Credit Agreement among Bairnco Corporation, Subsidiaries, Lenders, and Ableco Finance LLC (July 17, 2007)

 Exhibit 4.37 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREDIT AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG BAIRNCO CORPORATION AS PARENT CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES THAT ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO AS BORROWERS, THE LENDERS THAT ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO AS THE LENDERS, AND ABLECO FINANCE LLC AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT DATED AS OF JULY 17, 2007 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------  PAGE 1. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION..............................................................1 1.1 DEFINITIONS......................................................................1 1.2 ACCOUNTING TERMS.................................................................1 1.3 CODE.............................................................................1 1.4 CONSTRUCTION.....................................................................1 1.5 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC...............................................................2 1.6 SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS...........................................................2 2. LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.................................................................2 2.1 TERM LOAN........................................................................2 2.2 BORROWING PROCEDURES AND SETTLEMENTS.............................................2 2.3 PAYMENTS.........................................................................3 2.4 INTEREST RATES: RATES, PAYMENTS, AND CALCULATIONS...............................6 2.5 CASH MANAGEMENT..................................................................7 2.6 CREDITING PAYMENTS...............................................................8 2.7 DESIGNATED ACCOUNT...............................................................8 2.8 MAINTENANCE OF LOAN ACCOUNT; STATEMENTS OF OBLIGATIONS...........................8 2.9 FEES.............................................................................9 2.10 LIBOR OPTION.....................................................................9 2.11 CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS............................................................10 2.12 JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY OF BORROWERS........................................11 2.13 SECURITIZATION..................................................................13 3. CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT............................................................14 3.1 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE TERM LOAN...........................................14 3.2 TERM............................................................................14 3.3 EFFECT OF TERMINATION...........................................................14 3.4 EARLY TERMINATION BY BORROWERS..................................................14 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...........................................................14 4.1 NO ENCUMBRANCES.................................................................15 4.2 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED].........................................................15 4.3 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.]........................................................15 4.4 EQUIPMENT.......................................................................15 4.5 LOCATION OF COLLATERAL..........................................................15 4.6 INVENTORY RECORDS...............................................................15 4.7 JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION; LOCATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER; COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS....................15  4.8 DUE ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION; SUBSIDIARIES................................15 4.9 DUE AUTHORIZATION; NO CONFLICT..................................................16 4.10 LITIGATION......................................................................17 4.11 NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE......................................................17 4.12 FRAUDULENT TRANSFER.............................................................18 4.13 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS...............................................................18 4.14 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION.........................................................19 4.15 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY...........................................................19 4.16 LEASES; ETC.....................................................................19 4.17 DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS AND SECURITIES ACCOUNTS........................................19 4.18 COMPLETE DISCLOSURE.............................................................20 4.19 INDEBTEDNESS....................................................................20 4.20 MATERIAL CONTRACTS..............................................................20 4.21 PERMITS, LICENSES, ETC..........................................................20 4.22 SUPPLIERS.......................................................................20 4.23 MARGIN STOCK....................................................................21 4.24 INSURANCE.......................................................................21 4.25 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT, ETC.....................................................21 4.26 TAXES, ETC......................................................................21 4.27 NATURE OF BUSINESS..............................................................21 4.28 RELATED TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS...................................................21 4.29 NO IMMUNITY.....................................................................21 4.30 NO TAXES........................................................................21 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS....................................................................22 5.1 ACCOUNTING SYSTEM...............................................................22 5.2 COLLATERAL REPORTING............................................................22 5.3 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, REPORTS, CERTIFICATES.....................................22 5.4 GUARANTOR REPORTS...............................................................22 5.5 INSPECTION......................................................................22 5.6 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.......................................................22 5.7 TAXES...........................................................................22 5.8 INSURANCE.......................................................................23 5.9 LOCATION OF COLLATERAL..........................................................23 5.10 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS............................................................23 5.11 LEASES..........................................................................24 5.12 EXISTENCE.......................................................................24  5.13 ENVIRONMENTAL...................................................................24 5.14 DISCLOSURE UPDATES..............................................................24 5.15 CONTROL AGREEMENTS..............................................................24 5.16 FORMATION OF SUBSIDIARIES.......................................................24 5.17 FURTHER ASSURANCES..............................................................25 5.18 MATERIAL CONTRACTS..............................................................25 5.19 SUBORDINATION...................................................................25 5.20 AFTER ACQUIRED REAL PROPERTY....................................................25 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.......................................................................26 6.1 INDEBTEDNESS....................................................................26 6.2 LIENS...........................................................................27 6.3 RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES.............................................27 6.4 DISPOSAL OF ASSETS..............................................................27 6.5 CHANGE NAME.....................................................................27 6.6 NATURE OF BUSINESS..............................................................27 6.7 PREPAYMENTS AND AMENDMENTS......................................................27 6.8 CHANGE OF CONTROL...............................................................28 6.9 CONSIGNMENTS....................................................................28 6.10 DISTRIBUTIONS...................................................................28 6.11 ACCOUNTING METHODS..............................................................28 6.12 INVESTMENTS.....................................................................28 6.13 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES....................................................29 6.14 USE OF PROCEEDS.................................................................29 6.15 INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT WITH BAILEES............................................29 6.16 FINANCIAL COVENANTS.............................................................29 6.17 PARENT AS HOLDING COMPANY.......................................................31 6.18 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS...............................................................31 6.19 LIMITATIONS ON DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIARIES....................................................................31 6.20 LEASE OBLIGATIONS...............................................................32 6.21 FEDERAL RESERVE REGULATIONS.....................................................32 6.22 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940..................................................32 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT........................................................................32 8. THE LENDER GROUP'S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES...................................................34 8.1 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.............................................................34 8.2 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.............................................................35  9. TAXES AND EXPENSES.......................................................................35 10. WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION.................................................................35 10.1 DEMAND; PROTEST; ETC............................................................35 10.2 THE LENDER GROUP'S LIABILITY FOR COLLATERAL.....................................35 10.3 INDEMNIFICATION.................................................................35 11. NOTICES..................................................................................36 12. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER...............................................37 13. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS...............................................38 13.1 ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS..................................................38 13.2 SUCCESSORS......................................................................40 14. AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS......................................................................40 14.1 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS..........................................................40 14.2 REPLACEMENT OF HOLDOUT LENDER...................................................41 14.3 NO WAIVERS; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.................................................41 15. AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP..................................................................42 15.1 APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORIZATION OF AGENT..........................................42 15.2 DELEGATION OF DUTIES............................................................42 15.3 LIABILITY OF AGENT..............................................................42 15.4 RELIANCE BY AGENT...............................................................43 15.5 NOTICE OF DEFAULT OR EVENT OF DEFAULT...........................................43 15.6 CREDIT DECISION.................................................................43 15.7 COSTS AND EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION.............................................44 15.8 AGENT IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY....................................................44 15.9 SUCCESSOR AGENT.................................................................44 15.10 LENDER IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY...................................................45 15.11 COLLATERAL MATTERS..............................................................45 15.12 RESTRICTIONS ON ACTIONS BY LENDERS; SHARING OF PAYMENTS.........................46 15.13 AGENCY FOR PERFECTION...........................................................46 15.14 PAYMENTS BY AGENT TO THE LENDERS................................................46 15.15 CONCERNING THE COLLATERAL AND RELATED LOAN DOCUMENTS............................46 15.16 FIELD AUDITS AND EXAMINATION REPORTS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLAIMERS BY LENDERS; OTHER REPORTS AND INFORMATION.......................................46 15.17 SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS; NO LIABILITY...............................................47 15.18 QUEBEC SECURITY DOCUMENTS.......................................................48 16. WITHHOLDING TAXES........................................................................48 17. GENERAL PROVISIONS.......................................................................50  17.1 EFFECTIVENESS...................................................................50 17.2 SECTION HEADINGS................................................................50 17.3 INTERPRETATION..................................................................50 17.4 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS......................................................50 17.5 DEBTORCREDITOR RELATIONSHIP.....................................................50 17.6 COUNTERPARTS; ELECTRONIC EXECUTION..............................................50 17.7 REVIVAL AND REINSTATEMENT OF OBLIGATIONS........................................51 17.8 CONFIDENTIALITY.................................................................51 17.9 LENDER GROUP EXPENSES...........................................................51 17.10 USA PATRIOT ACT.................................................................51 17.11 INTEGRATION.....................................................................51 17.12 PARENT AS AGENT FOR BORROWERS...................................................52 17.13 INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.........................................................52 17.14 JUDGMENT CURRENCY...............................................................52 17.15 IMMUNITY........................................................................53  EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES Exhibit A1 Form of Assignment and Acceptance Exhibit C1 Form of Compliance Certificate Exhibit L1 Form of LIBOR Notice Schedule A1 Agent's Account Schedule A2 Authorized Persons Schedule A3 Approved AddBack Expenses Schedule C1 Commitments Schedule D1 Designated Account Schedule K1 Kasco Nonrecurring Expenses Schedule P2 Permitted Liens Schedule P3 Survey Exceptions Schedule R1 Real Property Collateral Schedule 1.1 Definitions Schedule 2.5(a) Cash Management Banks Schedule 3.1 Conditions Precedent Schedule 3.1(x) Mortgage Policy Schedule 4.5 Locations of Collateral Schedule 4.7(a) States of Organization Schedule 4.7(b) Chief Executive Offices Schedule 4.7(c) Organizational Identification Numbers Schedule 4.7(d) Commercial Tort Claims Schedule 4.8(b) Capitalization of Borrowers Schedule 4.8(c) Capitalization of Borrowers' Subsidiaries Schedule 4.10 Litigation Schedule 4.13 Labor and Employee Matters Schedule 4.14 Environmental Matters Schedule 4.15 Intellectual Property Schedule 4.16 Properties Schedule 4.17 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts Schedule 4.19 Permitted Indebtedness Schedule 4.20 Material Contracts Schedule 4.24 Insurance Schedule 5.2 Collateral Reporting Schedule 5.3 Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates Schedule 6.6 Description of Business Schedule 6.17 Holding Company Operations  CREDIT AGREEMENT THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT"), is entered into as of July 17, 2007, by and among the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (such lenders, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a "Lender" and collectively as the "LENDERS"), ABLECO FINANCE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, "AGENT"), BAIRNCO CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("PARENT"), and each of Parent's Subsidiaries identified on the signature pages hereof as a Borrower (such Subsidiaries are referred to hereinafter each individually as a "BORROWER", and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the "BORROWERS"). The parties agree as follows: 1. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION. 1.1 DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified therefor on SCHEDULE 1.1. 1.2 ACCOUNTING TERMS. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. When used herein, the term "financial statements" shall include the notes and schedules thereto. Whenever the term "Borrowers" or the term "Parent" is used in respect of a financial covenant or a related definition, it shall be understood to mean Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. 1.3 CODE. Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Code shall be construed and defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise defined herein; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein and such term is defined differently in different Articles of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article 9 of the Code shall govern. 1.4 CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms "includes" and "including" are not limiting, and the term "or" has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase "and/or." The words "hereof," "herein," "hereby," "hereunder," and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). References to statutes or regulations are to be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, supplementing, interpreting, or replacing the statute or regulation referred to, and, to the extent the context so requires, any equivalent, similar or comparable statute or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction. Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction or repayment in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash of all Obligations other than unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person's successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record and any Record transmitted shall be treated and have the same effect as if such Record was furnished in writing. An Event of Default, if one occurs, shall "exist", "continue" or "be continuing" until such Event of Default has been waived in writing in accordance with SECTION 14.1.  1.5 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. With respect to real or tangible personal property located in the Province of Quebec, (a) the terms "real property", "personal property" and "real and personal property" and words of similar import shall be deemed to also refer to "immovable property", "movable property" and "immovable and movable property". The terms "tangible" and "intangible" and words of similar import shall be deemed to also refer to "corporeal" and "incorporeal". 1.6 SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS. All of the schedules and exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference. 2. LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT. 2.1 TERM LOAN. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date each Lender agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make term loans (collectively, the "TERM LOAN") to Borrowers in an amount equal to such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Term Loan Amount provided that the Term Loan shall be funded in full for the benefit of the Borrowers. The outstanding unpaid principal balance and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loan shall be due and payable on the earliest of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the date of the acceleration of the Term Loan in accordance with the terms hereof, and (iii) the date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to SECTION 8.1(B). All principal of, interest on, and other amounts payable in respect of the Term Loan shall constitute Obligations. (b) Any principal amount of the Term Loan that has been repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. 2.2 BORROWING PROCEDURES AND SETTLEMENTS. (a) PROCEDURE FOR BORROWING. The Administrative Borrower shall give the Agent prior written notice (a "Notice of Borrowing")), not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date which is five (5) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Term Loan (or such shorter period as the Agent is willing to accommodate, but in no event later than (x) one (1) Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Term Loan if the Term Loan is to consist exclusively of Base Rate Loans, and (y) three (3) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Term Loan, if any portion of the Term Loan is to consist of a LIBOR Rate Loan. Such Notice of Borrowing shall specify (i) the principal amount of the proposed Term Loan, (ii) whether the proposed Term Loan is requested to consist of Reference Rate Loans or LIBOR Rate Loans and, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, the initial Interest Periods with respect thereto, (iii) the use of the proceeds of such proposed Term Loan, and (iv) the proposed borrowing date, which must be (A) a Business Day and (B) the Closing Date. (b) MAKING OF LOANS. Promptly after receipt of a request for the Term Loan pursuant to SECTION 2.2(A), Agent shall notify the Lenders, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of the requested Term Loan. Each Lender shall make the amount of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the requested Term Loan available to Agent in immediately available funds, to Agent's Account, not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Closing Date. After Agent's receipt of the proceeds of the Term Loan, Agent shall make the proceeds thereof available to Administrative Borrower on the Closing Date by transferring immediately available funds equal to such proceeds received by Agent in accordance with written instructions from the Administrative Borrower; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Agent shall not request any Lender to make, and no Lender shall have the obligation to make, the Term Loan if Agent shall have actual knowledge that one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in SECTION 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Closing Date. 2  (c) PROTECTIVE ADVANCES. (i) Agent hereby is authorized by Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time in Agent's sole discretion, (A) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (B) at any time that Agent, in its Permitted Discretion deems necessary or desirable, to make extensions of credit to (or on behalf of) Borrowers (1) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (2) to enhance the likelihood of repayment of the Obligations, or (3) to pay any other amount chargeable to Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including Lender Group Expenses and the costs, fees, and expenses described in SECTION 9 (any of the advances described in this SECTION 2.2(C)(I) shall be referred to as "PROTECTIVE ADVANCES"). (ii) All payments on the Protective Advances shall be payable to Agent solely for its own account. The Protective Advances shall be repayable on demand, secured by the Agent's Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Base Rate Loans. The provisions of this SECTION 2.2(C) are for the exclusive benefit of Agent and the Lenders and are not intended to benefit any Loan Party in any way. (d) NOTATION. Agent shall record on its books the principal amount of the portion of the Term Loan owing to each Lender and Protective Advances owing to Agent, and the interests therein of each Lender, from time to time and such records shall, absent manifest error, conclusively be presumed to be correct and accurate. (e) LENDERS' FAILURE TO PERFORM. The Term Loan shall be made by the Lenders contemporaneously and in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares. It is understood that (i) no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligation to make its portion of the Term Loan (or other extension of credit) hereunder, nor shall any Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, and (ii) no failure by any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall excuse any other Lender from its obligations hereunder. 2.3 PAYMENTS. (a) PAYMENTS BY BORROWERS. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by (or on behalf of) Borrowers shall be made to Agent's Account for the account of the Lender Group and shall be made in immediately available funds, no later than 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date specified herein. Any payment received by Agent later than 4:00 p.m. (New York time), shall be deemed to have been received on the following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue until such following Business Day. (b) APPORTIONMENT AND APPLICATION. (i) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all principal and interest payments shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations to which such payments relate held by each Lender) and all payments of fees and expenses (other than fees or expenses that are for Agent's separate account) shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the type of Commitment or Obligation to which a particular fee or expense relates. All payments to be made hereunder by Borrowers shall be remitted to Agent and all (subject to Section 2.3(b)(iv) hereof) such payments, and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent, shall be applied, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to reduce the balance of the Term Loan outstanding and, thereafter, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law. 3  (ii) Subject to Section 2.3(e)(i), at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement) all payments remitted to Agent and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent shall be applied as follows: (A) FIRST, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to Agent under the Loan Documents, until paid in full, (B) SECOND, to pay any fees or premiums then due to Agent under the Loan Documents until paid in full, (C) THIRD, to pay interest due in respect of all Protective Advances until paid in full, (D) FOURTH, to pay the principal of all Protective Advances until paid in full, (E) FIFTH, ratably to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, until paid in full, (F) SIXTH, ratably to pay any fees or premiums then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents until paid in full, (G) SEVENTH, ratably to pay interest due in respect of the Term Loan until paid in full, (H) EIGHTH, to pay the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan until the Term Loan is paid in full, (I) NINTH, to pay any other Obligations, and (J) TENTH, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law. (iii) Agent promptly shall distribute to each Lender, pursuant to the applicable wire instructions received from each Lender in writing, such funds as it may be entitled to receive. (iv) In each instance, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, SECTION 2.3(B)(I) shall not apply to any payment made by Borrowers to Agent and specified by Borrowers to be for the payment of specific Obligations then due and payable (or prepayable) under any provision of this Agreement. (v) For purposes of SECTION 2.3(B)(II), "paid in full" means payment of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents according to the terms thereof, including loan fees, service fees, professional fees, interest (and specifically including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding), default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, whether or not any of the foregoing would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding. (vi) In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this SECTION 2.3 and any other provision contained in any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this SECTION 2.3 shall control and govern. 4  (c) OPTIONAL PREPAYMENTS. Borrowers may voluntarily prepay, without penalty or premium, the Term Loan in full or in part at any time and from time to time upon at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice to Agent so long as any such payment is (i) in an amount equal to or greater than $100,000 and an integral multiple of $100,000, and (ii) not prohibited under the Working Capital Credit Agreement. Any prepayments of the Term Loan made pursuant to this SECTION 2.3(C) shall be accompanied by all accrued interest and applicable fees on the principal amount being prepaid to the date of prepayment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if an Event of Default then exists, such prepayment shall be applied to the Obligations pursuant to SECTION 2.3(B)(II). (d) MANDATORY PREPAYMENTS. (i) Immediately upon the receipt by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of the proceeds of any Permitted Kasco Sale Transaction, Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations, the Working Capital Indebtedness and the Subordinated Indebtedness, as the case may be, in accordance with SECTION 2.3(E)(I) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by Parent or its Subsidiaries in connection with such sale. Nothing contained in this SECTION 2.3(D)(I) shall permit Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of any property or assets other than in accordance the requirements of the definition of Permitted Kasco Sale Transaction or as otherwise permitted hereunder. (ii) Immediately upon the receipt by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of the proceeds of any voluntary or involuntary sale or disposition by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of property or assets (including casualty losses or condemnations but excluding sales or dispositions which qualify as Permitted Dispositions under clauses (a), (b), (c), or (d) of the definition of Permitted Dispositions or any Permitted Kasco Sale Transaction), Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with SECTION 2.3(E)(II) in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds (including condemnation awards and payments in lieu thereof) received by Parent or its Subsidiaries in connection with such sales or dispositions; PROVIDED that, so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, (B) Administrative Borrower shall have given Agent prior written notice of Borrowers' intention to apply such monies to the costs of replacement of the properties or assets that are the subject of such sale or disposition, casualty loss or condemnation, or the cost of purchase or construction of other assets useful in the business of Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, (C) the monies are held in a cash collateral account in which Agent (or, so long as the Working Capital Credit Agreement is in effect, Working Capital Agent, acting as agent for the Agent) has a perfected first-priority security interest, and (D) Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, as applicable, complete such replacement, purchase, or construction within 180 days after the initial receipt of such monies, Borrowers and their Subsidiaries shall have the option to apply such monies to the costs of replacement of the property or assets that are the subject of such sale or disposition or the costs of purchase or construction of other assets useful in the business of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries unless and to the extent that such applicable period shall have expired without such replacement, purchase or construction being made or completed, in which case, any amounts remaining in the cash collateral account shall be paid to Agent and applied in accordance with SECTION 2.3(E)(II). Nothing contained in this SECTION 2.3(D)(II) shall permit Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of any property or assets other than in accordance with SECTION 6.4. (iii) Immediately upon the receipt by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Extraordinary Receipts, Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with SECTION 2.3(E)(II) in an amount equal to 100% of such Extraordinary Receipts, net of any reasonable expenses incurred in collecting such Extraordinary Receipts. (iv) Immediately upon the issuance or incurrence by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted under SECTION 6.1(A), (B), (C), (D), or (E)) or the issuance by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any shares of Parent's or its Subsidiaries' Stock (other than (A) the issuance of Stock under an employee stock option or incentive plan of any Loan Party to the extent permitted hereunder or (B) in the event that Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent forms a Subsidiary in accordance 5  with the terms hereof, the issuance by such Subsidiary of Stock to Parent or such Subsidiary, as applicable), Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with SECTION 2.3(E)(II) in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by Parent or its Subsidiaries in connection with such issuance or incurrence. The provisions of this SECTION 2.3(D)(IV) shall not be deemed to be implied consent to any such issuance or incurrence otherwise prohibited by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. (e) APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS. (i) Each prepayment pursuant to SECTION 2.3(D)(I) above shall (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, FIRST, to the outstanding principal amount of the Working Capital Advances, or to cash collateralize the Working Capital Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Working Capital Letter of Credit Usage, in an amount equal to the book value of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory, Eligible Canadian Inventory, Eligible Foreign Inventory and Eligible Kasco Inventory (in each case, as defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement) sold in a Permitted Kasco Sale Transaction multiplied by the advance rate for such item of Collateral as contained in the definition of Working Capital Borrowing Base; SECOND, to the outstanding principal amount of the Working Capital Term Loan in an amount up to $15,000,000, less any principal payments made with respect to the Term Loan prior to such date; THIRD, to prepay any Working Capital Advances, or to cash collateralize the Working Capital Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Working Capital Letter of Credit Usage, such that after giving effect to such prepayment the Working Capital Availability is not less than $5,000,000; FOURTH, to prepay the Term Loan such that, following such prepayment, the pro forma Senior Leverage Ratio (but excluding any outstanding letters of credit) is less than 4.4 to 1.00 for the four fiscal quarters then ended (measured as if the Permitted Kasco Sale Transaction and such prepayment had occurred on the first day of such four fiscal quarter period); FIFTH, to prepay the Subordinated Indebtedness in an amount up to $4,000,000; and SIXTH, the balance of such Net Cash Proceeds shall used to prepay the Term Loan and the Subordinated Indebtedness in the ratio of 1:2, respectively, and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in SECTION 2.3(B)(II). (ii) Each prepayment pursuant to SECTION 2.3(D)(II), 2.3(D)(III), or 2.3(D)(IV) above shall (A) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, FIRST, to the outstanding principal amount of the Working Capital Term Loan until paid in full, SECOND, to the outstanding principal amount of the Working Capital Advances (with a corresponding permanent reduction in the Working Capital Maximum Revolver Amount, until paid in full, and THIRD, to the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan until paid in full, and fourth, to cash collateralize the Working Capital Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Working Capital Letter of Credit Usage (with a corresponding permanent reduction in the Working Capital Maximum Revolver Amount, and (B) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the amounts payable to Agent pursuant to clause "third" may be applied in the manner set forth in SECTION 2.3(B)(II). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, any required prepayment resulting from tax refunds related to the tax year ended December 31, 2006 and the stub period ended April 13, 2007 received by the Parent or any Subsidiary up to $2,000,000 shall be applied first to repay any Working Capital Advances. 2.4 INTEREST RATES: RATES, PAYMENTS, AND CALCULATIONS. (a) INTEREST RATES. Except as provided in SECTION 2.4(B), all Obligations whether or not charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof as follows: (i) if the relevant Obligation is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the LIBOR Rate Margin, and 6  (ii) otherwise, at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Base Rate Margin. (b) DEFAULT RATE. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default (and at the election of Agent or the Required Lenders), all Obligations whether or not charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof at a per annum rate equal to 2.0 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder. (c) PAYMENT. Except as provided to the contrary in SECTION 2.9, interest payable hereunder shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the first day of each month at any time that Obligations are outstanding. Any interest not paid when due shall be compounded by being charged to the Loan Account and shall thereafter constitute Obligations hereunder and shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans. (d) COMPUTATION. All interest chargeable under the Loan Documents shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual number of days elapsed. In the event the Base Rate is changed from time to time hereafter, the rates of interest hereunder based upon the Base Rate automatically and immediately shall be increased or decreased by an amount equal to such change in the Base Rate. (e) INTENT TO LIMIT CHARGES TO MAXIMUM LAWFUL RATE. In no event shall the interest rate or rates payable under this Agreement, plus any other amounts paid in connection herewith, exceed the highest rate permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable. Borrowers and the Lender Group, in executing and delivering this Agreement, intend legally to agree upon the rate or rates of interest and manner of payment stated within it; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if said rate or rates of interest or manner of payment exceeds the maximum allowable under applicable law, then, IPSO FACTO, as of the date of this Agreement, Borrowers are and shall be liable only for the payment of such maximum as allowed by law, and payment received from Borrowers in excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be applied to reduce the principal balance of the Obligations to the extent of such excess. 2.5 CASH MANAGEMENT. (a) Parent and Borrowers shall and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to (i) establish and maintain cash management services of a type and on terms satisfactory to Agent at one or more of the banks set forth on SCHEDULE 2.5(A) (each a "CASH MANAGEMENT BANK"), and shall request in writing and otherwise take such reasonable steps to ensure that all of their and their Subsidiaries' Account Debtors forward payment of the amounts owed by them directly to such Cash Management Bank, and (ii) deposit or cause to be deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day (or, with respect to Collections not to exceed $100,000 in the aggregate, the second Business Day) after the date of receipt thereof, all of their Collections (including those sent directly by their Account Debtors to Parent, Borrowers or their respective Subsidiaries) into a bank account in Agent's name (or in Working Capital Agent's name, as applicable) (a "CASH MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT") at one of the Cash Management Banks. (b) Each Cash Management Bank shall establish and maintain Cash Management Agreements with Agent, Working Capital Agent and Loan Parties. Each such Cash Management Agreement shall provide, among other things, that (i) the Cash Management Bank will comply with any instructions originated by Agent or Working Capital Agent directing the disposition of the funds in such Cash Management Account without further consent by Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, as applicable, (ii) the Cash Management Bank has no rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against the applicable Cash Management Account, other than for payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such Cash Management Account and for returned checks or other items of payment, and (iii) upon the instruction of Agent or Working Capital Agent (an "ACTIVATION INSTRUCTION"), it will forward by daily sweep all amounts in the applicable Cash Management Account to the account 7  designated in the Activation Instruction. Agent agrees not to issue an Activation Instruction with respect to the Cash Management Accounts unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Activation Instruction is issued. Agent agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to rescind an Activation Instruction (the "RESCISSION") if: (x) the Event of Default upon which such Activation Instruction was issued has been waived in writing in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (y) no additional Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior to the date of the Rescission or is reasonably expected to occur on or immediately after the date of the Rescission. (c) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Administrative Borrower may amend SCHEDULE 2.5(A) to add or replace a Cash Management Bank or Cash Management Account; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) such prospective Cash Management Bank shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and (ii) prior to the time of the opening of such Cash Management Account, a Loan Party (or its Subsidiary, as applicable) and such prospective Cash Management Bank shall have executed and delivered to Agent a Cash Management Agreement. Loan Parties (or their Subsidiaries, as applicable) shall close any of their Cash Management Accounts (and establish replacement cash management accounts in accordance with the foregoing sentence) promptly and in any event within 30 days of notice from Agent that the creditworthiness of any Cash Management Bank is no longer acceptable in Agent's reasonable judgment, or as promptly as practicable and in any event within 60 days of notice from Agent that the operating performance, funds transfer, or availability procedures or performance of the Cash Management Bank with respect to Cash Management Accounts or Agent's liability under any Cash Management Agreement with such Cash Management Bank is no longer acceptable in Agent's reasonable judgment. (d) Each Cash Management Account shall be a cash collateral account subject to a Control Agreement. 2.6 CREDITING PAYMENTS. The receipt of any payment item by Agent (whether from transfers to Agent by the Cash Management Banks pursuant to the Cash Management Agreements or otherwise) shall not be considered a payment on account unless such payment item is a wire transfer of immediately available federal funds made to the Agent's Account or unless and until such payment item is honored when presented for payment. Should any payment item not be honored when presented for payment, then Borrowers shall be deemed not to have made such payment and interest shall be calculated accordingly. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, any payment item shall be deemed received by Agent only if it is received into the Agent's Account on a Business Day on or before 12:00 p.m. (New York time). If any payment item is received into the Agent's Account on a non-Business Day or after 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on a Business Day, it shall be deemed to have been received by Agent as of the opening of business on the immediately following Business Day. 2.7 DESIGNATED ACCOUNT. Agent is authorized to make the Term Loan under this Agreement based upon instructions received from anyone purporting to be an Authorized Person. Administrative Borrower agrees to establish and maintain the Designated Account with the Designated Account Bank. 2.8 MAINTENANCE OF LOAN ACCOUNT; STATEMENTS OF OBLIGATIONS. Agent shall maintain an account on its books in the name of Borrowers (the "LOAN ACCOUNT") on which Borrowers will be charged with the Term Loan, all Protective Advances made by Agent or the Lenders to Borrowers or for Borrowers' account, and with all other payment Obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including, accrued interest, fees and expenses, and Lender Group Expenses. In accordance with SECTION 2.6, the Loan Account will be credited with all payments received by Agent from Borrowers or for Borrowers' account, including all amounts received in the Agent's Account from any Cash Management Bank. Agent shall render statements regarding the Loan Account to Administrative Borrower, including principal, interest, fees, and including an itemization of all charges and expenses constituting Lender Group Expenses owing, and such statements, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account stated between Borrowers and the Lender Group unless, within 30 days after receipt thereof by Administrative Borrower, 8  Administrative Borrower shall deliver to Agent written objection thereto describing the error or errors contained in any such statements. 2.9 FEES. On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrowers shall pay to Agent for the account of the Lenders, in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares, a non-refundable closing fee (the "CLOSING FEE") equal to $960,000, which shall be deemed fully earned when paid. 2.10 LIBOR OPTION. (a) INTEREST. In lieu of having interest charged at the rate based upon the Base Rate, Borrowers shall have the option (the "LIBOR OPTION") to have interest on all or a portion of the Term Loan be charged (whether at the time when made (unless otherwise provided herein), upon conversion from a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan, or upon continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan) at a rate of interest based upon the LIBOR Rate. On the last day of each applicable Interest Period, unless Administrative Borrower properly has exercised the LIBOR Option with respect thereto, the interest rate applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan automatically shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable to Base Rate Loans of the same type hereunder. At any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrowers no longer shall have the option to request that the Term Loan bear interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate, and Agent shall have the right, at the end of the applicable Interest Period for each LIBOR Rate Loan, to convert the interest rate on such LIBOR Rate Loan to the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder. (b) LIBOR ELECTION. (i) Administrative Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, elect to exercise the LIBOR Option by notifying Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time) at least 3 Business Days prior to the commencement of the proposed Interest Period (the "LIBOR DEADLINE"). Notice of Administrative Borrower's election of the LIBOR Option for a permitted portion of the Term Loan and an Interest Period pursuant to this Section shall be made by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline, or by telephonic notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline (to be confirmed by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the same day). Promptly upon its receipt of each such LIBOR Notice, Agent shall provide a copy thereof to each of the affected Lenders. (ii) Each LIBOR Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrowers. In connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan, each Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders harmless against any loss, cost, or expense incurred by Agent or any Lender as a result of (A) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (B) the conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (C) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on the date specified in any LIBOR Notice delivered pursuant hereto (such losses, costs, or expenses, "FUNDING LOSSES"). Funding Losses shall, with respect to Agent or any Lender, be deemed to equal the amount determined by Agent or such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (1) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such LIBOR Rate Loan had such event not occurred, at the LIBOR Rate that would have been applicable thereto, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert, or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period therefor), MINUS (2) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which Agent or such Lender would be offered were it to be offered, at the commencement of such period, Dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period in the London interbank market. A certificate of Agent or a Lender delivered to Administrative Borrower setting forth any amount or amounts that Agent or such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this SECTION 2.10 shall be conclusive absent manifest error. 9  (iii) Borrowers shall have not more than three LIBOR Rate Loans in effect at any given time. Borrowers only may exercise the LIBOR Option for LIBOR Rate Loans of at least $1,000,000. (c) CONVERSION. Borrowers may convert LIBOR Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans at any time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event that LIBOR Rate Loans are converted or prepaid on any date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, including as a result of any automatic prepayment through the required application by Agent of proceeds of Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' Collections in accordance with SECTION 2.3(B) or for any other reason, including early termination of the term of this Agreement or acceleration of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, each Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders and their Participants harmless against any and all Funding Losses in accordance with SECTION 2.10 (B)(II) above. (d) SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LIBOR RATE. (i) The LIBOR Rate may be adjusted by Agent with respect to any Lender on a prospective basis to take into account any additional or increased costs to such Lender of maintaining or obtaining any eurodollar deposits or increased costs, in each case, due to changes in applicable law occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then applicable Interest Period, including changes in tax laws (except changes of general applicability in corporate income tax laws) and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), excluding the Reserve Percentage, which additional or increased costs would increase the cost of funding or maintaining loans bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate. In any such event, the affected Lender shall give Administrative Borrower and Agent notice of such a determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice from the affected Lender, Administrative Borrower may, by notice to such affected Lender (y) require such Lender to furnish to Administrative Borrower a statement setting forth the basis for adjusting such LIBOR Rate and the method for determining the amount of such adjustment, or (z) repay the LIBOR Rate Loans with respect to which such adjustment is made (together with any amounts due under SECTION 2.10(B)(II)). (ii) In the event that any change in market conditions or any law, regulation, treaty, or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation of application thereof, shall at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful or impractical for such Lender to fund or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans or to continue such funding or maintaining, or to determine or charge interest rates at the LIBOR Rate, such Lender shall give notice of such changed circumstances to Agent and Administrative Borrower and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and (y) in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding, the date specified in such Lender's notice shall be deemed to be the last day of the Interest Period of such LIBOR Rate Loans, and interest upon the LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender thereafter shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans, and (z) Borrowers shall not be entitled to elect the LIBOR Option until such Lender determines that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical to do so. (e) NO REQUIREMENT OF MATCHED FUNDING. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, neither Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their Participants, is required actually to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues at the LIBOR Rate. The provisions of this Section shall apply as if each Lender or its Participants had match funded any Obligation as to which interest is accruing at the LIBOR Rate by acquiring eurodollar deposits for each Interest Period in the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loans. 2.11 CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS. If, after the date hereof, any Lender determines that (i) the adoption of or change in any law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital requirements for banks or bank holding companies, or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the administration thereof, or (ii) compliance by such Lender or its parent bank holding company with any guideline, request or directive of any such entity regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having 10  the force of law), has the effect of reducing the return on such Lender's or such holding company's capital as a consequence of such Lender's Commitments hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such holding company could have achieved but for such adoption, change, or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's or such holding company's then existing policies with respect to capital adequacy and assuming the full utilization of such entity's capital) by any amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then such Lender may notify Administrative Borrower and Agent thereof. Following receipt of such notice, Borrowers agree to pay such Lender on demand the amount of such reduction of return of capital as and when such reduction is determined, payable within 90 days after presentation by such Lender of a statement in the amount and setting forth in reasonable detail such Lender's calculation thereof and the assumptions upon which such calculation was based (which statement shall be deemed true and correct absent manifest error). In determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. 2.12 JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY OF BORROWERS. (a) Each Borrower is accepting joint and several liability hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Lender Group under this Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each Borrower and in consideration of the undertakings of the other Borrowers to accept joint and several liability for the Obligations. Each Borrower hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally guaranties as and for its own debt, until final payment in full thereof has been made, (a) the payment of the Obligations, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, pursuant to a mandatory prepayment requirement, by acceleration, or otherwise; it being the intent of each Borrower that the guaranty set forth herein shall be a guaranty of payment and not a guaranty of collection; and (b) the punctual and faithful performance, keeping, observance, and fulfillment by each Borrower of all of the agreements, conditions, covenants, and obligations of such Borrower contained in this Agreement and under each of the other Loan Documents. (b) Each Borrower, jointly and severally, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with the other Borrowers, with respect to the payment and performance of all of the Obligations (including any Obligations arising under this SECTION 2.12), it being the intention of the parties hereto that all the Obligations shall be the joint and several obligations of each Borrower without preferences or distinction among them. (c) If and to the extent that any Borrower shall fail to make any payment with respect to any of the Obligations as and when due or to perform any of the Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, then in each such event the other Borrowers will make such payment with respect to, or perform, such Obligation. (d) The Obligations of each Borrower under the provisions of this SECTION 2.12 constitute the absolute and unconditional, full recourse Obligations of each Borrower enforceable against each Borrower to the full extent of its properties and assets, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other circumstances whatsoever. (e) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each Borrower hereby waives notice of acceptance of its joint and several liability, notice of the Term Loan or any other advance or extension of credit made under or pursuant to this Agreement, notice of the occurrence of any Default, Event of Default, or of any demand for any payment under this Agreement, notice of any action at any time taken or omitted by Agent or Lenders under or in respect of any of the Obligations, any requirement of diligence or to mitigate damages and, generally, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all demands, notices and other formalities of every kind in connection with this Agreement (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement). Each Borrower hereby assents to, and waives notice of, any extension or postponement of the time for the payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any partial payment thereon, any waiver, consent or other action or acquiescence by Agent or Lenders at any time or times in respect of any default by any Borrower in the performance or satisfaction of any term, covenant, condition or provision of this Agreement, any and all other 11  indulgences whatsoever by Agent or Lenders in respect of any of the Obligations, and the taking, addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, at any time or times, of any security for any of the Obligations or the addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, of any Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Borrower assents to any other action or delay in acting or failure to act on the part of any Agent or Lender with respect to the failure by any Borrower to comply with any of its respective Obligations, including, without limitation, any failure strictly or diligently to assert any right or to pursue any remedy or to comply fully with applicable laws or regulations thereunder, which might, but for the provisions of this SECTION 2.12 afford grounds for terminating, discharging or relieving any Borrower, in whole or in part, from any of its Obligations under this SECTION 2.12, it being the intention of each Borrower that, so long as any of the Obligations hereunder remain unsatisfied, the Obligations of each Borrower under this SECTION 2.12 shall not be discharged except by performance and then only to the extent of such performance. The Obligations of each Borrower under this SECTION 2.12 shall not be diminished or rendered unenforceable by any unenforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document against one or more of the other Borrowers or any winding up, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation, reconstruction or similar proceeding with respect to any Borrower or any Agent or Lender. (f) Each Borrower represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that such Borrower is currently informed of the financial condition of Borrowers and of all other circumstances which a diligent inquiry would reveal and which bear upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations. Each Borrower further represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that such Borrower has read and understands the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents. Each Borrower hereby covenants that such Borrower will continue to keep informed of Borrowers' financial condition, the financial condition of other guarantors, if any, and of all other circumstances which bear upon the risk of nonpayment or nonperformance of the Obligations. (g) Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by Agent or any Lender, even though that election of remedies, such as a nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for a guaranteed obligation, has destroyed Agent's or such Lender's rights of subrogation and reimbursement against such Borrower by the operation of Section 580(d) of the California Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise: (h) Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses that such Borrower may have because the Obligations are secured by Real Property. This means, among other things: (i) Agent and Lenders may collect from such Borrower without first foreclosing on any Real or Personal Property Collateral pledged by Borrowers. (ii) If Agent or any Lender forecloses on any Real Property Collateral pledged by Borrowers: (A) The amount of the Obligations may be reduced only by the price for which that collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the collateral is worth more than the sale price. (B) Agent and Lenders may collect from such Borrower even if Agent or Lenders, by foreclosing on the Real Property Collateral, has destroyed any right such Borrower may have to collect from the other Borrowers. This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses such Borrower may have because the Obligations are secured by Real Property. These rights and defenses include, but are not limited to, any rights or defenses based upon Section 580a, 580b, 580d or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure. (i) The provisions of this SECTION 2.12 are made for the benefit of Agent, Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, and may be enforced by it or them from time to time against any or all Borrowers as 12  often as occasion therefor may arise and without requirement on the part of Agent, Lender, successor or assign first to marshal any of its or their claims or to exercise any of its or their rights against any Borrower or to exhaust any remedies available to it or them against any Borrower or to resort to any other source or means of obtaining payment of any of the Obligations hereunder or to elect any other remedy. The provisions of this SECTION 2.12 shall remain in effect until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full or otherwise fully satisfied. If at any time, any payment, or any part thereof, made in respect of any of the Obligations, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower, or otherwise, the provisions of this SECTION 2.12 will forthwith be reinstated in effect, as though such payment had not been made. (j) Until the Obligations have been paid in full, each Borrower hereby agrees that it will not enforce any of its rights of contribution or subrogation against any other Borrower with respect to any liability incurred by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, any payments made by it to Agent or Lenders with respect to any of the Obligations or any collateral security therefor. Any claim which any Borrower may have against any other Borrower with respect to any payments to any Agent or Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Documents are hereby expressly made subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations and, in the event of any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding under the laws of any jurisdiction relating to any Borrower, its debts or its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary, all such Obligations shall be paid in full in cash before any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made to any other Borrower therefor. (k) Each Borrower hereby agrees that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, the payment of any amounts due with respect to the indebtedness owing by any Borrower to any other Borrower is hereby subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations. Each Borrower hereby agrees that after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, such Borrower will not demand, sue for or otherwise attempt to collect any indebtedness of any other Borrower owing to such Borrower until the Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash. If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, such Borrower shall collect, enforce or receive any amounts in respect of such indebtedness, such amounts shall be collected, enforced and received by such Borrower as trustee for Agent, and such Borrower shall deliver any such amounts to Agent for application to the Obligations in accordance with SECTION 2.3(B). 2.13 SECURITIZATION. Parent and each Borrower (on behalf of themselves and their respective Subsidiaries) hereby acknowledge that each Lender and each of its Affiliates and Related Funds may sell or securitize its portion of the Term Loan (a "SECURITIZATION") through the pledge of its portion of the Term Loan as collateral security for loans to such Lender or its Affiliates or Related Funds or through the sale of its portion of the Term Loan or the issuance of direct or indirect interests in its portion of the Term Loan, which loans to such Lender or its Affiliates or Related Funds or direct or indirect interests will be rated by Moody's, S&P or one or more other rating agencies (the "RATING AGENCIES"). Parent and each Borrower (on behalf of themselves and their Subsidiaries) agree to cooperate with such Lenders and their Affiliates and Related Funds to effect the Securitization, including, without limitation, by (a) executing such additional documents, as reasonably requested by such Lenders in connection with the Securitization, provided that (i) any such additional documentation does not impose additional costs on Borrowers (other than costs of a de minimis nature), and (ii) any such additional documentation does not adversely affect the rights, or increase the obligations (other than increases of a de minimis nature), of Borrowers under the Loan Documents or change or affect in a manner adverse to Borrowers the financial terms of the Term Loan, and (b) providing such information as may be reasonably requested by such Lenders in connection with the rating of the Term Loan or the Securitization. 13  3. CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT. 3.1 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE TERM LOAN. The obligation of each Lender to make the Term Loan provided for hereunder, is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent and each Lender of (a) each of the conditions precedent set forth on SCHEDULE 3.1 (the making of the Term Loan by a Lender being conclusively deemed to be its satisfaction or waiver of such conditions precedent), and (b) each of the following conditions precedent: (i) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date of such extension of credit, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date); (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such extension of credit, nor shall either result from the making thereof; (iii) no injunction, writ, restraining order, or other order, or any law, rule or regulation, of any nature restricting or prohibiting, directly or indirectly, the extending of such credit shall have been issued and remain in force by any Governmental Authority against any Loan Party, Agent, or any Lender; and (iv) no Material Adverse Change shall have occurred since December 31, 2006, provided that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the transactions made in connection with the Permitted Merger shall not constitute a Material Adverse Change. 3.2 TERM. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a term ending on July 17, 2012 (the "MATURITY DATE"). The foregoing notwithstanding, the Lender Group, upon the election of the Required Lenders, shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement immediately and without notice upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default. 3.3 EFFECT OF TERMINATION. On the date of termination of this Agreement, all Obligations immediately shall become due and payable without notice or demand. No termination of this Agreement, however, shall relieve or discharge Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries of their duties, Obligations, or covenants hereunder or under any other Loan Document and the Agent's Liens in the Collateral shall remain in effect until all Obligations have been paid in full. When this Agreement has been terminated and all of the Obligations have been paid in full, Agent will, at Borrowers' sole expense, execute and deliver any termination statements, lien releases, mortgage releases, re-assignments of trademarks, discharges of security interests, and other similar discharge or release documents (and, if applicable, in recordable form) as are reasonably necessary to release, as of record, the Agent's Liens and all notices of security interests and liens previously filed by Agent with respect to the Obligations. 3.4 EARLY TERMINATION BY BORROWERS. Borrowers have the option, at any time upon 30 days prior written notice to Agent, to terminate this Agreement, without penalty or premium, by paying to Agent, in cash, the Obligations, in full. If Borrowers have sent a notice of termination pursuant to the provisions of this Section, then Borrowers shall be obligated to repay the Obligations, in full, on the date set forth as the date of termination of this Agreement in such notice. 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. In order to induce the Lender Group to enter into this Agreement, Parent and each Borrower make the following representations and 14  warranties to the Lender Group which shall be true, correct, and complete as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date or any Schedule or Projection referred to herein has been updated or amended in accordance herewith) and such representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement: 4.1 NO ENCUMBRANCES. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries has good and indefeasible title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, their personal property assets and good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, their Real Property, in each case, free and clear of Liens except for Permitted Liens. 4.2 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]. 4.3 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.]. 4.4 EQUIPMENT. Each material item of Equipment of Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries is used or held for use in their business and is in good working order, ordinary wear and tear and damage by casualty excepted. 4.5 LOCATION OF COLLATERAL. The Collateral (other than vehicles, Inventory maintained on vehicles and Equipment out for repair) of Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries is not stored with a bailee, warehouseman, or similar party (except with respect to Inventory in the ordinary course of business), and is located only at, or in-transit between, the locations identified on SCHEDULE 4.5 (as such Schedule may be updated pursuant to SECTION 5.9). 4.6 INVENTORY RECORDS. Each Loan Party keeps correct and accurate records in all material respects itemizing and describing the type, quality, and quantity of its and its Subsidiaries' Inventory and the book value thereof. 4.7 JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION; LOCATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER; COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS. (a) The name of (within the meaning of Section 9-503 of the Code) and jurisdiction of organization of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is set forth on SCHEDULE 4.7(A) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes permitted to be made under SECTION 6.5). (b) The chief executive office of each Loan Party is located at the address indicated on SCHEDULE 4.7(B) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes permitted to be made under SECTION 5.9). (c) Each Loan Party's tax identification numbers and organizational identification numbers, if any, are identified on SCHEDULE 4.7(C) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes permitted to be made under SECTION 6.5). (d) As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries do not hold any commercial tort claims, except as set forth on SCHEDULE 4.7(D). 4.8 DUE ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION; SUBSIDIARIES. (a) Each Loan Party (i) is duly organized and existing and in good standing (or the non-U.S. equivalent thereof) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, and (ii) has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted and as currently contemplated, to make the borrowings hereunder (in the case of Borrowers), and to execute and deliver each Loan Document to which it is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. 15  (b) Set forth on SCHEDULE 4.8(B) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes permitted to be made under SECTION 5.16), is a complete and accurate description of the authorized capital Stock of each Loan Party, by class, and, as of the Closing Date, a description of the number of shares of each such class that are issued and outstanding. Other than as described on SCHEDULE 4.8(B), there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares (or other equity interest) of each Loan Party's capital Stock, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument. No Loan Party is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of its capital Stock or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any of its capital Stock. (c) Set forth on SCHEDULE 4.8(C) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes permitted to be made under SECTION 5.16), is a complete and accurate list of each Loan Party's direct and indirect Subsidiaries, showing: (i) the jurisdiction of their organization, (ii) the number of shares of each class of common and preferred Stock authorized for each of such Subsidiaries, and (iii) the number and the percentage of the outstanding shares of each such class owned directly or indirectly by the applicable Loan Party. All of the outstanding capital Stock of each such Subsidiary has been validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable. (d) Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 4.8(C), there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares of any Loan Party's Subsidiaries' capital Stock, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument. No Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of any Loan Party's Subsidiaries' capital Stock or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any such capital Stock. 4.9 DUE AUTHORIZATION; NO CONFLICT. (a) As to each Borrower, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Borrower of this Agreement and the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Borrower. (b) As to each Borrower, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will not (i) violate any provision of federal, state, or local law or regulation applicable to such Borrower, the Governing Documents of such Borrower, or any order, judgment, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on such Borrower, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Material Contract of such Borrower, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any properties or assets of such Borrower, other than Permitted Liens, (iv) do not and will not result in any default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to its operations or any of its properties, or (v) require any approval of such Borrower's interestholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any Material Contract of such Borrower, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect. (c) Other than the filing of financing statements, the recordation of the Mortgages, and other filings or actions necessary to perfect Liens granted to Agent in the Collateral, the execution, delivery, and performance by each Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party do not and will not require any registration with, consent, or approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect. (d) As to each Borrower, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party, and all other documents 16  contemplated hereby and thereby, when executed and delivered by such Borrower will be the legally valid and binding obligations of such Borrower, enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors' rights generally. (e) The Agent's Liens are validly created, perfected (other than (i) in respect of motor vehicles and (ii) any Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts not subject to a Control Agreement as permitted by SECTION 6.12, and subject only to the filing of financing statements and the recordation of the Mortgages, and (ii) to the extent such Liens are not validly created or perfected solely as a result of the gross negligence of Agent), and first priority Liens (subject only to Permitted Priority Liens). (f) The execution, delivery, and performance by each Guarantor of the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Guarantor. (g) The execution, delivery, and performance by each Guarantor of the Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will not (i) violate any provision of federal, state, or local law or regulation applicable to such Guarantor, the Governing Documents of such Guarantor, or any order, judgment, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on such Guarantor, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Material Contract of such Guarantor, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any properties or assets of such Guarantor, other than Permitted Liens, (iv) do not and will not result in any default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to its operations or any of its properties, or (v) require any approval of such Guarantor's interestholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any Material Contract of such Guarantor, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect. (h) Other than the filing of financing statements and the recordation of the Mortgages, and other filings or actions necessary to perfect Liens granted to Agent in the Collateral, the execution, delivery, and performance by each Guarantor of the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party do not and will not require any registration with, consent, or approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect. (i) The Loan Documents to which each Guarantor is a party, and all other documents contemplated hereby and thereby, when executed and delivered by such Guarantor will be the legally valid and binding obligations of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors' rights generally. 4.10 LITIGATION. Other than those matters disclosed on SCHEDULE 4.10 and other than matters arising after the Closing Date that reasonably could not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, there are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Parent and each Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, none of the Loan Parties holds any commercial tort claims in respect of which a claim has been filed in a court of law or a written notice by an attorney has been given to a potential defendant 4.11 NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE. All financial statements relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries that have been delivered by any Loan Party to the Lender Group have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the lack of footnotes and being subject to year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects, Parent's and its Subsidiaries' financial condition as of the date thereof and results of operations for the period then ended. There has not been a Material Adverse Change with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries since December 31, 2006. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of this 17  Agreement, no Material Adverse Change shall be deemed to have occurred on the Closing Date as a direct result (i) of the making of the Term Loan or (ii) from transactions completed prior to the Closing Date directly related to the consummation of the Permitted Merger. 4.12 FRAUDULENT TRANSFER. (a) Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of a Loan Party is Solvent. (b) No transfer of property is being made by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party and no obligation is being incurred by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future creditors of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries. 4.13 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13, (i) each Employee Plan is in substantial compliance with ERISA and the IRC, (ii) no Termination Event has occurred nor is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Employee Plan, (iii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500 Series) with respect to each Employee Plan, including any required Schedule B (Actuarial Information) thereto, copies of which have been filed with the Internal Revenue Service and delivered to Agent, is to the knowledge of Borrower complete and correct, and since the date of such report there has been no Material Adverse Change in such funding status, (iv) copies of each agreement entered into with the PBGC, the U.S. Department of Labor or the Internal Revenue Service with respect to any Employee Plan have been delivered to Agent, (v) no Employee Plan had an accumulated or waived funding deficiency or permitted decrease which would create a deficiency in its funding standard account or has applied for an extension of any amortization period within the meaning of Section 412 of the IRC at any time during the previous 60 months, and (vi) no Lien imposed under the IRC or ERISA exists or is likely to arise on account of any Employee Plan within the meaning of Section 412 of the IRC. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13, no Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred any withdrawal liability under ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, or is aware of any facts indicating that it or any of its ERISA Affiliates may in the future reasonably be expected to incur any such withdrawal liability. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13, no Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates nor any fiduciary of any Employee Plan has (A) engaged in a nonexempt prohibited transaction described in Sections 406 of ERISA or 4975 of the IRC that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (B) failed to pay any required installment or other payment required under Section 412 of the IRC on or before the due date for such required installment or payment if such failure is not cured within 3 Business Days, (C) engaged in a transaction within the meaning of Section 4069 of ERISA or (D) incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due which are unpaid. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened claims, actions, proceedings or lawsuits (other than claims for benefits in the normal course) asserted or instituted against (1) any Employee Plan or its assets, (2) any fiduciary with respect to any Employee Plan, or (3) any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates with respect to any Employee Plan. Except as required by Section 4980B of the IRC, no Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates maintains an employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which provides health or welfare benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates or coverage after a participant's termination of employment. (b) Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 4.13, there is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to Parent's and each Borrower's knowledge, threatened against any Loan Party before any Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or threatened against any Loan Party which arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement, (b) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage or similar action or grievance pending or, to the best knowledge of Parent and each Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party and (c) no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of any Loan Party and no union organizing activity 18  taking place with respect to any of the employees of any of them. No Loan Party, nor any ERISA Affiliate of any Loan Party has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or similar state law, which remains unpaid or unsatisfied. The hours worked and payments made to employees of Loan Parties have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable legal requirements. All material payments due from any Loan Party on account of workers compensation, wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Loan Party. 4.14 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 4.14, (a) to Parent's and each Borrower's knowledge, none of the Loan Parties' or their Subsidiaries' properties or assets has ever been used by the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, or, to their knowledge, by previous owners or operators in the disposal of, or to produce, store, handle, treat, release, or transport, any Hazardous Materials, where such use, production, storage, handling, treatment, release or transport was in violation, in any material respect, of any applicable material Environmental Law, (b) to Parent's and each Borrower's knowledge, none of the Loan Parties' nor their Subsidiaries' properties or assets has ever been designated or identified in any manner pursuant to any environmental protection statute as a Hazardous Materials disposal site, (c) none of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries have received written notice that a Lien arising under any Environmental Law has attached to any revenues or to any Real Property owned or operated by the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, and (d) none of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries have received a summons, citation, written notice, or directive from the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any other federal or state governmental agency concerning any material action or omission by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party resulting in the releasing or disposing of Hazardous Materials into the environment. 4.15 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of a Loan Party owns, or holds licenses in, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, and licenses that are necessary to the conduct of its business as currently conducted, and attached hereto as SCHEDULE 4.15 (as updated from time to time) is a true, correct, and complete listing of all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, copyrights, and copyright registrations as to which each Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries is the owner or is an exclusive licensee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Administrative Borrower may amend SCHEDULE 4.15 to add additional property so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Agent not less than 10 days before the date on which a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party acquires any such property after the Closing Date. 4.16 LEASES; ETC.. (a) Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession in all material respects, under all leases material to their business and to which they are parties or under which they are operating and all of such material leases are valid and subsisting and no material default by Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries exists under any of them. (b) Schedule 4.16 sets forth a complete and accurate list, as of the Closing Date, of the location, by street address, of all real property owned or leased by each Loan Party. No consent or approval of any landlord or other third party in connection with any such lease is necessary for any Loan Party to enter into and execute the Loan Documents to which it is a party, except as set forth on Schedule 4.16. To the best knowledge of any Loan Party, no other party to any such lease is in default of its obligations thereunder, and no Loan Party (or any other party to any such lease) has at any time delivered or received any notice of default which remains uncured under any such lease and, as of the Closing Date, no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute a material default under any such lease. 4.17 DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS AND SECURITIES ACCOUNTS. Set forth on SCHEDULE 4.17 is a listing of all of the Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts, including, with respect to each bank 19  or securities intermediary (a) the name and address of such Person, and (b) the account numbers of the Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained with such Person. 4.18 COMPLETE DISCLOSURE. All factual information (taken as a whole) furnished by or on behalf of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender (including all information contained in the Schedules hereto or in the other Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any transaction contemplated herein or therein is, and will be, true and accurate in all material respects on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided. On the Closing Date, the Closing Date Projections represent, and as of the date on which any other Projections are delivered to Agent, such additional Projections represent Parent's and each Borrower's good faith estimate of their and their Subsidiaries' future performance for the periods covered thereby based upon assumptions believed by Parent and each of the Borrowers to be reasonable at the time of the delivery thereof to Agent (it being understood that such projections and forecasts are subject to uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and no assurances can be given that such projections or forecasts will be realized). 4.19 INDEBTEDNESS. Set forth on SCHEDULE 4.19 is a true and complete list of all Indebtedness of each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of a Loan Party outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date that is to remain outstanding after the Closing Date and such Schedule accurately sets forth the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness and the principal terms thereof. 4.20 MATERIAL CONTRACTS. Set forth on SCHEDULE 4.20 is a description of all Material Contracts of Parent and its Subsidiaries, showing the parties and principal subject matter thereof and amendments and modifications thereto; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Administrative Borrower may amend SCHEDULE 4.20 to add additional Material Contracts so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Agent not less than 5 days after the date on which Parent or its Subsidiary enters into such Material Contract after the Closing Date. Except for matters which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, each Material Contract (other than those that have expired at the end of their normal terms) (a) is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable against Parent or its Subsidiary and, to the best of Parent's and each Borrower's knowledge, each other Person that is a party thereto in accordance with its terms, (b) has not been otherwise amended or modified (other than amendments or modifications permitted by SECTION 6.7(C)), and (c) is not in default due to the action or inaction of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. 4.21 PERMITS, LICENSES, ETC. Parent and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all respects with all governmental permits, licenses, authorizations, approvals, entitlements and accreditations required and material for such Person lawfully to own, lease, manage or operate, or to acquire, each business currently owned, leased, managed or operated, or previously acquired, by such Person. No condition exists or event has occurred which could reasonably be expected to result in the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal of any such permit, license, authorization, approval, entitlement or accreditation, and there is no outstanding claim by any Governmental Authority that any such permit, license, authorization, approval, entitlement or accreditation is not in full force and effect. 4.22 SUPPLIERS. There exists no actual or, to the best knowledge of Parent and each Borrower, threatened termination, cancellation or limitation of, or modification to or change in, the business relationship between Parent and any Subsidiary of Parent, on the one hand, and any material supplier thereof, on the other hand which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and, to the best knowledge of Parent and each Borrower, there exists no present state of facts or circumstances that could give rise to or result in any such termination, cancellation, limitation, modification or change. 20  4.23 MARGIN STOCK. None of Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries is nor will be engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no proceeds of the Term Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock. 4.24 INSURANCE. Parent and each of its Subsidiaries keeps its property adequately insured and maintains (a) insurance to such extent and against such risks, including fire, as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses, (b) workers' compensation insurance in the amount required by applicable law, (c) public liability insurance in the amount customary with companies in the same or similar business against claims for personal injury or death on properties owned, occupied or controlled by it, and (d) such other insurance as may be required by law or as may be reasonably required by Agent (including, without limitation, against larceny, embezzlement or other criminal misappropriation). SCHEDULE 4.24 sets forth a list of all insurance maintained by Parent and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date. 4.25 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT, ETC.. No Loan Party is (a) an "investment company" or an "affiliated person" or "promoter" of, or "principal underwriter" of or for, an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (b) subject to regulation under any federal, state, provincial, territorial, local or foreign statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. 4.26 TAXES, ETC. All federal, state, provincial, territorial, supranational, local and foreign tax returns and other reports required by applicable law to be filed by any Loan Party have been filed, or extensions have been obtained, and all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon any Loan Party or any property of any Loan Party and which have become due and payable on or prior to the date hereof have been paid, except as otherwise permitted under SECTION 5.7. 4.27 NATURE OF BUSINESS. No Loan Party is engaged in any business other than (a) designing, manufacturing, and selling engineered materials and components for the electronic, industrial and commercial markets, (b) manufacturing and distributing meat-room products and maintenance services for the meat and deli departments of supermarkets; restaurants; meat, poultry and fish processing plants; and (c) distributing electrical saws and food processing equipment. 4.28 RELATED TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS. The Parent has delivered to Agent a complete and correct copy of each Related Transaction Document, including all schedules and exhibits thereto. The Related Transaction Documents set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties thereto relating to the subject matter thereof, and there are no other agreements, arrangements or understandings, written or oral, relating to the matters covered thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of the Related Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action (including, without limitation, the obtaining of any consent of stockholders or other holders of Capital Stock required by law or by any applicable corporate or other organizational documents) on the part of each such Person. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to filing with or license from, any Governmental Authority is required for such sale other than such as have been obtained on or prior to the Closing Date. The Related Transaction Documents are the legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto, enforceable against such parties in accordance with their terms. 4.29 NO IMMUNITY. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of any Loan Party or any of their respective property has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of the United States or its jurisdiction of organization. 4.30 NO TAXES. Except for any withholding tax imposed on interest payable by any Loan Party hereunder, there is no tax, levy, impost, duty, fee, assessment or other governmental charge, or any deduction or withholding, 21  imposed by any Governmental Authority either (i) on or by virtue of the execution or delivery of the Loan Documents or (ii) on any payment to be made by any Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents. 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. Parent and each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until the payment in full of the Obligations, Parent and each of the Borrowers shall and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to do all of the following: 5.1 ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. Maintain a system of accounting that enables Loan Parties to produce financial statements in accordance with GAAP and maintain records pertaining to the Collateral that contain information as from time to time reasonably may be requested by Agent. Loan Parties also shall keep a reporting system that shows all additions, sales, claims, returns, and allowances with respect to their and their Subsidiaries' sales. Loan Parties shall also maintain their billing systems/practices as approved by Agent prior to the Closing Date and shall only make material modifications thereto with notice to, and consent of, Agent. 5.2 COLLATERAL REPORTING. Provide Agent (and if so requested by Agent, with copies for each Lender) with each of the reports set forth on SCHEDULE 5.2 at the times specified therein. In addition, each Borrower agrees to cooperate fully with Agent to facilitate and implement a system of electronic collateral reporting in order to provide electronic reporting of each of the items set forth above. 5.3 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, REPORTS, CERTIFICATES. Deliver to Agent, with copies to each Lender, each of the financial statements, reports, or other items set forth on SCHEDULE 5.3 at the times specified therein. In addition, Parent agrees that no Subsidiary of Parent will have a fiscal year different from that of Parent. 5.4 GUARANTOR REPORTS. Cause each Guarantor to deliver its annual financial statements at the time when Parent provides its audited financial statements to Agent, but only to the extent such Guarantor's financial statements are not consolidated with Parent's financial statements. 5.5 INSPECTION. Permit Agent, each Lender, and each of their duly authorized representatives or agents to visit any of its properties and inspect any of its assets or books and records, to examine and make copies of its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances, and accounts with, and to be advised as to the same by, its officers and employees at such reasonable times and intervals as Agent or any such Lender may designate and, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, with reasonable prior notice to Administrative Borrower. In furtherance of the foregoing, during the continuance of an Event of Default, Parent and each Borrower hereby authorizes its independent accountants, and the independent accountants of each of its Subsidiaries, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of such Person (independently or together with representatives of such Person) with the agents and representatives of Agent in accordance with this Section 5.5. 5.6 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. Maintain and preserve all of their properties which are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of their business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear, tear, and casualty excepted (and except where the failure to do so could not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change), and comply at all times with the provisions of all material leases to which it is a party as lessee, so as to prevent any material loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder. 5.7 TAXES. Cause all assessments and taxes, whether real, personal, or otherwise, due or payable by, or imposed, levied, or assessed against Loan Parties, their Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets to be paid in full, before delinquency or before the expiration of any extension period, except to the extent that the validity of such assessment or tax shall be the subject of a Permitted Protest and except for assessments and taxes not exceeding $100,000 in the aggregate. Loan Parties will and will cause their Subsidiaries to make timely payment or deposit of all tax payments and withholding taxes required of them by applicable laws, including those laws 22  concerning F.I.C.A., F.U.T.A., state disability, and local, state, and federal income taxes, and will, upon request, furnish Agent with proof satisfactory to Agent indicating that the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party has made such payments or deposits. 5.8 INSURANCE. (a) At Parent's or Borrowers' expense, maintain insurance (with responsible and reputable insurance companies) respecting their and their Subsidiaries' assets wherever located, covering loss or damage by fire, theft, explosion, and all other hazards and risks as ordinarily are insured against by other Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses. Parent or Borrowers also shall maintain business interruption, public liability, and product liability insurance, as well as insurance against larceny, embezzlement, and criminal misappropriation. All such policies of insurance shall be in such amounts and with such insurance companies as are reasonably satisfactory to Agent. Administrative Borrower shall deliver copies of all such policies to Agent with an endorsement naming Agent as the loss payee (under a satisfactory lender's loss payable endorsement) or additional insured, as appropriate. Each policy of insurance or endorsement shall contain a clause requiring the insurer to give not less than 30 days prior written notice to Agent in the event of cancellation of the policy for any reason whatsoever. (b) Administrative Borrower shall give Agent prompt notice of any loss exceeding $250,000 covered by such insurance. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrowers shall have the exclusive right to adjust any losses payable under any such insurance policies which are less than $500,000. Following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, or in the case of any losses payable under such insurance exceeding $500,000, Agent shall have the exclusive right to adjust any losses payable under any such insurance policies, without any liability to Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries whatsoever in respect of such adjustments; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if no Event of Default exists, the Borrowers and Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to adjust any losses by agreement of the parties. 5.9 LOCATION OF COLLATERAL. Keep each Loan Party's and its Subsidiaries' Inventory and Equipment (other than vehicles, Inventory maintained on vehicles and Equipment out for repair) only at the locations identified on SCHEDULE 4.5 and their chief executive offices only at the locations identified on SCHEDULE 4.7(B); PROVIDED, however, that Administrative Borrower may amend SCHEDULE 4.5 or SCHEDULE 4.7 so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Agent not less than 30 days after the date on which such Inventory or Equipment is moved to such new location or such chief executive office is relocated, so long as such new location is within the continental United States or Canada, and so long as, at the time of such written notification, the Loan Party provides Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect thereto. 5.10 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders of any Governmental Authority, other than laws, rules, regulations, and orders the non-compliance with which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, such compliance to include, without limitation, (a) paying before the same become delinquent all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or upon any of its properties, (b) paying all lawful claims which if unpaid might become a Lien or charge upon any of its properties, except to the extent contested in good faith by proper proceedings which stay the imposition of any penalty, fine or Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment thereof in accordance with GAAP, (c) withholding from each payment made to any of its past or present employees, officers or directors, and to any non resident of the country in which it is resident, the amount of all Taxes and other deductions required to be withheld therefrom and paying the same to the proper tax or other receiving officers within the time required under any applicable laws, and (d) collect from all Persons the amount of all Taxes required to be collected from them and remit the same to the proper tax or other receiving officers within the time required under any applicable laws. 23  5.11 LEASES. Pay when due all rents and other amounts payable under any material leases to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party is a party or by which any Loan Party's or any of its Subsidiaries' properties and assets are bound, unless such payments are the subject of a Permitted Protest. 5.12 EXISTENCE. At all times preserve and keep in full force and effect each Loan Party's and each of its Subsidiaries', valid existence, good standing in its jurisdiction of organization and qualifications to do business as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which it is required to be so qualified and, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, any rights, franchises, permits, licenses, accreditations, authorizations, or other approvals material to their businesses. 5.13 ENVIRONMENTAL. (a) Keep any property either owned or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party free of any Environmental Liens or post bonds or other financial assurances sufficient to satisfy the obligations or liability evidenced by such Environmental Liens, (b) comply, in all material respects, with Environmental Laws and provide to Agent documentation of such compliance which Agent reasonably requests, (c) promptly notify Agent of any release of a Hazardous Material in any reportable quantity from or onto property owned or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party and take any Remedial Actions required to abate said release or otherwise to come into compliance with applicable Environmental Law, and (d) promptly, but in any event within 5 days of its receipt thereof, provide Agent with written notice of any of the following: (i) actual knowledge or written notice that an Environmental Lien has been filed against any of the real or personal property of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, (ii) actual knowledge or written notice of the commencement of any Environmental Action or written notice that an Environmental Action will be filed against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, and (iii) written notice of a violation, citation, or other administrative order which reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. 5.14 DISCLOSURE UPDATES. Promptly and in no event later than 5 Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify Agent if any written information, exhibit, or report furnished to the Lender Group contained, at the time it was furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which made. The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, any notification pursuant to the foregoing provision will not cure or remedy the effect of the prior untrue statement of a material fact or omission of any material fact nor shall any such notification have the effect of amending or modifying this Agreement or any of the Schedules hereto. 5.15 CONTROL AGREEMENTS. Take all reasonable steps in order for Agent to obtain control in accordance with Sections 8-106, 9-104, 9-105, 9-106, and 9-107 of the Code with respect to (subject to the proviso contained in SECTION 6.12) all of its Securities Accounts, Deposit Accounts, electronic chattel paper, investment property, and letter-of-credit rights. 5.16 FORMATION OF SUBSIDIARIES. At the time that any Loan Party forms any direct or indirect Subsidiary or acquires any direct or indirect Subsidiary after the Closing Date, such Loan Party shall (a) cause such new Subsidiary to provide to Agent a joinder to the Guaranty and the Security Agreement, together with such other security documents (including Mortgages with respect to any Real Property of such new Subsidiary), as well as appropriate financing statements (and with respect to all property subject to a Mortgage, fixture filings), all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent (including being sufficient to grant Agent a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Priority Liens) in and to the assets of such newly formed or acquired 24  Subsidiary), (b) provide to Agent a pledge agreement and appropriate certificates and powers or financing statements, hypothecating all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in such new Subsidiary, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, and (c) provide to Agent all other documentation, including one or more opinions of counsel satisfactory to Agent, which in its opinion is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above (including policies of title insurance or other documentation with respect to all property subject to a Mortgage). Any document, agreement, or instrument executed or issued pursuant to this SECTION 5.16 shall be a Loan Document. 5.17 FURTHER ASSURANCES. At any time upon the request of Agent, the Loan Parties shall execute or deliver to Agent, and shall cause their Subsidiaries to execute or deliver to Agent, any and all financing statements, fixture filings, security agreements, pledges, assignments, endorsements of certificates of title, mortgages, deeds of trust, opinions of counsel, and all other documents (collectively, the "ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS") that Agent may request in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, to create, perfect, and continue perfected or to better perfect the Agent's Liens in all of the properties and assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (whether now owned or hereafter arising or acquired, tangible or intangible, real or personal), to create and perfect Liens in favor of Agent in any Real Property acquired by the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereby and under the other Loan Documents. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Parent and each Borrower authorize Agent to execute any such Additional Documents in the Loan Party's or their Subsidiaries' names, as applicable, and authorizes Agent to file such executed Additional Documents in any appropriate filing office. 5.18 MATERIAL CONTRACTS. Contemporaneously with the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant hereto, provide Agent with copies of (a) each Material Contract entered into since the delivery of the previous Compliance Certificate, and (b) each amendment or modification of any Material Contract entered into since the delivery of the previous Compliance Certificate. 5.19 SUBORDINATION. Cause all Indebtedness and other obligations now or hereafter owed by it to any of its Affiliates, to be subordinated in right of payment and security to the Indebtedness and other Obligations owing to the Agent and the Lenders in accordance with a subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. 5.20 AFTER ACQUIRED REAL PROPERTY. Upon the acquisition by it or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof of any interest (whether fee or leasehold) in any Real Property (wherever located) (each such interest being an "AFTER ACQUIRED PROPERTY") (x) with a Current Value (as defined below) in excess of $150,000 in the case of a fee interest, or (y) requiring the payment of annual rent exceeding in the aggregate $250,000 in the case of leasehold interest, immediately so notify Agent, setting forth with specificity a description of the interest acquired, the location of the real property, any structures or improvements thereon and either an appraisal or such Loan Party's good-faith estimate of the current value of such real property (for purposes of this Section, the "CURRENT VALUE"). Agent shall notify such Loan Party in writing whether it intends to require a Mortgage and the other documents referred to below or in the case of leasehold, a leasehold Mortgage or a Collateral Access Agreement. Upon receipt of such notice requesting a Mortgage, the Person which has acquired such After Acquired Property shall furnish to Agent within a reasonable time thereafter the following, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent: (a) in the case of a fee interest, a Mortgage with respect to such real property and related assets located at the After Acquired Property, each duly executed by such Person and in recordable form; (b) in the case of a fee interest, evidence of the recording of the Mortgage referred to in clause (a) above in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of Agent, desirable to create and perfect a valid and enforceable first priority lien on the property purported to be covered thereby or to otherwise protect the rights of Agent and the Lenders thereunder, (c) in the case of a fee interest, a title insurance policy satisfactory to Agent, (d) in the case of a fee interest, a survey of such real property, certified to Agent and to the issuer of the title insurance policy referred to in clause (c) above by a licensed professional surveyor reasonably satisfactory to Agent, (v) in the case of a fee interest, Phase I environmental site assessments with respect to such real property, certified to Agent by a company reasonably satisfactory to Agent, or such other evidence or description of the environmental status of the property reasonably acceptable to Agent, (e) 25  in the case of a leasehold interest, a certified copy of the lease between the landlord and such Person with respect to such Real Property in which such Person has a leasehold interest, and the certificate of occupancy, if any, with respect thereto, and (f) such other documents or instruments (including opinions of counsel) as Agent may reasonably require. In the case of a leasehold interest, the Person which has acquired such After Acquired property shall request of the landlord an attornment and nondisturbance agreement between the landlord (and any fee mortgagee) with respect to such real property and Agent. Borrowers shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, and all title insurance charges and premiums, in connection with each Loan Party's obligations under this SECTION 5.21. 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. Parent and each Borrower covenants and agrees that until the payment in full of the Obligations, Parent and each of the Borrowers will not and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to do any of the following: 6.1 INDEBTEDNESS. Create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, guarantee, or otherwise become or remain, directly or indirectly, liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except: (a) Indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) Indebtedness set forth on SCHEDULE 4.19 and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness, (c) Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness, (d) endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit, (e) Indebtedness composing Permitted Investments, (f) (a) Indebtedness under the Working Capital Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (A) in the case of Working Capital Indebtedness in respect of Working Capital Advances, letter of credit reimbursement obligations and bank product obligations, the lesser of (I) $35,000,000 and (II) 110% of Working Capital Borrowing Base (after giving effect to all reserves then in effect), plus (B) the aggregate principal amount of the Working Capital Term Loan outstanding on the date hereof, minus the aggregate amount of all principal payments received by the Working Capital Lenders with respect thereto; provided that, (i) the Working Capital Agent and the Loan Parties shall have executed and delivered to Agent the Intercreditor Agreement, and (ii) the Working Capital Credit Agreement is not amended to increase Working Capital Availability thereunder, including any amendment, waiver or other modification with respect to the Working Capital Borrowing Base, the requirements to impose permanent reserves against Working Capital Availability and/or the Working Capital Borrowing Base and to reduce the Working Capital Commitments upon the occurrence of certain events, and (b) the refinancing of the Indebtedness under the Working Capital Credit Agreement; provided, that (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the loans, letter of credit accommodations made, issued or incurred pursuant to such new working capital credit facility shall not exceed the amounts set forth in clause (a) above, (ii) the lender or lenders under such new working capital facility and the Loan Parties shall have executed and delivered to the Agent an intercreditor agreement, substantially in the form of the Intercreditor Agreement, and (iii) the Working Capital Credit Agreement is replaced with another working capital agreement, the terms and conditions of which are no less favorable to the Loan Parties and the Lenders than the Working Capital Credit Agreement entered into on the Closing Date (including with respect to the Working Capital Borrowing Base, the imposition of permanent reserves against Working Capital Availability and/or the Working Capital Borrowing Base); 26  (g) the Subordinated Indebtedness and the obligations under the WHX Guaranty Documents, subject to the execution and delivery of a joinder to the terms of the Subordination Agreement, any Refinancing Indebtedness of such Indebtedness, (h) Indebtedness incurred by the Parent's Subsidiaries organized outside of the United States and Canada (other than Indebtedness described on SCHEDULE 4.19), provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $3,000,000 outstanding at any time and (ii) such Indebtedness is supported by one or more issued and outstanding Working Capital Letters of Credit (for the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness shall not include any contingent obligations arising under undrawn letters of credit that provide credit support for Indebtedness permitted under this clause (h)); and (i) Other Subordinated Indebtedness. 6.2 LIENS. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on or with respect to any of its assets, of any kind, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, except for Permitted Liens. 6.3 RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES. (a) Enter into any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, reorganization, or recapitalization, or reclassify its Stock except that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (i) a Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary thereof may merge with a Borrower, provided such Borrower is the continuing or surviving Person, (ii) the Loan Parties may consummate a merger or similar transaction in connection with a Permitted Kasco Sale Transaction and (iii) Loan Parties may effectuate a restructuring for tax purposes with the prior written consent of Agent, such consent to be granted or withheld by Agent in its sole and absolute discretion (provided that so long as such tax restructuring is not adverse to the interests of the Lender Group, as determined by Agent in its sole discretion, Agent's consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). (b) Liquidate, wind up, or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), (c) Suspend or go out of a substantial portion of its or their business. 6.4 DISPOSAL OF ASSETS. Other than Permitted Dispositions or a Permitted Kasco Sale Transaction, convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into an agreement to convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of) any of the assets of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party. 6.5 CHANGE NAME. Change any Loan Party's or any of its Subsidiaries' name, organizational identification number, state of organization or organizational identity; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party may change its name upon at least 30 days prior written notice by Administrative Borrower to Agent of such change and so long as, at the time of such written notification, such Loan Party or such Subsidiary provides any financing statements necessary to perfect and continue perfected the Agent's Liens. 6.6 NATURE OF BUSINESS. Make any change in the nature of their business as described in SCHEDULE 6.6 or acquire any properties or assets that are not reasonably related to the conduct of such business activities. 6.7 PREPAYMENTS AND AMENDMENTS. Except in connection with Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by SECTION 6.1, 27  (a) optionally prepay, redeem, defease, purchase, or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, other than (i) the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement, and (ii) the Working Capital Indebtedness in accordance with the Working Capital Credit Agreement, (b) make any payment on account of Indebtedness that has been contractually subordinated in right of payment if such payment is not permitted at such time under the subordination terms and conditions, or (c) directly or indirectly, amend, modify, alter, increase, or change any of the terms or conditions of (i) the Working Capital Loan Documents (except as specifically permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement), (ii) any other agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other writing evidencing or concerning Indebtedness permitted under SECTION 6.1, (iii) except to the extent that such amendment, modification, alteration, increase, or change could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, any other Material Contract, or (iv) its certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or other similar organizational documents), including, without limitation, by the filing or modification of any certificate of designation, or any agreement or arrangement entered into by it, with respect to any of its Stock (including any shareholders' agreement), or enter into any new agreement with respect to any of its Stock, without the prior written consent of Agent, except any such amendments, modifications or changes or any such new agreements or arrangements pursuant to this clause (iv) that are not adverse to the interests of any member of the Lender Group, or (d) amend, modify or otherwise change its name, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number or FEIN, without at least twenty (20) days prior written notice to Agent. 6.8 CHANGE OF CONTROL. Cause, permit, or suffer, directly or indirectly, any Change of Control. 6.9 CONSIGNMENTS. Consign any of their Inventory or sell any of their Inventory on bill and hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other conditional terms of sale, in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding exceeding $1,000,000. 6.10 DISTRIBUTIONS. Make any distribution or declare or pay any dividends (in cash or other property, other than common Stock of the Parent) on, or purchase, acquire, redeem, or retire any of Parent's Stock, of any class, whether now or hereafter outstanding. 6.11 ACCOUNTING METHODS. Modify or change their fiscal year, method of accounting (other than as may be required to conform to GAAP) or auditors, or enter into, modify, or terminate any agreement currently existing, or at any time hereafter entered into, with any third party accounting firm or service bureau for the preparation or storage of Loan Parties' or their Subsidiaries' accounting records without said accounting firm or service bureau agreeing to provide Agent information regarding Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' financial condition. 6.12 INVESTMENTS. Except for Permitted Investments, directly or indirectly, make or acquire any Investment or incur any liabilities (including contingent obligations) for or in connection with any Investment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Loan Parties shall not have Permitted Investments (other than in the Cash Management Accounts) in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts in an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000 at any one time unless the applicable Loan Party and the applicable securities intermediary or bank have entered into Control Agreements governing such Permitted Investments in order to perfect (and further establish) the Agent's Liens in such Permitted Investments; provided, however, the applicable Loan Party shall transfer any Investment with account balance in excess of $25,000 to a Deposit Account or Securities Account that is subject to a Control Agreement within one (1) Business Day of such account balance exceeding $25,000. Subject to the foregoing proviso, Loan Parties shall 28  not and shall not permit their Domestic Subsidiaries to establish or maintain any Deposit Account or Securities Account unless Agent shall have received a Control Agreement in respect of such Deposit Account or Securities Account. 6.13 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any transaction with any Affiliate (which is not a Loan Party) of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (which is not a Loan Party) of a Loan Party except for: (a) transactions (other the payment of management, consulting, monitoring, or advisory fees) between the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, on the other hand, so long as such transactions (i) are in the ordinary course of business and desirable for the prudent operation of its business, upon fair and reasonable terms, (ii) are fully disclosed to Agent if they involve one or more payments by any Loan Party or any of Subsidiary of a Loan Party in excess of $250,000 for any single transaction or series of transactions, and (iii) are no less favorable to Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, as applicable, than would be obtained in an arm's length transaction with a non-Affiliate; and (b) the payment of reasonable fees, compensation, or employee benefit arrangements to, and any indemnity provided for the benefit of, outside directors of Parent in the ordinary course of business and consistent with industry practice. 6.14 USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of the Term Loan for any purpose other than to repay, in full, the outstanding principal, accrued interest, and accrued fees and expenses owing to Existing Lender, (ii) to partially repay the outstanding obligations under the Bridge Facility in an amount equal to $56,659,776.38, and (iii) to pay transactional fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (b) consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, for other lawful and permitted purposes. 6.15 INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT WITH BAILEES. Except in the ordinary course of business, store any Inventory or Equipment of Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries at any time now or hereafter with a bailee, warehouseman, or similar party. 6.16 FINANCIAL COVENANTS. (a) MINIMUM TTM EBITDA. Permit TTM EBITDA to be less than the required amount set forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applicable Amount Applicable Period - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $17,250,000 For the 12- month period ending September 30, 2007 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $17,250,000 For the 12- month period ending December 31, 2007 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $18,500,000 For the 12- month period ending March 31, 2008 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $19,500,000 For the 12- month period ending June 30, 2008 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $20,250,000 For the 12- month period ending September 30, 2008 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $20,750,000 For the 12- month period ending December 31, 2008 and ending each fiscal quarter thereafter - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29  (b) FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO. Have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, measured on a quarterly basis, less than the required amount set forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applicable Ratio Applicable Period - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.81:1.0 For the 12- month period ending September 30, 2007 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.83:1.0 For the 12- month period ending December 31, 2007 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.90:1.0 For the 12- month period ending March 31, 2008 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.02:1.0 For the 12- month period ending June 30, 2008 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.10:1.0 For the 12- month period ending September 30, 2008 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.15:1.0 For the 12- month period ending December 31, 2008 and ending each fiscal quarter thereafter - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) LEVERAGE RATIO. Have a Leverage Ratio, measured on a quarterly basis, more than the applicable ratio set forth in the following table for the applicable date set forth opposite thereto: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applicable Ratio Applicable Date - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.22:1.0 September 30, 2007 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.00:1.0 December 31, 2007 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.90:1.0 March 31, 2008 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.54:1.0 June 30, 2008 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.12:1.0 September 30, 2008 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.00:1.0 December 31, 2008 and the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30  (d) CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. Make Capital Expenditures in any fiscal year in excess of the amount set forth in the following table for the applicable period: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal Year 2007 Fiscal Year 2008 Fiscal Year 2009 Fiscal Year 2010 Fiscal Year 2011 Fiscal Year 2011 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if during any fiscal year the amount of Capital Expenditures permitted for that fiscal year is not utilized, 50% of such unutilized amount (exclusive of any amounts carried over from the prior fiscal year) may be utilized in the immediately succeeding fiscal year. 6.17 PARENT AS HOLDING COMPANY. Permit Parent to incur any liabilities (other than liabilities arising under the Loan Documents or the Working Capital Loan Documents, the Subordinated Debt Loan Documents or the WHX Guaranty Documents), own or acquire any assets (other than the Stock of its Subsidiaries) or engage itself in any operations or business except as set forth on SCHEDULE 6.17. 6.18 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. (i) Engage, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to engage, in any transaction described in Section 4069 of ERISA; (ii) engage, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to engage, in any prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of ERISA or 4975 of the IRC for which a statutory or class exemption is not available or a private exemption has not previously been obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor; (iii) adopt or permit any ERISA Affiliate to adopt any employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA which provides benefits to employees after termination of employment other than as required by Section 601 of ERISA or applicable law; (iv) fail to make any contribution or payment to any Multiemployer Plan which it or any ERISA Affiliate may be required to make under any agreement relating to such Multiemployer Plan, or any law pertaining thereto; (v) fail, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to fail, to pay any required installment or any other payment required under Section 412 of the IRC on or before the due date for such installment or other payment; or (vi) merge or otherwise consolidate any Employee Plan of any Loan Party with any other Employee Plan without the prior written consent of Agent, such consent to be granted or withheld by Agent in sole and absolute discretion (provided that so long as such merger or consolidation is not adverse to the interests of the Lender Group, as determined by Agent in its sole discretion, Agent's consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). 6.19 LIMITATIONS ON DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIARIES. Create or otherwise cause, incur, assume, suffer or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party (i) to pay dividends or to make any other distribution on any shares of Stock of such Subsidiary owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) to pay or prepay or to subordinate any Indebtedness owed to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) to make loans or advances to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or (iv) to transfer any of its property or assets to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of this SECTION 6.19 shall prohibit or restrict compliance with: (a) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Working Capital Loan Documents; (b) any applicable law, rule or regulation (including applicable currency control laws and applicable state corporate statutes restricting the payment of dividends in certain circumstances); 31  (c) in the case of clause (iv), any agreement setting forth customary restrictions on the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is leased or licensed; or (d) in the case of clause (iv), any agreement, instrument or other document evidencing a Permitted Lien that restricts, on customary terms, the transfer of any property or assets subject thereto. 6.20 LEASE OBLIGATIONS. Create, incur or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur or suffer to exist, any obligations as lessee (i) for the payment of rent for any real or personal property in connection with any sale and leaseback transaction, or (ii) for the payment of rent for any real or personal property under leases or agreements to lease other than (A) Capital Lease Obligations which would not cause the aggregate amount of all obligations under Capital Leases entered into after the Closing Date owing by all Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in any fiscal year to exceed the amounts SECTION 6.16(D), and (B) Operating Lease Obligations which would not cause the aggregate amount of all Operating Lease Obligations owing by all Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in any fiscal year to exceed $5,000,000. 6.21 FEDERAL RESERVE REGULATIONS. Permit the Term Loan, or the proceeds thereof, to be used for any purpose that would cause the Term Loan to be a margin loan under the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 6.22 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940. Engage in any business, enter into any transaction, use any securities or take any other action or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing, that would cause it or any of its Subsidiaries to become subject to the registration requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by virtue of being an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" not entitled to an exemption within the meaning of such Act. 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event of default (each, an "EVENT OF DEFAULT") under this Agreement: 7.1 If any Loan Party fail to pay when due and payable, or when declared due and payable, (a) all or any portion of the Obligations consisting of interest, fees, or charges due the Lender Group, reimbursement of Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts (other than any portion thereof constituting principal) constituting Obligations (including any portion thereof that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), and such failure continues for a period of 3 Business Days, or (b) all or any portion of the principal of the Obligations; 7.2 If any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party; (a) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of SECTIONS 2.5, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.8, 5.12, 5.14, 5.16, 5.17 and 6.1 through 6.22 of this Agreement or Section 6 of the Security Agreement; provided, that no more than two (2) times during any fiscal year of Parent, any Loan Party may fail to deliver in a timely manner a delivery required under SECTIONS 5.2, 5.3 or 5.4, if such delivery shall occur no later than two (2) Business Days following notice by Agent; (b) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of SECTIONS 5.6, 5.7, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11 and 5.15 of this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of 10 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of any Loan Party, or (ii) written notice thereof is given to Administrative Borrower by Agent; 32  (c) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement, or in any of the other Loan Documents, in each case, other than any such covenant or agreement that is the subject of another provision of this SECTION 7 (in which event such other provision of this SECTION 7 shall govern), and such failure continues for a period of 20 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of any Loan Party, or (ii) written notice thereof is given to Administrative Borrower by Agent. 7.3 If any material portion of any Loan Party's or any of its Subsidiaries' assets is attached, seized, subjected to a writ or distress warrant, or is levied upon, or comes into the possession of any third Person and the same is not discharged before the earlier of 30 days after the date it first arises or 5 days prior to the date on which such property or asset is subject to forfeiture by such Loan Party or the applicable Subsidiary; 7.4 If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party; 7.5 If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, and any of the following events occur: (a) the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary consents to the institution of such Insolvency Proceeding against it, (b) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not timely controverted, (c) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not dismissed within 60 calendar days of the date of the filing thereof, (d) an interim trustee is appointed to take possession of all or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of, or to operate all or any substantial portion of the business of, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or (e) an order for relief shall have been issued or entered therein; 7.6 If any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party is enjoined, restrained, or in any way prevented by court order from continuing to conduct all or any material part of its business affairs; 7.7 If one or more judgments, orders, or awards involving an aggregate amount of $250,000, or more (except to the extent fully covered by insurance pursuant to which the insurer has accepted liability therefor in writing) shall be entered or filed against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party or with respect to any of their respective assets, and the same is not released, discharged, bonded against, or stayed pending appeal before the earlier of 30 days after the date it first arises or 5 days prior to the date on which such asset is subject to being forfeited by the applicable Loan Party or the applicable Subsidiary; 7.8 If there is a default in one or more agreements to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party is a party with one or more third Persons relative to Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party involving an aggregate amount of $250,000, or more, and such default (i) occurs at the final maturity of the obligations thereunder, or (ii) results in a right by such third Person(s), irrespective of whether exercised, to accelerate the maturity of the applicable Loan Party's or Subsidiary's obligations thereunder; 7.9 If any warranty, representation, material written statement, or material Record made herein or in any other Loan Document or delivered to Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document proves to be untrue in any material respect (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the date of issuance or making or deemed making thereof; 7.10 If the obligation of any Guarantor under the Guaranty is limited or terminated by operation of law or by such Guarantor, or any such Guarantor becomes the subject of an Insolvency Proceeding; 7.11 If the Security Agreement, the Canadian Security Agreement, any Mortgage or any other Loan Document that purports to create a Lien, shall, for any reason, fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the 33  extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Priority Liens) on or security interest in the Collateral covered hereby or thereby, except (a) as a result of a disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under this Agreement or (b) solely as a result of the gross negligence of Agent; 7.12 Any provision of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason be declared to be null and void (except solely as a result of the gross negligence of Agent), or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or a proceeding shall be commenced by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall deny that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Loan Document; 7.13 Any material damage to, or loss, theft or destruction of, any Collateral, whether or not insured, or any strike, lockout, labor dispute, embargo, condemnation, act of God or public enemy, or other casualty which causes, for more than thirty (30) consecutive days and which is not reasonably capable of remedy within such period, the cessation or substantial curtailment of revenue producing activities at any facility of any Loan Party, if any such event or circumstance could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or 7.14 Any cessation of a substantial part of the business of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, for a period which materially and adversely affects the ability of such business to be continued on a profitable basis. 7.15 Any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall have made a complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan, and, as a result of such complete or partial withdrawal, any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates incurs a withdrawal liability in an annual amount exceeding $250,000; or a Multiemployer Plan enters reorganization status under Section 4241 of ERISA, and, as a result thereof any Loan Party's or any of its ERISA Affiliates' annual contribution requirements with respect to such Multiemployer Plan increases in an annual amount exceeding $250,000; or 7.16 Any Termination Event with respect to any Employee Plan shall have occurred, and, 30 days after notice thereof shall have been given to any Loan Party by any Agent, (i) such Termination Event (if correctable) shall not have been corrected, and (ii) the then current value of such Employee Plan's vested benefits exceeds the then current value of assets allocable to such benefits in such Employee Plan by more than $250,000 (or, in the case of a Termination Event involving liability under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201, 4204 or 4212 of ERISA or Section 4971 of the IRC, which liabilities will not be aggregated, the liability is in excess of such amount). 8. THE LENDER GROUP'S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. 8.1 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. Upon the occurrence, and during the continuation, of an Event of Default, the Required Lenders (at their election but without notice of their election and without demand) may authorize and instruct Agent to do any one or more of the following on behalf of the Lender Group (and Agent, acting upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, shall do the same on behalf of the Lender Group), all of which are authorized by Parent and each of the Borrowers: (a) Declare all or any portion of the Obligations, whether evidenced by this Agreement, by any of the other Loan Documents, or otherwise, immediately due and payable; (b) Terminate this Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents as to any future liability or obligation of the Lender Group, but without affecting any of the Agent's Liens in the Collateral and without affecting the Obligations; and 34  (c) The Lender Group shall have all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity or pursuant to any other Loan Document. The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in SECTION 7.4 or SECTION 7.5, in addition to the remedies set forth above, without any notice to Loan Parties or any other Person or any act by the Lender Group and the Obligations then outstanding, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all fees and all other amounts due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Parent and each of the Borrowers. 8.2 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. The rights and remedies of the Lender Group under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and all other agreements shall be cumulative. The Lender Group shall have all other rights and remedies not inconsistent herewith as provided under the Code, by law, or in equity. No exercise by the Lender Group of one right or remedy shall be deemed an election, and no waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default shall be deemed a continuing waiver. No delay by the Lender Group shall constitute a waiver, election, or acquiescence by it. 9. TAXES AND EXPENSES. If any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries fail to pay any monies (whether taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased properties or assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) due to third Persons, or fails to make any deposits or furnish any required proof of payment or deposit, all as required under the terms of this Agreement, then, Agent, in its sole discretion and without prior notice to any Loan Party, may do any or all of the following: (a) make payment of the same or any part thereof, or (b) in the case of the failure to comply with SECTION 5.8 hereof, obtain and maintain insurance policies of the type described in SECTION 5.8 and take any action with respect to such policies as Agent deems prudent. Any such amounts paid by Agent shall constitute Lender Group Expenses and any such payments shall not constitute an agreement by the Lender Group to make similar payments in the future or a waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default under this Agreement. Agent need not inquire as to, or contest the validity of, any such expense, tax, or Lien and the receipt of the usual official notice for the payment thereof shall be conclusive evidence that the same was validly due and owing. 10. WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION. 10.1 DEMAND; PROTEST; ETC. Except to the extent expressly provided herein, Parent and each Borrower waives (on behalf of themselves and their respective Subsidiaries) demand, protest, notice of protest, notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, nonpayment at maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension, or renewal of documents, instruments, chattel paper, and guarantees at any time held by the Lender Group on which Parent, such Borrower or any Subsidiary may in any way be liable. 10.2 THE LENDER GROUP'S LIABILITY FOR COLLATERAL. Parent and each Borrower hereby agrees (on behalf of themselves and their respective Subsidiaries) that: (a) so long as Agent complies with its obligations, if any, under the Code, the Lender Group shall not in any way or manner be liable or responsible for: (i) the safekeeping of the Collateral, (ii) any loss or damage thereto occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause, (iii) any diminution in the value thereof, or (iv) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, forwarding agency, or other Person, and (b) all risk of loss, damage, or destruction of the Collateral shall be borne by Loan Parties. 10.3 INDEMNIFICATION. Parent and each Borrower, jointly and severally, shall pay, indemnify, defend, and hold the Agent-Related Persons, the Lender-Related Persons, and each Participant (each, an "INDEMNIFIED PERSON") harmless (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, liabilities, fines, costs, penalties, and damages, and all reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, experts, or consultants and all other costs and expenses actually 35  incurred in connection therewith or in connection with the enforcement of this indemnification (as and when they are incurred and irrespective of whether suit is brought), at any time asserted against, imposed upon, or incurred by any of them (a) in connection with or as a result of or related to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance, or administration (including any restructuring or workout with respect hereto) of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the monitoring of the Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, (b) with respect to any investigation, litigation, or proceeding related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or the use of the proceeds of the credit provided hereunder (irrespective of whether any Indemnified Person is a party thereto), or any act, omission, event, or circumstance in any manner related thereto, and (c) in connection with or arising out of any presence or release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under, to or from any assets or properties owned, leased or operated by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any Environmental Actions, Environmental Liabilities and Costs or Remedial Actions related in any way to any such assets or properties of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (each and all of the foregoing, the "INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES"). The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, Parent and the Borrowers shall have no obligation to any Indemnified Person under this SECTION 10.3 with respect to any Indemnified Liability that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or from such Indemnified Person's breach of its material obligations under the Loan Documents. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment of the Obligations. If any Indemnified Person makes any payment to any other Indemnified Person with respect to an Indemnified Liability as to which Parent or the Borrowers were required to indemnify the Indemnified Person receiving such payment, the Indemnified Person making such payment is entitled to be indemnified and reimbursed by Parent and the Borrowers with respect thereto. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY TO EACH INDEMNIFIED PERSON WITH RESPECT TO INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES WHICH IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF ANY NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF SUCH INDEMNIFIED PERSON OR OF ANY OTHER PERSON. 11. NOTICES. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands by Parent, Borrowers or Agent to the other relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing and (except for financial statements and other informational documents which may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid) shall be personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), overnight courier, electronic mail (at such email addresses as Administrative Borrower or Agent, as applicable, may designate to each other in accordance herewith), or telefacsimile to Borrowers in care of Administrative Borrower or to Agent, as the case may be, at its address set forth below: If to Administrative BAIRNCO CORPORATION Borrower: 300 Primera Blvd. Suite 432 Lake Mary, Florida 32746 Attn: Chief Executive Officer Fax No.: 407 ###-###-#### With copies to: OLSHAN GRUNDMAN FROME ROSENZWEIG & WOLOSKY LLP 65 East 55th Street New York , New York 10022-1106 Attn: Steve Wolosky, Esq. Fax No.: 212 ###-###-#### 36  If to Agent: ABLECO FINANCE LLC 299 Park Avenue 22nd Floor New York, New York 10171 Attn: Daniel E. Wolf Fax No.: 212 ###-###-#### With copies to: SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 Attn: Eliot Relles, Esq. Fax No.: 212 ###-###-#### Agent and Parent and the Borrowers may change the address at which they are to receive notices hereunder, by notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the other party. All notices or demands sent in accordance with this SECTION 11, other than notices by Agent in connection with enforcement rights against the Collateral under the provisions of the Code, shall be deemed received on the earlier of the date of actual receipt or 3 Business Days after the deposit thereof in the mail. Parent and each Borrower acknowledges and agrees (on behalf of themselves and their Subsidiaries) that notices sent by the Lender Group in connection with the exercise of enforcement rights against Collateral under the provisions of the Code shall be deemed sent when deposited in the mail or personally delivered, or, where permitted by law, transmitted by telefacsimile or any other method set forth above. 12. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER. (a) THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. (b) THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT'S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 12(B). (c) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY 37  TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT. 13. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS. 13.1 ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS. (a) Each Lender may with the written consent of Agent, assign to one or more other lenders or other entities all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to all or a portion of its Term Loan Commitment and any Term Loan made by it; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) such assignment is in an amount which is at least $1,000,000 or a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or the remainder of such Lender's Commitment) (except such minimum amount shall not apply to an assignment by a Lender to (x) a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or a Related Fund of such Lender or (y) a group of new Lenders, each of whom is an Affiliate or Related Fund of each other to the extent the aggregate amount to be assigned to all such new Lenders is at least $1,000,000 or a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof), (ii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any promissory note subject to such assignment and such parties shall deliver to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent, a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (except the payment of such fee shall not be required in connection with an assignment by a Lender to a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or a Related Fund of such Lender) and (iii) no written consent of the Agent shall be required if such assignment is in connection with any merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or any substantial portion of the business or loan portfolio of such Lender. Upon such execution, delivery and acceptance, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date shall be at least 3 Business Days after the delivery thereof to the Agent (or such shorter period as shall be agreed to by the Agent and the parties to such assignment), (A) the assignee thereunder shall become a "Lender" hereunder and, in addition to the rights and obligations hereunder held by it immediately prior to such effective date, have the rights and obligations hereunder that have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and (B) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto). (b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) the assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other documents and information it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the assigning Lender, any Agent or any Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (v) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental hereto and thereto; and (vi) such assignee agrees that it 38  will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender. (c) The Agent shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain, or cause to be maintained at the Payment Office, a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register (the "REGISTER") for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitments of, and the principal amount of the Term Loan (and stated interest thereon) (the "REGISTERED LOANS") owing to each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Administrative Borrower and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Administrative Borrower, within five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of an Assignment and Acceptance (except in connection with an assignment by a Lender to a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or a Related Fund of such Lender in which case no notice shall be given), of the identity of such assignee and the Term Loan amount being assigned (it being understood and agreed that the failure by Agent to give such notice to Administrative Borrower shall not affect Agent's and Lenders' rights hereunder or Borrowers' obligations hereunder). (d) Upon receipt by the Agent of a completed Assignment and Acceptance and the processing and recordation fee, and subject to any consent required from the Agent, the Agent shall accept such assignment and record the information contained therein in the Register. (e) A Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register (and each registered note shall expressly so provide). Any assignment or sale of all or part of such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register, together with the surrender of the registered note, if any, evidencing the same duly endorsed by (or accompanied by a written instrument of assignment or sale duly executed by) the holder of such registered note, whereupon, at the request of the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s), one or more new registered notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s). Prior to the registration of assignment or sale of any Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same), the Agent shall treat the Person in whose name such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) is registered on the Register as the owner thereof for the purpose of receiving all payments thereon, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. (f) In the event that any Lender sells participations in a Registered Loan, such Lender shall, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name of all participants in the Registered Loans held by it and the principal amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of the Registered Loan that is the subject of the participation (the "PARTICIPANT REGISTER"). A Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be participated in whole or in part only by registration of such participation on the Participant Register (and each registered note shall expressly so provide). Any participation of such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by the registration of such participation on the Participant Register. The Participant Register shall be available for inspection by the Administrative Borrower and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. (g) Any Non-U.S. Lender who purchases or is assigned or participates in any portion of such Registered Loan shall comply with SECTION 16. (h) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitments and the portion of the Term Loan made by it); PROVIDED, that (i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement (including 39  without limitation, its Commitments hereunder) and the other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged; (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and the Borrowers, the Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and (iii) a participant shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except (A) action directly effecting an extension of the maturity dates or decrease in the principal amount of the Term Loan, (B) action directly effecting an extension of the due dates or a decrease in the rate of interest payable on the Term Loan or the fees payable under this Agreement, or (C) actions directly effecting a release of all or a substantial portion of the Collateral or any Loan Party (except as set forth in of this Agreement or any other Loan Document). The Loan Parties agree that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of SECTION 2.11 and SECTION 15.11 of this Agreement with respect to its participation in any portion of the Commitments and the Term Loan as if it was a Lender. 13.2 SUCCESSORS. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of each of the parties; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Loan Party may assign this Agreement or any Loan Document or any rights or duties hereunder or thereunder without the Lenders' prior written consent and any prohibited assignment shall be absolutely void AB INITIO. No consent to assignment by the Lenders shall release any Loan Party from its Obligations. A Lender may assign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and its rights and duties hereunder and thereunder pursuant to SECTION 13.1 hereof and no consent or approval by any Loan Party is required in connection with any such assignment. 14. AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS. 14.1 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent with respect to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or by Agent at the written request of the Required Lenders) and Administrative Borrower (on behalf of all Loan Parties) and then any such waiver or consent shall be effective, but only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such waiver, amendment, or consent shall do any of the following: (a) increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (b) postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees, or other amounts due hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (c) forgive the principal of, or reduce the rate of interest on, any loan or other extension of credit hereunder, or reduce any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (d) amend or modify the Pro Rata Share that is required to take any action hereunder without the written consent of each Lender, (e) amend or modify this Section or any provision of this Agreement providing for consent or other action by all Lenders without the written consent of each Lender, (f) other than as permitted by SECTION 15.11, release Agent's Lien in and to any of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender, (g) amend or modify the definition of "Required Lenders" or "Pro Rata Share" without the written consent of each Lender, 40  (h) contractually subordinate any of the Agent's Liens without the written consent of each Lender, (i) other than in connection with a merger, liquidation, dissolution or sale of such Person expressly permitted by the terms hereof or the other Loan Documents, release (A) a Borrower or (B) all or substantially all of the Guarantors from any obligation for the payment of money under the Loan Documents, in each case without the written consent of each Lender, (j) amend any of the provisions of SECTION 2.3(B)(I) OR (II) without the written consent of each Lender, (k) amend or modify the definitions of Term Loan Amount, or amend or modify SECTION 2.1 without the written consent of each Lender, or (l) amend, modify, or waive any provision of SECTION 15 pertaining to Agent, or any other rights or duties of Agent under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Agent. and, PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent, affect the rights or duties of Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The foregoing notwithstanding, any amendment, modification, waiver, consent, termination, or release of, or with respect to, any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates only to the relationship of the Lender Group among themselves, and that does not affect the rights or obligations of the Loan Parties, shall not require consent by or the agreement of Parent or any Borrower. 14.2 REPLACEMENT OF HOLDOUT LENDER. (a) If any action to be taken by the Lender Group or Agent hereunder requires the unanimous consent, authorization, or agreement of all Lenders, and a Lender ("HOLDOUT LENDER") fails to give its consent, authorization, or agreement, then Agent, upon at least 5 Business Days prior irrevocable notice to the Holdout Lender, may permanently replace the Holdout Lender with one or more substitute Lenders (each, a "REPLACEMENT LENDER"), and the Holdout Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder. Such notice to replace the Holdout Lender shall specify an effective date for such replacement, which date shall not be later than 15 Business Days after the date such notice is given. (b) Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender and each Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance, subject only to the Holdout Lender being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever. If the Holdout Lender shall refuse or fail to execute and deliver any such Assignment and Acceptance prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance. The replacement of any Holdout Lender shall be made in accordance with the terms of SECTION 13.1. 14.3 NO WAIVERS; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. No failure by Agent or any Lender to exercise any right, remedy, or option under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or delay by Agent or any Lender in exercising the same, will operate as a waiver thereof. No waiver by Agent or any Lender will be effective unless it is in writing, and then only to the extent specifically stated. No waiver by Agent or any Lender on any occasion shall affect or diminish Agent's and each Lender's rights thereafter to require strict performance by Parent and each of the Borrowers of any provision of this Agreement. Agent's and each Lender's rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy that Agent or any Lender may have. 41  15. AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP. 15.1 APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORIZATION OF AGENT. Each Lender hereby designates and appoints Ableco as its representative under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent to execute and deliver each of the other Loan Documents on its behalf and to take such other action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this SECTION 15. The provisions of this SECTION 15 are solely for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders, and Parent and each of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries shall have no rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein. Any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document notwithstanding, Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against Agent; it being expressly understood and agreed that the use of the word "Agent" is for convenience only, that Ableco is merely the representative of the Lenders, and only has the contractual duties set forth herein. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions that Agent expressly is entitled to take or assert under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of any other provision of the Loan Documents that provides rights or powers to Agent, Lenders agree that Agent shall have the right to exercise the following powers as long as this Agreement remains in effect: (a) maintain, in accordance with its customary business practices, ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Obligations, the Collateral, the Collections of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, and related matters, (b) execute or file any and all financing or similar statements or notices, amendments, renewals, supplements, documents, instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with respect to the Loan Documents, (c) make the Term Loan, for itself or on behalf of Lenders as provided in the Loan Documents, (d) exclusively receive, apply, and distribute the Collections of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as provided in the Loan Documents, (e) open and maintain such bank accounts and cash management arrangements as Agent deems necessary and appropriate in accordance with the Loan Documents for the foregoing purposes with respect to the Collateral and the Collections of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, (f) perform, exercise, and enforce any and all other rights and remedies of the Lender Group with respect to the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, the Obligations, the Collateral, the Collections of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, or otherwise related to any of same as provided in the Loan Documents, and (g) incur and pay such Lender Group Expenses as Agent may deem necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions and powers pursuant to the Loan Documents. 15.2 DELEGATION OF DUTIES. Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys in fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney in fact that it selects as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct. 15.3 LIABILITY OF AGENT. None of the Agent Related Persons shall (a) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any officer or director thereof, contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its 42  obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the books and records or properties of any of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries. 15.4 RELIANCE BY AGENT. Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission, telex or telephone message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Loan Parties or counsel to any Lender), independent accountants and other experts selected by Agent. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless Agent shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Lenders as it deems appropriate and until such instructions are received, Agent shall act, or refrain from acting, as it deems advisable. If Agent so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the requisite Lenders and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Lenders. 15.5 NOTICE OF DEFAULT OR EVENT OF DEFAULT. Agent 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, fees, and expenses required to be paid to Agent for the account of the Lenders and, except with respect to Events of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Administrative Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default, and stating that such notice is a "notice of default." Agent promptly will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice or of any Event of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge. If any Lender obtains actual knowledge of any Event of Default, such Lender promptly shall notify the other Lenders and Agent of such Event of Default. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for giving any notices to its participants, if any. Subject to SECTION 15.4, Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Required Lenders in accordance with SECTION 8; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that unless and until Agent has received any such request, Agent 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 it shall deem advisable. 15.6 CREDIT DECISION. Each Lender acknowledges that none of the Agent Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender. Each Lender represents to Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties or any other Person party to a Loan Document, and all applicable bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrowers. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties or any other Person party to a Loan Document. Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly herein required to be furnished to the Lenders by Agent, Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other 43  condition or creditworthiness of the Loan Parties or any other Person party to a Loan Document that may come into the possession of any of the Agent Related Persons. 15.7 COSTS AND EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION. Agent may incur and pay Lender Group Expenses to the extent Agent reasonably deems necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions, powers, and obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents, including court costs, attorneys fees and expenses, fees and expenses of financial accountants, advisors, consultants, and appraisers, costs of collection by outside collection agencies, auctioneer fees and expenses, and costs of security guards or insurance premiums paid to maintain the Collateral, whether or not any Loan Party is obligated to reimburse Agent or Lenders for such expenses pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise. Agent is authorized and directed to deduct and retain sufficient amounts from the Collections of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries received by Agent to reimburse Agent for such out-of-pocket costs and expenses prior to the distribution of any amounts to Lenders. In the event Agent is not reimbursed for such costs and expenses by the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, each Lender hereby agrees that it is and shall be obligated to pay to Agent such Lender's Pro Rata Share thereof. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand the Agent-Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Loan Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), according to their Pro Rata Shares, from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting solely from such Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct nor shall any Lender be liable for the obligations of any Lender in failing to make its portion of the Term Loan or any other extension of credit hereunder. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse Agent upon demand for such Lender's Pro Rata Share of any costs or out of pocket expenses (including attorneys, accountants, advisors, and consultants fees and expenses) incurred by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment, or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Loan Parties. The undertaking in this Section shall survive the payment of all Obligations hereunder and the resignation or replacement of Agent. 15.8 AGENT IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. Ableco and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents as though Ableco were not Agent hereunder, and, in each case, without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group. The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Ableco or its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Loan Parties or their Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the Loan Parties or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders acknowledge that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver Agent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. The terms "Lender" and "Lenders" include Ableco in its individual capacity. 15.9 SUCCESSOR AGENT. Agent may resign as Agent upon 45 days notice to the Lenders (unless such notice is waived by the Required Lenders). If Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall appoint a successor Agent for the Lenders. If no successor Agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of Agent, Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders, a successor Agent. If Agent has materially breached or failed to perform any material provision of this Agreement or of applicable law, the Required Lenders may agree in writing to remove and replace Agent with a successor Agent from among the Lenders. In any such event, upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor Agent hereunder, such successor Agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers, and duties of the retiring Agent and the term "Agent" shall mean such successor Agent and the retiring Agent's appointment, powers, and duties as Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Agent's resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this SECTION 15 shall inure to 44  its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement. If no successor Agent has accepted appointment as Agent by the date which is 45 days following a retiring Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above. 15.10 LENDER IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. Any Lender and its respective Affiliates and Related Funds may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents as though such Lender were not a Lender hereunder without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group. The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, such Lender and its respective Affiliates and Related Funds may receive information regarding the Loan Parties or their Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the Loan Parties or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders acknowledge that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver such Lender will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), such Lender shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. 15.11 COLLATERAL MATTERS. (a) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize Agent, at its option and in its sole discretion, to release any Lien on any Collateral (i) upon payment and satisfaction in full by Loan Parties of all Obligations, (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if a release is required or desirable in connection therewith and if Administrative Borrower certifies to Agent that the sale or disposition is permitted under SECTION 6.4 of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (and Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry), (iii) constituting property in which no Loan Party or its Subsidiaries owned any interest at the time the Agent's Lien was granted nor at any time thereafter, or (iv) constituting property leased to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries under a lease that has expired or is terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement. Except as provided above, Agent will not execute and deliver a release of any Lien on any Collateral without the prior written authorization of (y) if the release is of all or substantially all of the Collateral, all of the Lenders, or (z) otherwise, the Required Lenders. Upon request by Agent or Administrative Borrower at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing Agent's authority to release any such Liens on particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this SECTION 15.11; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (1) Agent shall not be required to execute any document necessary to evidence such release on terms that, in Agent's opinion, would expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Lien without recourse, representation, or warranty, and (2) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by Loan Parties, including, the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. (b) Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any of the Lenders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Agent's Liens 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 Agent pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion given Agent's own interest in the Collateral in its capacity as one of the Lenders and that Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to any Lender as to any of the foregoing, except as otherwise provided herein. 45  15.12 RESTRICTIONS ON ACTIONS BY LENDERS; SHARING OF PAYMENTS. (a) Each of the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the express written consent of Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the written request of Agent, set off against the Obligations, any amounts owing by such Lender to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries or any deposit accounts of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries now or hereafter maintained with such Lender. Each of the Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless specifically requested to do so in writing by Agent, take or cause to be taken any action, including, the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings to enforce any Loan Document against the Loan Parties or Guarantors or to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral. (b) If, at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff, or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations, except for any such proceeds or payments received by such Lender from Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) payments from Agent in excess of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of all such distributions by Agent, such Lender promptly shall (A) turn the same over to Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to Agent, or in immediately available funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or (B) purchase, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to the other Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares; provided, however, that to the extent that such excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it, those purchases of participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the applicable portion of the purchase price paid therefor shall be returned to such purchasing party, but without interest except to the extent that such purchasing party is required to pay interest in connection with the recovery of the excess payment. 15.13 AGENCY FOR PERFECTION. Agent hereby appoints each other Lender as its agent (and each Lender hereby accepts such appointment) for the purpose of perfecting the Agent's Liens in assets which, in accordance with Article 8 or Article 9, as applicable, of the Code can be perfected only by possession or control. Should any Lender obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Agent's request therefor shall deliver possession or control of such Collateral to Agent or in accordance with Agent's instructions. 15.14 PAYMENTS BY AGENT TO THE LENDERS. All payments to be made by Agent to the Lenders shall be made by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to such wire transfer instructions as each party may designate for itself by written notice to Agent. Concurrently with each such payment, Agent shall identify whether such payment (or any portion thereof) represents principal, premium, fees, or interest of the Obligations. 15.15 CONCERNING THE COLLATERAL AND RELATED LOAN DOCUMENTS. Each member of the Lender Group authorizes and directs Agent to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each member of the Lender Group agrees that any action taken by Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral and the exercise by Agent of its powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Lenders. 15.16 FIELD AUDITS AND EXAMINATION REPORTS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLAIMERS BY LENDERS; OTHER REPORTS AND INFORMATION. By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender: (a) is deemed to have requested that Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each field audit or examination report respecting Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries (each a "REPORT" and collectively, "REPORTS") prepared by or at the request of Agent, and Agent shall so furnish each Lender with such Reports, 46  (b) expressly agrees and acknowledges that Agent does not (i) make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report, (c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that Agent or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties' personnel, (d) agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public information regarding Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a confidential manner in accordance with SECTION 17.8, and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to Loan Parties, or the indemnifying Lender's participation in, or the indemnifying Lender's purchase of, a loan or loans of Loan Parties; and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold Agent, and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including, attorneys fees and costs) incurred by Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender. In addition to the foregoing: (x) any Lender may from time to time request of Agent in writing that Agent provide to such Lender a copy of any report or document provided by Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries to Agent that has not been contemporaneously provided by Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries to such Lender, and, upon receipt of such request, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, (y) to the extent that Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to request additional reports or information from Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, any Lender may, from time to time, reasonably request Agent to exercise such right as specified in such Lender's notice to Agent, whereupon Agent promptly shall request of Administrative Borrower the additional reports or information reasonably specified by such Lender, and, upon receipt thereof from Administrative Borrower, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, and (z) any time that Agent renders to Administrative Borrower a statement regarding the Loan Account, Agent shall send a copy of such statement to each Lender. 15.17 SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS; NO LIABILITY. Notwithstanding that certain of the Loan Documents now or hereafter may have been or will be executed only by or in favor of Agent in its capacity as such, and not by or in favor of the Lenders, any and all obligations on the part of Agent (if any) to make any credit available hereunder shall constitute the several (and not joint) obligations of the respective Lenders on a ratable basis, according to their respective Commitments, to make an amount of such credit not to exceed, in principal amount, at any one time outstanding, the amount of their respective Commitments. Nothing contained herein shall confer upon any Lender any interest in, or subject any Lender to any liability for, or in respect of, the business, assets, profits, losses, or liabilities of any other Lender. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for notifying its participants of any matters relating to the Loan Documents to the extent any such notice may be required, and no Lender shall have any obligation, duty, or liability to any participant of any other Lender. Except as provided in SECTION 15.7, no member of the Lender Group shall have any liability for the acts of any other member of the Lender Group. No Lender shall be responsible to any Loan Party or any other Person for any failure by any other Lender to fulfill its obligations to make credit available hereunder, nor to advance for it or on its behalf in connection with its Commitment, nor to take any other action on its behalf hereunder or in connection with the financing contemplated herein. 47  15.18 QUEBEC SECURITY DOCUMENTS. For greater certainty, and without limiting the powers of Agent, or any other Person acting as an agent or mandatary for Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that, for purposes of holding any hypothecs and security granted by a Loan Party on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of a Loan Party under any debenture or bond issued by a Loan Party, Agent shall be the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (FONDE DE POUVOIR) (within the meaning of the CIVIL CODE OF QUEBEC) for the Lender Group (which includes each Lender and Agent), including without limitation, all present and future Lenders and any Affiliate of a Lender, and in particular for all present and future holders of any such debenture or bond. The Lender Group hereby: (i) irrevocably constitute, to the extent necessary, Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (FONDE DE POUVOIR) (within the meaning of Article 2692 of the CIVIL CODE OF QUEBEC) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by a Loan Party on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure the obligations of a Loan Party under any debenture or bond issued by a Loan Party; and (ii) appoint and agree that Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary (i.e. agent) with respect to any debenture or bond that may be issued by a Loan Party and pledged in its favour from time to time. The execution by Agent, acting as FONDE DE POUVOIR and mandatary, prior to this Agreement, of any deeds of hypothec or other security documents is hereby ratified and confirmed. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of AN ACT RESPECTING THE SPECIAL POWERS OF LEGAL PERSONS (Quebec), Agent may acquire and be the holder of any debenture or bond issued by a Loan Party (i.e. the FONDE DE POUVOIR may acquire and hold the first debenture or bond issued under any deed of hypothec by a Loan Party). Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that such debenture or bond constitutes a title of indebtedness, as such term is used in Article 2692 of the CIVIL CODE OF QUEBEC. The constitution of Agent as FONDE DE POUVOIR and as bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond that may be issued and pledged from time to time to Agent for the benefit of the Lender Group, shall be deemed to have been ratified and confirmed by each Person accepting an assignment of, a participation in or an arrangement in respect of, all or any portion of an assignor's rights and obligations under this Agreement by the execution of an assignment agreement, including an Assignment and Acceptance or other agreement pursuant to which it becomes such assignee or participant, and by each successor Agent by the execution of an Assignment and Acceptance or other agreement, or by the compliance with other formalities, as the case may be, pursuant to which it becomes a successor Agent under this Agreement. Agent, acting as FONDE DE POUVOIR, shall have the same rights, powers and immunities as Agent as stipulated herein, including under this Section 15, which shall apply MUTATIS MUTANDIS. Without limitation, the provisions of Section 15 shall apply MUTATIS MUTANDIS to the resignation and appointment of a successor Agent acting as FONDE DE POUVOIR. Agent, acting as bondholder, shall have the same rights, powers and immunities as Agent as stipulated herein, including under this Section 15, which shall apply MUTATIS MUTANDIS. Without limitation, the provisions of Section 15 shall apply MUTATIS MUTANDIS to the resignation and appointment of a successor Agent acting as bondholder and mandatary. 16. WITHHOLDING TAXES. (a) Any and all payments by any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, EXCLUDING taxes imposed on the net income of Agent or any Lender (or any transferee or assignee thereof, including a participation holder (any such entity, a "TRANSFEREE")) by the jurisdiction in which such Person is organized or has its principal lending office (all such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges withholdings and liabilities, collectively or individually, "TAXES"). If any Loan Party shall be required to deduct any Taxes from or in 48  respect of any sum payable hereunder to Agent or any Lender (or any Transferee), (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (an "ADDITIONAL AMOUNT") necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this SECTION 16) Agent or such Lender (or such Transferee) shall receive an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Loan Party shall make such deductions and (iii) such Loan Party shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. (b) In addition, each Loan Party agrees to pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document ("OTHER TAXES"). Each Loan Party shall deliver to Agent and each Lender official receipts in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes payable hereunder promptly after payment of such Taxes or Other Taxes. (c) The Loan Parties hereby jointly and severally indemnify and agree to hold Agent and each Lender harmless from and against Taxes and Other Taxes (including, without limitation, Taxes and Other Taxes imposed on any amounts payable under this SECTION 16) paid by such Person, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. Such indemnification shall be paid within 10 days from the date on which any such Person makes written demand therefore specifying in reasonable detail the nature and amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes. (d) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States (a "NON-U.S. LENDER") agrees that it shall, no later than the Closing Date (or, in the case of a Lender which becomes a party hereto pursuant to hereof after the Closing Date, promptly after the date upon which such Lender becomes a party hereto) deliver to Agent one properly completed and duly executed copy of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI or W-8IMY or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, in each case claiming complete exemption from, or reduced rate of, U.S. Federal withholding tax and payments of interest hereunder. In addition, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. Federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, such Non-U.S. Lender hereby represents to Agent and the Borrowers that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code) of the Parent and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Parent (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code), and such Non-U.S. Lender agrees that it shall promptly notify Agent in the event any such representation is no longer accurate. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Transferee that is a participation holder, on or before the date such participation holder becomes a Transferee hereunder) and on or before the date, if any, such Non-U.S. Lender changes its applicable lending office by designating a different lending office (a "NEW LENDING OFFICE"). In addition, such Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms within 20 days after receipt of a written request therefor from Agent or the Lender granting a participation, as applicable. Notwithstanding any other provision of this , a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver. (e) The Loan Parties shall not be required to indemnify any Non-U.S. Lender, or pay any additional amounts to any Non-U.S. Lender, in respect of United States Federal withholding tax pursuant to this SECTION 16 to the extent that (i) the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States Federal withholding tax existed on the date such Non-U.S. Lender became a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Transferee that is a participation holder, on the date such participation holder became a Transferee hereunder) or, with respect to payments to a New Lending Office, the date such Non-U.S. Lender designated such New Lending Office with respect to a Loan; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this clause (i) shall not apply to the extent the indemnity payment or additional amounts any Transferee, or Lender (or Transferee) through a New Lending Office, would be entitled to receive (without regard to this clause (i)) do not exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the Person making the assignment, participation or transfer to such Transferee, or Lender (or 49  Transferee) making the designation of such New Lending Office, would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment, participation, transfer or designation, or (ii) the obligation to pay such additional amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Non-U.S. Lender to comply with the provisions of clause (d) above. (f) Agent or any Lender (or Transferee) claiming any indemnity payment or additional payment amounts payable pursuant to this SECTION 16 shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions) to file any certificate or document reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Borrower or to change the jurisdiction of its applicable lending office if the making of such a filing or change would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any such indemnity payment or additional amount that may thereafter accrue, would not require Agent or such Lender (or Transferee) to disclose any information Agent or such Lender (or Transferee) deems confidential and would not, in the sole determination of Agent or such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to Agent or such Lender (or Transferee). (g) The obligations of the Loan Parties under this SECTION 16 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Term Loan and all other amounts payable hereunder. 17. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 17.1 EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement shall be binding and deemed effective when executed by Parent, Borrowers, Agent, and each Lender whose signature is provided for on the signature pages hereof. 17.2 SECTION HEADINGS. Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only. Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each Section applies equally to this entire Agreement. 17.3 INTERPRETATION. Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed against the Lender Group, Parent, or Borrowers, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to accomplish fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto. 17.4 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any specific provision. 17.5 DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIP. The relationship between the Lenders and Agent, on the one hand, and Parent and Borrowers, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor. No member of the Lender Group has (or shall be deemed to have) any fiduciary relationship or duty to Parent or Borrowers arising out of or in connection with, and there is no agency or joint venture relationship between the members of the Lender Group, on the one hand, and Parent and Borrowers, on the other hand, by virtue of any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein. 17.6 COUNTERPARTS; ELECTRONIC EXECUTION. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document MUTATIS MUTANDIS. 50  17.7 REVIVAL AND REINSTATEMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. If the incurrence or payment of the Obligations by any Borrower or any Guarantor or the transfer to the Lender Group of any property should for any reason subsequently be declared to be void or voidable under any state or federal law relating to creditors' rights, including provisions of the Bankruptcy Code relating to fraudulent conveyances, preferences, or other voidable or recoverable payments of money or transfers of property (each, a "VOIDABLE TRANSFER"), and if the Lender Group is required to repay or restore, in whole or in part, any such Voidable Transfer, or elects to do so upon the reasonable advice of its counsel, then, as to any such Voidable Transfer, or the amount thereof that the Lender Group is required or elects to repay or restore, and as to all reasonable costs, expenses, and attorneys fees of the Lender Group related thereto, the liability of Loan Parties automatically shall be revived, reinstated, and restored and shall exist as though such Voidable Transfer had never been made. 17.8 CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Agent and Lenders each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree that material, non-public information regarding Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans shall be treated by Agent and the Lenders in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and the Lenders to Persons who are not parties to this Agreement, except: (i) to attorneys for and other advisors, accountants, auditors, and consultants to any member of the Lender Group, (ii) to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group, provided that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this SECTION 17.8, (iii) as may be required by statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation, (iv) as may be agreed to in advance by Administrative Borrower or its Subsidiaries or as requested or required by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process, (v) as to any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by Agent or the Lenders), (vi) in connection with any assignment, participation or pledge of any Lender's interest under this Agreement, provided that any such assignee, participant, or pledgee shall have agreed in writing to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section, and (vii) in connection with any litigation or other adversary proceeding involving parties hereto which such litigation or adversary proceeding involves claims related to the rights or duties of such parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, provided that Agent or applicable Lender, as the case may be, shall give the Loan Parties five (5) Business Days notice of the production of any such information in such litigation or other adversary proceeding to the extent practicable under the circumstances. The provisions of this SECTION 17.8(A) shall survive for 2 years after the payment in full of the Obligations. (b) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Agent may provide information concerning the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to loan syndication and pricing reporting services. 17.9 LENDER GROUP EXPENSES. Parent and Borrowers, jointly and severally, agree to pay any and all Lender Group Expenses promptly after demand therefor by Agent and agrees that their obligations contained in this SECTION 17.9 shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other Obligations. 17.10 USA PATRIOT ACT. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title 111 of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the "ACT") hereby notifies Parent and Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Parent and Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of Parent and each of the Borrowers and other information that will allow such Lender to identify Parent and each of the Borrowers in accordance with the Act. 17.11 INTEGRATION. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, reflects the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, before the date hereof. 51  17.12 PARENT AS AGENT FOR BORROWERS. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Parent as the borrowing agent and attorney-in-fact for all Borrowers (the "ADMINISTRATIVE BORROWER") which appointment shall remain in full force and effect unless and until Agent shall have received prior written notice signed by each Borrower that such appointment has been revoked and that another Borrower has been appointed Administrative Borrower. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Borrower (i) to provide Agent with all notices with respect to the Term Loan obtained for the benefit of any Borrower and all other notices and instructions under this Agreement and (ii) to take such action as the Administrative Borrower deems appropriate on its behalf to the Term Loan and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto to carry out the purposes of this Agreement. It is understood that the handling of the Loan Account and Collateral of Borrowers in a combined fashion, as more fully set forth herein, is done solely as an accommodation to Borrowers in order to utilize the collective borrowing powers of Borrowers in the most efficient and economical manner and at their request, and that Lender Group shall not incur liability to any Borrower as a result hereof. Each Borrower expects to derive benefit, directly or indirectly, from the handling of the Loan Account and the Collateral in a combined fashion since the successful operation of each Borrower is dependent on the continued successful performance of the integrated group. To induce the Lender Group to do so, and in consideration thereof, each Borrower hereby jointly and severally agrees to indemnify each member of the Lender Group and hold each member of the Lender Group harmless against any and all liability, expense, loss or claim of damage or injury, made against the Lender Group by any Borrower or by any third party whosoever, arising from or incurred by reason of (a) the handling of the Loan Account and Collateral of Borrowers as herein provided, (b) the Lender Group's relying on any instructions of the Administrative Borrower, or (c) any other action taken by the Lender Group hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, except that Borrowers will have no liability to the relevant Agent-Related Person or Lender-Related Person under this SECTION 17.12 with respect to any liability that has been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent-Related Person or Lender-Related Person, or from such members breach of its material obligations under the Loan Documents, as the case may be. 17.13 INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens and security interests granted to the Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents in the Collateral and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Agent with respect to the Collateral hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement with respect to (a) the priority of liens and security interests granted to the Agent in the Collateral pursuant to the Loan Documents or (b) the rights of the Agent or any Lender under this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control as between the Agent and the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Working Capital Agent and the Working Capital Lenders, on the other hand. 17.14 JUDGMENT CURRENCY. (a) This is an international financial transaction in which the specification of a currency and payment in New York City is of the essence. Dollars shall be the currency of account in the case of all payments pursuant to or arising under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document, and all such payments shall be made to the Agent's Account in immediately available funds. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Obligations of each Loan Party to the Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement and under the other Loan Documents shall not be discharged by any amount paid in any other currency or in any other manner than to the Agent's Account to the extent that the amount so paid after conversion under this Agreement and transfer to the Agent's Account does not yield the amount of Dollars in New York City due under this Agreement and under the other Loan Documents. (b) If, for the purposes of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Loan Parties in any court in any jurisdiction in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being referred to as the "JUDGMENT CURRENCY") an amount due under this Agreement or any Loan Document in Dollars 52  other than Judgment Currency, the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding (a) the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any jurisdiction that would give effect to such conversion being made on such date, or (b) 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 17.14 being hereinafter referred to as the "JUDGMENT CONVERSION DATE"). (c) If, in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in subsection (a) above, 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 Loan Parties shall pay such additional amount (if any, and 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 Dollars 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. The term "rate of exchange" in this Section means the Spot Rate at which the Agent would be prepared to sell Dollars against the Judgment Currency. (d) Any amount due from the Loan Parties under this SECTION 17.14 shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document. 17.15 IMMUNITY. To the extent that any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or from any legal process, action, suit or proceeding (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution of judgment or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, the Parent and each Borrower hereby irrevocably waives (on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries) and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to the extent permitted by applicable law and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, agrees that the waivers set forth in this SECTION 17.15 shall be to the fullest extent permitted under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 of the United States and are intended to be irrevocable for purposes of such Act. [Signature pages to follow.] 53  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written. BORROWERS: ARLON, INC., a Delaware corporation By: ___________________________________ Title:_________________________________ ARLON VISCOR LTD., a Texas limited partnership By: Arlon Partners, Inc., Its General Partner By: ___________________________________ Title:_________________________________ ARLON SIGNTECH, LTD., a Texas limited partnership By: Arlon Partners, Inc., Its General Partner By: ___________________________________ Title:_________________________________ KASCO CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation By: ___________________________________ Title:_________________________________ SOUTHERN SAW ACQUISITION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation By: ___________________________________ Title:_________________________________ PARENT: BAIRNCO CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation By: ___________________________________ Title:_________________________________ 54  AGENT AND LENDERS: ABLECO FINANCE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Agent and as a Lender By: ___________________________________ Title:_________________________________ 55  SCHEDULE 1.1 As used in the Agreement, the following terms shall have the following definitions: "ABLECO" means Ableco Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. "ACCOUNT" means an account (as that term is defined in the Code). "ACCOUNT DEBTOR" means any Person who is obligated on an Account, chattel paper, or a general intangible. "ACT" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 17.10. "ACTIVATION INSTRUCTION" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 2.5(B). "ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 5.17. "ADMINISTRATIVE BORROWER" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 17.12. "AFFILIATE" means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and in the case of any Loan Party, the immediate family members, spouses and lineal descendants of individuals that are Affiliates of such Loan Party. For purposes of this definition, "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Stock, by contract, or otherwise; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, for purposes of SECTION 6.13 of the Agreement: (a) any Person which owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other members of the governing body of a Person or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of a Person (other than as a limited partner of such Person) shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person, (b) each director (or comparable manager) of a Person shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Person, and (c) each partnership in which a Person is a general partner shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Agent or any Lender be considered an "Affiliate" of any Loan Party. "AGENT" has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement. "AGENT-RELATED PERSONS" means Agent, together with its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents. "AGENT'S ACCOUNT" means the Deposit Account of Agent identified on SCHEDULE A-1. "AGENT'S LIENS" means the Liens granted by any Loan Party to Agent under the Loan Documents. "AGREEMENT" means the Credit Agreement to which this SCHEDULE 1.1 is attached. "APPLICATION EVENT" means the occurrence of (a) a failure by Borrowers to repay all of the Obligations on the Maturity Date, or (b) an Event of Default and the election by the Required Lenders to declare all or any portion of the Obligations to be due and payable or to exercise remedies against the Collateral.  "APPROVED ADDBACK EXPENSES" means, with respect to any period specified on SCHEDULE A-3, the lesser of (a) the actual amount expended by the Parent and its Subsidiaries in respect of the items specified on SCHEDULE A-3 during such period, and (b) the amount specified on SCHEDULE A-3 during such period. "ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE" means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement substantially in the form of EXHIBIT A-1 or such other form acceptable to Agent. "AUTHORIZED PERSON" means any one of the individuals identified on SCHEDULE A-2. "BANKRUPTCY CODE" means (i) title 11 of the United States Code, and (ii) any similar legislation in any relevant jurisdiction, in each case, as in effect from time to time. "BASE LIBOR RATE" means the rate per annum, determined by Agent in accordance with its customary procedures, and utilizing such electronic or other quotation sources as it considers appropriate, to be the rate at which Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of the requested Interest Period) are offered to major banks in the London interbank market 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of the requested Interest Period, for a term and in an amount comparable to the Interest Period and the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan requested (whether as an initial LIBOR Rate Loan or as a continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or as a conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) by Administrative Borrower in accordance with the Agreement, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. "BASE RATE" means the rate of interest publicly announced by the Reference Bank in New York, New York from time to time as its reference rate, base rate or prime rate. The reference rate, base rate or prime rate is determined from time to time by the Reference Bank as a means of pricing some loans to its borrowers and neither is tied to any external rate of interest or index nor necessarily reflects the lowest rate of interest actually charged by the Reference Bank to any particular class or category of customers. Each change in the Base Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective. "BASE RATE LOAN" means each portion of the Term Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate. "BASE RATE MARGIN" means 3.50 percentage points. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the board of directors (or comparable managers) of WHX or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors (or comparable managers). "BORROWER" and "BORROWERS" have the respective meanings specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement. "BRIDGE FACILITY" means the facility under that certain Loan and Security Agreement in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $90,000,000, dated as of April 17, 2007, by and between Steel Partners II, L.P., Parent and BZ Acquisition Corp., as amended and restated on the date hereof. "BUSINESS DAY" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks are authorized or required to close in the state of New York, except that, if a determination of a Business Day shall relate to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the term "Business Day" also shall exclude any day on which banks are closed for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market. "CANADIAN GUARANTY" means a Guaranty executed and delivered by the Canadian Obligor in favor of Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. "CANADIAN OBLIGOR" means Atlantic Service Company, Limited, an Ontario corporation.  "CANADIAN SECURITY AGREEMENT" means a Security Agreement executed and delivered by the Canadian Obligor in favor of Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. "CANADIAN SECURITY DOCUMENTS" means the Canadian Security Agreement, the Quebec Security Documents, and such other instruments, agreements, and documents governed by the laws of Canada or any political subdivision thereof, as Agent may require in order to secure the obligations of the Canadian Obligor under the Canadian Guaranty. "CAPITAL EXPENDITURES" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that are capital expenditures as determined in accordance with GAAP, whether such expenditures are paid in cash or financed. "CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATION" means that portion of the obligations under a Capital Lease that is required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. "CAPITAL LEASE" means a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. "CASH EQUIVALENTS" means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor's Rating Group ("S&P") or Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), (c) commercial paper maturing no more than 270 days from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody's, (d) certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000, (e) Deposit Accounts maintained with (i) any bank that satisfies the criteria described in clause (d) above, or (ii) any other bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof so long as the amount maintained with any such other bank is less than or equal to $100,000 and is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (f) Investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are invested in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (e) above. "CASH MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 2.5(A). "CASH MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS" means those certain cash management agreements, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, each of which is among Parent or one of its Subsidiaries, Agent, Working Capital Agent and one of the Cash Management Banks. "CASH MANAGEMENT BANK" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 2.5(A). "CFC" means a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in the IRC). "CHANGE OF CONTROL" means that (a) Permitted Holders fail to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, at least 25% of the Stock of WHX or (b) a majority of the members of WHX's Board of Directors do not constitute Continuing Directors or (c) WHX fails to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Stock of Parent. "CLOSING DATE" means the date of the making of the Term Loan hereunder.  "CLOSING DATE TRANSACTIONS" means, collectively, (a) the funding of (i) the Term Loan, (ii) the Working Capital Term Loan, (iii) the Working Capital Advances to be made on the Closing Date, (iv) the Equity Contribution, and (v) the Subordinated Indebtedness, (b) the issuance of the Working Capital Letters of Credit to be issued on the Closing Date, (c) the repayment of the Indebtedness owing to the Existing Lender and the Indebtedness outstanding under the Bridge Facility and the termination of such credit facilities, and (d) the payment of all fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. "CODE" means the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time. "COLLATERAL" means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by Parent or its Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien is granted under any of the Loan Documents. "COLLATERAL ACCESS AGREEMENT" means a landlord waiver, bailee letter, or acknowledgement agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee, or other Person in possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in Parent's or its Subsidiaries' books and records, Equipment, or Inventory, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. "COLLECTIONS" means ALL cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other items of payment (including insurance proceeds, proceeds of cash sales, rental proceeds, and tax refunds). "COMMITMENT" means, with respect to each Lender, its Commitment, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lender's name under the applicable heading on SCHEDULE C-1 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance with the provisions of SECTION 13.1. "COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE" means a certificate substantially in the form of EXHIBIT C-1 delivered by the chief financial officer of Parent to Agent. "CONTINUING DIRECTOR" means (a) any member of the Board of Directors who was a director (or comparable manager) of WHX on the Closing Date, (b) any individual who becomes a member of the Board of Directors after the Closing Date if such individual was appointed or nominated for election to the Board of Directors by a majority of the Continuing Directors, but excluding any such individual originally proposed for election in opposition to the Board of Directors in office at the Closing Date in an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the directors (or comparable managers) of WHX and whose initial assumption of office resulted from such contest or the settlement thereof or (c) any individual who becomes a member of the Board of Directors after the Closing Date if such individual was appointed or nominated by Permitted Holder for or Permitted Holder voted in favor of such individual's election to the Board of Directors. "CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT" means the Contribution Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Loan Parties, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders. "CONTROL AGREEMENT" means a control agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Parent or one of its Subsidiaries, Agent, Working Capital Agent and the applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account). "COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT" has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement. "DAILY BALANCE" means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Obligation, the amount of such Obligation owed at the end of such day.  "DEFAULT" means an event, condition, or default that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default. "DEPOSIT ACCOUNT" means any deposit account (as that term is defined in the Code). "DESIGNATED ACCOUNT" means the Deposit Account of Administrative Borrower identified on SCHEDULE D-1. "DESIGNATED ACCOUNT BANK" has the meaning specified therefor in SCHEDULE D-1. "DOLLARS" or "$" means United States dollars. "DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY" means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof. "EBITDA" means, with respect to any fiscal period, Parent's and its Subsidiaries' consolidated net earnings (or loss), MINUS extraordinary gains, interest income, PLUS interest expense, income taxes, and depreciation and amortization for such period, PLUS or MINUS, as the case may be, deferred financing costs that are written off so long as such costs arise from financings effectuated prior to the Closing Date, non cash amortization of deferred financing costs related to the Term Loan and the Working Capital Indebtedness, non cash gains or losses arising from the sale of capital assets, non cash gains or losses arising from the write up or write down of assets (including the non cash write down associated with the JD Edwards system), non-cash period pension costs or credit related to any existing Employee Plan, and any non cash extraordinary gains or losses (in each case, to the extent included in determining net income) for such period, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; PROVIDED, that for the calculations contemplated in SECTION 6.16 of the Agreement, EBITDA shall be determined (A) before any Approved Addback Expenses, (B) before Kasco Non-recurring Expenses and (C) before actual costs and expenses related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000, in each case to the extent such items impact net income. "EMPLOYEE PLAN" means an employee benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) covered by Title IV of ERISA and maintained (or that was maintained at any time during the six (6) calendar years preceding the date of any borrowing hereunder) for employees of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates. "ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS" means any complaint, summons, citation, written notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter, or other communication from any Governmental Authority, or any third party involving violations of Environmental Laws or releases of Hazardous Materials from (a) any assets, properties, or businesses of any Loan Party, any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or any of their predecessors in interest, (b) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (c) from or onto any facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Loan Party, any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or any of their predecessors in interest. "ENVIRONMENTAL LAW" means any applicable federal, state, provincial, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, binding and enforceable guideline, binding and enforceable written policy, or rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, in each case, to the extent binding on any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on employee health, or Hazardous Materials, in each case as amended from time to time. "ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES" means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, or Remedial Action required, by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.  "ENVIRONMENTAL LIEN" means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities. "EQUIPMENT" means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code). "EQUITY CONTRIBUTION" means a cash equity contribution in an aggregate amount not less than $15,000,000 made by WHX to the Parent prior to the Closing Date. "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute thereto or the non-U.S. equivalent thereof. "ERISA AFFILIATE" means (a) any Person subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party under IRC Section 414(b), (b) any trade or business subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party under IRC Section 414(c), (c) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any organization subject to ERISA that is a member of an affiliated service group of which a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party is a member under IRC Section 414(m), or (d) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any Person subject to ERISA that is a party to an arrangement with a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party and whose employees are aggregated with the employees of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party under IRC Section 414(o). "EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 7. "EXCESS CASH FLOW" means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (a) TTM EBITDA, MINUS (b) the sum of (i) the cash portion of Interest Expense paid during such fiscal period, (ii) the cash portion of income taxes paid during such period, (iii) all scheduled principal payments made in respect of the Term Loan during such period, (iv) any required cash contributions to any Employee Plan to the extent not included in the calculation of TTM EBITDA for such period and (v) the cash portion of Capital Expenditures (net of (y) any proceeds reinvested in accordance with the proviso to SECTION 2.3(D)(II) of the Agreement, and (z) any proceeds of related financings with respect to such expenditures) made during such period. "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect from time to time. "EXISTING LENDER" means Bank of America, N.A. and each of the lenders party to the credit facilities agented by Bank of America. "EXTRAORDINARY RECEIPTS" means any Net Cash Proceeds received by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business, including as a result of, without duplication, (a) foreign, United States, state or local tax refunds (other than amounts automatically applied to future tax payments or representing overpayments of estimated taxes for the current or immediately preceding tax year), (b) pension plan reversions, (c) proceeds of insurance (including key man life insurance and business interruption insurance, but excluding any casualty insurance), (d) judgments, proceeds of settlements or other consideration of any kind in connection with any cause of action, (e) indemnity payments, and (f) any purchase price adjustment received in connection with any purchase agreement.  "FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO" means, with respect to Parent for any period, the ratio of (i) EBITDA for such period MINUS Capital Expenditures made (to the extent not already incurred in a prior period) or incurred during such period, to (ii) Fixed Charges for such period. "FIXED CHARGES" means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum, without duplication, of (a) Interest Expense (other than payment-in-kind and non-cash financing expenses) accrued during such period, (b) principal payments in respect of Indebtedness that are required to be paid during such period, and (c) all federal, state, and local income taxes accrued during such period; PROVIDED, that for each fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, through and including the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2008, Fixed Charges shall be deemed to be an amount calculated by adding the sum of all such Interest Expense, principal payments and accrued taxes made or accrued during the period from the Closing Date through the date of determination, multiplying such sum by 365, and dividing the product by the number of days elapsed since the Closing Date. "FUNDED INDEBTEDNESS" means, as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness for borrowed money or letters of credit (other than letters of credit that provide collateral support for other outstanding Funded Indebtedness at the time of such determination) of Parent, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, that by its terms matures more than one year after the date of calculation, and any such Indebtedness maturing within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable at the option of Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to a date more than one year from such date, including, in any event, but without duplication, with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries, the Term Loan, the Working Capital Indebtedness, any Indebtedness under credit facilities for non-U.S. Subsidiaries of the Parent and the amount of their Capital Lease Obligations, but excluding the Subordinated Indebtedness and Other Subordinated Indebtedness. "FUNDING LOSSES" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 2.10(B)(II). "FUNDS FLOW AGREEMENT" means a funds flow agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Loan Parties, Agent, and Working Capital Agent. "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, consistently applied. "GOVERNING DOCUMENTS" means, with respect to any Person, the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documents of such Person. "GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means any federal, state, local, supra-national or other governmental or administrative body, instrumentality, board, department, or agency or any court, tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission, or other similar dispute-resolving panel or body. "GUARANTORS" means (a) Parent, and (b) each Subsidiary of Parent (other than Borrowers, or any other Subsidiary that is a CFC and that is not required to guaranty the Obligations pursuant to Section 5.16), and "GUARANTOR" means any one of them. "GUARANTY" means that certain general continuing guaranty executed and delivered by each Guarantor in favor of Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS" means (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable laws or regulations as "hazardous substances," "hazardous materials," "hazardous wastes," "toxic substances," or any other formulation intended to define, list, or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, or "EP toxicity", (b) oil, petroleum, or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil,  natural gas, or geothermal resources, (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials, and (d) asbestos in any form or electrical equipment that contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million. "HEDGE AGREEMENT" means any and all agreements, or documents now existing or hereafter entered into by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that provide for an interest rate, credit, commodity or equity swap, cap, floor, collar, forward foreign exchange transaction, currency swap, cross currency rate swap, currency option, or any combination of, or option with respect to, these or similar transactions, for the purpose of hedging Parent's or any of its Subsidiaries' exposure to fluctuations in interest or exchange rates, loan, credit exchange, security, or currency valuations or commodity prices. "HOLDOUT LENDER" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 14.2(A). "INDEBTEDNESS" means (a) all obligations for borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, interest rate swaps, or other financial products, (c) all obligations as a lessee under Capital Leases, (d) all obligations or liabilities of others secured by a Lien on any asset of a Person or its Subsidiaries, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed, (e) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, repayable in accordance with customary trade practices), (f) all obligations owing under Hedge Agreements, and (g) any obligation guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (a) through (f) above. "INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 10.3. "INDEMNIFIED PERSON" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 10.3. "INSOLVENCY PROCEEDING" means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief. "INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT" means a subordination agreement executed and delivered by each Loan Party, each Subsidiary of any Loan Party, and Agent, the form and substance of which is satisfactory to Agent. "INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT" means an intercreditor agreement executed and delivered by Agent and Working Capital Agent, and acknowledged and consented to by each Borrower and each Guarantor, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. "INTEREST EXPENSE" means, for any period, the aggregate of the interest expense of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. "INTEREST PERIOD" means, with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan, a period commencing on the date of the making of such LIBOR Rate Loan (or the continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) and ending, as selected by Borrowers, 1, 2, or 3 months thereafter; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended (subject to clauses (c)-(e) below) to the next succeeding Business Day, (b) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based upon the LIBOR Rate from and including the first day of each Interest Period to, but excluding, the day on which any Interest Period expires, (c) any Interest Period that would end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless  such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (d) with respect to an Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period), the Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month that is 1, 2, or 3 months after the date on which the Interest Period began, as applicable, and (e) Borrowers (or Administrative Borrower on behalf thereof) may not elect an Interest Period which will end after the Maturity Date. "INVENTORY" means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code). "INVESTMENT" means, with respect to any Person, any investment by such Person in any other Person (including Affiliates) in the form of loans, guarantees, advances, capital contributions (excluding (a) commission, travel, and similar advances to officers and employees of such Person made in the ordinary course of business, and (b) BONA FIDE Accounts arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), or acquisitions of Indebtedness, Stock, or all or substantially all of the assets of such other Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person), and any other items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. "IRC" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time. "JUDGMENT CONVERSION DATE" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 17.14. "JUDGMENT CURRENCY" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 17.14. "KASCO" means Kasco Corporation, a Delaware corporation. "KASCO NON-RECURRING EXPENSES" means, with respect to any period specified on SCHEDULE K-1, the lesser of (a) the actual amount expended by the Parent and its Subsidiaries in respect of the items specified on SCHEDULE K-1 during such period, and (b) the amount specified on SCHEDULE K-1 during such period. "LENDER" and "LENDERS" have the respective meanings set forth in the preamble to the Agreement, and shall include any other Person made a party to the Agreement in accordance with the provisions of SECTION 13.1. "LENDER GROUP" means, individually and collectively, each of the Lenders and Agent. "LENDER GROUP EXPENSES" means all (a) costs or expenses (including taxes, and insurance premiums) required to be paid by a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents that are paid, advanced, or incurred by any one or more members of the Lender Group, (b) fees or charges paid or incurred by Agent in connection with the Lender Group's transactions with Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, including, fees or charges for photocopying, notarization, couriers and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches (including tax lien, judgment lien, litigation, and UCC searches and including searches with the patent and trademark office, the copyright office, or the department of motor vehicles), filing, recording, publication, appraisal (including periodic collateral appraisals or business valuations to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) contained in the Agreement), real estate surveys, real estate title policies and endorsements, and environmental audits, (c) costs and expenses incurred by Agent or other members of the Lender Group in the disbursement of funds to (or on behalf of) Borrowers (by wire transfer or otherwise), (d) charges paid or incurred by Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks, (e) reasonable costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Lender Group to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated, (f) audit fees and expenses (including travel, meals, and lodging) of Agent related to any inspections or audits to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any  limitation) contained in the Agreement, (g) reasonable costs and expenses of third party claims or any other suit paid or incurred by any one or more members of the Lender Group in enforcing or defending the Loan Documents or in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or the Lender Group's relationship with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, (h) Agent's and each Lender's reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering (including travel, meals, and lodging), syndicating (including rating the Term Loan), or amending the Loan Documents, and (i) Agent's and each Lender's reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses incurred in connection with a "workout," a "restructuring," or an Insolvency Proceeding concerning any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan Documents), or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether suit is brought, or in taking any Remedial Action concerning the Collateral. "LENDER-RELATED PERSON" means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender, together with such Lender's Affiliates, Related Funds, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents. "LEVERAGE RATIO" means, as of any date of determination (a) the amount of Parent's Funded Indebtedness as of such date, DIVIDED BY (b) Parent's EBITDA for the 12 month period ended as of such date. "LIBOR DEADLINE" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 2.10(B)(I). "LIBOR NOTICE" means a written notice in the form of EXHIBIT L-1. "LIBOR OPTION" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 2.10(A). "LIBOR RATE" means, for each Interest Period for each LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate per annum determined by Agent by DIVIDING (a) the Base LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period, by (b) 100% MINUS the Reserve Percentage. The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted on and as of the effective day of any change in the Reserve Percentage. "LIBOR RATE LOAN" means each portion of the Term Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate. "LIBOR RATE MARGIN" means 6.00 percentage points. "LIEN" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest, or other security arrangement and any other preference, priority, or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing. "LOAN ACCOUNT" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 2.8. "LOAN DOCUMENTS" means the Agreement, the Canadian Guaranty, the Canadian Security Documents, the Cash Management Agreements, the Collateral Access Agreements, the Control Agreements, the Copyright Security Agreement, the Guaranty, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Mortgages, the Patent Security Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Subordination Agreement, the Trademark Security Agreement, the Post-Closing Letter, any note or notes executed by a Borrower in connection with the Agreement and payable to a member of the Lender Group, and any other agreement entered into, now or in the future, by any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries, and the Lender Group in connection with the Agreement.  "LOAN PARTY" means any Borrower or any Guarantor. "MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE" means (a) a material adverse change in the business, prospects, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of a Borrower's or any of its Subsidiaries' ability to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party or of the Lender Group's ability to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral, or (c) a material impairment of the enforceability or priority of the Agent's Liens with respect to the Collateral as a result of an action or failure to act on the part of a Borrower or a Subsidiary of a Borrower. "MATERIAL CONTRACT" means, with respect to any Person, (i) each contract or agreement to which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party involving aggregate consideration payable to or by such Person or such Subsidiary of $250,000 or more (other than purchase orders in the ordinary course of the business of such Person or such Subsidiary and other than contracts that by their terms may be terminated by such Person or Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business upon less than 60 days notice without penalty or premium), (ii) the Related Transaction Documents, and (iii) all other contracts or agreements material to the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), performance, prospects or properties of such Person or such Subsidiary. "MATURITY DATE" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 3.2. "MOODY'S" has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents. "MORTGAGE POLICY" has the meaning specified therefor in SCHEDULE 3.1(X). "MORTGAGES" means, individually and collectively, one or more mortgages, deeds of trust, or deeds to secure debt, executed and delivered by a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party in favor of Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, that encumber the Real Property Collateral. "MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates has contributed to, or has been obligated to contribute, at any time during the preceding six (6) years. "NET CASH PROCEEDS" means: (a) with respect to any sale or disposition by a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party of property or assets, the amount of cash proceeds received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, in connection therewith after deducting therefrom only (i) the amount of any Indebtedness secured by any Permitted Lien on any asset (other than (A) Indebtedness owing to Agent or any Lender under the Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (B) Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset) which is required to be, and is, repaid in connection with such sale or disposition, (ii) reasonable fees, commissions, and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by a Loan Party or such Subsidiary of a Loan Party in connection with such sale or disposition and (iii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by a Loan Party or such Subsidiary of a Loan Party in connection with such sale or disposition, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, and are properly attributable to such transaction; and (b) with respect to the issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness by a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or the issuance by a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party of any shares of its Stock, the aggregate amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of a Loan Party or such Subsidiary in  connection with such issuance or incurrence, after deducting therefrom only (i) reasonable fees, commissions, and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by a Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, (ii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by a Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of a Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party, and are properly attributable to such transaction. "NEW LENDING OFFICE" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 16(D). "NON-US LENDER" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 16(D). "OBLIGATIONS" means all loans (including the Term Loan), debts, principal, interest (including any interest that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), premiums, liabilities (including all amounts charged to Borrowers' Loan Account pursuant to the Agreement), obligations (including indemnification obligations), fees, charges, costs, Lender Group Expenses (including any fees or expenses that accrue after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), guaranties, covenants, and duties of any kind and description owing by Loan Parties to the Lender Group pursuant to or evidenced by the Loan Documents and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including all interest not paid when due and all other expenses or other amounts that Loan Parties are required to pay or reimburse by the Loan Documents or by law or otherwise in connection with the Loan Documents. Any reference in the Agreement or in the Loan Documents to the Obligations shall include all or any portion thereof and any extensions, modifications, renewals, or alterations thereof, both prior and subsequent to any Insolvency Proceeding. "OPERATING LEASE OBLIGATIONS" means all obligations for the payment of rent for any real or personal property under leases or agreements to lease, other than Capital Lease Obligations. "OTHER SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS" means any Indebtedness (i) which is expressly subordinated in right of payment to all Indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement, the Working Capital Indebtedness, and the Subordinated Indebtedness, (ii) which does not mature prior to the date that is six-months following the stated maturity date for each of the foregoing Indebtedness, whichever is latest, (iii) which does not contain a cash interest payment requirement and (iv) which has terms and conditions, and is subject to a subordination agreement, reasonably acceptable to Agent. "OTHER TAXES" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 16(B). "PARENT" has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement. "PARTICIPANT REGISTER" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 13.1(F). "PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT" has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement. "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto. "PERMITTED DISCRETION" means a determination made in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured lender) business judgment. "PERMITTED DISPOSITIONS" means (a) sales or other dispositions of Equipment that is substantially worn, damaged, or obsolete in the ordinary course of business; PROVIDED that the Net Cash Proceeds from such sales or other dispositions do not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate during any fiscal year, and such Equipment is sold (or otherwise disposed of) for fair  market value, (b) sales of Inventory to buyers in the ordinary course of business, (c) the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of the Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and (d) the licensing, on a non-exclusive basis, of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business. "PERMITTED HOLDER" means Steel Partners II, L.P. and its Affiliates. "PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means (a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents, (b) Investments in negotiable instruments for collection, (c) advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of business, and (d) Investments received in settlement of amounts due to a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party effected in the ordinary course of business or owing to a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party as a result of Insolvency Proceedings involving an Account Debtor or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party. "PERMITTED KASCO SALE TRANSACTION" means the sale of all of the Stock or substantially all of the assets of Kasco and its Subsidiaries subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Permitted Kasco Sale Letter. "PERMITTED KASCO SALE LETTER" means that certain side letter among Parent, Agent and Working Capital Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, pertaining to the sale of all of the Stock or substantially all of the assets of Kasco and its Subsidiaries. "PERMITTED LIENS" means (a) Liens held by Agent to secure the Obligations, (b) Liens for unpaid taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges or levies that either (i) are not yet delinquent, or (ii) do not have priority over the Agent's Liens and the underlying taxes, assessments, or charges or levies are the subject of Permitted Protests, (c) judgment Liens that do not constitute an Event of Default under SECTION 7.7 of the Agreement, (d) Liens set forth on SCHEDULE P-2, provided that any such Lien only secures the Indebtedness that it secures on the Closing Date and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, (e) the interests of lessors under operating leases, (f) purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases to the extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and so long as (i) such Lien attaches only to the asset purchased or acquired and the proceeds thereof, and (ii) such Lien only secures the Indebtedness that was incurred to acquire the asset purchased or acquired or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, (g) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money, and which Liens either (i) are for sums not yet delinquent, or (ii) are the subject of Permitted Protests, (h) Liens on amounts deposited in connection with obtaining worker's compensation or other unemployment insurance, (i) Liens on amounts deposited in connection with the making or entering into of bids, tenders, or leases in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money, (j) Liens on amounts deposited as security for surety or appeal bonds in connection with obtaining such bonds in the ordinary course of business, (k) (i) with respect to any Real Property Collateral, any encumbrance or restriction contained in Schedule B of the title insurance policies for such Real Property which have been approved by Lenders, shown on the surveys listed on SCHEDULE P-3 with respect to such Real Property, or such other encumbrances, restrictions, easements, rights of way, and zoning restrictions that do not materially interfere with or impair the use or operation thereof, and (ii) with respect to all other Real Property, encumbrances, restrictions, easements, rights of way, and zoning restrictions that do not materially interfere with or impair the use or operation thereof, (l) Liens held by Working Capital Agent to secure the Working Capital Indebtedness, so long as such Liens are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, (m) Liens held by Subordinated Debt Lender to secure the Subordinated Indebtedness, so long as such Liens are subject to the provisions of the Subordination Agreement, and (n) Liens held by Steel Partners II, L.P. to secure the obligations under the WHX Guaranty, so long as such Liens are subject to the provisions of the Subordination Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, under no circumstances shall Permitted Liens include any Liens imposed under the IRC or ERISA, or otherwise, that secures any liability or obligation with respect to any Employee Plan.  "PERMITTED MERGER" means the merger, effective as of April 24, 2007, of BZ Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Steel Partners II, L.P. ("BZ"), with and into Bairnco with Bairnco continuing as the surviving entity, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 23, 2007, by and among Steel Partners II, L.P., BZ and Baimco (the "BZ MERGER AGREEMENT"), and as assigned by Steel Partners II, L.P. to WHX pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2007, by and between Steel Partners II, L.P. and WHX. "PERMITTED PRIORITY LIENS" means any Permitted Lien that has (and is permitted to have) priority over the Liens in favor of the Agent pursuant to any applicable law or agreement. "PERMITTED PROTEST" means the right of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to protest any Lien (other than any Lien that secures the Obligations), taxes (other than payroll taxes or taxes that are the subject of a United States federal tax lien), or rental payment, provided that (a) a reserve with respect to such obligation is established on Parent's or any of its Subsidiaries' books and records in such amount as is required under GAAP, (b) any such protest is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, in good faith, and (c) Agent is satisfied that, while any such protest is pending, there will be no impairment of the enforceability, validity, or priority of any of the Agent's Liens. "PERMITTED PURCHASE MONEY INDEBTEDNESS" means, as of any date of determination, Purchase Money Indebtedness incurred after the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not in excess of $1,000,000. "PERSON" means natural persons, corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, land trusts, business trusts, or other organizations, irrespective of whether they are legal entities, and governments and agencies and political subdivisions thereof. "POST-CLOSING LETTER" means that certain Post-Closing Letter, dated of as of the date hereof, between Parent and Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. "PROJECTIONS" means Parent's forecasted (a) balance sheets, (b) profit and loss statements, and (c) cash flow statements, all prepared on a basis consistent with Parent's historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions. "PRO RATA SHARE" means, as of any date of determination (a) prior to the making of the Term Loan, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Lender's Commitment, by (ii) the aggregate amount of all Lenders' Commitments, and (b) from and after the making of the Term Loan, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the principal amount of such Lender's portion of the Term Loan by (ii) the principal amount of the Term Loan. "PROTECTIVE ADVANCES" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 2.2(C)(I). "PURCHASE MONEY INDEBTEDNESS" means Indebtedness (other than the Obligations, but including Capital Lease Obligations), incurred at the time of, or within 20 days after, the acquisition of any fixed assets for the purpose of financing all or any part of the acquisition cost thereof. "QUALIFIED CASH" means, as of any date of determination, the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries that is in Deposit Accounts or in Securities Accounts, or any combination thereof, and which such Deposit Account or Securities Account is the subject of a Control Agreement and is maintained by a branch office of the bank or securities intermediary located within the United States.  "QUEBEC SECURITY DOCUMENTS" means (i) a Deed of Hypothec and Issue of Bonds in favour of Agent, as fonde de pouvoir under Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec, to be executed before a notary of the Province of Quebec, (ii) a bond issued by a Canadian Obligor pursuant to such Deed of Hypothec and Issue of Bonds, and (iii) a pledge agreement to be granted by a Canadian Obligor in respect of any bond issued under such Deed of Hypothec and Issue of Bonds. "RATING AGENCIES" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 2.14. "REAL PROPERTY" means any estates or interests in real property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party or a Subsidiary of any Loan Party and the improvements thereto. "REAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL" means the Real Property identified on SCHEDULE R-1 and any Real Property hereafter acquired by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party. "RECORD" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. "REFERENCE BANK" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, its successors or any other commercial bank designated by the Agent to the Administrative Borrower from time to time. "REFINANCING INDEBTEDNESS" means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness so long as: (a) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, (b) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the cash interest rate with respect to the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, (c) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are materially more burdensome or restrictive to Loan Parties, (d) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to the Lender Group as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness, and (e) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person that is liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended. "REGISTER" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 13.1(C). "REGISTERED LOAN" has the meaning specified therefor SECTION 13.1(C). "RELATED FUND" means a fund, money market account, investment account or other account managed by a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender or its investment manager. "RELATED TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS" means, collectively, the Working Capital Documents and the Subordinated Debt Documents. "REMEDIAL ACTION" means all actions taken to (a) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate, or in any way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize a release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, (c) restore or reclaim natural resources or the environment, (d) perform any pre-remedial studies, investigations, or post-remedial operation and maintenance activities, or (e) conduct any other actions with respect to Hazardous Materials authorized by Environmental Laws.  "REPLACEMENT LENDER" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 14.2(A). "REPORT" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 15.16. "REPORTABLE EVENT" means an event in Section 4043 of ERISA (other than an event not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under the regulations promulgated under such Section). "REQUIRED LENDERS" means, at any time, Lenders whose aggregate Pro Rata Shares exceed 50%. "RESERVE PERCENTAGE" means, on any day, for any Lender, the maximum percentage prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor Governmental Authority) for determining the reserve requirements (including any basic, supplemental, marginal, or emergency reserves) that are in effect on such date with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "eurocurrency liabilities") of that Lender, but so long as such Lender is not required or directed under applicable regulations to maintain such reserves, the Reserve Percentage shall be zero. "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto. "SECURITIES ACCOUNT" means a securities account (as that term is defined in the Code). "SECURITIZATION" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 2.14. "SECURITY AGREEMENT" means a security agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Borrowers and Guarantors to Agent. "SENIOR LEVERAGE RATIO" means, as of any date of determination (a) the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations and the Working Capital Indebtedness, divided by (b) Parent's EBITDA for the 12 month period ended as of such date. "SOLVENT" means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that, at fair valuations, the sum of such Person's assets is greater than all of such Person's debts. "SPOT RATE" means the prevailing spot rate of exchange of the Reference Bank (or, if such rate is not available from the Reference Bank, such other bank as the Agent may reasonably select) for the purpose of conversion of one currency to another, at or around 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), on the date on which any such conversion of currency is to be made under this Agreement. "S&P" has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents. "STOCK" means all shares, options, warrants, interests, participations, or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock, or any other "equity security" (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act). "SUBORDINATED DEBT CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, by and among Parent, Borrowers and Subordinated Debt Lender, as such is amended, modified, supplemented, restated, replaced or refinanced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the terms of this Agreement, and the Subordination Agreement.  "SUBORDINATED DEBT DOCUMENTS" means the "Loan Documents" as such term is defined in the Subordinated Debt Credit Agreement and any documents, instruments and agreements entered into in connection with any amendment, supplement, restatement, replacement or refinancing thereof, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the terms of the Agreement, and the Subordination Agreement. "SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS" means the Indebtedness incurred by Parent under the Subordinated Debt Documents in an aggregate principal amount of not less than $28,500,000, plus the amount of interest accrued thereon that is paid-in-kind, minus the aggregate amount of all repayments and prepayments of the principal of the obligations under the Subordinated Debt Credit Agreement (other than repayments or prepayments of such term loan obligations in connection with a Refinancing thereof). "SUBORDINATED DEBT LENDER" means "Lender" as such term is defined in the Subordinated Credit Agreement and any Person acting in a similar capacity under any amendment, restatement, supplement, replacement or refinancing thereof. "SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT" means a subordination and intercreditor agreement executed and delivered by Agent, Working Capital Agent, and Subordinated Debt Lender, and acknowledged and consented to by each Borrower and each Guarantor, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. "SUBSIDIARY" of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or controls the shares of Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or appoint other comparable managers) of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity. "TAX PARTY" has the meaning specified therefore in SECTION 4.28. "TAXES" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 16(A). "TERMINATION EVENT" means (i) a Reportable Event with respect to any Employee Plan, with respect to which the reporting requirement has not been waived, (ii) any event that causes any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates directly to incur liability under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201, 4204 or 4212 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the IRC, (iii) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate an Employee Plan (other than in connection with a standard termination) or the treatment of an Employee Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, (iv) the institution of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate an Employee Plan, or (v) any other event or condition which might reasonably constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Employee Plan. "TERM LOAN" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 2.1. "TERM LOAN AMOUNT" means $48,000,000. "TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT" has the meaning specified therefor in the Security Agreement. "TRANSFEREE" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 16(A). "TTM EBITDA" means, as of any date of determination, EBITDA of Parent determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, for the 12 month period most recently ended. "UNITED STATES" means the United States of America.  "VOIDABLE TRANSFER" has the meaning specified therefor in SECTION 17.7. "WHX" means WHX Corporation, a Delaware Corporation. "WHX GUARANTY" means that certain Guarantee, Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2007, by and among Parent and certain of Parent's Subsidiaries party thereto, as obligors, and Steel Partners II, L.P., as secured party, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the terms of the Agreement, and the Subordination Agreement. "WHX GUARANTY DOCUMENTS" the WHX Guaranty and any other documents, instruments and agreements entered into in connection therewith or with any amendment, supplement, restatement, replacement or refinancing thereof, each as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the terms of the Agreement, and the Subordination Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL ADVANCES" means "Advances" as such term is defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL AGENT" means Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., a California corporation, in its capacity as agent for the Working Capital Lenders under the Working Capital Credit Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL AVAILABILITY" means "Availability" as such term in defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL BORROWING BASE" means "Borrowing Base" as such term is defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE" means "Borrowing Base Certificate" as such term is defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of even date herewith by and among the Loan Parties, the Working Capital Lenders, and the Working Capital Agent as such is amended, modified, supplemented, restated, refinanced, renewed or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and the terms of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL DOCUMENTS" means the Working Capital Credit Agreement and each other agreement, instrument or document executed or delivered pursuant to or in connection with the Working Capital Credit Agreement, as such documents are amended, modified, supplemented, or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL INDEBTEDNESS" means the Indebtedness incurred by the Loan Parties under the Working Capital Credit Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL LENDERS" means the lenders from time to time party to the Working Capital Credit Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL LETTER OF CREDIT" means "Letter of Credit" as such term is defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL LETTER OF CREDIT USAGE" means "Letter of Credit Usage" as such term is defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL MAXIMUM REVOLVER AMOUNT" means "Maximum Revolver Amount" as such term is defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement.  "WORKING CAPITAL REVOLVER COMMITMENTS" means "Revolver Commitments" as such term is defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement. "WORKING CAPITAL TERM LOAN" means the "Term Loan" as such term is defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement.  SCHEDULE 3.1 The obligation of each Lender to make its portion of the Term Loan is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent and each Lender (the making of the Term Loan being conclusively deemed to be its satisfaction or waiver of the following), of each of the following conditions precedent: (a) the Closing Date shall occur on or before July 17, 2007; (b) Agent shall have received a letter duly executed by each Borrower and each Guarantor authorizing Agent to file appropriate financing statements in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Agent, desirable to perfect the security interests to be created by the Loan Documents; (c) Agent shall have received evidence that appropriate financing statements have been duly filed in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Agent, desirable to perfect the Agent's Liens in and to the Collateral, and Agent shall have received searches reflecting the filing of all such financing statements; (d) Agent shall have received each of the following documents, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, duly executed, and each such document shall be in full force and effect: (i) the Cash Management Agreements, (ii) the Control Agreements, (iii) the Copyright Security Agreement, (iv) a disbursement letter executed and delivered by Borrowers to Agent and Working Capital Agent regarding the extensions of credit to be made on the Closing Date, the form and substance of which is satisfactory to Agent, (v) the Guaranty, (vi) the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, (vii) the Mortgages, (viii) the Patent Security Agreement, (ix) the Canadian Security Agreement, (x) the Canadian Guaranty, (xi) the Hypothec, (xii) a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, from Bank of America, N.A. ("EXISTING LENDER") to Agent respecting the amount necessary to repay in full all of the obligations of Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries owing to Existing Lender and obtain a release of all of the Liens existing in favor of Existing Lender in and to the assets of Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, together with termination statements and other documentation evidencing the termination by Existing Lender of its Liens in and to the properties and assets of Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries,  (xiii) the Security Agreement, together with copies of all certificates representing the shares of Stock intercompany notes pledged thereunder that are delivered to Working Capital Agent, as well as Stock powers and allonges with respect thereto endorsed in blank, (xiv) the Trademark Security Agreement, (xv) the Intercreditor Agreement, (xvi) the Subordination Agreement, (xvii) the Collateral Assignment of each Approved Policy with respect to Eligible Foreign Accounts (as each term is defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement); (xviii) the Permitted Kasco Sale Letter; and (xix) the Post-Closing Letter. (e) Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary of each Borrower (i) attesting to the resolutions of such Borrower's Board of Directors authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party, (ii) authorizing specific officers of such Borrower to execute the same, and (iii) attesting to the incumbency and signatures of such specific officers of such Borrower; (f) Agent shall have received copies of each Borrower's Governing Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary of such Borrower; (g) Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect to each Borrower, dated within 10 days of the Closing Date, such certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower, which certificate shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdiction; (h) Agent shall have received certificates of status with respect to each Borrower, each dated within 30 days of the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions (other than the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower) in which (i) its failure to be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material Adverse Change, which certificates shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdictions, and (ii) it maintains any Collateral; (i) Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary of each Guarantor (i) attesting to the resolutions of such Guarantor's Board of Directors authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, (ii) authorizing specific officers of such Guarantor to execute the same and (iii) attesting to the incumbency and signatures of such specific officers of Guarantor; (j) Agent shall have received copies of each Guarantor's Governing Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary of such Guarantor; (k) Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect to each Guarantor, dated within 10 days of the Closing Date, such certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor, which certificate shall indicate that such Guarantor is in good standing in such jurisdiction; -2-  (l) Agent shall have received certificates of status with respect to each Guarantor, each dated within 30 days of the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions (other than the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor) in which (i) its failure to be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material Adverse Change, which certificates shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdictions, and (ii) it maintains any Collateral; (m) Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance, together with the endorsements thereto, as are required by SECTION 5.8, the form and substance of which shall be satisfactory to Agent; (n) Agent shall have received Collateral Access Agreements with respect to the following locations: Lake Mary, Florida; Dallas, Texas (2 locations); San Antonio, Texas (2 locations); Montreal, Canada; (o) Agent shall have received Collateral Access Agreement with respect to 21800 South Cicero, Matteson, Illinois; (p) Agent shall have received an opinion of Loan Parties' counsel under New York, Delaware, Texas and Canadian laws, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent; (q) After giving effect to the Closing Date Transactions, (i) Working Capital Availability shall not be less than $6,500,000 and (ii) all liabilities of the Loan Parties shall be (A) current and (B) at a level and in a condition satisfactory to the Agent in its sole discretion. The Administrative Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Administrative Borrower certifying as to the matters set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(A) above and containing the calculation of Working Capital Availability. (r) Agent shall have completed its business, legal, and collateral due diligence, including (i) a collateral audit and review of Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' books and records and verification of Loan Parties' representations and warranties to the Lender Group, the results of which shall be satisfactory to Agent, (ii) such books and records of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as the Agent may request, (iii) an analysis of the financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the period from April 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007, (iv) review of Loan Parties' material contracts, and (v) an inspection of each of the locations where Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' Inventory is located, and, in each case, the results thereof shall be acceptable to the Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion; (s) Agent shall have received evidence that the Canadian Obligor has appointed an agent in New York City for the purpose of service of process and such agent agrees in writing to give Agent notice of any resignation of such service agent or other tsermination of agency; (t) Agent shall have received completed reference checks with respect to Loan Parties' senior management, the results of which are satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion; (u) Agent shall have received Loan Parties' business plan, the results of which are satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion, certified as true and correct by an Authorized Officer of the Administrative Borrower; (v) Agent shall have received a set of Projections of the Parent for the 3 year period following the Closing Date (on a year by year basis, and for the 1 year period following the Closing Date, on a month by month basis), in form and substance (including as to scope and underlying assumptions) satisfactory to Agent, certified as true and correct by an Authorized Officer of the Administrative Borrower; (w) Borrowers shall have paid the Closing Fee and all Lender Group Expenses incurred in connection with the transactions evidenced by this Agreement; -3-  (x) Agent shall have received (i) appraisals of the Real Property Collateral satisfactory to Agent, and (ii) mortgagee title insurance policies (or marked commitments to issue the same) for the Real Property Collateral issued by a title insurance company satisfactory to Agent (each a "MORTGAGE POLICY" and, collectively, the "MORTGAGE POLICIES") in amounts satisfactory to Agent assuring Agent that the Mortgages on such Real Property Collateral are valid and enforceable first priority mortgage Liens (subject to Permitted Priority Liens) on such Real Property Collateral free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except Permitted Liens, and the Mortgage Policies otherwise shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent; (y) Agent shall have received a phase-I environmental report and a real estate survey with respect to each parcel composing the Real Property Collateral; the environmental consultants and surveyors retained for such reports or surveys, the scope of the reports or surveys, and the results thereof shall be acceptable to Agent; (z) Agent shall have received copies of each of the Working Capital Documents and the Subordinated Debt Documents, together with a certificate of the Secretary of the Parent certifying that (i) each such document is a true, correct, and complete copy thereof, (ii) each such document is in full force and effect, and (iii) none of the Loan Parties has breached or defaulted in any of its obligations thereunder; (aa) Loan Parties and each of their Subsidiaries shall have received all licenses, approvals or evidence of other actions required by any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution and delivery by Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents or with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby; (bb) Agent shall have determined, in its sole judgment, that no event or development shall have occurred since December 31, 2006, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the transactions made in connection with the Permitted Merger shall not constitute a Material Adverse Effect; (cc) All consents, authorizations and approvals of, and filings and registrations with, and all other actions in respect of, any Governmental Authority or other Person required in connection with the making of the Term Loan, the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any of the Related Transaction Documents, or the conduct of the Loan Parties' business shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect; (dd) Agent shall have received a certificate from an authorized officer of Parent and WHX certifying that none of the proceeds of the Equity Contribution were returned to WHX prior to the Closing Date. (ee) Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, evidence that (i) the Working Capital Documents have been duly executed and delivered by and to the appropriate parties thereto, (ii) no provision of any Working Capital Document has been amended or otherwise modified or waived without the prior written consent of the Agent, and (iii) all of the conditions precedent to the making of the Working Capital Term Loan and the funding of the Working Capital Advances (other than the making of the Term Loan hereunder) have been satisfied; (ff) Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, (A) a letter agreement between Parent and Subordinated Debt Lender relating to the repayment of a portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness on the Closing Date and (B) evidence that (i) the Subordinated Debt Documents have been duly executed and delivered by and to the appropriate parties thereto, (ii) the transactions contemplated under the terms of the Subordinated Debt Documents have been consummated prior to or contemporaneous with the execution of this Agreement and (iii) the guaranties and liens granted by certain foreign Subsidiaries of the Parent in favor of Subordinated Debt Lender have been released and terminated; -4-  (gg) Agent shall have received (i) a Notice of Borrowing pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of SECTION 2.2 hereof and (ii) a LIBOR Notice pursuant to SECTION 2.10 hereof, if applicable; and (hh) all other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been delivered, executed, or recorded and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. -5-  SCHEDULE 5.2 Provide Agent (and if so requested by Agent, with copies for each Lender) with each of the documents set forth below at the following times in form satisfactory to Agent: ================================================================================ Daily (a) an Account roll-forward with supporting details supplied from sales journals, collection journals, credit registers and any other records, (b) notice of all claims, offsets, or disputes asserted by Account Debtors with respect to Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' Accounts, and (c) copies of invoices together with corresponding shipping and delivery documents, and credit memos together with corresponding supporting documentation, with respect to invoices and credit memos in excess of an amount determined in the sole discretion of Agent, from time to time. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly (d) Inventory system/perpetual reports specifying the cost and the wholesale market value of Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' Inventory, by category (i.e., finished goods, work-in-process or raw materials), with additional detail showing additions to and deletions therefrom (delivered electronically in an acceptable format, if Loan Parties have implemented electronic reporting); and (e) a detailed reporting of Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries intercompany activity. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monthly (no later than (f) a Working Capital Borrowing Base Certificate, the 15th day of each month) (g) a detailed aging, by total, of Borrowers' Accounts, together with a reconciliation and supporting documentation for any reconciling items noted (delivered electronically in an acceptable format, if Borrowers have implemented electronic reporting), (h) a detailed calculation of those Accounts that are not eligible for the Working Capital Borrowing Base, if Borrowers have not implemented electronic reporting, (i) a detailed Inventory system/perpetual report together with a reconciliation to Borrowers' general ledger accounts (delivered electronically in an acceptable format, if Borrowers have implemented electronic reporting), (j) a detailed calculation of Inventory categories that are not eligible for the Working Capital Borrowing Base, if Borrowers have not implemented electronic reporting, (k) a summary aging, by vendor, of Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' accounts payable and any book overdrafts (delivered electronically in an acceptable format, if Borrowers have implemented electronic reporting), an aging, by vendor, of any held checks and detailed listing of all accrued expenses, (l) a detailed report regarding Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' cash and Cash Equivalents, including an indication of which amounts constitute Qualified Cash, (m) a monthly Account roll-forward, in a format acceptable to Agent in its discretion, tied to the beginning and ending account receivable balances of Borrowers' general ledgers; and (n) a detailed report of all slow moving and obsolete Inventory. ================================================================================ -1-  ================================================================================ Monthly (no later (o) a reconciliation of Accounts, trade accounts than the 30th day payable, and Inventory of Loan Parties' general ledger of each month) accounts to their monthly financial statements including any book reserves related to each category; (p) a report regarding Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' accrued, but unpaid, taxes including, without limitation, property taxes, real estate taxes, ad valorem taxes, income taxes, payroll taxes and withholding taxes (Canadian or otherwise); together with proof of payment of such applicable taxes; (q) a detailed report by customer of all deferred revenue, together with a reconciliation of such deferred revenue to Parent's general ledger accounts and monthly financial statements; and (r) a detailed reporting of any deemed dividend tax liability. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Semi-Annual (s) inventory appraisal, which shall be conducted by an appraiser, and in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annually (t) a detailed list of Borrowers' and their Subsidiaries' customers, with address and contact information; (u) machinery and equipment appraisal, which shall be conducted by an appraiser, and in form and substance satisfactory to Agent; and (v) real estate appraisals, which shall be conducted by an appraiser, and in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upon request by (w) copies of purchase orders and invoices for Inventory and Equipment acquired by Borrowers or their Agent Subsidiaries, and (x) such other reports as to the Collateral or the financial condition of Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, as Agent may reasonably request. ================================================================================ -2-  SCHEDULE 5.3 Deliver to Agent, with copies to each Lender, each of the financial statements, reports, or other items set forth set forth below at the following times in form satisfactory to Agent: ================================================================================ as soon as available, but in (a) an unaudited consolidated and consolidating any event within 30 days balance sheet, income statement, and statement (45 days in the case of a of cash flow covering Parent's and its month that is the end of one Subsidiaries' operations during such period, and of Parent's fiscal quarters) after the end of each month (b) a Compliance Certificate. during each of Parent's fiscal years - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as soon as available, but in (c) audited consolidated financial statements of any event within 120 days WHX and its Subsidiaries (such audited financial after the end of each of statements to include balance sheets, statements WHX's fiscal years of income and loss, statements of cash flow and statements of shareholders' equity) and unaudited consolidating financial statements of WHX and its Subsidiaries (to include balance sheets and statements of income and loss), and the accompanying notes thereto, all in reasonable detail, fairly presenting in all material respects the financial position and the results of the operations of WHX and its Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal year, together with the unqualified opinion (for the avoidance of doubt, which shall not include any qualification related to (A) "going concern" or like qualification or exception, (B) qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, or (C) qualification which relates to the treatment or classification of any item and which, as a condition to the removal of such qualification, would require an adjustment to such item, the effect of which would be to cause any noncompliance with the provisions of Section 6.18) with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements, which accountants shall be an independent accounting firm selected by WHX and acceptable to Agent, that such audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and present fairly in all material respects the results of operations and financial condition of WHX and its Subsidiaries as of the end of and for the fiscal year then ended, and (d) a Compliance Certificate. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as soon as available, but in (e) copies of Parent's Projections, in form and any event within 30 days substance (including as to scope and underlying after the start of each of assumptions) satisfactory to Agent, in its Parent's fiscal years, Permitted Discretion, for the forthcoming 3 years, year by year, and for the forthcoming fiscal year, month by month, certified by the chief financial officer of Parent as being such officer's good faith estimate of the financial performance of Parent during the period covered thereby. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- if and when filed by any (f) Form 10-Q quarterly reports, Form 10-K Loan Party, annual reports, and Form 8-K current reports, - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -1-  - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (g) any other filings made by any Loan Party with the SEC, and (h) any other information that is provided by Parent to its shareholders generally. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- promptly, but in any event (i) notice of such event or condition and a within 5 Business Days statement of the curative action that Borrowers after a Loan Party has proposes to take with respect thereto. knowledge of any event or condition that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- promptly after the (j) notice of all actions, suits, or proceedings commencement thereof, brought by or against any Loan Party or any but in any event within 5 Subsidiary of a Loan Party before any Business Days after the Governmental Authority which reasonably could be service of process with expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. respect thereto on any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as soon as possible and in (k) a statement of an Authorized Officer of the any event within 5 Business applicable Loan Party setting forth the details Days after any Loan Party of such occurrence and the action, if any, which or any ERISA Affiliate such Loan Party or such ERISA Affiliate proposes thereof knows or has to take with respect thereto. reason to know that (1) any Reportable Event with For purposes hereof, "Reportable Event" shall respect to any Employee mean an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA Plan has occurred, (2) any (other than an event not subject to the other Termination Event provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under with respect to any the regulations promulgated under such Section). Employee Plan has occurred, or (3) an accumulated funding deficiency has been incurred or an application has been made to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding standard (including installment payments) or an extension of any amortization period under Section 412 of the IRC with respect to an Employee Plan, - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -2-  - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- promptly and in any event (l) copies of each notice received by any Loan within 5 Business Days Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of the after receipt thereof by any PBGC's intention to terminate any Plan or to Loan Party or any ERISA have a trustee appointed to administer any Plan. Affiliate thereof from the PBGC, - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- promptly and in any event (m) copies of each Schedule B (Actuarial within 10 Business Days Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 after the filing thereof Series) with respect to each Employee Plan and with the Internal Revenue Multiemployer Plan. Service, - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- promptly and in any event (n) notice of such event or condition and a within 10 Business Days statement of the curative action that Borrowers after any Loan Party or any proposes to take with respect thereto. ERISA Affiliate thereof knows or has reason to know that a required installment within the meaning of Section 412 of the IRC has not been made when due with respect to an Employee Plan, - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- promptly and in any event (o) a copy of each notice received by any Loan within 3 Business Days Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof concerning after receipt thereof by any the imposition or amount of withdrawal liability Loan Party or any ERISA under Section 4202 of ERISA or indicating that Affiliate thereof from a such Multiemployer Plan may enter reorganization sponsor of a Multiemployer status under Section 4241 of ERISA. Plan or from the PBGC, - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- promptly and in any event (p) copies of each such notice sent by such Loan within 10 Business Days Party or such ERISA Affiliate thereof. after any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof sends notice of a plant closing or mass layoff (as defined in Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) to employees, - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3-  - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- promptly and in any event (q) evidence, in form and substance satisfactory within 5 Business Days to Agent, that such payment or contribution has after the due date for any been made. scheduled payment or contribution which was not paid, but required of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof with respect to any Employee Plan, - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- promptly and in any event (r) strike, labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage or within 5 Business Days similar action or grievance against against or after any Loan Party has involving any Loan Party if the same could knowledge of any, reasonably be expected to result in, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Change. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- promptly and in any event (s) amendment, termination, modification, within 5 Business Days alteration, increase, or change to any Material after any Loan Party has Contract if the same could reasonably be knowledge of any, expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- upon the request of Agent, (t) any other information reasonably requested relating to the financial condition of Borrowers or their Subsidiaries. ================================================================================ -4-