$200,000,000 TERM LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of January 23, 2013 among NRP(OPERATING) LLC as Borrower The Lenders Party Hereto and CITIBANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent CITIGROUP GLOBALMARKETS, INC. WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC and COMPASS BANK as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and COMPASS BANK as Co-Syndication Agents TABLE OF CONTENTS

EX-10.2 5 d473332dex102.htm TERM LOAN AGREEMENT Term Loan Agreement

Exhibit 10.2

$200,000,000

TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

dated as of

January 23, 2013

among

NRP (OPERATING) LLC

as Borrower

The Lenders Party Hereto

and

CITIBANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

and COMPASS BANK

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

and COMPASS BANK

as Co-Syndication Agents

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS			1

SECTION 1.01.	DEFINED TERMS		1
SECTION 1.02.	TYPES OF LOANS AND BORROWINGS		19
SECTION 1.03.	TERMS GENERALLY		19
SECTION 1.04.	ACCOUNTING TERMS; GAAP		19

ARTICLE II THE LOANS			20

SECTION 2.01.	TERM LOAN		20
SECTION 2.02.	LOANS AND BORROWINGS		20
SECTION 2.03.	REQUESTS FOR BORROWINGS		20
SECTION 2.04.	FUNDING OF BORROWINGS		21
SECTION 2.05.	INTEREST ELECTIONS		22
SECTION 2.06.	REPAYMENT OF LOANS; EVIDENCE OF DEBT		23
SECTION 2.07.	PREPAYMENT OF LOANS		24
SECTION 2.08.	FEES		24
SECTION 2.09.	INTEREST		24
SECTION 2.10.	ALTERNATE RATE OF INTEREST		25
SECTION 2.11.	INCREASED COSTS		25
SECTION 2.12.	BREAK FUNDING PAYMENTS		26
SECTION 2.13.	TAXES		27
SECTION 2.14.	PAYMENTS GENERALLY; PRO RATA TREATMENT; SHARING OF SET-OFFS		31
SECTION 2.15.	MITIGATION OBLIGATIONS; REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS		32
SECTION 2.16.	DEFAULTING LENDERS		33

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES			34

SECTION 3.01.	ORGANIZATION; POWERS		34
SECTION 3.02.	AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEABILITY		34
SECTION 3.03.	NO UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES		35
SECTION 3.04.	GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS; NO CONFLICTS		35
SECTION 3.05.	FINANCIAL CONDITION; NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE		35
SECTION 3.06.	PROPERTIES		35
SECTION 3.07.	LITIGATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS		36
SECTION 3.08.	COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND AGREEMENTS		36
SECTION 3.09.	INVESTMENT COMPANY STATUS		36
SECTION 3.10.	TAXES		36
SECTION 3.11.	ERISA		36
SECTION 3.12.	DISCLOSURE		37
SECTION 3.13.	LABOR MATTERS		37
SECTION 3.14.	SUBSIDIARIES		37
SECTION 3.15.	MARGIN STOCK		37
SECTION 3.16.	LICENSES AND PERMITS		37
SECTION 3.17.	SENIOR DEBT STATUS		38
SECTION 3.18.	LEASES		38
SECTION 3.19.	SOLVENCY		38
SECTION 3.20.	FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL REGULATION		38
SECTION 3.21.	REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE PARENT		38



ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS		38

SECTION 4.01.	EFFECTIVE DATE	38

ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS		40

SECTION 5.01.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; RATINGS CHANGE AND OTHER INFORMATION	40
SECTION 5.02.	NOTICES OF MATERIAL EVENTS	41
SECTION 5.03.	EXISTENCE; CONDUCT OF BUSINESS	42
SECTION 5.04.	PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS	42
SECTION 5.05.	MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES; INSURANCE	42
SECTION 5.06.	BOOKS AND RECORDS; INSPECTION RIGHTS	42
SECTION 5.07.	COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS	43
SECTION 5.08.	USE OF PROCEEDS	43
SECTION 5.09.	COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA	43
SECTION 5.10.	COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS; ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS	43
SECTION 5.11.	FURTHER ASSURANCES	43
SECTION 5.12.	LEASES; MATERIAL CONTRACTS	44
SECTION 5.13.	GUARANTIES	44

ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS		44

SECTION 6.01.	INDEBTEDNESS	44
SECTION 6.02.	LIENS	45
SECTION 6.03.	FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES	47
SECTION 6.04.	INVESTMENTS, LOANS, ADVANCES AND GUARANTEES	47
SECTION 6.05.	SWAP AGREEMENTS	48
SECTION 6.06.	RESTRICTED PAYMENTS	48
SECTION 6.07.	TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES	49
SECTION 6.08.	SALES OF ASSETS	49
SECTION 6.09.	CONSTITUENT DOCUMENTS	50
SECTION 6.10.	REGULATION T, U AND X COMPLIANCE	50
SECTION 6.11.	SALES AND LEASEBACKS	50
SECTION 6.12.	CHANGES IN FISCAL YEAR	50
SECTION 6.13.	CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS	50
SECTION 6.14.	LIMITATION ON RESTRICTIONS ON SUBSIDIARY DISTRIBUTIONS	50
SECTION 6.15.	CHANGES TO THE OMNIBUS AGREEMENT	51
SECTION 6.16.	CHANGES TO THE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS	51
SECTION 6.17.	MINIMUM INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO	51
SECTION 6.18.	MAXIMUM LEVERAGE RATIO	51
SECTION 6.19.	PERMITTED ACQUISITIONS	51

ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT		52

ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT		55

ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS		57

SECTION 9.01.	NOTICES	57
SECTION 9.02.	WAIVERS; AMENDMENTS	58
SECTION 9.03.	EXPENSES; INDEMNITY; DAMAGE WAIVER	59
SECTION 9.04.	SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS	60
SECTION 9.05.	SURVIVAL	64
SECTION 9.06.	COUNTERPARTS; INTEGRATION; EFFECTIVENESS	64
SECTION 9.07.	SEVERABILITY	65


SECTION 9.08.	RIGHT OF SETOFF	65
SECTION 9.09.	GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS	65
SECTION 9.10.	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	66
SECTION 9.11.	HEADINGS	66
SECTION 9.12.	CONFIDENTIALITY	66
SECTION 9.13.	INTEREST RATE LIMITATION	66
SECTION 9.14.	USA PATRIOT ACT	67
SECTION 9.15.	SEPARATENESS	67
SECTION 9.16.	NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND UNITHOLDERS	67
SECTION 9.17.	RELEASE OF GUARANTY AGREEMENTS	67

SCHEDULES:

Schedule 2.01 — Commitments

Schedule 3.03 — Disclosed Matters

Schedule 3.14 — Subsidiaries

Schedule 6.01 — Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 6.02 — Existing Liens

Schedule 6.08 — Permitted Asset Sales

Schedule 6.14 — Existing Restrictions

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A — Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B — Form of Guaranty Agreement (Material Subsidiary)

Exhibit C — Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit D-1 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not

Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Exhibit D-2 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not

Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Exhibit D-3 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are

Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Exhibit D-4 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are

Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

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TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of January 23, 2013, among NRP (OPERATING) LLC, the LENDERS party hereto, and CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

The parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

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

“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

“Acquisition” means the acquisition by NRP Trona LLC of (a) a 48.51% general partner interest in OCI Wyoming L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, from Big Island Trona Company, a Delaware corporation, and (b) 20% of the shares of common stock, par value $5.00 per share, and 23,200 shares of the cumulative preferred stock, par value $5.00 per share, of OCI Wyoming Co., a Delaware corporation, from Anadarko Holding Company, a Utah corporation, in each case, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

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

“Administrative Agent” means Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, together with its successors in such capacity.

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

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

“Agent Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(c).

“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the LIBO Rate in effect on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) for a deposit in dollars with a maturity of one month plus 1% per annum, and (c) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ¹/₂ of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the LIBO Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the LIBO Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Loans then outstanding.

“Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

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

“Available Cash” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Partnership Agreement, with such amendments thereto as agreed to by the Required Lenders.

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

“Borrower” means NRP (Operating) LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 and made in a form substantially similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit C attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by Law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

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

“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) Corbin J. Robertson, Jr., WPP Group and/or one or more of their direct or indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries cease to own and control more than 50% of the general partnership interests of the General Partner or otherwise cease to Control the General Partner; (b) the General Partner shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly, 100% of the general partner interests in the Parent; or (c) the Parent shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, 100% of the membership interests of the Borrower.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, will in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

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

“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make a Loan pursuant to Section 2.01. The amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01. The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is $200,000,000.

“Communications” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(c).

“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

“Consolidated EBITDDA” means, with respect to the Parent, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or, following a Parent Event, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) income tax expense, (b) interest expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness (including the Indebtedness hereunder), (c) depletion expense, (d) depreciation and amortization expense, (e) amortization of intangibles and organization costs, (f) any extraordinary non-cash expenses or losses and (g) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring cash income or gains to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income, and minus, (i) to the extent included in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring non-cash income or gains (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, gains on the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business) and (ii) any cash payments made during such period in respect of non-cash expenses or losses and subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash expenses or losses were reflected as a charge in the statement of Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a consolidated

basis. For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDDA of the Parent (or if a Parent Event has occurred, the Borrower) and its Subsidiaries for any period for the purposes of Section 6.17 and Section 6.18 of this Agreement, (i) the earnings before interest, taxes, depletion, depreciation and amortization calculated as set forth above of any Person or assets acquired by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries during such period shall be included on a pro forma basis for such period as if such acquisition, and the incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness in connection therewith, had occurred on the first day of such period and based upon the financial statements and other information delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof, and (ii) the earnings before interest, taxes, depletion, depreciation and amortization calculated as set forth above of any Person or assets Disposed of by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries during such period shall be excluded, on a pro forma basis for such period as if such Disposition, and the payment of any Indebtedness in connection therewith, had occurred on the first day of such period and based upon the financial statements and other information delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof.

“Consolidated Indebtedness” means the consolidated Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or, following a Parent Event, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries).

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum of aggregate interest expense and capitalized interest (including the interest portion of any Capital Lease Obligations) of the Parent, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or, following a Parent Event, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) determined on a consolidated basis for such period.

“Consolidated Lease Expense” means, for the relevant period, with respect to the Parent, the Borrower, and its Subsidiaries (or, following a Parent Event, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) on a consolidated basis, the sum of all rentals in respect of all leases whereunder the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (or, following a Parent Event, the Borrower or any Subsidiary) is lessee, excluding Capital Lease Obligations to the extent such are included in Consolidated Interest Expense.

“Consolidated Net Income” means for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Parent, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or, following a Parent Event, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), as applicable, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower, as applicable) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, in the form of dividends or similar distributions, and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation or by any Law applicable to such Subsidiary.

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, with respect to the Parent (or, following a Parent Event, the Borrower) as of any date, the amount which, in accordance with GAAP, would be set forth under the caption “Total Assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent (or, following a Parent Event, the Borrower) and its consolidated Subsidiaries, less all assets that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP.

“Contractual Obligation” means as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any material agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

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

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

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

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16(d), any Lender as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, that (a) has failed to (i) fund any portion of its Loans within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within three Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement, or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans; provided, that any such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender under this clause (c) upon receipt of such confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or (d) has, or has had a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the

ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in such Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16(d)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.

“Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.03, or previously disclosed in the Parent’s filings with the SEC or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent and Lenders.

“Dispose” means with respect to any property, to sell, lease, engage in a sale and leaseback with respect thereto, assign, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose thereof. The terms “Disposed” and “Disposition” shall have a correlative meaning.

“dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

“EDGAR” means the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval computer system for the receipt, acceptance, review and dissemination of documents submitted to the SEC in electronic format.

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

“Environmental Laws” means all applicable laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, or legally enforceable directives issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management or release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters (to the extent pertaining to exposure to Hazardous Materials).

“Environmental Liability” means any liability (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) the exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.

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

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

“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period is waived); (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standards under Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA with respect to a Plan (determined without regard to any waiver of funding provisions therein); (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

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

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.15) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.13, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.13(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (and any amended or successor versions thereof that are substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

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

“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Parent or the Borrower as applicable.

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings global rating agency.

“Foreign Lender” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time.

“General Partner” means NRP (GP) LP, a Delaware limited partnership and the sole general partner of the Parent.

“Governmental Approval” means (i) any authorization, consent, approval, license, waiver, ruling, permit, tariff, rate, certification, exemption, filing, variance, claim, order, judgment, decree, sanction or publication of, by or with; (ii) any notice to; (iii) any declaration of or with; or (iv) any registration by or with, or any other action by or on behalf of, any Governmental Authority.

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

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

“Guarantor” means each Material Subsidiary of the Borrower in existence on the Effective Date and each Person who becomes a Material Subsidiary of the Borrower after the Effective Date.

“Guaranty Agreement” means any guaranty agreement executed by a Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, together with all extensions, renewals, amendments, substitutions and replacements thereof or thereto.

“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including any petroleum or petroleum distillates released into the environment, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

“Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated December 20, 2012, relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.

“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, at any date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDDA to (ii) (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus (b) Consolidated Lease Expense, in each case for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date for which financial information is available.

“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05.

“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December, and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

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

“Investment Grade Rating” means the achievement by Borrower at the same time of any two of the following public debt ratings: at least (i) BBB- from S&P, (ii) Baa3 from Moody’s or (iii) BBB- from Fitch.

“Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners” means Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in their capacities as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners hereunder.

“Joint Venture” means any Person, other than an individual, the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower holds or acquires no more than 50% of such Person’s Equity Interests (whether by way of capital stock, partnership or limited liability company interest, or other evidence of ownership) excluding warrants, options or unexercised rights to acquire or purchase an Equity Interest.

“Law” means all laws, statutes, treaties, ordinances, codes, acts, rules, regulations, Government Approvals and orders of all Governmental Authorities, whether now or hereafter in effect.

“Lease” means any lease, mineral lease, mining agreement or other agreement to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party and pursuant to which one Person transfers or grants to another Person the right to extract, mine or otherwise remove coal.

“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

“Leverage Ratio” means, at any date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Indebtedness at such date to (ii) Consolidated EBITDDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date for which financial information is available.

“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic mean of the offered rates for deposits in dollars with a term comparable to such Interest Period that appears on Reuters Reference Page LIBOR01 at approximately 11:00 a.m., London, England time, on the second full London Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Period; provided, however, that (i) if no comparable term for an Interest Period is available, the LIBOR Rate shall be determined using the weighted average of the offered rates for the two terms most nearly corresponding to such Interest Period and (ii) if there shall at any time no longer exist a Reuters Reference Page LIBOR01, “LIBOR Rate” shall mean, with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to Eurodollar Borrowings comprising part of the same Borrowing, the rate per annum equal to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered deposits in dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m., London, England time, two London Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period in the London interbank market for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to its portion of the amount of such Eurodollar Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of clause (b) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate, the rates referred to above shall be the rates as of 11:00 a.m., London, England time, on the date of determination (rather than the second London Business Day preceding the date of determination).

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

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Guaranty Agreements, any promissory notes executed in connection herewith, and any other agreements and documents executed and delivered in connection with this Agreement.

“Loan Party” and “Loan Parties” means, singularly and collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.

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

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Parent, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or, if a Parent Event has occurred, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement.

“Material Contract” means any individual Lease or, collectively, group of Leases, from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to a single operator or such operator’s Affiliates which either (i) accounted for twenty percent (20%) or more of the gross revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the previous fiscal year, or (ii) is projected to account for twenty percent (20%) or more of the gross revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the current fiscal year.

“Material Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Agreement, and (ii) Indebtedness (other than the Loans) and obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.

“Material Subsidiary” means, as of a determination date, any Subsidiary (other than a Joint Venture) whose (a) EBITDA for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter as determined in accordance with GAAP, or (b) book value of total assets as established in accordance with GAAP, is equal to or greater than 5% of the Borrower’s (i) Consolidated EBITDDA for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter as determined in accordance with GAAP or (ii) consolidated book value of total assets as established in accordance with GAAP, respectively, in each case as reflected in the financial statements covering such immediately preceding fiscal quarter and delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the terms hereof. The Material Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date are set forth on Schedule 3.14.

“Maturity Date” means January 23, 2016.

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

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

“Note Purchase Agreements” means those certain Note Purchase Agreements dated as of June 19, 2003 among the Borrower and the Purchasers listed therein, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Note Purchase Agreements dated July 18, 2005 and that certain Second Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of March 28, 2007, and as supplemented by that certain First Supplement to Note Purchase Agreements dated July 19, 2005, that certain Second Supplement to Note Purchase Agreements dated March 28, 2007, that certain Third Supplement to Note Purchase Agreements dated as of March 25, 2009 and that certain Fourth Supplement to Note Purchase Agreements dated as of April 20, 2011.

“Omnibus Agreement” means that certain First Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement, dated April 22, 2009, by and among the General Partner, the Parent, the Borrower, GP Natural Resource Partners LLC, WPP Group and Robertson Coal Management LLC, which provides, among other things, certain non-competition provisions and indemnities for environmental and tax liabilities.

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.15).

“Parent” means Natural Resource Partners L.P.

“Parent Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) the Parent has any subsidiary, joint venture or other investment other than the Borrower, (ii) the Borrower is not wholly owned by the Parent, (iii) the Parent’s financials are no longer filed with the SEC, or (iv) the Parent has any Indebtedness to, or Guarantees any Indebtedness of, any Person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary.

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

“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

“Partnership Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Parent dated as of September 20, 2010, as amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

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

“Permitted Encumbrances” means:

(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

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

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

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

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

(g) Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

(h) licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

(i) the lien reserved in leases for rent and for compliance with the terms of the lease in the case of leasehold estates;

(j) any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute, or any Lien securing industrial development, pollution control or similar revenue bonds;

(k) any easements, exceptions or reservations in any property or assets granted or reserved for the purpose of pipelines, roads, the removal of oil, gas, coal, timber or other minerals, and other like purposes, or for the joint or common use of real property, facilities and equipment which are incidental to, and do not materially interfere with, the ordinary conduct of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ business; and

(l) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies and burdening only deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution.

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness except as otherwise permitted above.

“Permitted Investments” means:

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

(b) investments in commercial paper, asset-backed securities, auction rate securities or similar instruments maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a credit rating of at least A-2 from S&P or P-2 from Moody’s;

(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $250,000,000;

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

(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000;

(f) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition; and

(g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of this definition, except that with respect to the maturities of the assets included in such funds the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) shall not be applied to the individual assets included in such funds but to the weighted-average maturity of all assets included in such funds.

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

“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

“Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(c).

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

“Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement dated as of January 23, 2013, by and among Anadarko Holding Company, Big Island Trona Company, NRP Trona LLC, and the Borrower.

“Quarterly Distributions” means the distributions by the Parent of Available Cash.

“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) any Lender, as applicable.

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

“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board, as the same is from time to time in effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board, as the same is from time to time in effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

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

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

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

“Required Lenders” means Lenders having Loans representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Loans.

“Response” means (a) “response” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §9601(25), and (b) all other actions required by any Governmental Authority or voluntarily undertaken to: (i) clean up, remove, treat, abate, or in any other way address any Hazardous Material in the environment; (ii) prevent the release of any Hazardous Material; or (iii) perform studies and investigations in connection with clause (i) or (ii) above.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower.

“Revolving Credit Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 10, 2011, among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission (or successors thereto or an analogous Governmental Authority).

“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (i) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business, (iv) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, taking into account the possibility of refinancing such debt or selling such assets, and (v) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject, with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve

requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

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

“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.

“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans, and the use of the proceeds thereof.

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

“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(g).

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of which all of the outstanding Equity Interests (other than any directors’ qualifying shares mandated by applicable law), on a fully-diluted basis, are owned by the Borrower or one or more of the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries or are owned by the Borrower and one or more of the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

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

“Withholding Agent” means the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

“WPP Group” means, collectively, Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, and New Gauley Coal Corporation, a West Virginia corporation.

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

SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

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

ARTICLE II

The Loans

SECTION 2.01. Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make a Loan to the Borrower on the Effective Date in a principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Loan exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the sum of the Loans exceeding $200,000,000. Amounts prepaid or repaid with respect to the Loans may not be reborrowed. The Commitment of each Lender will terminate at the close of business on the Effective Date.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.

(a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) Subject to Section 2.10, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of fifteen (15) Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone and promptly confirm thereafter in writing pursuant to a Borrowing Request (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

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

(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;

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

(v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.04.

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04. Funding of Borrowings.

(a) Each Lender shall make the Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by the Borrower in the Borrowing Request.

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

SECTION 2.05. Interest Elections.

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

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by no later than 12:00 noon three Business Days prior to the expiration of the current Interest Period of each Borrowing. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.

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

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

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

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing,the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”. If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

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

SECTION 2.06. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan in accordance with the following schedule:


Payment Date	Principal Payment
January 23, 2014	$	10,000,000
January 23, 2015	$	20,000,000
January 25, 2016	$	170,000,000

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

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

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

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

SECTION 2.07. Prepayment of Loans.

(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that each such prepayment shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000. Any prepayment of Loans will be applied to reduce each principal payment of the Loans due pursuant to Section 2.06(a) pro rata.

(b) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, two Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.09.

SECTION 2.08. Fees.

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

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers, for their own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners.

SECTION 2.09. Interest.

(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus 1.0%.

(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus 2.0%.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Loans shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

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

SECTION 2.10. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

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

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective.

SECTION 2.11. Increased Costs.

(a) If any Change in Law shall:

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

(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

(iii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, upon request of such Lender, the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

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

(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.12. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar 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 Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.15, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be

the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the 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 for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.13. Taxes.

(a) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 2.13, the term “applicable Law” includes FATCA.

(b) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(c) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(d) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority; provided that no Recipient shall be indemnified for any Indemnified Taxes hereunder unless such Recipient shall make written demand on the Borrower for such reimbursement no later than 180 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the relevant Governmental Authority makes written demand upon such Recipient for payment of such Indemnified Taxes, and (ii) the date on which such Recipient has made payment of such Indemnified Taxes; provided further that if the Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted giving rise

to such claims are retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04 relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

(f) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.13, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(g) Status of Lenders.

(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.13(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person,

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(i) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(ii) executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN; or

(iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 or Exhibit D-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(h) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.13 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.13), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this

paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(i) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.13 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

SECTION 2.14. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.

(a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.11, Section 2.12 or Section 2.13, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 1615 Brett Rd., Building #3, New Castle, DE 19720, Attention: Bank Loans Syndications Department, Fax: (212) ###-###-####, E-mail: ***@***, except that payments pursuant to Section 2.11, Section 2.12, Section 2.13 and Section 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.

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

(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be

shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b), Section 2.4(d) or Section 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

SECTION 2.15. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.11 or (ii) if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.13 then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.11or 2.13, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any un-reimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.11, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.13, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.13 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.11, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

SECTION 2.16. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:

(a) The Commitments and Loans of the Defaulting Lender will not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 9.02), except that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects the Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders will require the consent of the Defaulting Lender;

(b) Any amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise and including any amount that would otherwise be payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.14(c) but excluding Section 2.15(b)) will, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated account and, subject to any applicable requirements of law, be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (iii) third, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts then owing to the Borrower or the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower or any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, and (iv) fourth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of

which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 were satisfied and waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Applicable Percentages. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(c) If any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to be replaced in accordance with Section 2.15(b).

(d) In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower each agrees in writing that a Defaulting Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of the Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that as of the Effective Date:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Each Loan Party and each general partner or managing member of each Loan Party is (i) duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted, and (iii) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except in each case where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s corporate, partnership or limited liability company powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company action. This Agreement and each Loan Document have been duly executed and delivered by the Loan Parties thereto and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Loan Parties thereto,

enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

SECTION 3.03. No Undisclosed Liabilities. The Loan Parties have no material liabilities or obligations of any nature except for (i) liabilities or obligations reflected or reserved against in the financial statements described in Section 3.05 below or in the financial statements most recently delivered by the Parent (or, if a Parent Event has occurred, the Borrower) pursuant to Section 5.01, as applicable, (ii) current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of such financial statements, (iii) liabilities or obligations that are not required to be included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (iv) those set forth in Schedule 3.03 attached to this Agreement or previously disclosed in the Parent’s filings with the SEC or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of any Loan Party or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any Loan Party.

SECTION 3.05. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders the Parent’s consolidated balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended 2011, reported on by Ernst & Young L.L.P., independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.

(a) Since December 31, 2011, no event has occurred that could reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.06. Properties. (a) Each Loan Party has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, except for such defects in title that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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

SECTION 3.07. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting any Loan Party (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.

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

(b) There has been no change in the status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.08. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each Loan Party is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 3.09. Investment Company Status. No Loan Party is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

SECTION 3.10. Taxes. Each Loan Party has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Loan Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.11. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 715) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of FASB ASC Topic 715) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.12. Disclosure. The Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which any Loan Party is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

SECTION 3.13. Labor Matters. There are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against any Loan Party pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other Law dealing with such matters to the extent that such violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.14. Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.14 (i) lists, for each Subsidiary of the Borrower as of the date hereof, its full legal name, its jurisdiction of organization, the number of shares of capital stock or other Equity Interests outstanding and the owner(s) of such shares or Equity Interests. As of the date hereof, Parent is the sole member of the Borrower and the Borrower is the sole Subsidiary of the Parent, and (ii) contains a complete list of all of Borrower’s Material Subsidiaries.

SECTION 3.15. Margin Stock. No Loan Party is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the Board), and no part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock in violation of said Regulation T, U or X or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock in violation of said Regulation T, U or X.

SECTION 3.16. Licenses and Permits. Each Loan Party possesses all licenses, permits, authorizations, registrations, approvals and similar rights necessary under Law for such Person to conduct its operations as now being conducted, each of such licenses, permits, authorizations, registrations, approvals and similar rights is valid and subsisting, in full force and effect and enforceable by such Person, and such Person is in compliance with all terms, conditions or other provisions of such permits, authorizations, registrations, approvals and similar rights except where, in each case, such failure to possess, such invalidity, or such noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.17. Senior Debt Status. All Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents constitutes senior Indebtedness of the Borrower and ranks at least pari passu in priority of payment with all other Indebtedness owed by the Borrower, except Indebtedness of the Borrower which may be secured by Permitted Encumbrances permitted pursuant to Section 6.02.

SECTION 3.18. Leases. Each Lease to which any Loan Party is a party is in full force and effect and there is no default thereunder and no event has occurred or is occurring which after notice or lapse of time or both will result in such default, except for defaults which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each lessee under the Leases is paying royalties currently due under its respective Lease directly to Borrower or its Subsidiaries and, with the exception of payment of the minimum royalties required thereunder, lessee has not prepaid any sums payable by any lessee under any of the Leases, except to the extent such non-payment or prepayment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no consent or approval required under any Lease with respect to this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions which has not been obtained.

SECTION 3.19. Solvency. After giving effect to the Loans and the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower is, and will be, individually and together with (i) its Subsidiaries, and (ii) prior to the occurrence of a Parent Event, the Parent, Solvent.

SECTION 3.20. Foreign Assets Control Regulation. Borrower’s use of the proceeds of the Loans will not violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto.

SECTION 3.21. Representations Regarding the Parent. Prior to the occurrence of a Parent Event (i) the Parent has not amended its charter or by-laws or other constituent documents in any manner that would materially and adversely affect the rights of the Lenders under this Agreement or their ability to enforce the same; (ii) the Parent has not changed the end of its fiscal year to a date other than December 31; (iii) the Parent has not engaged in any business that a master limited partnership would not be entitled to engage in pursuant to applicable Law; (iv) the Parent has not made any changes to the Omnibus Agreement that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries would be prohibited from making pursuant to Section 6.15 of this Agreement; and (v) the Parent has kept proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries have been made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions

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

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement, a Guaranty Agreement executed by each of the Guarantors and all other documents required by Lender in connection with this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and all other documents required by Lender in connection with this Agreement.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Vinson Elkins LLP, counsel for the Borrower, relating to the Parent, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, this Agreement or the Transactions and any other matters as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of the general counsel of the Borrower, relating to the Parent, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, this Agreement or the Transactions and any other matters as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower, Parent and the General Partner, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower, Parent and the General Partner, this Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(e) The Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out of pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

(f) The Lenders shall have received (i) satisfactory audited consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the period ended December 31, 2011 and (ii) satisfactory unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012.

(g) No event shall have occurred since December 31, 2011 with respect to the Parent, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

(h) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing, except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate to an earlier date in which case such representation and warranty will be true and correct on and as of such earlier date.

(i) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (h) and (i) of this Section 4.01.

(k) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 23, 2013 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

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

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent (or, if a Parent Event has occurred, the Borrower), on EDGAR (or (i) upon the request of any Lender, the Borrower shall provide a copy of such statement or report described below to any Lender that does not have access to EDGAR, or (ii) if a Parent Event has occurred or such statement or report is no longer available on EDGAR for any reason, a copy of such statement or report described below to each Lender and the Administrative Agent), the Parent’s (or, if a Parent Event has occurred, the Borrower’s) audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, partners’ capital and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by Ernst & Young L.L.P. or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Parent, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (or, if a Parent Event has occurred, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries) on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Parent on EDGAR (or (i) upon the request of any Lender, the Borrower shall provide a copy of such statement or report described below to any Lender that does not have access to EDGAR, or (ii) if a Parent Event has occurred or such statement or report is no

longer available on EDGAR for any reason, a copy of such statement or report described below to each Lender and the Administrative Agent), the Parent’s (or, if a Parent Event has occurred, the Borrower’s) consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of the Parent’s (or, if a Parent Event has occurred, the Borrower’s) Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Parent, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (or, if a Parent Event has occurred, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries) on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.17 and Section 6.18, and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the last audited financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) above and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;

(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, on EDGAR (or (i) upon the request of any Lender, the Borrower shall provide a copy of such statement or report described below to any Lender that does not have access to EDGAR, or (ii) if a Parent Event has occurred or such statement or report is no longer available on EDGAR for any reason, a copy of such statement or report described below to each Lender and the Administrative Agent) copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC, or with any national securities exchange, as the case may be; and

(e) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

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

(a) the occurrence of any Default of which Borrower has, or could reasonably be expected to have, knowledge;

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

(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Parent, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

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

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

SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business except where the failure to do so in each case could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.

SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations before the same shall become delinquent or in default, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition in accordance with industry practice, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.

SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice and subject to applicable safety rules and regulations, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.

SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used only (i) to finance in part the Acquisition; (ii) to pay the fees, expenses and other transaction costs of the Transactions contemplated hereby, and (iii) for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures and acquisitions. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.

SECTION 5.09. Compliance with ERISA. In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 5.07, the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (a) comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all employee benefit plans (as defined in ERISA), (b) not take any action or fail to take action the result of which could be (i) a liability to the PBGC or (ii) a past due liability to any Multiemployer Plan, (c) not participate in any prohibited transaction that could result in any civil penalty under ERISA or any tax under the Code, and (d) operate each employee benefit plan in such a manner that will not incur any tax liability under Section 4980B of the Code or any liability to any qualified beneficiary as defined in Section 4980B of the Code, except to the extent, in each of (a), (b), (c) and (d), where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, furnish to the Administrative Agent upon the Administrative Agent’s request such additional information about any employee benefit plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any of said Persons and/or the Parent, as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 5.10. Compliance with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports. (i) In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 5.07, the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (i) comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and real property except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) obtain and renew all material Governmental Approvals required under Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and real property except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) conduct any Response legally required by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.11. Further Assurances. The Borrower will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, at its own cost and expense, to promptly (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in any Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments the Administrative Agent may reasonably require from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Loan Documents.

SECTION 5.12. Leases; Material Contracts. The Borrower will perform and observe, or cause to be performed and observed, all of the covenants and conditions required to be performed by it or any of its Subsidiaries under each Lease, except where such failure could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing of the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any notice from any third party to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any material default under, or the termination of, any Material Contract pursuant to the provisions of such Material Contract, and will promptly cause a copy of each such notice received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary from any third party to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 5.13. Guaranties. Immediately upon the formation or acquisition of any entity which meets the definition of a Guarantor, or upon a Subsidiary becoming a Material Subsidiary, such Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a Guaranty Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto; provided however that upon satisfaction by the Borrower of the conditions set forth in Section 9.17 hereof, the provisions of this Section 5.13 shall no longer be applicable.

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

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

SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness created hereunder or under the Revolving Credit Agreement;

(b) unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower so long as the incurrence or maintenance of such Indebtedness does not cause a Default or an Event of Default under any other provision of this Agreement;

(c) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01, and any extensions, refinancing, renewals or replacements of any such Indebtedness; provided that such Indebtedness is not increased in connection therewith except for increases in an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing, or replacement and in an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, and is not secured by any additional assets;

(d) purchase money Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries representing the portion of the purchase price of any office equipment, data processing equipment (including, without limitation, computer and computer peripheral equipment), trucks, tractors, trailers and other transportation equipment which may be secured by Liens permitted under Section 6.02; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (d) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(e) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with any transaction or acquisition permitted by Section 6.19 hereof;

(f) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary;

(g) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Guarantor of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary;

(h) Indebtedness consisting of surety bonds that the Borrower or any Subsidiary is required to obtain in order to comply with applicable Law or the requirements of any Governmental Authority;

(i) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Agreements incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with prudent business practice and not for speculative purposes;

(j) Investments permitted under Section 6.04 that would constitute Indebtedness; and

(k) the Contingent Purchase Price Obligation Payment (as defined in Section 2.6 of the Purchase Agreement).

SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

(a) Permitted Encumbrances;

(b) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and any extensions, renewals and replacements thereof;

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

(d) Liens securing the Indebtedness permitted by clause (d) of Section 6.01 and placed on the property described therein contemporaneously with the purchase thereof or within 90 days thereafter, by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to secure all or a portion of the purchase price thereof; provided that such Lien shall not extend to any other property or assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

(e) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iii) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(f) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased, and any interest of a landowner in the case of easements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the property subject to the easement;

(g) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section so long as the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed (as to the Borrower and all its Subsidiaries) at any one time, (i) if the Borrower has not achieved an Investment Grade Rating, $25,000,000 or, (ii) if the Borrower has achieved an Investment Grade Rating, 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;

(h) any Lien created or assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, the interest on which is excludable from gross income of the holder of such Indebtedness pursuant to the Code, for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the acquisition or construction of property or assets to be used by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

(i) Liens on any additions, improvements, replacements, repairs, fixtures, appurtenances or component parts thereof attaching to or required to be attached to property or assets pursuant to the terms of any mortgage, pledge agreement, security agreement or other similar instrument, creating a Lien upon such property or asset otherwise permitted under this Section;

(j) any Liens arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted by any of the foregoing clauses of this Section, provided that such Indebtedness is not increased except for increases in an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing, or replacement and in an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, and is not secured by any additional assets; and

(k) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(e); provided that the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests acquired in such transaction or acquisition.

SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor will merge or consolidate with or into any other Person nor shall any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor liquidate or dissolve, except that if before and after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, there exists no Default or Event of Default (A) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any Person so long as the Borrower or such Subsidiary is the surviving Person; (B) a Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving Person; (C) a Subsidiary may merge into any other Subsidiary; and (D) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.

SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances and Guarantees. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors to, purchase or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly-owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, or make any loans or advances to, or Guarantee any Indebtedness of, or make any investment in, any other Person, except that, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will result therefrom, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make:

(a) Permitted Investments;

(b) investments by the Borrower in the Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries and investments by any Subsidiary in the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that unless Borrower has achieved an Investment Grade Rating the aggregate of all loans and investments made under sub-sections 6.04(b) and (c) in Subsidiaries, other than Material Subsidiaries, shall not exceed $25,000,000;

(c) loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that unless Borrower has achieved an Investment Grade Rating the aggregate of all loans and investments made under sub-sections 6.04(b) and (c) in Subsidiaries, other than Material Subsidiaries, shall not exceed $25,000,000;

(d) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01;

(e) investments consisting of non-cash consideration with respect to any sale of assets by the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(f) Swap Agreements to the extent permitted under Section 6.05;

(g) any purchases or other acquisitions of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests in any Person permitted by Section 6.19; provided that, immediately upon consummation thereof, such Person will be a Guarantor if required by Section 5.13 (including, without limitation, as a result of a merger or consolidation otherwise permitted under this Agreement);

(h) investments consisting of extensions of credit, including without limitation, in the nature of accounts receivable arising from the grant of trade credit or prepayments or similar transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business and investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to prevent or limit financial loss;

(i) to the extent not prohibited by Law, loans and advances to the officers, directors and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made from time to time in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate amount of investments permitted by this clause (i) shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(j) investments in interests, including but not limited to royalties and overriding royalties, in coal, hydrocarbons or other minerals;

(k) investments (valued at the time such investment is made) not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.04 in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $25,000,000 or (ii) 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at any time outstanding;

(l) investments (valued at the time such investment is made) in Joint Ventures not in excess of $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(m) investments consisting of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.06;

(n) investments held by a Person acquired pursuant to Section 6.19; and

(o) investments in the Purchased Interests (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

SECTION 6.05. Swap Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate, from floating to fixed rates or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

SECTION 6.06. Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payments, except that so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and provided that no Default or Event of Default would result from the making of such Restricted Payment:

(a) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments with respect to Equity Interests in such Subsidiary;

(b) the Borrower may declare, make or incur a liability to make distributions to the Parent to fund Quarterly Distributions; provided that (A) such Quarterly Distributions are made in accordance with the provisions of the Partnership Agreement, and (B) the aggregate amount of Quarterly Distributions made by the Parent with respect to any fiscal quarter shall not exceed Available Cash for such fiscal quarter;

(c) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends or distributions with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional Equity Interests of the Borrower;

(d) the Borrower may make repurchases of its Equity Interests;

(e) the Borrower may make special distributions to the Parent in connection with any acquisition permitted under Section 6.19 in an amount, for any such acquisition, not greater than the aggregate value of the consideration for the property or assets acquired.

SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates. Except as otherwise permitted hereunder, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) as permitted by the Partnership Agreement, and (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate.

SECTION 6.08. Sales of Assets. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor shall enter into any arrangement, direct or indirect, with any Person other than a Loan Party pursuant to which the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any property, real, personal or mixed, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except (i) sales, transfers or dispositions in the ordinary course of business and the granting of any option or other right to purchase or otherwise acquire property in the ordinary course of business, (ii) sales, transfers or dispositions not in the ordinary course of business provided that the aggregate proceeds of all such sales, transfers and dispositions permitted by this item (ii) shall not exceed, from the date hereof during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months more than $50,000,000 and further provided that to the extent such sales, transfers and dispositions aggregate less than $25,000,000 during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, such unexpended amounts of less than $25,000,000 may be carried forward and expended during the next period of twelve (12) consecutive months but not any subsequent period of twelve (12) consecutive months and all such sales, transfers and dispositions are deemed to apply first to the carried forward amounts, (iii) sales of wetlands credits, (iv) sales, transfers or dispositions of property that are no longer commercially viable to maintain or obsolete, surplus or worn-out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (v) sales, transfers or dispositions of equipment or real property to the extent that (A) such equipment or real property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement equipment or real property, or (B) the

proceeds of such sales, transfers or dispositions are reasonably promptly, but in any event within 360 days, applied to the purchase price of such replacement equipment or real property, (vi) the sale, transfer or disposition of certain timber properties more specifically described on Schedule 6.08, (vii) dispositions resulting from the bona fide exercise by a Governmental Authority of its actual power of eminent domain or other dispositions otherwise required by applicable law, and (viii) dispositions of property subject to a Permitted Encumbrance that are transferred to a lienholder or its designee in satisfaction or settlement of the lienholder’s claim or a realization upon a security interest permitted under this Agreement.

SECTION 6.09. Constituent Documents. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to, amend its charter or by-laws or other constituent documents in any manner that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the rights of the Lenders under this Agreement or their ability to enforce the same.

SECTION 6.10. Regulation T, U and X Compliance. The Borrower shall not and shall not permit any Subsidiary to use the proceeds of the Loans to purchase or carry Margin Stock (as defined in Regulation U), or otherwise act so as to cause any Lender, in extending credit hereunder, to be in contravention of Regulations T, U or X.

SECTION 6.11. Sales and Leasebacks. Except to the extent such leases in the aggregate would not require total payments of more than $10,000,000 per annum, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired that (i) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors has sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (ii) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors to any Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease.

SECTION 6.12. Changes in Fiscal Year. The Borrower shall not change the end of its fiscal year to a date other than December 31.

SECTION 6.13. Change in the Nature of Business. The Borrower shall not engage directly or indirectly in any business activity that would cause less than 90% of the gross income of the Borrower to constitute “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code.

SECTION 6.14. Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors to enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of such Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments in respect of any Equity Interests of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by applicable Law or by this Agreement, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any

amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition) to the extent such restrictions are listed on Schedule 6.14 attached hereto, (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, and (iv) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions contained in the documentation evidencing any Indebtedness permitted hereunder; provided that in no event shall such restrictions and conditions contained in such documentation evidencing such permitted Indebtedness be more restrictive than the restrictions and conditions set forth in Section 6.06 of this Agreement and this Section 6.14.

SECTION 6.15. Changes to the Omnibus Agreement. Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) make any material change to the terms of the Omnibus Agreement, (ii) release any party from its obligations under the Omnibus Agreement or (iii) fail to diligently enforce the Omnibus Agreement and avail itself of the rights and indemnities available thereunder, except in each case, where such change, release or failure could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 6.16. Changes to the Note Purchase Agreements. The Borrower will not agree to, and will not permit any amendment to the Note Purchase Agreements which would (i) make the covenants in Section 10 of the Note Purchase Agreements more restrictive on the Borrower than the corresponding financial covenants in Section 6.17 and Section 6.18 hereof or (ii) make the events of default in Section 11 of the Note Purchase Agreements more restrictive on the Borrower than the Events of Default hereunder, in each case, without the consent of the Required Lenders; provided, however, that in no event shall the covenants set forth in Section 10 of the Note Purchase Agreements and the events of default set forth in the Note Purchase Agreements as in effect on the date hereof be deemed to be more restrictive than the corresponding covenants set forth in Section 6.17 and Section 6.18 and the Events of Default hereunder. If there is in existence a Default or Event of Default, the Borrower will not make any voluntary prepayments of principal or interest on the notes outstanding under the Note Purchase Agreements.

SECTION 6.17. Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. The Borrower shall not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to be less than 3.5 to 1.0.

SECTION 6.18. Maximum Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to exceed 4.0 to 1.0.

SECTION 6.19. Permitted Acquisitions. The Borrower shall not, except as otherwise permitted or required in this Agreement, purchase or otherwise acquire, or permit any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to purchase or acquire, the majority of the Equity Interests in, or all or substantially all of the assets of, any Person unless (i) permitted by Sections 6.03 or 6.04 above, or (ii) (a) immediately prior to and after giving effect to any such purchase or acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing or will result therefrom, (b) such purchase or acquisition is consummated in accordance with applicable Law, and (c) immediately after giving effect to such purchase or acquisition of a company or business

pursuant to this Section 6.19, the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.17 and Section 6.18 above, as evidenced by a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent on the earlier of (i) the date that Borrower submits a Borrowing Request if Borrower is making a Borrowing in connection therewith, or (ii) the date that Borrower consummates the transaction requiring the delivery of such certificate.

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

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

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

(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;

(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

(d) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI;

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

(f) any Loan Party shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable or within any applicable grace period;

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

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

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

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

(k) one or more final non-appealable judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $25,000,000 (net of insurance coverage which is reasonably expected to be paid by the insurer thereunder as confirmed by such insurer) shall be rendered against any Loan Party or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of any Loan Party to enforce any such judgment and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 60 days after its attachment or levy;

(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Parent, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(m) a Change in Control shall occur;

(n) this Agreement or any other Loan Document ceases to be valid and binding on any Loan Party in any material respect or is declared null and void in any material respect, or the validity or enforceability thereof is contested by any Loan Party or any Loan Party denies it has any or further liability under this Agreement or under the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;

(o) prior to the occurrence of a Parent Event, the Parent fails to keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business except where the failure to do so in each case could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(p) prior to the occurrence of a Parent Event, any of the following events occur and continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender) (i) the Parent fails to pay its obligations before the same shall become delinquent or in default, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect, except where (A) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (B) the Parent has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, and (C) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the Parent fails to permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice and subject to applicable safety rules and regulations, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested; (iii) the Parent fails to comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) (A) the Parent fails to comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all employee benefit plans (as defined in ERISA), (B) the Parent takes any action, or fails to take action, the result of which could be a liability to the PBGC or a past due liability to any Multiemployer Plan, (C) the Parent participates in any prohibited transaction that could result in any civil penalty under ERISA or any tax under the Code, or (D) the Parent does not operate each employee benefit plan in such a manner that will not incur any tax liability under Section 4980B of the Code or any liability to any qualified beneficiary as defined in Section 4980B of the Code except to the extent, in each case, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

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

ARTICLE VIII

The Administrative Agent

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

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

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

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

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.

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

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners or Syndication Agent listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

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

(i) if to the Borrower, to it at 601 Jefferson, Suite 3600, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Dwight L. Dunlap (Telecopy No. (281) ###-###-####; Email address: ***@***);

(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to it at 1615 Brett Rd., Building #3, New Castle, DE 19720, Attention: Bank Loans Syndications Department, Fax: (212) ###-###-####, E-mail: ***@***; and

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

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

(c) The Borrower hereby agrees that it will provide to the Administrative Agent all information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, all notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (i) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election of an interest rate or interest period relating thereto), (ii) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) provides notice of any default or event of default under this Agreement, or (iv) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any borrowing or other extension of credit thereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as “Communications”), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format acceptable to the Administrative Agent to “ ***@***”. In addition, the Borrower agrees to continue to provide the Communications to the Administrative Agent in the manner specified in the Loan Documents but only to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent.

The Borrower further agrees that the Administrative Agent may make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic transmission systems (the “Platform”). The Borrower acknowledges that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution.

The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available”. The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the Communications, or the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by the agent parties in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (collectively, “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Communications through the internet, except to the extent the liability of any agent party is found in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from such Agent Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission, and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address. Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.

(d) Any party hereto may change its address, telecopy number or email address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or

further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(a) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender); provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.14(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) release any Guarantor, or (vi) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the Transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), and (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.

(a) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses,

including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

(b) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable un-reimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the un-reimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such.

(c) Each Loan Party shall defend and indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender and hold them harmless from and against all loss, liability, damage, expense, claims, costs, fines, penalties, assessments (including interest on any of the foregoing) and reasonable attorneys’ fees, suffered or incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender which arise, result from or in any way relate to a breach or violation by any Loan Party of any applicable Environmental Laws, either prior to or subsequent to the date hereof, including the assertion or imposition of any Lien on any Loan Party’s assets, or which relate to or arise out of any Environmental Liability. Each Loan Party’s obligations hereunder shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment of the Loans.

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

(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten (10) days after written demand therefor.

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and

void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(a) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and

(B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000, and in increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

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

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500;

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and

(E) the assignee must not be a Defaulting Lender.

Nothing herein shall limit the right of a Lender to pledge or assign any rights under the Loan Documents to any Federal Reserve Bank or the United States Treasury as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank. For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term “Approved Fund” has the following meaning:

“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.13 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register;

provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b), Section 2.14(d) or Section 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(b) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative 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. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and Section 2.13 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.15 as it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14(c) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(i) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.11 or 2.13 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.13 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.13(e) as though it were a Lender.

(c) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that (i) no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto and (ii) such Lender delivers to Borrower and Administrative Agent written notice thereof.

SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.13 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the Transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

SECTION 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder,

together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

SECTION 9.14. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

SECTION 9.15. Separateness. The Lenders acknowledge that (i) the Lenders have advanced funds to the Borrower in reliance upon the separateness of the Parent and the Borrower from each other and from any other Persons, and (ii) the Borrower has assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including the Parent.

SECTION 9.16. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Unitholders. No director, officer, partner, employee, member or manager of the General Partner will have any liability for any obligations of the Borrower, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Lender waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release are part of the consideration for the making of the Loans.

SECTION 9.17. Release of Guaranty Agreements. Upon simultaneous satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, the Lenders will execute, at Borrower’s expense, a release of all Guaranty Agreements: (a) Borrower achieves an Investment Grade Rating, (b) the representations and warranties set forth in Article III of this Agreement are true and correct; and (c) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, as same are amended as set forth in the following sentence. Immediately upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth above, the Agreement shall be deemed amended without further action to delete Section 6.01 in its entirety and replace same with the following:

“SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except, without duplication, (a) Indebtedness in an aggregate amount, at any one time outstanding on the date such Indebtedness is incurred, such that the sum of (i) secured Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and (ii) unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than (x) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary and (xx) Indebtedness incurred hereunder and under the Revolving Credit Agreement) incurred under this clause (a) does not exceed 10% of Borrower’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and (b) Indebtedness under the Note Purchase Agreements and all refinancings, renewals and extensions thereof.”

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


BORROWER:

NRP (OPERATING) LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

By:		/s/ Dwight L. Dunlap
		Dwight L. Dunlap
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer