$433,333,333.34 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 14, 2009 among THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. as Borrower STANDARD & POORS FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC as Guarantor JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as Syndication Agent

EX-10.1 2 ss70933_ex1001.htm 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT

$433,333,333.34

364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

August 14, 2009

among

THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC.

as Borrower

STANDARD & POOR’S FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC

as Guarantor

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

as Syndication Agent

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH

MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS, LLC

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

CITIBANK, N.A.

as Documentation Agents

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

ARTICLE I Definitions	1

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms	1

SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings	17

SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally	17

SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP	17

ARTICLE II The Credits	18

SECTION 2.01. Commitments	18

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings	18

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings	19

SECTION 2.04. Term Loans	19

SECTION 2.05. Request for Term Borrowing	20

SECTION 2.06. Competitive Bid Procedure	20

SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings	22

SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections	23

SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments	24

SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt	25

SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans	25

SECTION 2.12. Fees	26

SECTION 2.13. Interest	26

SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest	27

SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs	28

SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments	29

SECTION 2.17. Taxes	30

SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs	32

SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders	34

SECTION 2.20. Defaulting Lenders	34

SECTION 2.21. Proceeds	35

ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties	35

SECTION 3.01. Organization, Powers and Good Standing	35

SECTION 3.02. Authorization of Borrowing, etc	36

SECTION 3.03. Financial Condition	37

SECTION 3.04. No Adverse Material Change	37

SECTION 3.05. Litigation	37

SECTION 3.06. Payment of Taxes	37

SECTION 3.07. Governmental Regulation	37

SECTION 3.08. Securities Activities	38

SECTION 3.09. ERISA	38

SECTION 3.10. Disclosure	38

ARTICLE IV Conditions	38

SECTION 4.01. Effective Date	38

SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event	39

ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants	40

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Reports	40

SECTION 5.02. Corporate Existence	42

SECTION 5.03. Payment of Taxes	42

SECTION 5.04. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance	42

SECTION 5.05. Compliance with Laws	42

SECTION 5.06. Notices of ERISA Event	42

SECTION 5.07. Inspection Rights	42

ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants	43

SECTION 6.01. Fundamental Changes	43

SECTION 6.02. Liens	43

SECTION 6.03. Financial Covenants	44

SECTION 6.04. Use of Proceeds	44

ARTICLE VII Events of Default	44

SECTION 7.01. Failure to Make Payments When Due	44

SECTION 7.02. Default in Other Agreements	44

SECTION 7.03. Breach of Certain Covenants	45

SECTION 7.04. Breach of Warranty	45

SECTION 7.05. Other Defaults Under Agreement	45

SECTION 7.06. Change In Control	45

SECTION 7.07. Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc	46

SECTION 7.08. Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc	46

SECTION 7.09. Judgments and Attachments	47

SECTION 7.10. Involuntary Dissolution	47

SECTION 7.11. ERISA Event	47

ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent	47

ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous	49

SECTION 9.01. Notices	49

SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments	51

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SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver	52

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns	53

SECTION 9.05. Survival	55

SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness	56

SECTION 9.07. Severability	56

SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff	56

SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process	56

SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	57

SECTION 9.11. Headings	57

SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality	57

SECTION 9.13. USA PATRIOT Act	58

ARTICLE X Loan Guaranty	58

SECTION 10.01. Guaranty	58

SECTION 10.02. Guaranty of Payment	59

SECTION 10.03. No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty	59

SECTION 10.04. Rights of Subrogation	60

SECTION 10.05. Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration	60

SECTION 10.06. Maximum Liability	60

SCHEDULES:

Schedule 2.01 – Commitments

Schedule 3.01 – Material Subsidiaries

Schedule 3.05 – Material Litigation

Schedule 6.02 – Existing Liens

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A – Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B – Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

Exhibit C – Form of Opinion of General Counsel of Borrower

Exhibit D – Form of Joinder Agreement

364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 14, 2009, among THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. (the “Borrower”), STANDARD & POOR’S FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC and the certain other subsidiaries of the Borrower parties hereto from time to time as Loan Guarantors (as defined herein), the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties hereto (the “Lenders”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS, LLC, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC and CITIBANK, N.A., as documentation agents (in such capacity, the “Documentation Agents”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

The parties hereto hereby 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 is, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing are, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.

“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.

“Agreement” means this 364-Day Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“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 Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the LIBO Rate for a LIBOR Loan with a one-month interest period (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.0%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the LIBO 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 Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to (a) any ABR Revolving Loan, the Applicable LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread less 1% per annum (the “Applicable ABR Revolving Loan Spread”); provided that, the Applicable ABR Revolving Loan Spread shall not be less than 0%, (b) any ABR Term Loan, the Applicable ABR Revolving Loan Spread plus 0.35% per annum (the “Applicable ABR Term Loan Spread”); provided that, the Applicable ABR Term Loan Spread shall not be less than 0%, (c) any LIBOR Revolving Loan, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Applicable LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread” (the “Applicable LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread”), (d) any LIBOR Term Loan, the Applicable LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread plus 0.35% (the “Applicable LIBOR Term Loan Spread”), or (e) commitment fees payable hereunder, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Commitment Fee Rate”, based upon the ratings by Moody’s and Fitch, respectively, applicable on such date to the Index Debt:

Index Debt Ratings:	Applicable LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread	Commitment Fee Rate
Category 1: ≥ A1/A+	75.0% of Index	0.125%
Category 2: A2/A	87.5% of Index	0.150%
Category 3: A3/A-	100.0% of Index	0.175%
Category 4: Baa1/BBB+	125.0% of Index	0.250%
Category 5: ≤ Baa2/BBB	150.0% of Index	0.375%

The Applicable LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread shall not on any date be less than the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Minimum LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread” (the “Minimum LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread”), based upon the ratings by Moody’s and Fitch, respectively, applicable on such date to the Index Debt:

Index Debt Ratings:	Minimum LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread
Index Debt Ratings:	Revolving Loans	Term Loans
Category 1: ≥A2/A	0.75%	1.25%
Category 2: ≥A3/A-	1.00%	1.50%
Category 3: ≥Baa2/BBB	1.50%	2.00%
Category 4: ≤ Baa3/BBB-	2.50%	3.00%

For purposes of determining any Applicable Rate, (i) if either Moody’s or Fitch shall not have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have established a rating in Category 5 (or, with respect to the Minimum LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread, Category 4); (ii) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s and Fitch for the Index Debt shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be based on the higher of the two ratings unless one of the two ratings is two or more Categories lower than the other, in which case the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the Category next below that of the higher of the two ratings; (iii) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s and Fitch for the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or Fitch), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency; and (iv) the Index as used in determining the Applicable Rate for any Revolving or Term Loans shall be determined as of each Reset Date applicable to such Loans. Each change in the Applicable Rate for any Revolving Loans, Term Loans or commitment fee payable hereunder (whether by virtue of a change in the Index as of any Reset Date applicable thereto or by virtue of a change in any rating) shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of Moody’s or Fitch shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.

If, for any reason, the Index is unavailable for any determination of the Applicable LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread as of any Reset Date, the Borrower and the Lenders under each Facility agree to negotiate in good faith (for a period of up to 30 days after the Index becomes unavailable) to agree on an alternative method for establishing the Applicable LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread. During such negotiations, and thereafter for any LIBOR Revolving Loans until the end of the then current Interest Period therefor, the Applicable Rate for Revolving Loans will be (i) in the case of ABR Revolving Loans, the Applicable ABR Revolving Loan Spread and (ii) in the case of LIBOR Revolving Loans, the Applicable LIBOR Revolving Loan Spread, in each case determined based on the last available quote of the Index. If no such alternative method is agreed upon, LIBOR Revolving Loans will be converted at the end of the current Interest Period to ABR Loans and all new Revolving Loans will be made as ABR Loans, with the interest rate applicable thereto and to ABR Loans continuing after such negotiations being the Alternate Base Rate. With respect to Term Loans, during such negotiations and thereafter, the Applicable Rate will be (i) in the case of ABR Term Loans, the Applicable ABR Term Loan Spread and (ii) in the case of LIBOR Term Loans, the Applicable LIBOR Term Loan Spread, in each case determined based on the last available quote of the Index. If no such alternative method is agreed upon, LIBOR Term Loans will be converted at the end of the current Interest Period to ABR Loans, with the interest rate applicable thereto and to ABR Loans continuing after such negotiations being the Alternate Base Rate plus 0.35% per annum.

“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in commercial loans, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

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

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Termination Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.

“Available Commitment” means, as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender’s Commitment then in effect minus (b) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure then outstanding.

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

“Borrower” means The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., a New York corporation.

“Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans or Term Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (b) a Competitive Loan or group of Competitive Loans of the same Type made on the same date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing or a Term Borrowing.

“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 LIBOR 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.

“Capitalized Lease” means any lease which is or should be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with GAAP existing on the date hereof and Statement No. 13 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means the amount of the liability reflecting the aggregate discounted amount of future payments under all Capitalized Leases calculated in accordance with GAAP existing on the date hereof and Statement No. 13 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c)

compliance by any Lender or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.

“Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Term Loans or Competitive Loans.

“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 Revolving Loans and convert Revolving Loans to Term Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and Term Loans hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.

“Competitive Bid” means an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Loan in accordance with Section 2.06.

“Competitive Bid Rate” means, with respect to any Competitive Bid, the Margin or the Fixed Rate, as applicable, offered by the Lender making such Competitive Bid.

“Competitive Bid Request” means a request by the Borrower for Competitive Bids in accordance with Section 2.06.

“Competitive Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.06.

“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.01(b)(i) hereof.

“Consolidated Cash Flow” of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for any period (the “Determination Period”) means the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income for the Determination Period, plus (ii) all amounts deducted in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income in respect of (a) depreciation and amortization (including without limitation amortization of assets held under Capitalized Leases) excluding amortization relating to prepublication costs, (b) Consolidated Interest Expense, (c) provisions for taxes based on or measured by income and (d) non-recurring non-cash losses or charges and minus (iii) all amounts added in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income in respect of non-recurring non-cash gains; provided, however that (1) when and to the extent that non-cash losses or charges described in clause (ii)(d) above become cash paid items, such amounts shall be deducted from Consolidated Cash Flow for the period when paid and (2) when and to the extent that non-cash gains described in clause (iii) above become cash received items, such amounts shall be added to Consolidated Cash Flow for the period when received; provided further that (A) if during the Determination Period the Borrower disposes of any asset and such disposition

constitutes a Material Disposition, the sum of (x) the net income (loss) produced by such asset, before extraordinary items, during the portion of the Determination Period prior to the date on which such asset was disposed of, plus (y) all amounts deducted in determining such net income (loss) for such period in respect of depreciation and amortization (including without limitation amortization of assets held under Capitalized Leases), interest on Indebtedness, and provisions for taxes based on or measured by income shall be excluded on a pro forma adjusted and consolidated basis in Consolidated Cash Flow for the Determination Period (to the extent they would otherwise have been included thereto), and (B) if during the Determination Period the Borrower makes an investment in any asset and such investment constitutes a Material Investment, the sum of (x) the net income (loss) produced by such asset, before extraordinary items, during the portion of the Determination Period prior to the date on which such investment in such asset was made, plus (y) all amounts deducted in determining such net income (loss) for such period in respect of depreciation and amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of assets held under Capitalized Leases), interest on Indebtedness, and provisions for taxes based on or measured by income shall be included on a pro forma adjusted and consolidated basis in Consolidated Cash Flow for the Determination Period (to the extent they would have otherwise been excluded therefrom). As used in this definition, “Material Disposition” means any disposition of assets or series of related dispositions of assets that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000,000, provided that such proceeds, together with the proceeds received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in any other such disposition of assets that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or such Subsidiary in excess of $100,000,000 during the Determination Period, exceeds $200,000,000; and “Material Investment” means any acquisition of assets or series of related acquisitions of assets by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that (a) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of a Person and (b) involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in excess of $100,000,000, provided that such consideration, together with the consideration paid in any other such acquisitions of assets that involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in excess of $100,000,000 during the Determination Period, exceeds $200,000,000.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP existing on the date hereof including, without limitation, (i) the amortization of debt discount, (ii) the amortization of all fees payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included in interest expense and (iii) the portion of any obligation with respect to a Capitalized Lease allocable to interest expense.

“Consolidated Net Income” for any period means the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period before extraordinary items, determined in accordance with GAAP existing on the date hereof on a consolidated basis, after eliminating all intercompany items, provided that there shall be excluded (i) income (or loss) of any Person (other than a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person) in which any other Person (other than such Person or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to such Person or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries by such other Person during such Period, (ii) except for purposes of Consolidated Cash Flow to the extent provided in clause (B) of the definition thereof, the income (or loss) of

any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person or is merged into or consolidated with such Person or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries, (iii) the income of any consolidated Subsidiary of such Person to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that consolidated Subsidiary of the income is not at the time permitted, (iv) any after-tax gains (but not pre-tax losses) attributable to sales of assets out of the ordinary course of business and any after-tax gains on pension reversions received by such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries and (v) any income (or loss) attributable to any lease of property (whether real, personal or mixed) under which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is the lessor; provided, however, there shall be excluded from any calculation pursuant to any of clauses (ii)-(iv) any income or loss attributable to assets purchased or sold, as the case may be, having an individual or aggregate (for any consecutive twelve month period) fair market value of less than $50,000,000.

“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.

“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 any Lender, reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, that has (a) failed to fund any portion of its Loans within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (b) notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement unless the subject of a good faith dispute or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, provided that any such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender under this clause (c) upon receipt of such confirmation by the Administrative Agent, (d) otherwise failed to pay over 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, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (e) (i) become or is insolvent or (ii) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Lender shall not qualify as a Defaulting Lender solely as a result of the acquisition or maintenance of an ownership interest in such Lender or its parent company, or to the exercise of control over such Lender or any Person controlling such Lender, by a governmental authority or instrumentality thereof.

“Determination Date” means, as used in connection with any certificate, report or calculation delivered hereunder, the date (which shall be specified in such certificate, report or

calculation) as of which the determinations set forth in such certificate, report or calculation are made.

“Documentation Agents” has the meaning assigned in the preamble hereto.

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

“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 federal, state, local and foreign laws or regulations, codes, orders, decrees, judgments or injunctions issued, promulgated, approved or entered thereunder relating to pollution or protection of the environment, including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants, contaminants, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes into the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes.

“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(m) 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 existence with respect to any Plan of a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (c) any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, whether or not waived; (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (e) 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 Pension Plan, including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Pension Plan; (f) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (h) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (i) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning

the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, in reorganization or in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 or Title IV of ERISA).

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

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as from time to time amended, and any successor statutes.

“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or any state or local government or taxing authority in the United States of America, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any United States withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement or at the time such Lender changes its applicable lending office or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability to comply with Section 2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender’s assignor (if any) or such Foreign Lender, in the case of a Lender that changes its applicable lending office, was entitled, at the time of assignment or at the time of the change in applicable lending office, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a).

“Existing Facility” means the existing $383,333,333.34 364-day credit agreement, dated as of September 12, 2008, as amended as of January 1, 2009, among the Borrower, the lenders parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent.

“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.

“Fiscal Quarter” means a quarterly period beginning on the first day of January, April, July and October in each Fiscal Year.

“Fiscal Year” means an annual period beginning on January 1 in each year and ending on December 31 of such year.

“Fitch” means Fitch IBCA, Inc.

“Fixed Rate” means, with respect to any Competitive Loan (other than a LIBOR Competitive Loan), the fixed rate of interest per annum specified by the Lender making such Competitive Loan in its related Competitive Bid.

“Fixed Rate Loan” means a Competitive Loan bearing interest at a Fixed Rate.

“Foreign Benefit Arrangement” means any employee benefit arrangement mandated by non-U.S. law that is maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a “U.S. Person” as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“Foreign Plan” means each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) that is not subject to U.S. law and is maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

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

“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” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any guarantee, reimbursement agreement or similar contingent obligation made by such Person in respect of any Indebtedness of any other Person, (ii) any other arrangement whereby credit is extended to any other Person on the basis of any promise or undertaking of such Person, (a) to pay the Indebtedness of such other Person, (b) to purchase an obligation owed by such other Person, (c) to purchase or lease assets under circumstances that would enable such other Person to discharge such credit of its obligations or (d) to maintain the capital, working capital, solvency or general financial condition of such other Person, in each case whether or not such arrangement is disclosed in the balance sheet of such other Person or is referred to in a footnote thereto, and (iii) any liability, (other than Indebtedness which is recourse to a Subsidiary of the Borrower, the only asset of which is its interest in the partnership of which the Subsidiary is the general partner, and which Indebtedness is non-recourse to the Borrower) as a general partner of a partnership in respect of Indebtedness of such partnership; provided, however, that the term Guarantee shall not include (1) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (2) obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which would constitute Guarantees solely by virtue of the continuing liability of any such Person which has sold assets subject to liabilities for liabilities which were assumed by another Person acquiring the assets which were sold, unless such liability is required to be carried on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP. The amount of any Guarantee and the amount of Indebtedness resulting from such Guarantee shall be the amount which would have to be carried on the balance sheet of the guarantor in respect of such Guarantee in accordance with GAAP.

“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations, for the repayment of borrowed money, which in accordance with GAAP in effect on the date hereof should be classified upon such Person’s balance sheet as liabilities, but in any event including (i) liabilities for the repayment of borrowed money to the extent secured by any Lien existing on property owned or acquired by such Person or a Subsidiary thereof, whether or not the liability secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person and (ii) all Guarantees of such Person.

“Indebtedness to Cash Flow Ratio” means the ratio of (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower at the Determination Date to (ii) the Consolidated Cash Flow for the four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending immediately prior to the Determination Date.

“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

“Independent Public Accountant” means any of the firms of public accountants (or their survivors in any merger therewith) currently referred to as the “Big Four” or any other firm of public accountants of nationally recognized stature which is (i) independent (as such term is defined in the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act) from the Person the financial statements of which are being reported on, (ii) selected by such Person and (iii) reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders.

“Index” means, with respect to any Revolving Loan or Term Loan for any period, the average of the Markit CDX.NA.IG Series 10 or any successor series (5 Year Period) for 30 business days (for purposes of this definition, “business days” means days in respect of which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association declares the U.S. fixed income market to be open) preceding the Reset Date applicable to such Loan for such period, as available to the applicable office of the Administrative Agent or for the number of business days for which the then current Markit CDX.NA.IG is in effect, if such number of business days is fewer than 30 business days.

“Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.

“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.

“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any LIBOR 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 LIBOR 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, and (c) with respect to any Fixed Rate 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 Fixed Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than 90 days’ duration (unless otherwise specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request), each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of 90 days’ duration after the first day of such Interest

Period, and any other dates that are specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request as Interest Payment Dates with respect to such Borrowing.

“Interest Period” means (a) with respect to any LIBOR 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 or six months (or, with the consent of each Lender, nine or twelve months) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect, (b) with respect to any Fixed Rate Borrowing, the period (which shall not be less than 7 days or more than 360 days) commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the date specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request; 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 LIBOR 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, (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR 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 and (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Termination Date (if such Interest Period commences prior to the Termination Date) or beyond the Maturity Date (if such Interest Period commences on or after the Termination Date). For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

“JPMorgan Chase Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

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

“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any LIBOR Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate per annum appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such LIBOR Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

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

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof) or any sale of receivables with recourse against the seller.

“Loan Guarantors” means, collectively, Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that has executed a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D and has not been released from the Loan Guaranty, and their successors and assigns.

“Loan Guaranty” means Article X of this Agreement.

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

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

“Margin” means, with respect to any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the LIBO Rate, the marginal rate of interest, if any, to be added to or subtracted from the LIBO Rate to determine the rate of interest applicable to such Loan, as specified by the Lender making such Loan in its related Competitive Bid.

“Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

“Material Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Regulation § 230.405 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

“Maturity Date” means the first anniversary of the Termination Date.

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

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

“Note” means a promissory note executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.10(e) evidencing the Loans of a Lender.

“Obligated Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.

“Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any

indemnified party arising under this Agreement.

“Officer’s Certificate” means, as applied to any Loan Party, a certificate executed on behalf of such Loan Party by its Chairman of the Board (if an officer), its President, its Chief Financial Officer or its Treasurer.

“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.

“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.

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

“Pension Plan” means any 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.

“Permitted Liens” means:

(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies (including any Lien imposed by ERISA arising out of an ERISA Event), either not yet delinquent or so long as the amount, applicability or validity of the same is being contested in good faith provided that any proceedings commenced for the foreclosure on such Liens have been duly suspended and adequate reserves, if any, have been established therefor in accordance with GAAP;

(b) Statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not delinquent for a period of more than 45 days or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP, shall have been made therefor;

(c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);

(d) Any attachment or judgment Lien unless the attachment or judgment it secures shall remain undischarged and execution thereof shall remain unstayed pending appeal for a period of 60 days;

(e) Easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(f) Any interest or title of a lessor under any lease; and

(g) Liens arising from equipment leases entered into in the ordinary course of business.

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

“Plan” means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, including any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), and any plan which is both an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension benefit plan, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

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

“Prohibited Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(c)(1) of the Code.

“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.

“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 (a) prior to any conversion of Revolving Loans to Term Loans in accordance with Sections 2.04 and 2.05, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing at least 51% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time; provided that, for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Article VII, and for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments expire or terminate, the outstanding Competitive Loans of the Lenders shall be included in their respective Revolving Credit Exposures in determining the Required Lenders, and (b) thereafter, Lenders having Term Loans with a total outstanding principal amount representing at least 51% of the sum of the total outstanding principal amount of Term Loans at such time.

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

“Reset Date” means each date on which the Index will be determined. The Reset Dates for any LIBOR Loans will be (a) for each Interest Period applicable thereto, the date that LIBO Rates are set for such Loans for such Interest Period and (b) for any LIBOR Loan with an Interest Period of greater than three months, at the end of each successive three-month period during such Interest Period. The Reset Dates for any ABR Loans will be the Closing Date and the first day of each calendar quarter thereafter.

“Revolving Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.

“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans at such time.

“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as from time to time amended, and any successor statutes.

“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 (a) with respect to the Base CD Rate, to which the Administrative Agent is subject for new negotiable nonpersonal time deposits in dollars of over $100,000 with maturities approximately equal to (i) three months and (b) with respect to the LIBO Rate, to which the Lender is subject 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. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation of which shares of stock having ordinary voting power (other than stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation are at the time owned, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.

“Syndication Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as syndication agent hereunder.

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

“Term Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a conversion of Revolving Loans to Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.05.

“Termination Date” means August 13, 2010.

“Term Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.

“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 LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate or, in the case of a Competitive Loan or Borrowing, the LIBO Rate or a Fixed Rate.

“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.

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

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. Each Term Loan shall be part of a Borrowing consisting of Term Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. Each Competitive Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.06. 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 and Competitive Bids 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 2.14, (i) each Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing, as applicable, shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith, and (ii) each Competitive Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of LIBOR Loans or Fixed Rate Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any LIBOR 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 and shall not cause the Borrower to incur as of the date of the exercise of such option any greater liability than it shall then have under Sections 2.15 and 2.17.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any LIBOR Revolving Borrowing or LIBOR Term Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000. At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing or ABR Term Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments. Each Competitive Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that

there shall not at any time be more than a total of 10 LIBOR Revolving Borrowings or 10 LIBOR Term 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 Termination Date (if such Interest Period commences prior thereto) or the Maturity Date (if such Interest Period commences on or after the Termination Date).

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a LIBOR 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 day of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Revolving Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Revolving Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Revolving 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 LIBOR Borrowing;

(iv) in the case of a LIBOR 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 2.07.

If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested LIBOR Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Revolving 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. Term Loans. The Revolving Loans outstanding at the close of business on the Termination Date shall, at the option of the Borrower by notice given to the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 2.05 but subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including Section 4.02), convert on such date into term loans (the “Term Loans”) to the Borrower. The Term Loans may from time to time be (a) LIBOR Loans, (b) ABR Loans or (c) a

combination thereof, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.05 and 2.08.

SECTION 2.05. Request for Term Borrowing. To request the conversion of the Revolving Loans to Term Loans as contemplated in Section 2.04, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, (a) three Business Days prior to the Termination Date, if all or any part of the Term Loans are to be initially a LIBOR Borrowing or (b) on the Termination Date, otherwise. Such telephonic Term Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Term Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Term Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested conversion;

(ii) the date of such conversion, which shall be the Termination Date;

(iii) whether after giving effect to such conversion, the outstanding Term Loans are to consist of an ABR Borrowing or a LIBOR Borrowing, or a combination thereof; and

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

If no election as to the Type of Term Loans is specified, then the requested Term Loans shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested LIBOR Term Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Term 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 converted as part of the requested Borrowing. The aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans shall be equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans then outstanding and the Term Loans shall be made by conversion of such Revolving Loans, without any payments being made by the Lenders.

SECTION 2.06. Competitive Bid Procedure. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the Availability Period the Borrower may request Competitive Bids and may (but shall not have any obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive Loans; provided that the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans at any time shall not exceed the total Commitments. To request Competitive Bids, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone, in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that the Borrower may submit up to (but not more than) three Competitive Bid Requests on the same day, but a Competitive Bid Request shall not be made within five Business Days after the date of any

previous Competitive Bid Request, unless any and all such previous Competitive Bid Requests shall have been withdrawn or all Competitive Bids received in response thereto rejected. Each such telephonic Competitive Bid Request shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Competitive Bid Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Competitive Bid 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 a LIBOR Borrowing or a Fixed Rate Borrowing;

(iv) the Interest Period to be applicable to such Borrowing, 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 2.07.

Promptly following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of the details thereof by telecopy, inviting the Lenders to submit Competitive Bids.

(b) Each Lender may (but shall not have any obligation to) make one or more Competitive Bids to the Borrower in response to a Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Lender must be in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and must be received by the Administrative Agent by telecopy, in the case of a LIBOR Competitive Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing. Competitive Bids that do not conform substantially to the form approved by the Administrative Agent may be rejected by the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Lender as promptly as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall specify (i) the principal amount (which shall be a minimum of $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and which may equal the entire principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested by the Borrower) of the Competitive Loan or Loans that the Lender is willing to make, (ii) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at which the Lender is prepared to make such Loan or Loans (expressed as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) and (iii) the Interest Period applicable to each such Loan and the last day thereof.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower by telecopy of the Competitive Bid Rate and the principal amount specified in each Competitive Bid and the identity of the Lender that shall have made such Competitive Bid.

(d) Subject only to the provisions of this paragraph, the Borrower may accept or reject any Competitive Bid. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by

telephone, confirmed by telecopy in a form approved by the Administrative Agent, whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or reject each Competitive Bid, in the case of a LIBOR Competitive Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the proposed date of the Competitive Borrowing; provided that (i) the failure of the Borrower to give such notice shall be deemed to be a rejection of each Competitive Bid, (ii) the Borrower shall not accept a Competitive Bid made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate for a particular Interest Period if the Borrower rejects a Competitive Bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate for the same Interest Period, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by the Borrower shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the requested Competitive Borrowing specified in the related Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to the extent necessary to comply with clause (iii) above, the Borrower may accept Competitive Bids at the same Competitive Bid Rate in part, which acceptance, in the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such Competitive Bid, and (v) except pursuant to clause (iv) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted for a Competitive Loan unless such Competitive Loan is in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000; provided further that if a Competitive Loan must be in an amount less than $5,000,000 because of the provisions of clause (iv) above, such Competitive Loan may be for a minimum of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and in calculating the pro rata allocation of acceptances of portions of multiple Competitive Bids at a particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to clause (iv) the amounts shall be rounded to integral multiples of $1,000,000 in a manner determined by the Borrower. A notice given by the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph shall be irrevocable.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each bidding Lender by telecopy whether or not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and, if so, the amount and Competitive Bid Rate so accepted), and each successful bidder will thereupon become bound, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to make the Competitive Loan in respect of which its Competitive Bid has been accepted.

(f) If the Administrative Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity as a Lender, it shall submit such Competitive Bid directly to the Borrower at least one quarter of an hour earlier than the time by which the other Lenders are required to submit their Competitive Bids to the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.

SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each 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 most recently 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 applicable Revolving Borrowing Request or Competitive Bid Request.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed time of any Borrowing (in the case of a LIBOR Borrowing) or the proposed

time of any Borrowing (in the case of an ABR 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 Federal Funds Effective Rate 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 2.08. Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a LIBOR Revolving 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 LIBOR Revolving 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. This Section shall not apply to Competitive Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Revolving Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 or that a Term Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.05 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing or conversion of Revolving Loans to Term Loans, as applicable, of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. 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 LIBOR Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a LIBOR 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 LIBOR 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 LIBOR Revolving 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, (a) 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 Revolving Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a LIBOR Borrowing, (ii) no outstanding Term Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a LIBOR Borrowing and (iii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, and (b) no Revolving Loan or Term Loan may be converted into or continued as a LIBOR Borrowing after the date that is one month prior to the Termination Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be.

SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Termination Date.

(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in minimum aggregate amounts of $10,000,000 (unless the total Commitment at such time is less than $10,000,000, in which case, in an amount equal to the total Commitment at such time) and, if such reduction is greater than $10,000,000, in integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of such amount and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans would exceed the total Commitments.

(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments

delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Termination of the Commitments prior to the Termination Date shall also terminate the obligations of the Lenders to convert the Revolving Loans to Term Loans. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Loan of each Lender on the Termination Date (subject to the provisions of Section 2.04), (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan of such Lender on the Maturity Date, and (iii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender with an outstanding Competitive Loan the then unpaid principal amount of such Competitive Loan on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan.

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

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class 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. If there is a conflict in entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section, the entries made in the accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent shall be such prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations.

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 2.11. 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 the Borrower shall not have the right to prepay any Competitive Loan without the prior consent of the Lender thereof.

(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 LIBOR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving 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; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and shall be subject to Section 2.16. Amounts prepaid on account of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

SECTION 2.12. Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the Available Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to the last day of the Availability Period, but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a term-out fee in an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of any Revolving Loans of such Lender requested to be converted to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.04, payable on the Termination Date.

(c) 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.

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

(e) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and term-out fees to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.13. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate then in effect for such Borrowing.

(b) The Loans comprising each LIBOR Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of a LIBOR Revolving Loan or a LIBOR Term Loan, the LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate then in effect for such Borrowing, or (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Competitive Loan, the LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus (or minus, as applicable) the Margin applicable to such Loan.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided above or (y) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided above.

(e) 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 (d) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment, (iii) in the event of any conversion of any LIBOR 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 and (iv) all accrued interest shall be payable upon termination of the Commitments.

(f) 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 or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a LIBOR 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 LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders (or, in the case of a LIBOR Competitive Loan, the Lender that is required to make such Loan) that 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, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing as, a LIBOR Borrowing shall be ineffective, (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a LIBOR Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing and (iii) any request by the Borrower for a LIBOR Competitive Borrowing shall be ineffective; provided that (A) if the circumstances giving rise to such notice do not affect all the Lenders, then requests by the Borrower for LIBOR Competitive Borrowings may be made to Lenders that are not affected thereby and (B) if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.

SECTION 2.15. 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 as is covered by Section 2.15 (c)); or

(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Loans or Fixed Rate Loans made by such Lender therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any LIBOR Loan or Fixed Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) (excluding any such increased costs from Taxes or Excluded Taxes) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will upon notice by such Lender 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 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, upon notice by such Lender, 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 to the extent allocable to this Agreement.

(c) The Borrower shall pay to each Lender at any time when such Lender is required to maintain reserves for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Loan of such Lender from the date of such requirement until such principal amount is paid in full or such requirement ceases at the rate per annum equal to (i) the LIBO rate for the relevant Interest Period multiplied by (ii) the Statutory Reserve Rate for such Lender minus (iii)

such LIBO Rate, payable upon notice by such Lender on each Interest Payment Date for such LIBOR Loan.

(d) 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), (b) or (c) 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.

(e) 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 six months 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 six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, a Lender shall not be entitled to compensation pursuant to this Section in respect of any Competitive Loan if the Change in Law that would otherwise entitle it to such compensation shall have been publicly announced prior to submission of the Competitive Bid pursuant to which such Loan was made.

SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Loan or Fixed Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any LIBOR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice is permitted to be revocable under Section 2.11(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), (d) the failure to borrow any Competitive Loan after accepting the Competitive Bid to make such Loan, or (e) the assignment of any LIBOR Loan or Fixed Rate 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 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event (excluding any loss of anticipated profits). In the case of a LIBOR Loan, the loss to any Lender attributable to any such event shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that such Lender would pay for a deposit equal to the principal amount of such Loan for the period from the date of such payment, conversion, failure or assignment to the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the duration of the Interest Period that would have resulted from such borrowing, conversion or continuation) if the interest rate payable on such deposit were equal to the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period, over (ii) the amount of interest that such Lender would earn on such principal amount for such period if such Lender were to invest such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that would be bid by such Lender (or an affiliate of such Lender) for dollar deposits from other banks in the eurodollar market at the commencement of such period. 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 2.17. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder to, or for the account of, any Lender or any recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that, if the Borrower or any Loan Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), the Administrative Agent or Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower or such Loan Guarantor shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower or such Loan Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

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

(c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, and each Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto.

(d) Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Excluded 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.

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

(f) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of any applicable withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. All reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Lender in connection with the completion of such forms or documentation (other than with respect to forms

applicable to U.S. withholding tax) shall be borne by the Borrower. In addition, any Lender, if 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each 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 or changes its lending office (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party,

(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service 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 B to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (D) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the United States trade or business conducted by such Lender (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN,

(iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or participating Lender granting a typical participation), an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN, U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that, if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more beneficial owners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate on behalf of each such beneficial owner, or

(v) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification previously delivered by it 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.

(g) If any Lender or the Administrative Agent determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund attributable to any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Borrower or for which such Lender or the Administrative Agent has received payment from the Borrower hereunder, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, within 30 days of such receipt, shall deliver to the Borrower the amount of such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender or the Administrative Agent and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided however, that the Borrower, upon the request of such Lender or Administrative Agent, agrees to repay the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 2.17(g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to such Lender or the Administrative Agent in the event that such Lender or the Administrative Agent is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will any Lender be required to pay any amount to the Borrower the payment of which would place such Lender or the Administrative Agent in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Lender or the Administrative Agent would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any Lender or the Administrative Agent to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

(h) Each Lender that is a “U.S. Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code shall, at the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent and to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent two U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9s (or substitute or successor form), properly completed and duly executed, certifying that such Lender is exempt from the United States backup withholding; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, the failure to deliver such forms shall not subject any Lender that may be treated as an exempt recipient based on the indicators described in Treasury Regulation 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii) to backup withholding.

SECTION 2.18. 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 under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., 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 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 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, to pay interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, to pay principal 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 Revolving Loans or Term Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans or Term 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 Revolving Loans or Term 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 Revolving Loans or Term 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 Federal Funds Effective Rate.

(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.07(b) or 2.18(d), 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 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, 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 2.17, 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 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous in any material respect 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 2.15, 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 2.17, or if any Lender becomes 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 (other than any outstanding Competitive Loans held by it) 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 (other than Competitive 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 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, 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 2.20. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12;

(b) the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall 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), provided that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders, or that would (i) increase or extend the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender or subject such Defaulting Lender to any additional obligations, (ii) change this Section

2.20 or Section 9.02, (iii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan made by a Defaulting Lender or reduce the rate of the interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable to a Defaulting Lender hereunder, (iv) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan made by a Defaulting Lender, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder to a Defaulting Lender or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any commitment of a Defaulting Lender or (v) change any provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any right hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, shall in each case require the consent of such Defaulting Lender;

(c) 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 2.18 but excluding Section 2.19) may, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be applied by the Administrative Agent (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) second, 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 and (iii) third, to such Defaulting Lender; provided that if such payment is (x) a prepayment of the principal amount of any Loans and (y) made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied, such payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata prior to being applied to the prepayment of any Loans of any Defaulting Lender.

In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Competitive Loans) as the Administrative shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.

SECTION 2.21. Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower shall be used for acquisitions, repurchases of capital stock of the Borrower, the funding of dividends payable to shareholders of the Borrower and for general corporate purposes of the Borrower (including commercial paper back-up).

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that the following statements are true, correct and complete:

SECTION 3.01. Organization, Powers and Good Standing. (a) Each of the Loan Parties is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Each Loan Party has all requisite power and authority (i) to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted, except where the lack of power and authority would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii)

to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and, in the case of the Borrower, to issue the Notes.

(b) Each Loan Party is in good standing wherever necessary to carry on its present business and operations, except in jurisdictions in which the failure to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) All of the Material Subsidiaries of the Borrower, as of the Effective Date, are identified in Schedule 3.01 annexed hereto. Each Material Subsidiary of the Borrower is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted except where failure to be in good standing or a lack of power and authority would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization of Borrowing, etc. (a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including by execution and delivery of any Joinder Agreement) by each of the Loan Parties, and in the case of the Borrower, the issuance, delivery and payment of the Notes and the borrowing of the Loans, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action.

(b) The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Agreement, and the issuance, delivery and performance of the Notes by the Borrower and the borrowing of the Loans by the Borrower, do not and will not (i) violate any provision of law applicable to such Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries, (ii) violate the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of such Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries, (iii) violate any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on such Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries, conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any contractual obligation of such Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries, result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the material properties or assets of such Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries or require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any contractual obligation of such Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries other than such approvals and consents which have been or will be obtained on or before the Effective Date; except for any violation, conflict, default, breach, lien or lack of approval the existence of which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Agreement, and in the case of the Borrower, the issuance, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Notes, will not require on the part of such Loan Party any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any federal, state or other governmental authority or regulatory body other than any such registration, consent, approval, notice or other action which has been duly made, given or taken.

(d) This Agreement is and each of the Notes when executed and delivered by the Borrower, will be a legally valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party thereto enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar

laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

SECTION 3.03. Financial Condition. The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent the following materials: (i) audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2008 and (ii) unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Quarters ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009 (collectively, the “Financial Statements”). All such Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP except for the preparation of footnote disclosures for the unaudited statements. All such Financial Statements fairly present the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated statements of income and changes in financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each of the periods covered thereby, subject, in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements, to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments.

SECTION 3.04. No Adverse Material Change. Since December 31, 2008, there has been no change in the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which has been, either in any case or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

SECTION 3.05. Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Borrower’s Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the Borrower’s Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009 or in Schedule 3.05 to this Agreement, there is no action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation (including, without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to laws, rules and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, health and safety) of which the Borrower has knowledge or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or affecting any property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which (i) challenges the validity of this Agreement or any Note or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.06. Payment of Taxes. Except to the extent permitted by Section 5.03 hereof, the Borrower has paid or caused to be paid all taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income and franchises, except for any taxes the failure of which to pay would not have a Material Adverse Effect (provided that no Tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claim is being asserted with respect to any such Tax, fee or other charge) or which are not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith. The Borrower does not know of any proposed tax assessment against the Borrower or such Subsidiary that would have a Material Adverse Effect, which is not being contested in good faith by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; provided that such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.

SECTION 3.07. Governmental Regulation. The Borrower is not an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

SECTION 3.08. Securities Activities. The Borrower is not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.

SECTION 3.09. ERISA. Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Borrower and each of its ERISA Affiliates is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the provisions of the Code relating to Plans and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder; (ii) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (iii) all amounts required by applicable law with respect to, or by the terms of, any retiree welfare benefit arrangement maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has an obligation to contribute have been accrued in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106.

(b) Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) all employer and employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of any Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued in accordance with normal accounting practices; (ii) the accrued benefit obligations of each Foreign Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Foreign Plan) with respect to all current and former participants do not exceed the assets of such Foreign Plan; (iii) each Foreign Plan that is required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities; and (iv) each Foreign Benefit Arrangement and Foreign Plan is in compliance (A) with all material provisions of applicable law and all material applicable regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to such Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan and (B) with the terms of such arrangement or plan.

SECTION 3.10. Disclosure. As of the Closing Date, neither the Confidential Information Memorandum dated July 29, 2009, 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.

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 signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or e-mail

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

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Kenneth M. Vittor, General Counsel to the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, and covering such other matters relating to the Loan Parties, this Agreement or the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request.

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

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

(e) The Administrative Agent 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 reasonable and actual out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that the Existing Facility has been terminated and all amounts, if any, owing by the Borrower thereunder have been paid in full.

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 September 11, 2009 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Revolving Loan or convert a Revolving Loan to a Term Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement (other than in Section 3.04 and Section 3.05(ii) for any Loan made after the Effective Date) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.

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

Each Borrowing and the conversion of the Revolving Loans into Term Loans pursuant to Sections 2.04 and 2.05 shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.

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 and Other Reports. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries will maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP and the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent (which will deliver copies thereof to the Lenders) (except to the extent otherwise expressly provided below in subsection 5.01(b)(ii)):

(a) (i) as soon as practicable and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year ending after the Effective Date the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such period, and the related consolidated statements of income and shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries in each case certified by the chief financial officer or controller of the Borrower that they fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and changes in their financial position, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments, based on the Borrower’s normal accounting procedures applied on a consistent basis (except as noted therein);

(ii) as soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements of income and shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, accompanied by a report thereon of an Independent Public Accountant which report shall be unqualified as to (w) the accuracy of all numbers or amounts set forth in such financial statements, (x) the inclusion or reflection in such financial statements of all amounts pertaining to contingencies required to be included or reflected therein in accordance with GAAP, (y) going concern and (z) scope of audit and shall state that such consolidated financial statements present fairly the financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and changes in their financial position for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as noted in such report and approved by such Independent Public Accountant) and that the examination by such Independent Public Accountant in connection with such

consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;

The Borrower will be deemed to have complied with the requirements of Section 5.01(a)(i) hereof if within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (other than the final Fiscal Quarter) of each of its Fiscal Years, a copy of the Borrower’s Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to such Fiscal Quarter is furnished to the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower will be deemed to have complied with the requirements of Section 5.01(a)(ii) hereof if within 90 days after the end of each of its Fiscal Years, a copy of the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to such Fiscal Year is furnished to the Administrative Agent:

(b) (i) together with each delivery of financial statements of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries pursuant to subdivisions (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above, (x) an Officer’s Certificate of the Borrower stating that the signer has reviewed the terms of this Agreement and has made, or caused to be made under such signer’s supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by such financial statements and that such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end of such accounting period, and that the signer does not have knowledge of the existence as at the date of the Officers’ Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Default, or, if any such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto; and (y) an Officer’s Certificate demonstrating in reasonable detail compliance with the restrictions contained in Section 6.03 hereof as of the last day of the accounting period covered by such financial statements (a “Compliance Certificate”) and, in addition, a written statement of the chief accounting officer, chief financial officer, any vice president or the treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the Borrower describing in reasonable detail the differences between the financial information contained in such financial statements and the information contained in the Officer’s Certificate relating to compliance with Section 6.03 hereof;

(ii) promptly upon their becoming available but only to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, copies of all publicly available financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent by the Borrower to its security holders, all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by the Borrower with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

(iii) promptly upon (and in no event later than three days after) any of the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief accounting officer, the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Borrower obtaining actual knowledge (x) of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Default, or (y) of a Material Adverse Effect, an Officer’s Certificate specifying the nature and period of existence of any such condition or event, or specifying the notice given or action taken by such holder or Person and the nature of such claimed Default, Event of Default, event or condition, and what action, if any, the Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto; and

(iv) with reasonable promptness, such other information and data with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any Lender.

SECTION 5.02. Corporate Existence. Except as may result from a transaction permitted by Section 6.01 hereof, the Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, maintain its corporate existence in good standing and qualify and remain qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it therein or in which the transaction of its business is such that the failure to qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.03. Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its franchises, business, income or property when due which are material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, provided, that no such amount need be paid if being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor.

SECTION 5.04. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) all material properties and equipment used or useful in its business. The foregoing sentence shall not be construed as to prohibit or restrict the sale or disposition of any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. The Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to its material properties and business and the material properties and business of its Subsidiaries against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by corporations of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and similarly situated, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other corporations.

SECTION 5.05. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall exercise all due diligence in order to comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to the disposal of hazardous wastes and asbestos in the environment), noncompliance with which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.06. Notices of ERISA Event. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of 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 Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $50,000,000.

SECTION 5.07. Inspection Rights. 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 at reasonable times, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and, in the presence of its officers, its independent accountants.

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. Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or transfer all or substantially all, or any substantial portion, of its properties and assets to one or more Persons in one or a series of related transactions unless (i) if the Borrower is the surviving entity in any such consolidation or merger, after giving effect to such transaction, there would not exist any Default or Event of Default hereunder, (ii) if the Borrower is not the surviving entity in any such consolidation or merger, each of the Lenders (or in the case of any such consolidation or merger which is in the nature of an internal corporate reorganization of only the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and does not, in the reasonable judgment of the Required Lenders affect, in any material respect, the creditworthiness of the Borrower, the Required Lenders) consents to such consolidation or merger in advance or (iii) if the Borrower transfers all or substantially all, or any substantial portion, of its properties and assets, the transferee or transferees thereto are wholly owned Subsidiaries (except the transferee or transferees of any substantial portion of its properties and assets, but not all or substantially all of its properties and assets, shall not be required to be wholly owned Subsidiaries if the transfer is for fair consideration as reasonably determined by the Borrower) and any such transferee that is a domestic Subsidiary becomes a Loan Guarantor hereunder pursuant to a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D (it being understood that the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may agree to amendments hereto solely to provide for such guarantor arrangements as it may reasonably determine are necessary or useful). For the purposes of this Section, “Subsidiary” of the Borrower shall include any partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers thereof are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by the Borrower.

SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, except:

(a) Liens in existence on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.02 hereto;

(b) Permitted Liens;

(c) Purchase money security interests (including mortgages, conditional sales, Capitalized Leases and any other title retention or deferred purchase devices) in real or tangible personal property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries existing or created at the time of acquisition thereof or within 90 days thereafter, and the renewal, extension or refunding of any such security interest in an amount not exceeding the amount thereof remaining unpaid immediately prior to such renewal, extension or refunding; provided, however, that the principal amount of Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations secured by each such security interest in each item of property shall not exceed the cost (including all such Indebtedness secured thereby, whether or not assumed) of the item subject thereto and that such security interests shall attach solely to the particular item of property so acquired;

(d) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that such Liens were not created in contemplation of such merger, consolidation or acquisition and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person so merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or such Subsidiary or acquired by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; and

(e) In addition to Liens permitted by clauses (a) through (d), the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may have attachment or judgment Liens and Liens securing the payment of Indebtedness, which Liens secure in the aggregate not more than $200,000,000.

SECTION 6.03. Financial Covenants. The Borrower shall not permit the Indebtedness to Cash Flow Ratio for each Determination Date which is the last day of a Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower to be greater than 4.0:1.0 at any time.

SECTION 6.04. Use of Proceeds. No portion of the proceeds of any borrowing under this Agreement shall be used by the Borrower in any manner which would cause the borrowing or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation U, Regulation T, or Regulation X of the Board or any other regulation of the Board or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect on the date or dates of such borrowing and such use of proceeds.

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

If any of the following conditions or events (“Events of Default”) shall occur and be continuing:

SECTION 7.01. Failure to Make Payments When Due. Failure to pay any installment of principal of any Loan when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of prepayment or otherwise; or failure to pay any other amount due under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the fees described in Section 2.11 hereof) or to pay interest on any Loan, in either case within three Business Days after the date when due.

SECTION 7.02. Default in Other Agreements. (a) Failure of the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries to pay when due, after giving effect to any applicable grace period and to any waiver or extension granted thereunder, any principal or interest on any

Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness referred to in subsection 7.01) and Capital Lease Obligations in a principal amount (individually or in the aggregate) of $75,000,000 or more.

(b) The breach or default of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any other term of any Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations in a principal amount (individually or in the aggregate) of $75,000,000 or more or any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto, if such failure, default or breach results in such Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations in a principal amount (individually or in the aggregate) of $75,000,000 or more becoming or being declared by the holders thereof to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity; provided that if the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries enters into or is a party to (as a borrower, guarantor or other obligor) any such loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement and such instrument contains a provision in the nature of a “cross-default” clause (whether as a default provision, a covenant or otherwise), such provision is hereby incorporated by reference in this Agreement, mutatis mutandis, for the benefit of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (and without giving effect to any amendment, modification or waiver unless such amendment, modification or waiver is intended solely to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (which intention shall be determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower)); provided, further, that notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 7.02 shall not be applicable to any Indebtedness of, or Capitalized Lease Obligation (or loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto) entered into by, a partnership (a “Partnership”) of which any Subsidiary of the Borrower is a general partner (a “General Partner”) provided that (i) such General Partner’s only asset is its interest in the Partnership and (ii) such Indebtedness and/or Capitalized Lease Obligation, as the case may be, (A) is with recourse only to such asset, the assets of the Partnership and any asset or assets of any general partner or other entity that is not an Affiliate of the General Partner and (B) is without recourse to the Borrower and any of its other Subsidiaries.

SECTION 7.03. Breach of Certain Covenants. Failure of the Borrower to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in Section 5.02 or Article 6 of this Agreement.

SECTION 7.04. Breach of Warranty. Any material representation or warranty made by the Borrower in this Agreement or in any statement or certificate at any time given by the Borrower in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed to be made.

SECTION 7.05. Other Defaults Under Agreement. The Borrower shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in this Agreement (other than any default described in any other provision of Section 7 hereof) and such default shall not have been remedied or waived within 30 days after receipt by the Borrower of notice from the Agent or any Lender of such default.

SECTION 7.06. Change In Control. (a) The acquisition (other than from the Borrower) by any Person or any “group”, within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (excluding, for this purpose, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any employee

benefit plan of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 35% or more of either the then outstanding shares of common stock or the combined voting power of the Borrower’s then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or (b) individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the board of directors of the Borrower (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof, whose election, or nomination for election by the Borrower’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (other than an election or nomination of an individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the directors of the Borrower, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) shall be, for purposes of this provision, considered a member of the Incumbent Board.

SECTION 7.07. Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc. (a) A court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law and is not stayed.

(b) An involuntary case is commenced against the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of the property of the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries is involuntarily appointed; or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process is issued against any substantial part of the property of the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries; and the continuance of any such events in subpart (b) for 90 days unless dismissed, bonded or discharged.

SECTION 7.08. Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc. The Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; the making by the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries of any assignment for the benefit of creditors generally; or the inability or failure of the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries, or the admission by the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries in writing of its inability to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the Board of Directors of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) adopts any resolution or otherwise authorizes action to approve any of the foregoing; or

SECTION 7.09. Judgments and Attachments. Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process involving individually or at any one time in the aggregate an amount in excess of $200,000,000 (calculated net of insurance coverage, so long as such coverage has been accepted by the relevant insurance company or companies) shall be entered or filed against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed, as the case may be, for a period of 90 days or in any event later than five days prior to the date of any announced sale thereunder; or

SECTION 7.10. Involuntary Dissolution. Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries decreeing the dissolution or split up of the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of 60 days; or

SECTION 7.11. ERISA Event. (a) 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 a Material Adverse Effect;

THEN (i) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in the foregoing subsection 7.07 or 7.08, the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans and any fees and other amounts owing by the Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower and the obligation of each Lender to make any Loans shall thereupon terminate, and (ii) upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, as directed by the Required Lenders, may, by written notice to the Borrower, declare all of the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans and any fees and other amounts owing by the Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes to be, and the same shall forthwith become immediately, due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon, and the obligation of each Lender to make any Loan hereunder shall thereupon terminate. Nevertheless, if at any time within 60 days after acceleration of the maturity of the Loans the Borrower shall pay all arrears of interest and all payments on account of the principal which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on principal and, to the extent permitted by law, on overdue interest, at the rates specified in this Agreement or the Notes) and all other fees or expenses then owed hereunder and all Events of Default and Defaults (other than non-payment of principal of and accrued interest on the Loans and the Notes due and payable solely by virtue of acceleration) shall be remedied or waived pursuant to Section 9.02 hereof, then the Required Lenders by written notice to the Borrower may (in their sole discretion) rescind and annul the acceleration and its consequences; but such action shall not affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

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 by the Required Lenders, 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, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful 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, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, 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 its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it 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.

It is agreed that the Syndication Agent shall have no duties, responsibilities or liabilities hereunder in its capacity as such.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01. Notices. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone or as contemplated 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, as follows:

(a) if to any Loan Party, to the Borrower at:

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attention:

Elizabeth O’ Melia

Treasurer

(Telecopy No. ###-###-####)

with a copy to:

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attention:

Kenneth M. Vittor

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

(Telecopy No. (212) 512-4827)

(b) if to the Administrative Agent, to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

1111 Fannin, Floor 10

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Maryann Bui

(Telecopy No. (713) 750-2858)

with a copy to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

270 Park Avenue, 4th Floor

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Sharon Bazbaz

(Telecopy No. (212) 270-5127)

Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including e-mail and internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II or to certificates delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower (on behalf of the Loan Parties) 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. All such notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if not given during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient. All other notices and

communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt, provided that if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient. Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

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.

(b) 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 or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; 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 2.18(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender or (v) 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 and actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable and actual fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of 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 and actual 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 in connection with any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect thereof.

(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent 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 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 (iii) 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 resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Affiliates.

(c) 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, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such.

(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee or any other party hereto, 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 or the use of the proceeds thereof.

(e) The Borrower shall not be liable for any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements which

may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against an Indemnitee that is a Lender by another Lender or any entity which has purchased or otherwise acquired a participation in any Loan, Commitment or interest herein or in a Note of such Indemnitee to the extent such relate solely to or arise solely out of actions taken or not taken by the Indemnitee Lender in connection with matters that are of an “interbank nature”. To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in the preceding sentence may be unenforceable because it is violative of any law or public policy or otherwise, the Borrower shall contribute the maximum portion which it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law, to the payment and satisfaction of all indemnified liabilities incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them.

(f) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

(g) Each Loan Party agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to such Loan Party arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor.

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 paragraphs (e) and (f) 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.

(b) (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, 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 of all or any portion of a Competitive Loan 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 or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $10,000,000 or, in the case of a Competitive Loan, $1,000,000

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; (iii) 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, except that this clause (iii) shall not apply to rights in respect of outstanding Competitive Loans, (iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and (v) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its related parties) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws. Upon acceptance and recording pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, 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 Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance 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 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph 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 (e) of this Section.

(c) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount 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 absent manifest error, 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.

(d) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance 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 Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(e) 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 (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, 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 (f) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Lender shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 for the account of any Participant from such Lender to the extent that (i) such Lender would have been entitled to such benefits had it not sold a participation to such Participant and (ii) such Participant has suffered the same disadvantage as such Lender would have suffered had it not sold such participation. 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 this Agreement (the “Participant Register”). 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.

(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless (solely with respect to Sections 2.15 and 2.16) 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 2.17 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 2.17(f) as though it were a Lender.

(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any Federal Reserve Bank for such Lender as a party hereto.

SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties 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 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 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 or termination of 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 telecopy or e-mail 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 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 indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender 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 or any of its Affiliates, 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.

(b) Each Loan Party 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 any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) Each Loan Party 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.

(d) 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. (a) The Lenders shall hold all non-public information obtained pursuant to this Agreement which has been identified as such by the Borrower in accordance with their customary procedures for handling confidential information of this nature and in accordance with safe and sound banking practices and in any event may make disclosure reasonably required by any bona fide transferee or participant, or relevant credit default or swap counterparty, in connection with the contemplated transfer of any Note, Loan or Commitment or participation therein, to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates on a confidential basis or as required or requested by any governmental agency or representative thereof or pursuant to legal

process; provided that, unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender shall notify the Borrower of any request by any governmental agency or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with an examination of the financial condition of such Lender by such governmental agency) or request pursuant to legal process for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information so that either or both of them may seek an appropriate protective order; and further, provided that in no event shall any Lender be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

(c) ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.

SECTION 9.13. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (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.

ARTICLE X

Loan Guaranty

SECTION 10.01. Guaranty. Each Loan Guarantor hereby agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for, and, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to the Lenders and other holders of Obligations from time to time the prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of the Obligations and all costs and expenses including, without limitation, all

court costs and attorneys’ fees and expenses paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and such other holders in endeavoring to collect all or any part of the Obligations from, or in prosecuting any action against, the Borrower, any Loan Guarantor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Obligations (such costs and expenses, together with the Obligations, collectively the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Loan Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed in whole or in part without notice to or further assent from it, and that it remains bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any such extension or renewal.

SECTION 10.02. Guaranty of Payment. This Loan Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection. Each Loan Guarantor waives any right to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender or other holder of obligations to sue the Borrower, any Loan Guarantor, any other guarantor, or any other Person obligated for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (each, an “Obligated Party”), or otherwise to enforce its payment against any collateral securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.

SECTION 10.03. No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty. (a) Except as otherwise provided for herein, the obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge, termination, or otherwise affected by for any reason (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations), including: (i) any claim of waiver, release, extension, renewal, settlement, surrender, alteration, or compromise of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, by operation of law or otherwise; (ii) any waiver or modification of or supplement to any provision of any agreement relating to the Guaranteed Obligations; (iii) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other guarantor of or other person liable for any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting any Obligated Party, or their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of any Obligated Party; (v) any release, non-perfection, or invalidity of any indirect or direct security for the obligations of the Borrower for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any obligations of any other guarantor of or other person liable for any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which any Loan Guarantor may have at any time against any Obligated Party, the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other person, whether in connection herewith or in any unrelated transactions; (vii) the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or other holder of Obligations to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; (viii) any action or failure to act by the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any collateral securing any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (ix) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment or performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other circumstance, act, omission or delay that might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Loan Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Loan Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations).

(b) The obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder are not subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise, or

any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit payment by any Loan Guarantor, of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof.

SECTION 10.04. Rights of Subrogation. No Loan Guarantor will assert any right, claim or cause of action, including, without limitation, a claim of subrogation, contribution or indemnification that it has against any Obligated Party, or any collateral, until the Loan Parties and the Loan Guarantors have fully performed all their obligations to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

SECTION 10.05. Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration. If at any time any payment of any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of the Borrower or otherwise, each Loan Guarantor’s obligations under this Loan Guaranty with respect to that payment shall be reinstated at such time as though the payment had not been made and whether or not the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are in possession of this Loan Guaranty. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of any agreement relating to the Guaranteed Obligations shall nonetheless be payable by the Loan Guarantors forthwith on demand by the Lender.

SECTION 10.06. Maximum Liability. The provisions of this Loan Guaranty are severable, and in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Loan Guarantor under this Loan Guaranty would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of such Loan Guarantor’s liability under this Loan Guaranty, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Loan Guaranty to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by the Loan Guarantors or the Lenders, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding (such highest amount determined hereunder being the relevant Loan Guarantor’s “Maximum Liability”. Each Loan Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the Maximum Liability of each Loan Guarantor without impairing this Loan Guaranty or affecting the rights and remedies of the Lenders hereunder, provided that, nothing in this sentence shall be construed to increase any Loan Guarantor’s obligations hereunder beyond its Maximum Liability.

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.

THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC.



By:	/s/ Robert J. Bahash
	Name:	Robert J. Bahash
	Title:	Executive Vice President- Chief Financial Officer

STANDARD & POOR’S FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC, as Guarantor


By:	/s/ Elizabeth O’Melia
	Name:	Elizabeth O’Melia
	Title:	Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

MCGRAW-HILL 364-DAY

CREDIT AGREEMENT (2009)

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as a Lender


By:	/s/ Sharon Bazbaz
	Name:	Sharon Bazbaz
	Title:	Vice President

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent and as a Lender


By:	/s/ Prayes Majmudar
	Name:	Prayes Majmudar
	Title:	Vice President

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

	DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Documentation Agent and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Yvonne Tilden
	Name:	Yvonne Tilden
	Title:	Director

By:	/s/ Anca Trifan
	Name:	Anca Trifan
	Title:	Director

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a Documentation Agent and as a Lender


By:	/s/ Tyler J. McCarthy
	Name:	Tyler J. McCarthy
	Title:	Director

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

CITIBANK, N.A., as a Documentation Agent and as a Lender


By:	/s/ Humberto M. Salomon
	Name:	Humberto M. Salomon
	Title:	Vice President

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

MCGRAW-HILL 364-DAY

CREDIT AGREEMENT (2009)

Name of Institution:

THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF

THE BANK OF IRELAND



By:	/s/ Elaine Crowley
	Name:	Elaine Crowley
	Title:	Authorised Signatory



By:	/s/ Carla Ryan
	Name:	Carla Ryan
	Title:	Authorised Signatory

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

MCGRAW-HILL 364-DAY

CREDIT AGREEMENT (2009)

Name of Institution:

BARCLAYS BANK PLC



By:	/s/ Alicia Borys
	Name:	Alicia Borys
	Title:	Assistant Vice President

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

MCGRAW-HILL 364-DAY

CREDIT AGREEMENT (2009)

Name of Institution:

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA



By:	/s/ Brenda S. Insull
	Name:	Brenda S. Insull
	Title:	Authorised Signatory

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

MCGRAW-HILL 364-DAY

CREDIT AGREEMENT (2009)

Name of Institution:

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI

UFJ, LTD.



By:	/s/ Jose Carlos
	Name:	Jose Carlos
	Title:	Authorised Signatory

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

MCGRAW-HILL 364-DAY

CREDIT AGREEMENT (2009)

Name of Institution:

THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY



By:	/s/ Ashish S. Bhagwat
	Name:	Ashish S. Bhagwat
	Title:	Senior Vice President

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

MCGRAW-HILL 364-DAY

CREDIT AGREEMENT (2009)

Name of Institution:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION



By:	/s/ Susan Bader
	Name:	Susan Bader
	Title:	Vice President

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

MCGRAW-HILL 364-DAY

CREDIT AGREEMENT (2009)

Name of Institution:

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.



By:	/s/ Donald Schwartz
	Name:	Donald Schwartz
	Title:	Senior Vice President

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

MCGRAW-HILL 364-DAY

CREDIT AGREEMENT (2009)

Name of Institution:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON



By:	/s/ Thomas J. Tarasovich, Jr.
	Name:	Thomas J. Tarasovich, Jr.
	Title:	Vice President

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

MCGRAW-HILL 364-DAY

CREDIT AGREEMENT (2009)

Name of Institution:

MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.



By:	/s/ Melissa James
	Name:	Melissa James
	Title:	Authorized Signatory

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

MCGRAW-HILL 364-DAY

CREDIT AGREEMENT (2009)

Name of Institution:

UNION BANK, N.A.



By:	/s/ Erik Allen
	Name:	Erik Allen
	Title:	Vice President

[Signature page to McGraw-Hill 364-Day Credit Agreement]

Schedule 2.01

COMMITMENTS

NAME OF LENDER	COMMITMENT
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.	$45,000,000.00
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.	$45,000,000.00
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH	$40,000,000.00
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC	$40,000,000.00
CITIBANK, N.A.	$35,000,000.00
THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF IRELAND	$25,000,000.00
BARCLAYS BANK PLC	$25,000,000.00
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA	$25,000,000.00
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.	$25,000,000.00
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY	$25,000,000.00
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION	$25,000,000.00
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.	$25,000,000.00
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON	$21,666,666.67
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.	$16,666,666.67
UNION BANK, N.A.	$15,000,000.00
Total	$433,333,333.34

Schedule 3.01

MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES

Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC

Schedule 3.05

MATERIAL LITIGATION

None

Schedule 6.02

EXISTING LIENS

None

EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF]

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

Assignor:

______________________________

Assignee:

______________________________

[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]2]

Borrower(s):

______________________________

Administrative Agent:

______________________, as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement

Credit Agreement:

The 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of August 14, 2009 among The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., the Loan Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders parties thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan

2 Select as applicable.

Partners, LLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland, plc and Citibank, N.A., as Documentation Agents, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A, as Administrative Agent and the other agents parties thereto.

6.	Assigned Interest:

Facility Assigned	Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans for all Lenders	Principal Amount Assigned (and identifying information as to individual Competitive Loans)	Percentage Assigned of Facility/Commitment (set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Facility and the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders thereunder)
Commitment Assigned:	$	$	%
Revolving Loans:	$	$	%
Competitive Loans:	$	$	%
Term Loans:	$	$	%

Effective Date: _____________ ___, 20___ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

If the Assignee is not already a Lender under the Credit Agreement, the Assignee agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more Credit Contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Related Parties) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

The [Assignee/Assignor] shall pay the fee payable to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.04(b) of the Credit Agreement.

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

ASSIGNOR		ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]		[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]


By:		By:
	Name:		Name:
	Title:		Title:

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Consented to and Accepted:

THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC.


By:
	Name:
	Title:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent


By:
	Name:
	Title:

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ANNEX 1

to EXHIBIT A

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties.

1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of the Credit Agreement or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement.

1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of Section 2.17(f) of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy or e-mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Loan Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. ______________________ (the “Non-U.S. Lender”) is providing this certificate pursuant to Section 2.17(f) of the Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17(f) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (iii) it is not a “10-percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF LENDER]


By:
	Name:
	Title:

Date: _______, ___, 20[ ]

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17(f) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (iv) none of its partners/members is a “10-percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF LENDER]


By:
	Name:
	Title:

Date: _______, ___, 20[ ]

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[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17(f) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (iii) it is not a “10-percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Foreign Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Foreign Lender in writing (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Foreign Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]


By:
	Name:
	Title:

Date: _______, ___, 20[ ]

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[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17(f) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect to such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (iv) none of its partners/members is a “10-percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Foreign Lender with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Foreign Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Foreign Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]


By:
	Name:
	Title:

Date: _______, ___, 20[ ]

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF OPINION OF GENERAL COUNSEL OF BORROWER

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EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF]

JOINDER AGREEMENT

THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of __________, ____, 20__, is entered into between ________________________________, a _________________ (the “New Subsidiary”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) under that certain 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2009 among The McGraw-Hill Companies (the “Borrower”), the Loan Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent (as the same may be amended, modified, extended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.

The New Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, hereby agree as follows:

1. The New Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, the New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a “Loan Guarantor” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and shall have all of the obligations of a Loan Guarantor thereunder as if it had executed the Credit Agreement. The New Subsidiary hereby agrees to be bound by all of the guaranty obligations set forth in Article X of the Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 1, the New Subsidiary, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.06 of the Credit Agreement, hereby guarantees, jointly and severally with any other Loan Guarantor, to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as provided in Article X of the Credit Agreement, the prompt payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof and agrees that if any of the Guaranteed Obligations are not paid or performed in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise), the New Subsidiary will, jointly and severally together with any other Loan Guarantor, promptly pay and perform the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

2. If required, the New Subsidiary is, simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, executing and delivering such other documents and instruments as requested by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

3. The address of the New Subsidiary for purposes of Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement is as follows:

4. The New Subsidiary hereby waives acceptance by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the guaranty by the New Subsidiary upon the execution of this Agreement by the New Subsidiary.

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5. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

6. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer, and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, has caused the same to be accepted by its authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.

	[NEW SUBSIDIARY]

	By:
	Name:
	Title:

	Acknowledged and accepted:

	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent

	By:
	Name:
	Title:

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