SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF June 1, 2006 by and among UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS, INC. UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS CANADA INC. UAP DISTRIBUTION, INC. and LOVELAND PRODUCTS, INC. as Borrowers, THE OTHER PERSONS PARTY HERETO THAT ARE...

EXHIBIT 4.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF June 1, 2006

by and among

UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.

UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS CANADA INC.

UAP DISTRIBUTION, INC. and

LOVELAND PRODUCTS, INC.

as Borrowers,

THE OTHER PERSONS PARTY HERETO THAT ARE

DESIGNATED AS CREDIT PARTIES,

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

as Agent, L/C Issuer and a Lender,

GE CANADA FINANCE HOLDING COMPANY

as Canadian Agent,

THE OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO

as Lenders,

GECC CAPITAL MARKETS GROUP, INC.

as Co-Lead Arranger and Co-Book Runner,

▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.

as Co-Lead Arranger, Co-Book Runner and Syndication Agent,

COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE

RAIFFEISEN-BOERELEENBANK B.A.,

“RABOBANK INTERNATIONAL” NEW YORK BRANCH

as Co-Documentation Agent

and

▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ CAPITAL, A DIVISION OF ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.

as Co-Documentation Agent

TABLE OF CONTENTS


SECTION 1. AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF LOANS		2

1.1	Loans	2
1.2	Interest and Applicable Margins	10
1.2A	Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations	14
1.3	Fees, Costs and Expenses	15
1.4	Payments	16
1.5	Prepayments	17
1.6	Maturity	20
1.7	Eligible Accounts	20
1.8	Eligible Inventory	22
1.9	Loan Accounts	24
1.10	Yield Protection; Illegality	25
1.11	Taxes	26
1.12	Borrower Representative	27
1.13	Conversion to Dollars	28
1.14	Judgment Currency; Contractual Currency	28
1.15	Canadian Revolving Loan Refunding	29
1.16	Joint and Several Obligations	30

SECTION 2. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS		30

2.1	Compliance With Laws and Contractual Obligations	30
2.2	Insurance; Damage to or Destruction of Collateral	31
2.3	Inspection; Lender Meeting	32
2.4	Organizational Existence	33
2.5	Environmental Matters	33
2.6	Landlords’ Agreements, Mortgagee Agreements, Bailee Letters and Real Estate Purchases	34
2.7	Conduct of Business	34
2.8	Maintenance of Accounts	35
2.9	Canadian Pension and Benefit Plans	35
2.10	Supplier Rebates	36
2.11	Further Assurances	36
2.12	Interest Rate Agreements	37

SECTION 3. NEGATIVE COVENANTS		37

3.1	Indebtedness	37
3.2	Liens and Related Matters	39
3.3	Investments	41
3.4	Contingent Obligations	43
3.5	Restricted Payments	44
3.6	Restriction on Fundamental Changes	46


3.7	Disposal of Assets or Subsidiary Stock	50
3.8	Transactions with Affiliates	50
3.9	Conduct of Business	51
3.10	Fiscal Year	51
3.11	Press Release; Public Offering Materials	51
3.12	Subsidiaries	52
3.13	Bank Accounts	52
3.14	Hazardous Materials	52
3.15	ERISA and Canadian Pension and Benefit Plans	53
3.16	Sale-Leasebacks	53
3.17	Prepayments of Other Indebtedness	53
3.18	[Intentionally Omitted]	53
3.19	Incurrence of Funded Debt	53

SECTION 4. FINANCIAL COVENANTS/REPORTING		53

4.1	[Intentionally Omitted]	53
4.2	Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio	54
4.3	Financial Statements and Other Reports	54
4.4	Accounting Terms; Utilization of GAAP for Purposes of Calculations Under Agreement	57

SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES		58

5.1	Disclosure	58
5.2	No Material Adverse Effect	58
5.3	No Conflict	58
5.4	Organization, Powers, Capitalization and Good Standing	58
5.5	Financial Statements and Projections	59
5.6	Intellectual Property	60
5.7	Investigations, Audits, Etc.	60
5.8	Employee Matters	60
5.9	Solvency	61
5.10	Litigation; Adverse Facts	61
5.11	Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations	61
5.12	Ownership of Property; Liens	61
5.13	Environmental Matters	62
5.14	ERISA And Canadian Pension And Benefit Plans	63
5.15	Brokers	64
5.16	Deposit and Disbursement Accounts	64
5.17	Agreements and Other Documents	64
5.18	Insurance	65
5.19	Taxes and Tax Returns	65

SECTION 6. DEFAULT, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES		66

6.1	Event of Default	66


6.2	Suspension or Termination of Commitments	68
6.3	Acceleration and other Remedies	68
6.4	Performance by Agents	69
6.5	Application of Proceeds	69

SECTION 7. CONDITIONS TO LOANS		71

7.1	Conditions to Initial Loans	71
7.2	Conditions to All Loans	72

SECTION 8. ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION		73

8.1	Assignment and Participations	73
8.2	Agent	75
8.3	Set Off and Sharing of Payments	81
8.4	Disbursement of Funds	81
8.5	Disbursements of Advances; Payment	82

SECTION 9. MISCELLANEOUS		84

9.1	Indemnities	84
9.2	Amendments and Waivers	85
9.3	Notices	86
9.4	Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative	88
9.5	Marshaling; Payments Set Aside	88
9.6	Severability	88
9.7	Lenders’ Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights	88
9.8	Headings	88
9.9	Applicable Law	88
9.10	Successors and Assigns	88
9.11	No Fiduciary Relationship; Limited Liability	88
9.12	Construction	89
9.13	Confidentiality	89
9.14	CONSENT TO JURISDICTION	89
9.15	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	90
9.16	Survival of Warranties and Certain Agreements	90
9.17	Entire Agreement	90
9.18	Counterparts; Effectiveness	90
9.19	Replacement of Lenders	90
9.20	Delivery of Termination Statements and Mortgage Releases	92
9.21	English Language	92
9.22	Patriot Act Notice	92

SECTION 10. CROSS-GUARANTY		93

10.1	Cross-Guaranty	93
10.2	Waivers by U.S. Borrowers	93


10.3	Benefit of Guaranty	93
10.4	Waiver of Subrogation, Etc.	94
10.5	Election of Remedies	94
10.6	Liability Cumulative	94
10.7	Canadian Borrower and Its Subsidiaries	95

SECTION 11. RESTATEMENT OF EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT		95

11.1	Restatement of Existing Credit Agreement	95

INDEX OF APPENDICES


Annexes
Annex A	-	Definitions
Annex B	-	Pro Rata Shares and Commitment Amounts
Annex C	-	Closing Checklist
Annex D	-	Pro Forma
Annex E	-	Lenders’ Bank Accounts

Exhibits
Exhibit 1.1(a)(i)	-	Notice of Revolving Credit Advance
Exhibit 1.1(a)(iii)(1)	-	Revolving Note
Exhibit 1.1(a)(iii)(2)	-	Revolving Note (Canadian)
Exhibit 1.1(b)(i)	-	Term Note
Exhibit 1.1(c)	-	Swing Line Note
Exhibit 1.2(e)	-	Notice of Continuation/Conversion
Exhibit 2.6(a)	-	Form of Landlord Agreement
Exhibit 2.6(b)	-	Form of Bailee Letter
Exhibit 2.6(c)	-	Form of Mortgagee Waiver
Exhibit 2.11(b)	-	Form of Mortgage/Deed of Trust
Exhibit 4.3(d)	-	Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
Exhibit 4.3(k)	-	Compliance and Excess Cash Flow Certificate
Exhibit 8.1	-	Assignment Agreement

Disclosure Schedules
Schedule 1.1(a)(iv)	-	Accounting Periods of each Fiscal Year
Schedule 2.7	-	Corporate and Trade Names
Schedule 3.1	-	Indebtedness
Schedule 3.2	-	Liens
Schedule 3.3	-	Investments
Schedule 3.4	-	Contingent Obligations
Schedule 3.8	-	Affiliate Transactions
Schedule 5.4(a)	-	Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualifications
Schedule 5.4(b)	-	Capitalization
Schedule 5.6	-	Intellectual Property
Schedule 5.7	-	Investigations and Audits
Schedule 5.8	-	Employee Matters
Schedule 5.10	-	Litigation
Schedule 5.12	-	Real Estate
Schedule 5.13	-	Environmental Matters
Schedule 5.14(a)	-	ERISA
Schedule 5.14(b)	-	Canadian Benefit Plans and Canadian Pension Plans
Schedule 5.16	-	Deposit and Disbursement Accounts
Schedule 5.18	-	Insurance

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of June 1, 2006 and entered into by and among UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“UAP”), UAP DISTRIBUTION, INC., a Delaware corporation (“UAP Distribution”), LOVELAND PRODUCTS, INC., a Colorado corporation (“Loveland Products” and together with UAP and UAP Distribution are sometimes referred to herein as the “U.S. Borrowers” and individually as a “U.S. Borrower”), UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS CANADA INC., an entity organized under the federal laws of Canada (“Canadian Borrower”) (U.S. Borrowers and Canadian Borrower are sometimes referred to herein as the “Borrowers” and individually as a “Borrower”), the other persons designated as “Credit Parties” on the signature pages hereof, the financial institutions who are or hereafter become parties to this Agreement as Lenders, GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (in its individual capacity “GE Capital”), as the initial L/C Issuer and as Agent and GE CANADA FINANCE HOLDING COMPANY, an entity organized under the federal laws of Canada, in its individual capacity “GE Canada”) as Canadian Agent.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, on November 29, 2004 Agent, Canadian Agent and Lenders entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”) with UAP and Canadian Borrower providing for Revolving Loans of up to $500,000,000 and Borrowers have certain Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding thereunder (“Existing Loans”) which amended and restated that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 24, 2003 among UAP and Canadian Borrower, the other Credit Parties, Agent, Canadian Agent and Lenders;

WHEREAS, Borrowers desire that (i) the Revolving Loan Commitment be increased to $675,000,000, (ii) the terms governing the Existing Loans be amended and restated in accordance herewith, (iii) Agent and Lenders extend a term loan facility to U.S. Borrowers in the aggregate principal amount of $175,000,000 and (iv) the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement be amended and restated as set forth herein;

WHEREAS, it is the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities under the Existing Credit Agreement or evidence a payment and reborrowing of all or any such obligations and liabilities, that this Agreement amend and restate in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement and that from the date hereof, the Existing Credit Agreement be of no further force and effect except to evidence the incurrence of the Obligations thereunder, the representations and warranties made thereunder and the obligations, covenants and liabilities of the parties thereto prior to the Closing Date; and

WHEREAS, all capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Annex A hereto which is incorporated herein by reference and, for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the rules of construction set forth in Annex A shall govern. All Annexes, Disclosure Schedules, Exhibits and other attachments (collectively, “Appendices”) hereto, or expressly identified to this Agreement, are hereby incorporated herein by reference

and, taken together with this Agreement, shall constitute a singe agreement. These Recitals shall be construed as part of the Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, Borrowers, Credit Parties, Lenders and Agents agree as follows:

SECTION 1.

AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF LOANS

1.1 Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of Borrowers and the other Credit Parties contained herein:

(a) Revolving Loans.

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to make available to U.S. Borrowers from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date its Pro Rata Share of advances (each a “U.S. Revolving Credit Advance”) requested by Borrower Representative on behalf of the U.S. Borrowers hereunder. The Pro Rata Share of the U.S. Revolving Loan of any Revolving Lender (including, without duplication, Swing Line Loans) shall not at any time exceed its separate Revolving Loan Commitment. U.S. Revolving Credit Advances may be repaid and reborrowed from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date; provided, that the amount of any U.S. Revolving Credit Advance to be made at any time shall not exceed U.S. Borrowing Availability. The U.S. Revolving Loan shall be repaid in full on the Commitment Termination Date. If at any time the outstanding U.S. Revolving Loan (including the Swing Line Loan and, if applicable, the Overadvance) exceeds the U.S. Borrowing Base, plus the Maximum Overadvance or if the outstanding U.S. Revolving Loan (including the Swing Line Loan but excluding, if applicable, the Overadvance) exceeds the U.S. Borrowing Base (such excess, a “U.S. Overadvance”), Revolving Lenders shall not be obligated to make U.S. Revolving Credit Advances and no additional Letters of Credit shall be issued. The U.S. Revolving Loan must be repaid and/or Letters of Credit cash collateralized in an amount sufficient to eliminate any such U.S. Overadvance (a “U.S. Pay Down”) within 15 days following notice by Agent to Borrower Representative that such U.S. Overadvance has occurred or will occur as a result of the imposition of Reserves or changes in the criteria set forth in Sections 1.7 or 1.8 which make less credit available. In all other cases, such U.S. Pay Down must occur immediately. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, no Revolving Lender (other than Agent with respect to the Overadvance) shall be obligated to make any U.S. Revolving Credit Advance if such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the U.S. Revolving Loan exceeds or would exceed such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the U.S. Borrowing Base.

(ii) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Canadian Agent agrees to make available to Canadian Borrower from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date advances (each a “Canadian Revolving Credit Advance”) requested by Borrower Representative on behalf of Canadian Borrower hereunder in Dollars or Canadian Dollars. Canadian Revolving Credit Advances may be repaid and reborrowed from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date; provided, that the amount of any Canadian Revolving Credit

Advance to be made at any time shall not exceed Canadian Borrowing Availability. The Canadian Revolving Loan shall be repaid in full on the Commitment Termination Date. If at any time the outstanding Canadian Revolving Loan exceeds the Canadian Borrowing Base (such excess, a “Canadian Overadvance”), Canadian Agent shall not be obligated to make Canadian Revolving Credit Advances. The Canadian Revolving Loan must be repaid in an amount sufficient to eliminate any such Canadian Overadvance (a “Canadian Pay Down”) within 15 days following notice by Canadian Agent to Borrower Representative that such Canadian Overadvance has occurred or will occur as a result of the imposition of Reserves or changes in the criteria set forth in Sections 1.7 or 1.8 which make less credit available. In all other cases, such Canadian Pay Down must occur immediately.

(iii) Revolving Loans which are Index Rate Loans may be requested in any amount with one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice required for funding requests of Revolving Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) equal to or greater than $5,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof. For funding requests for (x) such Revolving Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) less than $5,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof and (y) Swing Line Loans of up to $25,000,000, written notice must be provided by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day on which the Revolving Loan or Swing Line Loan is to be made. All LIBOR Loans require three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice. Written notices for funding requests shall be in the form attached as Exhibit 1.1(a)(i) (“Notice of Revolving Credit Advance”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrowers may borrow Revolving Loans on the Closing Date by delivery of a funding request by Borrower Representative one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date; provided that such Revolving Loans shall only be Index Rate Loans. Each U.S. Borrower shall execute and deliver to each Revolving Lender which requests such execution and delivery a note to evidence the Revolving Loan Commitment of that Revolving Lender. Canadian Borrower shall execute and deliver to Canadian Agent a note to evidence the Canadian Revolving Loan. Each note shall be in the principal amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment of the applicable Lender, dated the Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(iii)(1) and (2) (each a “Revolving Note” and, collectively, the “Revolving Notes”).

(iv) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the terms of the GE Capital Fee Letter, each Revolving Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to make available to U.S. Borrowers during Period #8 through Period #11 of each Fiscal Year (as specified on Schedule 1.1(a)(iv) hereto) prior to the Commitment Termination Date, its Pro Rata Share of overadvances (“Overadvances”) requested by Borrower Representative on behalf of U.S. Borrowers hereunder. Overadvances shall constitute U.S. Revolving Credit Advances and may be repaid and reborrowed from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date. Overadvances (i) shall not exceed $150,000,000 (which amount shall be reduced to (1) $145,000,000 on the first anniversary of the Closing Date, (2) $140,000,000 on the second anniversary of the Closing Date, (3) $130,000,000 on the third anniversary of the Closing Date, and (4) $115,000,000 on the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date); provided that the aggregate amount of Overadvances together with other outstanding Funded Debt shall not cause the Specified Leverage Ratio (calculated assuming such Overadvance was funded on the last day of the Specified Leverage Ratio Measuring Period) to exceed the Applicable Leverage Ratio (the “Maximum Overadvance”), (ii) shall only be drawn against if the outstanding balance of the U.S. Revolving Loan would otherwise equal or exceed the U.S. Borrowing Base, (iii) subject to Section 6.5, shall be paid prior to payment of the principal balance of the remainder of the U.S.

Revolving Loan and the Canadian Revolving Loan and (iv) subject to Section 6.5, shall be paid in full on the first day of Period #12 of each Fiscal Year and on the Commitment Termination Date.

(b) Term Loan.

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Term Lender agrees to make a term loan (collectively, the “Term Loan”) on the Closing Date to U.S. Borrowers in the original principal amount of its Term Loan Commitment. The obligations of each Term Lender hereunder shall be several and not joint. The Term Loan shall be evidenced by promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(b)(i) (each a “Term Note” and collectively the “Term Notes”), and, except as provided in Section 1.9, U.S. Borrowers shall execute and deliver each Term Note to the applicable Term Lender. Each Term Note shall represent the obligation of U.S. Borrowers to pay the amount of the applicable Term Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.2.

(ii) U.S. Borrowers shall repay the principal amount of the Term Loan in twenty three (23) consecutive quarterly installments on the first day of January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing October 1, 2006, as follows:


Payment Dates	Installment Amounts
October 1, 2006	$	437,500
January, 1, 2007	$	437,500
April 1, 2007	$	437,500
July 1, 2007	$	437,500
October 1, 2007	$	437,500
January, 1, 2008	$	437,500
April 1, 2008	$	437,500
July 1, 2008	$	437,500
October 1, 2008	$	437,500
January, 1, 2009	$	437,500
April 1, 2009	$	437,500
July 1, 2009	$	437,500


October 1, 2009	$	437,500
January, 1, 2010	$	437,500
April 1, 2010	$	437,500
July 1, 2010	$	437,500
October 1, 2010	$	437,500
January, 1, 2011	$	437,500
April 1, 2011	$	437,500
July 1, 2011	$	437,500
October 1, 2011	$	437,500
January, 1, 2012	$	437,500
April 1, 2012	$	437,500

The final installment due on June 1, 2012 shall be in the amount of $164,937,500 or, if different, the remaining principal balance of the Term Loan.

(iii) Notwithstanding Section 1.1(b)(ii), the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan shall be due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Term Loan Termination Date, if not sooner paid in full. No payment with respect to the Term Loan may be reborrowed.

(iv) Each payment of principal with respect to the Term Loan shall be paid to Agent for the ratable benefit of each Term Lender, ratably in proportion to each such Term Lender’s respective Term Loan Commitment.

(i) Agent shall notify the Swing Line Lender upon Agent’s receipt of any Notice of Revolving Credit Advance. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender shall make available from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date advances (each, a “Swing Line Advance”) in accordance with any such notice. The provisions of this Section 1.1(c) shall not relieve Revolving Lenders of their obligations to make U.S. Revolving Credit Advances under Section 1.1(a), provided, that if the Swing Line Lender makes a Swing Line Advance pursuant to any such notice, such Swing Line Advance shall be in lieu of any U.S. Revolving Credit Advance that otherwise may be made by Revolving Lenders pursuant to such notice. The aggregate amount of Swing Line Advances outstanding shall not exceed at any time the lesser of (A) the Swing Line Commitment and (B) U.S. Borrowing Availability (“Swing Line Availability”). Until the Commitment Termination Date, U.S. Borrowers may from time to time borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 1.1(c). Each Swing Line Advance shall be made pursuant to a Notice of Revolving Credit Advance delivered by Borrower

Representative on behalf of the applicable U.S. Borrower to Agent in accordance with Section 1.1(a). Unless the Swing Line Lender has received at least one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice from Requisite Revolving Lenders instructing it not to make a Swing Line Advance, the Swing Line Lender shall, notwithstanding the failure of any condition precedent set forth in Section 7.2, be entitled to fund that Swing Line Advance, and to have each Revolving Lender make U.S. Revolving Credit Advances in accordance with Section 1.1(c)(iii) or purchase participating interests in accordance with Section 1.1(c)(iv). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the Swing Line Loan shall constitute an Index Rate Loan. U.S. Borrowers shall repay the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loan upon demand therefor by Agent. The entire unpaid balance of the Swing Line Loan and all other noncontingent Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Commitment Termination Date if not sooner paid in full.

(ii) Each U.S. Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Swing Line Lender a promissory note to evidence the Swing Line Commitment. Such note shall be in the principal amount of the Swing Line Commitment of the Swing Line Lender, dated the Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(c) (the “Swing Line Note”). The Swing Line Note shall represent the obligation of each U.S. Borrower to pay the amount of the Swing Line Commitment or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Line Advances made to such U.S. Borrower together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.2.

(iii) The Swing Line Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion but no less frequently than once weekly, shall on behalf of each U.S. Borrower (and each U.S. Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so act on its behalf) request each Revolving Lender (including the Swing Line Lender but excluding GE Canada) to make a U.S. Revolving Credit Advance to each U.S. Borrower (which shall be an Index Rate Loan) in an amount equal to that Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the principal amount of the applicable U.S. Borrower’s Swing Line Loan (the “Refunded Swing Line Loan”) outstanding on the date such notice is given. Unless any of the events described in Sections 6.1(f) and 6.1(g) has occurred (in which event the procedures of Section 1.1(c)(iv) shall apply) and regardless of whether the conditions precedent set forth in this Agreement to the making of a Revolving Credit Advance are then satisfied, each Revolving Lender shall disburse directly to Agent, its Pro Rata Share of a U.S. Revolving Credit Advance on behalf of the Swing Line Lender, prior to 3:00 p.m. (New York time), in immediately available funds on the Business Day next succeeding the date that notice is given. The proceeds of those U.S. Revolving Credit Advances shall be immediately paid to the Swing Line Lender and applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loan of the applicable U.S. Borrower.

(iv) If, prior to refunding a Swing Line Loan with a U.S. Revolving Credit Advance pursuant to Section 1.1(c)(iii), one of the events described in Sections 6.1(f) or 6.1(g) has occurred, then, subject to the provisions of Section 1.1(c)(v) below, each Revolving Lender (excluding GE Canada) shall, on the date such U.S. Revolving Credit Advance was to have been made for the benefit of any applicable U.S. Borrower, purchase from the Swing Line Lender an undivided participation interest in the Swing Line Loan to such U.S. Borrower in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Swing Line Loan. Upon request, each Revolving Lender (excluding GE Canada) shall promptly transfer to the Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation interest.

(v) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make U.S. Revolving Credit Advances in accordance with Section 1.1(c)(iii) and to purchase participation interests in accordance with Section 1.1(c)(iv) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, any U.S. Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of any Default or Event of Default; (C) any inability of any U.S. Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to borrowing set forth in this Agreement at any time or (D) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Revolving Lender (excluding GE Canada) the amounts required pursuant to Sections 1.1.(c)(iii) or 1.1(c)(iv), as the case may be. If any Revolving Lender does not make available such amounts to Agent or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover, on demand, such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender, together with interest thereon for each day from the date of non-payment until such amount is paid in full at the Federal Funds Rate for the first two Business Days and at the Index Rate thereafter.

(d) Letters of Credit. The U.S. Revolving Loan Commitment may, in addition to advances under the U.S. Revolving Loan, be utilized, upon the request of Borrower Representative on behalf of the applicable U.S. Borrower, for the issuance of Letters of Credit. Immediately upon the issuance by an L/C Issuer of a Letter of Credit, and without further action on the part of Agent or any of the Revolving Lenders, each Revolving Lender (excluding GE Canada) shall be deemed to have purchased from such L/C Issuer a participation in such Letter of Credit (or in its obligation under a risk participation agreement with respect thereto) equal to such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.

(i) Maximum Amount. The aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding at any time shall not exceed $50,000,000 (the “L/C Sublimit”).

(ii) Reimbursement. U.S. Borrowers shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated forthwith without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind (including for purposes of Section 10), to reimburse any L/C Issuer on demand in immediately available funds for any amounts paid by such L/C Issuer with respect to a Letter of Credit, including all reimbursement payments, Fees, Charges, costs and expenses paid by such L/C Issuer. U.S. Borrowers hereby authorize and direct Agent, at Agent’s option, to debit U.S. Borrowers’ account (by increasing the outstanding principal balance of the U.S. Revolving Credit Advances) in the amount of any payment made by an L/C Issuer with respect to any Letter of Credit. All amounts paid by an L/C Issuer with respect to any Letter of Credit that are not immediately repaid by U.S. Borrowers with the proceeds of a U.S. Revolving Credit Advance or otherwise shall bear interest at the interest rate applicable to the U.S. Revolving Loans which are Index Rate Loans plus, at the election of Agent or Requisite Revolving Lenders, an additional two percent (2.00%) per annum. Each Revolving Lender agrees to fund its Pro Rata Share of any U.S. Revolving Loan made pursuant to this Section 1.1(d)(ii). In the event Agent elects not to debit U.S. Borrowers’ account and U.S. Borrowers fail to reimburse an L/C Issuer in full on the date of any payment in respect of a Letter of Credit, Agent shall promptly

notify each Revolving Lender of the amount of such unreimbursed payment and the accrued interest thereon and each Revolving Lender, on the next Business Day prior to 3:00 p.m. (New York time), shall deliver to Agent an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share thereof in same day funds. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the L/C Issuer upon demand by the L/C Issuer such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each payment made by the L/C Issuer in respect of a Letter of Credit and not immediately reimbursed by U.S. Borrowers or satisfied through a debit of U.S. Borrowers’ account. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligations pursuant to this subsection in respect of Letters of Credit are absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including setoff, counterclaim, the occurrence and continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or any failure by U.S. Borrowers to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2. If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the L/C Issuer the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any payments made by the L/C Issuer in respect of a Letter of Credit as provided in this Section 1.1(d)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender together with interest at the Index Rate.

(iii) Request for Letters of Credit. Borrower Representative shall give Agent at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice specifying the date a Letter of Credit is requested to be issued, the amount and the name and address of the beneficiary and a description of the transactions proposed to be supported thereby and the U.S. Borrower for whose account such Letter of Credit is to be issued. If Agent informs U.S. Borrower that the L/C Issuer cannot issue the requested Letter of Credit directly, Borrower Representative may request that L/C Issuer arrange for the issuance of the requested Letter of Credit under a risk participation agreement with another financial institution reasonably acceptable to Agent, L/C Issuer and Borrower Representative. The issuance of any Letter of Credit under this Agreement shall be subject to the conditions that the Letter of Credit is in a form, is for an amount and contains such terms and conditions as are reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer and, in the case of standby letters of credit, Agent. The initial notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall be accompanied by the form of the Letter of Credit and the Master Standby Agreement, and an application for a letter of credit, if any, then required by the L/C Issuer completed in a manner satisfactory to such L/C Issuer. If any provision of any application or reimbursement agreement is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, then the provisions of this Agreement, to the extent of such inconsistency, shall control.

(iv) Expiration Dates of Letters of Credit. The expiration date of each Letter of Credit shall be on a date which is not later than the earlier of (a) one year from its date of issuance or (b) the thirtieth (30^th) day prior to the date set forth in clause (a) of the definition of the term Commitment Termination Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Letter of Credit may provide for automatic extensions of its expiration date for one (1) or more successive one (1) year periods; provided, that the L/C Issuer has the right to terminate such Letter of Credit on each such annual expiration date and no renewal term may extend the term of the Letter of Credit to a date that is later than the thirtieth (30th) day prior to the date set forth in clause (a) of the definition of the term Commitment Termination Date. The L/C Issuer may elect not to renew any such Letter of Credit and, upon direction by Agent or Requisite Revolving Lenders, shall not renew any such Letter of Credit at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default; provided, that in the case of a direction by Agent or Requisite Revolving Lenders, the L/C Issuer

receives such directions prior to the date notice of non-renewal is required to be given by the L/C Issuer and the L/C Issuer has had a reasonable period of time to act on such notice.

(v) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of U.S. Borrowers to reimburse the L/C Issuer, Agent and Revolving Lenders for payments made in respect of Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid under all circumstances strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including the following circumstances: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit; (b) any amendment or waiver of or any consent or departure from all or any of the provisions of any Letter of Credit or any Loan Document; (c) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which U.S. Borrowers, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person may at any time have against any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, Agent, any L/C Issuer, any Revolving Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other related or unrelated agreements or transactions; (d) any draft or other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (e) payment under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not substantially comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or (f) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind of any L/C Issuer, Agent, any Revolving Lender or any other Person or any other event or circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this Section 1.1(d)(v), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of U.S. Borrowers’ obligations hereunder. However, the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse an L/C Issuer from liability to U.S. Borrowers to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, with U.S. Borrowers hereby waiving all claims for any consequential damages to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by U.S. Borrowers that are subject to indemnification under the Master Standby Agreement or the Master Documentary Agreement.

(vi) Obligations of L/C Issuers. Each L/C Issuer (other than GE Capital) hereby agrees that it will not issue a Letter of Credit hereunder until it has provided Agent with written notice specifying the amount and intended issuance date of such Letter of Credit and Agent has returned a written acknowledgment of such notice to L/C Issuer. Each L/C Issuer (other than GE Capital) further agrees to provide to Agent: (a) a copy of each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer promptly after its issuance; (b) a weekly report summarizing available amounts under Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, the dates and amounts of any draws under such Letters of Credit, the effective date of any increase or decrease in the face amount of any Letters of Credit during such week and the amount of any unreimbursed draws under such Letters of Credit; and (c) such additional information reasonably requested by Agent from time to time with respect to the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed by U.S. Borrowers that the absolute and unconditional obligation of U.S. Borrowers to Agent and Revolving Lenders hereunder to reimburse payments made under a Letter of Credit will not be excused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the L/C Issuer. However, the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse an L/C Issuer from liability to U.S. Borrowers to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, with U.S. Borrowers hereby waiving all claims for any consequential damages to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by U.S. Borrowers that are subject to indemnification under the Master Standby Agreement or the Master Documentary Agreement.

(e) Funding Authorization.

(i) The proceeds of all U.S. Revolving Credit Advances (including Overadvances) and Swing Line Advances made pursuant to this Agreement subsequent to the Closing Date are to be funded by Agent by wire transfer to the account designated by Borrower Representative below with respect to the U.S. Revolving Loan (the “U.S. Disbursement Account”):


Bank:		Bank of America
ABA No.:		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Account No.:		3752198636
Reference:		UAP Distribution, Inc.

(ii) The proceeds of all Canadian Revolving Credit Advances made pursuant to this Agreement subsequent to the Closing Date are to be funded by Canadian Agent by wire transfer to the account designated by Borrower Representative to Canadian Agent in writing with respect to the Canadian Revolving Loan (the “Canadian Disbursement Account”).

Borrower Representative shall provide Agents with written notice of any change in the foregoing instructions at least three (3) Business Days before the desired effective date of such change.

1.2 Interest and Applicable Margins.

(a) Borrowers shall pay interest (i) with respect to the U.S. Revolving Credit Advances (including the Overadvances), to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, (ii) with respect to the Canadian Revolving Credit Advances, to Canadian Agent, (iii) with respect to the Swing Line Advances, to Agent, for the benefit of the Swing Line Lender and (iv) with respect to the Term Loan, to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Term Lenders, in each case in accordance with the various Loans being made by each Lender, in arrears on each applicable Interest Payment Date, at the following rates: (i) with respect to the Revolving Credit Advances (excluding Overadvances) which are designated as Index Rate Loans (and for all other interest-bearing Obligations not otherwise set forth below), the Index Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum or, with respect to Revolving Credit Advances (excluding Overadvances) which are designated as LIBOR Loans, at the election of Borrower Representative, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin per annum, (ii) with respect to Revolving Credit Advances which are Overadvances and which are designated as Index Rate Loans, the Index Rate plus the Applicable Overadvance Index Margin per annum or, with respect to Revolving Credit Advances which are Overadvances and which are designated as LIBOR Loans, at the election of Borrower Representative, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Overadvance LIBOR Margin per annum, (iii) with respect to such portion of the Term Loan designated as an Index Rate Loan, the Index Rate plus the Applicable Term Loan Index Margin per annum or, with respect to such portion of the Term Loan designated as a LIBOR Loan, at the election of Borrower Representative, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Term Loan LIBOR Margin per annum and (iv) with respect to the Swing Line Loan, the Index Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum.

The Applicable Margins are as follows:


Applicable Revolver Index Margin	0.00	%
Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin	1.25	%
Applicable Overadvance Index Margin	1.00	%
Applicable Overadvance LIBOR Margin	2.25	%
Applicable Term Loan Index Margin	0.75	%
Applicable Term Loan LIBOR Margin	2.00	%
Applicable Unused Line Fee Margin	0.25	%

(b) If any payment on any Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (except as set forth in the definition of LIBOR Period) and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

(c) All computations of Fees calculated on a per annum basis and all computations of interest shall be made by Agents on the basis of a 360-day year (provided that interest in the case of Index Rate Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year), in each case for the actual number of days occurring in the period for which such Fees and interest are payable. The Index Rate is a floating rate determined for each day. Each determination by Agents of an interest rate and Fees hereunder shall be final, binding and conclusive on Borrowers, absent manifest error.

(d) So long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 6.1(a), (f) or (g) and without notice of any kind, or so long as any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and at the election of (i) with respect to the Canadian Revolving Credit Advances, Canadian Agent or (ii) with respect to the U.S. Revolving Credit Advances (including, without limitation, the Overadvances) and the Swing Line Advances and the Term Loan, Agent (or, in either case, upon the written request of Requisite Lenders) confirmed by written notice from the Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, to Borrower Representative, subject to applicable law, the interest rates applicable to the Advances, the Term Loan and the Letter of Credit Fee shall each be increased by two percentage points (2%) per annum above the rates of interest or Letter of Credit Fee otherwise applicable hereunder (“Default Rate”), and all outstanding Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate applicable to such Obligations. Interest and Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate shall accrue from the initial date of such Event of Default until that Event of Default is cured or waived and shall be payable upon demand, but in any event, shall be payable on the next regularly scheduled payment date set forth herein for such Obligation.

(e) Borrower Representative shall have the option to (i) request that any Revolving Credit Advance be made as a LIBOR Loan, (ii) convert at any time all or any part of outstanding Loans (other than the Swing Line Loan) from Index Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans, (iii) convert any LIBOR Loan to an Index Rate Loan, subject to payment of the LIBOR Breakage Cost in accordance with Section 1.3(d) if such conversion is made prior to the expiration of the LIBOR Period applicable thereto, or (iv) continue all or any portion of any Loan (other than Swing Line Advances) as a LIBOR Loan upon the expiration of the applicable LIBOR Period and the succeeding LIBOR Period of that continued LIBOR Loan shall

commence on the first day after the last day of the LIBOR Period of the LIBOR Loan to be continued. Any LIBOR Loan or group of LIBOR Loans having the same proposed LIBOR Period to be made or continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan must be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof and integral multiples of $500,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof in excess of such amount. Any such election must be made by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the third Business Day prior to (1) the date of any proposed Revolving Credit Advance which is to bear interest at the LIBOR Rate, (2) the end of each LIBOR Period with respect to any LIBOR Loans to be continued as such, or (3) the date on which Borrower Representative wishes to convert any Index Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan for a LIBOR Period designated by Borrower Representative in such election. If no election is received with respect to a LIBOR Loan by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the third Business Day prior to the end of the LIBOR Period with respect thereto, that LIBOR Loan shall be converted to an Index Rate Loan at the end of its LIBOR Period. Borrower Representative must make such election by notice to Agent or Canadian Agent as applicable, in either case, in writing, by fax or overnight courier. In the case of any conversion or continuation, such election must be made pursuant to a written notice in the form of Exhibit 1.2(e) (a “Notice of Conversion/Continuation”). No Loan shall be made, converted into or continued as a LIBOR Loan, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (i) with respect to the Canadian Revolving Credit Advances, Canadian Agent or (ii) with respect to the U.S. Revolving Credit Advances (including, without limitation, Overadvances) and the Term Loan, Agent or, in either case, Requisite Lenders have determined not to convert or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Loan as a result thereof. Borrower Representative may not select any interest period of more than 7 days until the earlier of (i) forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date or (ii) completion of primary syndication as determined by Agent.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 1.2, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final order that the rate of interest payable hereunder exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under law (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable hereunder shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided, however, that if at any time thereafter the rate of interest payable hereunder is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, Borrowers shall continue to pay interest hereunder at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received by (i) with respect to the Canadian Revolving Credit Advances, Canadian Agent, on behalf of Lenders, or (ii) with respect to the U.S. Revolving Credit Advances (including, without limitation, Overadvances), Swing Line Advances and the Term Loan, Agent, on behalf of Lenders, is equal to the total interest that would have been received had the interest rate payable hereunder been (but for the operation of this paragraph) the interest rate payable since the Closing Date as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Thereafter, interest hereunder shall be paid at the rate(s) of interest and in the manner provided in Sections 1.2(a) through (e), unless and until the rate of interest again exceeds the Maximum Lawful Rate, and at that time this paragraph shall again apply. In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender pursuant to the terms hereof exceed the amount that such Lender could lawfully have received had the interest due hereunder been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate. If the Maximum Lawful Rate is calculated pursuant to this paragraph, such interest shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the number of days in the year in which such calculation is made. If, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1.2(f), a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine by a final, non-appealable order

that a Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate, Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, promptly apply such excess as specified in Section 6.5 and thereafter shall refund any excess to Borrowers or as such court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise order.

(g) If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents would obligate Canadian Borrower to make any payment of interest with respect to the Obligations or other amount payable to Canadian Agent or any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by law or would result in a receipt by the Canadian Agent or such Lender of interest with respect to the Obligations at a criminal rate (as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)) then, notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rates shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law or so result in a receipt by the Canadian Agent or such Lender of interest with respect to the Obligations at a criminal rate, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows: (1) first, by reducing the amount or rates of interest required to be paid to the Canadian Agent or the affected Lender under this Section 1.2(g); and (2) thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to the Canadian Agent or the affected Lender which would constitute interest with respect to the Obligations for purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada). Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if Canadian Agent or any Lender shall have received an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by that section of the Criminal Code (Canada), then Canadian Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Canadian Agent or the affected Lender, to obtain reimbursement from the Canadian Agent or such Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by the Canadian Agent or such Lender to Canadian Borrower. Any amount or rate of interest under the Obligations referred to in this Section 1.2(g) shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles as an effective annual rate of interest over the term that any Canadian Revolving Credit Advances remain outstanding on the assumption that any charges, fees or expenses that fall within the meaning of “interest” (as defined in the Criminal Code (Canada)) shall, if they relate to a specific period of time, be pro-rated over that period of time and otherwise be pro-rated over the period from the Closing Date to the Termination Date (with reference to the Canadian Revolving Loan) and, in the event of a dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries appointed by the Canadian Agent shall be conclusive for the purposes of such determination.

(h) For purposes of disclosure pursuant to the Interest Act (Canada), the annual rates of interest or fees to which the rates of interest or fees provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and stated herein or therein, as applicable, to be computed on the basis of a 360 day year or any other period of time less than a calendar year) are equivalent to the rates so determined multiplied by the actual number of days in the applicable calendar year and divided by 360 or such other period of time, respectively.

(i) Interest, principal and Fees shall be payable solely in the currency in which the underlying Loan is made, except that the Unused Line Fee and Letter of Credit Fees shall be paid solely in Dollars.

1.2A Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations.

(a) U.S. Borrowers agree to reimburse GE Capital in immediately available funds in the amount of any payment made by GE Capital under a Swap Related L/C (such reimbursement obligation, whether contingent upon payment by GE Capital under the Swap Related L/C or otherwise, being herein called a “Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation”). No Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation for any Swap Related L/C may exceed the amount of the payment obligations owed by U.S. Borrowers under the interest rate protection or hedging agreement or transaction supported by the Swap Related L/C.

(b) A Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation shall be due and payable by U.S. Borrowers within one (1) Business Day after the date on which the related payment is made by GE Capital under the Swap Related L/C.

(c) Any Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation shall, during the period in which it is unpaid, bear interest at the rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate plus one percent (1%), as if the unpaid amount of the Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation were a LIBOR Loan, and not at any otherwise applicable Default Rate. Such interest shall be payable upon demand. The following additional provisions apply to the calculation and charging of interest by reference to the LIBOR Rate:

(i) The LIBOR Rate shall be determined for each successive one-month LIBOR Period during which the Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation is unpaid, notwithstanding the occurrence of any Event of Default and even if the LIBOR Period were to extend beyond the Commitment Termination Date.

(ii) If a Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation is paid during a monthly period for which the LIBOR Rate is determined, interest shall be pro-rated and charged for the portion of the monthly period during which the Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation was unpaid. Section 1.3(d) shall not apply to any payment of a Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation during the monthly period.

(iii) Notwithstanding the last paragraph of the definition of “LIBOR Rate”, if the LIBOR Rate is no longer available from Telerate News Service, the LIBOR Rate shall be determined by GE Capital from such financial reporting service or other information available to GE Capital as in GE Capital’s reasonable discretion indicates GE Capital’s cost of funds.

(d) Except as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.2A, Section 1.3, and in Section 9, U.S. Borrowers shall not be obligated to pay to GE Capital any Letter of Credit Fee, or any other fees, charges or expenses, in respect of a Swap Related L/C or arranging for any interest rate protection or hedging agreement or transaction supported by the Swap Related L/C. GE Capital and its Affiliates shall look to the beneficiary of a Swap Related L/C for payment of any such letter of credit fees or other fees, charges or expenses and such beneficiary may factor such fees, charges, or expenses into the pricing of any interest rate protection or hedging arrangement or transaction supported by the Swap Related L/C.

(e) If any Swap Related L/C is revocable prior to its scheduled expiry date, GE Capital agrees not to revoke the Swap Related L/C unless the Commitment Termination Date or an Event of Default has occurred.

(f) GE Capital or any of its Affiliates shall be permitted to (i) provide confidential or other information furnished to it by any of the Credit Parties (including, without limitation, copies of any documents and information in or referred to in the Closing Checklist, Financial Statements and Compliance and Excess Cash Flow Certificates) to a beneficiary or potential beneficiary of a Swap Related L/C and (ii) receive confidential or other information from the beneficiary or potential beneficiary relating to any agreement or transaction supported or to be supported by the Swap Related L/C. However, no confidential information shall be provided to any Person under this paragraph unless the Person has agreed to comply with the covenant substantially as contained in Section 9.13 of this Agreement.

1.3 Fees, Costs and Expenses.

(a) Fee Letter. Borrowers shall pay to GE Capital, individually, the Fees specified in that certain fee letter dated as of May 2, 2006 among Borrowers and GE Capital (the “GE Capital Fee Letter”), at the times specified for payment therein.

(b) Unused Line Fee. As additional compensation for the Revolving Lenders (excluding GE Canada), U.S. Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of such Revolving Lenders, in arrears, on the first Business Day of each month prior to the Commitment Termination Date and on the Commitment Termination Date, a fee (the “Unused Line Fee”) for U.S. Borrowers’ non-use of available funds in an amount equal to the Applicable Unused Line Fee Margin per annum multiplied by the difference between (x) the Maximum Amount (as it may be reduced from time to time) and (y) the average for the preceding month (or partial month) of the daily closing balance of the Revolving Loans (including, without duplication, Swing Line Loans) outstanding during the period for which such Fee is due.

(c) Letter of Credit Fee. U.S. Borrowers agree to pay to Agent for the benefit of Revolving Lenders, as compensation to Revolving Lenders for Letter of Credit Obligations incurred hereunder, (i) all costs and expenses incurred by Agent or any Revolving Lender on account of such Letter of Credit Obligations, and (ii) for each month during which any Letter of Credit Obligation shall remain outstanding, a fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) in an amount equal to the average daily undrawn face amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations outstanding during such month multiplied by a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin from time to time in effect. Such fee shall be paid to Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders in arrears, on the first Business Day of each month and on the Commitment Termination Date. In addition, U.S. Borrowers shall pay to any L/C Issuer, on demand, such fees (including all per annum fees), charges and expenses of such L/C Issuer in respect of the issuance, negotiation, acceptance, amendment, transfer and payment of such Letter of Credit or otherwise payable pursuant to the application and related documentation under which such Letter of Credit is issued.

(d) LIBOR Breakage Cost. Upon (i) any default by any Borrower in making any borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of any LIBOR Loan following Borrower

Representative’s delivery to Agents of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation in respect thereof or (ii) any payment of a LIBOR Loan on any day that is not the last day of the LIBOR Period applicable thereto (regardless of the source of such prepayment and whether voluntary, by acceleration or otherwise), Borrowers shall pay (i) with respect to the Canadian Revolving Credit Advances, Canadian Agent or (ii) with respect to the U.S. Revolving Credit Advances (including, without limitation, Overadvances) and the Term Loan, Agent, for the benefit of all Lenders that funded or were prepared to convert or continue any such LIBOR Loan, the LIBOR Breakage Cost (if any) incurred by such Lender.

(e) Expenses and Attorneys’ Fees. U.S. Borrowers agree to promptly pay all reasonable, out-of-pocket fees, charges, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by Agents in connection with any matters contemplated by or arising out of the Loan Documents, in connection with the examination, review, due diligence investigation, documentation, negotiation, closing and syndication of the transactions contemplated herein and in connection with the continued administration of the Loan Documents including any amendments, modifications, consents and waivers. U.S. Borrowers agree to promptly pay all reasonable, out-of-pocket fees, charges, costs and expenses (including fees, charges, costs and expenses of attorneys, auditors (whether internal or external), appraisers, consultants and advisors) incurred by Agent in connection with any amendment, waiver, consent with respect to the Loan Documents, Event of Default, work-out or action to enforce any Loan Document or to collect any payments due from Borrowers or any other Credit Party. In addition, in connection with any work-out or action to enforce any Loan Document or to collect any payments due from Borrowers or any other Credit Party, U.S. Borrowers agree to promptly pay all reasonable, out-of-pocket fees, charges, costs and expenses incurred by Lenders for one (1) counsel acting for all Lenders other than Agents. All fees, charges, costs and expenses for which Borrowers are responsible under this Section 1.3(e) shall be deemed part of the Obligations when incurred, payable upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such amounts or summaries thereof and secured by the Collateral.

(f) Fronting Fees and Participation Fees. When and as interest is collected on the Canadian Revolving Loan and until the Canadian Revolving Loan is refunded in accordance with Section 1.15, Canadian Agent shall, subject to applicable law, retain a fee (the “Fronting Fee”) equal to 1/8^th of one percent (0.125%) of the outstanding principal balance of the Canadian Revolving Loan, at such time, and Canadian Agent shall pay to each Lender (other than Agent) a participation fee (a “Participation Fee”) equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of that portion of the interest collected equal to the sum of Applicable Margins then in effect with respect to the Canadian Revolving Loan for the relevant LIBOR Period or other interest payment period, plus any Default Rate then in effect, less such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Fronting Fee. If Canadian Borrower pays less than all of the interest then due and owing by it for any period, that portion of the interest equating to the Participation Fee shall be deemed to be the last portion of interest paid or to be paid.

1.4 Payments. All payments by Borrowers of the Obligations shall be without deduction, defense, setoff or counterclaim and shall be made in same day funds and delivered to (i) with respect to the Canadian Revolving Loan, Canadian Agent or (ii) with respect to the U.S. Revolving Loan and the Term Loan, Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, as applicable,

by wire transfer to the following account or such other place as Agent or Canadian Agent may from time to time designate in writing (collectively, the “Collection Account”):

(a)

with respect to the U.S. Revolving Loan and the Term Loan:

ABA No. ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇

Account Number ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Jersey City, New Jersey

ACCOUNT NAME: GECC/CAF DEPOSITORY

Reference: CFN 5815 and United Agri Products, Inc.

(b)

with respect to the Canadian Revolving Loan:

Transit Number 00002

Bank Number 003

Account Number ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇

Royal Bank of Canada

Toronto, Ontario

ACCOUNT NAME: GE Canada Finance Holding Company Receipts

Reference: Treasury Code M649, CFI1276 and United Agri Products Canada Ltd.

Good funds received by Agents before 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on a Business Day shall be deemed received on that Business Day. Good funds received by Agents after 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on a Business Day, shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the amount of interest and Fees due hereunder.

U.S. Borrowers hereby authorize Lenders to make U.S. Revolving Credit Advances or Swing Line Advances and Canadian Borrower hereby authorizes Canadian Agent to make Canadian Revolving Credit Advances, in each case on the basis of their Pro Rata Shares, for the payment of interest, Fees and expenses reimbursable hereunder and, solely with respect to U.S. Borrowers, Letter of Credit reimbursement obligations and any amounts required to be deposited with respect to outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to Sections 1.5(f) or 6.3. All obligations hereunder of one or more U.S. Borrowers shall be the joint and several obligations of each and every U.S. Borrower.

1.5 Prepayments.

(a) Voluntary Reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment and Voluntary Prepayment of Term Loan. U.S. Borrowers may at any time on at least five (5) days’ prior written notice to Agent voluntarily prepay all or part of the Term Loan without premium or penalty subject to the payment of LIBOR Breakage Costs in accordance with Section 1.3(d), if applicable; provided that (A) any such prepayments shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000

and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of such amount and (B) any partial prepayments of the Term Loan shall be applied to prepay the scheduled installments of the Term Loan in stated order of maturity. In addition, at any time, or at least five (5) days’ prior written notice by Borrower Representative to Agent, Borrowers may permanently reduce the Revolving Loan Commitment without premium or penalty subject to the payment of LIBOR Breakage Costs in accordance with Section 1.3(d), if applicable; provided, however, that (A) any such prepayment shall be in the minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of such amount and (B) the Revolving Loan Commitment may not be permanently reduced to less than the outstanding balance of the Revolving Loan as of the date of such reduction (determined after giving effect to all prepayments and repayments made on such date). Any reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment shall not result in a pro rata or any other reduction of the Canadian Sub-Limit, the L/C Sublimit or the Swing Line Commitment unless so designated by Borrower Representative; provided that any reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment below the Canadian Sub-Limit, the L/C Sublimit or the Swing Line Commitment then in effect shall reduce the Canadian Sub-Limit, the L/C Sublimit or the Swing Line Commitment, as applicable, by a like amount. In addition, Borrowers may, at any time terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment on at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to Agents, which termination may be revoked or deferred by Borrowers; provided, that upon such termination, all Revolving Loans shall be immediately due and payable in full and all Letter of Credit Obligations shall be cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied in accordance with this Agreement. Any reduction in the Revolving Loan Commitment shall be made on pro rata basis among the Lenders based on each Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment. Any reduction in the Revolving Loan Commitment shall be made on a pro rata basis among the Lenders based on each Lender’s Pro Rata Share.

(b) Prepayments from Excess Cash Flow. Within one hundred (100) days after the end of each Fiscal Year commencing with the Fiscal Year ended February 25, 2007, U.S. Borrowers shall prepay the U.S. Loans in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Excess Cash Flow for such Fiscal Year. The calculation relevant to this Section 1.5(b) shall be based on the audited Financial Statements for Holdings and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that if the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the Fiscal Year is less than 3.5 to 1.0, no prepayment from Excess Cash Flow shall be required pursuant to this Section 1.5(b). Any prepayments from Excess Cash Flow paid pursuant to this Section 1.5(b) shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.5(d).

(c) Prepayments from Asset Dispositions. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.5(e) hereof, immediately upon receipt of any Net Proceeds in excess of $7,500,000 in the aggregate during any Fiscal Year, U.S. Borrowers shall prepay the U.S. Loans in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds, except that U.S. Borrowers or their respective Domestic Subsidiaries may reinvest all Net Proceeds of any such Asset Disposition, within three hundred sixty (360) days, in productive assets (other than Inventory) of a kind then used or usable in the business of U.S. Borrowers. If U.S. Borrowers or their respective Domestic Subsidiaries do not intend to so reinvest such Net Proceeds or if the period set forth in the immediately preceding sentence expires without U.S. Borrowers or their respective Domestic Subsidiaries having reinvested the Net Proceeds of any such Asset Disposition, U.S. Borrowers shall prepay the U.S. Loans in an amount equal to such remaining Net Proceeds in accordance with Section 1.5(d).

(d) Application of Proceeds. With respect to any prepayments made by U.S. Borrowers pursuant to Sections 1.5(b) and 1.5(c), subject to Section 6.5 hereof, such prepayments shall be applied as follows: first, in payment of the Term Loan in the stated order of maturity to the Scheduled Installments until the Term Loan has been prepaid in full; second, to the outstanding principal balance of the Overadvances until the same has been repaid in full but not as a permanent reduction of the amount of available Overadvance; third, to the outstanding principal balance of the Swing Line Loan until the same has been repaid in full but not as a permanent reduction of the Swing Line Commitment; fourth, to the U.S. Revolving Credit Advances until the same has been repaid in full but not as a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment; provided that notwithstanding the order of application set forth above, the Net Proceeds of the sale of any Current Asset Collateral (as defined in Section 6.5 hereof) pursuant to Section 1.5(c) shall be applied first, to the outstanding principal balance of the Overadvances until the same has been repaid in full but not as a permanent reduction of the amount of available Overadvance; second, to the outstanding principal balance of the Swing Line Loan until the same has been repaid in full but not as a permanent reduction of the Swing Line Commitment; third, to the U.S. Revolving Credit Advances until the same has been repaid in full but not as a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment and fourth, in payment of the Term Loan in the stated order of maturity to the Scheduled Installments until the Term Loan has been prepaid in full; provided further, that if an Asset Disposition subject to Section 1.5(c) involves the sale of Stock of any of UAP’s Subsidiaries (other than Canadian Borrower), a portion of the proceeds from that sale of Stock equal to the portion of the U.S. Borrowing Base attributable to the Accounts and Inventory of that Subsidiary of UAP shall be applied first, to the outstanding principal balance of the Overadvances until the same has been repaid in full but not as a permanent reduction of the amount of available Overadvance; second, to the outstanding principal balance of the Swing Line Loan until the same has been repaid in full but not as a permanent reduction of the Swing Line Commitment; third, to the U.S. Revolving Credit Advances until the same has been repaid in full but not as a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment and fourth, the balance of those proceeds shall be applied in payment of the Term Loan in the stated order of maturity to the Scheduled Installments until the Term Loan has been prepaid in full. Considering each type of Loan being prepaid separately, any such prepayment shall be applied first to Index Rate Loans of the type required to be prepaid before application to LIBOR Loans of the type required to be prepaid, in each case in a manner which minimizes any resulting LIBOR Breakage Costs.

(e) Application of Prepayments from Insurance Proceeds. Prepayments from insurance in accordance with Section 2.2 or condemnation proceeds shall be applied as follows, subject to Section 6.5 hereof: insurance proceeds from casualties or losses to cash or Inventory of the U.S. Borrowers or their respective Domestic Subsidiaries shall be applied first, to the Overadvances, second, to the Swing Line Loans of U.S. Borrowers and, third, to the U.S. Revolving Credit Advances of U.S. Borrowers; insurance from casualties or losses to Equipment, Fixtures and Real Estate of U.S. Borrowers or their respective Domestic Subsidiaries shall be applied to the Term Loan in the stated order of maturity to the Scheduled Installments. Neither the Revolving Loan Commitment nor the Swing Line Loan Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the amount of any such prepayments. If the precise amount of insurance proceeds allocable to Inventory as compared to Equipment, Fixtures and Real Estate are not otherwise determined, the allocation and application of those proceeds shall be determined by Agent, subject to the approval of Requisite Lenders.

(f) Letter of Credit Obligations. In the event any Letters of Credit are outstanding at the time that the Revolving Loan Commitment is terminated, U.S. Borrowers shall (1) deposit with Agent for the benefit of all Revolving Lenders cash in an amount equal to 103% of the aggregate outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations to be available to Agent to reimburse payments of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit and pay any Fees and expenses related thereto and (2) prepay the fee payable under Section 1.3(c) with respect to such Letters of Credit for the full remaining terms of such Letters of Credit. Upon termination of any such Letter of Credit, the unearned portion of such prepaid fee attributable to such Letter of Credit shall be refunded to U.S. Borrowers.

1.6 Maturity. All of the Obligations shall become due and payable as otherwise set forth herein, but in any event all of the remaining Obligations shall become due and payable upon termination of this Agreement. Until all Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no unsatisfied claim has been asserted), the Revolving Loan Commitment has been terminated and all Letters of Credit have been terminated or otherwise secured to the satisfaction of Agents, Agents shall be entitled to retain the security interests in the Collateral granted under the Collateral Documents and the ability to exercise all rights and remedies available to them under the Loan Documents and applicable laws.

1.7 Eligible Accounts. All of the Accounts owned by each Credit Party and reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by each Borrower to Agents shall be “Eligible Accounts” for purposes of this Agreement, except any Account to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies. Agent, with respect to all Credit Parties other than Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, and Canadian Agent, with respect to the Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, shall have the right to establish or modify or eliminate Reserves against Eligible Accounts from time to time in its reasonable credit judgment (as to Reserves imposed after the Closing Date, based on its analysis of facts or events first occurring, or first discovered by Agent or Canadian Agent, after the Closing Date). In addition, Agent, with respect to all Credit Parties other than Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, and Canadian Agent, with respect to Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, reserves the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, to adjust any of the criteria set forth below and to establish new criteria in its reasonable credit judgment (based on its analysis of material facts or events first occurring, or first discovered by Agent or Canadian Agent, after the Closing Date) subject to the approval of Supermajority Revolving Lenders in the case of adjustments or new criteria which have the effect of making more credit available. Agent and Canadian Agent acknowledge that as of the Closing Date they do not know of any circumstance or condition with respect to the Accounts that would require the imposition of a Reserve which has not been imposed as of the Closing Date. Eligible Accounts shall not include any Account of any Credit Party:

(a) that does not arise from the sale of goods or the performance of services by such Credit Party in the ordinary course of its business;

(b) (i) upon which such Credit Party’s right to receive payment is not absolute or is contingent upon the fulfillment of any condition whatsoever or (ii) as to which such Credit Party is not able to bring suit or otherwise enforce its remedies against the Account Debtor

through judicial process, or (iii) if the Account represents a progress billing consisting of an invoice for goods sold or used or services rendered pursuant to a contract under which the Account Debtor’s obligation to pay that invoice is subject to such Credit Party’s completion of further performance under such contract or is subject to the equitable lien of a surety bond issuer;

(c) to the extent of customer allowances or to the extent that any defense, counterclaim, setoff or dispute is asserted as to such Account;

(d) that is not a true and correct statement of bona fide indebtedness incurred in the amount of the Account for merchandise sold to or services rendered and accepted by the applicable Account Debtor;

(e) with respect to which an invoice has not been sent to the applicable Account Debtor;

(f) that (i) is not owned by such Credit Party or (ii) is subject to any right, claim, security interest or other interest of any other Person, other than Liens in favor of Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), on behalf of itself and the Lenders;

(g) that arises from a sale to any director, officer, other employee or Affiliate of any Credit Party, or to any entity that has any common officer or director with any Credit Party;

(h) that is the obligation of an Account Debtor that is the United States or Canadian government (including, without limitation, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada) or a political subdivision thereof, or any state, province, county or municipality or department, agency or instrumentality thereof unless Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), in its sole discretion, has agreed to the contrary in writing and such Credit Party, if necessary or desirable, has complied with respect to such obligation with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, the Financial Administration Act (Canada) or any other applicable state, province, county or municipal law restricting the assignment thereof with respect to such obligation;

(i) that is the obligation of an Account Debtor located in a foreign country other than Canada unless payment thereof is assured by a letter of credit assigned and delivered to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), satisfactory to it as to form, amount and issuer;

(j) to the extent such Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is liable for goods sold, deposits made or services rendered by the applicable Account Debtor to such Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof but only to the extent of the potential offset;

(k) that arises with respect to goods that are delivered on a ▇▇▇▇-and-hold, cash-on-delivery basis or placed on consignment, guaranteed sale or other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor is or may be conditional;

(l) that is in default based on of any of the following criteria:

(i) the Account (other than an Extended Account) is not paid within the earlier of: 60 days following its due date or 90 days following its original invoice date;

(ii) the Account is an Extended Account and is not paid within 60 days following its due date;

(iii) the Account Debtor obligated upon such Account suspends business, makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or fails to pay its debts generally as they come due or is otherwise insolvent; or

(iv) a petition or assignment or an application for an order to stay a proceeding is filed by or against any Account Debtor obligated upon such Account under any bankruptcy law or any other federal, state, provincial or foreign (including any Canadian federal or provincial) receivership, insolvency relief or other Insolvency Laws;

(m) that is the obligation of an Account Debtor if 50% or more of the Dollar amount of all Accounts owing by that Account Debtor are ineligible under the other criteria set forth in this Section 1.7;

(n) with respect to Accounts of U.S. Borrowers, as to which Agent’s Lien thereon, on behalf of itself, Canadian Agent and Lenders or with respect to Accounts of Canadian Borrower, as to which Canadian Agent’s Lien thereon, on behalf of itself and Lenders, is not a first priority perfected Lien, subject to, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Prior Claims that are unregistered and secure amounts that are not yet due and payable;

(o) to the extent such Account is evidenced by a judgment, Instrument or Chattel Paper;

(p) to the extent such Account exceeds, together with other Accounts owing by that Account Debtor, any credit limit established by the Credit Parties’ credit policies; or

(q) that is payable in any currency other than Dollars or, with respect to any account of Canadian Borrower or any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Canadian Dollars.

1.8 Eligible Inventory. All of the Inventory owned by each Credit Party and reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by each Borrower to Agents shall be “Eligible Inventory” for purposes of this Agreement, except any Inventory to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies. Agent, with respect to all Credit Parties other than Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, and Canadian Agent, with respect to the Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, shall have the right to establish or modify or eliminate Reserves against Eligible Inventory from time to time in its reasonable credit judgment (as to Reserves imposed after the Closing Date, based on its analysis of facts or events first occurring, or first discovered by Agent or Canadian Agent, after the Closing Date). In addition, Agent, with respect to all Credit Parties other than Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, and Canadian Agent, with respect to Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, reserves the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, to adjust any of the criteria set forth below and to establish new criteria in its reasonable credit

judgment (based on its analysis of material facts or events first occurring, or first discovered by Agent or Canadian Agent, after the Closing Date), subject to the approval of Supermajority Revolving Lenders in the case of adjustments or new criteria which have the effect of making more credit available. Agent and Canadian Agent acknowledge that as of the Closing Date they do not know of any circumstance or condition with respect to the Inventory that would require the imposition of a Reserve which has not been imposed as of the Closing Date. Eligible Inventory shall not include any Inventory of any Credit Party that:

(a) is not owned by such Credit Party free and clear of all Liens and rights of any other Person (including the rights of a purchaser that has made progress payments and the rights of a surety that has issued a bond to assure such Credit Party’s performance with respect to that Inventory), except the Liens in favor of Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent) on behalf of itself and the applicable Lenders and Permitted Encumbrances described in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (e) of such defined term;

(b) (i) is not located on premises owned, leased or rented by such Credit Party (or a consignee, bailee or warehouseman of a Credit Party) and set forth on Schedule 5.12 (as it may be updated from time to time by delivery of a new Schedule 5.12 by Borrower Representative to Agent), (ii) is stored at a leased location, unless (x) Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent) has given its prior consent thereto, (y) a landlord waiver has been delivered to such Agent in accordance with Section 2.6, or (z) Reserves have been established with respect thereto pursuant to Section 2.6, (iii) is stored with a bailee or warehouseman unless an acknowledged bailee letter has been received by Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent) in accordance with Section 2.6 or Reserves have been established with respect thereto pursuant to Section 2.6, (iv) is located at a location owned by a Credit Party subject to a mortgage in favor of a lender other than Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), unless a mortgagee waiver has been delivered to such Agent in accordance with Section 2.6 or Reserves have been established with respect thereto pursuant to Section 2.6, or (v) is located at any site if the aggregate book value of Inventory at any such location is less than $100,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof;

(c) is placed on consignment by a Credit Party or is in transit, except for (i) Inventory in transit between domestic locations of Credit Parties and (ii) consigned Inventory as to which the applicable Credit Party has taken all steps necessary to perfect its ownership interest in such consigned Inventory against claims by the consignee and secured creditors of the consignee;

(d) is covered by a negotiable document of title, unless such document has been delivered to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), with all necessary endorsements, free and clear of all Liens except those in favor such Agent and the Lenders;

(e) is excess, obsolete, unsaleable, shopworn, seconds, damaged or unfit for sale;

(f) consists of display items or packing or shipping materials, manufacturing supplies, work-in-process Inventory or replacement parts;

(g) is not of a type held for sale in the ordinary course of such Credit Party’s business;

(h) is not subject to a first priority lien in favor of Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), on behalf of itself and the Lenders, subject to Permitted Encumbrances, or does not otherwise conform to the representations or warranties pertaining to Inventory set forth in the Loan Documents;

(i) consists of any costs associated with “freight-in” charges;

(j) consists of Hazardous Materials or goods that can be transported or sold only with licenses that are not readily available, excluding any inventory products (including FIFRA regulated products, insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides and rodenticides) carried by the Credit Parties as of the Closing Date and new or additional inventory products consisting of “next generation” versions of such products or consistent with the general scope and type of such products;

(k) is not covered by casualty insurance reasonably acceptable to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent); or

(l) is subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreements with any third parties which would require any consent of any third party for the sale or disposition of that Inventory (which consent has not been obtained) or the payment of any monies to any third party upon such sale or other disposition (to the extent of such monies).

1.9 Loan Accounts. Agent shall maintain a loan account (the “Loan Account”) on its books to record: all Advances and the Term Loan, all payments made by Borrowers, and all other debits and credits as provided in this Agreement with respect to the Loans or any other Obligations. All entries in the Loan Account shall be made in accordance with Agent’s customary accounting practices as in effect from time to time. The balance in the Loan Account, as recorded on Agent’s most recent printout or other written statement, shall, absent manifest error, be presumptive evidence of the amounts due and owing to Agents and Lenders by Borrowers; provided, that any failure to so record or any error in so recording shall not limit or otherwise affect any Borrower’s duty to pay the Obligations. Agent shall render to Borrower Representative a monthly accounting of transactions with respect to the Loans setting forth the balance of the Loan Account as to each Borrower for the immediately preceding month. Unless Borrower Representative notifies Agent in writing of any objection to any such accounting (specifically describing the basis for such objection), within thirty (30) days after the date thereof, each and every such accounting shall, absent manifest error, be deemed final, binding and conclusive on Borrowers in all respects as to all matters reflected therein. Only those items expressly objected to in such notice shall be deemed to be disputed by Borrowers. Notwithstanding any provision herein contained to the contrary, any Lender may elect (which

election may be revoked) to dispense with the issuance of Notes to that Lender and may rely on the Loan Account as evidence of the amount of Obligations from time to time owing to it.

1.10 Yield Protection; Illegality. Except for taxes which shall be governed exclusively by Section 1.11:

(a) Capital Adequacy and Other Adjustments. In the event that any Lender shall have determined that the adoption after the date hereof of any law, treaty, governmental (or quasi-governmental) rule, regulation, guideline or order regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar requirements or compliance by any Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar requirements (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) from any central bank or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction does or shall have the effect of increasing the amount of capital, reserves or other funds required to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender and thereby reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder, then U.S. Borrowers or Canadian Borrower shall from time to time within fifteen (15) days after notice and demand from such Lender (together with the certificate referred to in the next sentence and with a copy to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent)) pay to such Agent, for the account of such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such reduction. A certificate as to the amount of such cost and showing the basis of the computation of such cost submitted by such Lender to Borrower Representative and such Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.

(b) Increased LIBOR Funding Costs; Illegality. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the introduction of or any change in any law, rule, regulation, treaty or directive (or any change in the interpretation thereof) shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain any LIBOR Loan, then, unless that Lender is able to make or to continue to fund or to maintain such LIBOR Loan at another branch or office of that Lender without, in that Lender’s opinion, adversely affecting it or its Commitments or the income obtained therefrom, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to Borrower Representative through Agent, (i) the obligation of such Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain LIBOR Loans shall terminate and (ii) (A) in the case of a Lender, U.S. Borrowers and (B) in the case of Canadian Agent, Canadian Borrower, shall forthwith prepay in full all outstanding LIBOR Loans owing by such Borrower to such Lender or Canadian Agent, as applicable, together with interest accrued thereon, unless Borrower Representative within five (5) Business Days after the delivery of such notice and demand, converts all LIBOR Loans into Index Rate Loans. If, after the date hereof, the introduction of, change in or interpretation of any law, rule, regulation, treaty or directive would impose or increase reserve requirements (other than as taken into account in the definition of LIBOR) or otherwise increase the cost to any Lender of making or maintaining a LIBOR Loan, then (i) in the case of a Lender, U.S. Borrowers or (ii) in the case of Canadian Agent, Canadian Borrower shall from time to time within fifteen (15) days after notice and demand from Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent), to Borrower Representative (together with the certificate referred to in the next sentence) pay to such Agent, for the account of all such

affected Lenders, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lenders for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such cost and showing the basis of the computation of such cost submitted by such Agent on behalf of all such affected Lenders to Borrower Representative shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.

1.11 Taxes.

(a) No Deductions. Any and all payments or reimbursements made hereunder (including any payments made pursuant to Section 10) shall be made in Dollars or Canadian Dollars, as applicable, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all Charges, taxes, levies, imposts, deductions or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto of any nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority, excluding franchise or capital taxes and taxes to the extent imposed on Agent’s, Canadian Agent’s or a Lender’s income as a result of a present or former connection between such Agent or Lender and the jurisdiction of the governmental authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from such Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement) (all such excluded taxes, “Excluded Taxes”). If any Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any such amounts from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender, Agent or Canadian Agent, then the sum payable hereunder shall be increased as may be necessary so that, after making all required deductions and withholdings, such Lender, Agent or Canadian Agent receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made.

(b) Changes in Tax Laws. In the event that, subsequent to the Closing Date, (1) any changes in any existing law, regulation, treaty or directive or in the interpretation or application thereof, (2) any new law, regulation, treaty or directive enacted or any interpretation or application thereof, or (3) compliance by Agents or any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority, does or shall subject Agent, Canadian Agent or any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever (other than Excluded Taxes) with respect to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Agent, Canadian Agent or such Lender) and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to either Agent, Canadian Agent or any such Lender of issuing any Letter of Credit or making or continuing any Loan hereunder, as the case may be, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder, then, in any such case, (i) U.S. Borrowers in the case of Agent or a Lender or (ii) Canadian Borrower in the case of Canadian Agent, shall promptly pay to Agent, Canadian Agent or such Lender, as applicable, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate Agent, Canadian Agent or such Lender, on an after-tax basis, for such additional cost or reduced amount receivable, as determined by Agent, Canadian Agent or such Lender with respect to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. If Agent, Canadian Agent or such Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 1.11(b), it shall promptly notify Borrower Representative of the event by reason of which Agent, Canadian Agent or such Lender has become so entitled. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to the foregoing sentence submitted by Agent, Canadian Agent or such Lender to Borrower Representative (with a copy to Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable) shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.

(c) Certificate of Exemptions. Each Lender shall provide to Borrower Representative and Agent, a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI or other applicable form, certificate or document prescribed by the IRS of the United States or other applicable taxing authority certifying as to such Lender’s entitlement to a complete exemption with respect to payments to be made to such Lender under this Agreement and under the Notes (a “Certificate of Exemption”). Prior to becoming a Lender under this Agreement and within fifteen (15) days after a reasonable written request of Borrower Representative or Agent, from time to time thereafter, each Lender that becomes a Lender under this Agreement shall provide a Certificate of Exemption to Borrower Representative and Agent. If a Lender does not provide a Certificate of Exemption to Borrower Representative and Agent, within the time periods set forth in the preceding sentence, Borrowers shall withhold taxes from payments to such Lender at the applicable statutory rates and Borrowers shall not be required to pay any additional amounts (including amounts described in Section 1.11(a)) as a result of such withholding; provided, that all such withholding shall cease upon delivery by such Lender of a Certificate of Exemption to Borrower Representative and Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.11(c), the provisions of this Section 1.11(c) shall not apply to a Lender, and any payments to such Lender, that arise out of or relate to a refunding of the Canadian Revolving Loan as described in Section 1.15.

(d) Participation Fee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (including Section 1.11(c)), to the extent that any portion of the Participation Fee is payable to a Lender that is not a resident of Canada for purposes of the tax imposed pursuant to Part XIII of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any successor provision thereto (a “Non-Resident Canadian Participant”), Canadian Agent shall deduct and remit such tax to the Receiver General for Canada within the time payable by law, and shall increase such portion of the Participation Fee as may be necessary so that after all required deductions of such tax are made, the Non-Resident Canadian Participant receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made. The Canadian Borrower shall forthwith on demand remit to the Canadian Agent the full amount of the aforesaid increase.

(e) Mitigation. If a Borrower is required to pay additional amounts to or for the account of any Lender pursuant to this Section 1.11 as a result of a change in law or treaty occurring after such Lender first became a party to this Agreement, then such Lender will, at the request of the Borrower Representative, change the jurisdiction of its applicable lending office if such change (i) will eliminate or reduce any such additional payment which may thereafter accrue and (ii) is, in such Lender’s sole discretion, determined not to be materially disadvantageous or cause unreasonable hardship to such Lender; provided, that fees, charges, costs or expenses that are related to such change shall be borne by the Borrowers on behalf of a Lender, and the mere existence of such expenses, fees or costs shall not be deemed to be materially disadvantageous or cause undue hardship to the Lender.

1.12 Borrower Representative. Each U.S. Borrower and Canadian Borrower hereby designates Borrower Representative as its representative and agent on its behalf for the purposes of issuing Notices of Revolving Credit Advances and Notices of Conversion/Continuation, giving instructions with respect to the disbursement of the proceeds of the Loans, selecting interest rate options, giving and receiving all other notices and consents hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents and taking all other actions (including in respect of compliance

with covenants) on behalf of Canadian Borrower and U.S. Borrowers under the Loan Documents. Agent, Canadian Agent and each Lender may regard any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document from Borrower Representative as a notice or communication from all Borrowers. Each warranty, covenant, agreement and undertaking made on its behalf by Borrower Representative shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made by each Borrower and shall be binding upon and enforceable against such Borrower to the same extent as it if the same had been made directly by such Borrower.

1.13 Conversion to Dollars.

(a) All valuations or computations of monetary amounts set forth in this Agreement shall include the Dollar Equivalent of amounts in Canadian Dollars. In connection with all Dollar amounts set forth in this Agreement, and the U.S. Borrowing Base and Canadian Borrowing Base calculations, all Canadian Dollars shall be converted to Dollars in accordance with the following procedure:

(i) Conversions to Dollars shall occur in accordance with the prevailing exchange rate, as published in The Wall Street Journal on the date of conversion (or, if the date of conversion is not a day on which The Wall Street Journal is published, as published in the most recent edition of The Wall Street Journal) as the rate in effect on the Business Day prior to the date of publication. If The Wall Street Journal shall cease to publish exchange rates for Canadian Dollars, the Agent shall determine the prevailing exchange rate in its reasonable credit judgment.

(ii) For the purpose of determining whether repayments must be made under Section 1.1(a)(i) or 1.1(a)(ii) on a date other than the Commitment Termination Date, outstanding Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars and the Canadian Borrowing Base shall be marked to market on a (a) monthly basis as long as Aggregate Borrowing Availability (determined using the exchange rates in effect on the most recent date of conversion prior to the date of determination) equals or exceeds $10,000,000, (b) weekly basis as long as Aggregate Borrowing Availability (determined using the exchange rates in effect on the most recent date of conversion prior to the date of determination) equals or exceeds $5,000,000 but is less than $10,000,000, and (c) on a daily basis as long as Aggregate Borrowing Availability (determined using the exchange rates in effect on the most recent date of conversion prior to the date of determination) is less than $5,000,000, in each case as of the last Business Day of such period and taking into account in each case the Dollar Equivalent of all Loans outstanding in Canadian Dollars and of the Canadian Borrowing Base.

(b) Unless otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, monetary amounts shall be in Dollars.

1.14 Judgment Currency; Contractual Currency.

(a) If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Borrower in any court in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 1.14 referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due under any Loan Document in any currency (the “Obligation

Currency”) other than the Judgment Currency, the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding (i) the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date, or (ii) the date on which the judgment is given, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the applicable date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 1.14 being hereinafter in this Section 1.14 referred to as the “Judgment Conversion Date”).

(b) If, in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 1.14(a), there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual receipt for value of the amount due, the applicable Borrower shall pay such additional amount (if any, but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount actually received in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of the Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date. Any amount due from a Borrower under this Section 1.14(b) shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of any of the Loan Documents.

(c) The term “rate of exchange” in this Section 1.14 means the rate of exchange at which Agents would, on the relevant date at or about 12:00 noon (New York time), be prepared to sell the Obligation Currency against the Judgment Currency.

(d) Any amount received or recovered by Agents in respect of any sum expressed to be due to them (whether for itself or as trustee for any other person) from any Borrower under this Agreement or under any of the other Loan Documents in a currency other than the currency (the “contractual currency”) in which such sum is so expressed to be due (whether as a result of, or from the enforcement of, any judgment or order of a court or tribunal of any jurisdiction, the winding-up of a Borrower or otherwise) shall only constitute a discharge of such Borrower to the extent of the amount of the contractual currency that such Agent is able, in accordance with its usual practice, to purchase with the amount of the currency so received or recovered on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if later, the first date on which such purchase is practicable). If the amount of the contractual currency so purchased is less than the amount of the contractual currency so expressed to be due, such Borrower shall indemnify such Agent against any loss sustained by it as a result, including the cost of making any such purchase.

1.15 Canadian Revolving Loan Refunding.

(a) If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Canadian Agent may, in its sole and absolute discretion, direct that the Canadian Revolving Loan owing to it be refunded by delivering a notice (with such detail as Agent shall request, a “Notice of Canadian Revolving Loan Refunding”) to Agent. Upon receipt of such notice, Agent shall promptly give notice of the contents thereof to the Lenders and, unless an Event of Default described in Section 6.1(f) or (g) shall have occurred, to Borrower Representative. Each such Notice of Canadian Revolving Loan Refunding shall be deemed to constitute delivery of a notice to Agent requesting each Lender to fund its undivided Participating Interest in the outstanding Canadian Revolving

Loan whereupon each Lender other than Agent shall fund its Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Canadian Revolving Loan. Each Lender other than Agent shall immediately transfer to Canadian Agent, in immediately available funds, the amount of its Participating Interest in the same currency as the underlying Canadian Revolving Loan then outstanding as advanced by Canadian Agent.

(b) Whenever, at any time after a Lender has funded its Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Canadian Revolving Loan, Canadian Agent receives any payment on account thereof, Canadian Agent will distribute to Agent for delivery to each Lender other than Agent its Participating Interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s Participating Interest was outstanding and funded); provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by Canadian Agent is required to be returned, such Lender will return to Canadian Agent any portion thereof previously delivered by Canadian Agent to it. For purposes of Section 1.11, any interest distributed by Canadian Agent to a Lender shall be deemed to have been paid by the Canadian Borrower.

(c) Each Lender’s obligation to fund its Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Canadian Revolving Loan referred to in this Section 1.15 shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender or any Borrower may have against Canadian Agent, any Lender, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of any Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by any Borrower, any Guarantor, any Subsidiary or any other Lender, or (v) any other circumstances, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

1.16 Joint and Several Obligations. Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, if a “secured creditor” (as that term is defined under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada)) is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction not to include a Person to whom obligations are owed on a joint or joint and several basis, then Canadian Borrower’s Obligations (and the Obligations of Canadian Borrower’s respective Subsidiaries), to the extent such Obligations are secured, only shall be several obligations and not joint or joint and several obligations.

SECTION 2.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees as to all Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof and until the Termination Date:

2.1 Compliance With Laws and Contractual Obligations. Each Credit Party will (a) comply with and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply with (i) the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, laws, rules, regulations and orders relating to taxes, employer and employee contributions, securities, employee retirement and welfare benefits, environmental protection

matters and employee health and safety) as now in effect and which may be imposed in the future in all jurisdictions in which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is now doing business or may hereafter be doing business and (ii) the obligations, covenants and conditions contained in all Contractual Obligations of such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, in either case, other than those laws, rules, regulations, orders and provisions of such Contractual Obligations the noncompliance with which could not be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) maintain or obtain and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain or obtain all licenses, qualifications and permits now held or hereafter required to be held by such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, for which the loss, suspension, revocation or failure to obtain or renew, could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Credit Parties shall give prior written notice to Agent if they elect to discontinue any license, permit or qualification required under FIFRA or any similar state law that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. This Section 2.1 shall not preclude any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries from contesting any taxes or other payments, if they are being diligently contested in good faith in a manner which stays enforcement thereof and if appropriate expense provisions have been recorded in conformity with GAAP, subject to Section 3.2. Each Credit Party represents and warrants that it (i) is in compliance and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority and the obligations, covenants and conditions contained in all Contractual Obligations other than those laws, rules, regulations, orders and provisions of such Contractual Obligations the noncompliance with which could not be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) maintains and each of its Subsidiaries maintains all licenses, qualifications and permits referred to above.

2.2 Insurance; Damage to or Destruction of Collateral.

(a) The Credit Parties shall, at their sole cost and expense, maintain the policies of insurance described on Schedule 5.18 as in effect on the Closing Date or otherwise maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance, business interruption insurance and casualty insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of the Credit Parties as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by corporations of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance of liabilities), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for corporations similarly situated in the industry. Such policies of insurance (or the loss payable and additional insured endorsements delivered to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent)) shall contain provisions pursuant to which the insurer agrees to provide thirty (30) days prior written notice to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) in the event of any non-renewal, cancellation or amendment of any such insurance policy (other than for non-payment of premium, in which case ten (10) days notice shall be given). If any Credit Party at any time or times hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required above or to pay all premiums relating thereto, Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) may at any time or times thereafter obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premiums and take any other action with respect thereto that Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) reasonably deems advisable.

Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) shall have no obligation to obtain insurance for any Credit Party or pay any premiums therefor. By doing so, Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) shall not be deemed to have waived any Default or Event of Default arising from any Credit Party’s failure to maintain such insurance or pay any premiums therefor. All sums so disbursed, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs and other charges related thereto, shall be payable on demand by U.S. Borrowers to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) and shall be additional Obligations hereunder secured by the Collateral. No Credit Party shall be required to obtain “war risk” or anti-terrorism insurance with respect to any aircraft owned or leased by it.

(b) Each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), endorsements to (i) all “All Risk” and business interruption insurance naming Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), on behalf of itself and Lenders, as loss payee, and (ii) all general liability and other liability policies naming Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), on behalf of itself and Lenders, as additional insureds. Each Borrower shall promptly notify Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) of any loss, damage, or destruction to the Collateral in the amount of $500,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof or more, whether or not covered by insurance. Credit Parties (other than Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries) shall apply the proceeds of such casualty insurance in accordance with Section 1.5(e) unless reinvested or contractually committed to be reinvested within one year.

2.3 Inspection; Lender Meeting. Each Credit Party shall, upon five (5) Business Days’ notice, permit any authorized representatives of Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) to visit, audit and inspect any of the properties of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, including its and their financial and accounting records, and to make copies and take extracts therefrom, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and business with its and their officers and certified public accountants, at such reasonable times during normal business hours and without undue disruption to the business of the Credit Parties as often as may be reasonably requested (a “Collateral Audit”); provided, that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and Aggregate Borrowing Availability equals or exceeds $40,000,000, Agent shall not conduct more than two Collateral Audits per year. So long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such Collateral Audits may be conducted on one Business Day’s notice. Representatives of each Lender (at such Lender’s expense) will be permitted to accompany representatives of Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, during each visit, inspection and discussion referred to in the immediately preceding sentence. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, Borrower Representative will participate and will cause key management personnel of Borrower Representative and its Subsidiaries to participate in a meeting with Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) and Lenders at least once during each year, which meeting shall be held at such time and such place as may be reasonably requested by Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent). In addition, Borrowers agree to reimburse Agents in connection with up to two Collateral Audits per year (or more if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or Aggregate Borrowing Availability is less than $40,000,000) for: (i) the actual out-of-pocket costs (including fees and expenses) of such Collateral Audit if a third party auditor is retained to conduct such audit or

(ii) field audit charges of $800 per diem per auditor plus actual out-of-pocket expenses if Agent’s or Canadian Agent’s in-house auditors conduct such Collateral Audit; provided, that so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such Collateral Audit expenses (other than Collateral Audit expenses associated with Collateral Audits conducted with respect to any Permitted Acquisition pursuant to Section 3.6(b) hereof) shall not exceed $50,000 per year; provided, further that Canadian Borrower shall not be responsible for any such charges, fees and expenses incurred with respect to U.S. Borrowers.

2.4 Organizational Existence. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 3.6, each Credit Party will and will cause its Subsidiaries to at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect (a) its organizational existence and (b) except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all rights and franchises material to its business.

2.5 Environmental Matters. Each Credit Party shall and shall cause each Person within its control to: (a) conduct its operations and keep and maintain its Real Estate in compliance with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits other than noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) implement any and all investigation, remediation, removal and response actions that are appropriate or necessary to maintain, in all material respects, the value and marketability of the Real Estate (based on continued commercial or industrial use as part of the Credit Parties’ business or a similar business to that conducted on the Closing Date) or to otherwise comply with Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits pertaining to the presence, generation, treatment, storage, use, disposal, transportation or Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate other than noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (c) notify Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) promptly after such Credit Party or any Person within its control becomes aware of any violation of Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or any Release on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any Real Estate that is reasonably likely to result in Environmental Liabilities to a Credit Party or its Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof; and (d) promptly forward to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) a copy of any order, notice, request for information or any communication or report received by such Credit Party or any Person within its control in connection with any such violation or Release or any other matter relating to any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits that could reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities in excess of $1,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof, in each case whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency or any Governmental Authority has taken or threatened any action in connection with any such violation, Release or other matter. Subject to limitations imposed by Governmental Authorities, if Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) at any time has a reasonable basis to believe that there may be a violation of any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits by any Credit Party or any Person under its control or any Environmental Liability arising thereunder, or a Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate, that, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, then each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries shall, upon Agent’s (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent’s) written request (i) cause the performance of such environmental audits including subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater, and preparation of such environmental reports, at Borrowers’

expense, as Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) may from time to time reasonably request, which shall be conducted by reputable environmental consulting firms reasonably acceptable to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent), and (ii) permit Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) or its representatives to have access to all Real Estate for the purpose of conducting such environmental audits and testing as Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) deems appropriate, including subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater. Borrowers shall reimburse Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) for the costs of such audits and tests and the same will constitute a part of the Obligations secured hereunder; provided, that Canadian Borrower shall not be responsible for the costs of any audits or tests incurred with respect to U.S. Borrowers. Borrowers further agree to reimburse Agent for the actual out-of-pocket costs (including fees and expenses) of a third party examiner retained to conduct one field examination per year (or more if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) to determine Borrowers’ compliance with FIFRA; provided, that so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such audit expenses shall not exceed $50,000 per year or the Dollar Equivalent thereof; provided, further that Canadian Borrower shall not be responsible for any such charges, fees and expenses incurred with respect to U.S. Borrowers.

2.6 Landlords’ Agreements, Mortgagee Agreements, Bailee Letters and Real Estate Purchases. Each Credit Party shall use reasonable efforts to obtain a landlord’s agreement, mortgagee agreement or bailee letter, as applicable, from the lessor of each leased property, mortgagee of owned property or bailee with respect to any warehouse, processor or converter facility or other location where Collateral is stored or located, which agreement or letter shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent). With respect to such locations or warehouse space leased or owned as of the Closing Date and thereafter, if Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) has not received a landlord or mortgagee agreement or bailee letter reasonably satisfactory in form and substance as of the Closing Date (or, if later, as of the date such location is acquired or leased), the Eligible Inventory at that location shall, in Agent’s (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent’s) discretion, be subject to such Reserves as may be established by Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent) in accordance with the Compendium of Commercial Finance Law published by the Commercial Finance Association, as updated from time to time. Subject to the preceding sentence, no landlord’s agreement or bailee letter, as appropriate, shall be required with respect to leased locations, storage and processing arrangements and processing and other locations at which Inventory with a book value of less than $10,000,000 in the aggregate is stored or processed. For purposes hereof, it is acknowledged that a landlord agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.6(a), a bailee letter substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.6(b) or a mortgagee agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.6(c), as applicable, shall be deemed to be satisfactory for purposes of complying with Section 2.6. Borrower Representative shall promptly notify Agent if any lease for a leased location where Eligible Inventory with a book value in excess of $500,000 is located is terminated or is threatened to be terminated.

2.7 Conduct of Business. Each Credit Party shall at all times maintain, preserve and protect all of its material assets and properties used or useful in the conduct of its business in its

good faith judgment, and keep the same in good repair, working order and condition in all material respects (taking into consideration ordinary wear and tear) and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all necessary or appropriate repairs, replacements and improvements thereto consistent with industry practices; and transact business only in such corporate and trade names as are set forth in Schedule 2.7 or otherwise disclosed to Agents from time to time pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

2.8 Maintenance of Accounts. If an Account owing to Canadian Borrower or its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries includes a charge for any tax payable to any Governmental Authority, Canadian Agent is authorized, in its sole discretion, to pay the amount thereof to the proper taxing authority for the account of the Canadian Borrower and to charge Canadian Borrower therefor, except for taxes that (i) are being contested in good faith with reasonable diligence and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which Canadian Borrower maintains reasonable reserves on its books therefor and (ii) would not reasonably be expected to result in any Lien other than a Permitted Encumbrance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Canadian Agent releases to Canadian Borrower an amount in respect of goods and services taxes and sales taxes that are included in each Account, Canadian Borrower shall immediately remit such amount to the proper taxing authority and, if requested by the Canadian Agent, provide the Canadian Agent with a receipt therefor. In no event shall Agents (or the fondé de pouvoir, as the case may be) or any Lender be liable for any taxes to any Government Authority that may be due by Borrowers.

2.9 Canadian Pension and Benefit Plans. For each existing Canadian Pension Plan of Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, Canadian Borrower or Subsidiary, as applicable, shall ensure that such plan retains its registered status under and is administered in a timely manner in all material respects in accordance with the applicable pension plan text, funding agreement, the ITA and all other applicable laws, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(i) For each Canadian Pension Plan hereafter adopted by Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which is required to be registered under the ITA or any other applicable laws, that Canadian Borrower or Subsidiary, as applicable, shall use its best efforts to seek and receive confirmation in writing from the applicable Governmental Authorities to the effect that such plan is registered under the ITA and such other applicable laws, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ii) For each existing and hereafter adopted Canadian Pension Plan and Canadian Benefit Plan of Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, Canadian Borrower or Subsidiary, as applicable, shall in a timely fashion perform in all material respects all obligations (including fiduciary, funding, investment and administration obligations) required to be performed in connection with such plan and the funding media therefor, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(iii) Subject to any applicable privacy laws, each Borrower and each Subsidiary of such Borrower shall deliver to Canadian Agent, if requested by Canadian Agent, promptly after the filing thereof by such Borrower or Subsidiary, as applicable, with any

applicable governmental authority, copies of each annual and other return, report or valuation with respect to each Canadian Pension Plan of such Borrower or Subsidiary, as applicable.

(iv) Each Credit Party shall deliver to Canadian Agent promptly after receipt thereof, a copy of any direction, order, notice, ruling or opinion that any Credit Party may receive from any applicable Governmental Authority with respect to any Canadian Pension Plan which could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on a Credit Party or the interests of Canadian Agent or the Lenders in the Obligations of such Credit Party or the Collateral or the priority of Canadian Agent’s Lien on the Collateral; and notification within 30 days of any increases having a cost to any Credit Party in excess of $250,000 per annum or the Dollar Equivalent thereof, in the benefits of any existing Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Benefit Plan, or the establishment of any new Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Benefit Plan, or the commencement of contributions to any such plan to which such Credit Party was not previously contributing.

2.10 Supplier Rebates. Borrowers shall promptly notify Agents within 45 days of the end of each Fiscal Year (or if earlier, promptly upon the Borrowers’ chief financial officer or treasurer obtaining actual knowledge thereof) of any material net annual reduction (versus the projections for such annual period) in any Supplier Rebates in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000.

2.11 Further Assurances.

(a) Each Credit Party shall, from time to time, execute such guaranties, financing statements, documents, security agreements and reports as Agent, Canadian Agent or Requisite Lenders at any time may reasonably request to evidence, perfect or otherwise implement the guaranties and security for repayment of the Obligations contemplated by the Loan Documents.

(b) In the event any Credit Party acquires a fee interest in real property after the Closing Date, and such fee interest has a fair market value in excess of $5,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof at the time when it is acquired, such Credit Party shall deliver to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) a fully executed mortgage or deed of trust over such real property in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.11(b) (subject to any state law requirements) or in such other form as may be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) in its reasonable credit judgment and, in addition to delivering such mortgage or deed of trust, for any real property in which any Credit Party acquires a fee interest which is used as a blending or manufacturing facility, such Credit Party shall also deliver to Agents (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) such mortgagee title insurance policies, surveys, appraisals, evidence of insurance, legal opinions, environmental assessments and other documents and certificates as shall be required by Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) in its reasonable credit judgment.

(c) Each Credit Party shall, within fifteen (15) Business Days after any Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Credit Party (provided that this shall not be construed to constitute consent by any of the Lenders to any transaction referred to above which is not expressly

permitted by the terms of this Agreement), (i) cause such Person to guaranty the Obligations (or, in the case of a Canadian Subsidiary, the Obligations solely of the Canadian Borrower) and to grant to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent), for the benefit of Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) and Lenders, a security interest in the real, personal and mixed property of such Person to secure the Obligations (or, in the case of a Canadian Subsidiary, the Obligations solely of the Canadian Borrower and (ii) pledge, or cause to be pledged, to Agent (or, in the case of pledges of Stock by Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), for the benefit of Agent (or, in the case of pledges of Stock by Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent) and Lenders, all of the Stock of such Person to secure the Obligations (or, in the case of pledges of Stock by Canadian Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the Obligations solely of the Canadian Borrower); provided that if such Person is not a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of U.S. Borrowers or Canadian Borrower, such Person shall not be obligated to guaranty the Obligations or grant to the Agent a security interest in the real, personal and mixed property of such Person to secure the Obligations and the pledge of such Person’s Stock to Agent shall be limited to 66% of the voting Stock and 100% of the non-voting Stock of such Person. The documentation for such guaranty, security and pledge shall be substantially similar to the Loan Documents executed concurrently herewith with such modifications as are reasonably requested by Agent, but all such documentation shall be substantially the same in form, scope and substance as the corresponding Loan Documents delivered as of the Closing Date. Furthermore, limitations on perfection of Liens on real estate consistent with those applied as of the Closing Date will continue to be applied.

2.12 Interest Rate Agreements. Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, U.S. Borrowers shall enter into, and shall thereafter maintain, Interest Rate Agreements providing for interest rate protection (1) for an aggregate amount of $87,500,000 of the principal amount of the outstanding Term Loans, (2) for a term expiring no earlier than two (2) years after the Closing Date and (3) with other terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

SECTION 3.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

For purposes of this Section 3, each reference to Agent shall be deemed to refer to (i) in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent and (ii) in the case of any other Credit Party, Agent. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees as to all Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof until the Termination Date:

3.1 Indebtedness. The Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries directly or indirectly to create, incur, assume, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness (other than pursuant to a Contingent Obligation permitted under Section 3.4) except:

(a) the Obligations;

(b) Indebtedness consisting of intercompany loans and advances made by any Borrower to any Credit Party (other than Holdings) or by any such Credit Party to any other Credit Party; provided, that: (i) except in the case of Indebtedness described in Section 3.5(b)(ii), such intercompany loans shall not be evidenced by promissory notes; (ii) Borrowers shall record

all intercompany transactions on their books and records in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agent (or, if Canadian Borrower is payee, Canadian Agent); (iii) at the time any such intercompany loan or advance is made by such Borrower or Credit Party and after giving effect thereto, such Borrower or Credit Party shall be Solvent; and (iv) the aggregate balance of all such intercompany loans owing to U.S. Borrowers and their respective Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiaries by Canadian Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries together with the aggregate cash equity contributions by U.S. Borrowers to Canadian Borrower (net of distributions by Canadian Borrower to U.S. Borrowers) after the Closing Date and permitted by Section 3.3(l) shall not exceed $25,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof at any time;

(d) Indebtedness not to exceed $50,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof (in addition to the Indebtedness described in clause (e) or (l) below) in the aggregate at any time outstanding secured by purchase money Liens or incurred with respect to Capital Leases or synthetic leases;

(e) Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 3.1 (as reduced by any repayments thereof before, on or after the Closing Date), without giving effect to any subsequent extension, renewal or refinancing thereof;

(f) Indebtedness under (i) Interest Rate Agreements entered into to protect any Borrower or Subsidiary thereof against fluctuations in interest rates in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted under this Agreement or (ii) other hedging agreements providing protection against fluctuations in currency values or commodity prices in connection with any Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ operations, so long as management of such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, has determined that the entering into of any such hedging agreement is a bona fide hedging activity (and is not for speculative purposes);

(g) Indebtedness of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that may be deemed to exist in connection with acquisition agreements with respect to Permitted Acquisitions consisting of earn-outs, purchase price adjustments or indemnities;

(h) Indebtedness with respect to performance bonds, surety bonds, appeal bonds or customs bonds required in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or in connection with judgments that do not result in a Default or an Event of Default, provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of all such performance bonds, surety bonds, appeal bonds and customs bonds permitted by this clause (h) shall not at any time exceed $15,000,000;

(i) unsecured, subordinated high yield notes, the proceeds of which are used solely to repay (i) the Revolving Loans and which result in the reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment on a dollar-for-dollar basis and/or (ii) the Term Loan;

(j) Permitted Acquisition Debt; provided that after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, on a pro forma basis, the Specified Leverage Ratio would have been no greater than the Applicable Leverage Ratio;

(k) Indebtedness incurred in connection with sale-leasebacks permitted under Section 3.16;

(l) Indebtedness of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any commodity hedge agreement, foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks arising from fluctuations in commodity prices, currency values or interest rates, in each case whether contingent or matured, so long as such agreement is not speculative in nature;

(m) unsecured Subordinated Debt in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000, as long as the proceeds thereof, are, promptly upon the applicable Credit Party’s receipt thereof, used to pay all or a portion of the purchase price of a Permitted Acquisition;

(n) other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000;

(o) Indebtedness incurred by Holdings and not guaranteed by any other Credit Party;

(p) Indebtedness described in Section 3.5(b)(ii);

(q) Indebtedness of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is repaid within three (3) Business Days;

(r) Indebtedness of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business; and

(s) refinancings, refundings, extensions and renewals of the foregoing that do not accelerate the amortization thereof, increase the principal amounts thereof, materially increase the interest rates applicable thereto, have additional guarantors thereof, or enhance the collateral therefor or priority thereof.

3.2 Liens and Related Matters.

(a) No Liens. The Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of such Credit Party or any such Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, except Permitted Encumbrances (including, without limitation, those Liens constituting Permitted Encumbrances existing on the date hereof, as set forth on Schedule 3.2 and renewals and extensions thereof permitted hereunder).

(b) No Negative Pledges; No Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions to Borrowers. Except as provided herein, the Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to directly or indirectly create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any such

Subsidiary to: (1) create or assume any Lien in favor of the Agents and the Lenders upon its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; (2) pay dividends or make any other distribution on any of such Subsidiary’s Stock owned by any Borrower or any other Subsidiary; (3) pay any Indebtedness owed to any Borrower or any other Subsidiary; (4) make loans or advances to any Borrower or any other Subsidiary; or (5) transfer any of its property or assets to any Borrower or any other Subsidiary; in each case except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) applicable law, rule, regulation or order, (ii) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of any Borrower or a Subsidiary of any Borrower entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iv) provisions restricting assignment of any contract entered into by any Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Borrower in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the Acquisition (including, without limitation, the Acquisition Agreement and the agreements, documents and instruments contemplated thereby) or any Permitted Acquisition, (v) customary provisions restricting the assignment of licensing agreements, management agreements or franchise agreements entered into by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (vi) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to the assets of, or equity interests in, joint ventures permitted by this Agreement, subject to Section 3.3(m) hereof, (vii) any restriction or encumbrance with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement which has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the equity interests or assets of such Subsidiary, so long as such sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the equity interests or assets of such Subsidiary is permitted under this Agreement, (viii) the documentation governing the Senior Notes and the Senior Discount Notes, (ix) restrictions contained in agreements governing Indebtedness that do not restrict Agent’s and Lenders’ ability to obtain first priority perfected Liens on the assets of any Credit Party, subject to Permitted Encumbrances and do not restrict the payment of the Loans and the other Obligations, (x) restrictions on the transfer of assets securing purchase money obligations, industrial revenue bonds and Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (xi) restrictions on the transfer of assets pursuant to executory contracts for the sale, lease or other transfer thereof, (xii) for Permitted Encumbrances of the type specified in clause (f) of the definition thereof, (xiii) restrictions on cash or other deposits under contracts for the purchase of Inventory or Equipment entered into in the ordinary course of business, (xiv) restrictions or encumbrances on the granting of Liens in effect on the Closing Date with respect to Liens set forth on Schedule 3.2 hereto to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets subject to those Liens, (xv) other than with respect to Holdings, any restriction imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness permitted by Section 3.1(d) and (h) and secured by a Lien permitted by Section 3.2(a) to secure such Indebtedness to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (xvi) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, (xvii) customary provisions contained in leases, licenses, contracts and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on the property subject to such license, lease or other contract and (xviii) any agreement in effect at the time a Person becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary and such restriction does not apply to the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary or any of their respective assets.

3.3 Investments. The Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to directly or indirectly make or own any Investment in any Person except:

(a) Investments in Cash Equivalents subject to Control Agreements in favor of Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent);

(b) loans to other Credit Parties to the extent permitted under Section 3.1, and Holdings and its Subsidiaries may be holders of Indebtedness described in Section 3.5(b)(ii);

(c) Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may make loans and advances to employees for moving, entertainment, travel and other similar expenses in the ordinary course of business and for the purchase of common Stock and options not to exceed $5,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the aggregate at any time outstanding;

(d) Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may acquire and hold receivables owing to any of them, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms (including the dating of receivables) of any such Borrower or any such Subsidiary;

(e) Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may acquire and own investments (including debt obligations and equity securities) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;

(f) Interest Rate Agreements and other hedging agreements entered into in compliance with Section 3.1 shall be permitted;

(g) Investments in existence on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 3.3 shall be permitted, without giving effect to any additions thereto or replacements thereof, it being understood that any additional Investments made with respect to such existing Investments shall be permitted only if independently permitted under the other provisions of this Section 3.3;

(h) Holdings, any Borrower or any Subsidiary of Holdings or any Borrower may acquire and hold obligations of one or more officers or other employees of Holdings or any Borrower or any Subsidiary of Holdings or any Borrower in connection with such officers’ or employees’ acquisition of shares of Holdings common Stock, so long as no cash is actually advanced by Holdings or any Borrower or any Subsidiary of Holdings or any Borrower to such officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;

(i) any Borrower and any of its Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiaries may make Permitted Acquisitions;

(j) Holdings, Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may own the Stock of their respective Subsidiaries in existence on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Related Transactions) or created or acquired in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (so long as all amounts invested in such Subsidiaries are independently justified under another provision of this Section 3.3);

(k) Borrowers and their Subsidiaries may make advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses were incurred in the ordinary course of business and are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of such Borrower or such Subsidiary;

(l) (i) any Credit Party may make cash equity contributions to any other Credit Party that is a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Person making such contribution and (ii) any Credit Party may make non-cash equity contributions to any other Credit Party that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Credit Party making such contribution, so long as any security interest granted to the Agent for the benefit of Lenders in any assets so contributed (or in any deposit accounts or securities accounts in which such assets are held) shall remain in full force and effect and be perfected (to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such contribution) and all actions required to maintain said perfected status have been taken; provided, that the aggregate cash equity contributions by U.S. Borrowers to Canadian Borrower (net of distributions by Canadian Borrower to U.S. Borrowers) after the Closing Date together with the intercompany loans permitted under Section 3.1(b)(iv) shall not exceed $25,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof at any time;

(m) Investments (i) in joint ventures not to exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate; provided, that Credit Parties shall promptly take all steps reasonably necessary to enable Agent to obtain first priority perfected Liens on such Investments including the Stock of any joint venture owned by a Credit Party and (ii) in joint ventures in the agricultural chemical industry which give Credit Parties the option to purchase the majority interests in such joint ventures; provided that (1) such purchased equity can and shall be pledged to Agent as additional collateral of the Obligations, (2) the initial Investments under this item (ii) shall be completed on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date with follow-up Investments permitted after the first anniversary of the Closing Date in the same joint ventures and (3) the aggregate amount of such initial and follow-up Investments shall not exceed $20,000,000; plus, in the cases of items (i) and (ii) above, any proceeds actually received by the respective investor in respect of Investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this paragraph (m);

(n) Investments in promissory notes and other evidence of Indebtedness received as partial consideration for any Asset Dispositions and any other transaction that would be an Asset Disposition but for the operation of clause (b)(3) of the definition of Asset Disposition;

(o) Investments which may be made subject to the conditions applicable to Permitted Distributions set forth in Section 3.5(d); provided, that, the aggregate amount of such Investments (net of returns on such Investments), as of any date of determination, shall not exceed the amount of Permitted Distributions permitted pursuant to Section 3.5(d) as of such date, shall reduce the amount of Permitted Distributions which may be made pursuant to Section 3.5(d) and the amount of Subordinated Debt which may be prepaid pursuant to Section 3.17(iii) on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and the Credit Parties shall promptly take all steps reasonably necessary to enable Agent to obtain first priority perfected Liens on such Investments, including the Stock of any joint venture owned or acquired by a Credit Party; and

(p) Investments in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed $45,000,000 (plus any proceeds actually received by the respective investor in respect of Investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this paragraph (p)); provided, that the Credit Parties shall promptly take all steps reasonably necessary to enable Agent to obtain first priority perfected Liens on such Investments, including the Stock of any joint venture owned or acquired by a Credit Party.

3.4 Contingent Obligations. The Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to directly or indirectly create or become or be liable with respect to any Contingent Obligation except:

(a) Letter of Credit Obligations;

(b) those resulting from endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business;

(d) those arising under indemnity agreements to title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) mortgagee title insurance policies;

(e) those arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations incurred in connection with Asset Dispositions permitted hereunder;

(f) those arising under Interest Rate Agreements or other hedging agreements entered into in compliance with Section 3.1;

(g) those incurred with respect to Indebtedness permitted by Section 3.1; provided, that any such Contingent Obligation is subordinated to the Obligations to the same extent as the Indebtedness to which it relates is subordinated to the Obligations and the Credit Parties other than Holdings shall not incur Contingent Obligations with respect to Indebtedness incurred by Holdings pursuant to Section 3.1(o);

(h) Contingent Obligations of (x) any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a guarantor of the lessee under any lease pursuant to which any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries is the lessee so long as such lease is otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (y) any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a guarantor of any Capital Lease Obligation to which a joint venture is a party or any contract entered into by such joint venture in the ordinary course of business, provided that the maximum liability of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any obligations as described pursuant to this clause (y) is permitted as an Investment on such date pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement, and (z) any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which Contingent Obligations may be deemed to exist in connection with agreements (including, without limitation, the Acquisition Agreement and the Related Transactions Documents) relating to the Acquisition or Permitted Acquisitions or transactions permitted under Section 3.7 (including any obligation to pay the purchase price therefor and any indemnification, purchase price adjustments and similar obligations);

(i) Contingent Obligations with respect to performance bonds, surety bonds, appeal bonds or customs bonds required in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or in connection with judgments that do not result in an Event of Default, provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of all such performance bonds, surety bonds, appeal bonds and customs bonds permitted by this clause (g) shall not at any time exceed $15,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof;

(j) any other Contingent Obligations not expressly permitted by clauses (a) through (h) above, so long as any such other Contingent Obligations, in the aggregate at any time outstanding, do not exceed $25,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof;

(k) Contingent Obligations of any Credit Party with respect to primary obligations of any other Credit Party other than Holdings; and

(l) refinancings, refundings, extensions and renewals and/or replacements of any of the above which do not accelerate the scheduled dates for payment thereof, increase the amounts thereof, materially increase any interest rate or fees applicable thereto, have additional guarantors thereof, or enhance the collateral therefor or priority thereof.

3.5 Restricted Payments. The Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to directly or indirectly declare, order, pay, make or set apart any sum for any Restricted Payment, except that:

(a) U.S. Borrowers may make payments and distributions (i) to Holdings that are used by Holdings to pay federal and state income taxes (including used by Holdings to compensate a Subsidiary for the use of a tax benefit by the Holdings tax group) then due and owing, franchise taxes and other similar licensing expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, professional fees, audit expenses and other expenses related to the maintenance of Holdings as a holding company and provide for all other operating costs of Holdings, including, without limitation, in respect of director fees and expenses, administrative, legal and accounting services provided by third parties and other customary out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including all costs and expenses with respect to filings with the SEC or (ii) that U.S. Borrowers or Holdings is required to pay pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (as such term is defined in the Acquisition Agreement), the Management Consulting Agreement (subject to Section 3.8(f)) or applicable law; provided, that such Borrower’s aggregate contribution to taxes as a result of the filing of a consolidated or combined return by Holdings shall not be greater, nor the aggregate receipt of tax benefits less, than they would have been had such Borrower not filed a consolidated or combined return with Holdings;

(b) (i) Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of a Borrower may make Restricted Payments to such Borrower and/or to the parent company of the respective Subsidiary and (ii) Canadian Subsidiaries of Holdings may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries and/or to the direct or indirect parent company of the respective Canadian Subsidiary, including, without limitation, Restricted Payments in the form of promissory notes or other debt obligations with respect to which any Canadian Subsidiary of Holdings is the obligor;

(c) Borrowers may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to repurchase (and Holdings may repurchase) Stock of Holdings owned by employees of Holdings, Borrowers or their Subsidiaries whose employment has terminated; provided, that such Restricted Payments shall not exceed $2,500,000 in any Fiscal Year plus a carry-forward of unused amounts from prior years or $12,500,000 in the aggregate; provided further, that such amount in any calendar year and the aggregate amount may be increased by an amount not to exceed the cash proceeds of keyman life insurance policies received by Holdings, any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(d) Borrowers and Holdings may make Restricted Payments not expressly permitted by clauses (a) through (c) above (“Permitted Distributions”), provided, that at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment: (i) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by Borrowers and Holdings since November 24, 2003 pursuant to this paragraph (d), is less than the sum, without duplication, of $25,000,000, plus up to (1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of Borrower Representative for the period (taken as one accounting period) from November 24, 2003 until the Closing Date, (2) 75% of the Consolidated Net Income of Borrower Representative for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the Closing Date to the date on which such Restricted Payment occurs or, if Consolidated Net Income is not reasonably determinable to such date, to the end of the Borrower Representative’s most recently ended fiscal period for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus (3) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds (including, without limitation or duplication, net of expenses incurred in connection with the Offering), and the fair market value of property other than cash, received by Holdings or the Borrowers since November 24, 2003 as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Stock of Holdings or the Borrowers or from the issue or sale of debt securities of Holdings or the Borrowers that have been converted into or exchanged for such Stock (other than Stock (or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of Holdings), plus (4) the net cash proceeds (net of expenses), and the fair market value of property other than cash, received by any Credit Party from the sale or other disposition (other than to a Credit Party) of any Investment made under Section 3.3(o) since November 24, 2003 and repurchase and redemptions of such Investments by any Person (other than a Credit Party) and repayments of loans or advances that constituted such an Investment by any Person (other than a Credit Party) less (x) Investments pursuant to Sections 3.3(o), (y) Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 3.5(k), and (z) prepayments or repurchases of Subordinated Debt pursuant to Section 3.17 (excluding (I) such prepayments or repurchases (including accrued interest, redemption premiums, liquidated damages, and related expenses) funded directly or indirectly with proceeds of the Offering, and (II) purchases, redemptions, defeasements, or prepayments permitted by Section 3.17(ii)), (ii) Aggregate Borrowing Availability shall be no less than $40,000,000 after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, (iii) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Overadvances shall be less than or equal to $35,000,000 after giving effect to such Restricted Payment and (iv) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result after giving effect to such Permitted Distribution;

(e) Any Subsidiary of any Credit Party that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to its shareholders or partners generally, so long as the Borrower or the Subsidiary that owns the equity interest or interests in the Subsidiary making

such Restricted Payments receives at least its proportionate share thereof (based upon its relative holdings of equity interest in the Subsidiary making such Restricted Payments and taking into account the relative preferences, if any, of the various classes of equity interests in such Subsidiary or the terms of any agreements applicable thereto);

(f) If the Senior Discount Notes are outstanding, Borrowers may make Restricted Payments to Holdings with respect to the cash interest payments due to holders of the Senior Discount Notes which Restricted Payments would reduce the amount available for dividends pursuant to Section 3.5(d);

(g) Holdings may make Restricted Payments prior to the extent it is required to issue cash in lieu of fractional shares to accommodated anti-dilution adjustments made to holders of its Stock;

(h) The Credit Parties may make Restricted Payments to minority shareholders of any Target (as defined in Section 3.6) in connection with a Permitted Acquisition; provided, that such payments are within the limits set forth in Section 3.6(b)(v);

(i) [Intentionally Omitted];

(j) On the Closing Date, and from time to time thereafter, (i) U.S. Borrowers may prepay, purchase and cancel, redeem and/or defease the Senior Notes and (ii) U.S. Borrowers may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to the extent the proceeds of such Restricted Payments shall solely be used by Holdings to prepay, purchase and cancel, redeem and/or defease the Senior Discount Notes and Holdings may prepay, purchase and cancel, redeem and/or defease with the proceeds of such Restricted Payments; and

(k) So long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect thereto, (ii) Aggregate Borrowing Availability is no less than $40,000,000 after giving effect thereto and (iii) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Overadvances shall be less than or equal to $35,000,000 after giving effect thereto, the payment of dividends on any Borrower’s common stock (or dividends, distributions or advances to Holdings to allow Holdings to pay dividends on Holdings’ common stock) following the Offering of up to 7.5% per annum of the amount contributed to Borrowers by Holdings from the proceeds received by Holdings from the Offering.

3.6 Restriction on Fundamental Changes.

(a) The Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to directly or indirectly: (i) amend, modify or waive any term or provision of its organizational documents, including its articles of incorporation, certificates of designations pertaining to preferred stock, by-laws, partnership agreement or operating agreement in a manner which would adversely affect Agent and Lenders in any material respect unless required by law; provided, that, the Related Transactions, and any such amendments, waiver or modifications required in connection therewith shall be specifically permitted; (ii) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation except, upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (other than Canadian Borrower) of a Borrower may be merged with or into

such Borrower (provided, that such Borrower is the surviving entity) or be merged or consolidated with or into any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Borrower; (iii) liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) except, upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Canadian Agent), any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (other than Canadian Borrower) of a Borrower may liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) into such Borrower or any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Borrower; or (iv) acquire by purchase or otherwise all or any substantial part of the business or assets of any Person other than another Credit Party.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Borrower or a Domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary thereof that is a Credit Party may acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any Person (a “Target”) or operating division of a Target or one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding stock of any Target or cause any Target to be merged with it or liquidated, wound-up or dissolved into it subject to compliance with the following conditions (in each case, a “Permitted Acquisition”):

(i) Agent shall receive at least seven (7) Business Days’ prior written notice of such proposed Permitted Acquisition, which notice shall include a reasonably detailed description of such proposed Permitted Acquisition;

(ii) such Permitted Acquisition shall only involve assets comprising a business or those assets of a business of the type engaged in by Borrowers as of the Closing Date or otherwise permitted under Section 3.9;

(iii) such Permitted Acquisition shall be consensual and shall have been approved by the Target’s board of directors;

(iv) no additional Indebtedness or Contingent Obligations shall be incurred, assumed or otherwise be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Borrowers and Target after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition, except (i) industrial revenue bonds, pollution control bonds and other tax-exempt financing, Capital Leases, and installment purchase Indebtedness, in each case secured solely by Fixtures, Equipment and/or Real Estate and any accessions thereto or proceeds thereof and related property, and not incurred in anticipation of such Permitted Acquisition (“Permitted Acquisition Debt”), (ii) Loans made hereunder and (iii) Indebtedness permitted by Sections 3.1(m) and (n);

(v) the sum of all amounts payable in connection with all Permitted Acquisitions (including, without duplication, all earn outs, working capital adjustments, transaction costs and all Permitted Acquisition Debt, and Contingent Obligations incurred or assumed in connection therewith or otherwise reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Borrowers and Target) shall not exceed (1) $125,000,000 in the aggregate per year which amount shall be increased in any year by the positive amount (if any), equal to the difference of (A) $125,000,000 minus (B) the actual amount of the sum of all amounts payable in connection with all Permitted Acquisitions during such prior year; provided that no more than (A) $25,000,000 in the aggregate per year and (B) $50,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement may be spent for International Acquisitions and Canadian Acquisitions

collectively; provided that if the purchase price under any Permitted Acquisition is paid in full or in part by the issuance of common Stock of Holdings or incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Sections 3.1(m) or (n), the amount of any such consideration shall be excluded from the calculation of the annual limits referenced under this clause (v);

(vi) the business and assets acquired in such Permitted Acquisition shall be free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances);

(vii) (A) prior to or within ten (10 ) Business Days after the closing of any U.S. Acquisition, Agent will be granted Liens in accordance with Section 2.11 in substantially all of the assets acquired pursuant thereto or in all or substantially all of the assets of the Target, all of the Stock of Target (in a stock purchase or merger resulting in a new Subsidiary) shall have been pledged to Agent, and Target (in a Stock purchase or merger resulting in a new Subsidiary) shall have become a Guarantor and a Credit Party hereunder;

(B) prior to or within ten (10) Business Days after the closing of any Canadian Acquisition, Canadian Agent will be granted Liens in accordance with Section 2.11 in substantially all of the assets acquired pursuant thereto or in all or substantially all of the assets of the Target, all of the Stock of Target (in a stock purchase or merger resulting in a new Subsidiary) shall have been pledged to Canadian Agent, and Target (in a Stock purchase or merger resulting in a new Subsidiary) shall have become a Guarantor (with respect to the Canadian Loans only) and a Credit Party hereunder; and

(C) prior to or within ten (10) Business Days after the closing of any International Acquisition, the Credit Party making such acquisition shall pledge to Agent 66% of the voting stock and 100% of the nonvoting Stock of the Target;

(viii) Concurrently with delivery of the notice referred to in clause (b)(i) above, Borrowers shall have delivered to Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

(A) a pro forma consolidated balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement and Borrowing Availability summary of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (the “Acquisition Pro Forma”), based on the most recent monthly financial statements, which shall be complete and shall fairly present in all material respects the assets, liabilities, financial condition and results of operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, but taking into account such Permitted Acquisition and the funding of all Loans in connection therewith, and such Acquisition Pro Forma and the Acquisition Projections (as hereinafter defined) shall reflect that (w) Borrowers would have been in compliance with Section 4.2 (as if Aggregate Borrowing Availability had been less than $40,000,000) after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition and all Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection therewith (as if such Permitted Acquisition had occurred on the first day of the relevant 12-month measuring period preceding the Permitted Acquisition), (x) Aggregate Borrowing Availability (including, without duplication, that portion of Aggregate Borrowing Availability provided by the Overadvance and including any portion of the Revolving Loans constituting utilization of the Overadvance) at any time during the

365-day period preceding the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition would not have been less than $60,000,000 as if such Permitted Acquisition had occurred on the first day of such 365-day period), (y) Aggregate Borrowing Availability (including that portion of Aggregate Borrowing Availability provided by the Overadvance) is not projected to be less than $60,000,000 at any time during the 365-day period following the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition on a pro forma basis and (z) on a pro forma basis, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition; provided, that if the aggregate purchase price for any Permitted Acquisition is less than $25,000,000, the Acquisition Pro Forma shall be limited to a pro forma summary of Aggregate Borrowing Availability for the preceding one-year period and the tests set forth in clause (w) above need not be met;

(B) updated projections of Aggregate Borrowing Availability covering the one-year period commencing on the date of such Permitted Acquisition on a month-by-month basis (the “Acquisition Projections”), taking into account such Permitted Acquisition;

(C) if such Permitted Acquisition includes owned or leased real estate, a phase I environmental audit with respect to the Target in scope and substance consistent with the environmental audits delivered prior to the Closing Date demonstrating that Target and its assets are not subject to any material Environmental Liabilities; provided, that a Phase One environmental audit shall be required only if the relevant Credit Parties are not adequately indemnified against such material Environmental Liabilities by a credit-worthy indemnitor as reasonably determined by Agent; and

(D) a certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower Representative to the effect that: (x) the Acquisition Pro Forma fairly presents in all material respects the financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) as of the date thereof after giving effect to the Permitted Acquisition or, for Permitted Acquisitions with an aggregate purchase price less than $25,000,000, reasonable retrospective projections of Aggregate Borrowing Availability; and (y) the Acquisition Projections are reasonable projections of Aggregate Borrowing Availability;

(ix) at least five (5) days prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition, Agent shall have received drafts of the acquisition agreement and related agreements and instruments, and the final versions of such acquisition agreement and related agreements and instruments shall not be materially more adverse to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the drafts received, unless Agent receives updated drafts at least five (5) days prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition; and

(x) at the time of such Permitted Acquisition and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Accounts and Inventory of the Target shall not be included in Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory until Agent has received a reasonably satisfactory Collateral Audit report and Appraisal with respect thereto, provided that prior to the

scheduled consummation of a Permitted Acquisition, at the request of the Borrower Representative, the Agent will or will cause its representatives to perform and complete a Collateral Audit of the Target as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of such request; provided further that if the total consideration to be paid for a Permitted Acquisition is less than or equal to $10,000,000 (and not in excess of $20,000,000 in the aggregate for all Permitted Acquisitions during any Fiscal Year) the Accounts and Inventory of the Target(s) shall be immediately included in Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory, if the Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory supporting documentation and a Borrowing Base Certificate with respect to the Target(s) (whether or not a Collateral Audit has been completed). Further notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any single Permitted Acquisition for which the aggregate purchase price is less than $10,000,000, the conditions set forth in clauses (i), (viii) (except for sub-clauses (A), (B) and (C) of (viii)) and (ix) need not be complied with. For purposes of calculating the aggregate purchase price in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, any Stock of Holdings used as consideration shall be excluded.

3.7 Disposal of Assets or Subsidiary Stock. The Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to directly or indirectly convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or grant any Person an option to acquire, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, any of their respective property, business or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for (a) transactions not constituting Asset Dispositions, (b) dispositions of equipment, fixtures and real property that are obsolete, uneconomic or no longer useful (in each case in the reasonable opinion of such Credit Party), (c) transactions between a Credit Party and another Credit Party, (d) transactions permitted under Section 3.16, (e) transactions the proceeds of which are used for Capital Expenditures within 360 days of such Asset Disposition and (f) other Asset Dispositions by any Credit Party (excluding sales of Accounts and Stock of any Subsidiary) if all of the following conditions are met: (i) the aggregate market value of Asset Dispositions in any Fiscal Year does not exceed $40,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof; (ii) the consideration received is at least equal to the fair market value of such assets; (iii) the consideration received is cash or Cash Equivalents for at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the sale price and promissory notes for the balance; (iv) after giving effect to the Asset Disposition, Borrowers are in compliance with all other terms and conditions of this Agreement; and (v) no Event of Default then exists or would result from such Asset Disposition.

3.8 Transactions with Affiliates. The Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any management, consulting, investment banking, advisory or other similar services) with any Affiliate or with any director, officer or employee of any Credit Party, except (a) as set forth on Schedule 3.8, (b) transactions pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the business of any such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and upon fair and reasonable terms which, to the extent such transactions involve payments or asset transfers in excess of $5,000,000 in a single transaction or series of transactions (other than transactions with Apollo Operating Companies), are fully disclosed to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) and are no less favorable to any such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, (c) payment of reasonable compensation to officers and employees for services actually rendered to any such

Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (d) payment of customary director’s fees, (e) the Acquisition and transactions consummated pursuant to the Acquisition, (f) the payment to Apollo pursuant to the Management Consulting Agreement of management fees in connection with management services provided to Holdings and its Subsidiaries and advisory fees in connection with the Acquisition and Permitted Acquisitions and the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of Apollo incurred in connection with management services or acquisition advice, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amounts specified in the Management Consulting Agreement as in effect on the date hereof per Fiscal Year payable (i) in the case of management fees, quarterly on a pro rata basis, (ii) in the case of advisory fees, after the closing of the Acquisition or any Permitted Acquisition, and (iii) in the case of expenses, at the time when such expenses are incurred; provided, that no such payments may be made if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such payment or would occur as a result thereof; provided, however, that, if any portion of such management fees or advisory fees is not paid pursuant to the foregoing proviso, such management fees or advisory fees shall be payable to Apollo upon the waiver or cure of such Event of Default, (g) transactions between a Credit Party and another Credit Party and subject to the limitations herein regarding transactions between U.S. Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries and Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (h) transactions between Affiliates and Holdings with respect to the Stock of Holdings not otherwise prohibited hereunder, (i) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 3.5, (j) any transaction or series of transactions in respect of which any Borrower delivers to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of such Borrower or Holdings from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is (1) in the good faith determination of such Borrower or Holdings qualified to render such letter and (2) reasonably satisfactory to Agent, which letter states that such transaction or series of transactions is on terms that are no less favorable to such Credit Party than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate and (k) the Related Transactions.

3.9 Conduct of Business. The Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to directly or indirectly engage in any business other than businesses engaged in as of the Closing Date and businesses reasonably related thereto which would not materially adversely affect (i) the ability of Agents and Lenders to sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or (ii) the Credit Parties’ potential Environmental Liabilities.

3.10 Fiscal Year. No Credit Party shall change its Fiscal Year or permit any of its Subsidiaries to change their respective fiscal years; provided, that upon thirty (30) days’ prior notice to Agent the Credit Parties may change their Fiscal Year (such change to be applicable to all Credit Parties included in consolidated financial reporting under GAAP); provided further, that (i) such change does not defer the delivery of audited financial statements required hereunder by more than one Fiscal Quarter and (ii) Borrowers shall deliver such financial information (including reconciliations if required under GAAP) as Agent may reasonably request with respect to such change in Fiscal Year.

3.11 Press Release; Public Offering Materials. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement agrees that it will not issue any press release or similar public statement using the name of GE Capital or GE Canada or their Affiliates without at least two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to GE Capital or GE Canada and without the prior written consent of GE Capital

(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall be deemed given if no objection is made within such two (2) Business Day period). For purposes of clarification, no such notice or consent is required with respect to any filing with any Government Authority required by applicable law. Each Credit Party consents to the publication by Agents or any Lender of a tombstone or similar advertising material relating to the financing transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Agents or such Lender shall provide a draft of any such tombstone or similar advertising material to each Credit Party for review and comment prior to the publication thereof. Agents reserve the right to provide to industry trade organizations information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements.

3.12 Subsidiaries. The Credit Parties may form new Subsidiaries subject to compliance with Section 2.11(c) hereof.

3.13 Bank Accounts. The Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to establish any new bank account without prior written notice to Agent (or, in the case of a Canadian bank account located at a bank branch in Canada (a “Canadian bank account”), Canadian Agent) and unless Agent (or, in the case of a Canadian bank account, Canadian Agent) and the bank at which the account is to be opened enter into a tri-party agreement regarding such bank account pursuant to which such bank acknowledges the security interest of Agent (or, in the case of a Canadian bank account, Canadian Agent) in such bank account, agrees to comply with instructions originated by Agent (or, in the case of a Canadian bank account, Canadian Agent) directing disposition of the funds in the bank account without further consent from such Credit Party or Subsidiary, and agrees to limit any security interest the bank may have in the bank account on terms satisfactory to Agent (or, in the case of a Canadian bank account, Canadian Agent), in its reasonable credit judgment and consistent with similar agreements entered into as of the Closing Date with respect to bank accounts. All Credit Parties shall deposit all proceeds of Collateral only in bank accounts subject to such tri-party agreements and, shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to permit any checks to be outstanding against a Canadian bank account (other than disbursement accounts) at any time; provided, that this requirement and the requirements set forth in the foregoing sentence shall not apply to disbursement accounts to which customer payments are not deposited at any time located at a bank branch in the United States or Canada that are not subject to such tri-party agreements as of the Closing Date; and provided, further, that, the Credit Parties shall not, at any time, cause or permit cash to accumulate in such disbursement accounts in excess of the minimum amount required to cover outstanding checks and meet minimum balance requirements, including minimum balances required to be maintained for insurance accounts.

3.14 Hazardous Materials. The Credit Parties shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to cause or permit a Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of the Real Estate where such Release would (a) violate in any respect, or form the basis for any Environmental Liabilities by the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries under, any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or (b) otherwise adversely impact the value or marketability of any of the Real Estate or any of the Collateral for commercial or industrial uses substantially similar to those conducted on the Closing Date, other than such violations or Environmental Liabilities or adverse impacts that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

3.15 ERISA and Canadian Pension and Benefit Plans.

(a) Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit any ERISA Affiliate to, cause or permit to occur an ERISA Event to the extent such ERISA Event could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(b) Credit Parties shall not permit an event under any Canadian Benefit Plan or Canadian Pension Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

3.16 Sale-Leasebacks.

(a) The Credit Parties shall not and shall not cause or permit any of their Subsidiaries to engage in any sale-leaseback, lease in-lease out transaction or similar transaction involving any of its assets, other than sale-leaseback transactions, lease in-lease out transactions and similar transactions resulting in the incurrence of not more than $50,000,000 of Indebtedness.

3.17 Prepayments of Other Indebtedness. The Credit Parties shall not, directly or indirectly, voluntarily purchase, redeem, defease or prepay any principal of, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of any Subordinated Debt except (i) with the proceeds of the issuance of Stock, (ii) with the proceeds of a refinancing permitted by Section 3.1(s), and (iii) if prepaid or repurchased subject to the conditions applicable to Permitted Distributions set forth in Section 3.5(d); provided, that the aggregate amount of such repurchases or prepayments, as of any date of determination, shall not exceed the amount of Permitted Distributions permitted pursuant to Section 3.5(d) and shall reduce the amount of Permitted Distributions which may be made pursuant to Section 3.5(d) and the amount of Investments permitted pursuant to Section 3.3(o) on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

3.18 [Intentionally Omitted]

3.19 Incurrence of Funded Debt. Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall not incur additional Funded Debt, including Indebtedness otherwise permitted by Section 3.1 hereof if the Specified Leverage Ratio (calculated assuming such newly incurred Indebtedness was outstanding on the last day of the Specified Leverage Ratio Measuring Period) would exceed the Applicable Leverage Ratio after giving effect to any such incurrence.

SECTION 4.

FINANCIAL COVENANTS/REPORTING

Borrowers covenant and agree that from and after the date hereof until the Termination Date, Borrowers shall perform and comply with, and shall cause each of the other Credit Parties to perform and comply with, all covenants in this Section 4 applicable to such Person.

4.1 [Intentionally Omitted].

4.2 Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. So long as Aggregate Borrowing Availability is less than $50,000,000, Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.1 to 1.0, measured as of the last day of each month for the trailing twelve months then ended.

4.3 Financial Statements and Other Reports. Holdings and Borrowers will maintain, and cause each of their Subsidiaries to maintain, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation of Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP (it being understood that monthly and interim Financial Statements are not required to have footnote disclosures). Borrower Representative will deliver each of the Financial Statements and other reports described below to Agents (and each Lender in the case of the Financial Statements and other reports described in Sections 4.3(a), (b), (d), (f), (g), (h), and (k)) (it being understood that filing reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission or making such reports available on Borrower Representative’s website (▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇) shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.3 to the extent such reports include the information specified herein).

(a) Monthly Financials. As soon as available and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each month (including the last month of Holdings’ Fiscal Year), Borrower Representative will deliver (1) the consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and Borrower Representative, as at the end of such month, and the related consolidated statements of income, Stockholders’ equity and cash flow for such month and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year of Holdings and Borrower Representative to the end of such month, (2) a report setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year and the corresponding figures from the most recent Projections for the current Fiscal Year delivered pursuant to Section 4.3(f) and (3) a schedule of the outstanding Indebtedness for borrowed money of Holdings and its Subsidiaries describing in reasonable detail each such debt issue or loan outstanding and the principal amount and amount of accrued and unpaid interest with respect to each such debt issue or loan.

(b) Year-End Financials. As soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of Holdings, Borrower Representative will deliver (1) the consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such year, and the related consolidated statements of income, Stockholders’ equity and cash flow for such Fiscal Year, (2) unaudited consolidated balance sheets of UAP and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such year, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income, Stockholder’s equity and cash flow for such Fiscal Year, certified by a financial officer of Holdings that the financial statements delivered pursuant to this clause (2) were derived from the corresponding audited financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and the corresponding audited condensed financial statements of Holdings, (3) upon the reasonable request of the Agent, unaudited balance sheets of the other U.S. Borrowers, other than UAP, as at the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related statements of income, Stockholders’ equity and cash flow for such Fiscal Year, (4) a schedule of the outstanding Indebtedness for borrowed money of Holdings and its Subsidiaries describing in reasonable detail each such debt issue or loan outstanding and the principal amount and amount of accrued and unpaid interest with respect to each such debt issue or loan and (5) a report with respect to the consolidated Financial Statements from a firm of certified public accountants selected by Borrowers and reasonably acceptable to Agents, which

report shall be prepared in accordance with Statement of Auditing Standards No. 58 (the “Statement”) “Reports on Audited Financial Statements” and such report shall be “Unqualified” as to going concern and scope of audit (as such term is defined in such Statement).

(c) Accountants’ Reports. Promptly upon receipt thereof, Borrower Representative will deliver, if such accountants consent to such delivery, copies of all significant reports submitted by Borrowers’ firm of certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit or review of any type of the Financial Statements or related internal control systems of Borrowers or their Subsidiaries made by such accountants, including any comment letter submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their services.

(d) Additional Deliveries. Borrower Representative shall deliver:

(i) To Agent, no later than seven (7) Business Days after the end of each Fiscal Month (or more frequently if requested by Agent while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) (together with a copy of any of the following reports requested by Agent in writing after the Closing Date), a Borrowing Base Certificate with respect to UAP and its Domestic Subsidiaries and Canadian Borrower, accompanied by items (A) through (C) below and such other supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) in its reasonable credit judgment (in substantially the same form as Exhibit 4.3(d), with appropriate attachments) (the “Borrowing Base Certificate”); provided, that if Aggregate Borrowing Availability is less than $75,000,000 after the Closing Date, the Borrowing Base Certificates shall instead be delivered by Borrower Representative to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, to Canadian Agent), at Agent’s (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent’s) request, no later than Noon (New York time) on Wednesday of each week (each of which shall be prepared by UAP and Canadian Borrower as of the last day of the immediately preceding week):

(A) with respect to each Credit Party, in conjunction with each Borrowing Base Certificate, a summary of Inventory by location and type with a supporting perpetual Inventory report;

(B) with respect to each Credit Party, in conjunction with each Borrowing Base Certificate, a monthly trial balance showing Accounts outstanding aged from due date as follows: current, 1 to 30 days past due and 31 to 60 days past due or more; and

(C) a collateral report indicating additions and reductions (cash and non-cash) with respect to accounts of each Borrower.

All Borrowing Base Certificate calculations shall be made in Dollars, in the case of calculations of the U.S. Borrowing Base, and in Canadian Dollars, in the case of the Canadian Borrowing Base; provided, that the Canadian Borrowing Base shall be converted to Dollars from time to time in accordance with Section 1.13 at the exchange rates most recently quoted by Agent in accordance with such Section 1.13.

(ii) If requested by Agent, to Agent, (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) a list of any applications for the registration of any Patent,

Trademark or Copyright filed by any Credit Party with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, the Canadian Industrial Design Office, the Canadian Patent Office, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, the Canadian Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in the prior Fiscal Quarter.

(e) Appraisals; Inspections. Within 60 days prior to June 30^th of each year and December 31^st of each year, Borrower Representative (or in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) shall deliver to Agent an Appraisal of Borrowers’ Inventory; provided, that the mid-year Appraisal shall be a desktop appraisal so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(f) Projections. As soon as available and in any event no later than the last day of each of Holdings’ Fiscal Years, Borrower Representative will deliver Projections of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the forthcoming fiscal year, month by month.

(g) SEC Filings and Press Releases. Promptly upon their becoming available, Borrower Representative will deliver copies of (1) all Financial Statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available by Holdings, Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries to their Stockholders, (2) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by Holdings, Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any Governmental Authority or any private regulatory authority, and (3) all press releases and other statements made available by Holdings, Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries to the public concerning developments in the business of any such Person.

(h) Events of Default, Etc. Promptly upon any senior executive officer of any Credit Party obtaining knowledge of any of the following events or conditions, Borrower Representative shall deliver copies of all notices given or received by such Borrower or Holdings or any of their Subsidiaries with respect to any such event or condition and a certificate of Borrower Representative’s chief executive officer specifying the nature and period of existence of such event or condition and what action Holdings, Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto: (1) any condition or event that constitutes an Event of Default or Default; (2) any notice that any Person has given to any Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or any other action taken with respect to a claimed default or event or condition of the type referred to in Section 6.1(b); or (3) any event or condition that has had a Material Adverse Effect.

(i) Litigation. Promptly upon any officer of any Credit Party obtaining knowledge of (1) the institution of any action, charge, claim, demand, suit, proceeding, petition, governmental investigation or arbitration now pending or, to the best knowledge of such Credit Party after due inquiry, threatened against or affecting any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (“Litigation”) not previously disclosed by Borrower Representative to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) or (2) any material development in any action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or arbitration at any time pending against or affecting any Credit Party or any property of any Credit Party which, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, Borrower Representative will promptly give notice thereof to Agent (or, in the case of

Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) and, subject to protecting privileges, provide such other information as may be reasonably available to them without violating any contractual confidentiality obligation applicable to the Credit Parties to enable Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) and its counsel to evaluate such matter. Notwithstanding Section 5(a)(viii) of the Security Agreement, each Grantor (as such term is defined in the Security Agreement) shall be required to notify Agent of any commercial tort claim only to the extent such claim involves a net amount in excess of $250,000 and only on a quarterly basis.

(j) Notice of Corporate and other Changes. Borrower Representative shall provide prompt written notice of any Subsidiary created or acquired by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, such notice, in each case, to identify the applicable jurisdictions, capital structures or Subsidiaries, as applicable. The foregoing notice requirement shall not be construed to constitute consent by any of the Lenders to any transaction referred to above which is not expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

(k) Compliance and Excess Cash Flow Certificate. Together with each delivery of Financial Statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 4.3(a) and (b), Borrowers will deliver a fully and properly completed Compliance and Excess Cash Flow Certificate (in substantially the same form as Exhibit 4.3(k) (the “Compliance and Excess Cash Flow Certificate”) signed by Borrower Representative’s chief executive officer or chief financial officer.

(l) USA Patriot Act. Borrower Representative will furnish promptly after the request by Agent or any Lender all documentation and other information that Agent or such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 5318 et seq.).

(m) Other Information. With reasonable promptness, Borrower Representative will deliver such other information and data with respect to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Agent.

4.4 Accounting Terms; Utilization of GAAP for Purposes of Calculations Under Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information furnished to Agents pursuant to Section 4.3 or any other section (unless specifically indicated otherwise) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation; provided, that no Accounting Change shall affect financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement; provided further that Borrowers shall prepare footnotes to the Financial Statements required to be delivered hereunder that show the differences between the Financial Statements delivered (which reflect such Accounting Changes) and the basis for calculating financial covenant compliance (without reflecting such Accounting Changes). All such adjustments described in clause (c) of the definition of the term Accounting Changes resulting from expenditures made subsequent to the Closing Date (including capitalization of costs and expenses or payment of pre-Closing Date liabilities) shall be treated as expenses in the period the expenditures are made.

SECTION 5.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce Agents and Lenders to enter into the Loan Documents, to make Advances and to issue or cause to be issued Letters of Credit, Borrowers and the other Credit Parties executing this Agreement, represent, warrant and covenant to Agents and each Lender that the following statements are, and immediately after giving effect to the Related Transactions will be, true, correct and complete with respect to all Credit Parties, as applicable:

5.1 Disclosure. No representation or warranty of any Credit Party contained in this Agreement, the Financial Statements referred to in Section 5.5, the other Related Transactions Documents or any other document, certificate or written statement furnished to Agents or any Lender by or on behalf of any such Person for use in connection with the Loan Documents or the Related Transactions Documents (other than the Projections, estimates and information of a general economic nature), taken as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which the same were made as of the date such information was furnished to Agents or Lenders and as of the Closing Date. Projections and estimates and information of a general economic nature delivered in connection with the Related Transactions and transactions contemplated hereby are based upon the estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which Borrowers believed at the time of delivery to be reasonable and fair in light of current conditions and current facts known to Borrowers as of such delivery date, and reflect Borrowers’ good faith and reasonable estimates of the future financial performance of Borrowers and of the other information projected therein for the period set forth therein. Such Projections are not a guaranty of future performance and actual results may differ from those set forth in such Projections.

5.2 No Material Adverse Effect. Since February 26, 2006 there have been no events or changes in facts or circumstances affecting any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries which individually or in the aggregate have had a Material Adverse Effect and that have not been disclosed herein or in the attached Disclosure Schedules.

5.3 No Conflict. The consummation of the Related Transactions does not and will not violate or conflict with any laws, rules, regulations or orders of any Governmental Authority or violate, conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default (with due notice or lapse of time or both) under any Contractual Obligation or organizational documents of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries except if such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults could not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

5.4 Organization, Powers, Capitalization and Good Standing.

(a) Organization and Powers. Each of the Credit Parties and each of their Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and qualified to do business in all states where such qualification is required except where failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, the jurisdiction of organization and all

jurisdictions in which each Credit Party is qualified to do business are set forth on Schedule 5.4(a). Each of the Credit Parties and each of their Subsidiaries has all requisite organizational power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted, to enter into each Related Transactions Document to which it is a party and to incur the Obligations, grant liens and security interests in the Collateral and carry out the Related Transactions, subject to specific representations set forth herein regarding ERISA, Environmental Laws, tax and other laws, Credit Parties are in compliance with all applicable provisions of law, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Capitalization. As of the Closing Date: (i) the authorized Stock of each of the Credit Parties and each of their Subsidiaries is as set forth on Schedule 5.4(b); (ii) all issued and outstanding Stock of each of the Credit Parties and each of their Subsidiaries is duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens other than those in favor of Agents for the benefit of Agents and Lenders, and such Stock was issued in compliance with all applicable state, federal and foreign laws concerning the issuance of securities; (iii) the identity of the holders of the Stock of each of the Credit Parties and each of their Subsidiaries and the percentage of their fully-diluted ownership of the Stock of each of the Credit Parties and each of their Subsidiaries is set forth on Schedule 5.4(b); and (iv) no Stock of any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries, other than those described above, are issued and outstanding. Except as provided in Schedule 5.4(b), as of the Closing Date, there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights or similar agreements or understandings for the purchase or acquisition from any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries of any Stock of any such entity.

(c) Binding Obligation. This Agreement is, and the other Loan Documents and the Related Transactions Documents when executed and delivered will be, the legally valid and binding obligations of the applicable Credit Parties thereto, each enforceable against each of such Credit Parties, as applicable, in accordance with their respective terms except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

5.5 Financial Statements and Projections. All Financial Statements concerning Holdings, Borrowers and their Subsidiaries which have been or will hereafter be furnished to Agents pursuant to this Agreement, including those listed below, have been or will be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except as disclosed therein) and do or will present fairly the financial condition of the entities covered thereby as at the dates thereof and the results of their operations for the periods then ended, subject to, in the case of unaudited Financial Statements, the absence of footnotes and audit and normal year-end adjustments.

(a) The consolidated balance sheets at February 26, 2006 and the related statement of income of Holdings and its subsidiaries, for the Fiscal Year then ended, audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP.

(b) The consolidated balance sheet at April 23, 2006 and the related statement of income of Holdings and its subsidiaries for the two (2) months then ended.

The Projections delivered on or prior to the Closing Date and the updated Projections delivered pursuant to Section 4.3(f) are or will be based upon the estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which Borrowers believed at the time of delivery to be reasonable and fair in light of current conditions and current facts known to Borrowers as of such delivery date, and reflect Borrowers’ good faith and reasonable estimates of the future financial performance of Borrowers and of the other information projected therein for the period set forth therein. Such Projections are not a guaranty of future performance and actual results may differ from those set forth in such Projections.

5.6 Intellectual Property. As of the Closing Date, each of the Credit Parties and its Subsidiaries owns, is licensed to use or otherwise has the right to use, all Intellectual Property used in or necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted that is material to the condition (financial or other), business or operations of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries. Schedule 5.6 includes a list as of the Closing Date of (i) the registration (or patent) for each registered item of Intellectual Property (or patent) owned by the Credit Parties and material to the condition (financial or other), business or operations of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, (ii) the application for the registration (or patent) for each item of Intellectual Property for which an application for registration (or patent) is pending and owned by the Credit Parties and material to the condition (financial or other), business or operations of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, and (iii) each license or other agreement under which the Intellectual Property of a third-party is licensed by the Credit Parties and material to the condition (financial or other), business or operations of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, other than normal and routine off-the-shelf software license agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6, as of the Closing Date, all such material Intellectual Property that is owned by the Credit Parties and their subsidiaries is duly and properly registered, filed or issued in the appropriate office and jurisdictions for such registrations, filings or issuances. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6, all such material Intellectual Property that the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries are licensed to use or otherwise have the right to use is used pursuant to a valid license agreement in full force and effect. As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party has received any written notice or claim of infringement which could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Credit Parties by or from any other Person with respect to any material Intellectual Property, with the exception of those claims set forth on Schedule 5.6.

5.7 Investigations, Audits, Etc. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 5.7, no Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries is the subject of any review or audit by the IRS or any governmental investigation known to such Credit Party concerning the violation or possible violation of any law.

5.8 Employee Matters. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 5.8, (a) no Credit Party or Subsidiary of a Credit Party nor any of their respective employees is subject to any collective bargaining agreement, (b) no petition for certification or union election is pending with respect to the employees of any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries and no union or collective bargaining unit has sought such certification or recognition with respect to the employees of any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries, (c) there are no strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages or controversies pending or, to the best knowledge of any Credit Party after due inquiry, threatened between any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries and its respective employees, other than employee grievances arising in the ordinary course of business which

could not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (d) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each Credit Party and each of their Subsidiaries comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and each other federal, state, provincial, local or foreign law applicable to such matters, except, in each case, for any non-compliance arising in the ordinary course of business that can be resolved in the ordinary course of business without material liability to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and without materially adversely affecting the business of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 5.8, neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to an employment contract requiring payments in excess of $200,000 per calendar year.

5.9 Solvency. Each of the Credit Parties and its Subsidiaries is Solvent.

5.10 Litigation; Adverse Facts. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 5.10, there are no judgments outstanding against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or affecting any property of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is there any Litigation pending, or to the best knowledge of any Credit Party threatened, against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Effect.

5.11 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.

(a) No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used for “buying” or “carrying” “margin stock” within the respective meanings of such terms under Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any other purpose that violates the provisions of the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. If requested by Agent, each Credit Party will furnish to Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U.

(b) Borrowers shall utilize the proceeds of the Loans solely for the prepayment and cancellation of the Senior Notes and the Senior Discount Notes, for Permitted Acquisitions, and for the financing of Borrowers’ working capital and general corporate needs and other uses of cash permitted herein.

5.12 Ownership of Property; Liens. As of the Closing Date, the real estate (“Real Estate”) listed in Schedule 5.12 constitutes materially all of the real property owned, leased, subleased, or used by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries. Each of the Credit Parties and each of its Subsidiaries owns good and marketable fee simple title to all of its owned Real Estate, and valid leasehold interests in all of its leased Real Estate, all as described on Schedule 5.12, and, to the extent requested in writing by Agent or Canadian Agent, copies of all such leases or a summary of terms thereof reasonably satisfactory to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) have been delivered to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent). Schedule 5.12 further describes any Real Estate with respect to which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a lessor or sublessor as of the Closing Date. Each of the Credit Parties and each of its Subsidiaries also has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of its personal property and assets as of the Closing Date, except where

a failure to have such title or interest could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, none of the properties and assets of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries are subject to any Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances, and there are no facts, circumstances or conditions known to any Borrower that are reasonably likely to result in any Liens (including Liens arising under Environmental Laws) other than Permitted Encumbrances against the properties or assets of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries. Schedule 5.12 also describes any purchase options, rights of first refusal or other similar contractual rights pertaining to any Real Estate that is material to the business of the Credit Parties as of the Closing Date. As of the Closing Date, no material portion of the Real Estate has suffered any material damage by fire or other casualty loss that has not heretofore been repaired and restored in all material respects to its original condition or otherwise remedied or is currently being repaired or otherwise remedied. As of the Closing Date, all material permits required to have been issued to enable the Real Estate to be occupied pursuant to laws in all material respects and used for all of the purposes for which it is currently occupied and used have been lawfully issued and are in full force and effect.

5.13 Environmental Matters.

(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.13, as of the Closing Date: (i) the real property owned, leased or subleased by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is free of contamination from any Hazardous Material except for such contamination that could not reasonably be expected to impact materially and adversely the value or marketability of such Real Estate (based on continued commercial or industrial use as part of the Credit Parties’ business or a similar business to that conducted on the Closing Date) and that could not reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the aggregate; (ii) no Credit Party and no Subsidiary of a Credit Party has caused or suffered to occur any Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of their Real Estate, except for such Releases that could not reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate; (iii) the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance with all Environmental Laws, except for such noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the aggregate; (iv) the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries have obtained, and are in compliance with, all Environmental Permits required by Environmental Laws for the operations of their respective businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to so obtain or comply with such Environmental Permits could not reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the aggregate, and all such Environmental Permits are valid, uncontested and in good standing; (v) no Credit Party and no Subsidiary of a Credit Party is involved in operations or knows of any facts, circumstances or conditions, including any Releases of Hazardous Materials, that are likely to result in any Environmental Liabilities of such Credit Party or Subsidiary which could reasonably be expected to be in excess of $500,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the aggregate, and no Credit Party or Subsidiary of a Credit Party has permitted any current or former tenant or occupant of the Real Estate to engage in any such operations; (vi) there is no Litigation arising under or related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits or Hazardous Material that seeks damages, penalties, fines, costs or

expenses in excess of $500,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the aggregate or injunctive relief against, or that alleges criminal misconduct by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party; (vii) no notice has been received by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party identifying any of them as a “potentially responsible party” or requesting information under CERCLA or analogous state statutes, Canadian federal or provincial statutes, and to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions that may result in any of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries being identified as a “potentially responsible party” under CERCLA or analogous state statutes, Canadian federal or provincial statutes; and (viii) the Credit Parties have provided to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) (x) a list of all existing, non-privileged, Phase One or Phase Two environmental reports, environmental compliance reviews or audits, or documents of similar scope and content, material unresolved notices of violation, pending complaints, and pending orders pertaining to actual or potential Environmental Liabilities, in each case relating to any of the Credit Parties or their subsidiaries, and in each case (i) in the possession, custody or control of Apollo Management, L.P. as of November 23, 2003 or (ii) created since November 23, 2003 and (y) copies of any such environmental reports or documents requested by Agent.

(b) Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) (i) is not now, and has not ever been, in control of any of the Real Estate or affairs of such Credit Party or its Subsidiaries, and (ii) does not have the capacity through the provisions of the Loan Documents or otherwise to influence any Credit Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ conduct with respect to the ownership, operation or management of any of their Real Estate or compliance with Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits.

5.14 ERISA And Canadian Pension And Benefit Plans.

(a) As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.14(a) lists and separately identifies all Title IV Plans, Multiemployer Plans, ESOPs and Retiree Welfare Plans. Copies of all Plans listed on Schedule 5.14(a), together with a copy of the latest form IRS/DOL 5500-Series for each such Plan have been delivered to Agent. Except for failures to comply which individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the IRC and (ii) neither any Credit Party nor ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a “prohibited transaction,” as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the IRC, in connection with any Plan, that would subject any Credit Party to a material tax on prohibited transactions imposed by Section 502(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the IRC. No Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make any contribution or pay any amount due as required by either Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any such Title IV Plan in excess of $500,000.

(b) As of the Closing Date, except as set forth in Schedule 5.14(a): (i) no Title IV Plan has an Unfunded Pension Liability in excess of $10,000,000; (ii) no ERISA Event or event described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA with respect to any Title IV Plan has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur which could reasonably be expected to result in liability to a Credit Party in excess of $500,000; (iii) there are no pending, or to the knowledge of any Borrower, threatened claims (other than claims for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Plan or any Person as fiduciary or sponsor of any Plan which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) no Credit Party

or ERISA Affiliate has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (v) within the last five years no Title IV Plan of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate has been terminated, whether or not in a “standard termination” as that term is used in Section 404(b)(1) of ERISA, nor has any Title IV Plan of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate (determined at any time within the past five years) with Unfunded Pension Liabilities been transferred outside of the “controlled group” (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA) of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (vi) except in the case of any eligible individual account plan as defined in ERISA Section 407(d)(3), Stock of all Credit Parties and their ERISA Affiliates makes up, in the aggregate, no more than 10% of fair market value of the assets of any Plan measured on the basis of fair market value as of the latest valuation date of any Plan.

(c) As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.14(b) lists all Canadian Benefit Plans and Canadian Pension Plans. As of the Closing Date, all Canadian Benefit Plans (other than, for greater certainty, universal plans created by and to which any Credit Party is obligated to contribute by statute) and Canadian Pension Plans adopted by any Credit Party have been made available to Agent and Canadian Agent. As of the Closing Date, (i) the Canadian Pension Plans are duly registered under the ITA and all other applicable laws which require registration and no event has occurred which is reasonably likely to cause the loss of such registered status, (ii) all material obligations of any Credit Party (including fiduciary, funding, investment and administration obligations) required to be performed in connection with the Canadian Pension Plans and the funding agreements therefor have been performed in a timely fashion, (iii) there have been no improper withdrawals or applications of the assets of the Canadian Pension Plans or the Canadian Benefit Plans, (iv) there are no outstanding disputes concerning the assets of the Canadian Pension Plans or the Canadian Benefit Plans, (v) each of the Canadian Pension Plans is fully funded on a solvency basis (using actuarial methods and assumptions which are consistent with the valuations last filed with the applicable Governmental Authorities and which are consistent with generally accepted actuarial principles), and (vi) neither Canadian Borrower nor its Domestic Subsidiaries employs any employees outside of Canada.

5.15 Brokers. No broker or finder acting on behalf of any Credit Party or Affiliate thereof brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the Loans or the Related Transactions, and no Credit Party or Affiliate thereof has any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees in connection therewith other than to Credit Suisse as dealer manager in connection with the purchase of the Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes through a tender offer.

5.16 Deposit and Disbursement Accounts. Schedule 5.16 lists all banks and other financial institutions at which any Credit Party maintains deposit or other accounts as of the Closing Date, including any disbursement accounts, and Schedule 5.16 correctly identifies the name, address and telephone number of each depository, the name in which the account is held, a description of the purpose of the account, and the complete account number therefor.

5.17 Agreements and Other Documents. As of the Closing Date, each Credit Party has provided to Agents or their counsel, accurate and complete copies (or summaries) of all of the

following agreements or documents to which it is subject: to the extent requested by Agent, (i) supply agreements and purchase agreements not terminable by such Credit Party within sixty (60) days following written notice issued by such Credit Party and involving transactions in excess of $2,500,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof per annum; (ii) leases of Equipment having a remaining term of one year or longer and requiring aggregate rental and other payments in excess of $2,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof per annum; (iii) licenses and permits held by the Credit Parties, the absence of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) instruments and documents evidencing any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness of such Credit Party and any Lien granted by such Credit Party with respect thereto; and (v) instruments and agreements evidencing the issuance of any equity securities, warrants, rights or options to purchase equity securities of such Credit Party.

5.18 Insurance. Schedule 5.18 lists all insurance policies of any nature maintained, as of the Closing Date, for current occurrences by each Credit Party, as well as a summary of the key business terms of each such policy such as deductibles, coverage limits and term of policy.

5.19 Taxes and Tax Returns.

(a) As of the Closing Date, (i) all Tax Returns required to be filed by the Credit Parties have been timely and properly filed and (ii) all taxes for which a notice of assessment or collection has been received (other than amounts being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings), have been paid except for any such filings, payments or accruals which would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No Governmental Authority has asserted any claim for taxes, or to any Credit Party’s knowledge, has threatened to assert any claim for taxes that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, for which such Credit Party is not indemnified by ConAgra. All taxes required by law to be withheld or collected and remitted (including, without limitation, income, tax, Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan contributions, unemployment insurance and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ compensation premiums) with respect to the Credit Parties have been withheld or collected and paid to the appropriate Governmental Authorities (or are properly being held for such payment), except for amounts which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) None of the Credit Parties has been notified that either the IRS, the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency or any other Governmental Authority has raised any adjustments or intends to raise such adjustments, in connection with any Tax Return of the Credit Parties, which adjustments would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) None of the Credit Parties is a party to, is bound by, or has any obligation under, any tax sharing agreement, tax indemnification agreement or similar contract or arrangement, excluding leases entered into in the ordinary course of business and sales contracts, that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) As of the Closing Date, Canadian Borrower is a registrant for the purposes of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) having registration number 87 543 1603 RT 001 and 88 639 9849 RC 001, respectively, and is not a financial institution within the meaning of the Excise Tax Act (Canada). As of the Closing Date, none of the Credit Parties (excluding Canadian

Borrower) is a registrant for the purposes of the Excise Tax Act (Canada). As of the Closing Date, none of the Credit Parties (excluding Canadian Borrower) has made any election under the Excise Tax Act (Canada).

SECTION 6.

DEFAULT, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

6.1 Event of Default. “Event of Default” shall mean the occurrence or existence of any one or more of the following:

(a) Payment. (1) Failure to pay any installment or other payment of principal of any Loan when due, or to repay Revolving Loans to reduce their balance to the maximum amount of Revolving Loans then permitted to be outstanding or to reimburse any L/C Issuer for any payment made by such L/C Issuer under or in respect of any Letter of Credit when due or (2) failure to pay, within five (5) Business Days after the due date, any interest on any Loan or any other amount due under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; or

(b) Default in Other Agreements. (1) Any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries fails to pay when due or within any applicable grace period any principal or interest on Indebtedness (other than the Loans) or any Contingent Obligations or (2) breach or default of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or the occurrence of any condition or event, with respect to any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) or any Contingent Obligations, if the effect of such failure to pay or such breach, default or occurrence is to cause or to permit the holder or holders then to cause (with all applicable grace periods having expired), Indebtedness and/or Contingent Obligations having an individual principal amount in excess of $20,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof or having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $20,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof to become or be declared due prior to their stated maturity or to take enforcement action with respect thereto; or

(c) Breach of Certain Provisions; Breach of Warranty. Failure of any Credit Party to (i) perform or comply with any term or condition contained in Section 2.4(a) as to Borrowers only, Sections 2.11(c), 3, 4.2 or 4.3(h)(1); or (ii) perform, keep or observe any of the provisions of Section 2.3 or Section 4.3(d)(i) solely with respect to Borrowing Base Certificates, and solely with respect to Section 2.3 and Section 4.3(d)(i), such failure shall remain unremedied for fifteen (15) days or more; or

(d) Borrowing Base Certificate; Breach of Warranty. Any information contained in any Borrowing Base Certificate or any representation or warranty herein or in any Loan Document or in any written statement, report, financial statement or certificate (other than a Borrowing Base Certificate) made or delivered to Agent, Canadian Agent or any Lender by any Credit Party is untrue or incorrect in any material respect (without duplication of materiality qualifiers contained therein) as of the date when made or deemed made; or

(e) Other Defaults Under Loan Documents. Any Credit Party defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (other than occurrences described in other provisions of this Section 6.1 for which a different grace or cure period is specified, or for which no cure period is specified and which constitute immediate Events of Default) and such default is not remedied or waived within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (1) receipt by Borrower Representative of notice from either Agent or Requisite Lenders of such default or (2) actual knowledge of a senior executive officer of any Borrower or any other Credit Party of such default; or

(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. (1) A court enters a decree or order for relief with respect to any Credit Party in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Insolvency Law, which decree or order is not stayed or other similar relief is not granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (2) the continuance of any of the following events for sixty (60) days unless dismissed, bonded or discharged: (a) an involuntary case is commenced against any Credit Party, under any Insolvency Law; or (b) a decree or order of a court for the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over any Credit Party, or over all or a substantial part of its property, is entered; or (c) a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee or other custodian is appointed without the consent of a Credit Party, for all or a substantial part of the property of the Credit Party; or

(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. (1) any Credit Party commences a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Insolvency Law, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case under any such law or consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or (2) any Credit Party makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (3) any Credit Party fails to pay its debts as they become due or admits in writing its present or prospective inability to pay its debts as they become due; or (4) the board of directors of any Credit Party adopts any resolution or otherwise authorizes action to approve any of the actions referred to in this Section 6.1(g); or

(h) Judgment and Attachments. Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process (other than those described elsewhere in this Section 6.1) involving (1) an amount in any individual case in excess of $10,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof or (2) an amount in the aggregate at any time in excess of $10,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof (in either case to the extent not adequately covered by insurance in Agent’s (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent’s) sole discretion as to which the insurance company has acknowledged coverage) is entered or filed against one or more of the Credit Parties or any of their respective assets and remains undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days or in any event later than five (5) Business Days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder; or

(i) Dissolution. Any order, judgment or decree is entered against any Credit Party decreeing the dissolution or split up of such Credit Party and such order remains undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of sixty (60) days; or

(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Credit Party denies that it has any further liability under any material provision of the Loan Documents to which it is party, or gives notice to such effect; or

(k) Change of Control. A Change of Control occurs.

6.2 Suspension or Termination of Commitments. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Agents may, and at the request of Requisite Lenders, Agents shall, without notice or demand, immediately suspend or terminate all or any portion of Lenders’ obligations to make additional Loans or issue or cause to be issued Letters of Credit under the Revolving Loan Commitment.

6.3 Acceleration and other Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Sections 6.1(f) or 6.1(g), the Commitments shall be immediately terminated and all of the Obligations, including the Revolving Loans, shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived (including for purposes of Section 10) by Borrowers, and the Commitments shall thereupon terminate. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, Agents may, and at the request of the Requisite Lenders, Agents shall, by written notice to Borrower Representative (a) reduce the aggregate amount of the Commitments from time to time, (b) declare all or any portion of the Loans and all or any portion of the other Obligations to be, and the same shall forthwith become, immediately due and payable together with accrued interest thereon (“Acceleration of the Obligations”), (c) terminate all or any portion of the obligations of Agents, L/C Issuers and Lenders to make Revolving Credit Advances and issue Letters of Credit, (d) demand that U.S. Borrowers immediately deliver cash to Agent for the benefit of L/C Issuers (and U.S. Borrowers shall then immediately so deliver) in an amount equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the aggregate outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations, (e) require that Credit Parties deliver to Agent (or, in the case of Supplemental Real Estate owned by Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) a fully executed Mortgage over each parcel of Supplemental Real Estate in form and substance satisfactory to Agent (or, in the case of Supplemental Real Estate owned by Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent), together with such title insurance policies, surveys, appraisals, evidence of insurance, legal opinions, environmental assessments and other documents and certificates as shall be required by Agent (or, in the case of Supplemental Real Estate owned by Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) (and Credit Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver the foregoing within thirty (30) days) and (f) exercise any other remedies which may be available under the Loan Documents or applicable law. Borrowers hereby grant to Agent, for the benefit of L/C Issuers and each Lender with a participation in any Letters of Credit then outstanding, a security interest in such cash collateral to secure all of the Letter of Credit Obligations. Any such cash collateral shall be made available by Agent to L/C Issuers to reimburse L/C Issuers for payments of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit and any Fees, Charges and expenses of L/C Issuers with respect to such Letters of Credit and the unused portion thereof, after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or

been fully drawn upon, shall be applied to repay any other Obligations. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon and all Obligations shall have been satisfied and paid in full, the balance, if any, of such cash collateral shall be returned to Borrowers. Borrowers shall from time to time execute and deliver to Agent such further documents and instruments as Agent may request with respect to such cash collateral.

6.4 Performance by Agents. So long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, if any Credit Party shall fail to perform any covenant, duty or agreement contained in any of the Loan Documents, Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) may perform or attempt to perform such covenant, duty or agreement on behalf of such Credit Party after the expiration of any cure or grace periods set forth herein to the extent necessary to protect the Collateral, the value thereof or the priority of Agents’ Liens therein. In such event, such Credit Party shall, at the request of Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent), promptly pay any amount reasonably expended by Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) in such performance or attempted performance to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent), together with interest thereon at the highest rate of interest in effect upon the occurrence of an Event of Default as specified in Section 1.2(d) from the date of such expenditure until paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly agreed that Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) shall not have any liability or responsibility for the performance of any obligation of any Credit Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

6.5 Application of Proceeds. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrowers irrevocably waive the right to direct the application of any and all payments at any time or times thereafter received by Agents from or on behalf of Borrowers, and Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply and to reapply any and all payments received at any time or times after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default against the Obligations in such manner as Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) may deem advisable notwithstanding any previous application by Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent).

Following the final maturity of the relevant Loans or Acceleration of the Obligations,

(A) all payments representing the proceeds of any sale of, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral consisting of Accounts, Inventory, General Intangibles (including payment intangibles) related to Accounts or Inventory, cash, Cash Equivalents and all proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds) thereof (collectively, the “Current Asset Collateral”) shall be applied: first, to all Fees, costs and expenses incurred by or owing to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) and reimbursable by Credit Parties pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (other than Fees, costs and expenses related to the Term Loan and the Fixed Asset Collateral); second, to accrued and unpaid Fees owing to Revolving Lenders and interest on the Obligations relating to the Revolving Loans and on the unpaid Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations (including any interest which but for the provisions of the Insolvency Laws, would have accrued on such amounts and including Fees and interest with respect to the Overadvance), ratably in proportion

to such Fees and interest, as applicable; third, to the principal amount of the Revolving Loans (including the principal balance of Overadvances), the cash collateralization of the Letter of Credit Obligations as set forth above, and the unpaid Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations, ratably to the aggregate, combined principal balance of the Revolving Loans, Overadvances, the unpaid Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations and outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations, as applicable; fourth, to accrued and unpaid Fees and interest with respect to the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan; fifth, the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan and sixth, to any other Obligations of Borrowers;

(B) all payments representing the proceeds of any sale of, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral excluding the Current Asset Collateral (collectively, the “Fixed Asset Collateral”) shall be applied: first, to all Fees, costs and expenses incurred by or owing to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) and reimbursable by Credit Parties pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (other than Fees, costs and expenses related to the Revolving Loan and the Current Asset Collateral); second, to accrued and unpaid Fees and interest with respect to the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan and the unpaid Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations, ratably in proportion to the Fees and interest accrued as to the Term Loan and the unpaid Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations, as applicable; third, the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan and the unpaid Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations, ratably to the aggregate, combined principal balance of the Term Loan and the unpaid Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations, as applicable; fourth, to accrued and unpaid Fees owing to Revolving Lenders and interest on the Obligations relating to the Revolving Loans (including any interest which but for the provisions of the Insolvency Laws, would have accrued on such amounts and including Fees and interest with respect to the Overadvance), ratably in proportion to such Fees and interest, as applicable; fifth, to the principal amount of the Revolving Loans (including the principal balance of Overadvances) and the cash collateralization of the Letter of Credit Obligations as set forth above, ratably to the aggregate, combined principal balance of the Revolving Loans, Overadvances and outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations, as applicable; and sixth, to any other obligations of Borrowers;

(C) notwithstanding clause (B) above, if any realization on Collateral results from the sale of Stock of a Credit Party, then a portion of the proceeds from that sale of Stock equal to the portion of the U.S. Borrowing Base attributable to the Accounts and Inventory of that Credit Party shall be applied in accordance with clause (A) above and the balance of those proceeds shall be applied in accordance with clause (B) above;

(D) notwithstanding clauses (A) through (C) above, all proceeds of the Collateral owned by Canadian Borrower or the Stock of Canadian Borrower shall be applied to the Canadian Revolving Loan and other Obligations owing by Canadian Borrower in such order as is determined by Canadian Agent; and

(E) In all cases, the unpaid Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations shall not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate.

SECTION 7.

CONDITIONS TO LOANS

The obligations of Lenders and L/C Issuers to make Loans and to issue or cause to be issued Letters of Credit are subject to satisfaction of all of the applicable conditions set forth below.

7.1 Conditions to Initial Loans. The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the execution and delivery hereof by Requisite Lenders and to the completion of the following conditions in a manner, unless specifically set forth otherwise, reasonably satisfactory to Agents in their sole discretion:

(a) Closing Checklist. Except as otherwise provided in the Post-Closing Matters Agreement, the Credit Parties shall deliver all documents listed on, take all actions set forth on and satisfy all other conditions precedent listed on the Closing Checklist attached hereto as Annex C, all in form and substance, or in a manner, satisfactory to Agents and Lenders;

(b) Consummation of Related Transactions. The Related Transactions shall be consummated on the Closing Date (other than to the extent contemplated by the definition of Related Transactions) in accordance with the terms of the Related Transactions Documents;

(c) Corporate Structure; Solvency. The corporate structure of the Credit Parties shall not have been modified from the structure disclosed to Agents as of May 2, 2006 in any respect that is materially adverse to the interests of the Agents. Agents shall have received a joint officer’s certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrowers certifying that the Borrowers (giving effect to the Related Transactions) are Solvent;

(d) Approvals. Agents shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Credit Parties have obtained all required consents and approvals of all Persons, including, without limitation, all requisite Governmental Authorities, to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the consummation of the Related Transactions;

(e) EBITDA. EBITDA of Borrowers on a consolidated basis shall be at least $150,000,000 for the trailing twelve months most recently ended for which Financial Statements are available prior to the Closing Date, including adjustments reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

(f) Ratings. The senior secured Indebtedness of Borrowers shall be rated by S&P and by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇;

(g) Litigation. Since February 26, 2006, no action, proceeding, investigation, regulation or legislation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any court, governmental agency or legislative body which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(h) Projections. Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, the updated Projections of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the forthcoming five (5) Fiscal Years, month by month for the first Fiscal Year and on annual basis thereafter.

7.2 Conditions to All Loans. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no Lender or L/C Issuer shall be obligated to fund any Advance or incur any Letter of Credit Obligation, if, as of the date thereof (the “Funding Date”):

(a) (i) any representation or warranty by any Credit Party contained herein or in any other Loan Document is untrue or incorrect in any material respect (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) as of such date, except to the extent that such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date (it being understood that the schedules to the Security Agreement expressly relate to the Closing Date), and (ii) Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) or Requisite Revolving Lenders have determined not to make such Advance or incur such Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of the fact that such warranty or representation is untrue or incorrect;

(b) (i) any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation), and (ii) Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) or Requisite Revolving Lenders shall have determined not to make any Advance or incur any Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of that Default or Event of Default;

(c) after giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation), (i) the outstanding amount of the aggregate U.S. Revolving Loan would cause U.S. Borrowing Availability to be less than zero or (ii) the outstanding amount of the Canadian Revolving Loan would cause the Canadian Borrowing Availability to be less than zero; or

(d) after giving pro forma effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation), Aggregate Borrowing Availability would be less than $50,000,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof unless Borrowers shall have delivered to Agents a Compliance and Excess Cash Flow Certificate demonstrating that Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio was at least 1.1 to 1.0 for the trailing twelve months ending on the last day of the most recent month for which Financial Statements are available prior to the proposed date of such Advance or the incurrence of such Letter of Credit Obligation.

In addition to the foregoing, no Revolving Lender shall be obligated to fund any Overadvance unless Borrower Representative shall have (i) notified Agent of its intention to draw on the Overadvances pursuant to Section 1.1(a)(iv) and (ii) paid to Agent the Activation Fee (as defined in the GE Capital Fee Letter) on the Closing Date and, if the Borrower Representative chooses to activate the Overadvance in any subsequent Fiscal Year, on April 30 of each such year. Upon receipt of the Activation Fee, Agent shall promptly pay to each Revolving Lender an amount equal to 20 basis points multiplied by the amount of its ratable share of the Overadvance for the applicable period.

The request and acceptance by any Borrower of the proceeds of any Advance, the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations or the conversion or continuation of any Loan into, or as, a LIBOR Loan shall be deemed to constitute, as of the date thereof, (i) a representation and warranty by Borrowers that the conditions in this Section 7.2 have been satisfied and (ii) a reaffirmation by Borrowers (other than Canadian Borrower) of the cross guaranty provisions set

forth in Section 10 and of the granting and continuance of Agent’s (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent’s) Liens, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

SECTION 8.

ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION

8.1 Assignment and Participations.

(a) Subject to the terms of this Section 8.1, any Lender may make an assignment to a Qualified Assignee of, or sale of participations in, at any time or times, the Loan Documents, Loans, Letter of Credit Obligations and any Commitment or any portion thereof or interest therein, including any Lender’s rights, title, interests, remedies, powers or duties thereunder. Any assignment by a Lender shall: (i) require the consent of Agent (which consent (i) shall not be required for assignments to Qualified Assignees described in clause (a) of the definition thereof and (ii) shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed with respect to any other Qualified Assignee) and the execution of an assignment agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 8.1 and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and acknowledged by, Agent (an “Assignment Agreement”); (ii) be conditioned on such assignee Lender representing to the assigning Lender and Agent, that it is purchasing the applicable Loans to be assigned to it for its own account, for investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution thereof; (iii) any such partial assignment of the Term Loan shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and any such partial assignment of the Revolving Loan shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and in an integral multiple of $1,000,000, and after giving effect to any such partial assignment, the assignee Lender shall have Commitments in an amount at least equal to (x) $1,000,000 in the case of the Term Loan and (y) $5,000,000 in the case of the Revolving Loan and the assigning Lender shall have retained Commitments in an amount at least equal to(x) $1,000,000 in the case of the Term Loan and (y) $5,000,000 in the case of the Revolving Loan; (iv) require a payment to Agent of an assignment fee of $3,500; (v) be on a pro rata basis among all U.S. Revolving Loans, Canadian Revolving Credit Advances and Participating Interests of the Assigning Lender and (vi) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, require the consent of Borrower Representative, which (i) shall not be required for assignments to Qualified Assignees described in clause (a) of the definition thereof and (ii) in any other case shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall be deemed granted if not objected to within five (5) Business Days following notice thereof to Borrower Representative. Notwithstanding the above, Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, may in its sole and absolute discretion permit any assignment by a Lender to a Person or Persons that are not Qualified Assignees (other than Excluded Assignees); provided that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such assignment shall also require the Borrower Representative’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If, after giving effect to any assignment by GE Capital in its capacity as a Lender hereunder, its Revolving Loan Commitment is less than $25,000,000, it shall be obligated to assign its entire Swing Line Commitment to another Lender, which assignment shall, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, require the consent of Borrower Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall be deemed granted if not objected to within five (5) Business Days following

notice thereof to Borrower Representative. In the case of an assignment by a Lender under this Section 8.1, the assignee shall have, to the extent of such assignment, the same rights, benefits and obligations as all other Lenders hereunder. The assigning Lender shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to its Commitments or assigned portion thereof from and after the date of such assignment. Borrowers hereby acknowledge and agree that any assignment shall give rise to a direct obligation of Borrowers to the assignee and that the assignee shall be considered to be a “Lender.” In all instances, each Lender’s liability to make Loans hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the applicable Commitment. In the event Agent or Canadian Agent or any Lender assigns or otherwise transfers all or any part of the Obligations, Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, or any such Lender shall so notify Borrowers and Borrowers shall, upon the request of Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, or such Lender, execute new Notes in exchange for the Notes, if any, being assigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.1(a), (x) any Lender may at any time pledge the Obligations held by it and such Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to a Federal Reserve Bank, (y) any Lender that is an investment fund may assign the Obligations held by it and such Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to another investment fund managed by the same investment advisor or pledge such Obligations and rights to trustee for the benefit of its investors and (z) any Lender may assign the Obligations to an Affiliate of such Lender or to a Person that is a Lender prior to the date of such assignment.

(b) Any participation by a Lender of all or any part of its Commitments shall be made with the understanding that all amounts payable by Borrowers hereunder shall be determined as if that Lender had not sold such participation, and that the holder of any such participation shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except actions directly affecting (i) any reduction in the principal amount of, or interest rate or Fees payable with respect to, any Loan in which such holder participates, (ii) any extension of the scheduled amortization of the principal amount of any Loan in which such holder participates or the final maturity date thereof, and (iii) any release of all or substantially all of the Collateral (other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Collateral Documents or the other Loan Documents). Solely for purposes of Section 8.3, Borrowers acknowledge and agree that a participation shall give rise to a direct obligation of Borrowers to the participant and the participant shall be considered to be a “Lender.” Except as set forth in the preceding sentence no Borrower or any other Credit Party shall have any obligation or duty to any participant. Neither Agents nor any Lender (other than the Lender selling a participation) shall have any duty to any participant and may continue to deal solely with the Lender selling a participation as if no such sale had occurred. The provisions of this Section 8.1(b) do not apply to the Participating Interests or the Lenders or their Affiliates in their capacity as holders of the Participating Interests. Any participation sold by a Lender or a participant shall be on a pro rata basis among all Revolving Loans and Participating Interests. Without limiting the foregoing, no participant shall have any rights under Sections 1.10, 1.11 or 9.1.

(c) Except as expressly provided in this Section 8.1, no Lender shall, as between Borrowers and that Lender, or Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, and that Lender, be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation of, or granting of participation in, all or any part of the Loans, the Notes or other Obligations owed to such Lender.

(d) In connection with the primary syndication of the Loans to occur within 90 days after the Closing Date, each Credit Party shall assist each Lender permitted to sell assignments or participations under this Section 8.1 as required to enable the assigning or selling Lender to effect any such assignment or participation, including the execution and delivery of any and all agreements, notes and other documents and instruments as shall be reasonably requested and the prompt preparation of informational materials for, and the participation of management in meetings with, potential assignees or participants, all on a reasonable timetable established by Agent, in its reasonable sole discretion. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement shall certify the correctness, completeness and accuracy of all descriptions of the Credit Parties and their respective affairs contained in any selling materials, subject to the qualifications and conditions contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum dated as of May 10, 2006, provided by it and all other information provided by it and included in such materials, except that any Projections delivered by Borrowers shall only be certified by Borrowers as having been prepared by Borrowers in compliance with the representations contained in Section 5.5. Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall maintain, on behalf of Borrowers, in its offices located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or, in the case of Canadian Agent, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ) a “register” for recording the name, address, commitment and Loans owing to each Lender. The entries in such register shall be presumptive evidence of the amounts due and owing to each Lender in the absence of manifest error. Borrowers, Agents and each Lender may treat each Person whose name is recorded in such register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement. The register described herein shall be available for inspection by Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time upon reasonable prior notice.

(e) A Lender may furnish any information concerning Credit Parties in the possession of such Lender from time to time to assignees and participants (including prospective assignees and participants); provided that such Lender shall obtain from assignees or participants confidentiality covenants substantially equivalent to those contained in Section 9.13.

(f) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Lender shall assign or sell participations in any portion of its Loans or Commitments to a potential Lender, if, as of the date of the proposed assignment or sale, the assignee Lender or participant would be subject to capital adequacy or similar requirements under Section 1.10(a), increased costs or an inability to fund LIBOR Loans under Section 1.10(b), or withholding or other taxes in accordance with Section 1.11.

(g) Nothing contained in this Section 8 shall require the consent of any party for GE Capital to assign any of its rights in respect of any Swap Related Reimbursement Obligation.

8.2 Agent.

(a) Appointment. GE Capital is hereby appointed to act on behalf of all Lenders and Canadian Agent with respect to the administration of Loans made to U.S. Borrowers and to act as agent on behalf of all Lenders and Canadian Agent with respect to Collateral of U.S. Borrowers and their Domestic Subsidiaries under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. GE Canada is hereby appointed to act as Canadian Agent on behalf of all Lenders

with respect to the administration of all Loans made to Canadian Borrower and with respect to all Collateral of Canadian Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent (or, in the case of the Canadian Revolving Loan, Canadian Agent) to execute and deliver the Collateral Documents and to take such action or to refrain from taking such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers as are set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Agent and Canadian Agent are authorized and empowered to amend, modify, or waive any provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents on behalf of Lenders subject to the requirement that certain of Lenders’ consent be obtained in certain instances as provided in this Section 8.2 and Section 9.2. The provisions of this Section 8.2 are solely for the benefit of Agents and Lenders and neither Borrowers nor any other Credit Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, Agent shall act solely as agent of Lenders and Canadian Agent and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrowers or any other Credit Party. In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, Canadian Agent shall act solely as agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrowers or any other Credit Party. Agents may perform any of their duties hereunder, or under the Loan Documents, by or through its agents or employees.

(b) Nature of Duties. The duties of Agents shall be mechanical and administrative in nature. Agents shall not have by reason of this Agreement a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender. Nothing in this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, express or implied, is intended to or shall be construed to impose upon Agents any obligations in respect of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein. Each Lender shall make its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of each Credit Party in connection with the extension of credit hereunder and shall make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Credit Party, and Agents shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto (other than as expressly required herein). If Agent or Canadian Agent seeks the consent or approval of any Lenders to the taking or refraining from taking any action hereunder, then Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall send notice thereof to each Lender. Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall promptly notify each Lender any time that the Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders or Supermajority Revolving Lenders have instructed Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, to act or refrain from acting pursuant hereto.

(c) Rights, Exculpation, Etc. Neither Agents nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted by them hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents, or in connection herewith or therewith, except that Agents shall be liable to the extent of their own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable order by a court of competent jurisdiction. Agents shall not be liable for any apportionment or distribution of payments made by it in good faith and if any such apportionment or distribution is subsequently determined to have been made in error the sole recourse of any Lender to whom payment was due but not made, shall be to recover from other Lenders any payment in excess of the amount to which they are determined

to be entitled (and such other Lenders hereby agree to return to such Lender any such erroneous payments received by them). In no event shall Agents be liable for punitive, special, consequential, incidental, exemplary or other similar damages. In performing their functions and duties hereunder, Agents shall exercise the same care which they would in dealing with loans for their own accounts, but neither Agents nor any of their agents or representatives shall be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties herein or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectibility, or sufficiency of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby, or for the financial condition of any Credit Party. Agents shall not be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents or the financial condition of any Credit Party, or the existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default. Agents may at any time request instructions from Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Revolving Lenders or all affected Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which by the terms of this Agreement or of any of the Loan Documents they are permitted or required to take or to grant. If such instructions are promptly requested, Agents shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any action or to withhold any approval and shall not be under any liability whatsoever to any Person for refraining from any action or withholding any approval under any of the Loan Documents until they shall have received such instructions from the Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Revolving Lenders or such other portion of the Lenders as shall be prescribed by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agents as a result of Agents acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Revolving Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable; and, notwithstanding the instructions of Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Revolving Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable, Agents shall have no obligation to take any action if they believe, in good faith, that such action is deemed to be illegal by Agents or exposes Agents to any liability for which they have not received satisfactory indemnification.

(d) Quebec. Without limiting any of the foregoing provisions in favor of Agent or Canadian Agent, for the purposes of holding any security granted by any Credit Party pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec, including any deed of hypothec, debenture, bond or other title of indebtedness and debenture or bond pledge agreements, Canadian Agent is hereby appointed to act as the Person holding an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) pursuant to article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec to act on behalf of each present and future Lender. By executing an Assignment Agreement, each future Lender shall be deemed to ratify the power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) granted herein. Canadian Agent agrees to act in such capacity. Each party hereto agrees that, notwithstanding Section 32 of an Act respecting the Special Powers of Legal Persons (Quebec), Canadian Agent may, as the Person holding the power of attorney of Lenders, acquire and or be the pledgee of any debentures, bonds or other titles of indebtedness secured by any hypothec granted by any Credit Party to the Canadian Agent pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec.

(e) Reliance. Agents shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any written or oral notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message or other communication (including any writing, telex, fax or telegram)

believed by them in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder. Agents shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel, independent accountants, and other experts selected by Agents in their sole discretion.

(f) Indemnification. Lenders will reimburse and indemnify Agents for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses), advances or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against Agents in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted by Agents under this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, in proportion to each Lender’s Pro Rata Share, but only to the extent that any of the foregoing is not reimbursed by Borrowers; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, advances or disbursements to the extent resulting from Agents’ gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable order by a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to Agents for any purpose shall, in the opinion of Agents, be insufficient or become impaired, Agents may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against even if so directed by the Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Revolving Lenders or such other portion of the Lenders as shall be prescribed by this Agreement until such additional indemnity is furnished. The obligations of Lenders under this Section 8.2(f) shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(g) GE Capital and GE Canada Individually. With respect to their Commitments hereunder, GE Capital and GE Canada shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender. The terms “Lenders”, “Requisite Lenders”, “Requisite Revolving Lenders”, “Supermajority Revolving Lenders” or any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include GE Capital and GE Canada in their individual capacities as Lenders or one of the Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, or Supermajority Revolving Lenders. GE Capital and GE Canada, either directly or through strategic affiliations, may lend money to, acquire equity or other ownership interests in, provide advisory services to and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with any Credit Party as if they were not acting as Agents pursuant hereto and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders. GE Capital and GE Canada, either directly or through strategic affiliations, may accept fees and other consideration from any Credit Party for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.

(h) Successor Agent.

(i) Resignation. Either Agent may resign from the performance of all its agency functions and duties hereunder at any time by giving at least twenty (20) Business Days’ prior written notice to Borrower Representative and Lenders. Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Agent of appointment pursuant to clause (ii) below or as otherwise provided in clause (ii) below.

(ii) Appointment of Successor. Upon any such notice of resignation pursuant to clause (i) above, Requisite Lenders shall appoint a successor Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, which, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, shall be reasonably acceptable to Borrowers (or, in the case of Canadian Agent, Canadian Borrower). If a successor Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall not have been so appointed within the twenty (20) Business Day period referred to in clause (i) above, the retiring Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, upon notice to Borrower Representative, shall then appoint a successor Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, who shall serve as Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, until such time, if any, as Requisite Lenders appoint a successor Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, as provided above.

(iii) Successor Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, under the Loan Documents by a successor Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, such successor Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, and the retiring Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. After any retiring Agent’s or Canadian Agent’s, as applicable, resignation as Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, the provisions of this Section 8.2 shall continue to inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it in its capacity as Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable.

(i) Collateral Matters.

(i) Release of Collateral. Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize each of Agent and Canadian Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by Agent or Canadian Agent upon any Collateral (x) upon termination of the Commitments and payment and satisfaction of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claims giving rise thereto have been asserted) or (y) constituting property being sold or disposed of if Borrowers (or any of them) certify to Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, that the sale or disposition is made in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement (and Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, may rely in good faith conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry).

(ii) Confirmation of Authority; Execution of Releases. Without in any manner limiting Agent’s or Canadian Agent’s authority to act without any specific or further authorization or consent by Lenders (as set forth in Section 8.2(i)(i)), each Lender agrees to confirm in writing, upon request by Agent or Canadian Agent or Borrower Representative, the authority to release any Collateral conferred upon Agent or Canadian Agent under clauses (x) and (y) of Section 8.2(i)(i). Upon at least seven (7) Business Days’ prior written request by Borrower Representative, Agent or Canadian Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to Agent or Canadian Agent upon such Collateral; provided, however, that (x) Agent or Canadian Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in Agent’s or Canadian Agent’s opinion, would expose Agent or Canadian Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (y) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations

or any Liens upon (or obligations of any Credit Party, in respect of), all interests retained by any Credit Party, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.

(iii) Absence of Duty. Agents shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Lender or any other Person to assure that the property covered by the Collateral Documents exists or is owned by Borrowers or any other Credit Party or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered or that the Liens granted to Agents have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Agents in this Section 8.2(i) or in any of the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the property covered by the Collateral Documents or any act, omission or event related thereto, Agents may act in any manner they may deem appropriate, in their discretion, given Agents’ own interest in property covered by the Collateral Documents as one of the Lenders and that Agents shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to any of the other Lenders, provided that Agents shall exercise the same care which they would in dealing with loans for its own account.

(j) Agency for Perfection. Agents and each Lender hereby appoint each other Lender as agent for the purpose of perfecting Agents’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with the Code or PPSA in any applicable jurisdiction, can be perfected by possession or control. Should any Lender (other than Agent or Canadian Agent) obtain possession or control of any such assets, such Lender shall notify Agents thereof, and, promptly upon Agents’ request therefor, shall deliver such assets to Agent or Canadian Agent, as appropriate, or in accordance with Agents’ instructions or transfer control to Agent or Canadian Agent in accordance with Agents’ instructions. Each Lender agrees that it will not have any right individually to enforce or seek to enforce any Collateral Document or to realize upon any collateral security for the Loans unless instructed to do so by Agents in writing, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised only by Agents.

(k) Notice of Default. Agents shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and Fees required to be paid to Agent (or in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) for the account of Lenders unless Agent or Canadian Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Borrower Representative referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” Agents will use reasonable efforts to notify each Lender of its receipt of any such notice. Agents shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by Requisite Lenders in accordance with Section 6. Unless and until Agents have received any such request, Agents may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as they shall deem advisable or in the best interests of Lenders.

(l) Lender Actions Against Collateral. Each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, with respect to the Loans, against any Borrower or any Credit Party hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or against any of the Real Estate encumbered by Mortgages without the consent of the Requisite Lenders. With

respect to any action by Agents to enforce the rights and remedies of Agents and the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each Lender hereby consents to the jurisdiction of the court in which such action is maintained, and agrees to deliver its Notes to Agent or Canadian Agent to the extent necessary to enforce the rights and remedies of Agents for the benefit of the Lenders under the Mortgages in accordance with the provisions hereof.

8.3 Set Off and Sharing of Payments. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is hereby authorized by Borrowers at any time or from time to time, with reasonably prompt subsequent notice to Borrower Representative (any prior or contemporaneous notice being hereby expressly waived) to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all (A) balances held by such Lender at any of its offices for the account of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (regardless of whether such balances are then due to Borrower or its Subsidiaries), and (B) other property at any time held or owing by such Lender to or for the credit or for the account of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, against and on account of any of the Obligations; except that no Lender shall exercise any such right without the prior written consent of Agent or Canadian Agent. Any Lender exercising a right to set off shall purchase for cash (and the other Lenders shall sell) interests in each of such other Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Obligations as would be necessary to cause all Lenders to share the amount so set off with each other Lender in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares. Borrowers agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that any Lender may exercise its right to set off with respect to amounts in excess of its Pro Rata Share of the Obligations and upon doing so shall deliver such amount so set off to the Agent (or in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) for the benefit of all Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares.

8.4 Disbursement of Funds. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, to disburse the proceeds of each Loan requested, or deemed to be requested, under Section 1.1 as follows (i) the proceeds of each U.S. Revolving Credit Advance shall be disbursed by Agent in Dollars, as requested by Borrower Representative and (ii) by Canadian Agent in Dollars or Canadian Dollars, as requested by Borrower Representative on behalf of the Canadian Borrower. Each Lender shall reimburse Agent after the Canadian Loan Refunding Date on demand for all funds disbursed on its behalf by Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, or if Agent so requests, each Lender will remit to Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, its Pro Rata Share of any Loan before Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, disburses same to Borrowers. If Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, elects to require that each Lender make funds available to Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, prior to a disbursement by Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, to Borrowers, Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall advise each Lender by telephone or fax of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Loan requested by Borrower Representative no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Funding Date applicable thereto, and each such Lender shall pay Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such requested Loan, in same day funds, by wire transfer to Agent’s or Canadian Agent’s account on such Funding Date. If any Lender fails to pay the amount of its Pro Rata Share within one (1) Business Day after Agent’s or Canadian Agent’s demand, Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall promptly notify Borrower Representative, and Borrowers shall immediately repay such amount to Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable. Any repayment required pursuant to this Section 8.4 shall be without premium or penalty. Nothing in this Section 8.4 or elsewhere in this Agreement

or the other Loan Documents, including the provisions of Section 8.5, shall be deemed to require Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, to advance funds on behalf of any Lender or to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, or Borrowers may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

8.5 Disbursements of Advances; Payment.

(a) Advances; Payments.

(i) Revolving Lenders shall refund or participate in the Swing Line Loan in accordance with clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 1.1(c). If the Swing Line Lender declines to make a Swing Line Loan or if Swing Line Availability is zero, Agent shall notify Revolving Lenders promptly after receipt of a Notice of Revolving Credit Advance and in any event prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date such Notice of a Revolving Credit Advance is received, by fax, telephone or other similar form of transmission. Each Revolving Lender shall make the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such U.S. Revolving Credit Advance available to Agent in same day funds by wire transfer to Agent’s account as set forth in Section 1.1(e) not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the requested Funding Date in the case of an Index Rate Loan and not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the requested Funding Date in the case of a LIBOR Loan. After receipt of such wire transfers (or, in the Agent’s sole discretion, before receipt of such wire transfers), subject to the terms hereof, Agent shall make the requested Revolving Credit Advance to U.S. Borrowers as designated by Borrower Representative in the Notice of Revolving Credit Advance. All payments by each Revolving Lender shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. If Revolving Loans are provided to Canadian Borrower after the Canadian Loan Refunding Date, Canadian Agent shall notify Revolving Lenders promptly after receipt of a Notice of Revolving Credit Advance requesting a Revolving Credit Advance for Canadian Borrower and in any event prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date such Notice of Revolving Credit Advance is received by fax, telephone or other similar form of transmission. Each Revolving Lender shall make available to Canadian Agent such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Canadian Revolving Credit Advance in same day funds by wire transfer to Canadian Agent’s account as set forth in Section 1.1(e) not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the requested Funding Date in the case of an Index Rate Loan and not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the requested Funding Date in the case of a LIBOR Loan. After receipt of such wire transfers (or, in the Canadian Agent’s sole discretion, before receipt of such wire transfers), subject to the terms hereof, Canadian Agent shall make the requested Canadian Revolving Credit Advance to Canadian Borrower as designated by Borrower Representative in the Notice of Revolving Credit Advance. All payments by each Revolving Lender shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

(ii) At least once each calendar week or more frequently at Agent’s election (each, a “Settlement Date”), Agent shall advise each Revolving Lender by telephone or fax of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid for the benefit of Revolving Lenders with respect to the U.S. Revolving Loan. Provided that each Revolving Lender has funded all payments and Advances required to be made by it and purchased all participations, including, without limitation, Participating Interests, required to be

purchased by it under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of such Settlement Date, Agent shall pay to each Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid by U.S. Borrowers since the previous Settlement Date for the benefit of such Revolving Lender on the U.S. Revolving Loan held by it. Such payments shall be made by wire transfer to such Revolving Lender’s account (as specified by such Revolving Lender in Annex E or the applicable Assignment Agreement) not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the next Business Day following each Settlement Date. To the extent that any Revolving Lender (a “Non-Funding Lender”) has failed to fund all such payments and Advances or failed to fund the purchase of all such participations, Agent shall be entitled to set off the funding shortfall against that Non-Funding Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments received from U.S. Borrowers. Prior to the Canadian Loan Refunding Date, Canadian Agent shall send by wire transfer to each Revolving Lender its Participation Fee within one Business Day after the corresponding interest payment has been received by it from Canadian Borrower. From and after the Canadian Loan Refunding Date, the weekly settlement procedures set forth above with respect to Agent and the U.S. Revolving Loan shall also apply and shall be deemed to refer, mutatis mutandis, to Canadian Agent and the Canadian Revolving Loan.

(b) Availability of Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share. Agents may assume that each Revolving Lender will make its Pro Rata Share of each U.S. Revolving Credit Advance available to Agent on each Funding Date. If such Pro Rata Share is not, in fact, paid to Agent by such Revolving Lender when due, Agent will be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. If any Revolving Lender fails to pay the amount of its Pro Rata Share forthwith upon Agent’s demand, Agent shall promptly notify Borrower Representative and U.S. Borrowers shall immediately repay such amount to Agent. Nothing in this Section 8.5(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to require Agent to advance funds on behalf of any Revolving Lender or to relieve any Revolving Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that U.S. Borrowers may have against any Revolving Lender as a result of any default by such Revolving Lender hereunder. To the extent that Agent advances funds to U.S. Borrowers on behalf of any Revolving Lender and is not reimbursed therefor on the same Business Day as such Advance is made, Agent shall be entitled to retain for its account all interest accrued on such Advance until reimbursed by the applicable Revolving Lender.

(i) If Agent pays an amount to a Lender under this Agreement in the belief or expectation that a related payment has been or will be received by Agent from U.S. Borrowers and such related payment is not received by Agent, then Agent will be entitled to recover such amount from such Lender on demand without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

(ii) If Agent determines at any time that any amount received by Agent under this Agreement must be returned to U.S. Borrowers or paid to any other Person pursuant to any insolvency law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Agent will not be required to distribute any portion thereof to any Lender. In addition, each Lender will repay to Agent on demand any portion of

such amount that Agent has distributed to such Lender, together with interest at such rate, if any, as Agent is required to pay to U.S. Borrowers or such other Person, without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

(d) Non-Funding Lenders. The failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make any Revolving Credit Advance or any payment required by it hereunder, or to purchase any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Participating Interest to be made or purchased by it on the date specified therefor shall not relieve any other Lender (each such other Lender, an “Other Lender”) of its obligations to make such Advance or purchase such participation on such date, but neither any Other Lender nor Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make an Advance, purchase a participation or Participating Interest or make any other payment required hereunder. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, a Non-Funding Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Loan Document or constitute a “Lender” (or be included in the calculation of “Requisite Lenders”, “Requisite Revolving Lenders” or “Supermajority Revolving Lenders” hereunder) for any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Loan Document.

(e) Canadian Loan Refunding Date. From and after the Canadian Loan Refunding Date, the provisions of Sections 8.5(b) and 8.5(c) with respect to Agent, U.S. Revolving Credit Advances and U.S. Borrowers shall also apply and shall be deemed to refer, mutatis mutandis, to Canadian Agent, Canadian Revolving Credit Advances and Canadian Borrower.

(f) Dissemination of Information. Agents shall use reasonable efforts to provide Lenders with any notice of Default or Event of Default received by Agents from, or delivered by Agents to, any Credit Party, with notice of any Event of Default of which Agents have actually become aware and with notice of any action taken by Agent following any Event of Default; provided, that Agents shall not be liable to any Lender for any failure to do so.

(g) Actions in Concert. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees with each other Lender that no Lender shall take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or the Notes (including exercising any rights of setoff) without first obtaining the prior written consent of Agents or Requisite Lenders, it being the intent of Lenders that any such action to protect or enforce rights under this Agreement and the Notes shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of Agents or Requisite Lenders. Agents are authorized to issue all notices to be issued by or on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Subordinated Debt.

SECTION 9.

MISCELLANEOUS

9.1 Indemnities. Except for taxes which shall be governed exclusively by Section 1.11, Borrowers agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify, pay, and hold Agents, each Lender, each L/C Issuer and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and attorneys (the “Indemnitees”) harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to such Indemnitees) of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed

on, incurred by, or asserted against the Indemnitee as a result of such Indemnitees being a party to this Agreement or the transactions consummated pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise relating to any of the Related Transactions; provided that Borrowers shall have no obligation to an Indemnitee hereunder in respect of (A) any liabilities (i) to the extent that the same is found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted directly from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (ii) arising from a breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations under this Agreement, or (iii) arising out of any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission of any Credit Party or any Credit Party’s affiliates and that is brought by an Indemnitee against any other Indemnitee, or (B) any settlement entered into by such Indemnitee without the Borrower Representative’s written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided however, that the foregoing indemnity will apply to any such settlement in the event that the Borrower Representative was offered the ability to assume the defense of the action that was the subject matter of such settlement and elected not to assume such defense. If and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, Borrowers agree to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction thereof which is permissible under applicable law.

9.2 Amendments and Waivers.

(a) Except for actions expressly permitted to be taken by Agents, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Borrowers, and by Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Revolving Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable. Except as set forth in clauses (b) and (c) below, all such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers requiring the consent of any Lenders shall require the written consent of Requisite Lenders.

(b) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement that increases the percentage advance rates set forth in the definition of the U.S. Borrowing Base or Canadian Borrowing Base, or that makes less restrictive the nondiscretionary criteria for exclusion from Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory set forth in Sections 1.7 and 1.8, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, with respect to the U.S. Borrowing Base, or Canadian Agent, with respect to the Canadian Borrowing Base, or both Agents with respect to the criteria in Sections 1.7 and 1.8, Supermajority Revolving Lenders and Borrowers. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement that waives compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7.2 to the making of any Loan or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Requisite Revolving Lenders and Borrowers. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no waiver or consent with respect to any Default or any Event of Default shall be effective for purposes of the conditions precedent to the making of Loans or the incurrence of Letter of Credit Obligations set forth in Section 7.2 unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Requisite Revolving Lenders and Borrowers.

(c) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent (or Canadian Agent in the case of the Canadian Revolving Loan) and each Lender directly affected thereby: (i) increase the principal amount of such Lender’s Commitment (which action shall require the consent of Requisite Lenders including those Lender’s whose Commitments are increased); (ii) reduce the principal of, rate of interest on or Fees payable with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit Obligations of any affected Lender; (iii) extend or waive any scheduled payment date or final maturity date of the principal amount of any Loan of any affected Lender; (iv) waive, forgive, defer, extend or postpone any payment of interest or Fees as to any affected Lender (which action shall be deemed only to affect those Lenders to whom such payments are made); (v) release any Guaranty or, except as otherwise permitted in Section 3.7, release Collateral with a book value exceeding five percent (5%) of the book value of all assets in the aggregate in any one (1) year (which action shall be deemed to directly affect all Lenders); (vi) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans that shall be required for Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder; (vii) change the final sentence of Section 1.5(a); and (viii) change the order of payment application provisions of Section 6.5; and (ix) amend or waive this Section 9.2 or the definitions of the terms “Requisite Lenders”, “Requisite Revolving Lenders” or “Supermajority Revolving Lenders” insofar as such definitions affect the substance of this Section 9.2. Furthermore, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver affecting the rights or duties of Agent or L/C Issuers, or of GE Capital in respect of any Swap Related Reimbursement Obligations, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including any release of any Guaranty or Collateral requiring a writing signed by all Lenders, shall be effective unless in writing and signed by Agent or L/C Issuers or GE Capital, as the case may be, in addition to Lenders required hereinabove to take such action. Each amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be required for Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, to take additional Collateral pursuant to any Loan Document. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of any Note shall be effective without the written concurrence of the holder of that Note. No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle such Credit Party or any other Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 9.2 shall be binding upon each holder of the Notes at the time outstanding and each future holder of the Notes.

9.3 Notices. Any notice or other communication required shall be in writing addressed to the respective party as set forth below and may be personally served, telecopied, sent by overnight courier service or U.S. mail (if such communication is initiated in the United States) or with Canada Post (if such communication is initiated in Canada) and shall be deemed to have been given: (a) if delivered in person, when delivered; (b) if delivered by fax, on the date of transmission if transmitted on a Business Day before 4:00 p.m. New York Time; (c) if delivered by overnight courier, one (1) Business Day after delivery to the courier properly addressed; or (d) if delivered by U.S. mail or Canada Post, four (4) Business Days after deposit with postage prepaid and properly addressed.

Notices shall be addressed as follows:


If to Borrower Representative:		UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS, INC.
		▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
		ATTN: Chief Financial Officer
		Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

If to Agent or GE Capital:		GENERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION
		▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
		ATTN: United Agri Products, Inc.
		Account Officer
		Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

If to Canadian Agent or GE Canada:		GE CANADA FINANCE HOLDING COMPANY c/o General Electric Capital Corporation
		▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
		ATTN: United Agri Products, Inc.
		Account Officer
		Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

In each case, with a copy to:		GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
		ATTN: Corporate Counsel
		Commercial Finance – Equity Sponsor Group
		Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

		and

		GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
		▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
		▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
		ATTN: Corporate Counsel
		Commercial Finance – Equity Sponsor Group
		Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

If to a Lender:		To the address set forth on the signature page hereto or in the applicable Assignment Agreement

9.4 Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of Agents or any Lender to exercise, nor any partial exercise of, any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Documents shall impair such power, right, or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or Event of Default. All rights and remedies existing hereunder or under any other Loan Document are cumulative to and not exclusive of any rights or remedies otherwise available.

9.5 Marshaling; Payments Set Aside. Neither Agents nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that Borrowers make payment(s) or Agents enforce their Liens or Agents or any Lender exercises their right of set-off, and such payment(s) or the proceeds of such enforcement or set-off is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, or required to be repaid by anyone, then to the extent of such recovery, the Obligations or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or set-off had not occurred.

9.6 Severability. The invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability in any jurisdiction of any provision under the Loan Documents shall not affect or impair the remaining provisions in the Loan Documents.

9.7 Lenders’ Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights. The obligations of each Lender, Agent and Canadian Agent hereunder is several and not joint and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligation or commitment of any other Lender hereunder. In the event that any Lender at any time should fail to make a Loan as herein provided, the Lenders, or any of them, at their sole option, may make the Loan that was to have been made by the Lender so failing to make such Loan. Nothing contained in any Loan Document and no action taken by Agent or any Lender pursuant hereto or thereto shall be deemed to constitute Lenders to be a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt.

9.8 Headings. Section and subsection headings are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purposes or be given substantive effect.

9.9 Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS WHICH DOES NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH APPLICABLE LAW SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

9.10 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns except that Borrowers may not assign their rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of all Lenders.

9.11 No Fiduciary Relationship; Limited Liability. No provision in the Loan Documents and no course of dealing between the parties shall be deemed to create any fiduciary duty owing to Borrowers by Agents or any Lender. Borrowers agree that neither Agents nor any

Lender shall have liability to Borrowers (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered by Borrowers in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to the transactions contemplated and the relationship established by the Loan Documents, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, unless and to the extent that it is determined that such losses resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party from which recovery is sought as determined by a final non-appealable order by a court of competent jurisdiction. Neither Agents nor any Lender shall have any liability with respect to, and Borrowers hereby waive, release and agree not to ▇▇▇ for, any special, indirect or consequential damages suffered by Borrowers in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.

9.12 Construction. Agents, each Lender, Borrowers and each other Credit Party acknowledge that each of them has had the benefit of legal counsel of its own choice and has been afforded an opportunity to review the Loan Documents with its legal counsel and that the Loan Documents shall be construed as if jointly drafted by Agents, each Lender, Borrowers and each other Credit Party.

9.13 Confidentiality. Agents and each Lender agree to exercise their best efforts to keep confidential any non-public information delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents and identified as such by Borrowers and not to disclose such information to Persons other than to potential assignees, participants or prospective derivatives counterparties or to Persons employed by or engaged by Agents, a Lender or a Lender’s assignees, participants or prospective derivatives counterparties including Affiliates of a Lender with a need to know such information, attorneys, auditors, professional consultants, rating agencies, insurance industry associations and portfolio management services all of whom shall be notified of the confidential nature of such information and be instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.13. The confidentiality provisions contained in this Section 9.13 shall not apply to disclosures (i) required by law, (ii) required to be made by Agents or any Lender to any regulatory or governmental agency or pursuant to legal process or (iii) consisting of general portfolio information that does not identify Borrowers. The obligations of Agents and Lenders under this Section 9.13 shall supersede and replace the obligations of Agents and Lenders under any confidentiality agreement in respect of this financing executed and delivered by Agents or any Lender prior to the date hereof.

9.14 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. BORROWERS AND CREDIT PARTIES HEREBY CONSENT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK AND IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT, SUBJECT TO AGENTS’ ELECTION, ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS. BORROWERS AND CREDIT PARTIES EXPRESSLY SUBMIT AND CONSENT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND WAIVE ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS. BORROWERS AND CREDIT PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND AGREE THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE UPON BORROWERS AND CREDIT PARTIES BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, ADDRESSED TO BORROWER REPRESENTATIVE, AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THIS

AGREEMENT AND SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE COMPLETE TEN (10) DAYS AFTER THE SAME HAS BEEN POSTED; PROVIDED THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE THE AGENTS FROM BRINGING SUIT OR OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY JURISDICTION OR TO REALIZE ON COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS OR TO ENFORCE ANY JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF THE AGENTS.

9.15 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BORROWERS, CREDIT PARTIES, AGENTS AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. BORROWERS, CREDIT PARTIES, AGENTS AND EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. BORROWERS, CREDIT PARTIES, AGENTS AND EACH LENDER WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF REVIEWING THIS JURY WAIVER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS.

9.16 Survival of Warranties and Certain Agreements. All agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans, issuances of Letters of Credit and the execution and delivery of the Notes. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of Borrowers set forth in Sections 1.3(e), 1.10, 1.11 and 9.1 shall survive the repayment of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

9.17 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents embody the entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersede all prior commitments, agreements, representations, and understandings, whether oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof, and may not be contradicted or varied by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or subsequent oral agreements or discussions of the parties hereto. All Exhibits, Disclosure Schedules and Annexes referred to herein are incorporated in this Agreement by reference and constitute a part of this Agreement.

9.18 Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts together shall constitute but one in the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto.

9.19 Replacement of Lenders.

(a) Within fifteen (15) days after receipt by Borrower Representative of written notice and demand from any Lender for payment pursuant to Section 1.10 or 1.11 or, as

provided in this Section 9.19(a), in the case of certain refusals by any Lender to consent to certain proposed amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers with respect to this Agreement that have been approved by Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders Supermajority Revolving Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable (any such Lender demanding such payment or refusing to so consent being referred to herein as an “Affected Lender”), Borrowers may, at their option, notify Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) and such Affected Lender of its intention to do one of the following:

(i) Borrowers may obtain, at Borrowers’ expense, a replacement Lender (“Replacement Lender”) for such Affected Lender, which Replacement Lender shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent). In the event Borrowers obtain a Replacement Lender that will purchase all outstanding Obligations owed to such Affected Lender and assume its Commitments hereunder within ninety (90) days following notice of Borrowers’ intention to do so, the Affected Lender shall sell and assign all of its rights and delegate all of its obligations under this Agreement to such Replacement Lender in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1 (it being understood that no signature or other consent of the Affected Lender shall be required), provided, that Borrowers have reimbursed such Affected Lender for any administrative fee payable pursuant to Section 8.1 and, in any case where such replacement occurs as the result of a demand for payment pursuant to Section 1.10 or 1.11, paid all amounts required to be paid to such Affected Lender pursuant to Section 1.10 or 1.11 through the date of such sale and assignment; or

(ii) Borrowers may, with Agent’s (or, in the case of Canadian Borrower, Canadian Agent) consent, prepay in full all outstanding Obligations owed to such Affected Lender and terminate such Affected Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loan Commitments and Pro Rata Share of the Term Loan Commitment, in which case the Revolving Loan Commitment and Term Loan Commitment will be reduced by the amount of such Pro Rata Share. Borrowers shall, within ninety (90) days following notice of their intention to do so, prepay in full all outstanding Obligations owed to such Affected Lender (including, in any case where such prepayment occurs as the result of a demand for payment for increased costs, such Affected Lender’s increased costs for which it is entitled to reimbursement under this Agreement through the date of such prepayment), and terminate such Affected Lender’s obligations under the Revolving Loan Commitment and Term Loan Commitment.

(b) In the case of a Non-Funding Lender pursuant to Section 8.5(d), at Borrower Representative’s request, Agent or a Person acceptable to Agent shall have the right with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from any Non-Funding Lender, and each Non-Funding Lender agrees that it shall, at Agent’s request, sell and assign to Agent or such Person, all of the Loans, Participating Interests and Commitments of that Non-Funding Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by such Non-Funding Lender and all accrued interest and Fees with respect thereto through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment Agreement.

(c) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination pursuant to Section 9.2 (a “Proposed Change”):

(i) requiring the consent of all affected Lenders, the consent of Requisite Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in this clause (i) and in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) below being referred to as a “Non-Consenting Lender”),

(ii) requiring the consent of Supermajority Revolving Lenders, the consent of Requisite Lenders is obtained, but the consent of Supermajority Revolving Lenders is not obtained,

(iii) requiring the consent of Requisite Revolving Lenders, the consent of Revolving Lenders holding 51% or more of the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments is obtained, but the consent of Requisite Revolving Lenders is not obtained; or

(iv) requiring the consent of Requisite Lenders, the consent of Lenders holding 51% or more of the aggregate Commitments is obtained, but the consent of Requisite Lenders is not obtained,

then, so long as Agent is not a Non-Consenting Lender, each Non-Consenting Lender shall be deemed to be an Affected Lender, and Borrowers may obtain, at Borrowers’ expense, one or more Replacement Lenders for such Affected Lender, pursuant to Section 9.19(a)(i).

9.20 Delivery of Termination Statements and Mortgage Releases. Upon payment in full in cash and performance of all of the Obligations (other than indemnification Obligations), termination of the Commitments and so long as no suits, actions proceedings, or claims are pending or threatened against any Indemnitee asserting any damages, losses or liabilities that are indemnified liabilities hereunder, Agents shall deliver to Borrower Representative termination statements, mortgage releases and other documents necessary or appropriate to evidence the termination of the Liens securing payment of the Obligations. In addition, in connection with any transaction permitted under Sections 3.7 or 3.16, the Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall promptly release its Liens on all assets sold, conveyed, leased, subleased, transferred or otherwise disposed of in accordance with such sections.

9.21 English Language. The parties hereby confirm their express wish that this Agreement and all documents and agreements directly and indirectly related thereto, including notices, be drawn up in English only. Les parties reconnaissent leur volonté express que la présente convention ainsi que tous les documents et conventions qui s’y rattachent directement ou indirectement, y compris ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, soient rédigés en langue anglaise seulement.

9.22 Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender subject to the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 5318 et seq.) hereby notifies the Credit Parties that, pursuant to Section 326 thereof, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Credit Parties, including the name and address of each Credit Party and other information allowing such Lender to identify the Credit Parties in accordance with such act, and each Credit Party agrees to comply with each such Lender’s request for such information.

SECTION 10.

CROSS-GUARANTY

10.1 Cross-Guaranty. Each U.S. Borrower hereby agrees that it is liable for, and hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to Agent and Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, the full and prompt payment (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and performance of, all Obligations owed or hereafter owing to Agents and Lenders by each other Borrower. Each U.S. Borrower agrees that its guaranty obligation hereunder is a continuing guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection, that its obligations under this Section 10 shall not be discharged until payment and performance, in full, of the Obligations guaranteed hereunder has occurred, and that its obligations under this Section 10 shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and unaffected by,

(a) the genuineness, validity, regularity, enforceability or any future amendment of, or change in, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, document or instrument to which any Borrower is or may become a party;

(b) the absence of any action to enforce this Agreement (including this Section 10) or any other Loan Document or the waiver or consent by Agents and Lenders with respect to any of the provisions thereof;

(c) the existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect its Lien against, any security for the Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by Agents and Lenders in respect thereof (including the release of any such security);

(d) the insolvency of any Credit Party; or

(e) any other action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor.

Each U.S. Borrower shall be regarded, and shall be in the same position, as principal debtor with respect to the Obligations guaranteed hereunder.

10.2 Waivers by U.S. Borrowers. Each U.S. Borrower expressly waives all rights it may have now or in the future under any statute, or at common law, or at law or in equity, or otherwise, to compel Agents or Lenders to marshal assets or to proceed in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereunder against any other Credit Party, any other party or against any security for the payment and performance of the Obligations guaranteed hereunder before proceeding against, or as a condition to proceeding against, such U.S. Borrower. It is agreed among each Borrower, Agents and Lenders that the foregoing waivers are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and that, but for the provisions of this Section 10 and such waivers, Agents and Lenders would decline to enter into this Agreement. Each U.S. Borrower also expressly waives the benefits of division and discussion under the Civil Code of Quebec.

10.3 Benefit of Guaranty. Each U.S. Borrower agrees that the provisions of this Section 10 are for the benefit of Agents and Lenders and their respective successors, transferees,

endorsees and assigns, and nothing herein contained shall impair, as between any Credit Party and Agents or Lenders, the obligations of any Credit Party under the Loan Documents.

10.4 Waiver of Subrogation, Etc. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, each U.S. Borrower hereby expressly and irrevocably waives any and all rights at law or in equity to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off and any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor. Each U.S. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that this waiver is intended to benefit Agents and Lenders and shall not limit or otherwise affect such U.S. Borrower’s liability hereunder or the enforceability of this Section 10 in its entirety, and that Agents, Lenders and their respective successors and assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of the waivers and agreements set forth in this Section 10.4.

10.5 Election of Remedies. If Agents or any Lender may, under applicable law, proceed to realize its benefits under any of the Loan Documents giving Agents or such Lender a Lien upon any Collateral, whether owned by any U.S. Borrower or by any other Person, either by judicial foreclosure or by non-judicial sale or enforcement, Agents or any Lender may, at its sole option, determine which of its remedies or rights it may pursue without affecting any of its rights and remedies under this Section 10 in its entirety. If, in the exercise of any of its rights and remedies, Agents or any Lender shall forfeit any of its rights or remedies, including its right to enter a deficiency judgment against any U.S. Borrower or any other Person, whether because of any applicable laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or the like, each U.S. Borrower hereby consents to such action by Agents or such Lender and waives any claim based upon such action, even if such action by Agents or such Lender shall result in a full or partial loss of any rights of subrogation that each U.S. Borrower might otherwise have had but for such action by Agents or such Lender. Any election of remedies that results in the denial or impairment of the right of Agents or any Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against any other Person shall not impair any other Borrower’s obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations (subject to Section 10.7, in the case of Canadian Borrower and its Subsidiaries). In the event Agents or any Lender shall bid at any foreclosure or trustee’s sale or at any private sale permitted by law or the Loan Documents, Agents or such Lender may bid all or less than the amount of the Obligations guaranteed hereunder and the amount of such bid need not be paid by Agents or such Lender but shall be credited against the Obligations guaranteed hereunder. The amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether Agents, Lender or any other party is the successful bidder, shall be conclusively deemed to be the fair market value of the Collateral and the difference between such bid amount and the remaining balance of the Obligations guaranteed hereunder shall be conclusively deemed to be the amount of the Obligations guaranteed under this Section 10 in its entirety, notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision or ruling may have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which Agent or any Lender might otherwise be entitled but for such bidding at any such sale.

10.6 Liability Cumulative. The liability of U.S. Borrowers under this Section 10 in its entirety, is in addition to and shall be cumulative with all liabilities of each U.S. Borrower to Agent and Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such U.S. Borrower is a party or in respect of any Obligations or obligation of Canadian Borrower, without any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument or agreement evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides to the contrary.

10.7 Canadian Borrower and Its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Section 10 in its entirety to the contrary, none of Canadian Borrower or any other Credit Party organized under the laws of Canada or any Province thereof are guarantors of the Obligations of the U.S. Borrowers or otherwise obligated or liable for any of the Obligations other than those related to or arising from the Canadian Revolving Loan and those covenants, representations and warranties, agreements and other terms and conditions set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents applicable to Canadian Borrower or such other Canadian Credit Party, or their respective assets or operations.

SECTION 11.

RESTATEMENT OF EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT

11.1 Restatement of Existing Credit Agreement. The parties hereto agree that on the Closing Date, the following transactions shall be deemed to occur automatically, without further action by any party hereto:

(a) The Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be amended and restated in its entirety in the form of this Agreement;

(b) All Existing Obligations shall, to the extent not paid on the Closing Date, be deemed to be Obligations outstanding hereunder;

(c) The guaranties and Liens in favor of Agents for the benefit of the Existing Lenders securing payment of the Existing Obligations shall remain in full force and effect and shall be continuing with respect to the Obligations; and

(d) All references in the other Loan Documents to the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer without further amendment to this Agreement.

The parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents do not constitute a novation, payment and reborrowing or termination of the Existing Obligations and that all such Existing Obligations are in all respects continued and outstanding as Obligations under this Agreement and the Notes with only the terms being modified from and after the effective date of this Agreement as provided in this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents.

(Signature pages follow)

Witness the due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers of the undersigned as of the date first written above.


BORROWERS:

UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS CANADA INC., as Canadian Borrower

By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Name:		▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title:		Vice President & Secretary

UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS, INC., as a U.S. Borrower

By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Name:		▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title:		Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

UAP DISTRIBUTION, INC., as a U.S. Borrower

By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
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LOVELAND PRODUCTS, INC., as a U.S. Borrower

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