Property to grant the Liens contemplated by the Mortgages with respect to such Mortgaged Property;

(C)           with respect to each Mortgage granted in favor of the Collateral Agent, a policy of title insurance (or marked title commitment having the effect of a title insurance policy) insuring the Liens of such Mortgages, respectively, as valid first mortgage Liens on the real property and fixtures described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in an amount equal to not less than in an amount not less than the amount set forth on Schedule 4.01(u)(C) (115% of the fair market value thereof), which policies (or marked commitments having the effect of title insurance policies) shall (w) be issued by the Title Company, (x) include such reinsurance arrangements (with provisions for direct access) as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (y) contain a “tie-in” or “cluster” endorsement (if available under applicable law) (i.e., policies which insure against losses regardless of location or allocated value of the insured property up to a stated maximum coverage amount) and have been supplemented by such endorsements (or where such endorsements are not available, opinions of special counsel, architects or other professionals reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent to the extent that such opinions can be obtained at a cost which is reasonable with respect to the value of the real property subject to such Mortgage) as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, endorsements, to the extent available in each jurisdiction at commercially reasonably rates, on matters relating to usury, first loss, last dollar, zoning, contiguity, variable rate, revolving credit, doing business, access, survey, address, subdivision, separate tax lot, lender non-imputation and so-called comprehensive coverage over covenants and restrictions) and (z) contain only such exceptions to title as shall be agreed to by the Collateral Agent on or prior to the Effective Date with respect to such Mortgaged Property;

(D)          with respect to each Mortgaged Property, policies or certificates of insurance as required hereby or by the Mortgage relating thereto, which policies or certificates shall comply with the insurance requirements contained herein or in such Mortgage;

(E)           with respect to each Mortgaged Property, a Survey in form and substance acceptable to the
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(F)           with respect to each Mortgaged Property, such affidavits, certificates, information (including financial data) and instruments of indemnification (including, without limitation, a so-called “gap” indemnification) as shall be required to induce the Title Company to issue the policy or policies (or marked commitment having the effect of a title insurance policy) and endorsements contemplated in subparagraph (C) above;

(G)           evidence acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment by the appropriate Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof of all applicable title insurance premiums, search and examination charges, survey costs and related charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Mortgages and issuance of the title insurance policies referred to in subparagraph (C) above; and

(H)          with respect to each Real Property or Mortgaged Property, copies of all leases or other agreements relating to possessory interests to which any Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof is a party. To the extent any of the foregoing in which any Loan Party is a landlord or sublandlord affect any Mortgaged Property, such agreement shall be subordinate to the Mortgage to be recorded against such Mortgaged Property and otherwise acceptable to the Collateral Agent.

(v)           The Administrative Agent shall have received subordination agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it covering all intercompany notes or other obligations owed by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party.

(w)          The Collateral Agent shall have received evidence and be reasonably satisfied that the insurance required by Section 5.04 and the Security Documents is in effect in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 4.02.              Conditions to Each Credit Event. The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit (such event being called a “Credit Event”) (excluding continuations and conversions of Loans) requested to be made by it on any date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of such Credit Event as required by Section 2.02 or 2.05, as applicable.

(b)           The representations and warranties set forth in Article III hereof and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct (or true and correct in all material respects if not otherwise qualified by materiality or by a Material Adverse Effect) with the same effect as if then made (unless expressly stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).

(c)           At the time of and immediately after such Credit Event, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Credit Event shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date of such Credit Event, as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.02.

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ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each Loan Party hereby covenants and agrees with the Lenders that on or after the Effective Date and until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts due and payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed:

SECTION 5.01.              Financial Information, Reports, Notices, etc. The Borrower will furnish, or will cause to be furnished, to each Lender and the Administrative Agent copies of the following financial statements, reports, notices and information:

(a)           as soon as available and in any event within 45 days (or, if SEC Form 12b-25 is filed in respect of such
Fiscal Quarter, 50 days or such shorter period for the filing of the Borrower’s Form 10-Q as may be required by the SEC) after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the same period in the prior Fiscal Year and for the period commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such Fiscal Quarter, certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that the delivery of the Borrower’s Form 10-Q (as filed with the SEC), if certified as required in this clause (a), shall satisfy the requirements set forth in this clause, together with a certificate from a Financial Officer of the Borrower (a “Compliance Certificate”) containing a computation in reasonable detail of, and showing compliance with, each of the financial ratios and restrictions contained in the Financial Covenants and to the effect that, in making the examination necessary for the signing of such certificate, such Financial Officer has not become aware of any Default or Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing, or, if such Financial Officer has become aware of such Default or Event of Default, describing such Default or Event of Default and the steps, if any, being taken to cure it;

(b)           as soon as available and in any event within 90 days (or, if SEC Form 12b-25 is filed in respect of such
Fiscal Year, 105 days or such shorter period as may be required for the filing of the Borrower’s Form 10-K by the SEC) after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower, a copy of the annual audit report for such Fiscal Year for the Borrower, including therein a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, in each case certified (without any Impermissible Qualification) in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that the delivery of the Borrower’s Form 10-K (as filed with the SEC), if certified as required in this clause (b), shall satisfy such delivery requirement in this clause), together with a Compliance Certificate and a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any Event of Default under any of the Financial Covenants (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);

(c)           no later than February 28 of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget by Fiscal Quarter for such Fiscal Year (including a projected consolidated balance

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sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash flow as of the end of and for each Fiscal Quarter during such Fiscal Year) and the next two succeeding Fiscal Years and, promptly when available, any significant revisions of such budgets;

(d)           promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all reports submitted to the Borrower by independent certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries made by such accountants, including any management letters submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their annual audit;

(e)           as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days after becoming aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, a statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of such Default or Event of Default and the action which the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;

(f)            as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days after (i) the occurrence of any adverse
development with respect to any litigation, action or proceeding that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the commencement of any litigation, action or proceeding that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or that purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, notice thereof and copies of all documentation relating thereto;

(g)           promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all reports which the Borrower sends to any of its security holders (in their capacity as such), and all reports, registration statements (other than on Form S-8 or any successor form) or other materials (including affidavits with respect to reports) which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries files with the SEC or any national securities exchange;

(h)           promptly upon becoming aware of the taking of any specific actions by the Borrower or any other Person to terminate any Pension Plan (other than a termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA which can be completed without the Borrower or any Subsidiary having to provide more than $5.0 million in addition to the normal contribution required for the plan year in which termination occurs to make such Pension Plan sufficient), or the occurrence of an ERISA Event which could result in a Lien on the assets of any Loan Party or a Subsidiary or in the incurrence by a Loan Party of any liability, fine or penalty which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or any increase in the contingent liability of a Loan Party with respect to any post-retirement Welfare Plan benefit if the increase in such contingent liability which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, notice thereof and copies of all documentation relating thereto;

(i)            upon request by the Administrative Agent, copies of:  (i) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Pension Plan; (ii) the most recent actuarial valuation report for each Pension Plan and each Foreign Plan for which a report is prepared; (iii) all notices received by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor or any governmental agency concerning an ERISA Event; and (iv) such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Plan or Foreign Plan as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;

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(j)            as soon as possible, notice of any other development that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(k)           such other information respecting the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

SECTION 5.02.              Compliance with Laws, etc. The Loan Parties will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, except where such noncompliance, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such compliance to include, subject to the foregoing:

(a)           the maintenance and preservation of their and their Subsidiaries’ existence and their qualification as a foreign corporation or partnership (or comparable foreign qualification, if applicable, in the case of any other form of legal entity), and

(b)           the payment, before the same become delinquent, of all taxes, assessments and governmental charges imposed upon them or upon their property in excess of $250,000 other than any such tax, assessment or charge the payment of which is being contested in good faith and by proper proceeding and for which proper reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP.

SECTION 5.03.              Maintenance of Properties. Each Loan Party and each of its respective Subsidiaries will maintain, preserve, protect and keep its material properties and assets in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear and loss from casualty or condemnation excepted), and make necessary and proper repairs, renewals and replacements so that its business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times; provided that nothing in this Section 5.03 shall prevent any Loan Party from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its properties or any of those of its Subsidiaries if such discontinuance is, in the reasonable commercial judgment of such Loan Party, desirable in the conduct of its or their business and does not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.04.              Insurance. The Loan Parties will and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to maintain or cause to be maintained with financially sound and responsible insurance companies (a) insurance with respect to their properties material to the business of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries against such casualties and contingencies and of such types and in such amounts with such deductibles as is customary in the case of similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations (including, without limitation, (i) physical hazard insurance on an “all risk” basis, (ii) commercial general liability against claims for bodily injury, death or property damage covering any and all claims, (iii) explosion insurance in respect of any boilers, machinery or similar apparatus constituting Collateral, (iv) business interruption insurance, (v) worker’s compensation insurance as may be required by any Requirement of Law, (vi) flood insurance, if at any time the area in which any improvements located on any Mortgaged Property is designated a “flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) 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) and (vii) such other insurance against risks as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably require) and (b) all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Security Documents, and will, upon request of the Administrative Agent, furnish to each Lender at reasonable intervals a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth the nature and extent of all insurance maintained by the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries in accordance with this Section. Each such insurance policy shall provide that (i) it may not be cancelled or otherwise

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terminated without at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Agent (and to the extent any such policy is cancelled, modified or renewed, the Borrower shall deliver a copy of the renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence thereof) to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, or insurance certificate with respect thereto, together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent of the payment of the premium therefor); (ii) the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent are permitted to pay any premium therefor within thirty (30) days after receipt of any notice stating that such premium has not been paid when due; (iii) all losses thereunder shall be payable notwithstanding any act or negligence of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or its agents or employees which otherwise might have resulted in a forfeiture of all or a part of such insurance payments; (iv) to the extent such insurance policy constitutes property insurance, all losses payable thereunder in an amount in excess of $1.0 million shall be payable to the Collateral Agent, as additional insured and as loss payee, pursuant to a standard non-contributory New York mortgagee endorsement and shall be in an amount at least sufficient to prevent coinsurance liability; provided that the Collateral Agent, as loss payee pursuant to the foregoing, shall not agree to the adjustment of any claim without the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and (v) with respect to liability insurance, the Collateral Agent shall be named as an additional insured. Notwithstanding the inclusion in each insurance policy of the provision described in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, in the event any Loan Party gives the Collateral Agent written notice that it does not intend to pay any premium relating to any insurance policy when due, the Collateral Agent shall not exercise its right to pay such premium so long as such Loan Party delivers to the Collateral Agent a replacement insurance policy or insurance certificate evidencing that such replacement policy or certificate provides the same insurance coverage required under this Section 5.04 as the policy being replaced by such Loan Party with no lapse in such coverage.

SECTION 5.05.              Books and Records; Visitation Rights. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to, keep books and records which accurately reflect its business affairs in all material respects and material transactions and permit the Administrative Agent or its representatives, at reasonable times and intervals and upon reasonable notice, to visit all of its offices, to discuss its financial matters with its officers and independent public accountant and, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent or a Lender, to examine (and, at the expense of the Borrower, photocopy extracts from) any of its books or other corporate or partnership records.

SECTION 5.06.              Environmental Covenant. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to:

(a)           use and operate all of its facilities and properties in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws
except for such noncompliance which, singly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and handle all Hazardous Materials in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, except for any noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(b)           promptly notify the Administrative Agent and provide copies of all written inquiries, claims, complaints or notices from any Person relating to the environmental condition of its facilities and properties or compliance with or liability under any Environmental Law which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and promptly cure and have dismissed with prejudice or contest in good faith any actions and proceedings relating thereto;

(c)           in the event of the presence of any Hazardous Material on any Mortgaged Property which is in violation of any Environmental Law or which could reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liability which violation or Environmental Liability could reasonably be

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expected to have a material adverse effect on any Mortgaged Property, each applicable Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, upon discovery thereof, shall take all necessary steps to initiate and expeditiously complete all response, corrective or other action to mitigate and eliminate any such adverse effect in accordance with and to the extent required by applicable Environmental Laws, and shall keep the Administrative Agent informed of their actions;

(d)           at the written request of the Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders, which request shall specify in reasonable detail the basis therefor, each Loan Party will provide, at such Loan Party’s sole cost and expense, an environmental site assessment report concerning any Mortgaged Property now or hereafter owned or leased by such Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries, prepared by an environmental consulting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the potential cost of any Remedial Action in connection with such Hazardous Materials on, at, under or emanating from such Mortgaged Property pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law; provided that such request may be made only if (i) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default or (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders reasonably believe that the Borrower or any such Mortgaged Property is not in compliance with Environmental Law and such noncompliance could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or that circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against such Loan Party or to result in Environmental Liability, in each case that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (in such events as are listed in this subparagraph, the environmental site assessment shall be focused upon the noncompliance or other circumstances as applicable). If any Loan Party fails to provide the same within 90 days after such request was made and the circumstances described in clause (i) or (ii) still exist, the Administrative Agent may order the same, and such Loan Party shall grant and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders and their agents access to such Mortgaged Property and specifically grants the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders an irrevocable non-exclusive license, subject to the rights of tenants, to perform such an assessment, all at such Loan Party’s sole cost and expense; and

(e)           provide such information and certifications which the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time to evidence compliance with this Section 5.06.

SECTION 5.07.              Information Regarding Collateral. (a)  Each Loan Party will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change (i) in such Loan Party’s corporate name or in any trade name used to identify it in the conduct of its business or in the ownership of its properties, (ii) in the location of any Loan Party’s chief executive office, its principal place of business, any office in which it maintains books or records relating to Collateral owned by it or any office or facility at which Collateral owned by it is located (including the establishment of any such new office or facility), (iii) in any Loan Party’s identity or corporate structure, (iv) in any Loan Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number or (v) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization. Each Loan Party agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless (i) it shall have given the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent thirty (30) days’ prior written notice and (ii) all filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral. Each Loan Party also agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.

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Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer and the chief legal officer of the Borrower (i) setting forth the information required pursuant to Sections 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 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 Section and (ii) certifying that all UCC 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 governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction identified pursuant to clause (i) above to the extent necessary to protect and perfect the security interests under the Security Documents for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period).

SECTION 5.08.              Existence; Conduct of Business. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things reasonably 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 5.09.              Performance of Obligations. Each Loan Party and its respective Subsidiaries will perform all of their respective obligations under the terms of each mortgage, indenture, security agreement, other debt instrument and material contract by which they are bound or to which they are a party except for such noncompliance as in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.10.              Casualty and Condemnation. Each Loan Party (a) will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of any casualty or other insured damage to any Collateral in an amount in excess of $2.5 million 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 and (b) will ensure that the Net Proceeds of any such event (whether in the form of insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or otherwise) are collected and applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents.

SECTION 5.11.              Pledge of Additional Collateral. Within 30 days after the acquisition of assets of the type that would have on the Effective Date constituted Collateral under the Security Documents (the “Additional Collateral”), each appropriate Loan Party will, and will cause its respective Subsidiaries to, take all necessary action, including the filing of appropriate financing statements under the provisions of the UCC, applicable domestic or local laws, rules or regulations in each of the offices where such filing is necessary or appropriate, or entering into or amending the Guarantee Agreement and the Security Documents, or in the case of the Equity Interests of a “first tier” Non-U.S. Subsidiary, entering into a Non-U.S. Pledge Agreement providing for the Collateral Agent to have an enforceable and perfected security interest in 65% of the Equity Interests in such Subsidiary, to grant to each Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the respective Secured Parties perfected Liens in such Collateral pursuant to and to the full extent required by the Security Documents and this Agreement (including, without limitation, delivery of an opinion substantially in the form of Exhibit K and otherwise reasonably acceptable in form and substance to the Collateral Agent and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in subsections (v) and (w) of Section 4.01). In the event that any Loan Party acquires or leases additional Real Property or renews any lease of Real Property (whether or not the subject of a leasehold Mortgage under the Security Documents) and (x) the fair market value of such acquired Real Property is in excess of $1.0 million as determined in good faith by the Borrower or (y) the average annual rent payments under any such lease is greater than $400,000, the Borrower or the appropriate Loan Party, as the case may be, using its commercially

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reasonable efforts in respect of any such leases, will take such actions and execute such documents as the Collateral Agent shall require to confirm the Liens of a Mortgage, if applicable, or to create a new Mortgage (including, without limitation, satisfaction of the conditions set forth in subsections (f), (v) and (w) of Section 4.01) (unless, with respect to any such Real Property, (x) such Real Property is already mortgaged to a third party to the extent permitted by Section 6.02 or (y) the Administrative Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that the fees and expenses of obtaining a Mortgage with respect to such Real Property and the other related deliveries required by this Section 5.11 would be disproportionate to the expected benefits to be received by the Secured Parties). All actions taken by the parties in connection with the pledge of Additional Collateral, including, without limitation, reasonable costs of counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, shall be for the account of the Borrower, which shall pay all sums due on demand.

SECTION 5.12.              Further Assurances. The Loan Parties will, and will cause each Subsidiary of a Loan Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents and the delivery of appropriate opinions of counsel), which may be required under any applicable law, or which the Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders may reasonably request, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or to grant, preserve, protect or perfect the Liens created by the Security Documents or the validity or priority of any such Lien, all at the expense of the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties also agree to provide to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.

SECTION 5.13.              Use of Proceeds. The Borrower covenants and agrees that (i) the proceeds of the Term Borrowings and Revolving Credit Borrowings on the Effective Date will be used to finance the Transactions and to pay fees and expenses payable hereunder and (ii) all other Revolving Credit Borrowings after the Effective Date will be used for general corporate purposes, including Permitted Acquisitions.

SECTION 5.14.              Payment of Taxes. Each Loan Party and its respective Subsidiaries will pay and discharge all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any Properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which material penalties attach thereto, and all lawful claims which, if unpaid, might become a Lien or charge upon any Properties of such Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries or cause a failure or forfeiture of title thereto; provided that neither such Loan Party nor any of its respective Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings diligently conducted, which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the Property or asset that may become subject to such Lien, if it has maintained adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with and to the extent required under GAAP; provided, further, that any such contest of any tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim with respect to Collateral shall satisfy the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions.

SECTION 5.15.              Equal Security for Loans and Notes. If any Loan Party shall create or assume any Lien upon any of its Property which does not constitute Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Permitted Liens (unless prior written consent to the creation or assumption thereof shall have been obtained from the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders), it shall make or cause to be made effective provisions whereby the Obligations will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably by such Property with any and all other obligations thereby secured as long as any such obligations shall be secured; provided that this covenant shall not be construed as consent by the Administrative

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Agent and the Requisite Lenders to any violation by any Loan Party of the provisions of Section 6.02.

SECTION 5.16.              Guarantees. In the event that any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower existing on the Effective Date has not previously executed the Guarantee Agreement or in the event that any Person becomes a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower after the Effective Date (including as a result of the Permitted Reorganization), the Borrower will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of that fact and cause such Subsidiary to, within 30 days of becoming a Domestic Subsidiary, execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement and deliver to the Collateral Agent a counterpart of the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement and to take all such further actions and execute all such further documents and instruments (including actions, documents and certificates comparable to those described in Sections 4.01(t) and (u)) as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and of the other Secured Parties, valid and perfected Liens on all of the Property of such Subsidiary described in the applicable forms of the Security Documents, subject to Liens permitted by the applicable Loan Documents.

SECTION 5.17.              Subordination of Intercompany Loans. Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that any existing and future debt obligation of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party to any Non-U.S. Subsidiary shall be subordinated to the Loans to at least the same extent as such existing obligations were subordinated to the obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement.

SECTION 5.18.              Interest Rate Protection. No later than the 30th day after the Effective Date, Borrower shall enter into (or otherwise be a party to), and for a minimum of 18 months thereafter maintain, Hedging Agreements with terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent that result in at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness being effectively subject to a fixed or maximum interest rate reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 5.19.              Post-Closing Matters

(a)           The applicable Loan Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to the Collateral Agent (unless waived or extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), within the time periods set forth below, to the extent such items have not provided as of the Closing Date, the following:

(i)            within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Landlord Access Agreements or Bailee Letters, as applicable for the Real Properties listed on Schedule 5.19(b), each in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent; and

(ii)           within ten (10) days after the Closing Date, with respect to each Mortgaged Property, title policies meeting the requirements of Section 4.01(u).

(b)           The applicable Loan Parties shall provide to the Collateral Agent (unless waived or extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), within seven (7) Business Days of the Closing Date, evidence of the release of the lien under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Bonlam S.A. de C.V. stock (including the notation on the stock thereof), entry into the new Mexican pledge agreement and the related Mexican legal opinion with respect to the pledge of such Bonlam S.A. de C.V. stock.

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(c)           The applicable Loan Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Collateral Agent (unless waived or extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), within 30 days of the Closing Date, evidence of termination of lien or assignments recorded against any Loan Party in the U.S. Copyright Office.

(d)           The applicable Loan Parties shall provide the Collateral Agent (unless waived or extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), within two (2) Business Days of the Closing Date, originals copies of the stock certificates issued by Fabrene, Inc. (and accompanying stock powers) pledged pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement.

(e)           The applicable Loan Parties shall provide the Collateral Agent (unless waived or extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) within ten(10) Business Days of the Closing Date a good standing certificate for Poly-Bond Inc. in the State of Virginia and an issuers’ acknowledgement for Chicopee Holdings B.V.

(f)            The applicable Loan Parties shall provide to the Collateral Agent (unless waived or extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) within 5 days of the Closing Date final updated intellectual property schedules to the Perfection Certificate.

(g)           The applicable Loan Parties shall provide the Collateral Agent (unless waived or extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) within 30 days of the Closing Date insurance certificates with respect to assets located in China and Europe.

(h)           The applicable Loan Parties shall provide the Collateral Agent (unless waived or extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) within 10 days of the Closing Date (i) an updated intercompany note schedule to the Pledge Agreement and Perfection Certificate and (ii) all intercompany notes (along with endorsements in blank) required to be delivered, but not previously delivered.

(i)            The applicable Loan Parties shall provide the Collateral Agent (unless waived or extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) within 2 days of the Closing Date, an executed copy of the Dutch pledge Agreement relating to Chicopee Holding, B.V. and the related foreign counsel opinion.

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all Fees and other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries agree with the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01.              Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities. (a)  The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist (including by way of Guarantee) any Indebtedness, except:

(i)            Indebtedness incurred and outstanding under the Loan Documents;

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(ii)           Indebtedness (A) outstanding on the Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01 and (B) any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

(iii)          Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary Loan Party and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary;

(iv)          Guarantees by (x) the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Loan Party, (y) any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Loan Party and (z) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party of Indebtedness of any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, in each case (x), (y) or (z), to the extent such Indebtedness was permitted to be incurred hereunder, and if such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations under the Loan Documents, such Guarantee is as subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations;

(v)           Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business Days of its incurrence;

(vi)          Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of trade payables of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties; provided that (a) any such Guarantee is subordinated to the Obligations under the Loan Documents and (b) the aggregate amount of trade payables guaranteed by such Guarantees shall not exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(vii)         Indebtedness 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 Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof or result in an earlier maturity date or decreased Weighted Average Life to Maturity thereof; provided that (A) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (vii) shall not exceed $30.0 million at any time outstanding;

(viii)        Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(ix)           Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit for the benefit of) any Person providing worker’s compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to Borrower or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such Person;

(x)            Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations and trade-related letters of credit, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

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(xi)           Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

(xii)          obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(xiii)         Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, but only if such Indebtedness was not created or incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as the aggregate principal amount thereof does not exceed $5.0 million at any time outstanding; provided that (x) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness (and any other Indebtedness incurred since the last day of the immediately preceding Test Period) on a Pro Forma Basis as if it was incurred on the first day of the immediately preceding Test Period (but tested as if the applicable ratio were the ratio for the next succeeding Test Period), the Borrower would be in compliance with the Financial Covenants;

(xiv)        other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $20.0 million at any time outstanding; and

(xv)         Indebtedness of Non-U.S. Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $20.0 million at any time outstanding.

(b)           The Loan Parties will not, nor will they permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, issue any Preferred Stock or other preferred Equity Interest (“Disqualified Equity Interests”) which (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is or may become redeemable or repurchaseable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, or (iii) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof for Indebtedness or Preferred Stock or any other preferred Equity Interest described in this paragraph, in each case, prior to six months following the Term Loan Maturity Date.

SECTION 6.02.              Liens. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any Property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by them, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (herein collectively referred to as “Permitted Liens”):

(i)            Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents;

(ii)           Liens on assets acquired after the Effective Date existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition and do not extend to any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the specific assets so acquired;

(iii)          Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds or performance bonds, landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’,

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materialmen’s, attorney’s or other like liens, in any case incurred in the ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted; provided that (A) a reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as is required by GAAP shall have been made therefor, (B) if such Lien is on Collateral, the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions shall at all times be satisfied and (C) such Liens relating to statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds or performance bonds shall only extend to or cover cash and Cash Equivalents not in the Collateral Account;

(iv)          Liens existing on the Effective Date and identified on Schedule 6.02 to the extent permitted by the applicable Security Documents;

(v)           Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims or other like statutory Liens, in any case incurred in the ordinary course of business, that do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money and (A) that are not yet delinquent or (B) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that (1) any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor and (2) if such Lien is on Collateral, the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions shall at all times be satisfied;

(vi)          Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) of the type described in Section 6.01(a)(vii) covering only the assets acquired or improved with such Indebtedness;

(vii)         Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness secured by the Liens of the type described in clause (ii) of this Section 6.02; provided that any such Lien shall not extend to or cover any assets not securing the Indebtedness so refinanced;

(viii)        (A) Liens in the form of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, covenants, conditions or other restrictions on the use of real property or other minor irregularities in title (including leasehold title) that do not (1) secure Indebtedness or (2) individually or in the aggregate materially impair the value or marketability of the real property affected thereby or the occupation, use and enjoyment in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and any Subsidiary at such real property and (B) with respect to leasehold interests in real property, mortgages, obligations, liens and other encumbrances incurred, created, assumed or permitted to exist and arising by, through or under a landlord or owner of such leased property encumbering the landlord’s or owner’s interest in such leased property;

(ix)           Liens in the form of pledges or deposits securing bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for borrowed money) or leases to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party, in each case, made in the ordinary course of business for amounts (A) not yet due and payable or (B) being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted; provided that (1) a reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as is required by GAAP shall have been made therefor, (2) if such Lien is on Collateral, the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions shall at all times be satisfied and (3) such Liens shall in no event encumber any Collateral other than cash and Cash Equivalents not in the Collateral Account;

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(x)            Liens resulting from operation of law with respect to any judgments, awards or orders to the extent that such judgments, awards or orders do not cause or constitute a Default under this Agreement; provided that if any such Liens are on Collateral, the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions shall at all times be satisfied;

(xi)           Liens in the form of licenses, leases or subleases granted or created by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, which licenses, leases or subleases do not interfere, individually or in the aggregate, in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary or individually or in the aggregate materially impair the use (for its intended purpose) or the value of the property subject thereto, provided that (x) to the extent such licenses, leases or subleases relate to Mortgaged Property in existence as of the Effective Date, the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon as practicable cause such licenses, leases or subleases to be subordinated to the Lien granted and evidenced by the Security Documents in accordance with the provisions thereof and (y) to the extent entered into after the Effective Date, such licenses, leases or subleases shall be subordinate to the Lien granted and evidenced by the Security Documents in accordance with the provisions thereof; provided, further, that any such Lien shall not extend to or cover any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is not the subject of any such license, lease or sublease;

(xii)          Liens on fixtures or personal property held by or granted to landlords pursuant to leases to the extent that such Liens are not yet due and payable; provided that (i) with respect to any such Liens on any material portion of the Collateral in existence on the Effective Date, the Borrower or any applicable Subsidiary has used its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a landlord lien waiver reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (ii) with respect to any leases entered into after the Effective Date, the Borrower or any applicable Subsidiary shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (x) enter into a lease that does not ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇ on fixtures or personal property in favor of the landlord thereunder or (y) obtain a landlord lien waiver reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;

(xiii)         Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a)(xiii); provided that such Liens existed prior to such Person becoming a Subsidiary, were not created in anticipation thereof and attach only to specific assets of such Person that is the subject of the Permitted Acquisition;

(xiv)        Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a)(xiv) or 6.01(a)(xv); and

(xv)         Liens on assets of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties securing Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties;

provided, however, that no Liens shall be permitted to exist, directly or indirectly, on any Securities Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) other than Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent and Liens permitted by clauses (v) and (x).

SECTION 6.03.              Fundamental Changes; Line of Business. (a)  The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with them, or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) any Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction

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in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with or into any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary of the Borrower and (if any party to such merger is a Subsidiary Loan Party) is a Subsidiary Loan Party, (iii) Permitted Acquisitions as permitted by Section 6.04 (vii) of this Agreement may be consummated and (iv) the Permitted Restructuring may be consummated; provided that in connection with the foregoing, the appropriate Loan Parties shall take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain the perfection of or perfect, as the case may be, protect and preserve the Liens on the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and otherwise comply with the provisions of Sections 5.11 and 5.12, in each case, on the terms set forth therein and to the extent applicable.

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any Loan Party may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to any other Loan Party and (ii) any Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that in connection with each of the foregoing, the appropriate Loan Parties shall take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain the perfection of or perfect, as the case may be, protect and preserve the Liens on the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and otherwise comply with the provisions of Sections 5.11 and 5.12, in each case, on the terms set forth therein and to the extent applicable).

(c)           The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, engage in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on the Effective Date and businesses reasonably related thereto.

SECTION 6.04.              Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Equity Interests in or evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or provide other credit support for any Person or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit (each of the foregoing, an “Investment” and collectively, “Investments”), except:

(i)            Permitted Investments;

(ii)           Investments existing on the Effective Date (or in respect of which a binding commitment to make such investment exists on the Effective Date) and set forth on Schedule 6.04;

(iii)          Investments (A) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party (whether made prior to or after the Effective Date), (B) by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary (whether made prior to or after the Effective Date) and (C) after the Effective Date by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments pursuant to this clause (C) shall not exceed $20.0 million (less the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.07(iv)) at any one time outstanding; and provided, further, that any such Investment held by a Loan Party shall be pledged pursuant to a Pledge Agreement or a Non-U.S. Pledge Agreement in accordance with Section 5.11;

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(iv)          Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a)(iv) or Section 6.01(a)(vi);

(v)           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;

(vi)          loans and advances to employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses) not to exceed $1.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding; provided that (x) to the extent such loans or advances are evidenced by promissory notes, such promissory notes shall be endorsed in blank and delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement and (y) the Borrower shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to take all actions and execute all documents reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to confirm the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such loans and advances and/or promissory notes pursuant to the applicable Security Documents;

(vii)         Permitted Acquisitions for aggregate Acquisition Consideration since the Effective Date not to exceed $50.0 million (of which not more than $30.0 million may be used to consummate Permitted Acquisitions by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties);

(viii)        Investments of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party not in excess of the QRTC Amount outstanding at any time less the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made pursuant to Section 6.14(c);

(ix)           loans made by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties; provided that (a) the proceeds of such loans shall be used either to (x) fund Capital Expenditures permitted to be made pursuant to Section 6.14(a) or (y) purchase the Equity Interests in a non-wholly owned Subsidiary not owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) any such loan shall be pledged pursuant to a Pledge Agreement or a non-U.S. Pledge Agreement in accordance with Section 5.11; and

(x)            the Permitted Restructuring.

The aggregate amount of an Investment at any one time outstanding for purposes of this Section 6.04 shall be deemed to be equal to (A) the aggregate amount of cash, together with the aggregate fair market value of Property, loaned, advanced, contributed, transferred or otherwise invested that gives rise to such Investment minus (B) the aggregate amount of dividends, distributions or other payments received in cash in respect of such Investment (including by way of a sale or other disposition of such Investment). The amount of an Investment shall not in any event be reduced by reason of any write-off of such Investment.

SECTION 6.05.              Asset Sales. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by them, nor will the Borrower permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, except:

(i)            sales of inventory or used, surplus, obsolete, outdated, inefficient or worn out equipment and other property in the ordinary course of business;

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(ii)           sales, transfers and dispositions to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party; provided that in connection with the foregoing, the appropriate Loan Parties shall take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain the perfection of or perfect, as the case may be, protect and preserve the Liens on the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and otherwise comply with the provisions of Sections 5.11 and 5.12, in each case, on the terms set forth therein and to the extent applicable;

(iii)          sales, transfers and dispositions by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(iv)          the lease or sublease of Real Property in the ordinary course of business and not constituting a sale and leaseback transaction;

(v)           sales of Permitted Investments on ordinary business terms;

(vi)          Liens permitted by Section 6.02 and Investments permitted under Section 6.04;

(vii)         the lease of certain facilities of Chicopee located in Little Rock, Arkansas;

(viii)        the Permitted Restructuring;

(ix)           sales, transfers and dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests of a Subsidiary) not otherwise permitted under this Section; provided that the aggregate fair market value of all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this clause (ix) shall not exceed $35.0 million in the aggregate and the Net Proceeds thereof are applied as required by Section 2.05(c)(iii);

(x)            (A) issuances of Equity Interests by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and (B) capital contributions by the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower to any Subsidiary of the Borrower; and

(xi)           Permitted Factoring Transactions;

provided that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted hereby shall be made for fair value and, in the case of sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted by clauses (i), (v), (viii) and (ix), for consideration consisting of at least 75% cash and Cash Equivalents.

SECTION 6.06.              Sale and Leaseback Transactions.  The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby they shall sell or transfer any Property, real or personal, used or useful in their business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such Property or other Property that they intend to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the Property sold or transferred (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless (i) the sale of such Property is permitted by Section 6.05 and (ii) any Lien arising in connection with the use of such Property by any Loan Party or a Subsidiary is permitted by Section 6.02.

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SECTION 6.07.              Restricted Payments. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, 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:

(i)            Subsidiaries of the Borrower may declare and pay dividends to the Borrower, another Subsidiary or any other holder of its Equity Interests ratably with respect to their Equity Interests or additional shares of the same class of shares as the dividend being paid to the extent such payment complies with Section 6.01(b); provided that no such dividend or distribution shall be made by any such Subsidiary to any Person other than the Borrower or another Subsidiary unless ratable dividends or distributions are concurrently made to all holders of the applicable Equity Interests;

(ii)           the Borrower may pay dividends consisting solely of shares of its common stock or additional shares of the same class of shares as the dividend being paid;

(iii)          the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate since the Effective Date;

(iv)          Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties may redeem their Equity Interests held by Persons other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of such redemptions since the Effective Date shall not exceed $20.0 million (less the amount of Investments outstanding under Section 6.04(iii)(C)); and

(v)           The Borrower may redeem up to $10,000,000 in the aggregate of the Borrower’s Class A, Class B, and Class C Common Stock from Persons other than the GOF Holders.

SECTION 6.08.              Transactions with Affiliates. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of their Affiliates, unless such transactions are in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business and are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Loan Party or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, except:

(i)            transactions between or among the Borrower and the Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate;

(ii)           any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07;

(iii)          fees and compensation, benefits and incentive arrangements paid or provided to, and any indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors or employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower;

(iv)          loans and advances to employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party permitted by Section 6.04(vii);

(v)           transactions for purchases of raw materials in the ordinary course of business on commercially reasonable terms and conditions from suppliers from which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has made such purchases prior to the Effective Date; and

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(vi)          the issuance or sale of any Equity Interests of the Borrower.

SECTION 6.09.              Restrictive Agreements.  The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its Property or assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to transfer property to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to:

(i)            conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document;

(ii)           clause (a) shall not apply to assets encumbered by Permitted Liens as long as such restriction applies only to the asset encumbered by such Permitted Lien;

(iii)          restrictions and conditions existing on the Effective Date not otherwise excepted from this Section 6.09 identified on Schedule 6.09 (but shall not apply to any amendment or modification expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition);

(iv)          in the case of clause (a) only, any agreement in effect at the time any Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;

(v)           customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary (or the assets of a Subsidiary) pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold (or whose assets are to be sold) and such sale is permitted hereunder; and

(vi)          clause (a) shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and service contracts in the ordinary course of business between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and its customers and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof.

SECTION 6.10.              Amendments or Waivers of Certain Documents; Prepayments of Certain Indebtedness. (a)  The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, amend or otherwise change (or waive) the terms of any Organic Document in a manner adverse to the Lenders.

(b)           The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, make (or give any notice or offer in respect of) any voluntary or optional payment or mandatory prepayment or redemption or acquisition for value of (including, without limitation, by way of depositing with any trustee with respect thereto money or securities before such Indebtedness is due for the purpose of paying such Indebtedness when due) or exchange of principal of any Subordinated Debt, other than pursuant to any customary registered exchange offer therefor after a private placement thereof, any Permitted Refinancing or (so long as no Default then exists) any exchange of Equity Interests of the Borrower for any such Indebtedness.

SECTION 6.11.              No Other “Designated Senior Indebtedness.”  Neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall designate, or permit the designation of, any Indebtedness (other than under

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this Agreement or the other Loan Documents) as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” (or any equivalent term) under any Subordinated Debt Documents.

SECTION 6.12.              Interest Expense Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Interest Expense Coverage Ratio for any Test Period to be less than the ratio set forth below opposite the date set forth below which is closest to the last day of such Test Period:

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SECTION 6.13.              Total Leverage Ratio.  The Borrower will not permit the Total Leverage Ratio at the end of any Test Period to exceed the ratio set forth opposite the date set forth below which is closest to the last day of such Test Period:

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SECTION 6.14.              Capital Expenditures.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or commit to make any Capital Expenditures, except that:

(a)           the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make or commit to make Capital Expenditures not exceeding the amount set forth below (the “Base Amount”) for each of the Fiscal Years of the Borrower set forth below:

provided that for any period set forth above, the Base Amount set forth above may be increased for any such period by carrying over to any such period any portion of the Base Amount (without giving effect to any increase) not spent in the immediately preceding period, and that Capital Expenditures in any period shall be deemed first made from the Base Amount applicable to such period in any given period; provided, further, that for avoidance of doubt, Capital Expenditures for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2005 shall include Capital Expenditures made or committed to be made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Date.

(b)           the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make additional Capital Expenditures (i) to the extent funded by the Net Proceeds from Equity Issuances (excluding issuances of Disqualified Equity Interests of the Borrower), subject to first complying with Section 2.05(c)(i), and (ii) at any time in an amount not to exceed the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount at such time.

(c)           the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make additional Capital Expenditures not to exceed the QRTC Amount in the aggregate; provided that the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made pursuant to this clause (c) plus the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding under Section 6.04(viii) shall not exceed the QRTC Amount at any one time.

SECTION 6.15.              Anti-Terrorism Law. The Loan Parties shall not (i) conduct any business or engage in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Person described in Section 3.22 above, (ii) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating

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to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law (and the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Lenders any certification or other evidence requested from time to time by any Lender in its reasonable discretion, confirming the Loan Parties’ compliance with this Section 6.15).

SECTION 6.16.              Embargoed Person.  At all times throughout the term of the Loans, (a) none of the funds or assets of the Loan Parties that are used to repay the Loans shall constitute property of, or shall be beneficially owned directly or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, indirectly by, any Person subject to sanctions or trade restrictions under United States law (“Embargoed Person” or “Embargoed Persons”) that is identified on (1) the “List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” (the “SDN List”) maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of the Treasury, and/or to the knowledge of any Loan Party, as of the date thereof, based upon reasonable inquiry by such Loan Party, on any other similar list (“Other List”) maintained by OFAC pursuant to any authorizing statute including, but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any Executive Order or regulation promulgated thereunder, with the result that the investment in the Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law, or the Loans made by the Lenders would be in violation of law, or (2) the Executive Order, any related enabling legislation or any other similar Executive Orders (collectively, “Executive Orders”), and (b) no Embargoed Person shall have any direct interest, and to the knowledge of any Loan Party, as of the date hereof, based upon reasonable inquiry by any Loan Party, indirect interest, of any nature whatsoever in the Loan Parties, with the result that the investment in the Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law or the Loans are in violation of law.

SECTION 6.17.              Anti-Money Laundering.  At all times throughout the term of the Loans, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, as of the date hereof, based upon reasonable inquiry by such Loan Party, none of the funds of such Loan Party that are used to repay the Loans shall be derived from any unlawful activity with the result that the investment in the Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Loans would be in violation of law.

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 7.01.              Listing of Events of Default.  Each of the following events or occurrences described in this Section 7.01 shall constitute (i) an “Event of Default”, if any Loans, LC Disbursements or Letters of Credit are outstanding, and (ii) an “Event of Termination”, if no Loans, LC Disbursements or Letters of Credit are outstanding:

(a)           The Borrower shall default (i) in the payment when due of any principal of any Loan (including, without limitation, on any Installment Payment Date) or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement, (ii) in the payment when due of any interest on any Loan (and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days), or (iii) in the payment when due of any Fee described in Section 2.10 or of any other previously invoiced amount (other than an amount described in clauses (i) and (ii)) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days).

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(b)           Any representation or warranty of the Borrower or any other Loan Party made or deemed to be made hereunder or in any other Loan Document or any other writing or certificate furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender for the purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document is or shall be incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made.

(c)           The Borrower or any other Loan Party shall default in the due performance and observance of any of its obligations under clause (e), (f) or (j) of Section 5.01, clause (a) of Section 5.02 (with respect to the maintenance and preservation of the Borrower’s corporate existence) or Article VI.

(d)           The Borrower or any other Loan Party shall default in the due performance and observance of any agreement (other than those specified in paragraphs (a) through (c) above) contained herein or in any other Loan Document, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date of such default.

(e)           A default shall occur (i) in the payment when due (subject to any applicable grace period), whether by acceleration or otherwise, of any Material Indebtedness or (ii) in the performance or observance of any obligation or condition with respect to any Material Indebtedness if the effect of such default referred to in this clause (ii) is to accelerate the maturity of any such Material Indebtedness or enable or permit (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity.

(f)            Any judgment or order (or combination of judgments and orders) for the payment of money equal to or in excess of $10.0 million individually or in the aggregate shall be rendered against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any combination thereof) and

(i)            enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order and not stayed;

(ii)           such judgment has not been stayed, vacated or discharged within 60 days of entry; or

(iii)          there shall be any period (after any applicable statutory grace period) of 10 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect and such judgment is not fully insured against by a policy or policies of insurance (with reasonable or standard deductible provisions) issued by an insurer other than an Affiliate of the Borrower.

(g)           Any of the following events shall occur:

(i)            the taking of any specific actions by a Loan Party, any ERISA Affiliate or any other Person to terminate a Pension Plan if, as a result of such termination, a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate could reasonably expect to incur a liability or obligation to such Pension Plan which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

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(ii)           an ERISA Event, or termination, withdrawal or event of noncompliance with applicable law or plan terms with respect to Foreign Plans, shall have occurred that when taken together with all other ERISA Events and terminations, withdrawals and events of noncompliance with respect to Foreign Plans that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(h)           Any Change in Control shall occur.

(i)            Any Loan Party shall

(i)            become insolvent or generally fail to pay debts as they become due;

(ii)           apply for, consent to or acquiesce in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for any Loan Party or substantially all of its property, or make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

(iii)          in the absence of such application, consent or acquiescence, permit or suffer to exist the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for any Loan Party or for a substantial part of its property, and such trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian shall not be discharged or stayed within 60 days, provided that each Loan Party hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender to appear in any court conducting any relevant proceeding during such 60-day period to preserve, protect and defend their rights under the Loan Documents;

(iv)          permit or suffer to exist the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, or any dissolution, winding up or liquidation proceeding, in respect of any Loan Party and, if any such case or proceeding is not commenced by any Loan Party, such case or proceeding shall be consented to or acquiesced in by such Loan Party or shall result in the entry of an order for relief or shall remain for 60 days undismissed and unstayed; provided that each Loan Party hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender to appear in any court conducting any such case or proceeding during such 60-day period to preserve, protect and defend their rights under the Loan Documents; or

(v)           take any corporate or partnership action (or comparable action, in the case of any other form of legal entity) for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

(j)            The obligations of any Loan Party under the Guarantee Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect (except in accordance with its terms) or any such Loan Party shall repudiate its obligations thereunder.

(k)           Any Security Document shall cease to be in full force and effect (except in accordance with its terms) or any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall fail or cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any material portion of the Collateral, with the priority required by the applicable Security Document.

SECTION 7.02.              Action if Bankruptcy.  If any Event of Default described in Section 7.01(i) shall occur, the Commitments (if not theretofore terminated) shall automatically terminate and the outstanding principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all other Obligations shall automatically be

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and become immediately due and payable, without notice or demand, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

SECTION 7.03.              Action if Other Event of Default.  If any Event of Default (other than any Event of Default described in Section 7.01(i)) shall occur for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, upon the direction of the Requisite Lenders, shall by written notice to the Borrower and each Lender declare all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and other Obligations to be due and payable and/or the Commitments (if not theretofore terminated) to be terminated, whereupon the full unpaid amount of such Loans and other Obligations which shall be so declared due and payable shall be and become immediately due and payable, without further notice, demand or presentment and/or, as the case may be, the Commitments shall terminate.

SECTION 7.04.              Action if Event of Termination.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of any Event of Termination, the Requisite Lenders may, by notice from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and the Lenders (except if an Event of Termination described in Section 7.01(i) shall have occurred, in which case the Commitments (if not theretofore terminated) shall, without notice of any kind, automatically terminate) declare their Commitments terminated, and upon such declaration the Lenders shall have no further obligation to make any Loans hereunder. Upon such termination of the Commitments, all accrued fees and expenses shall be immediately due and payable.

ARTICLE VIII

THE AGENTS

SECTION 8.01.              The Agents.  Citicorp North America, Inc. is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender that holds Loans or has Commitments and each holder of any Related Hedging Obligations and each person holding Overdraft Obligations (in each case, in its capacity as such) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as an agent of such person under this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which the Collateral Agent is a party. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes each of the Agents to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to any of the Loan Parties of any Default specified in this Agreement of which such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by any of the Loan Parties pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent.

None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in

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accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel.

The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders.

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders (with the consent of the Borrower, not to be unreasonably withheld) shall have the right to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may (with the consent of the Borrower, not to be unreasonably withheld), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500.0 million or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent.

With respect to any Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent. In addition, Agents and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if any were not Agents.

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any 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 upon any 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 upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither CGMI, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner, nor Citicorp

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ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01.              Notices.  (a)  Except as set forth in Section 9.17, 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, sent by telecopy or electronic mail, as follows:

(i)            if to the Borrower, to it at Polymer Group, Inc., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ III (telecopy:  843-329-0415) (e-mail:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇), with a copy to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention:  H. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, P.C. (telecopy:  (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇) (e-mail:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇);

(ii)           if to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to it at Citicorp North America, Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Quezon (telecopy:  (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇) (e-mail:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇), with a copy to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq. (telecopy:  (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇) (e-mail:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇);

(iii)          if to the Lead Arranger, to it at Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Quezon (telecopy:  (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇) (e-mail:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇), with a copy to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq. (telecopy:  (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇) (e-mail:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇);

(iv)          if to the Issuing Bank, to it at Citibank, N.A., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (telecopy:  (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇) (e-mail:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇), with a copy to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq. (telecopy:  (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇) (e-mail:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇); and

(v)           if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in Schedule 2.01 or its Administrative Questionnaire or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have become a party hereto.

All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by telecopy or electronic mail or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 9.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 9.01. Each Loan Party and Lender hereunder agrees to notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in writing promptly of any change to the notice information provided above or in Schedule 2.01.

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(b)           The Borrower shall forthwith on demand indemnify each Lender against any loss or liability which that Lender or Agent incurs (and that Lender shall not be liable to the Borrower in any respect) as a consequence of:

(i)            any Person to whom any notice or communication under or in connection with this Agreement is sent by the Borrower by telecopy failing to receive that notice or communication (unless directly caused by that Person’s gross negligence or willful default); or

(ii)           any telecopy communication which reasonably appears to that Lender or Agent to have been sent by the Borrower having in fact been sent by a Person other than the Borrower.

SECTION 9.02.              Survival of Agreement.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by Lenders hereto and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the 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 the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of 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 the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any Fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not been terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 9.05 and 9.16 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, 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 9.03.              Binding Effect.  Subject to Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

SECTION 9.04.              Successors and Assigns.  (a)  Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit). All covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Agents or the Lenders that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in clause (f) below and, solely to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b)           Each Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided, however, that (i) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate or in connection with the initial syndication of the Commitments and Loans, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of any assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment