Occidental Petroleum 10Q 2006 Q3 Quarterly report | OXY Filing

EXHIBIT 4.1

CONFORMED COPY

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of September 27, 2006

$1,500,000,000

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Co-Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication Agents,

BNP PARIBAS
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
as Co-Documentation Agents,

and

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Administrative Agent

[CS&M Ref. 6701-156]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

SECTION 1.01. Definitions	2
Accession Agreement	2
Accumulated Funding Deficiency	2
Addendum	2
Administrative Agent	2
Administrative Questionnaire	2
Affected Bank	2
Agents	2
Agreement	2
Allocable Share	2
Alternate Base Rate	3
Alternate Base Rate Loan	4
Applicable Facility Fee Percentage	4
Applicable Margin	5
Assenting Bank	5
Assessment Rate	5
Assignment and Acceptance	6
Bank and Banks	6
Bank Funding Default	6
Base CD Rate	6
Board	6
Borrowing	6
Borrowing Date	6
Business Day	6
Calendar Quarter	6
Capital Adequacy Change	6
Capital Adequacy Rule	7
Capital Securities	7
Certificate of Deposit Loan	7
Certificate of Deposit Rate	7
Code	7
Company	8
Competitive Bid	8
Competitive Bid Banks	8
Competitive Bid Rate	8
Competitive Bid Request	8
Competitive Borrowing	8
Competitive Loan	8

Competitive Notes and Competitive Note	8
Confidential Information	8
Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth	8
Consolidated Debt	8
Consolidated Funded Debt	9
Consolidated Short-Term Borrowings	9
Consolidated Subsidiary	9
Co-Documentation Agents	9
Declining Banks	9
Dollar	9
Domestic Loans and Domestic Loan	9
Domestic Loan and Domestic Loan	9
Effective Date	9
Eligible Assignee	9
Employee Benefit Plan	9
ERISA	9
Eurodollar Loan	9
Eurodollar Rate	10
Event of Default	10
Excepted Subsidiary	10
Existing Credit Agreement	10
Existing Maturity Date	10
Facility Fee	10
Fees	10
Fixed Rate Loan	10
Funded Debt	10
Increase Effective Date	11
Increased Cost Change	11
Indebtedness	11
Indemnified Liabilities	12
Indemnitees and Indemnitee	12
Index Debt	12
Interest Payment Date	12
Interest Period	13
Interest Rate	13
Issuing Bank	13
Issuing Bank Fee	13
LC Disbursement	13
LC Exposure	13
LC Participation Fee	13
Letter of Credit	13
Lien	13
Loans and Loan	14
Managing Agents	14
Margin	14
Maturity Date	14

Moody’s	14
Multiemployer Plan	14
Note	14
Officers’ Certificate	14
Participants and Participant	14
PBGC	14
Person	14
Plan	14
Plan Administrator	15
Plan Sponsor	15
Prohibited Transaction	15
Proportional Share	15
Reference Banks	15
Reference Bank	15
Refinancing Loan	15
Register	15
Regulation D	15
Regulation U	15
Regulation X	16
Related Person	16
Replacement Lender	16
Reportable Event	16
Required Banks	16
Revolving Credit Borrowing	16
Revolving Credit Borrowing Request	16
Revolving Credit Commitment	16
Revolving Credit Commitments	16
Revolving Credit Exposure	16
Revolving Credit Loan	17
Revolving Credit Notes and Revolving Credit Note	17
Short-Term Borrowing	17
Specified Subsidiary	17
S&P	17
Statutory Reserves	17
Subsequent Borrowings	17
Subsidiary	18
Syndication Agent	18
Tangible Net Worth	18
Taxes	18
Term Federal Funds Loan	18
Term Federal Funds Rate	18
Total Commitment	18
Transferee	18
Unmatured Event of Default	18
USA Patriot Act	19
Utilization Fee	19

Voting Securities	19
SECTION 1.02. Accounting Terms	19

ARTICLE II

LOAN AND LETTER OF CREDIT PROVISIONS

SECTION 2.01. Revolving Credit Commitments; Procedure for Requests	19
SECTION 2.02. Competitive Loans; Procedure for Requests	20
SECTION 2.03. Letters of Credit.	23
SECTION 2.04. General Terms Relating to the Loans	27
SECTION 2.05. Notes	28
SECTION 2.06. Refinancings	29
SECTION 2.07. Fees	29
SECTION 2.08. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances	31
SECTION 2.09. Pro Rata Treatment.	36
SECTION 2.10. Payments	37
SECTION 2.11. Payments on Business Days	37
SECTION 2.12. Net Payments	37
SECTION 2.13. Failed and Credit-Impaired Banks; Declining Banks	40

ARTICLE III

INTEREST PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.01. Interest on Loans	42
SECTION 3.02. Interest on Overdue Amounts	43
SECTION 3.03. Inability to Determine Certificate of Deposit Rate, Term Federal Funds Rate or Eurodollar Rate	44
SECTION 3.04. Indemnity	45
SECTION 3.05. Rate Determination Conclusive	46

ARTICLE IV

REDUCTION, TERMINATION, INCREASE OR EXTENSION OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS

SECTION 4.01. Reduction, Termination, Increase or Extension of the Total Commitment	46
SECTION 4.02. Prepayments	49
SECTION 4.03. Required Termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments and Prepayment	49

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 5.01. Representations and Warranties of the Company	52
(a) Company’s Organization; Corporate Power	52
(b) Domestic Specified Subsidiaries; Organization; Corporate Power	52
(c) Company’s Corporate Authority; No Conflict	53
(d) Valid and Binding Obligations of the Company	53
(e) Company’s Financial Condition	53
(f) Litigation with Respect to the Company or Its Subsidiaries	54
(g) Regulatory Approvals with Respect to This Agreement	54
(h) ERISA	54
(i) Investment Company Act	55
(k) Regulation U; Regulation X	55
(l) Company’s Tax Returns and Tax Liability	55
(m) Environmental and Public and Employee Health and Safety Matters	55
(n) True and Complete Disclosure	56

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS

SECTION 6.01. Affirmative Covenants of the Company	56
(a) Reports, Certificates and Other Information	56
(i) Interim Reports	56
(ii) Annual Reports	57
(iii) Officers’ Certificates	57
(iv) Accountants’ Certificates	57
(v) Reports to SEC and to Stockholders	57
(vi) Officers’ Certificates as to Status of Excepted Subsidiaries	58
(viii) Notice of Default	58
(viii) USA Patriot Act	58
(ix) Other Information	58
(b) Taxes	59
(c) Preservation of Corporate Existence, etc.	59
(d) Inspections; Discussions	59
(e) Books and Records	59
(f) Maintenance of Properties	59
(g) Maintenance of Insurance	60
(i) Compliance with Laws, etc	60
(j) Delivery of Certain Documentation with Respect to Plans	60
(k) Contributions to Plans	60
(l) Use of Proceeds	61

SECTION 6.02. Negative Covenants of the Company	61
(a) Mergers, Consolidations, Sales	61
(b) Restrictions on Liens	61
(c) Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback Transactions	62
(d) Restriction on Consolidated Debt	63
(f) Change in Control	63

ARTICLE VII

CONDITIONS OF CREDIT

SECTION 7.01. Conditions to Effectiveness of Commitments	63
SECTION 7.02. Conditions Precedent to All Extensions of Credit	65

ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 8.01. Events of Default

ARTICLE IX

THE AGENTS, THE MANAGING AGENTS,
THE BANKS AND THE ISSUING BANK

SECTION 9.01. Appointment and Powers of the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agents	68
SECTION 9.02. Exculpatory Provisions	69
SECTION 9.04. Notice of Default	69
SECTION 9.05. Indemnification	70
SECTION 9.06. Nonreliance on the Agents, the Managing Agents and Other Banks	70
SECTION 9.07. The Agents and the Managing Agents in Their Individual Capacities	71
SECTION 9.08. Excess Payments	71
SECTION 9.09. Obligations Several	71
SECTION 9.10. Resignation by any Agent or Managing Agent	71
SECTION 9.11. Titles	72

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 10.01. No Waiver; Modifications in Writing	72
SECTION 10.02. Confidentiality	73
SECTION 10.03. Notices, etc.	74

SECTION 10.04. Costs, Expenses and Taxes	74
SECTION 10.05. Confirmations	75
SECTION 10.06. Successors and Assigns; Participations	75
SECTION 10.07. Indemnification	79
SECTION 10.08. Reference Banks	81
SECTION 10.09. USA Patriot Act	81
SECTION 10.10. Headings	81
SECTION 10.11. Circumstances Requiring Consultation	81
SECTION 10.12. Execution in Counterparts	82
SECTION 10.13. GOVERNING LAW	82
SECTION 10.14. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	82
SECTION 10.15. Severability of Provisions	83
SECTION 10.16. Waiver of Certain Provisions Under the Existing Credit Agreement	83
SECTION 10.17. Procedures Relating to Addendum	83
SECTION 10.18. Maximum Interest	84
SECTION 10.19. Special Termination Provision	84
SECTION 10.20. No Fiduciary Relationship	84

Schedules

I	Revolving Credit Commitments
II	Addresses, Telecopier and Telephone Numbers

Exhibits

A-1	Form of Competitive Note
A-2	Form of Revolving Credit Note
B	Form of Competitive Bid Request
C	Form of Notice of Competitive Bid Request
D	Form of Competitive Bid
E	Form of Revolving Credit Borrowing Request
F	Form of Section 7.01(c) Certificate
G	Form of Assignment and Acceptance
H	Form of Opinion of Linda S. Peterson, Esq., Counsel to the Company
I	Form of Opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Special Counsel to the Agents
J	Form of Addendum
K	Form of Administrative Questionnaire

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 27, 2006, is among OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”); the Banks (as defined below); JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and CITIBANK, N.A., as co-syndication agents (hereinafter, in such capacity, together with any successors thereto in such capacity, the “Syndication Agents”); BNP PARIBAS, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., BARCLAYS BANK PLC, and THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as co-documentation agents (hereinafter, in such capacity, together with any successor to either thereof in such capacity, the “Documentation Agents”); THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as administrative agent (hereinafter, in such capacity, together with any successor thereto in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”);THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH, sucessor by merger to UFJ Bank Limited, as senior managing agent (hereinafter, in such capacity, the “Senior Managing Agent”); and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK, CREDIT SUISSE, NEW YORK BRANCH, MELLON BANK, N.A., MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD., MORGAN STANLEY BANK, SOCIETE GENERALE, UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as managing agents (hereinafter, in such capacity, the “Managing Agents”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS the Company has requested the Banks to provide a $1,500,000,000 committed credit facility for general corporate purposes, pursuant to which the Company may borrow from the Banks pro rata on a revolving credit basis from time to time on and after the Effective Date and prior to the Maturity Date;

WHEREAS the Company has requested the Banks to make up to $350,000,000 of such committed credit facility available in the form of letters of credit issued for the account of the Company;

WHEREAS the Company has requested the Banks to provide an uncommitted credit facility pursuant to which the Company may invite Banks from time to time designated by it to bid on a competitive basis to make short-term loans to the Company;

WHEREAS the Company has also requested the Banks to establish procedures pursuant to which the Company may request that (i) the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments be increased from time to time by an amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000 in the aggregate for all such increases and (ii) the Maturity Date be extended prior to any anniversary of the date hereof for an additional period of one year; and

WHEREAS the Banks are willing to provide such credit facilities to the Company on the terms and conditions herein set forth;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

SECTION 1.01. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, and unless the context requires a different meaning, the following terms have the meanings indicated below in this Section 1.01 (the meanings given to terms defined herein being equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms); provided that capitalized terms used in Sections 6.02(b) and 6.02(c) hereof and defined in Schedule 1.01 hereto shall have the meanings indicated in such Schedule 1.01:

“Accession Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(b)(i).

“Accumulated Funding Deficiency” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 412 of the Code.

“Addendum” means an instrument, substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto.

“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto, which each Bank shall complete and provide to the Administrative Agent.

“Affected Bank” means, respectively, (i) any Bank or Participant affected by the events described in Section 2.08(a), Section 2.08(b), Section 2.08(f) or Section 2.12 hereof, (ii) any Bank affected by the events described in Section 2.13 hereof, or (iii) any Bank affected by the events described in Section 4.03(a) hereof, as the case may be, but only for any period during which such Bank or Participant shall be affected by such events.

“Agents” means, collectively, the Syndication Agents, the Administrative Agent and the Documentation Agents.

“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement, as the same may at any time be amended or modified and in effect.

“Allocable Share” means, when used with reference to any Assenting Bank at the time any determination thereof is to be made, (a) in the case of the Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans of an Affected Bank, a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Assenting Bank at such time and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all

Assenting Banks at such time (or such other amount of such Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans as the Company and the Assenting Banks shall agree), and (b) in the case of the Competitive Loans, if any, of an Affected Bank, the outstanding principal amount thereof, divided among the Assenting Banks in such proportion as the Company and such Assenting Banks shall agree.

“Alternate Base Rate” means for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Base CD Rate in effect on such day plus 1% per annum, and (c) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect for such day plus 1/2 of 1% per annum.

For purposes hereof, “Prime Rate” means the rate per annum announced by the Administrative Agent from time to time as its base rate in effect at its principal office in the City of New York; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change is announced as effective.

For purposes hereof, “Base CD Rate” means the sum of (a) the product of (i) the Average Weekly Three-Month Secondary CD Rate and (ii) Statutory Reserves plus (b) the Assessment Rate; “Average Weekly Three-Month Secondary CD Rate” means the secondary market rate (“Secondary CD Rate”) for three-month certificates of deposit (secondary market) of major United States money center banks for the most recent weekly period ending Friday reported in the Federal Reserve Statistical release entitled “Selected Interest Rates” (currently publication H.15) or any successor publication released during the week for which the Secondary CD Rate is being determined. The Secondary CD Rate so reported shall be in effect, for the purpose of this definition, for each day of the week in which the release date of such publication occurs. If such publication or a substitute containing the foregoing rate information is not published by the Board for any week, such average rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent on the first Business Day of the week succeeding such week for which such rate information is not published on the basis of bids quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day to the Administrative Agent by three New York City negotiable certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing for the sale of secondary market Dollar certificates of deposit with remaining maturities of approximately three months issued by the United States offices of major United States money center banks. Any change in the Base CD Rate due to a change in the Average Weekly Three-Month Secondary CD Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Average Weekly Three-Month Secondary CD Rate.

For purposes hereof, “Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, an interest rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates in effect on such day for overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

For purposes hereof, any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such

change in the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, as the case may be. If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain either the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, or both such Interest Rates, for any reason, including, without limitation, the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient bids or publications in accordance with the terms hereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be the higher of the Prime Rate and such other rate, if any, referred to in the definition of Alternate Base Rate that the Administrative Agent is able to ascertain until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist.

“Alternate Base Rate Loan” means any Loan with respect to which the Interest Rate is based on the Alternate Base Rate.

“Applicable Facility Fee Percentage” means, on any date, the applicable percentage set forth below based upon the ratings applicable on such date to Index Debt:

	PERCENTAGE
LEVEL 1
A+ or better by S&P A1 or better by Moody’s	.045%
LEVEL 2
A by S&P A2 by Moody’s	.050%
LEVEL 3
A- by S&P A3 by Moody’s	.060%
LEVEL 4
BBB+ by S&P Baa1 by Moody’s	.070%
LEVEL 5
BBB or lower by S&P Baa2 or lower by Moody’s	.090%

Percentage 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 S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Company and the Banks (acting through the Syndication Agents) shall negotiate in good faith to amend the references to specific ratings in this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the non-availability of ratings from such rating agency.

“Applicable Margin” means, on any date, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, Certificate of Deposit Loan, Term Federal Funds Loan or Alternate Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, the applicable spread set forth below based upon the ratings applicable on such date to Index Debt:

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
S&P	A+ or better	A	A-	BBB+	BBB or below
Moody’s	A1 or better	A2	A3	Baa1	Baa2 or below
Eurodollar	.105%	.150%	.190%	.230%	.310%
Certificate of Deposit	.255%	.300%	.340%	.380%	.460%
Term Federal Funds	.505%	.550%	.590%	.630%	.710%
Alternate Base Rate	0	0	0	0	0

For purposes hereof, (i) if the ratings established (or deemed to have been established, as provided in clause (ii) below) by Moody’s and S&P shall fall within different Levels, the rating in the inferior Level shall be disregarded, unless one of the ratings is below Level 4, in which case the Applicable Margin will be based on the inferior of the two Levels, (ii) if Moody’s or S&P shall not have in effect a rating for Index Debt (other than (a) because such rating agency shall no longer be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations or (b) as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), then such rating agency will be deemed to have established a rating for Index Debt in Level 5 and (iii) if any rating established (or deemed to have been established, as provided in clause (ii) above) by Moody’s or S&P shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first publicly announced by the applicable rating agency. Each change in the Applicable Margin 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 S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Company and the Banks (acting through the Syndication Agents) shall negotiate in good faith to amend the references to specific ratings in this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the non-availability of ratings from such rating agency.

“Assenting Bank” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.08(e)(ii) hereof.

“Assessment Rate” means, for any date, the rate per annum (expressed as a percentage and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000 of one percent) which is equal to the arithmetic average (determined by the Administrative Agent) of the then current net annual assessment rate that will be employed in determining amounts payable by JPMorgan Chase

Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A. to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) (or any successor) for insurance by the FDIC (or such successor) of time deposits made in Dollars or, in the event that the Administrative Agent is unable to obtain such net annual assessment rates from both JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., the rate per annum (expressed as a percentage and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000 of one percent) which is equal to such current net annual assessment rate of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. or Citibank, N.A., as the case may be.

“Assignment and Acceptance” means an instrument substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto.

“Bank” and “Banks” mean, respectively, (i) each bank or financial institution (other than the Issuing Bank in its capacity as such) which becomes a party to this Agreement by signing on the signature pages hereto, by signing an Addendum or pursuant to Section 10.06(c) hereof, and (ii) all such banks and financial institutions.

“Bank Funding Default” means any failure by the Company to repay any portion of a Loan which otherwise would have been repaid in accordance with the second sentence of Section 2.06 hereof from proceeds of a new Loan or Loans, which failure is attributable solely to the failure of any Bank to make available all or any portion of the new Loan or Loans to be made by such Bank pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof.

“Base CD Rate” has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of the term Alternate Base Rate.

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

“Borrowing” means a borrowing by the Company from the Banks (or any of them) pursuant to this Agreement (including any such borrowing made as a result of the operation of Section 2.06, Section 2.08(e)(ii), Section 2.08(e)(iii), Section 2.12(c)(i), Section 2.13(i), Section 4.03(b)(ii), or Section 4.03(b)(iii) hereof, as the case may be).

“Borrowing Date” means the date on which a Borrowing is, or is to be, consummated, as the context may indicate.

“Business Day” means any day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State of New York or the State of California and on which (i) banks and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are open for business in New York City, and (ii) banks are open for business in California; provided, however, that when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London Interbank Market.

“Calendar Quarter” means a calendar quarter ending on the last day of any March, June, September or December.

“Capital Adequacy Change” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.08(b) hereof.

“Capital Adequacy Rule” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.08(b) hereof.

“Capital Securities” means, with respect to the Company, (i) mandatorily redeemable capital trust securities of trusts which are Subsidiaries and the subordinated debentures of the Company in which the proceeds of the issuance of such capital trust securities are invested, which securities and debentures have an initial final maturity of at least thirty years, have no scheduled amortization prior to maturity and, in the case of the debentures, allow for the deferral of interest payments for up to five years and have been subordinated to all other indebtedness of the Company and (ii) other securities whose basic structure and terms are similar to those described in (i) which qualify as tier 1 capital under the capital adequacy rules and guidelines of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board applicable to U.S. bank holding companies; provided, however, that in the case of (i) and (ii), such capital securities are accounted for on the financial statements of the Company as a minority interest, Company-Obligated Mandatorily Redeemable Trust Preferred Securities of Subsidiary Trust Holding Solely Subordinated Notes of the Company, or similar balance sheet designation not included in liabilities.

“Certificate of Deposit Loan” means any Loan with respect to which the Company shall have selected an Interest Rate based on the Certificate of Deposit Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II hereof.

“Certificate of Deposit Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to any Certificate of Deposit Loan, an interest rate per annum (expressed as a percentage and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000 of one percent) equal to the sum of (a) the product of (i) the Fixed Certificate of Deposit Rate in effect for such Interest Period and (ii) Statutory Reserves, plus (b) the Assessment Rate.

For purposes hereof, “Fixed Certificate of Deposit Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to any Certificate of Deposit Loan, the arithmetic average (expressed as a percentage and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000 of one percent) as determined (subject to Section 10.08 hereof) by the Administrative Agent on the basis of quotations, if any, received by the Administrative Agent from the Reference Banks of the arithmetic average (expressed as a percentage and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000 of one percent) of the prevailing rates per annum bid at or about 10:00 a.m., New York City time, to the Reference Banks on the first Business Day of the Interest Period applicable to such Certificate of Deposit Loan by three New York City negotiable certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by each such Reference Bank for the purchase at face value of negotiable primary Dollar certificates of deposit of such Reference Bank in an amount approximately equal to such Reference Bank’s portion of the principal amount of the Revolving Credit Borrowing of which such Certificate of Deposit Loan forms a part (or, in the case of a Competitive Loan, a principal amount that would have been such Reference Bank’s portion of the Revolving Credit Borrowing had such Competitive Borrowing been a Revolving Credit Borrowing) and with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.

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

“Commitment Increase” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(b)(i).

“Company” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

“Competitive Bid” means an offer by a Competitive Bid Bank to make a Competitive Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof.

“Competitive Bid Banks” means those Banks from time to time designated by the Company, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, as Competitive Bid Banks entitled to submit Competitive Bids pursuant to Section 2.02(c) hereof.

“Competitive Bid Rate” means, as to any Competitive Bid made by a Bank pursuant to Section 2.02(c) hereof, (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Loan or a Certificate of Deposit Loan, the Margin, and (b) in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan, the fixed rate of interest offered by the Bank making such Competitive Bid.

“Competitive Bid Request” means a request made pursuant to Section 2.02(a) hereof substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

“Competitive Borrowing” means, as the case may be, (a) a Borrowing consisting of a Competitive Loan from a Competitive Bid Bank whose Competitive Bid, accepted by the Company, is equal to the entire amount of such Borrowing, or (b) a Borrowing consisting of concurrent Competitive Loans from each of the Competitive Bid Banks whose Competitive Bid as a part of such Borrowing has been accepted by the Company, in each case pursuant to the bidding procedure described in Section 2.02 hereof.

“Competitive Loan” means a Loan from a Competitive Bid Bank to the Company pursuant to the bidding procedure described in Section 2.02 hereof.

“Competitive Notes” and “Competitive Note” mean, respectively, (a) the promissory notes of the Company substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, issued pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement, as such promissory notes may be amended or modified and in effect, and (b) a single such promissory note.

“Confidential Information” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.02 hereof.

“Consenting Bank” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(c).

“Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth” means the total of the Tangible Net Worth of the Company and its Specified Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, after eliminating all inter-company items.

“Consolidated Debt” means the sum of, without duplication (i) Consolidated Funded Debt, including that portion of Consolidated Funded Debt maturing within one year from

the date of such determination, (ii) Consolidated Short-Term Borrowings and (iii) obligations reflected for financial reporting purposes as deferred credits for revenue from sales of future production of the Company and its Specified Subsidiaries; provided, however, that Consolidated Debt shall in no event include any Capital Securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Consolidated Funded Debt” means the total of all Funded Debt of the Company and its Specified Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, after eliminating all inter-company items.

“Consolidated Short-Term Borrowings” means the total of all Short-Term Borrowings of the Company and its Specified Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, after eliminating all inter-company items.

“Consolidated Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company included in the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

“Declining Bank” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(c).

“Documentation Agents” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

“Dollars” and the symbol “$” mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

“Domestic Loans” and “Domestic Loan” mean, respectively, (a) any Loans during any period in which such Loans bear Interest Rates determined with reference to the Alternate Base Rate, the Certificate of Deposit Rate or the Term Federal Funds Rate, as the case may be, and (b) a single such Loan during any such period.

“Effective Date” means the date upon which the conditions of Section 7.01 shall have been satisfied. The Effective Date is September 27, 2006.

“Eligible Assignee” means a commercial bank having total assets in excess of $8,000,000,000 or any other financial institution mutually acceptable to the Company and the Administrative Agent.

“Employee Benefit Plan” has the meaning assigned to the term “employee benefit plan” in Section 3(3) of ERISA.

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

“Eurodollar Loan” means any Loan with respect to which the Company shall have selected an Interest Rate based on the Eurodollar Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II hereof.

“Eurodollar Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum which is equal to the arithmetic average (as determined by the Administrative Agent (subject to Section 10.08 hereof) on the basis of quotations, if any, received by the Administrative Agent from the Reference Banks, with such average expressed as a percentage and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000 of one percent) of the average rate per annum at which each Reference Bank is offered deposits in Dollars by prime banks in the London Interbank Eurodollar market as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the day which is two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period, for settlement on the first day of such Interest Period and for the approximate number of days comprised therein, in an amount comparable to the amount of such Reference Bank’s portion of the principal amount of the Revolving Credit Borrowing of which such Eurodollar Loan forms a part (or, in the case of a Competitive Loan, a principal amount that would have been such Reference Bank’s portion of the Revolving Credit Borrowing had such Competitive Borrowing been a Revolving Credit Borrowing).

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.01 hereof.

“Excepted Subsidiary” means (a) effective as of the date of the Officers’ Certificate hereinafter referred to, any Subsidiary of the Company which has been designated as an Excepted Subsidiary after the Effective Date by an Officers’ Certificate and has not been withdrawn from status as an Excepted Subsidiary by a subsequent Officers’ Certificate effective as of the date of such subsequent Officers’ Certificate; provided that no Subsidiary of the Company may be designated as an Excepted Subsidiary unless, immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Company could become liable with respect to at least $1.00 of additional Funded Debt in compliance with Section 6.02(d) hereof and (b) every Subsidiary of one or more Excepted Subsidiaries.

“Existing Credit Agreement” means the Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 18, 2004, among the Company, the banks party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, BNP Paribas, Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of America, N.A. and the Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent, as amended or amended and restated to the date hereof.

“Existing Maturity Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(c).

“Facility Fee” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.07(a) hereof.

“Fees” means the Facility Fee, the LC Participation Fees, the Issuing Bank Fees and the Utilization Fee.

“Fixed Rate Loan” means any Competitive Loan made by a Bank pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof based upon a fixed rate per annum offered by such Bank (expressed as a percentage to 1/10,000 of one percent) and accepted by the Company.

“Funded Debt” means, with respect to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person (a) maturing one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, (b) directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any

instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and (c) under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more, even though such Indebtedness may also conform to the definition of Short-Term Borrowing.

“Increase Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(b)(ii).

“Increased Cost Change” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.08(a) hereof.

“Increasing Bank” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(b)(i).

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, as of the date on which Indebtedness is to be determined, (a) all items (except items of capital stock or of surplus or of deferred credits and other liabilities combined with deferred credits for financial reporting purposes or minority interests in Subsidiaries of such Person) which in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied in the preparation of the financial statements of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries would be included in determining total liabilities as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet of such Person, (b) all indebtedness secured by any mortgage on, or other security interest in, any property or asset owned or held by such Person subject thereto, whether or not the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person and (c) all indebtedness of others which such Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), discounted with recourse, agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or repurchase or otherwise acquire, or in respect of which such Person has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable. For the purpose of computing the Indebtedness of any Person, there shall be excluded any particular Indebtedness which meets one or more of the following categories:

(i) Indebtedness with respect to which sufficient cash or cash equivalents or securities shall have been deposited in trust to provide for the full payment, redemption or satisfaction of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest to accrue on, such Indebtedness to the stated maturity thereof or to the date of prepayment thereof, as the case may be, and as a result of such deposit such particular Indebtedness, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, shall no longer be required to be reported on a balance sheet of such Person as a liability, and such cash or cash equivalents or securities shall not be required to be reported as an asset;

(ii) Indebtedness which is not classified as Indebtedness under clause (a) of the definition of Indebtedness and (x) which arises from any commitment of such Person relating to pipeline operations to pay for property or services substantially without regard to the non-delivery of such property or the non-furnishing of such services or (y) which is Indebtedness of a partnership, joint venture or similar entity less than a majority of the equity interest of which is at the time owned by such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or, if

such Person is a Subsidiary of the Company, by such Person and either the Company or one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company or by such Person and the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company and which is payable solely out of the property or assets owned or held by such partnership, joint venture or similar entity or is secured by a mortgage on, or other security interest in, the property or assets owned or held by such partnership, joint venture or similar entity, in either case without any further recourse to or liability of such Person; or

(iii) Indebtedness which is not classified as Indebtedness under clause (a) of the definition of Indebtedness and which is payable solely out of certain property or assets of such Person, or is secured by a mortgage on, or other security interest in, certain property or assets owned or held by such Person, in either case without any further recourse to or liability of such Person, to the extent such Indebtedness exceeds (x) if such Person records such property or assets on its books, the value for such property or assets recorded on such books or (y) if such Person does not record such property or assets on its books, (1) if such Indebtedness is a general obligation of the entity which does record such property or assets on its books, the net investment in or advances to such entity as recorded on the books of such Person or (2) if such Indebtedness is payable solely out of certain property or assets of such entity, the lesser of the value for such property or assets recorded on the books of such entity or the net investment in or advances to such entity as recorded on the books of such Person, in each case determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.07 hereof.

“Indemnitees” and “Indemnitee” have the respective meanings assigned to those terms in Section 10.07 hereof.

“Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, non-credit-enhanced, publicly-held, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company.

“Initial Loans” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(b)(ii).

“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to Alternate Base Rate Loans, the last day of each Calendar Quarter, commencing with the first of such dates to occur after the date of this Agreement, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, Certificate of Deposit Loan or Term Federal Funds Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of a Eurodollar Loan or a Certificate of Deposit Loan with an Interest Period of 6 months or 180 days, respectively, also the day that would have been the Interest Payment Date for such Loan had an Interest Period of 3 months or 90 days, respectively, been applicable to such Loan, and (c) in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan with an Interest Period of more than 90 days, each day within such Interest Period that would have been an Interest Payment Date had such Loan been a series of consecutive Fixed Rate Loans with 90-day Interest Periods.

“Interest Period” means (a) as to any Eurodollar Loan, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or if there is no such corresponding day, the last day) in the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months later, as the Company may elect, (b) as to any Certificate of Deposit Loan, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan and ending 30, 60, 90 or 180 days later, as the Company may elect, (c) as to any Term Federal Funds Loan, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan and ending 7 days later, (d) as to any Alternate Base Rate Loan, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan and ending 90 days later or, if earlier, on the date of prepayment of such Loan, and (e) as to any Fixed Rate Loan, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan and ending on the date specified in the Competitive Bid accepted by the Company with respect to such Fixed Rate Loan, which period shall not be less than 8 days or more than 360 days; provided, however, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day which shall not be a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, with respect to Eurodollar Loans only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and (ii) no Interest Period may be selected that ends later than the Maturity Date.

“Interest Rate” means the rate or rates of interest to be determined as provided in Article III hereof.

“Issuing Bank” means The Bank of Nova Scotia, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.03(i). The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such affiliate.

“Issuing Bank Fee” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.07(b) hereof.

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

“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company at such time. The LC Exposure of any Bank at any time shall be its Proportional Share of the total LC Exposure at such time.

“LC Participation Fee” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.07(b) hereof.

“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

“Lien” means and includes any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar encumbrance.

“Loans” and “Loan” mean, respectively, (a) all loans made by the Banks or Competitive Bid Banks or a single Bank or Competitive Bid Bank (as the context may indicate) to the Company pursuant to this Agreement (including any such loan made as a result of the operation of Section 2.06, Section 2.08(e)(ii), Section 2.08(e)(iii), Section 2.12(c)(i), Section 2.13(i), Section 4.03(b)(ii) or Section 4.03(b)(iii) hereof, as the case may be), and (b) a single such loan made by any Bank or Competitive Bid Bank.

“Managing Agents” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement. For purposes hereof, any reference to “Managing Agent”, other than in the introduction, means, collectively, the Senior Managing Agent and the Managing Agents.

“Margin” means, as to any Competitive Bid relating to a Eurodollar Loan or a Certificate of Deposit Loan, the margin (expressed as a percentage rate per annum and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000 of one percent) to be added to or subtracted from the Eurodollar Rate or the Certificate of Deposit Rate, as applicable, to determine the interest rate offered by such Competitive Bid Bank with respect to such Eurodollar Loan or Certificate of Deposit Loan.

“Maturity Date” means (i) the earlier of September 27, 2011, or the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or (ii) such later date to which the Maturity Date may be extended in accordance with the terms of Section 4.01(c).

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.

“Multiemployer Plan” has the meaning assigned to the term “multiemployer plan” in Section 3(37) of ERISA.

“Note” means a Competitive Note or a Revolving Credit Note executed and delivered by the Company as provided in Section 2.05 hereof.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate executed on behalf of the Company by its President or one of its Vice Presidents and by one of its other Vice Presidents or its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers or its Controller or one of its Assistant Controllers.

“Participants” and “Participant” mean, respectively, (a) the banks and other entities referred to in Section 10.06(b) hereof, and (b) any one of such banks or other entities.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA.

“Person” means a corporation, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a government or a political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

“Plan” means (a) with respect to the Company, any plan described in Section 4021(a) of ERISA and not excluded pursuant to Section 4021(b) thereof, under which the Company or any Related Person to the Company has contributed, and (b) with respect to any

other Person, any employee benefit plan or other plan established or maintained by such Person for the benefit of such Person?’s employees and to which Title IV of ERISA applies.

“Plan Administrator” has the meaning assigned to the term “administrator” in Section 3(16)(A) of ERISA.

“Plan Sponsor” has the meaning assigned to the term “plan sponsor” in Section 3(16)(B) of ERISA.

“Prohibited Transaction” has the respective meanings assigned to that term in Section 975 of the Code and in Section 406 of ERISA.

“Proportional Share” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made and when used with reference to any Bank and any described aggregate or total amount, an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying such described aggregate or total amount by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time and the denominator of which shall be the Total Commitment at such time; provided, however, that if prior to the time of such determination the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof, any determination of Proportional Share shall be based upon the amounts of Revolving Credit Commitments and Total Commitment in effect immediately prior to such termination.

“Reference Banks” and “Reference Bank” mean, respectively, (a) the following Persons: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia, and Citibank, N.A., or any other Person hereafter appointed as a Reference Bank pursuant to Section 10.08 hereof, and (b) any one of such Persons.

“Refinancing Loan” means (A) any Revolving Credit Loan (i) which is made on the date of repayment of any other Revolving Credit Loan and (ii) all of the proceeds of which are applied, in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, to the repayment of such other Revolving Credit Loan, and (B) any Revolving Credit Loan (i) which is made on the date of prepayment of any ther Revolving Credit Loan and (ii) all of the proceeds of which are applied, in accordance with Section 4.02 hereof, to the prepayment of such other Revolving Credit Loan. A Refinancing Loan may be a Eurodollar Loan, a Certificate of Deposit Loan, a Term Federal Funds Loan (except that a Term Federal Funds Loan may not be refinanced with another Term Federal Funds Loan), an Alternate Base Rate Loan, or a combination thereof, irrespective of whether the Loan or Loans being refinanced with the proceeds of such Refinancing Loan were bearing interest based upon the same or a different interest rate basis as such Refinancing Loan.

“Register” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.06(e) hereof.

“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board, as the same may at any time be amended or modified and in effect.

“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board, as the same may at any time be amended or modified and in effect.

“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board, as the same may at any time be amended or modified and in effect.

“Related Person” means, with respect to any Person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which, together with such Person, is under common control as described in Section 414(c) of the Code.

“Replacement Lender” means a lending institution designated by the Company pursuant to Section 2.08(e)(iv), Section 2.12(c)(ii), Section 2.13(ii), or Section 4.03(b)(iv) hereof, which, at the time of such designation, is not a Bank.

“Reportable Event” means a “reportable event” described in Section 4043(b) of ERISA.

“Required Banks” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, Banks whose Revolving Credit Commitments aggregate at least 51% of the Total Commitment, or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof, Banks whose Revolving Credit Commitments immediately prior to such termination aggregated at least 51% of the Total Commitment immediately prior to such termination.

“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a Borrowing (a) pursuant to Section 2.01(a) or Section 2.06 hereof consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans from each of the Banks in accordance with their respective Proportional Shares of such Borrowing, or (b) made as a result of the operation of Section 2.08(e)(ii), Section 2.08(e)(iii), Section 2.12(c)(i), Section 2.13(i), Section 4.03(b)(ii), or Section 4.03(b)(iii) hereof.

“Revolving Credit Borrowing Request” means a request made pursuant to Section 2.01(b) hereof substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto.

“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, when used with reference to any Bank at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of such Bank’s commitment hereunder to extend credit to the Company as set forth in Section 2.01(a) and Section 2.03 hereof, which Revolving Credit Commitment, subject to Section 8.01 hereof, shall be the amount set forth opposite the name of such Bank on Schedule I hereto or the amount set forth in an Addendum of such Bank delivered in accordance with Section 10.17 hereof, as such commitment may from time to time be adjusted under Section 2.08(e)(ii), Section 2.12(c)(i), Section 2.13(i) or Section 4.03(b)(ii) hereof, reduced by the amount of any permanent reduction(s) in such amount made pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or Section 4.03(a) hereof or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 4.01(b).

“Revolving Credit Commitments” means each Revolving Credit Commitment, collectively.

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

“Revolving Credit Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.01(a) hereof, and shall include, without limitation, any Substitute Revolving Credit Loan.

“Revolving Credit Notes” and “Revolving Credit Note” mean, respectively, (a) the promissory notes of the Company substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, issued pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement, as such promissory notes may at any time be amended or modified and in effect, and (b) a single such promissory note.

“Senior Managing Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

“Short-Term Borrowing” means, with respect to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person in respect of borrowed money maturing on demand or within one year from the date of the creation thereof and not directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof; provided that Indebtedness of such Person in respect of borrowed money arising under a revolving credit or similar agreement which obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more shall constitute Funded Debt and not a Short-Term Borrowing even though the same matures on demand or within one year from the date as of which such Short-Term Borrowing is to be determined.

“Specified Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Consolidated Subsidiary, a majority (by number of votes) of the Voting Securities of which is at such time owned directly by the Company or by one or more of its Specified Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more of its Specified Subsidiaries, and which is not at such time designated as an Excepted Subsidiary; provided that (i) at the time any Subsidiary of the Company is withdrawn from status as an Excepted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall not be liable with respect to any Indebtedness which it could not become liable with respect to hereunder on the date of such withdrawal if it were then a Specified Subsidiary, and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such withdrawal, no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Corporation or any successor thereto.

“Statutory Reserves” means the result (expressed as a percentage and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000 of one percent) obtained by dividing the number one by the number one minus the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal) (including, without limitation, any marginal, special, emergency, or supplemental reserves) established by the Board and to which the Administrative Agent is subject for time deposits in Dollars of over $100,000 with maturities approximately equal to the applicable Interest Period. Such reserve percentage shall include, without limitation, reserves imposed under Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted from time to time on and as of the effective date of any change in the reserve percentage of the Administrative Agent.

“Subsequent Borrowings” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(b)(ii).

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity, a majority (by number of votes) of the Voting Securities of which is at the time owned by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries.

“Syndication Agents” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

“Tangible Net Worth” of any Person means the sum of the amounts set forth on the balance sheet of such Person as (a) the par or stated value of all outstanding capital stock, (b) the amount of the Capital Securities of such Person, without duplication of the mandatorily redeemable capital trust securities and the subordinated debentures of the Company in which the proceeds of the issuance of such capital trust securities are invested; provided that the aggregate amount of Capital Securities added pursuant to this clause (b) at any time of issuance thereof shall not exceed 5% of the sum of Consolidated Debt and Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth, calculated as of the time of such issuance of any such securities and (c) capital surplus, earned surplus and premium on capital stock less (i) the par or stated value of all redeemable preferred stock, (ii) that portion of the book value of all assets which would be treated as intangibles under generally accepted accounting principles, including without limitation, all such items as goodwill, trademarks, trade names, brands, copyrights, patents, licenses and rights with respect to the foregoing and unamortized debt discount and expenses, and (iii) all investments in or advances to Excepted Subsidiaries appearing on the asset side of such balance sheet.

“Taxes” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(a) hereof.

“Term Federal Funds Loan” means any Loan with respect to which the Company shall have selected an Interest Rate based on the Term Federal Funds Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II hereof.

“Term Federal Funds Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to any Term Federal Funds Loan, the rate per annum which is equal to the arithmetic average (as determined by the Administrative Agent (subject to Section 10.08 hereof) on the basis of quotations, if any, received by the Administrative Agent from the Reference Banks, with such average expressed as a percentage and rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000 of one percent) of the rates per annum at which each Reference Bank is offered term Federal funds in the term Federal funds market as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first Business Day of such Interest Period, for settlement on such day and for the number of days comprised therein in an amount comparable to the amount of the Term Federal Funds Loan of such Reference Bank to be outstanding for such Interest Period.

“Total Commitment” means at any time the determination thereof is to be made, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Banks, as in effect at such time.

“Transferee” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.06(g) hereof.

“Unmatured Event of Default” means an event, act or occurrence which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time (or both) would become an Event of Default.

“USA Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

“Utilization Fee” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.07(c) hereof.

“Voting Securities” means stock or partnership interests of any class or classes (however designated), the holders of which are at the time entitled, as such holders, to vote for the election of a majority of the directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the corporation, association, partnership or other business entity in question, other than stock or partnership interests having the right so to vote solely by reason of the happening of a contingency.

SECTION 1.02. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, releases and bulletins issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, applicable statements, interpretations and positions issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and standards and releases issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board or their task forces and/or committees. In the event that an actual or anticipated change (which term for all purposes of this Agreement includes, without limitation, the adoption of a new rule) in generally accepted accounting principles would affect the computation of any dollar amounts or ratios referred to in the financial covenants herein, the parties to the Agreement will, promptly upon request, enter into negotiations in good faith in an effort to agree upon amendments which will most nearly preserve the original intent of such financial covenants. Pending agreement on such amendments, such financial covenants will remain in effect but will be measured by reference to generally accepted accounting principles as in effect immediately prior to such change. When used herein, the term “financial statements” shall include the notes and schedules thereto, but need not include such notes or schedules when used with reference to such statements of any Person as of any date other than the end of a fiscal year of such Person.

ARTICLE II

LOAN AND LETTER OF CREDIT PROVISIONS

SECTION 2.01. Revolving Credit Commitments; Procedure for Requests. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Bank, severally and not jointly, agrees to make revolving credit loans (“Revolving Credit Loans”) to the Company at any time and from time to time on and after the Effective Date and until the Maturity Date; provided, however, that (i) at no time shall the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by a Bank exceed its Proportional Share of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by all Banks (notwithstanding the fact that the aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time of all Revolving Credit Loans and Competitive Loans made by a Bank may exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank then in effect) and (ii) at no time shall the sum of (A) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Competitive Loans and (B) the LC Exposure exceed

the Total Commitment; provided further that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prohibit the making of, or to relieve any Bank of its obligation to make, Revolving Credit Loans the proceeds of which are to be applied solely to the repayment of principal of any Loan pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof. The Company may borrow, repay, prepay and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans on and after the Effective Date and prior to the Maturity Date. The Revolving Credit Commitments shall automatically and permanently terminate on the Maturity Date.

(b) To effect a Revolving Credit Borrowing, the Company shall give the Administrative Agent notice (by telephone (confirmed promptly in writing) or telecopier), substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, (i) in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Loans, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days before such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (ii) in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Certificate of Deposit Loans, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, two Business Days before such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (iii) in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Term Federal Funds Loans, not later than 12:00 noon New York City time, one Business Day before such Revolving Credit Borrowing, and (iv) in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Alternate Base Rate Loans, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day of such Revolving Credit Borrowing. Such notice shall be irrevocable (except as provided in Section 2.08(e)(i), Section 2.12(c)(iii), Section 3.03(b), Section 3.03(d) or Section 4.03(b)(i) hereof) and shall in each case refer to this Agreement and specify (x) whether the Loans then being requested are to be Eurodollar Loans, Certificate of Deposit Loans, Term Federal Funds Loans or Alternate Base Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, (y) the Borrowing Date with respect to such Loans (which shall be a Business Day) and the aggregate principal amount thereof, and (z) in the case of Eurodollar Loans and Certificate of Deposit Loans, the Interest Period with respect thereto. If no Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Loan or Certificate of Deposit Loan is specified in any such notice, then (i) in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, the Company shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration, and (ii) in the case of a Certificate of Deposit Loan, the Company shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of 30 days’ duration. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the other Banks by telecopier of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.01(b) and of each Bank’s portion of the requested Revolving Credit Borrowing.

SECTION 2.02. Competitive Loans; Procedure for Requests. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company may from time to time request Competitive Bid Banks to submit Competitive Bids, and the Competitive Bid Banks may submit such Competitive Bids and, from time to time on and after the Effective Date and prior to the Maturity Date, may make Competitive Loans in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.02. At no time shall (i) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Competitive Loans made by a Competitive Bid Bank or (ii) the sum of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Competitive Loans made by all Banks and the LC Exposure exceed the Total Commitment, notwithstanding the fact that the aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time of all Competitive Loans made by a Competitive Bid Bank may exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank.

(b) To request Competitive Bids, the Company shall give the Administrative Agent (by telephone (confirmed in writing no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the

same day) or telecopier) a duly completed Competitive Bid Request substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, to be received by the Administrative Agent (i) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, five Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, (ii) in the case of Certificate of Deposit Loans, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, four Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, and (iii) in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before a proposed Competitive Borrowing. No Alternate Base Rate Loan or Term Federal Funds Loan shall be requested in, or made pursuant to, a Competitive Bid Request. A Competitive Bid Request that does not conform substantially to the format of Exhibit B hereto may be rejected in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company of such rejection by telephone (confirmed promptly in writing) or telecopier. A Competitive Bid Request shall in each case refer to this Agreement and specify (x) whether the Loans then being requested are to be Eurodollar Loans, Certificate of Deposit Loans or Fixed Rate Loans, (y) the Borrowing Date with respect to such Loans (which shall be a Business Day) and the aggregate principal amount thereof (which shall be in amounts such that the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding immediately following the Borrowing of the Loans pursuant to such Competitive Bid Request shall not exceed the Total Commitment), and (z) the Interest Period with respect thereto. The aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested pursuant to any Competitive Bid Request shall not be less than $50,000,000. Promptly after its receipt of a Competitive Bid Request that is not rejected as aforesaid, the Administrative Agent shall invite by telecopier (in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto) the Competitive Bid Banks to bid, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make Competitive Loans pursuant to the Competitive Bid Request.

(c) Each Competitive Bid Bank may, in its sole discretion, make one or more Competitive Bids to the Company responsive to the Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Competitive Bid Bank must be in the form of Exhibit D hereto and must be received by the Administrative Agent by telecopier, (i) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, four Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, (ii) in the case of Certificate of Deposit Loans, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, and (iii) in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date of the proposed Competitive Borrowing. Competitive Bids that do not conform substantially to the format of Exhibit D hereto may be rejected by the Administrative Agent after conferring with, and upon the instruction of, the Company, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Competitive Bid Bank that submitted such Competitive Bid of such rejection as soon as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall refer to this Agreement and specify (x) the principal amount (which shall be in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and in an integral multiple of $l,000,000 and which may equal the entire aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested by the Company) of the Competitive Loan that the Competitive Bid Bank is willing to make to the Company, (y) the Competitive Bid Rate at which the Competitive Bid Bank is prepared to make the Competitive Loan, and (z) the Interest Period with respect thereto. Except as provided in Section 2.08(e)(i), Section 2.12(c)(iii), Section 3.03(c), and Section 4.03(b)(i) hereof, a Competitive Bid submitted by a Competitive Bid Bank pursuant to this Section 2.02(c) shall be irrevocable. If any Competitive Bid Bank shall elect not to make a Competitive Bid with respect to a proposed Competitive Borrowing, such Competitive Bid Bank shall so notify the Administrative Agent by telecopier (i) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, not

later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, four Business Days before such proposed Competitive Borrowing, (ii) in the case of Certificate of Deposit Loans, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before such proposed Competitive Borrowing, and (iii) in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date of such proposed Competitive Borrowing; provided, however, that the failure of any Competitive Bid Bank to give such notice shall not cause such Bank to be obligated to make any Competitive Loan as part of such Competitive Borrowing.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of all the Competitive Bids made, the Competitive Bid Rate and the principal mount of each Competitive Loan in respect of which a Competitive Bid was made and the identity of the Competitive Bid Bank that made each bid; such notice shall be given to the Company by telephone (confirmed immediately by telecopier) not later than (i) 45 minutes (in the case of Competitive Bids for Fixed Rate Loans) and (ii) 2 hours (in the case of other Competitive Bids) after the latest time by which such Competitive Bids were required to be received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.02(c) hereof. The Administrative Agent shall send a copy of all Competitive Bids to the Company for its records as soon as practicable after completion of the bidding process set forth in this Section 2.02.

(e) The Company may in its sole and absolute discretion, subject only to the provisions of this Section 2.02(e), accept or reject any Competitive Bid referred to in Section 2.02(d) hereof. The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or telecopier) whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or reject any or all of the Competitive Bids referred to in Section 2.02(d) hereof, (i) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, (ii) in the case of Certificate of Deposit Loans, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, two Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, and (iii) in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date of the proposed Competitive Borrowing; provided, however, that (v) the failure by the Company to give such notice shall be deemed to be a rejection of all the Competitive Bids referred to in Section 2.02(d) hereof, (w) the Company shall not accept a Competitive Bid made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if the Company has rejected a Competitive Bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate, (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing to be made may not exceed the principal amount of Competitive Loans requested by the Company pursuant to the related Competitive Bid Request, (y) if the Company shall accept Competitive Bids made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate but shall be restricted by other conditions hereof from borrowing the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Loans in respect of which Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid Rate have been made, then, to the extent of the aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing to be made, the Company shall accept a pro rata portion of each Competitive Bid made at such Competitive Bid Rate based as nearly as possible on the respective principal amounts of Competitive Loans for which such Competitive Bids were made (provided that if the available principal amount of Competitive Loans to be so allocated is not sufficient to enable Competitive Loans to be so allocated to each such Competitive Bid Bank in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000, the Company shall select the Competitive Bid Banks to be allocated such Competitive Loans and shall round allocations up or down to the next higher or lower multiple of $1,000,000 as it shall deem appropriate), and (z) no Competitive Bid shall be

(a) 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. If telephonic notice of acceptance or rejection of a Competitive Bid is given by the Company to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, such notice shall be confirmed in writing no later than (A) in the case of Eurodollar Loans or Certificate of Deposit Loans, 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day such notice is given, or (B) in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day such notice is given. Except as provided in Section 2.08(e)(i), Section 2.12(c)(iii), Section 3.03(c), and Section 4.03(b)(i) hereof, a notice given by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.02(e) shall be irrevocable.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify by telecopier each of the Competitive Bid Banks which has submitted a Competitive Bid whether or not their Competitive Bids have been accepted (and if so, in what amount and at what Competitive Bid Rate), and each successful Competitive Bid Bank shall thereupon become bound to make the Competitive Loan in respect of which its Competitive Bid has been accepted.

(g) A Competitive Borrowing shall not be made within five Business Days of the Borrowing Date of any other Competitive Borrowing, unless the Company and the Administrative Agent shall mutually agree otherwise.

(h) If the Administrative Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity as a Competitive Bid Bank, it shall submit such bid to the Company one quarter of an hour earlier than the latest time at which the other Competitive Bid Banks are required to submit their bids to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.02(c) hereof.

SECTION 2.03. Letters of Credit. (a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time on and after the Effective Date and until the fifth Business Day prior to the Maturity Date. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Company to, or entered into by the Company with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

(b Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Company shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Company also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of

Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Company shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $350,000,000 and (ii) the sum of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Competitive Loans made by all Banks and the LC Exposure shall not exceed the total Commitments. At the request of any Bank at any time, the Issuing Bank will advise such Bank of the amount of the LC Exposure at such time. If the Required Banks notify the Issuing Bank that an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default exists and instruct the Issuing Bank to suspend the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of Letters of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall not issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit without the consent of the Required Banks until such notice is withdrawn by the Required Banks (and each Bank that shall have delivered such notice agrees promptly to withdraw it at such time as no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists).

(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date; provided that any Letter of Credit may provide for automatic renewals thereof for additional periods of one year in the absence of a notice from the Issuing Bank to the contrary so long as the final expiry of such Letter of Credit is not later than the date referred to in clause (ii) of this sentence (and the Issuing Bank is hereby directed to give any notice required in order that the expiry of any Letter of Credit will not be later than such date); provided further that no Letter of Credit may expire after the Existing Maturity Date applicable to any Declining Bank if, after giving effect to such issuance, the aggregate Commitments of the Consenting Banks (including any Replacement Lenders) that will be in effect following such Existing Maturity Date would be less than the portion of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit expiring after such Existing Maturity Date.

(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Banks, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Bank, and each Bank hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Bank’s Proportional Share of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Bank hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Bank’s Proportional Share of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Company on the date due as provided in Section 2.03(e) hereof, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Company for any reason. Each Bank acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e) Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Company shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Company prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that the Company receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Company receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than $10,000,000, the Company may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.01 that such payment be financed with a Borrowing consisting of Alternate Base Rate Loans in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Company’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Borrowing. If the Company fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Bank of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Company in respect thereof and such Bank’s Proportional Share thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Bank shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Proportional Share of the payment then due from the Company, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.04 with respect to Loans made by such Bank (and Section 2.04 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Banks), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Banks. Promptly following receipt by Administrative Agent of any payment from the Company pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Banks have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Banks and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Bank pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of Alternate Base Rate Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

(f) Obligations Absolute. The Company’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in Section 2.03(e) hereof shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Company’s obligations hereunder. None of the Administrative Agent, the Banks or the Issuing Bank, or any of their affiliates, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit

(including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Company to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Company that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank, the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

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

(h) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Company reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to Alternate Base Rate Loans; provided that, if the Company fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to Section 2.03(e) hereof, then Section 3.02 hereof shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Bank pursuant to Section 2.03(e) hereof to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Bank to the extent of such payment.

(i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Banks of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Company shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.07(b) hereof. From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and such previous Issuing Bank, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party

hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Company receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Banks (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Banks with LC Exposures representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Banks, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Company described in clause (e) or (f) of Article VIII. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option of the Administrative Agent, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Company for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Banks with LC Exposures representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Company under this Agreement. If the Company is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Company within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

SECTION 2.04. General Terms Relating to the Loans. (a) Each Borrowing made by the Company on any Borrowing Date shall be (i) in the case of Competitive Loans, in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 and (ii) in the case of Revolving Credit Loans, in an integral multiple of $10,000,000 and in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000. Competitive Loans shall be made by the Competitive Bid Banks in accordance with Section 2.02(e) hereof, Revolving Credit Loans shall be made by the Banks ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitments on the Borrowing Date of the Revolving Credit Borrowing; provided, however, that the failure of any Bank to make any Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Bank of its obligation to lend hereunder.

(b) Each Competitive Loan shall be a Eurodollar Loan, a Certificate of Deposit Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan, and each Revolving Credit Loan shall be a Eurodollar Loan, a Certificate of Deposit Loan, a Term Federal Funds Loan or an Alternate Base Rate Loan, as the Company may request subject to and in accordance with Section 2.01 or Section 2.02 hereof, as applicable. Each Bank may at its option make any Eurodollar Loan by causing a foreign branch

or affiliate of such Bank to make such Loan; provided, however, that (i) any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Company to repay such Loan to such Bank in accordance with the terms of the applicable Note, (ii) such Bank shall promptly advise the Company of the exercise of such option, the name and address of such foreign branch or affiliate and such other information with respect to such branch or affiliate as the Company may reasonably request, and (iii) the exercise of such option, as of the time of such exercise, shall not materially increase the amounts which would have been payable by the Company to such Bank under this Agreement and the Notes. Revolving Credit Loans of more than one interest rate option may be outstanding at the same time; provided, however, that, unless the Administrative Agent and the Company shall otherwise agree, the Company shall not be entitled to request any Revolving Credit Loan or Competitive Loan which, if made, would result in an aggregate of more than ten separate Revolving Credit Loans of any Bank and ten separate Competitive Loans being outstanding hereunder at any one time. For purposes of the foregoing, Revolving Credit Loans having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, and Revolving Credit Loans having different interest rate options, shall be considered separate Loans.

(c) Subject to Section 2.06 hereof, each Bank shall make available its portion, as appropriate, of each Competitive Borrowing and Revolving Credit Borrowing on the proposed Borrowing Date thereof by paying the amount required to the Administrative Agent in New York, New York, in Dollars, in immediately available funds not later than 11:00 a.m. (or 12:00 noon in the case of Fixed Rate Loans or 2:00 p.m. in the case of Alternate Base Rate Loans), New York City time, and the Administrative Agent shall by 1:00 p.m. (or 3:00 p.m. in the case of Alternate Base Rate Loans), New York City time, credit the amounts so received (or, subject to Section 2.04(d) hereof, its own funds but, in either case, in Dollars in immediately available funds) to such account of the Company as it shall designate in writing to the Administrative Agent or, if Loans are not made on such date because any condition precedent to a Borrowing herein specified shall not have been met, promptly return the amounts so received to the respective Banks.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by a Bank prior to the Borrowing Date of any Loan that such Bank does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent such Bank’s portion of the Loan to be made on such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Bank has made such proceeds available to the Administrative Agent on such date, and the Administrative Agent may in reliance upon such assumption (but shall not be required to) make available to the Company a corresponding amount. If, and only if, such notice is not given and such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Bank, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Bank (or, if such Bank fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, from the Company) together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was made available to the Company and ending on (but excluding) the date the Administrative Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of such Bank, the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) in the case of the Company, the applicable Interest Rate in respect of such Loan.

SECTION 2.05. Notes. The Competitive Loans made by each Competitive Bid Bank shall be evidenced by a single Competitive Note duly executed on behalf of the Company,

dated the date of this Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 with the blanks appropriately filled, payable to the order of such Competitive Bid Bank in a principal amount equal to the Total Commitment. The Revolving Credit Loans made by each Bank shall be evidenced by a single Revolving Credit Note duly executed on behalf of the Company, dated the date of this Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2 with the blanks appropriately filled, payable to the order of such Bank in a principal amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank. The outstanding principal balance of each Revolving Credit Loan and each Competitive Loan, as evidenced by the relevant Note, shall be payable on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan. Each Note shall bear interest from the date thereof on the outstanding principal balance thereof as set forth in Section 3.01 hereof. Each Bank shall, and is hereby authorized by the Company to, endorse on the schedule attached to the relevant Note held by such Bank (or on a continuation of such schedule attached to each such Note and made a part thereof) an appropriate notation evidencing the Borrowing Date and amount of each Loan of such Bank, each payment or prepayment (including any deemed repayment pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof) of principal of any Loan and the other information provided for on such schedule; provided, however, that the failure of any Bank to make such a notation or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Company to repay the Loans made by such Bank in accordance with the terms of the relevant Note.

SECTION 2.06. Refinancings. The Company may refinance all or any part of any Loan with a Loan or Loans of the same or a different type made pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.02 hereof; provided, however, that (i) no Term Federal Funds Loan may be refinanced with another Term Federal Funds Loan, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the new Borrowings shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being refinanced. Any Loan or part thereof so refinanced shall be deemed to be repaid in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof with the proceeds of a new Borrowing hereunder; provided, however, that with respect to any new Borrowing which results in any Bank extending a Loan in a different principal amount than such Bank extended in the Loan being refinanced (e.g., the refinancing of a Revolving Credit Loan with a Competitive Advance Loan), (i) if the principal amount extended by a Bank in a refinancing is greater than the principal amount extended by such Bank in the Borrowing being refinanced, such Bank shall pay such difference to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Banks described in (ii) below, and (ii) if the principal amount extended by a Bank in the Borrowing being refinanced is greater than the principal amount being extended by such Bank in the refinancing, the Administrative Agent shall return the difference to such Bank out of amounts received pursuant to (i) above. If the Company shall not have repaid any Revolving Credit Loan on the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto and shall not have given notice with respect to the refinancing of such Loan in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 2.01 or Section 2.02 hereof, as appropriate, it shall be deemed to have elected to refinance such Loan with a Revolving Credit Loan which is an Alternate Base Rate Loan to be made on the last day of the Interest Period of the Loan so refinanced.

SECTION 2.07. Fees. (a) Facility Fee. The Company agrees to pay to each Bank, through the Administrative Agent, on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 (the first such payment to be made on September 30, 2006) and on the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank shall be terminated or the Maturity Date, whichever shall first occur, in immediately available funds, a facility fee (a “Facility Fee”) at a

rate per annum equal to the Applicable Facility Fee Percentage from time to time in effect on the average daily amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank, whether used or unused, during the Calendar Quarter (or shorter period beginning on the Effective Date or ending on September 30, 2006, or the Maturity Date, as the case may be) then ended; provided, however, that the amount payable by the Company under this paragraph shall be reduced by any amounts paid on account of the Facility Fees pursuant to Section 4.01(a) hereof. All Facility Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and shall commence to accrue on the Effective Date.

(b) Letter of Credit Fees. The Company agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Bank a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit (the “LC Participation Fee”), which shall accrue at the Applicable Margin used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans, on the average daily amount of such Bank’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the date on which such Bank ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder (the fees provided for in this clause (ii) being collectively referred to as the “Issuing Bank Fees”). Accrued participation fees and fronting fees shall be payable on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 (the first such payment to be made on September 30, 2006); provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(c) Utilization Fee. The Company agrees to pay to each Bank, through the Administrative Agent, on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 (the first such payment to be made on September 30, 2006) and on the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank shall be terminated or the Maturity Date, whichever shall first occur, in immediately available funds, a utilization fee (a “Utilization Fee”) at a rate per annum equal to 0.050% per annum on the principal amount of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of such Bank for each day during the Calendar Quarter (or shorter period beginning on the Effective Date or ending on September 30, 2006, or the Maturity Date, as the case may be) then ended on which the sum of (i) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Competitive Loans and (ii) the LC Exposure shall have exceeded 50% of the Total Commitment. All Utilization Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The Utilization Fee due to each Bank shall be payable in arrears and shall commence to accrue on the Effective Date and cease to accrue on the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank shall have been terminated and its Loans repaid in full.

SECTION 2.08. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances. (a) If after the date of this Agreement any change in applicable law or regulation or in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof (whether or not having the force of law but with respect to which similarly situated banks generally comply) (any such change, an “Increased Cost Change”) (i) shall change the basis of taxation of payments to any Bank of the principal of or interest on any Eurodollar Loan, Term Federal Funds Loan, Certificate of Deposit Loan or Fixed Rate Loan made by such Bank or any amounts due to the Issuing Bank in connection with any LC Disbursement or any other fees or amounts payable hereunder (other than (x) taxes imposed on the overall net income of such Bank or the Issuing Bank by the jurisdiction in which such Bank or the Issuing Bank has its principal or lending office or by any political subdivision or taxing authority therein (or any tax which is enacted or adopted by such jurisdiction, political subdivision or taxing authority as a direct substitute for any such taxes) or (y) any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the failure of any Bank or the Issuing Bank to comply with any certification, information, documentation, or other reporting requirement), or (ii) shall 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, such Bank or the Issuing Bank (except any such requirement reflected in the Base CD Rate or the Certificate of Deposit Rate) or (iii) shall impose on such Bank or the Issuing Bank or on the London Interbank Market, the Certificate of Deposit market or the term Federal funds market any other condition affecting this Agreement or any Eurodollar Loan, Term Federal Funds Loan or Certificate of Deposit Loan made by such Bank or any Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Bank or the Issuing Bank of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan, Term Federal Funds Loan or Certificate of Deposit Loan or issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Bank or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) in respect thereof by an amount deemed in good faith by such Bank or the Issuing Bank to be material, then, subject to Section 2.08(d) hereof, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Bank or the Issuing Bank for such increase or reduction will be paid by the Company to such Bank or the Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.08(c) hereof. Any such amount determined pursuant to this Section 2.08(a) shall be computed on the basis of the net effect of any Increased Cost Changes incurred by such Bank or the Issuing Bank from time to time after the Effective Date of this Agreement.

(b) If any Bank or the Issuing Bank shall have determined in good faith that the adoption or issuance, after the date of this Agreement, of any applicable law, rule, regulation, guideline, request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law but with respect to which similarly situated banks generally comply) (a “Capital Adequacy Rule”), or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof (any such adoption, issuance or change of a Capital Adequacy Rule being called a “Capital Adequacy Change”), or compliance therewith by any Bank or the Issuing Bank (or any lending office of such Bank or the Issuing Bank or any corporation controlling such Bank or the Issuing Bank), has the net effect of reducing the rate of return on such Bank’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital as a consequence of such Bank’s commitment to make, or the making or maintaining of, any Loans hereunder or such Bank’s participations in Letters of

Credit, or the Issuing Bank’s issuance of Letters of Credit to a level below that which such Bank or the Issuing Bank (or any such corporation controlling such Bank or the Issuing Bank) would have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Bank’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies with respect to capital adequacy and any Capital Adequacy Rule in effect as of the date of this Agreement) by an amount deemed by such Bank or the Issuing Bank to be material, then from time to time the Company shall, subject to Section 2.08(d) hereof, pay to such Bank or the Issuing Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Bank or the Issuing Bank for such reduction as provided in Section 2.08(c) hereof; provided, however, that to the extent (i) a Bank or the Issuing Bank shall increase its level of capital above the level maintained by such Bank or the Issuing Bank on the date of this Agreement and there has not been a Capital Adequacy Change, or (ii) there has been a Capital Adequacy Change and a Bank or the Issuing Bank shall increase its level of capital by an amount greater than the increase attributable (taking into consideration the same variables taken into consideration in determining the level of capital maintained by such Bank or the Issuing Bank on the date of this Agreement) to such Capital Adequacy Change, the Company shall not be required to pay any amount or amounts under this Agreement with respect to any such increase in capital. Thus, for example, a Bank which is “adequately capitalized” (as such term or any similar term is used by any applicable bank regulatory agency having authority with respect to such Bank) may not require the Company to make payments in respect of increases in such Bank’s level of capital made under the circumstances described in clause (i) or (ii) above which improve its capital position from “adequately capitalized” to “well capitalized” (as such term or any similar term is used by any applicable bank regulatory agency having authority with respect to such Bank).

(c) A certificate of each Bank or the Issuing Bank setting forth such amount or amounts as shall be necessary to compensate such Bank or the Issuing Bank (or a Participant pursuant to Section 10.06(b) hereof) as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.08, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Company at the end of each Calendar Quarter during which such Bank is an Affected Bank or the Issuing Bank is affected by the events referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.08, and upon the taking by the Company in respect of such Bank or the Issuing Bank of one of the actions described in paragraph (e)(ii) or (e)(iv) of this Section 2.08 and shall, if submitted in good faith, be conclusive absent manifest error; provided that any certificate delivered by a Bank or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.08(c) shall (i) in the case of a certificate in respect of amounts payable pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2.08, set forth in reasonable detail the basis for and the calculation of such amounts, and (ii) in the case of a certificate in respect of amounts payable pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.08, (A) set forth at least the same amount of detail in respect of the calculation of such amount as such Bank or the Issuing Bank provides in similar circumstances to other similarly situated borrowers from such Bank or the Issuing Bank, and (B) include a statement by such Bank or the Issuing Bank that it has allocated to its Revolving Credit Commitment or outstanding Loans a proportionately equal amount of any reduction of the rate of return on such Bank’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital due to a Capital Adequacy Rule as it has allocated to each of its other commitments to lend or to each of its other outstanding loans that are affected similarly by such Capital Adequacy Rule. The Company shall pay each Bank or the Issuing Bank the amount shown as due on any such certificate upon the earlier of (i) the date on which the Company takes one of the actions in respect of any such Bank or the Issuing Bank described

in paragraph (e)(ii) or (e)(iv) of this Section 2.08 and (ii) 30 days after receipt by the Company of such certificate.

(d) Subject to the following provisions of this Section 2.08(d), failure on the part of any Bank or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation for any amounts payable pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 2.08 with respect to any Interest Period or other period shall not constitute a waiver of such Bank’s or the Issuing Bank’s rights to demand compensation for any such amounts with respect to any other Interest Period or other period. In the case of any Increased Cost Change which is given retroactive effect to a date prior to the adoption thereof, a Bank or the Issuing Bank shall be entitled to seek compensation in respect thereof pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2.08 for the period commencing on such retroactive effective date and, in the case of any Bank, ending on the date on which the Company takes one of the actions in respect of such Bank described in paragraph (e)(ii) or (e)(iv) of this Section 2.08; provided, however, that (i) if such Bank or the Issuing Bank shall fail to notify the Company within 30 days after the date of official promulgation of such Increased Cost Change that it will demand such compensation, the period for which such Bank or the Issuing Bank shall be entitled to seek compensation in respect thereof shall commence on the date which is 30 days prior to such Bank’s or the Issuing Bank’s notice that it will demand compensation, and (ii) if any Increased Cost Change is given retroactive effect to a date which is more than three months prior to the date of adoption thereof, the Company’s liability to pay compensation to such Bank or the Issuing Bank in respect thereof for any period prior to the date which is three months prior to the adoption thereof shall, subject to the foregoing clause (i) of this proviso, be equal to 50% of the amount required to compensate such Bank or the Issuing Bank in respect of such Increased Cost Change with respect to such period. In the case of any Increased Cost Change which is given only prospective effect, a Bank or the Issuing Bank shall be entitled to seek compensation in respect thereof pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2.08 for the period commencing on the later of (A) the date on which such Increased Cost Change becomes effective and (B) the date 30 days prior to the notice by such Bank or the Issuing Bank that it will demand such compensation, and, in the case of any Bank, ending on the date on which the Company takes one of the actions in respect of such Bank described in paragraph (e)(ii) or (e)(iv) of this Section 2.08. In the case of any Capital Adequacy Change, a Bank or the Issuing Bank shall be entitled to seek compensation in respect thereof pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.08 only with respect to costs or reductions commencing on the later of (A) the date on which such Capital Adequacy Rule becomes effective and (B) the date 45 days prior to the notice by such Bank or the Issuing Bank that it will demand such compensation, and, in the case of any Bank, ending on the date on which the Company takes one of the actions in respect of such Bank described in paragraph (e)(ii) or (e)(iv) of this Section 2.08.

(e) In the event that any Affected Bank shall have given notice that it is entitled to claim compensation pursuant to this Section 2.08, the Company may exercise any one or more of the following options:

(i) If any such claim for compensation relates to Loans then being requested by the Company pursuant to a notice of Borrowing as provided in this Article II (or, in the case of claims for compensation pursuant to paragraph (g) of this Section 2.08, any such claim relates to Loans outstanding during the Interest Period most recently ended and the Company has requested Eurodollar Loans

pursuant to such a notice of Borrowing), the Company may, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the day which is three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which the requested Loans were to have been made, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or two (2) Business Days prior to the date on which the requested Loans were to have been made, in the case of Certificate of Deposit Loans, or not later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which the requested Loans were to have been made, in the case of Term Federal Funds Loans, Fixed Rate Loans or Alternate Base Rate Loans, by giving notice (by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) or telecopier) to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall transmit to each of the Banks otherwise required to participate in the requested Loans as soon as practicable thereafter) irrevocably withdraw such notice of Borrowing.

(ii) The Company may request one or more of the non-Affected Banks to take over all (but not part) of each or any Affected Bank’s then outstanding Loan(s) and to assume all (but not part) of each or any Affected Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment and obligations hereunder. If one or more Banks shall so agree in writing (in this Section 2.08(e)(ii), in Section 2.12(c)(i) hereof, in Section 2.13(i) hereof and in Section 4.03(b)(ii) hereof, collectively called the “Assenting Banks” and individually called an “Assenting Bank”) with respect to an Affected Bank, (x) the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Assenting Bank and the obligations of such Assenting Bank under this Agreement shall be increased by its respective Allocable Share of the Revolving Credit Commitment and of the obligations of such Affected Bank under this Agreement, and (y) each Assenting Bank shall make Loans to the Company, according to such Assenting Bank’s respective Allocable Share, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank, on a date mutually acceptable to the Assenting Banks and the Company. The proceeds of such Loans, together with funds of the Company, shall be used to prepay the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank, together with all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts owing to such Affected Bank hereunder (including any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof in connection with such prepayment), and, upon such assumption by the Assenting Bank and prepayment by the Company, such Affected Bank shall cease to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof).

(iii) Upon notice (by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) or telecopier) to the Administrative Agent (which shall advise each Bank thereof as soon as practicable thereafter), the Company may terminate the obligations of the Banks to make or maintain Loans which result in the Affected Banks making a demand for compensation pursuant to this Section 2.08 and, in such event, the Company shall refinance all such Loans with Loans which, at the time of such refinancing, would not result in such Banks making such demand for compensation, such refinancing to be conducted in the manner contemplated by and pursuant to Section 2.06 or Section 4.02 hereof.

(iv) (A) The Company may designate one or more Replacement Lenders mutually acceptable to the Company and the Administrative Agent (whose consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to assume the Revolving Credit Commitment and the obligations of any such Affected Bank hereunder, and to purchase the outstanding Notes of such Affected Bank and such Affected Bank’s rights hereunder and with respect thereto, without recourse upon, or warranty by, or expense to, such Affected Bank, for a purchase price equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank plus all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all other amounts owing to such Affected Bank hereunder (including the amount which would be payable to such Affected Bank pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof if the purchase of its Notes constituted a prepayment thereof contemplated by clause (ii) of the first sentence of Section 3.04 hereof), and upon such assumption and purchase by the Replacement Lenders, each such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Bank shall cease to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof).

(B) As an alternative, the Company may designate one or more Replacement Lenders mutually acceptable to the Company and the Administrative Agent (whose consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) which shall upon a date mutually agreed upon by the Company and such Replacement Lenders assume the Revolving Credit Commitment and the obligations of such Affected Bank under this Agreement and shall upon such date make Loans to the Company in an aggregate principal amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank. The proceeds of such Loans, together with funds of the Company, shall be used to prepay the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank, together with all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts owing to such Affected Bank hereunder (including any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof in connection with such prepayment), and, upon such Replacement Lenders making such Loans and such prepayment by the Company, such Replacement Lenders shall be deemed to be “Banks” for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Bank shall cease to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof). Each such Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such documentation to evidence its status as a “Bank” hereunder as shall be mutually acceptable to the Company and the Administrative Agent. The effectiveness of each Replacement Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, the making of such Loans by such Replacement Lenders and the prepayment by the Company of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously for all purposes hereof.

(f) If in respect of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Loan made by a Bank under Section 2.01 hereof such Bank shall be required to maintain reserves against “Eurocurrency liabilities” under Regulation D, the Company shall pay to such Bank in accordance with this Section 2.08(f) an additional amount representing such Bank’s actual costs,

if any, incurred during such Interest Period as a result of the applicability of the foregoing reserves to such Eurodollar Loan, which amount (i) shall be based on the effective rate at which such reserve requirements are imposed on such Bank for such Interest Period, (ii) shall be allocated to the Company in no proportionately greater amount than such Bank would allocate such costs to its other borrowers of Eurodollars to which such costs are applicable if the provisions of this Section 2.08(f) applied to all such borrowers, and (iii) in any event shall not exceed the product of the following for each day of such Interest Period:

(A) the principal amount of the Eurodollar Loan outstanding on such day made by such Bank to which such Interest Period relates; and

(B) a percentage equal to (x) the result obtained by dividing the Eurodollar Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Loan by the number one minus the maximum rate (expressed as a decimal) at which such reserve requirements are imposed by the Board on such date, minus (y) the Eurodollar Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Loan; and

To be entitled to compensation pursuant to this Section 2.08(f) in respect of any Interest Period, such Bank must notify the Company of its demand for such compensation within 30 days after the end of such Interest Period. A certificate of such Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and the calculation of such amount necessary to compensate such Bank pursuant to this Section 2.08(f) shall be delivered to the Company with such notice and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. In no event shall the Company be obligated to make any payment to any Bank pursuant to this Section 2.08(f) if such payment would result in a duplication of payments pursuant to this Section 2.08(f) and any other provision of this Section 2.08.

(g) In the event that any Affected Bank shall have given notice that it is entitled to claim compensation pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section 2.08, the Company may exercise any one or more of the options set forth in Section 2.08(e) hereof.

(h) In the event that the Company shall take any of the actions contemplated by Section 2.08(e)(ii) or Section 2.08(e)(iv) hereof, the Company shall provide replacement Notes to any Assenting Bank or any Replacement Lender, as the case may be, to reflect the identity of, and/or the outstanding amount of the Loans of, and/or the principal amount of such Notes issued to, such Assenting Bank or such Replacement Lender, and Schedule I and Schedule II hereto shall be deemed amended to reflect the addition of such Replacement Lender and any increases or decreases in the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Affected Banks and the Assenting Banks, as the case may be.

SECTION 2.09. Pro Rata Treatment. Except as permitted under Section 2.06, Section 2.08, Section 2.12, Section 2.13, Section 4.01(b) and (c) and Section 4.03 hereof, (i) each payment by the Company on account of any fees pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof shall be made pro rata in accordance with the respective amounts due and owing, (ii) each payment by the Company on account of principal of and interest on the Loans shall be made pro rata according

to the respective amounts due and owing, and (iii) each prepayment on account of principal of the Loans shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Loans and the Competitive Loans, as directed by the Company, pro rata according to the respective amounts outstanding.

SECTION 2.10. Payments. Except for payments made directly to a Bank or Banks or to the Issuing Bank under other provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall make each payment hereunder and under any instrument delivered hereunder not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the day when due, in Dollars, to the Administrative Agent at its offices at One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, for the account of the Banks, in immediately available funds (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it). The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Bank its proper share of each payment so received.

SECTION 2.11. Payments on Business Days. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be due on a day which is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day (unless, with respect to a payment relating to a Eurodollar Loan, such day would fall in another calendar month, in which event payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day).

SECTION 2.12. Net Payments. (a) All payments under this Agreement shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and in such amounts as may be necessary in order that all such payments (after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties or other charges of whatsoever nature imposed by any government or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof (herein collectively called the “Taxes”) other than any Taxes on or measured by the net income, net worth or shareholders’ capital of a Bank or a Participant or the Issuing Bank pursuant to the income tax laws of the jurisdiction where such Bank’s or the Issuing Bank’s principal or lending office is located or where such Participant’s principal or participating office is located) shall not be less than the amounts otherwise specified to be paid under this Agreement and the Notes; provided that if any Bank or any Participant or the Issuing Bank fails to comply with the applicable provisions of Section 10.06(g) hereof or paragraph (b) of this Section 2.12, as the case may be, then, all such payments to such Bank or to any Bank which has sold a participation pursuant to Section 10.06(b) hereof or to the Issuing Bank shall be net of any amounts the Company is required to withhold under applicable law. For a Bank or the Issuing Bank to be entitled to compensation pursuant to this Section 2.12 (i) in the case of compensation for United States Federal income or withholding Taxes in respect of any Interest Period, such Bank or the Issuing Bank must notify the Company within 30 days after the end of such Interest Period and (ii) in the case of compensation for any United States Tax other than a United States Federal income or withholding Tax in respect of any Interest Period, such Bank or the Issuing Bank must notify the Company within 30 days after such Bank or the Issuing Bank receives a written claim for such Tax from any government, political subdivision or taxing authority with respect to such Interest Period. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable to any Bank or the Issuing Bank under this Section 2.12 submitted to the Company by such Bank or the Issuing Bank shall show in reasonable detail the amount payable and the calculations used to determine such amount and shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto, in the absence of manifest error. With respect to each deduction or withholding for or on account of any Taxes, the Company shall promptly (and in any event not later than 45 days thereafter) furnish to each Bank or the Issuing Bank such certificates, receipts and other documents as may be required (in the reasonable

judgment of such Bank or the Issuing Bank) to establish any tax credit to which such Bank or the Issuing Bank may be entitled.

(b) Each Bank that is not incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, and the Issuing Bank if it is not incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, agrees to file with the Administrative Agent and the Company, in duplicate, (i) on or before the later of (A) the Effective Date and (B) the date such Bank or the Issuing Bank becomes a Bank or the Issuing Bank under this Agreement and (ii) thereafter, for each third taxable year of such Bank or the Issuing Bank during which interest or fees arising under this Agreement are received, unless not legally able to do so as a result of a change in United States income tax law enacted, or treaty promulgated, after the date specified in the preceding clause (i), on or prior to the immediately following due date of any payment by the Company hereunder (or at any other time as required under United States income tax law), a properly completed and executed copy of either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and any additional form necessary for claiming complete exemption from United States withholding taxes (or such other form as is required to claim complete exemption from United States withholding taxes), if and as provided by the Code, regulations or other pronouncements of the United States Internal Revenue Service, and the Bank or the Issuing Bank warrants to the Company that the form so filed will be true and complete; provided that such Bank’s or the Issuing Bank’s failure to complete and execute such Form W-8BEN, or Form W-8ECI or Form W-9, as the case may be, and any such additional form (or any successor form or forms) shall not relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.12. In the event that the Company is required, or has been notified by the relevant taxing authority that it will be required, to either withhold or make payment of Taxes with respect to any payments to be made by the Company under this Agreement or the Notes to any transferor Bank and such requirement or notice arises as a result of the sale of a participation by such transferor Bank pursuant to Section 10.06(b) hereof, such transferor Bank shall, upon request by the Company, accompanied by a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such request, provide to the Company copies of all tax forms required to be provided to such transferor Bank pursuant to Section 10.06(g) hereof by the Participant which purchased such participation. The obligation of each transferor Bank to provide to the Company such tax forms shall survive the termination of this Agreement or, if earlier, the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such transferor Bank.

(c) In the event that any Affected Bank shall have given notice that it is entitled to claim compensation pursuant to this Section 2.12, the Company may at any time thereafter exercise any one or more of the following options:

under this Agreement, and (y) each Assenting Bank shall make Loans to the Company, according to such Assenting Bank’s respective Allocable Share, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank, on a date mutually acceptable to the Assenting Banks and the Company. The proceeds of such Loans, together with funds of the Company, shall be used to prepay the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank, together with all interest accrued thereon, and all other amounts owing to such Affected Bank hereunder (including any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof in connection with such prepayment), and, upon such assumption by the Assenting Banks and prepayment by the Company, such Affected Bank shall cease to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof).

(ii) (A) The Company may designate one or more Replacement Lenders mutually acceptable to the Company and the Administrative Agent (whose consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to assume the Revolving Credit Commitment and the obligations of any such Affected Bank hereunder, and to purchase the outstanding Notes of such Affected Bank and such Affected Bank’s rights hereunder and with respect thereto, without recourse upon, or warranty by, or expense to, such Affected Bank, for a purchase price equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank plus all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts owing to such Affected Bank hereunder (including the amount which would be payable to such Affected Bank pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof if the purchase of its Notes constituted a prepayment thereof contemplated by clause (ii) of the first sentence of Section 3.04 hereof), and upon such assumption and purchase by the Replacement Lenders, each such Replacement Lender shall be declared to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Bank shall cease to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof).

this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof). Each such Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such documentation to evidence its status as a “Bank” hereunder as shall be mutually acceptable to the Company and the Administrative Agent. The effectiveness of each Replacement Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, the making of such Loans by such Replacement Lenders and the prepayment by the Company of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously for all purposes hereof.

(iii) If any such claim for compensation relates to Loans then being requested by the Company pursuant to a notice of Borrowing as provided in Article II hereof, the Company may, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the day which is three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which the requested Loans were to have been made, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or two (2) Business Days prior to the date on which the requested Loans were to have been made, in the case of Certificate of Deposit Loans, or not later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which the requested Loans were to have been made, in the case of Term Federal Funds Loans, Fixed Rate Loans or Alternate Base Rate Loans, by giving notice (by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) or telecopier) to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall transmit to each of the Banks otherwise required to participate in the requested Loans as soon as practicable thereafter) irrevocably withdraw such notice of Borrowing.

(d) The Company shall provide replacement Notes to any Assenting Bank or any Replacement Lender, as the case may be, to reflect the identity of, and/or the outstanding amount of the Loans of, and/or the principal amount of such Notes issued to, such Assenting Bank or such Replacement Lender, and Schedule I and Schedule II hereto shall be deemed amended to reflect the addition of such Replacement Lender and any increases or decreases in the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Affected Banks and the Assenting Banks, as the case may be.

SECTION 2.13. Failed and Credit-Impaired Banks; Declining Banks. If (a) a Bank shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or if a receiver of a Bank or of its property shall be appointed, or if any public officer shall take charge or control of a Bank or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or if a Bank shall default in respect of its obligation to make Loans hereunder, (b) either of Moody’s or S&P shall assign a rating to the senior, unsecured, non-credit-enhanced, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of a Bank which shall be classified by such rating agency as below investment grade, (c) Fitch Ratings shall assign an individual bank rating to a Bank which shall fall below C/D, (d) the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a notice stating, as to any Bank which has senior, unsecured, non-credit-enhanced, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money which is not rated by any of the rating agencies referred to in the preceding clause (b), that it reasonably believes such Bank will become subject to any of the events referred to in clause (a) above or become unable to perform its obligations as a Bank hereunder, or (e) a Bank shall become a Declining Bank, then the Company may at any time thereafter, subject to applicable law, exercise any one or more of the following options:

(i) The Company may request one or more of the non-Affected Banks to take over all (but not part) of each or any Affected Bank’s then outstanding Loan(s) and to assume all (but not part) of each or any Affected Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment and obligations hereunder. If one or more Banks shall so agree in writing with respect to an Affected Bank, (x) the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Assenting Bank and the obligations of such Assenting Bank under this Agreement shall be increased by its respective Allocable Share of the Revolving Credit Commitment and of the obligations of such Affected Bank under this Agreement, and (y) each Assenting Bank shall make Loans to the Company, according to such Assenting Bank’s respective Allocable Share, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank, on a date mutually acceptable to the Assenting Banks and the Company. The proceeds of such Loans, together with funds of the Company, shall be used to prepay the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank, together with all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts owing to such Affected Bank hereunder (excluding, in the case of an event referred to in clause (a) of this Section 2.13, any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof in connection with such prepayment), and, upon such assumption by the Assenting Bank and prepayment by the Company, such Affected Bank shall cease to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof).

(ii) (A) The Company may designate one or more Replacement Lenders mutually acceptable to the Company and the Administrative Agent (whose consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to assume the Revolving Credit Commitment and the obligations of any such Affected Bank hereunder, and to purchase the outstanding Notes of such Affected Bank and such Affected Bank’s rights hereunder and with respect thereto, without recourse upon, or warranty by, or expense to, such Affected Bank, for a purchase price equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank plus all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all other amounts owing to such Affected Bank hereunder (including the amount which would be payable to such Affected Bank pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof if the purchase of its Notes constituted a prepayment thereof contemplated by clause (ii) of the first sentence of Section 3.04 hereof), and upon such assumption and purchase by the Replacement Lenders, each such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Bank shall cease to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof).

amount of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank. The proceeds of such Loans, together with funds of the Company, shall be used to prepay the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank, together with all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts owing to such Affected Bank hereunder (including any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof in connection with such prepayment), and, upon such Replacement Lenders making such Loans and such prepayment by the Company, such Replacement Lenders shall be deemed to be “Banks” for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Bank shall cease to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof). Each such Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such documentation to evidence its status as a “Bank” hereunder as shall be mutually acceptable to the Company and the Administrative Agent. The effectiveness of each Replacement Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, the making of such Loans by such Replacement Lenders and the prepayment by the Company of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously for all purposes hereof.

The Company shall provide replacement Notes to any Assenting Bank or any Replacement Lender, as the case may be, to reflect the identity of, and/or the outstanding amount of the Loans of, and/or the principal amount of such Notes issued to, such Assenting Bank or such Replacement Lender, and Schedule I and Schedule II hereto shall be deemed amended to reflect the addition of such Replacement Lender and any increases or decreases in the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Affected Banks and the Assenting Banks, as the case may be.

ARTICLE III

INTEREST PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.01. Interest on Loans. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.02 hereof, each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) equal to the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Loan plus (i) in the case of each Competitive Loan, the Margin specified by a Bank with respect to such Loan in its Competitive Bid submitted pursuant to Section 2.02(c) hereof, and (ii) in the case of each Revolving Credit Loan, the Applicable Margin. Interest on each Eurodollar Loan shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.02 hereof, each Certificate of Deposit Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) equal to the Certificate of Deposit Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Loan plus (i) in the case of each Competitive Loan, the Margin specified by a Bank with respect to such Loan in its Competitive Bid submitted pursuant to Section 2.02(c) hereof, and (ii) in the case of each Revolving Credit Loan, the Applicable Margin. Interest on

each Certificate of Deposit Loan shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto.

(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.02 hereof, each Alternate Base Rate Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed (i) over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, if the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate, and (ii) over a year of 360 days if the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate) equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin. Interest on each Alternate Base Rate Loan shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto.

(d) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.02 hereof, each Fixed Rate Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) equal to the fixed rate of interest offered by the Competitive Bid Bank making such Loan and accepted by the Company pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof. Interest on each Fixed Rate Loan shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto.

(e) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.02 hereof, each Term Federal Funds Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) equal to the Term Federal Funds Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Loan plus the Applicable Margin. Interest on each Term Federal Funds Loan shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto.

(f) Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the first day of the Interest Period with respect to such Loan to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.

SECTION 3.02. Interest on Overdue Amounts. If the Company shall default in the payment when due of the principal of any Loan or of any other amount due hereunder (other than any amount not paid as a result of a Bank Funding Default for the period from which such Bank Funding Default commences to the date on which the failure to pay such amount due would become an Event of Default), the Company shall on demand from time to time pay interest, to the extent permitted by law, on such defaulted amount from the date such amount shall have become due up to (but not including) the date of actual payment thereof (x) for other than Eurodollar Loans, accruing on a daily basis, at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, if the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate or on the basis of a year of 360 days if the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate) which is equal to the sum of (i) the Alternate Base Rate from time to time in effect, plus (ii) the Applicable Margin plus (iii) two percent (2%) per annum, or (y) for Eurodollar Loans, accruing on a daily basis at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days) which is two and one half percent (2-1/2%) per annum in excess of the rate determined by the Administrative Agent two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of periods of one day, one week, one month, two months or three months (as the Administrative Agent shall select in its sole discretion from time to time during the continuation of such default), the first of which periods shall commence on the date such amount shall have become due, as the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered deposits in Dollars as of 11:00 a.m., London time, by prime banks in the London Interbank Eurodollar market for delivery on the first day of any such period and for the approximate number of days comprised therein, in an amount

comparable to the aggregate amount due. If the Company shall default in the payment when due of the principal of any Loan or of any other amount due hereunder as a result of a Bank Funding Default, for the period from which such Bank Funding Default commences to the date on which the failure to pay such amount due would become an Event of Default or, if earlier, to (but not including) the date of actual payment thereof, the Company shall on demand from time to time pay interest, to the extent permitted by law, on such defaulted amount at a rate per annum equal to (x) for other than Eurodollar Loans, the Alternate Base Rate (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, if the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate or on the basis of a year of 360 days if the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate), or (y) for any Eurodollar Loan, until the last day of the Interest Period therefor, at the Interest Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Loan determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01(a) hereof, and thereafter, in accordance with clause (x) above; provided, however, that interest payable by the Company for the period set forth above on defaulted amounts not paid to a Bank as a result of such Bank’s Bank Funding Default shall be payable at a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the Interest Rate that would have been applicable to the Loan or Loans that were the subject of such Bank’s Bank Funding Default, and (ii) the applicable Interest Rate set forth in clause (x) or (y) above, as the case may be.

SECTION 3.03. Inability to Determine Certificate of Deposit Rate, Term Federal Funds Rate or Eurodollar Rate. (a) In the event, and on each occasion, that the Company has accepted a Competitive Bid with respect to a Certificate of Deposit Loan and, on or before the date on which the Certificate of Deposit Rate for the Interest Period relating to such Loan is to be determined, the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto in the absence of manifest error) that such Certificate of Deposit Rate cannot be determined as a result of the inability of the Reference Banks to obtain sufficient bids in accordance with the terms of the definition of Fixed Certificate of Deposit Rate, the Administrative Agent shall immediately give notice of such determination by telephone (confirmed by telecopier) to the Company and the Competitive Bid Bank which submitted such Competitive Bid. In the event of any such determination, (i) any such request by the Company for a Competitive Bid with respect to a Certificate of Deposit Loan shall be deemed to be a request for an Alternate Base Rate Loan, and (ii) the Company may, not later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which such Loans were to have been made, by giving notice (by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) or telecopier) to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall transmit to each of the Banks as soon as practicable thereafter) irrevocably withdraw such notice of Borrowing. Each such determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto in the absence of manifest error.

(b) In the event, and on each occasion, that the Company has submitted a Revolving Credit Borrowing Request for a Certificate of Deposit Loan or a Term Federal Funds Loan and, on or before the date on which the Certificate of Deposit Rate or Term Federal Funds Rate, as the case may be, for such Loan is to be determined, the Administrative Agent shall have determined that such Certificate of Deposit Rate or Term Federal Funds Rate, as the case may be, cannot be determined as a result of the inability of the Reference Banks to obtain sufficient bids or quotations, respectively, in accordance with the terms of the definition of Fixed Certificate of Deposit Rate or Term Federal Funds Rate, as the case may be, or the Required Banks shall determine that the Certificate of Deposit Rate or Term Federal Funds Rate, as the

case may be, for such Loan will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Banks of making or maintaining such Loan during such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent, or, as the case may be, the Required Banks, acting through the Administrative Agent, shall forthwith give notice thereof (by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) or telecopier) to the Company. In the event of any such determination, (i) any such request by the Company for a Certificate of Deposit Loan or Term Federal Funds Loan, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be a request for an Alternate Base Rate Loan, and (ii) the Company may, not later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which such Loans were to have been made, by giving notice (by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) or telecopier) to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall transmit to each of the Banks as soon as practicable thereafter) irrevocably withdraw such notice of Borrowing. Each such determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto in the absence of manifest error.

(c) In the event, and on each occasion, that the Company has accepted a Competitive Bid with respect to a Eurodollar Loan and, on or before the date on which the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period relating to such Loan is to be determined, the Administrative Agent shall have determined that by reason of circumstances affecting the London Interbank Eurodollar market or affecting the position of any Reference Bank in such market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the Interest Rate applicable to such Loan during such Interest Period, then, and in any such event, the Competitive Bid Request submitted by the Company with respect to such Loan and the Competitive Bid submitted by the Competitive Bid Bank and accepted by the Company with respect to such Loan shall both be deemed to be rescinded and of no force and effect whatsoever. The Administrative Agent shall immediately give notice of such determination by telephone (confirmed by telecopier) to the Company and to such Competitive Bid Bank. Each such determination by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto in the absence of manifest error.

(d) In the event, and on each occasion, that the Company has submitted a Revolving Credit Borrowing Request for a Eurodollar Loan and, on or before the date on which the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period relating to such Loan is to be determined, the Administrative Agent shall have determined that by reason of circumstances affecting the London Interbank Eurodollar market or affecting the position of any Reference Bank in such market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the Interest Rate applicable to such Loan during such Interest Period, then, and in any such event, such Revolving Credit Borrowing Request shall be deemed to be rescinded and of no force and effect whatsoever. The Administrative Agent shall immediately give notice of such determination by telephone (confirmed by telecopier) to the Company and the Banks. Each such determination by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto in the absence of manifest error.

SECTION 3.04. Indemnity. The Company shall compensate each Bank, upon written request by such Bank (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses and expenses in respect of any interest paid by such Bank (or its lending branch or affiliate) to lenders of funds borrowed by it or deposited with it to make or maintain its Loans (other than Alternate Base Rate Loans) which such Bank (or its lending branch or affiliate) may sustain, to the extent not otherwise compensated for hereunder and not mitigated by the reemployment of such funds: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such

Bank) a Borrowing of any Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a notice of Borrowing given pursuant to Article II hereof, (ii) if any prepayment (other than a prepayment under Section 2.13(i) resulting from an event referred to in clause (a) of Section 2.13 hereof) or repayment of its Loans (other than Alternate Base Rate Loans) occurs on a date which is not the expiration date of the relevant Interest Period, (iii) if any prepayment of its Loans (other than Alternate Base Rate Loans) is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by the Company (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 4.01 and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (iv) as a consequence of any default by the Company under this Agreement. Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Company shall indemnify each Bank against any loss or expense which such Bank (or its lending branch or affiliate) may sustain or incur as a consequence of the default by the Company in payment of principal of or interest on any Loan (other than any Alternate Base Rate Loan), or any part thereof, or of any amount due under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any premium or penalty incurred by such Bank (or its lending branch or affiliate), in respect of funds borrowed by it or deposited with it for the purpose of making or maintaining such Loan (other than any Alternate Base Rate Loan), as determined by such Bank in the exercise of its sole discretion. A certificate as to any such loss or expense (including calculations, in reasonable detail, showing how such Bank computed such loss or expense) shall be promptly submitted by such Bank to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding as to the amount thereof.

SECTION 3.05. Rate Determination Conclusive. The applicable Interest Rate for each Interest Period with respect to each Loan (other than any Fixed Rate Loan) shall be determined by the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusive and, subject to Section 3.03 and Section 4.03 hereof, binding upon the parties hereto, in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request in writing of the Company or any Bank, deliver to the Company or such Bank a statement showing the computations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any Interest Rate in respect of the Loans payable by the Company.

ARTICLE IV

REDUCTION, TERMINATION, INCREASE OR EXTENSION OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS

SECTION 4.01. Reduction, Termination, Increase or Extension of the Total Commitment. (a) The Company may, from time to time on at least five (5) Business Days’ prior notice (by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) or telecopier) received by the Administrative Agent (which shall advise each Bank thereof as soon as practicable thereafter), permanently reduce the Total Commitment (such reduction shall reduce each Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment ratably according to its respective Proportional Share of the amount of such reduction and Schedule I hereto shall be deemed amended to reflect the reduction in such Revolving Credit Commitments) but only upon (a) repayment of that portion of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans which, together with the aggregate principal amount of all Competitive Loans then outstanding and the LC Exposure, exceeds the amount of the Total Commitment as so reduced (such repayment to be applied to

each Bank’s Revolving Credit Loans in the same proportion as its Revolving Credit Commitment is reduced), and (b) payment to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Banks, of the Facility Fees on the portion of the Total Commitment so reduced which have accrued through the date of such reduction; provided, however, the Company may not so reduce the Total Commitment at any time to an amount less than the aggregate principal amount of all Competitive Loans then outstanding and the LC Exposure. Any such reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $50,000,000 or an integral multiple of $10,000,000 in excess of $50,000,000. The Company may at any time, on like notice, terminate the Total Commitment (and each Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment) upon payment in full of all Loans and the accrued interest thereon and the Facility Fees accrued through the date of such termination; provided, however, that the Company may not terminate the Total Commitment at any time that Competitive Loans are then outstanding. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Total Commitment delivered by the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.

(b) (i) The Company may, on one or more occasions, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, executed by the Company, the Issuing Bank and one or more financial institutions (any such financial institution referred to in this Section 4.01(b) being called an “Increasing Bank”), which may include any Bank, cause new Revolving Credit Commitments to be extended by the Increasing Banks or cause the existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Increasing Banks to be increased, as the case may be (any such extension or increase, a “Commitment Increase”), in an amount for each Increasing Bank set forth in such notice; provided, that (A) the aggregate amount by which the Total Commitment is increased as a result of any Commitment Increase shall be an integral multiple of $50,000,000, (B) at no time shall the aggregate amount of all increases in the Total Commitment effected under this Section 4.01(b) exceed $1,000,000,000, (C) each Increasing Bank, if not already a Bank hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (D) each Increasing Bank, if not already a Bank hereunder, shall become a party to this Agreement by completing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed accession agreement in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Company (an “Accession Agreement”). New Revolving Credit Commitments and increases in Revolving Credit Commitments under this Section 4.01(b) shall become effective on the date specified in the applicable notice delivered pursuant to this paragraph. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Increasing Bank is a party, (A) such Increasing Bank shall thereafter be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder and subject to all obligations of a Bank hereunder and (B) Schedule I shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Increasing Bank as provided in such Accession Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase pursuant to this Section in the Revolving Credit Commitment of a Bank already a party hereto, Schedule I shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increased Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank.

(ii) On the effective date of any Commitment Increase pursuant to this paragraph (b) (the “Increase Effective Date”), (A) the aggregate principal amount of the

Revolving Credit Loans outstanding (the “Initial Loans”) immediately prior to giving effect to the applicable Commitment Increase on the Increase Effective Date shall be deemed to be repaid, (B) after the effectiveness of the Commitment Increase, the Company shall be deemed to have made new Revolving Credit Borrowings (the “Subsequent Borrowings”) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Loans and of the types and for the Interest Periods specified in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.01, (C) each Bank shall pay to the Administrative Agent in same day funds an amount equal to the difference, if positive, between (x) such Bank’s Proportional Share (calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase) of the Subsequent Borrowings and (y) such Bank’s Proportional Share (calculated without giving effect to the Commitment Increase) of the Initial Loans, (D) after the Administrative Agent receives the funds specified in clause (C) above, the Administrative Agent shall pay to each Bank the portion of such funds that is equal to the difference, if positive, between (1) such Bank’s Proportional Share (calculated without giving effect to the Commitment Increase) of the Initial Loans and (2) such Bank’s Proportional Share (calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase) of the amount of the Subsequent Borrowings, (E) each Increasing Bank and each other Bank shall be deemed to hold its Proportional Share of each Subsequent Borrowing (each calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase) and (F) the Company shall pay each Increasing Bank and each other Bank any and all accrued but unpaid interest on the Initial Loans. The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (A) above in respect of each Eurodollar Loan shall be subject to indemnification by the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.04 if the Increase Effective Date occurs other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto and breakage costs result.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Total Commitment (or in the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Bank) shall become effective under this paragraph (b) unless, on the date of such increase, (A) the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) of Section 7.02 shall be satisfied (with all references in such paragraphs to the making of Loans being deemed to be references to such increase) and (B) the Administrative Agent shall have received an Officer’s Certificate to that effect dated such date.

(c) The Company may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Banks) on one occasion within the period not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to any anniversary of the date hereof, request that the Banks extend the Maturity Date and the Revolving Credit Commitments for an additional period of one year. Each Bank shall, by notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent given not later than the 20th day after the date of the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the Borrower’s extension request, advise the Company whether or not it agrees to the requested extension (each Bank agreeing to a requested extension being called a “Consenting Bank” and each Bank declining to agree to a requested extension being called a “Declining Bank”). Any Bank that has not so advised the Administrative Agent by such day shall be deemed to have declined to agree to such extension and shall be a Declining Bank. If Banks constituting the Required Banks shall have agreed to an extension request, then the Maturity Date shall, as to the Consenting Banks, be extended to the first anniversary of the Maturity Date theretofore in effect. The decision to agree or withhold agreement to any Maturity Date extension shall be at the sole discretion of each Bank. The Commitment of any Declining Bank shall terminate on the Maturity Date in effect as to such Bank prior to giving effect to any such extension (such

Maturity Date being called the “Existing Maturity Date”). The principal amount of any outstanding Loans made by Declining Banks, together with any accrued interest thereon and any accrued fees and other amounts payable to or for the accounts of such Declining Banks hereunder, shall be due and payable on the Existing Maturity Date, and on the Existing Maturity Date the Company shall also make such other prepayments of its Loans as shall be required in order that, after giving effect to the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments of, and all payments to, Declining Banks pursuant to this sentence, the sum of (A) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Competitive Loans and (B) the LC Exposure will not exceed the Total Commitment. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Company shall have the right, at any time prior to the Existing Maturity Date, to take any of the actions set forth in Section 2.13 with respect to any Declining Bank, and any such Assenting Bank or Replacement Lender that shall have consented to the Company’s extension request shall for all purposes constitute a Consenting Bank. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall become effective unless (i) on the anniversary of the date hereof that immediately follows the Existing Maturity Date on which the Company delivers the applicable request for extension of the Maturity Date, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) of Section 7.02 shall be satisfied (with all references in such paragraphs to the making of Loans being deemed to be references to such extension) and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received an Officer’s Certificate to that effect dated such date.

SECTION 4.02. Prepayments. (a) The Company may from time to time, upon at least (i) two (2) Business Days’ prior notice (in the event such notice pertains to Domestic Loans) or (ii) three (3) Business Days’ prior notice (in the event such notice pertains to Eurodollar Loans) (by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) or telecopier) received by the Administrative Agent (prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, in the event such notice pertains to Domestic Loans) (which shall advise each Bank thereof as soon as practicable thereafter), prepay any Revolving Credit Borrowing in whole or in part, without, except as provided in Section 3.04 hereof, premium or penalty (such prepayment to be pro rata to the Banks according to the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Notes held by them); provided, however, that each such prepayment shall be in an aggregate amount of $50,000,000 or an integral multiple of $10,000,000 in excess of $50,000,000. Except as provided in Section 2.08(e)(ii), Section 2.08(e)(iii), Section 2.12(c)(i), Section 2.13(i), Section 4.03(a), Section 4.03(b)(ii) or Section 4.03(b)(iii) hereof, the Company shall not have the right to prepay any Competitive Borrowing.

(b) Each notice of prepayment shall specify the Borrowing to be prepaid, the prepayment date and the aggregate principal to be prepaid, and shall be irrevocable; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Total Commitment as contemplated by Section 4.01(a), then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 4.01(a). All prepayments under this Section 4.02 shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the principal amount being prepaid to the date of prepayment.

SECTION 4.03. Required Termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments and Prepayment. (a) In the event that at any time any Affected Bank shall have reasonably determined in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties

hereto, in the absence of manifest error) that the making or continuation of its Revolving Credit Commitment to make Eurodollar Loans or its Eurodollar Loans have become unlawful under any applicable law, governmental rule, requirement, regulation, guideline or order, then, and in any such event, such Affected Bank shall as soon as practicable give notice (by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) or telecopier) to the Company and to the Administrative Agent (which shall transmit such notice to each of the Banks as soon as practicable thereafter), of such determination. Thereupon, the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Affected Bank and the obligation of such Affected Bank to make or maintain its Loan(s) shall be terminated and the Company shall forthwith, and in any event no later than the earlier of (x) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date with respect to such Loan(s) or (y) ten (10) days after receipt of notice from such Affected Bank under this Section 4.03(a), prepay the outstanding Loan(s) of such Affected Bank without premium or penalty, together with all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts owing to such Affected Bank hereunder (including any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof in connection with such prepayment).

(b) In lieu of prepaying the Loan(s) of the Affected Bank as required by Section 4.03(a) hereof, the Company may exercise any one or more of the following options:

(i) If such determination by an Affected Bank relates to Eurodollar Loans then being requested by the Company pursuant to a notice of Borrowing as provided in Sections 2.01, 2.02 or 2.06 hereof, the Company may, not later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day which is three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which such Loans were to have been made by giving notice (by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) or telecopier) to the Administrative Agent (which shall transmit such notice to each of the Banks otherwise required to participate in such Loans as soon as practicable thereafter) irrevocably withdraw such notice of Borrowing.

(ii) The Company may request one or more of the non-Affected Banks to take over all (but not part) of each Affected Bank’s then outstanding Loan(s) and to assume all (but not part) of each Affected Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment and obligations hereunder. If one or more Banks shall so agree in writing with respect to an Affected Bank, (x) the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Assenting Bank and the obligations of such Assenting Bank under this Agreement shall be increased by its respective Allocable Share of the Revolving Credit Commitment and of the obligations of such Affected Bank under this Agreement, and (y) each Assenting Bank shall make Loans to the Company, according to such Assenting Bank’s respective Allocable Share, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank, on a date mutually acceptable to the Assenting Banks, such Affected Bank and the Company. The proceeds of such Loans, together with funds of the Company, shall be used to prepay the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank, together with all interest accrued thereon, and all other amounts owing to such Affected Bank hereunder (including any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof in connection with such prepayment), and, upon such assumption by the Assenting Banks and prepayment by the Company, such Affected Bank shall cease to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and

shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof). Any such prepayment shall occur prior to the time any prepayment pursuant to Section 4.03(a) hereof is required to be made.

(iii) Upon notice (by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) or telecopier) to the Administrative Agent (which shall advise each Bank thereof as soon as practicable thereafter), the Company may terminate the obligations of the Banks to make or maintain Loans as Eurodollar Loans and, in such event, the Company shall, prior to the time any prepayment pursuant to Section 4.03(a) hereof is required to be made, refinance all of the Eurodollar Loans with Domestic Loans, or prepay such Eurodollar Loans, in the manner contemplated by and pursuant to Section 2.06 or Section 4.02 hereof, respectively.

(iv) (A) The Company may designate one or more Replacement Lenders mutually acceptable to the Company and the Administrative Agent (whose consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to assume the Revolving Credit Commitment and the obligations of each such Affected Bank hereunder, and to purchase, prior to the time any prepayment pursuant to Section 4.03(a) hereof is required to be made, the outstanding Notes of such Affected Bank and such Affected Bank’s rights hereunder and with respect thereto, without recourse upon, or warranty by, or expense to, such Affected Bank, for a purchase price equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank plus all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts owing to such Affected Bank hereunder (including the amount which would be payable to such Affected Bank pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof if the purchase of its Notes constituted a prepayment thereof contemplated by clause (ii) of the first sentence of Section 3.04 hereof), and upon such assumption and purchase by the Replacement Lenders, each such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Bank shall cease to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof).

such Replacement Lenders shall be deemed to be “Banks” for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Bank shall cease to be a “Bank” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations hereunder (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof). Each such Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such documentation to evidence its status as a “Bank” hereunder as shall be mutually acceptable to the Company and the Administrative Agent. The effectiveness of each Replacement Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, the making of such Loans by such Replacement Lenders and the prepayment by the Company of the Loan(s) of such Affected Bank shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously for all purposes hereof.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 5.01. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Banks, the Issuing Bank, the Agents and the Managing Agents as follows:

(a) Company’s Organization; Corporate Power. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; the Company is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing as a foreign corporation authorized to do business in each other jurisdiction where, because of the nature of its activities or properties, such qualification or licensing is required, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed will not materially adversely affect the financial condition, business or operations of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or prevent the enforcement of contracts to which the Company is a party; and the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority (i) to own its assets and to carry on the business in which it is engaged, (ii) to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, (iii) to borrow in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by this Agreement, (iv) to issue the Notes in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by this Agreement, and (v) to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under all other agreements and instruments executed and delivered by the Company pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement.

(b) Domestic Specified Subsidiaries; Organization; Corporate Power. As of the Effective Date, each domestic Specified Subsidiary is a corporation or other entity (as the case may be) duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the

state or jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation; and, as of the Effective Date, each domestic Specified Subsidiary has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its assets and to carry on the business in which it is engaged.

(c) Company’s Corporate Authority; No Conflict. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes, the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, the Borrowings by the Company in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by this Agreement, the issuance by the Company of the Notes in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by this Agreement, the execution and delivery by the Company of all other agreements and instruments which shall have been executed and delivered by the Company pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under all other agreements and instruments which shall have been executed and delivered by the Company pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action (including any necessary stockholder action) on the part of the Company, and do not and will not (i) violate any provision of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation U and Regulation X) presently in effect having applicability to the Company (or any Specified Subsidiary), or of any order, writ, judgment, decree, determination or award (which is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the consolidated financial condition, business or operations of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries) presently in effect having applicability to the Company (or any Specified Subsidiary) or of the charter or by-laws of the Company (or any Specified Subsidiary), or (ii) subject to the Company’s compliance with any applicable covenants pertaining to its incurrence of unsecured indebtedness, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement, or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any other agreement or instrument (which is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the consolidated financial condition, business or operations of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries), to which the Company or any Specified Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Specified Subsidiary or its respective properties may be bound or affected, or (iii) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature upon or with respect to any of the properties now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company (other than any right of setoff or banker’s lien or attachment that any Bank or other holder of a Note may have under applicable law), and the Company is not in default under or in violation of its charter or by-laws.

(d) Valid and Binding Obligations of the Company. This Agreement constitutes, and (when executed and delivered by the Company) the Notes and each other agreement or instrument executed and delivered by the Company pursuant hereto or in connection herewith will each constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(e) Company’s Financial Condition. The Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as at December 31, 2005, copies of which have been furnished to each Bank,

have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding fiscal year and fairly present the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the results of their operations for the period then ended. As of the Effective Date, since December 31, 2005, there has been no material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition, business or operations of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, except as set forth in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, or its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, in each case to the Securities and Exchange Commission, (copies of each of which have been furnished to each Bank) or as disclosed in writing to the Banks prior to the Effective Date.

(f) Litigation with Respect to the Company or Its Subsidiaries. As of the Effective Date, no litigation (including, without limitation, derivative actions), arbitration proceedings or governmental proceedings are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which are likely (to the extent not covered by insurance) materially and adversely to affect the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries or materially to impair the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, except as set forth in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, or its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or as disclosed in writing to the Banks prior to the Effective Date.

(g) Regulatory Approvals with Respect to This Agreement. No authorization, consent, approval, license or formal exemption from, nor any filing, declaration or registration with, any court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (Federal, state, local or foreign), including, without limitation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or with any securities exchange, is or will be required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the Notes, the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, the Borrowings by the Company in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by this Agreement, or the issuance by the Company of the Notes in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by this Agreement (except for such authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses, exemptions, filings, declarations or registrations, if any, which may be required to be obtained or made subsequent to the Effective Date, all of which, if then required, will have been duly obtained or made on or before each date on which the foregoing representation and warranty shall be made, deemed made or reaffirmed, as the case may be, will be sufficient for all purposes thereof and will be in full force and effect on each such date).

(h) ERISA. As of the Effective Date, no material liability to the PBGC has been, or is expected by the Company or any Related Person to the Company to be, incurred by the Company or any Related Person to the Company. No Reportable Event which presents a material risk of termination of any Plan maintained by the Company or a Related Person to the Company has occurred and is continuing at the Effective Date. No Plan maintained by the Company or a Related Person to the Company had an Accumulated Funding Deficiency, whether or not waived, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year of such Plan ending prior to the Effective Date. Neither the Company nor any Related Person to the Company has engaged in a Prohibited Transaction prior to the Effective Date.

(i) Investment Company Act. The Company 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.

(j) Regulation U; Regulation X. The Company is not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending, or arranging for the extension of, credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U, and no part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used for any purpose which would be in violation of such regulations or in violation of Regulation X.

(k) Company’s Tax Returns and Tax Liability. The Company and its Subsidiaries, except for any Subsidiary (x) incorporated under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia or (y) having substantially all of its properties and assets or conducting substantially all of its business outside the United States of America and having assets immaterial in comparison to the assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, have filed all tax returns required to be filed by them and have paid or provided adequate reserves or obtained adequate indemnity for the payment of all taxes and assessments payable by them which have become due, other than (i) those not yet delinquent, (ii) those the nonpayment of which would not be reasonably likely to result in a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (iii) those being contested in good faith and (iv) those involving foreign taxes and assessments which are involved in a good faith dispute.

(l) Environmental and Public and Employee Health and Safety Matters. As of the Effective Date, the Company and each Subsidiary has complied with all applicable Federal, state, and other laws, rules and regulations relating to environmental pollution or to environmental regulation or control or to public or employee health or safety, except (i) to the extent that the failure to so comply would not be reasonably likely to result in a material and adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries or (ii) as set forth in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, or its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or as disclosed in writing to the Banks prior to the Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ facilities do not manage any hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, toxic substances or toxic pollutants regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act or any other applicable law relating to environmental pollution or public or employee health and safety, in violation of any such law, or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, except (A) for violations that would not be reasonably likely to result in a material and adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries or (B) as set forth in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, or its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or as disclosed in writing to the Banks prior to the Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, the Company is aware of no events, conditions or circumstances involving environmental pollution or contamination or public or employee health or safety, in each case applicable to it or its Subsidiaries, that would be

reasonably likely to result in a material and adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries except as set forth in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, or its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or as disclosed in writing to the Banks prior to the Effective Date.

(m) True and Complete Disclosure. To the best of the Company’s knowledge and belief, all factual information heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to any Bank, the Issuing Bank, any Agent or any Managing Agent for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby is, and all other such factual information hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to any Bank, the Issuing Bank, any Agent or any Managing Agent will be, true and accurate (taken as a whole) on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not misleading at such time.

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS

SECTION 6.01. Affirmative Covenants of the Company. So long as any Loan or LC Disbursement shall remain unpaid, any Bank shall have any Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Company will, unless the Required Banks shall have otherwise consented in writing:

(a) Reports, Certificates and Other Information. Furnish to each Bank:

(i) Interim Reports. Within 15 days after the date by which the Company is required to file any periodic report containing the financial statements referred to in this Section 6.01(a)(i) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for each of the first three quarterly fiscal periods in each fiscal year of the Company, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company as at the end of such period (setting forth in comparative form the consolidated figures as of the end of the previous fiscal year), the related consolidated statement of operations for such period and (in the case of the second and third quarterly periods) for the period from the beginning of the current fiscal year to the end of such quarterly period (setting forth in each case in comparative form the consolidated figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year) and the related consolidated statement of cash flows for the period from the beginning of the current fiscal year to the end of such quarterly period (setting forth in comparative form the consolidated figures from the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year), all in reasonable detail and certified, subject to changes resulting from year-end audit adjustments, by a financial officer of the Company (it being understood that the delivery of (A) the Company’s Form 10-Q setting forth such statements for each such period and (B) a certification by a financial officer of the Company to the

effect that such statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company on a consolidated basis (subject to changes resulting from year-end audit adjustments) shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.01(a)(i)).

(ii) Annual Reports. Within 15 days after the date by which the Company is required to file any periodic report containing the financial statements referred to in this Section 6.01(a)(ii) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for each fiscal year of the Company, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company as at the end of such year, and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the consolidated figures for the previous fiscal year, accompanied by the opinion thereon of independent public accountants of recognized national standing selected by the Company, which opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards relating to reporting and shall be based upon an audit by such accountants of the relevant accounts (it being understood that the delivery of the Company’s Form 10-K setting forth such statements for such year shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.01(a)(ii)).

(iii) Officers’ Certificates. Within 30 days after each date by which the Company is required to file financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a)(i) or 6.01(a)(ii) hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission, an Officers’ Certificate (A) stating that the signers have reviewed the relevant terms of this Agreement and of the Notes and have made, or caused to be made under their supervision, a review of the transactions and condition of the corporation or corporations covered by such financial statements during the accounting period in question, and that such review has not disclosed the existence during such accounting period, and that the signers do not otherwise have knowledge of the existence as at the date of such Officers’ Certificate, of any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default, or, if any such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company has taken or is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and (B) demonstrating in reasonable detail compliance during such accounting period with Sections 6.02(b), 6.02(c) and 6.02(d) hereof.

(iv) Accountants’ Reports. Within 30 days after each date by which the Company is required to file financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a)(ii) hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a report signed by the independent public accountants reporting thereon (A) briefly setting forth the scope of their examination of such financial statements and the information provided pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(iii)(B) above and (B) stating whether or not such examination has disclosed any failure by the Company to comply with the terms, covenants, provisions and conditions of this Section 6.01(a) and of Sections 6.01(b), 6.01(e), and 6.02 (other than Section 6.02(e)) insofar as they relate to accounting matters.

(v) Reports to SEC and to Stockholders. Promptly upon their becoming

publicly available, copies of all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent by the Company to its stockholders, and of all regular and periodic reports filed by the Company or any of its Specified Subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental authority succeeding to any of its functions, which in each case have not been delivered under paragraph (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this Section 6.01.

(vi) Officers’ Certificates as to Status of Excepted Subsidiaries. (A) Promptly after the designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Excepted Subsidiary or the withdrawal of such designation, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the name of the Subsidiary and whether it is being designated as, or withdrawn from designation as, an Excepted Subsidiary, and (B) as soon as practicable after the designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Excepted Subsidiary or the withdrawal of such designation, or, at the option of the Company, together with the next delivery of any financial statements to the Banks pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(i) or Section 6.01(a)(ii) hereof, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying the correctness of, all facts and computations required in order to establish that such designation or withdrawal of designation is permitted in accordance with this Agreement, and listing all Subsidiaries of the Company that are designated as Excepted Subsidiaries at such time.

(vii) Notice of Default. Forthwith upon any principal officer of the Company obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company has taken or is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

(viii) USA Patriot Act. Promptly following a request therefor, all documentation and other information that a Bank reasonably requests as necessary in order for it to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act.

(ix) Other Information. With reasonable promptness, such other information and data with respect to the Company or any of its Specified Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any Bank.

Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6.01(a) shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information, or one or more annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Banks have been granted access or shall be available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov (and a confirming electronic correspondence shall have been delivered or caused to be delivered to the Banks providing notice of such posting or availability); provided that the Company shall deliver paper copies of such information to any Bank that requests such delivery. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6.01(a) may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to

procedures to be approved by the Administrative Agent.

(b) Taxes. Pay or provide adequate reserves or obtain adequate indemnity for the payment of, and cause each Subsidiary to pay or provide adequate reserves or obtain adequate indemnity for the payment of, all taxes and assessments payable by it which become due, other than (i) those not yet delinquent, (ii) those the nonpayment of which would not be reasonably likely to result in a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (iii) those being contested in good faith and (iv) those involving foreign taxes and assessments which are involved in a good faith dispute with respect to tax or other matters.

(c) Preservation of Corporate Existence, etc. Subject to Section 6.02(a) hereof, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence and the rights (charter and statutory) of the Company and each Specified Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Banks under this Agreement.

(d) Inspections; Discussions. Permit any authorized representatives designated by a Bank, at such Bank’s expense, to make reasonable inspections of any of the properties of the Company or any of its Specified Subsidiaries, including its and their books of account, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested by such Bank; provided that if required by the Company, any such Bank shall, as a condition to being permitted to make any such inspection, certify to the Company that the same is being made solely in order to assist such Bank in evaluating its extension of credit to the Company evidenced by the Notes.

(e) Books and Records. Maintain, and cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to maintain, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis, and set aside, and cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to set aside, on its books all such proper reserves as shall be required by generally accepted accounting principles.

(f) Maintenance of Properties. Cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of a Specified Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment, and cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.01(f) shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance, or both the operation and maintenance, of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Specified Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Banks under this Agreement.

(g) Maintenance of Insurance. Insure and keep insured, and cause each Specified Subsidiary to insure and keep insured, with reputable insurance companies, so much of its respective properties, to such an extent and against such risk (including fire), as companies engaged in similar businesses and of similar size customarily insure properties of a similar character; or, in lieu thereof, in the case of itself or of any one or more of its Specified Subsidiaries, maintain or cause to be maintained a system or systems of self-insurance which will accord with the approved practices of companies owning or operating properties of a similar character in maintaining such systems.

(h) Compliance with Laws, etc. Not violate any laws, rules, regulations, or governmental orders to which it is subject (including any such laws, rules, regulations or governmental orders relating to the protection of the environment or to public or employee health or safety), which violation would be reasonably likely to result in a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries; and not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to violate any laws, rules, regulations, or governmental orders of Federal, state or local governmental entities within the United States to which it is subject (including any such laws, rules, regulations or governmental orders relating to the protection of the environment or to public or employee health or safety), which violation would be reasonably likely to result in a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.

(i) Delivery of Certain Documentation with Respect to Plans. (i) As soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after it knows or has reason to know that, regarding any Plan with respect to the Company or a Related Person to the Company, a Prohibited Transaction or a Reportable Event which presents a material risk of termination of any Plan maintained by the Company or a Related Person to the Company has occurred (whether or not the requirement for notice of such Reportable Event has been waived by the PBGC), deliver to the Syndication Agents and each Bank a certificate of a responsible officer of the Company setting forth the details of such Prohibited Transaction or Reportable Event, (ii) upon request of either Syndication Agent or any Bank made from time to time after the occurrence of any such Prohibited Transaction or Reportable Event, deliver to the Syndication Agents and each Bank a copy of the most recent actuarial report and annual report completed with respect to any Plan maintained by the Company or a Related Person to the Company, and (iii) as soon as possible, and in any event within 10 days, after it knows or has reason to know that any of the following have occurred with respect to any Plan maintained by the Company or a Related Person to the Company: (A) any such Plan has been terminated, (B) the Plan Sponsor intends to terminate any such Plan, (C) the PBGC has instituted or will institute proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate any such Plan, or (D) the Company or any Related Person to the Company withdraws from any such Plan, deliver to the Syndication Agents and each Bank a written notice thereof. For purposes of this Section 6.01(i), the Company shall be deemed to have knowledge of all facts known by the Plan Administrator of any Plan or Employee Benefit Plan of which the Company or any Related Person to the Company is the Plan Sponsor.

(j) Contributions to Plans. Pay, and use its best efforts to cause each Related Person with respect to the Company to pay, when due, all contributions required to meet the minimum funding standards set forth in Sections 302 through 308 of ERISA with respect to each Plan maintained by the Company or a Related Person to the Company.

(k) Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans for general corporate purposes and not for any purpose which is in violation of Regulation U or Regulation X.

SECTION 6.02. Negative Covenants of the Company. So long as any Loan or LC Disbursement shall remain unpaid, any Bank shall have any Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Required Banks:

(a) Mergers, Consolidations, Sales. Consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey or transfer its properties substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:

(i) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety, shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all the Notes and the performance of every covenant of this Agreement on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; and

(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other corporation, or any conveyance or transfer by the Company of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person which is permitted by this Section 6.02(a), the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Agreement with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein; and, in the event of such conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the Person named as the “Company” in the introduction to this Agreement or any successor corporation which shall theretofore become such in the manner described in this Section 6.02(a)) shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Agreement and the Notes and may be dissolved and liquidated.

(b) Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, incur, create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable with respect to any Secured Debt, unless (x) the Company secures or causes such Consolidated Subsidiary to secure the Obligations equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Secured Debt or (y) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all Secured Debt, together with all Discounted Rental Value in respect of sale and leaseback transactions involving Principal Domestic Properties (excluding sale and leaseback transactions exempted from the prohibition of Section 6.02(c)(i) hereof by Section 6.02(c)(ii) hereof, would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; provided, however, that for purposes of this Section there shall be excluded from Secured Debt all Indebtedness secured by:

(i) Liens existing on April 1, 1998;

(ii) Liens existing on property of, or on any shares of stock or Indebtedness of, any corporation at the time such corporation becomes a Consolidated Subsidiary;

(iii) Liens in favor of the Company or a Consolidated Subsidiary;

(iv) Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or provision of any statute;

(v) Liens existing on property, shares of stock or Indebtedness at the time of acquisition thereof (including acquisition through merger or consolidation) or Liens (A) to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price thereof or the cost of construction, installation, renovation, improvement or development thereon or thereof or (B) to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 360 days after the later of the acquisition, the completion of such construction, installation, renovation, improvement or development or the commencement of full operation of such property or within 360 days after the acquisition of such shares or Indebtedness for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost thereof; and

(vi) any extension, renewal or refunding of any Liens referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v), inclusive, provided, however, that (A) such extension, renewal or refunding Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property, shares of stock or Indebtedness that secured the Lien extended, renewed or refunded (plus improvements on or replacements of such property) and (B) such Secured Debt at such time is not increased.

(c) Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. (i) The Company will not, and will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, sell or transfer any Principal Domestic Property, with the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary taking back a lease of such Principal Domestic Property, unless: (x) such Principal Domestic Property is sold within 360 days from the date of acquisition of such Principal Domestic Property or the date of the completion of construction or commencement of full operations on such Principal Domestic Property, whichever is later; or (y) the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary could subject such Principal Domestic Property to a Lien pursuant to Section 6.02(b) in an amount equal to the Discounted Rental Value with respect to such sale and leaseback transaction without equally and ratably securing the Securities; or (z) the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary, within 120 days after such sale, applies or causes to be applied to the retirement of its Funded Debt an amount not less than the greater of (A) the net proceeds of the sale of such Principal Domestic Property or (B) the fair value (as determined in any manner approved by the Board of Directors) of such Principal Domestic Property; provided, however, that the amount to be applied to the retirement of Funded Debt of the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary shall be reduced by the principal amount of Funded Debt of the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary voluntarily retired by the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary within 120 days after such sale.

(ii) The provisions of this clause (c) shall not prevent (i) a sale and leaseback transaction

between the Company and a Consolidated Subsidiary or between Consolidated Subsidiaries or (ii) a sale or transfer of any Principal Domestic Property with a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than 36 months.

(d) Restriction on Consolidated Debt. Create, incur, assume, guarantee or in any other way become liable for, or permit any Specified Subsidiary to create, incur, assume, guarantee or in any other way become liable for, any Indebtedness included in Consolidated Debt (other than in connection with any renewal, extension or refunding of such Indebtedness which does not increase the net amount of the Consolidated Debt outstanding), unless immediately thereafter, and after giving effect thereto, the ratio of Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth would not exceed 2.6 to 1.0.

(e) Change in Control. Permit any Person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities and Exchange Commission as in effect on the date hereof) beneficially to own more than 50% (by number of votes) of the Voting Securities of the Company unless such Voting Securities shall have been acquired in a transaction or series of transactions approved prior to such acquisition by the Board of Directors of the Company, and the directors so approving shall include directors who constitute a majority of the Board of Directors and who are persons either (i) who are directors on the date hereof or (ii) who were nominated or elected by a majority of the directors who (A) are directors on the date hereof or (B) shall have been nominated or elected as described in this clause (ii).

ARTICLE VII

CONDITIONS OF CREDIT

The obligations of the Banks to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder are subject to (a) the Revolving Credit Commitments having become effective as provided in Section 7.01 below and (b) the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7.02 below.

SECTION 7.01. Conditions to Effectiveness of Commitments. The Revolving Credit Commitments shall become effective at such time as the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(a) The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Syndication Agents for the account of each Bank a Competitive Note and Revolving Credit Note (appropriately completed).

(b) State Certificates as to the Company:

(i) The Syndication Agents shall have received (with a photocopy for each Bank) a copy of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and each amendment, if any, thereto (but not the certificates of designation of preferences of preferred stock), certified by the Secretary of State of the State of

Delaware (as of a date shortly before the Effective Date) as being true and correct copies of such documents on file in the office of such Secretary of State.

(ii) The Syndication Agents shall have received (with a photocopy for each Bank) the signed Certificate or Certificates of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in regular form (as of a date shortly before the Effective Date), listing the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and each amendment, if any, thereto, together with the certificates of designation of preferences of preferred stock and the certificates of merger or ownership, on file in the office of such Secretary of State and stating that such documents are the only charter documents of the Company on file in such office filed on the date the Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed or thereafter and that the Company is duly incorporated and in good standing in the State of Delaware and as to the franchise tax status of the Company.

(c) The Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent shall have received (with a photocopy for each Bank) the signed certificate of the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, dated the Effective Date and in the form of Exhibit F hereto (appropriately completed), certifying, among other things, (i) a true and correct copy of (x) resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors or Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company and (y) a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company approving, on behalf of the Company, the terms of this Agreement, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes and authorizing the issuance by the Company of the Notes in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) a true and correct copy of the By-laws of the Company as in effect on the Effective Date, and (iii) the incumbency and specimen signatures of officers of the Company executing (x) the documents specified in clause (i) above, and (y) any other documents delivered to the Syndication Agents or the Administrative Agent on the Effective Date.

(d) The Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent shall have received (with a photocopy for each Bank) the signed opinion of Linda S. Peterson, Esq., Counsel of the Company and counsel to the Company, dated the Effective Date and given upon the express instructions of the Company, in the form of Exhibit H hereto, with such changes (if any) therein as shall be acceptable to the Syndication Agents and special counsel to the Agents, and as to such other matters as either Syndication Agent may reasonably request.

(e) The Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent shall have received (with a photocopy for each Bank) the signed opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, special counsel to the Agents, dated the Effective Date, in the form of Exhibit I hereto, with such changes (if any) therein as shall be acceptable to the Syndication Agents.

(f) The Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent shall have received (with a photocopy for each Bank) such other instruments and documents as the Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent may have reasonably requested.

(g) No Loans shall be outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement and all fees and other amounts accrued for the accounts of or owed to the Banks under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date, whether or not at the time due and payable, shall have been or shall simultaneously be paid in full.

(h) Each of the Agents, the Managing Agents and the Company shall have executed one or more counterparts of this Agreement.

(i) The Syndication Agents shall have received satisfactory evidence that banks with Revolving Credit Commitments which cause the Total Commitment to equal $1,500,000,000 have executed one or more counterparts of this Agreement or of an Addendum.

SECTION 7.02. Conditions Precedent to All Extensions of Credit. The obligation of each Bank to make each Loan, and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the time of the making of such Loan or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension off such Letter of Credit of each of the following further conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained in this Agreement (other than the representations and warranties set forth in the second sentence of Section 5.01(e) hereof, in Section 5.01(f) hereof and in Section 5.01(l) hereof) shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Borrowing Date for such Loan (other than any Refinancing Loan) or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date).

(b) Both before and after giving effect to such Loan (other than any Refinancing Loan) or such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, the Company shall be in compliance with the requirements of any applicable covenants pertaining to its incurrence of unsecured indebtedness.

(c) No Event of Default and no Unmatured Event of Default (other than any Unmatured Event of Default which occurs as a result of a Bank Funding Default) shall have occurred and be continuing on the Borrowing Date for such Loan (other than any Refinancing Loan) or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, or would result from the making of such Loan or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit.

Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company on the date of such Borrowing or such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension that each of the conditions contained in this Section 7.02 has been satisfied.

ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 8.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events, acts or occurrences (herein called an “Event of Default”) shall occur and be continuing:

(a) default, and continuance thereof for three (3) Business Days or, in the case of any default which results from a Bank Funding Default, five (5) Business Days after the Company shall have been advised by the Syndication Agents or the Administrative Agent of such Bank Funding Default, in the payment when due of any amount owing by the Company hereunder or under the Notes in respect of the principal of, or interest on, any Loan or in respect of any Fee or any LC Disbursement; or

(b) any representation or warranty on the part of the Company contained in this Agreement or in any certificate, letter or other writing or instrument furnished or delivered to any Bank or either Syndication Agent or the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, shall at any time prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, deemed made or reaffirmed, as the case may be; or

(c) the Company shall default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on its part to be performed or observed under Section 6.02(b), 6.02(c), 6.02(d) or 6.02(e) hereof (other than a default which would not have occurred or would not be continuing if the calculations pursuant to the aforesaid Sections were made without giving effect to changes in generally accepted accounting principles which require implementation after the Effective Date); or

(d) the Company shall default in any material respect in the performance or observance of any other term, covenant, condition or agreement on its part to be performed or observed hereunder (and not constituting an Event of Default under any other clause of this Section 8.01), and such default shall continue unremedied for thirty (30) days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Company by either Syndication Agent, any Bank or the Issuing Bank; or

(e) either (i) the Company or any Specified Subsidiary shall generally fail to pay, or admit in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, or shall voluntarily commence any case or proceeding or file any petition under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or seeking dissolution, liquidation or reorganization or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator for itself or a substantial portion of its property, assets or business or to effect a plan or other arrangement with its creditors (except the voluntary dissolution, not under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, of a Specified Subsidiary), or shall file any answer admitting the jurisdiction of the court and the material allegations of any involuntary petition filed against it in any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar case or proceeding, or shall be adjudicated bankrupt, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall consent to, or acquiesce in the appointment of, a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator for itself or a substantial portion of its property, assets or business, or (ii) corporate action shall be

taken by the Company or any Specified Subsidiary for the purpose of effectuating any of the foregoing; or

(f) involuntary proceedings or an involuntary petition shall be commenced or filed against the Company or any Specified Subsidiary under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or seeking the dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or such Specified Subsidiary (as the case may be) or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator for the Company or such Specified Subsidiary (as the case may be) or of a substantial part of the property, assets or business of the Company or such Specified Subsidiary (as the case may be), or any writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall be issued or levied against a substantial part of the property, assets or business of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary, and such proceedings or petition shall not be dismissed, or such writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall not be released, vacated or fully bonded, within sixty (60) days after commencement, filing or levy, as the case may be; or

(g) (i) the Company or any Specified Subsidiary shall default (as principal or guarantor or other surety) in the payment when due (subject to any applicable notice or grace period), whether at stated maturity or otherwise, of any principal of or interest on (howsoever designated) any indebtedness for borrowed money, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, or (ii) an event of default (of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary) as defined in any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money of, or guaranteed by, the Company or any Specified Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall occur and shall permit such indebtedness to become due and payable prior to its stated maturity or due date; provided that no default under this subsection (g) shall be deemed to exist as a result of a default or event of default (as described in clause (i) or clause (ii) above) in respect of any such indebtedness (1) which is payable solely out of the property or assets of a partnership, joint venture or similar entity of which the Company or any Specified Subsidiary is a participant (but which is not itself a Specified Subsidiary), or is secured by a mortgage on, or other security interest in, the property or assets owned or held by such entity, in either case without any further recourse to or liability of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary as a participant in such entity, (2)(x) in respect of which the only liability of the Company or any Specified Subsidiary is under a guarantee of obligations under a joint venture agreement in favor of a Person which is, or whose affiliate is, party to such joint venture agreement and (y) owed to lenders which have agreed that they will not have recourse to such guarantee, or (3) if the principal of and interest on such indebtedness, when added to the principal of and interest on all other such indebtedness then in default (exclusive of indebtedness under clauses (1) and (2) above), does not exceed $150,000,000;

(h) with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) as to which the Company or any Related Person to the Company may have any liability, there shall exist an unfunded current liability under the Code which is material to the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, and (x) steps are undertaken to terminate such Plan or (y) such Plan is terminated or (z) any Reportable Event which presents a material risk of termination with respect to such Plan shall occur;

then, and in any such event (x) if such event relates to the Company and is described in clause (e) or clause (f) of this Section 8.01, (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments shall immediately terminate, and (ii) all sums then owing by the Company hereunder and under the Notes (and, in the event payment is to be made on a day which is not the expiration date of the relevant Interest Period, together with such amounts as will compensate each Bank in such Bank’s sole discretion for any losses incurred by it (or its lending branch or affiliate) in respect of funds borrowed by it or deposited with it for the purpose of making or maintaining its Loans hereunder) shall become and be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company, and (y) in the case of any other such event, the Syndication Agents shall, at the direction of the Required Banks, at the same or different times, take one or more of the following actions: (i) declare the Revolving Credit Commitments to be terminated, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitments shall forthwith terminate, or (ii) declare all sums then owing by the Company hereunder and under the Notes to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon all such sums (and, in the event payment is to be made on a day which is not the expiration date of the relevant Interest Period, together with such amounts as will compensate each Bank in such Bank’s sole discretion for any losses incurred by it (or its lending branch or affiliate) in respect of funds borrowed by it or deposited with it for the purpose of making or maintaining its Loans hereunder) shall become and be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company. Promptly following the making of any such declaration, the Syndication Agents shall give notice thereof to the Company and each Bank, but failure to do so or any delay in so doing shall not impair the effect of such declaration.

ARTICLE IX

THE AGENTS, THE MANAGING AGENTS, THE BANKS AND THE ISSUING BANK

SECTION 9.01. Appointment and Powers of the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agents. Each Bank and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each of the Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent its agent hereunder and hereby authorizes each such Agent to take such action on its behalf and to exercise such rights, remedies, powers and privileges hereunder as are specifically authorized to be exercised by such Agent by the terms hereof, together with such rights, remedies, powers and privileges as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent may execute any of its respective duties as such Agent hereunder by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to retain counsel and to act in reliance upon the advice of such counsel concerning all matters pertaining to the agency hereby created and its duties hereunder, and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and the Managing Agents shall have no duties or responsibilities to any Bank or the Issuing Bank, except those expressly set forth in this Agreement, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank or the Issuing Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise

exist against the Administrative Agent, either Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent or any Managing Agent.

SECTION 9.02. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Bank, the Issuing Bank, any Agent or Managing Agent, nor any of their respective directors, officers or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by them hereunder or in connection herewith, except for their own gross negligence or wilful misconduct; nor shall any Bank or the Issuing Bank, Agent or Managing Agent be responsible in any manner to any Person for the representations, warranties or other statements made by any other Person or for the due execution or delivery, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, value, sufficiency or enforceability against the Company or any other obligor of this Agreement, the Notes or any other document furnished pursuant thereto or in connection herewith. Neither the Agents, the Managing Agents nor any of their respective officers shall be under any obligation to any Bank or the Issuing Bank, to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 9.03. Reliance by the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agents. Each of the Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any Note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order, electronic communication or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by any such Agent. Each such Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with such Agent. Each of the Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other documents executed and delivered in connection herewith unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Banks as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Banks against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Neither the Syndication Agents nor the Administrative Agent shall be liable to any Bank or the Issuing Bank for acting, or refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other documents executed and delivered in connection herewith in accordance with a request of the Required Banks, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Banks and all future holders of the Notes.

SECTION 9.04. Notice of Default. Neither the Syndication Agents nor the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default hereunder unless it has received notice from a Bank or the Company referring to this Agreement, describing such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that either Syndication Agent or the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Banks and to such other Agent. The Syndication Agents shall take such action with respect to such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default as shall be

reasonably directed by the Required Banks; provided, however, that unless and until the Syndication Agents shall have received such direction, the Syndication Agents may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Banks; provided further that the Syndication Agents shall have the right, power and authority to take the affirmative action specified in Section 8.01 hereof only upon the direction of the Required Banks.

SECTION 9.05. Indemnification. Each Bank hereby agrees, in the ratio that such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment from time to time bears to the Total Commitment from time to time, to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and each Managing Agent, as agents hereunder, from and against any and all losses, liabilities (including liabilities for penalties), actions, suits, judgments, demands, damages, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred or suffered by such Agent or Managing Agent in such capacity as a result of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such Agent or Managing Agent in such capacity or otherwise incurred or suffered by, made upon, or assessed against such Agent or Managing Agent in such capacity; provided that no Bank shall be liable for any portion of any such losses, liabilities (including liabilities for penalties), actions, suits, judgments, demands, damages, costs or expenses resulting from or attributable to gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of such Agent or Managing Agent or its officers, employees or agents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Bank hereby agrees, in the ratio aforesaid, to reimburse each Agent and Managing Agent promptly following its demand for any out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by such Agent or Managing Agent hereunder and not reimbursed to such Agent or Managing Agent by the Company. Each Bank’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement or, if earlier, the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank, and the discharge of the Company’s obligations hereunder.

SECTION 9.06. Nonreliance on the Agents, the Managing Agents and Other Banks. Each Bank expressly acknowledges that neither any Agent, any Managing Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any such Agent or Managing Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Company, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such Agent or Managing Agent to any Bank. Each Bank represents to each Agent and Managing Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or Managing Agent or any other Bank, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Company and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Bank also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or Managing Agent or any other Bank, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Company.

SECTION 9.07. The Agents and the Managing Agents in Their Individual Capacities. Each Agent and each Managing Agent and their affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company as though such Agent or Managing Agent were not an Agent or Managing Agent hereunder. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and any Note issued to it, each Agent and Managing Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent or Managing Agent, and the terms “Bank” and “Banks” shall include each Agent and Managing Agent in its individual capacity.

SECTION 9.08. Excess Payments. Except for payments made pursuant to Section 2.08, Section 2.12, Section 2.13 or Section 4.03 hereof, if any Bank or other holder of a Note shall obtain any payment or other recovery (whether voluntary, involuntary, by application of offset or otherwise) on account of principal of or interest on any Revolving Credit Note or any Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation in excess of its pro rata share of payments and other recoveries obtained by all Banks or holders on account of principal of and interest on Revolving Credit Notes and Letter of Credit reimbursement obligations then held by them, such Bank or other holder shall purchase from the other Banks or holders such participations in the Revolving Credit Notes and Letter of Credit reimbursement obligations held by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Bank or holder to share the excess payment or other recovery ratably with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of the excess payment or other recovery is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Bank or holder, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. The Company agrees that any Bank or holder so purchasing a participation from another Bank or holder pursuant to this Section 9.08 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including offset) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Bank or holder were the direct creditor of the Company in the amount of such participation.

SECTION 9.09. Obligations Several The obligations of the Banks hereunder are several, and neither any Bank nor the Agents or the Managing Agents shall be responsible for the obligations of any other Person hereunder, nor will the failure of any Bank to perform any of its obligations hereunder relieve either Syndication Agent or the Administrative Agent or any other Bank from the performance of its respective obligations hereunder. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken by the Banks or any Agent or Managing Agent pursuant hereto or in connection herewith or pursuant to or in connection with the Notes, shall be deemed to constitute the Banks, together or with the Agents and the Managing Agents, a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity.

SECTION 9.10. Resignation by any Agent or Managing Agent. Any Agent and any Managing Agent may resign as such at any time upon at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Company, the other Agents, the Banks and the Issuing Bank. In the event of such resignation by a Syndication Agent or the Administrative Agent, the Required Banks (with the consent of the Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) in the event that there then does not exist an Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default), shall as promptly as practicable appoint a successor Syndication Agent or Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

SECTION 9.11. Titles. The Documentation Agents and Managing Agents, in their capacities as such, shall have no rights, powers, duties, liabilities, fiduciary relationships or obligations under this Agreement.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 10.01. No Waiver; Modifications in Writing. No failure or delay on the part of the Syndication Agents or the Administrative Agent or any Bank or the Issuing Bank in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be available to the Syndication Agents, the Administrative Agent, any Bank or the Issuing Bank at law, in equity or otherwise. Each request by the Company for any amendment, modification, supplement, termination or waiver of or to any provision of this Agreement shall be directed to the Syndication Agents, and no such amendment, modification, supplement, termination or waiver of or to any provision of this Agreement, nor consent to any departure by the Company therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and by or on behalf of the Syndication Agents and the Required Banks; provided, however, that no such amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or consent, as the case may be, which has the effect of (x) reducing the rate or amount, or extending the stated maturity or due date, of any sum payable by the Company to any Bank hereunder or under such Bank’s Notes, or (y) except as provided in Section 2.08(e)(ii), Section 2.12(c)(i), Section 2.13(i), Section 4.03(b)(ii) and Section 10.06(c) hereof, increasing the amount, or extending the stated expiration or termination date, of any Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder, or (z) changing this Section 10.01, Section 10.06 or Section 10.07 hereof or the definitions of the terms “Allocable Share”, “Applicable Facility Fee Percentage”, “Applicable Margin”, “Event of Default”, “Proportional Share”, “Reference Bank”, “Reference Banks”, “Required Banks”, “Revolving Credit Commitment”, “Total Commitment” and “Unmatured Event of Default”, or changing the designation of the “Required Banks” as the Banks entitled to direct the Syndication Agents pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof shall be effective unless the same shall be signed by or on behalf of each Bank; provided further that no such amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or consent, as the case may be, which has the effect of (x) increasing the duties or obligations of any Agent or any Managing Agent or the Issuing Bank hereunder, or (y) increasing the standard of care or performance required on the part of any Agent or any Managing Agent or the Issuing Bank hereunder, or (z) reducing or eliminating the indemnities or immunities to which any Agent or Managing Agent or the Issuing Bank is entitled hereunder (including, without limitation, any amendment or modification of this Section 10.01) shall be effective unless the same shall be signed by or on behalf of the Agent or Managing Agent affected thereby or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be. Any waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and any consent to any departure by the Company from the terms of any provision of this Agreement, shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for

which given. No notice to or demand on the Company in any case shall entitle the Company to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

SECTION 10.02. Confidentiality. (a) Each Bank and the Issuing Bank shall maintain in confidence and not publish, disseminate or disclose in any manner or to any Person and shall not use (x) any material, nonpublic information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries or (y) any technical, nonfinancial information, data or know-how which is identified in writing as confidential by the Company, in either case which may be furnished pursuant to this Agreement, including any such information which may be furnished pursuant to Article VI hereof (hereinafter collectively called “Confidential Information”), subject to each Bank’s and the Issuing Bank’s (a) obligation to disclose any such Confidential Information pursuant to a request or order under applicable laws and regulations or pursuant to a subpoena or other legal process, (b) right to disclose any such nontechnical or financial Confidential Information to bank examiners, its affiliates, auditors, counsel, other professional advisors, other Banks, and other banks or other entities in connection with an offer by such Bank to sell a Participation to such other bank or other entity or to make an assignment pursuant to Section 10.06(c) hereof, (c) right to use any such Confidential Information in connection with the transactions set forth herein, and (d) right to disclose any such Confidential Information in connection with the transactions set forth herein or in connection with any litigation or dispute involving the Banks or the Issuing Bank and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any transfer or other disposition by such Bank of any of its loans or other extensions of credit to the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries; provided, however, that Confidential Information disclosed pursuant to clause (b) or (d) of this sentence shall be so disclosed subject to such procedures as are reasonably calculated to maintain the confidentiality thereof; and provided further that Confidential Information disclosed pursuant to applicable laws, regulations, subpoenas or other legal process shall be so disclosed subject to such confidentiality provisions, if any, as may be provided under applicable law. The Banks and the Issuing Bank agree, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to use their best efforts promptly to notify the Company in writing of each order, subpoena or other legal process providing for the disclosure and/or production of Confidential Information and shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, use their best efforts promptly to supply the Company with a copy of such order, subpoena or other legal process, in order that the Company may intervene in the relevant administrative or legal proceeding or take other appropriate legal action to protect the confidentiality of such Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.02, (i) the foregoing obligation of confidentiality shall not apply to any such Confidential Information that was known to such Bank or the Issuing Bank or any of their affiliates prior to the time it received such Confidential Information from the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement, other than as a result of the disclosure thereof by a Person who, to the knowledge or reasonable belief of such Bank or the Issuing Bank, was prohibited from disclosing it by any duty of confidentiality arising (under this Agreement or otherwise) by contract or law, and (ii) the foregoing obligation of confidentiality shall not apply to any such Confidential Information that becomes part of the public domain independently of any act of such Bank or the Issuing Bank not permitted hereunder (through publication, the issuance of a patent disclosing such information or otherwise) or when identical or substantially similar information is received by such Bank or the Issuing Bank without restriction as to its disclosure or use, from a Person who, to the knowledge or reasonable belief of such Bank or the Issuing Bank, was not prohibited from disclosing it by any duty of confidentiality arising (under this Agreement or otherwise) by contract or law. The obligations

of each Bank and the Issuing Bank under this Section 10.02 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or, if earlier, the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank or the replacement of the Issuing Bank.

(b) Each Bank acknowledges that information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement may include material non-public information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries or the Company’s securities, and it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws. In addition, all information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Company or any 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 Company and its Subsidiaries or the Company’s securities.

SECTION 10.03. Notices, etc. (a) Except where telephonic instructions or notices are authorized herein to be given, and except as provided in Section 10.03(c), all notices, demands, instructions and other communications required or permitted to be given to or made upon any party hereto shall be in writing and (except for financial statements and other documents to be furnished pursuant to Article VI hereof (with the exception of notices of the occurrence of an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default which is continuing), which, if sent by mail, may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid) shall be personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by telecopier, and shall be deemed to be given for purposes of this Agreement on the day that such writing is delivered or sent to the intended recipient thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.03. Unless otherwise specified in a notice sent or delivered in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.03, notices, demands, instructions and other communications in writing shall be given to or made upon the respective parties hereto at their respective addresses (or to their respective telecopier numbers) indicated on Schedule II hereto, and, in the case of telephonic instructions or notices, by calling the telephone number or numbers indicated for such party on such Schedule.

(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, notices from the Company pursuant to Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.06, 2.08, 2.12, 2.13, 4.01, 4.02 and 4.03 hereof shall be effective, for the purposes of this Agreement, only when actually received by all Persons to whom such notices are required to be sent or given.

(c) Notices and other communications to the Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Bank. Each Agent or the Company 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.

SECTION 10.04. Costs, Expenses and Taxes. The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses of the Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent in connection with the arrangement of the credit facilities provided for herein and the negotiation, preparation, printing, reproduction, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes, any amendments or

modifications of (or supplements to) any of the foregoing and any and all other documents furnished in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of outside counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agents relative thereto (limited, however, to such fees and expenses of only one outside counsel who shall represent the Administrative Agent and Syndication Agents), and all costs and expenses (whether of the Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent or any Bank or the Issuing Bank or otherwise and including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses), if any, in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement, the Notes or any other agreement furnished pursuant hereto or in connection herewith. The Company further agrees to pay to the Issuing Bank all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder. In addition, the Company shall pay all stamp, transfer and other transaction taxes payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and the Company shall pay all such transaction taxes payable or determined to be payable in connection with the issuance of the Notes or the making of any Loan by any Bank or the issuance of any Letter of Credit by the Issuing Bank, and the Company agrees to save and hold each Agent, each Managing Agent, each Bank and the Issuing Bank harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such transaction taxes. If any action, suit or proceeding arising from any of the foregoing is brought against any Agent, any Managing Agent, any Bank, the Issuing Bank or any other Person indemnified or intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 10.04, the Company, to the extent and in the manner directed by the Person or Persons indemnified or intended to be indemnified, will resist and defend such action, suit or proceeding or cause the same to be resisted and defended by counsel designated by the Company (which counsel shall be satisfactory to the Person or Persons indemnified or intended to be indemnified). If the Company shall fail to do any act or thing which it has covenanted to do hereunder or any representation or warranty on the part of the Company contained herein shall be breached, the Syndication Agents may (but shall not be obligated to) do the same or cause it to be done or remedy any such breach, and may expend their funds for such purpose. Any and all amounts so expended by the Syndication Agents shall be repayable to it by the Company immediately upon the Syndication Agents’ demand therefor, with interest at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of a year consisting of 365 or, when appropriate, 366 days) equal to the sum of (i) the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to time during the period from and including the date so expended by such Agent to the date of repayment, plus (ii) two percent (2%) per annum. The obligations of the Company under this Section 10.04 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the discharge of the Company’s other obligations hereunder.

SECTION 10.05. Confirmations. The Company and each Bank agree from time to time, upon written request received by one from the other, to confirm to the other in writing the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans of such Bank then outstanding under the Note or Notes held by it, and each such Bank agrees from time to time, upon written request received by it from the Company, to make the Note or Notes held by it (including the schedule attached thereto) available for reasonable inspection by the Company at the office of such Bank.

SECTION 10.06. Successors and Assigns; Participations. (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Banks, the Agents, the Managing Agents, the Issuing Bank and their respective successors and permitted assigns;

provided, however, that any assignment or transfer by a Bank of any or all of its rights hereunder shall not materially increase the amount which would have been payable to the Bank making such assignment or transfer by the Company under this Agreement and the Notes in the absence of such assignment or transfer; and provided further that except in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.02(a) hereof, the Company may not assign its rights hereunder or in connection herewith or any interest herein without the prior written consent of all of the Banks. This Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and each of their respective successors and permitted assigns.

(b) Any Bank may without the consent of the Company sell participations to one or more banks or other entities that, in the ordinary course of their business, regularly extend credit of the types and in the amounts extended by Banks under this Agreement (such banks and other entities hereinafter referred to, collectively, as “Participants”) in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Revolving Credit Commitment and the Loan or Loans owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) such Bank’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Bank shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the Participants shall be entitled to the cost protection provisions contained in Section 2.08, Section 2.12, and Section 3.04 hereof (provided that no Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to such provisions than the transferor Bank would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Bank to such Participant had no such transfer occurred and provided further that such Participant shall have fully complied with the provisions of Section 10.06(g) hereof) and the cost protection provisions of Section 2.12 hereof shall be applied by assuming that such Bank did not sell any participation to any Participant, (iv) the Company, the Agents, the Managing Agents, the Issuing Bank and the other Banks shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Bank in connection with such Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and in connection with the cost protection provisions of this Agreement to which any Participant is entitled pursuant to this Section 10.06(b), (v) such Bank shall retain the sole right and responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Company relating to the Loans, (vi) such Bank shall not, except with respect only to changes in the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank, or the principal amount of its Loans outstanding or amounts owed to it in respect of LC Disbursements or the Interest Rate or Interest Period with respect thereto, or the amount of any fees payable to it hereunder or extension of the Maturity Date, enter into any agreement with any Participant that would require the consent of such Participant with respect to the exercise by such Bank of its voting rights under this Agreement, and (vii) each such sale shall be made in the ordinary course of such Bank’s commercial banking business and in compliance with all applicable laws.

(c) Any Bank may assign, with the prior written consent of the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld) and after using reasonable efforts to identify an Eligible Assignee reasonably acceptable to the Company, to one or more Eligible Assignees, or without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent but with the consent of the Issuing Bank (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld) to one or more Banks, all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Revolving Credit Commitment and the same portion of the applicable Loan or Loans at the time owing to it

and the applicable Note or Notes held by it, other than any Competitive Notes held by it, which may, but need not, be assigned); provided, however, that (i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all the assigning Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Loan or Loans at the time owing to such assigning Bank and the Note or Notes held by it, other than any Competitive Notes held by it, which may, but need not, be assigned, (ii) except in the case of an assignment of a Bank’s entire interest hereunder, the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of the assigning Bank which it retains shall be in a principal amount of not less than $15,000,000 and the amount of such Revolving Credit Commitment which it assigns (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall be an integral multiple of $5,000,000; provided, however, that no assignment may be made that, taken together with any simultaneous assignments, would result in any Bank having a Revolving Credit Commitment which is less than $15,000,000, (iii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment, together with any Note or Notes subject to such assignment and a processing and recordation fee of (A) $1,000 in the case of an assignment to any Bank and (B) $2,500 in all other cases (except that such fee shall not be payable if the Eligible Assignee is an affiliate of the assignor Bank), (iv) each such assignment shall be made in the ordinary course of the assigning Bank’s commercial banking business and in compliance with all applicable laws, (v) no such assignment shall be effective unless the Eligible Assignee to which such assignment is made has fully complied with the provisions of Section 10.06(g) hereof, and (vi) the Company shall have received a copy of the Assignment and Acceptance signed by the parties thereto. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date shall be at least five Business Days after the execution thereof, (x) the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Bank hereunder, (y) the assignor Bank thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, be released (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 hereof) from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Bank shall cease to be a party hereto), and (z) Schedule I and Schedule II hereto shall be deemed amended to reflect the addition of such Eligible Assignee and the decrease in the Revolving Credit Commitment of the assignor Bank. Each assignee of an interest under this Agreement and any Note shall take such interest subject to any request made, waiver or consent given or other action taken hereunder prior to the effective date of the Assignment and Acceptance related to such assignment, and, until the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance, the Syndication Agents, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Company shall be entitled conclusively to assume that no assignment of any interest under this Agreement and any Note has been made by any Bank or any assignee. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 10.06, any Bank may at any time assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and the Note or Notes held by it to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such assignment shall release a Bank from any of its obligations hereunder.

(d) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assignor Bank and the Eligible Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) the assignor Bank represents and warrants that it is the legal and

beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim, (ii) such assignor Bank makes no representation or warranty, and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made by the Company, in or in connection with this Agreement or with the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, (iii) such assignor Bank makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Company or the performance or observance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, (iv) such Eligible Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement together with copies of the financial statements and other documents referred to in Section 5.01(e), Section 6.01(a)(i), Section 6.01(a)(ii) and Section 6.01(a)(v) hereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance, (v) such Eligible Assignee will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any Managing Agent, such assignor Bank or any other Bank and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement, (vi) such Eligible Assignee appoints and authorizes each of the Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent to take such action as such Agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, (vii) such Eligible Assignee agrees that it will perform all of the obligations, in accordance with the terms thereof, of the assignor Bank under this Agreement which are assumed by such Eligible Assignee under such Assignment and Acceptance and (viii) such Eligible Assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address listed on Schedule II hereto a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Banks and the Revolving Credit Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Bank from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Company, the Agents, the Managing Agents, the Banks and the Issuing Bank may treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Bank hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company, any Bank or the Issuing Bank at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(f) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Bank and an Eligible Assignee, together with any Note or Notes subject to such assignment and the written consent of the Company to such assignment, the Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is precisely in the form of Exhibit G hereto (or as agreed upon by the Company and the Administrative Agent), (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register, (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Company, and (iv) deliver a copy of such Assignment and Acceptance to the Syndication Agents and the Company. Within five Business Days after receipt of such Assignment and Acceptance, the Company, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent in exchange for the surrendered Note or Notes a new Note or Notes to the order of such Eligible Assignee in an amount equal to its portion of the Revolving Credit Commitment assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the assigning

Bank has retained any Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder, a new Note or Notes to the order of the assigning Bank in an amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment retained by it hereunder. Such new Note or Notes shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such surrendered Note or Notes, shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit A-2 hereto, as appropriate. The Notes surrendered by the assigning Bank shall be marked “canceled” and returned by the Administrative Agent to the Company.

(g) If, pursuant to this Section 10.06, any interest in this Agreement, any Loan or any Note is transferred to any Participant (a “Transferee”) which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof, the transferor Bank shall cause such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, (i) to represent to the transferor Bank (for the benefit of the transferor Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Company) that under applicable law and treaties no taxes will be required to be withheld by the Administrative Agent, the Company or the transferor Bank with respect to any payments to be made to such Transferee in respect of the Loans, (ii) to furnish to the transferor Bank in duplicate, for each taxable year of such Transferee during which interest arising under or in connection with this Agreement is received, and before payment by the Company of any such interest during such year (or at any other time as required under United States income tax law), a properly completed and executed copy of either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and any additional form (or such other form) as is necessary to claim complete exemption from United States withholding taxes (wherein such Transferee claims entitlement to complete exemption from United States withholding taxes on all payments hereunder), (iii) to agree (for the benefit of the transferor Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Company) to provide to the transferor Bank a new Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and any such additional form (or any successor form or forms) upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered form and comparable statements in accordance with applicable United States laws and regulations and amendments duly executed and completed by such Transferee, and to comply from time to time with all applicable United States laws and regulations with regard to such withholding tax exemption, and (iv) to represent to the transferor Bank (for the benefit of the transferor Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Company) that the form or forms so filed will be true and complete.

SECTION 10.07. Indemnification. In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Banks and the Issuing Bank and the agreement to extend and maintain the credit provided hereunder, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify, exonerate and hold each of the Banks, the Agents, the Managing Agents, the Issuing Bank and each of the officers, directors, employees and agents of each of the Banks, the Agents and the Managing Agents, the Issuing Bank and each Person, if any, who controls any such Bank, such Agent, any such Managing Agent or the Issuing Bank, or any such officer, director, employee or agent, within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (herein collectively called the “Indemnitees” and individually called an “Indemnitee”), free and harmless from and against any and all actions, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (herein collectively called the “Indemnified Liabilities”),

which may be incurred by or asserted against the Indemnitees or any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to, or in connection with, any investigation, litigation or proceeding (whether brought by a third party or by the Company or any of its affiliates, it being understood that nothing herein shall relieve any Bank of liability for a breach of its agreements contained herein) related to (i) any use made or proposed to be made by the Company of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by any such use or proposed use, (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact made by the Company in connection therewith, or (iv) the omission or alleged omission by the Company to state in connection therewith a material fact required to be so stated or necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, whether or not any such Indemnitee is a party thereto, and, to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law; provided, however, that there shall be no right to indemnification or contribution under this Section 10.07 for Indemnified Liabilities based upon or arising out of actions or omissions by any Bank or the Issuing Bank in a capacity other than that of a lender to the Company or an issuer of letters of credit for the account of the Company or by any Agent or any Managing Agent in its capacity other than that as agent for the Banks and the Issuing Bank hereunder. Each Indemnitee will use its best efforts to promptly notify the Company of each event of which it has knowledge which may give rise to a claim under the indemnification provisions of this Section 10.07. If any action, suit or proceeding arising from any of the foregoing is brought against any Agent, any Managing Agent, any Bank or the Issuing Bank or any other Person indemnified or intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 10.07, the Company, to the extent and in the manner directed by the Person or Persons indemnified or intended to be indemnified, will resist and defend such action, suit or proceeding or cause the same to be resisted and defended by counsel designated by the Company (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Person or Persons indemnified or intended to be indemnified). Each Indemnitee will use its best efforts to cooperate in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding. If the Company shall fail to do any act or thing which it has covenanted to do hereunder or any representation or warranty on the part of the Company contained herein shall be breached, the Syndication Agents may (but shall not be obligated to) do the same or cause it to be done or remedy any such breach, and may expend their funds for such purpose. Any and all amounts so expended by the Syndication Agents shall be repayable to them by the Company immediately upon the Syndication Agents’ demand therefor, with interest at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of a year consisting of 365 or, when appropriate, 366 days) equal to the sum of (i) the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to time during the period from and including the date so expended by the Syndication Agents to the date of repayment, plus (ii) two percent (2%) per annum. The Company shall have no obligation to any Indemnitee under this Section 10.07 to the extent that Indemnified Liabilities result from gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of such Indemnitee. The obligations of the Company under this Section 10.07 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the discharge of the Company’s other obligations hereunder. The obligations of each Bank and the Issuing Bank (and of each other Indemnitee with respect to such Bank and the Issuing Bank) under this Section 10.07 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or, if

earlier, the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Bank or the replacement of the Issuing Bank.

SECTION 10.08. Reference Banks. Each Reference Bank agrees to use its best efforts to furnish quotations to the Administrative Agent as contemplated hereby by 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the day such quotations are required to be furnished hereunder. If any Reference Bank does not furnish a timely quotation, the Administrative Agent shall determine the relevant Eurodollar Rate, Term Federal Funds Rate or Certificate of Deposit Rate, as the case may be, on the basis of the quotations, if any, furnished by the remaining Reference Banks and, in the event that all Reference Banks fail to so furnish a quotation, on the basis of such other information as the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion shall deem appropriate. If any Reference Bank assigns its Notes to an unaffiliated institution, the Administrative Agent shall, in consultation with the Company, and with the consent of the Required Banks, appoint another Bank to act as a Reference Bank hereunder. If the Company is entitled to replace any Bank (which is also a Reference Bank) as provided in Section 2.08(e), Section 2.12(c), Section 2.13 or Section 4.03(b) hereof, the Company may, in consultation with the Administrative Agent, and with the consent of the Required Banks, appoint a replacement Reference Bank.

SECTION 10.09. USA Patriot Act. Each Bank hereby notifies the Company that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Company, which information includes the name and address of the Company and other information that will allow such Bank to identify the Company in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.

SECTION 10.10. Headings. Article and Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.

SECTION 10.11. Circumstances Requiring Consultation. In the event that (i) additional amounts have become payable to an Affected Bank as a result of the occurrence of circumstances referred to in Section 2.08 hereof, (ii) any Affected Bank shall have made a determination pursuant to Section 4.03(a) hereof, or (iii) additional amounts have become payable to any Bank or any Participant pursuant to Section 2.12 hereof, then, and in any such event, such Affected Bank, Bank or Participant, as the case may be, shall promptly consult with the Administrative Agent and the Company in order to endeavor, and such Affected Bank, Bank or Participant, as the case may be, shall use its best efforts, to take such action as, in the good faith judgment of such Affected Bank, Bank or Participant, is then reasonable and practicable under the circumstances (including, without limitation, changing the location of its lending office or participating office, as the case may be, in order to move the situs of such Affected Bank’s or Bank’s Loans or such Participant’s participation to another jurisdiction, if possible without material liability, cost or expense to such Affected Bank, Bank or Participant and without material reduction to such Affected Bank or Bank of any amount otherwise receivable by such Affected Bank or Bank under this Agreement and such Affected Bank’s or Bank’s Notes or receivable by such Participant under its participation) to mitigate or eliminate the effect of such event. In addition, in the event that (i) any Bank or Participant shall, as a result of reserves maintained by such Bank or Participant with any Federal Reserve Bank of the United States in connection with any of the Loans or participations, be entitled to receive, and receive, amounts

from such Federal Reserve Bank (in the form of interest or otherwise) in respect of such reserves, or (ii) any Bank or Participant shall receive any similar (or other) benefit as a result of actions taken by such Bank or Participant with respect to any Capital Adequacy Rule, then, and in any such event, such Bank or Participant shall promptly consult with the Administrative Agent and the Company in order to endeavor, and such Bank or Participant shall use its best efforts, to take such action as, in the good faith judgment of such Bank or Participant, is then reasonable and practicable under the circumstances to give the benefit of such amounts or benefits to the Company.

SECTION 10.12. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.

SECTION 10.13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

SECTION 10.14. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST THE COMPANY WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY NOTE MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY ACCEPTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY FINAL JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT FROM WHICH NO APPEAL HAS BEEN TAKEN OR IS AVAILABLE. THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDINGS IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH ON SCHEDULE II HERETO OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE SYNDICATION AGENTS SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED PURSUANT HERETO, SUCH SERVICE BEING HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE COMPANY TO BE EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE AGENTS, THE MANAGING AGENTS, THE BANKS AND THE ISSUING BANK IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION OF THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY

APPLICABLE LAW OR LIMIT THE RIGHT OF ANY BANK OR THE ISSUING BANK TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE COMPANY IN THE COURT OF ANY OTHER COMPETENT JURISDICTION.

SECTION 10.15. Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 10.16. Waiver of Certain Provisions Under the Existing Credit Agreement. Each Bank and the Issuing Bank which is also a party to either of the Existing Credit Agreement (whether acting in its capacity as a bank or an agent thereunder) and the Company (i) hereby agree that on the Effective Date the commitments under such Existing Credit Agreement shall be terminated, and the loans, if any, outstanding thereunder, and accrued interest thereon, and any accrued facility fee, shall be prepaid by the Company, and (ii) hereby waive any provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement which would require a longer notice period or a different type of notice.

SECTION 10.17. Procedures Relating to Addendum. On or prior to the Effective Date a bank may deliver an Addendum in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.17.

(a) Banks Listed on the Signature Pages. A bank listed on the signature pages hereto may become a party hereto, and may increase or decrease the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment as set forth opposite its name on Schedule I hereto by delivering an Addendum, appropriately completed and duly executed, to the Company. Upon acceptance of such Addendum by the Company, such bank shall become a party to this Agreement as a Bank with the Revolving Credit Commitment set forth in such Addendum with the same effect as if such bank had executed this Agreement by signing on the signature pages hereto.

(b) Banks Not Listed on Signature Pages. A bank not listed on the signature pages to this Agreement may become a party hereto by delivering an Addendum, appropriately completed and duly executed, to the Company. Upon acceptance of such Addendum by the Company, such bank shall become a party to this Agreement as a Bank with the Revolving Credit Commitment set forth in such Addendum with the same effect as if such bank had executed this Agreement by signing on the signature pages hereto.

(c) Automatic Amendment of the Agreement. Upon acceptance by the Company of an Addendum conforming to the requirements of this Section 10.17, Schedule I and Schedule II hereto shall be amended automatically to reflect the changes in Revolving Credit Commitments and other information set forth in such Addendum.

(d) Notification of Administrative Agent, etc. The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly of the Company’s acceptance of any Addendum and shall furnish the Administrative Agent copies of the same. The Company may not accept an Addendum after the Effective Date.

SECTION 10.18. Maximum Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of interest at a rate in excess of the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest required to be paid to any of the Banks under this Agreement exceeds the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, the rate of interest required to be paid to such Banks hereunder shall be automatically reduced to the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

SECTION 10.19. Special Termination Provision. If the Effective Date has not occurred on or prior to September 30, 2006, then the obligations of the Banks hereunder shall terminate and this Agreement shall cease to be binding upon the parties hereto, except that the obligations of the Company under Section 10.04 and Section 10.07 hereof shall survive such termination.

SECTION 10.20. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Company, its Subsidiaries and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agents, the Banks, the Issuing Bank and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agents, the Banks, the Issuing Bank or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.

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

	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION,
	By	/s/ Michael P. Miller
		Name: Michael P. Miller
		Title: Assistant Treasurer
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., in its individual capacity and as Syndication Agent,
	By	/s/ Robert Traband
		Name: Robert Traband
		Title: Vice President
	CITIBANK, N.A., in its individual capacity and as Syndication Agent,
	By	/s/ Shirley E. Burrow
		Name: Shirley E. Burrow
		Title: Attorney-in-Fact
	THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, in its individual capacity and as Administrative Agent,
	By	/s/ N. Bell
		Name: N. Bell
		Title: Senior Manager

	ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL BANK INC.,
	By	/s/ David J. Young
		Name: David J. Young
		Title: Vice President
	By	/s/ Nagy S. Kolta
		Name: Nagy S. Kolta
		Title: Executive Vice President

	BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A., in its individual capacity and as Agent,
	By	/s/ John Martini
		Name: John Martini
		Title: Vice President
	By	/s/ Jay Levit
		Name: Jay Levit
		Title: Vice President

	BANCO DI ROMA SPA,
	By	/s/ Guido Filippi
		Name: Guido Filippi
		Title: Assistant Treasurer
	By	/s/ Luca Balestra
		Name: Luca Balestra
		Title: Executive Vice President

	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its individual capacity and as Documentation Agent,
	By	/s/ Claire Liu
		Name: Claire Liu
		Title: Senior Vice President

	BARCLAYS BANK PLC, in its individual capacity and as Documentation Agent,
	By	/s/ Alison McGuigan
		Name: Alison McGuigan
		Title: Associate Director

	BNP PARIBAS, in its individual capacity and as Documentation Agent,
	By	/s/ Robert Long
		Name: Robert Long
		Title: Vice President
	By	/s/ Polly Schott
		Name: Polly Schott
		Title: Vice President

	THE BANK OF NEW YORK, in its individual capacity and as Managing Agent,
	By	/s/ Raymond J. Palmer
		Name: Raymond J. Palmer
		Title: Vice President

	THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH, in its individual capacity and as Senior Managing Agent,
	By	/s/ Maria Ferradas
		Name: Maria Ferradas
		Title: Authorized Signatory

	BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK, in its individual capacity and as Managing Agent,
	By	/s/ Stephen Christenson
		Name: Stephen Christenson
		Title: First Vice President
	By	/s/ Norman McClave
		Name: Norman McClave
		Title: First Vice President

	CREDIT SUISSE, NEW YORK BRANCH, in its individual capacity and as Managing Agent,
	By	/s/ Vanessa Gomez
		Name: Vanessa Gomez
		Title: Vice President
	By	/s/ Nupur Kumar
		Name: Nupur Kumar
		Title: Associate

	ING CAPTIAL LLC,
	By	/s/ Cheryl LaBelle
		Name: Cheryl LaBelle
		Title: Managing Director

	KBC BANK N.V.,
	By	/s/ Jose Pollcarpio, Jr.
		Name: Jose Pollcarpio, Jr.
		Title: Assistant Vice President
	By	/s/ Robert Snauffer
		Name: Robert Snauffer
		Title: First Vice President

	MELLON BANK, N.A., in its individual capacity and as Managing Agent,
	By	/s/ Mark W. Rogers
		Name: Mark W. Rogers
		Title: Vice President

	MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD., in its individual capacity and as Managing Agent,
	By	/s/ Leon Mo
		Name: Leon Mo
		Title: Senior Vice President

	MORGAN STANLEY BANK, in its individual capacity and as Managing Agent,
	By	/s/ Daniel Twenge
		Name: Daniel Twenge
		Title: Authorized Signatory

	RIYAD BANK, HOUSTON AGENCY,
	By	/s/ William B. Shepard
		Name: William B. Shepard
		Title: General Manager
	By	/s/ Richard P. Zimpfer, II
		Name: Richard P. Zimpfer, II
		Title: Vice President and Controller

	THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, in its individual capacity and as Documentation Agent,
	By	/s/ Brian J. Smith
		Name: Brian J. Smith
		Title: Vice President

	SOCIETE GENERALE, in its individual capacity and as Managing Agent,
	By	/s/ Stephen W. Warfel
		Name: Stephen W. Warfel
		Title: Director

	STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,
	By	/s/ Michael Gouvion
		Name: Michael Gouvion
		Title: Director
	By	/s/ Robert K. Reddington
		Name: Robert K. Reddington
		Title: Credit Risk Control

	UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC, in its individual capacity and as Managing Agent,
	By	/s/ Richard L. Tavrow
		Name: Richard L. Tavrow
		Title: Director
	By	/s/ Irja R. Otsa
		Name: Irja R. Otsa
		Title: Associate Director

	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its individual capacity and as Managing Agent,
	By	/s/ Paul Pritchett
		Name: Paul Pritchett
		Title: Vice President

	WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
	By	/s/ Ling Li
		Name: Ling Li
		Title: Vice President

SCHEDULE 1.01 TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED
FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT

Capitalized terms used in Sections 6.02(b) and 6.02(c) of the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement shall have the meanings indicated below. Capitalized terms used in the definitions set forth below and not defined in this Schedule 1.01 shall have the meanings indicated in Section 1.01 of the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement.

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Syndication Agents.

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total of the Net Tangible Assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, included in their financial statements prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, after eliminating all intercompany items.

“Current Liabilities” means all Indebtedness that may properly be classified as current liabilities in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

“Discounted Rental Value” means, as to any particular lease under which any Person is at the time liable and at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of rent (after deducting the amount of rent to be received by such Person under noncancelable subleases) required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the remaining noncancelable term thereof (including any such period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended), discounted from the respective due dates thereof to such date at a rate per annum of 11 3/4%. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period shall be the aggregate amount of the rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period, after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, water rates and similar charges. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated. If and to the extent the amount of any rent during any future period is not definitely determinable under the lease in question, the amount of such rent shall be estimated in such reasonable manner as the Board of Directors of the Company may in good faith determine.

“Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness maturing one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, all Indebtedness directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and all Indebtedness under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more.

“Indebtedness,” as applied to a Person, means, as of the date on which Indebtedness is to be determined (a) all items (except items of capital stock or of surplus or of deferred credits or minority interest in Subsidiaries) which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time, would be included in determining total liabilities, as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet of such Person; (b) all indebtedness secured by any mortgage on any property or asset owned or held by such Person subject thereto, whether or not the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed; and (c) all indebtedness of others which such Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), discounted with recourse, agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or repurchase or otherwise acquire, or in respect of which such Person has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable. For the purpose of computing the Indebtedness of any Person, there shall be excluded any particular Indebtedness which meets one or more of the following categories:

(i) Indebtedness with respect to which sufficient cash or cash equivalents or securities shall have been deposited in trust to provide for the full payment, redemption or satisfaction of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest to accrue on, such Indebtedness to the stated maturity thereof or to the date of prepayment thereof, as the case may be, and, as a result of such deposit, such particular Indebtedness, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, shall no longer be required to be reported on a balance sheet of such Person as a liability, and such cash or cash equivalents or securities shall not be required to be reported as an asset;

(ii) Indebtedness which is not classified as Indebtedness under clause (a) of the definition of Indebtedness and which arises from any commitment of such Person relating to pipeline operations to pay for property or services substantially without regard to the non-delivery of such property or the non-furnishing of such services; or

Indebtedness is payable solely out of certain property or assets of such entity, the lesser of the value for such property or assets recorded on the books of such entity or the net investment in or advances to such entity as recorded on the books of such Person, in each case determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

“Lien” means and includes any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar encumbrance to secure Indebtedness for borrowed money, but excluding any security interest which a lessor may be deemed to have under a lease and any lien which may be deemed to exist under a Production Payment or under any subordination arrangement.

“Net Tangible Assets” of any specified Person means the total of all assets properly appearing on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, after deducting from such total, without duplication of deductions, (a) all Current Liabilities of such Person; (b) that portion of the book amount of all such assets which would be treated as intangibles under generally accepted accounting principles, including without limitation, all such items as goodwill, trademarks, trade names, brands, copyrights, patents, licenses and rights with respect to the foregoing and unamortized debt discount and expense; and (c) the amount, if any, at which any stock of such Person appears on the asset side of such balance sheet.

“Obligations” means the due and punctual payment by the Company of (a) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (b) each payment required to be made under the Five-Year Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursements of LC Disbursements and interest thereon and (c) all other monetary obligations of the Company to the Banks under the Five-Year Credit Agreement

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Principal Domestic Property” means any (i) developed oil or gas producing property or (ii) processing or manufacturing plant, in each case which is now or hereafter owned or leased by the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary and which is located in the continental United States (provided, however, that any such property or plant declared by the Board of Directors by Board Resolution not to be of material importance to the business of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be excluded from the foregoing definition).

“Production Payment” means any economic interest in oil, gas or mineral reserves which (i) entitles the holder thereof to a specified share of future production from such reserves, free of the costs and expenses of such production, and (ii) terminates when a specified quantity of such

share of future production from such reserves has been delivered or a specified sum has been realized from the sale of such share of future production from such reserves.

“Secured Debt” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary, secured by a Lien on any Principal Domestic Property or on any shares of stock or on any Indebtedness of any Consolidated Subsidiary which owns any Principal Domestic Property.

“Subsidiary” means a corporation, association, partnership or other business entity more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors or persons performing similar functions, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

SCHEDULE I to
AMENDED AND RESTATED
FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT

AMOUNTS OF COMMITMENTS

NAME OF BANK	AMOUNT OF REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK	$115,000,000
CITIBANK, N.A.	$115,000,000
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA	$95,000,000
BNP PARIBAS	$95,000,000
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.	$95,000,000
BARCLAYS BANK PLC	$95,000,000
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC	$95,000,000
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH	$75,000,000
THE BANK OF NEW YORK	$55,000,000
BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK	$55,000,000
CREDIT SUISSE, NEW YORK BRANCH	$55,000,000
MELLON BANK, N.A.	$55,000,000
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.	$55,000,000
MORGAN STANLEY BANK	$55,000,000
SOCIETE GENERALE	$55,000,000
UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC	$55,000,000
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION	$55,000,000
BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A.	$45,000,000
BANCA DI ROMA SPA	$30,000,000
KBC BANK, N.V.	$30,000,000
RIYAD BANK, HOUSTON AGENCY	$30,000,000
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.	$30,000,000
ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL BANK INC.	$20,000,000
ING CAPITAL LLC	$20,000,000
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK	$20,000,000
TOTAL COMMITMENT AMOUNT	$1,500,000,000

SCHEDULE II to
AMENDED AND RESTATED
FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT

Addresses, Telecopier and Telephone Numbers

If to Occidental Petroleum Corporation:

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
10889 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Attention: Treasurer
Tel. No. (310) 208-8800
Telecopier No. (310) 443-6661

If to JPMorgan Chase Bank:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
600 Travis Street
20th Floor
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Ms. Beth Lawrence
Tel. No. (713) 216-5968
Telecopier No. (713) 216-8870

With copies to:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
1111 Fannin
10th Floor
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Iha Tjahiono
Tel. No. (713) 750-2268
Telecopier No. (713) 427-6307

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
1111 Fannin
10th floor
New York, NY 77002
Attention: Debra Torres
Tel. No. (212) 750-2424
Telecopier No. (713) 427-6307

If to Citibank, N.A.:

CITIBANK, N.A.
2 Penns Way
New Castle, DE 19720
Attention: Mr. Dennis Banfield
Tel. No. (302) 894-6109
Telecopier No. (212) 994-0847]

With copy to:

CITIBANK, N.A.
1200 Smith Street
Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Mr. Todd Mogil
Tel No. (713) 654-3559
Telecopier No. (713) 654-2849

If to The Bank of Nova Scotia:

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
U.S. Agency Loan Operations,
C/O WBO Loan Operations
720 King Street West, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5V 2T3
Attention: John Hall/Karen Lam
Tel. No. (416) 866-5901/4759
Telecopier No. (416) 350-5701

With copy to:

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
1100 Louisiana, Suite 3000
Houston, TX, 77002
Attention: Greg George
Tel. No. (713) 759-3430
Telecopier No. (713) 752-2425

If to BNP Paribas:

BNP PARIBAS
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Cory Lantin
Tel. No. (212) 471-6626
Telecopier No. (212) 841-8683

With copy to:

BNP PARIBAS
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Gabriel Candamo
Tel. No. (212) 471-6626
Telecopier No. (212) 841-8683

If to Bank of America, N.A.:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
901 Main Street
TX1-492-14-05
Dallas, TX 75202
Attention: Karen Dumond
Tel. No. (214) 209-0539
Telecopier No. (290) 290-9445

With a copy to:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
700 Louisiana Street
8th Floor
TX4-213-08-14
Houston, TX 77002-2700
Attention: Thelma Johnson
Tel. No. (713) 247-7231
Telecopier No. (713) 247-7288

If to Barclays Bank PLC:

BARCLAYS BANK PLC
200 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Attention: Nicholas Bell
Tel No. (212) 412-4029
Telecopier No. (212) 412-7600

With a copy to:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SERVICES LLC
200 Cedar Knolls Road
Whippany, NJ 07981
Attention: Alina Grajewski
Tel No. (973) 576-3730
Telecopier No. (973) 576-3014

If to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc:

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND plc,
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178
Attention: Mamiana Spimidor
Tel. No. (212) 401-3737
Telecopier No. (212) 401-1494

With a copy to:

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND plc,
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178
Attention: Betancount Mantha
Tel. No. (212) 401-1439
Telecopier No. (212) 401-1494

If to The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. :

THE BANK OF TOYKO-MITUSBISHI UFJ, LTD.
New York Branch
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention: Maria Ferradas
Tel. No. (212) 782-4354
Telecopier No. (212) 782- 6440

With a copy to:

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.
New York Branch
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention: Christian Giordano
Tel. No. (212) 782-4223
Telecopier No. (212) 782- 6440

If to The Bank of New York:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK
One Wall Street
19th Floor
New York, NY 10286
Attention: Lisa Williams
Tel. No. (212) 635-7585
Telecopier No. (212) 635-7552

If to Bayerische Landesbank:

BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK
560 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Patricia Sanchez
Tel. No. (212) 310-9810
Telecopier No. (212) 310-9930

With a copy to:

560 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Carol Deussie
Tel. No. (212) 310-9846
Telecopier No. (212) 310-9930

If to Credit Suisse, New York Branch:

CREDIT SUISSE,
NEW YORK BRANCH
One Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Attention: Mr. Ed Markowski
Tel. No. (212) 538-3380
Telecopier No. (212) 538-6851

With a copy to:

CREDIT SUISSE, NEW YORK BRANCH
One Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Attention: Hazel Leslie
Tel. No. (212) 325-9049
Telecopier No. (212) 325-8317

If to Mellon Bank, N.A.:

MELLON BANK, N.A.
525 William Penn Place
Room 1203
Loan Administration
Pittsburgh, PA 15259-0003
Attention: Ms. Barbara Gago
Tel. No. (412) 234-4710
Telecopier No. (412) 209-6114

With copy to:

MELLON BANK, N.A.
One Mellon Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15258-0001
Attention: Terpsie Katsafanas
Tel. No. (412) 234-4912
Telecopier No. (412) 209-6105

If to Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.:

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.
1800 Plaza Ten
Jersey City, NJ 07311
Attention: Noriko Daido
Tel No. (201) 626-9419
Telecopier No. (201) 626-9942

With a copy to:

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.
1800 Plaza Ten
Jersey City, NJ 07311
Attention: Charmaine Tenn Sing Oue
Tel No. (201) 626-9144
Telecopier No. (201) 626-9942

If to Morgan Stanley Bank:

MORGAN STANLEY BANK
1633 Broadway, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Mr. Larry Benison
Tel No. (212) 537-1312
Telecopier No. (212) 537-1867

With a copy to:

MORGAN STANLEY BANK
1633 Broadway, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Jamila Williams
Tel No. (212) 537-1382
Telecopier No. (212) 537-1866

If to Societe Generale:

SOCIETE GENERALE
560 Lexington Avenue
4th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Michael Young
Tel. No. (212) 278-6048
Telecopier No. (212) 278-6240

With a copy to:

SOCIETE GENERALE
560 Lexington Avenue
4th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Saulange Henry
Tel. No. (212) 278-6049
Telecopier No. (212) 278-7343

If to UBS Loan Finance LLC:

UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC
677 Washington Blvd.
Stamford, CT 06901
Attention: Mr. Christopher Aitkin
Tel. No. (203) 719-3845
Telecopier No. (203) 719-3888

With a copy to:

UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC
677 Washington Blvd.
Stamford, CT 06901
Attention: Mr. Winslowe Ogbourne
Tel. No. (203) 719-3587
Telecopier No. (203) 719-3888

If to Wachovia Bank, National Association:

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
201 South College, CP-9
Charlotte, NC 28288-1183
Attention: Cynthia Rawson
Tel No. (704) 374-4425
Telecopier No. (704) 715-0097

If to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.:

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A.
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 45th Floor
New York, NY 10105
Attention: Ms. Patricia Kunert
Tel No. (212) 728-2396
Telecopier No. (212) 333-2926

With copy to:

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A.
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 45th Floor
New York, NY 10105
Attention: Mr. Michael Pizarro
Tel No. (212) 728-1668
Telecopier No. (212) 333-2926

If to ING Capital LLC:

ING CAPITAL LLC
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Mr. Mark LaGreca
Tel No. (646) 424-8234
Telecopier No. (646) 424-8251

With a copy to:

ING CAPITAL LLC
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Ms. Ermalinda Young
Tel No. (646) 424-8240
Telecopier No. (646) 424-8251

If to Banca Di Roma, SpA:

BANCA DI ROMA SPA,
34 East 51st Street
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Mr. Salvatore Rappa
Tel. No. (212) 407-1812
Telecopier No. (212) 407-1684

If to KBC Bank N.V.:

KBC BANK N.V.
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Attention: Ms. Rose Pagan
Tel. No. (212) 541-0657
Telecopier No. (212) 956-5580

With a copy to:

KBC BANK N.V.
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Attention: Mr. Robert Pacifici
Tel. No. (212) 541-0671
Telecopier No. (212) 956-5581

If to Riyad Bank, Houston Agency:

RIYAD BANK, HOUSTON AGENCY
700 Louisiana Street
Suite 4770
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Ms. Harlene Sridharan
Tel No. (713) 331-2022
Telecopier No. (713) 331-2043

If to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.:

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
201 Third St., 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Attention: Ms. Rosanna Roxas
Tel No. (415) 477-5425
Telecopier No. (415) 979-0675

With a copy to:

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
201 Third St., 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Attention: Ms. Evelyn Lucas
Tel No. (415) 477-5426
Telecopier No. (415) 979-0675

If to Abu Dhabi International Bank Inc.:

ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL BANK INC.
1020 19th St. N.W., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
Attention: Loan Administrator
Tel No. (202) 842-7911
Telecopier No. (202) 842-7955

If to Standard Chartered Bank:

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
1 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010-3603
Attention: Victoria Faltine
Tel No. (212) 667-0203
Telecopier No. (212) 667-0287

With a copy to:

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
790 East Colorado Blvd., Suite 808
Pasadena, CA 91101
Attention: Jarunee Hampachern
Tel No. (626) 639-8013
Telecopier No. (626) 639-8010]

EXHIBIT A-1

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

COMPETITIVE NOTE

$1,500,000,000

New York, New York
[ ], 2006

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of [ ] (the “Bank”), at the office of The Bank of Nova Scotia, at One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, on (i) the last day of each Interest Period as defined in the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2006, among the Company, the banks parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent, as the same may at any time be amended or modified and in effect (the “Credit Agreement”), the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Competitive Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) made by the Bank to the Company pursuant to the Credit Agreement to which such Interest Period applies and (ii) the Maturity Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the lesser of the principal sum of ONE BILLION FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($1,500,000,000) and the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Competitive Loans made by the Bank to the Company pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until paid, in like funds, at said office, at a rate or rates per annum and payable on such dates as determined pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

The Company promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal hereof from the due date thereof until paid at a rate or rates determined as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

The Company hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind whatsoever. The nonexercise by the Bank of any of its rights hereunder in any particular instance shall not constitute a waiver thereof in that or any subsequent instance.

All borrowings evidenced by this Competitive Note (together with the interest rates with respect thereto) and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof, and the respective dates thereof, shall be endorsed by the Bank on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof, or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof; provided, however, that any failure of the Bank to make such a notation or any error in such notation shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Company to make payments of principal and interest with respect hereto in accordance with the terms of this Competitive Note and the Credit Agreement.

This Competitive Note is one of the Competitive Notes referred to in, and is subject to and governed by the terms and provisions of, the Credit Agreement which, among other things, contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity thereof and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified. THIS COMPETITIVE NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
	By
		Name:
		Title:

SCHEDULE 1
to Competitive Note

SCHEDULE 1 ATTACHED TO COMPETITIVE NOTE DATED
September [ ], 2006, OF OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION,
PAYABLE TO THE ORDER OF [ ]

COMPETITIVE LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL

Date	Amount of Loan	Interest Rate	Amount of Principal Repaid	Unpaid Principal Balance	Notation Made By

EXHIBIT A-2

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE

$[Amount of Bank’s Revolving
Credit Commitment]

New York, New York
September 27, 2006

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of [ ] (the “Bank”), at the office of The Bank of Nova Scotia, at One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, on (i) the last day of each Interest Period as defined in the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2006, among the Company, the banks parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank and Citibank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent, as the same may at any time be modified or amended and in effect (the “Credit Agreement”), the aggregate unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan (as defined in the Credit Agreement) made by the Bank to the Company pursuant to the Credit Agreement to which such Interest Period applies and (ii) the Maturity Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) the lesser of the principal sum of [amount of Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment] DOLLARS ($ ) and the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by the Bank to the Company pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until paid, in like funds, at said office, at a rate or rates per annum and payable on such dates as determined pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

The Company promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal hereof from the due date thereof until paid at a rate or rates determined as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

All borrowings evidenced by this Revolving Credit Note (together with the interest rates with respect thereto) and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof, and the respective dates thereof, shall be endorsed by the Bank on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof, or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof; provided, however, that any failure of the Bank to make such a notation or any error in such notation shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Company to make payments of principal and interest with respect hereto in accordance with the terms of this Revolving Credit Note and the Credit Agreement.

This Revolving Credit Note is one of the Revolving Credit Notes referred to in, and is subject to and governed by the terms and provisions of, the Credit Agreement, which, among other things, contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity thereof and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified. THIS REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
	By
		Name:
		Title:

Schedule 1
to Revolving
Credit Note

SCHEDULE 1 ATTACHED TO REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE DATED
September 27, 2006, OF OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION,
PAYABLE TO THE ORDER OF [ ]

REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL

Date	Amount of Loan	Interest Rate	Amount of Principal Repaid	Unpaid Principal Balance	Notation Made By

EXHIBIT B

COMPETITIVE BID REQUEST

[Date]

The Bank of Nova Scotia, as
Administrative Agent
for the Banks referred to below
U.S. Agency Loan Operations
C/O WBO Loan Operations
720 King Street West, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5V 2T3

Attention: John Hall/Karen Lam

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), refers to the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2006 (the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the banks parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

The Company hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.02(b) of the Credit Agreement that it requests a Competitive Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the terms on which such Competitive Borrowing is requested to be made:

(A) Date of Competitive Borrowing
(B) Principal amount of Competitive Borrowing¹
(C) Interest rate basis²
(D) Interest Period and the last day thereof³

¹ Not less than $50,000,000 or greater than the available Total Commitment.

² Eurodollar Loan, Certificate of Deposit Loan or Fixed Rate Loan.

³ Which, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, shall not be less than 8 days or more than 360 days, and which in each case shall end not later than the Maturity Date.

Upon acceptance of any or all of the Competitive Loans offered by the Banks in response to this request, the Company shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that each of the conditions to lending specified in Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement has been satisfied.

	Very truly yours,
	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
	By
		Name:
		Title:

EXHIBIT C

NOTICE OF COMPETITIVE BID REQUEST

[Date]

[Name of Bank]
[Address]
Attention:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2006, among Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the banks parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

The Company made a Competitive Bid Request on , pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement and in that connection you are invited to submit a Competitive Bid by [Date]/[Time]¹. Your Competitive Bid must comply with Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement and the terms set forth below on which the Competitive Bid Request was made:

(A) Date of Competitive Borrowing
(B) Principal amount of Competitive Borrowing
(C) Interest rate basis

¹ The Competitive Bid must be received by the Administrative Agent (i) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, four Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing, (ii) in the case of Certificate of Deposit Loans, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before a proposed Competitive Borrowing and (iii) in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date of the proposed Competitive Borrowing.

(D) Interest Period and the last day thereof

	Very truly yours,
	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
	By
		Name:
		Title:

EXHIBIT D

COMPETITIVE BID

[Date]

The Bank of Nova Scotia, as
Administrative Agent for the
Banks referred to below
U.S. Agency Loan Operations,
C/O WBO Loan Operations
720 King Street West, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5V 2T3

Attention: John Hall/Karen Lam

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, [Name of Bank], refers to the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2006, among Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the banks parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

The undersigned hereby makes a Competitive Bid pursuant to Section 2.02(c) of the Credit Agreement, in response to the Competitive Bid Request made by the Company on , , and in that connection sets forth below the terms on which such Competitive Bid is made:

(A) Principal amount ¹
(B) Competitive bid Rate²
(C) Interest Period and the last day thereof

¹ Not less than $5,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 and which may equal the entire aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested by the Company. Multiple bids will be accepted by the Administrative Agent.

² I.e., in the case of Eurodollar Loans or Certificate of Deposit Loans, the Margin, and in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, the fixed rate of interest offered (expressed as a percentage rate per annum rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000 of one percent).

The undersigned hereby confirms that it is prepared to extend credit to the Company upon acceptance by the Company of this bid in accordance with Section 2.02(e) of the Credit Agreement.

	Very truly yours,
	[NAME OF BANK]
	By
		Name:
		Title:

EXHIBIT E

REVOLVING CREDIT BORROWING REQUEST

[Date]

The Bank of Nova Scotia, as
Administrative Agent
for the Banks referred to below
U.S. Agency Loan Operations,
C/O WBO Loan Operations
720 King Street West, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5V 2T3

Attention: John Hall/Karen Lam

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), refers to the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2006, among the Company, the banks parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

The Company hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of the Credit Agreement that it requests a Revolving Credit Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the terms on which such Revolving Credit Borrowing is requested to be made:

(A)	Date of Revolving Credit Borrowing
(B)	Principal amount of Revolving Credit Borrowing¹
(C)	Interest rate basis²
(D)	Interest Period and the last day thereof³

¹ Not less than $50,000,000 and in integral multiples of $10,000,000.

² Eurodollar Loan, Certificate of Deposit Loan, Term Federal Funds Loan or Alternate Base Rate Loan, or a combination thereof.

³ Which shall end not later than the Maturity Date.

Upon the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made by the Banks in response to this request, the Company shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that each of the conditions to lending specified in Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement has been satisfied.

	Very truly yours,
	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
	By
		Name:
		Title:

EXHIBIT F

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Certificate
(Pursuant to Section 7.01(c))

I, the undersigned, [an] [the] [Assistant] Secretary of OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), DO HEREBY CERTIFY that:

1. This Certificate is furnished pursuant to Section 7.01(c) of that certain Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2006, among the Company, the banks parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent (such credit agreement, as in effect on the date of this Certificate, being herein called the “Credit Agreement”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Certificate have the meanings assigned to those terms in the Credit Agreement.

2. There have been no amendments to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company since [ ].

3. Attached hereto as Annex A is a true and correct copy of the By-laws of the Company as in effect on the date hereof.

4. Attached hereto as Annex B is a true and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company [by unanimous written consent] on, and effective as of [ ], which resolutions have not been revoked, modified, amended or rescinded and are still in full force and effect, and the Credit Agreement and the Notes are in substantially the forms of those documents submitted to and approved by the Chief Financial Officer as so authorized by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

5. The persons named in Annex C attached hereto have been duly elected and have duly qualified as, and at all times since [ ] (to and including the date hereof) have been, officers of the Company, holding the respective offices set forth therein opposite their names, and the signatures set forth therein opposite their names are their genuine signatures.

6. I know of no proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or threatening its existence.

WITNESS my hand as of this 27th day of September 2006.

Name:
Title: [Assistant] Secretary
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

I, the undersigned, a Vice President of the Company, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that ____________ is [a] [the] duly elected and qualified [Assistant] Secretary of the Company and the signature above is his genuine signature.

WITNESS my hand as of this 27th day of September 2006.

Name:
Title: Vice President
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

EXHIBIT G

ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

Dated __________, ____

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2006, among OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the banks parties thereto (the “Banks”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as co-syndication agents (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agents”), BNP Paribas, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

________________________________ (the “Assignor”) and ____________________________________ (the “Assignee”) agree as follows:

1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, a __% interest in and to all the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date (as defined below) (including, without limitation, such percentage interest in the Revolving Credit Commitment of the Assignor on the Effective Date and such percentage interest in the Revolving Credit Loans [and Competitive Loans], if any, owing to the Assignor outstanding on the Effective Date together with such percentage interest in all unpaid interest with respect to such Revolving Credit Loans [and Competitive Loans] and Facility Fees, if any, accrued to the Effective Date and such percentage interest in the Revolving Credit Note [and the Competitive Note] held by the Assignor [excluding, however, any interest in the Competitive Loans owing to the Assignor outstanding on the Effective Date or in the unpaid interest with respect to such Competitive Loans or in the Competitive Note held by the Assignor]).

2. The Assignor (i) represents that as of the date hereof, its Revolving Credit Commitment (without giving effect to assignments thereof which have not yet become effective) is $____________ and the outstanding balance of its Revolving Credit Loans (unreduced by any assignments thereof which have not yet become effective) is $__________ [and the outstanding balance of its Competitive Loans (unreduced by any assignments thereof which have not yet become effective) is $_____________]; (ii) makes no representation or warranty with respect to, and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made by the Company in or in connection with, the Credit Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (iii) represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any adverse claim; (iv) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Company or the performance or observance by the Company of any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; and (v) attaches the Revolving Credit Note

[and the Competitive Note] held by it and requests that the Administrative Agent exchange such Note[s] for a new Revolving Credit Note [and a new Competitive Note] payable to the Assignee in a principal amount equal to ____________________ [and _____________, respectively] [, and a new Revolving Credit Note [and a new Competitive Note] payable to the Assignor in a principal amount equal to ______________ and _____________, respectively].

3. The Assignee (i) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements and other documents referred to in Section 5.01(e), Section 6.01(a)(i), Section 6.01(a)(ii) and Section 6.01(a)(v) thereof 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 Acceptance; (iii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent, the Assignor or any other Bank 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; (iv) confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (v) appoints and authorizes each of the Syndication Agents and the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to the Syndication Agents or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (vi) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement, assumed by it under this Assignment and Acceptance, which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Bank; [and] (vii) agrees that it will keep confidential all information with respect to the Company furnished to it by the Company or the Assignor (other than information generally available to the public or otherwise available to the Assignor on a nonconfidential basis) [; and (viii) attaches the forms referred to in Section 10.06(g) of the Credit Agreement as to the Assignee’s complete exemption from United States withholding taxes with respect to all payments to be made to the Assignee under the Credit Agreement¹].

4. The effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance shall be ____________(the “Effective Date”)². Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.06(e) of the Credit Agreement.

5. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Bank thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement (except as provided in Section 2.12(b), Section 10.02 and Section 10.07 thereof).

¹ If the Assignee is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States.

² See Section 10.06(c). Such date shall be at least five Business Days after the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance and delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent.

6. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the interest assigned hereby (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall, directly between themselves, make all appropriate adjustments in payments received from the Administrative Agent for periods prior to the Effective Date or with respect to the making of this assignment.

7. Attached hereto is a Schedule containing the information in respect of the Assignee that is set forth in Schedule II to the Credit Agreement in respect of each Bank.

8. THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

	[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
	By
		Name:
		Title:
	[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
	By
		Name:
		Title:

Accepted this ____ day
of ___________ , ____

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Administrative Agent

By __________________________
Name:
Title:

EXHIBIT H

[LETTERHEAD OF LINDA S. PETERSON, ESQ.,
COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY]

September 27, 2006

To each of the Banks parties
to the Credit Agreement
hereinafter referred to,
to JPMorgan Chase Bank,
as Syndication Agent, and
to The Bank of Nova Scotia, as
Administrative Agent

Re: Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement
dated as of September 27, 2006

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am an Associate General Counsel of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and have acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery by the Company of the following agreement and documents:

(a) Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2006 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the banks parties thereto (collectively, the “Banks”, and individually, a “Bank”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A.., as co-syndication agents (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agents”), BNP Paribas, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents (in such capacity, the “Documentation Agents”), and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”);

(b) [ ] separate Competitive Notes dated [ ], 2006, issued by the Company pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Credit Agreement and payable to the order of each of the Competitive Bid Banks, respectively; and

(c) [ ] separate Revolving Credit dated [ ], 2006, issued by the Company pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Credit Agreement and payable to the order of each of the Banks, respectively (the Competitive Notes and the Revolving Credit Notes collectively, the “Notes”).

This opinion is being delivered to you pursuant to Section 7.01(d) of the Credit Agreement. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

I am familiar with the corporate proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the negotiation and authorization of the Credit Agreement and the Notes and the transactions contemplated thereby. In addition, I have made such inquiry of such officers and attorneys of the

Company and its Subsidiaries and examined such corporate records, certificates of officers of the Company, of officers of the Company’s Subsidiaries and of public officials and such other documents and such questions of law and fact as I have considered necessary or appropriate to form the basis of the opinions hereinafter expressed.

Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing and the four final paragraphs hereof, I am of the opinion that:

1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; and the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority (a) to own its assets and to carry on the business in which it is engaged, (b) to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement and the Notes, (c) to borrow in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by the Credit Agreement, and (d) to issue the Notes in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by the Credit Agreement.

2. The execution and delivery by the Company of the Credit Agreement and the Notes, the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Credit Agreement and the Notes, the Borrowings by the Company in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by the Credit Agreement, and the issuance by the Company of the Notes in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by the Credit Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action (including any necessary stockholder action) on the part of the Company, and do not and will not (a) violate any provision of any Federal, New York or California law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation U and Regulation X) presently in effect having applicability to the Company (or any Specified Subsidiary), or of any order, writ, judgment, decree, determination or award known to me which is presently in effect and which has applicability to the Company (or any Specified Subsidiary), or of the charter or By-laws of the Company (or any Specified Subsidiary), or (b), subject to the Company’s compliance with any applicable covenants pertaining to its incurrence of unsecured indebtedness, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement, or any other agreement or instrument, in each case known to me, to which the Company or any Specified Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Specified Subsidiary or its respective properties may be bound or affected, or (c) to the best of my knowledge, result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature upon or with respect to any of the properties now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company (other than any right of set-off or banker’s lien or attachment that any Bank or other holder of a Note may have under applicable law), and, to the best of my knowledge, the Company is not in default under or in violation of its charter or By-laws as presently in effect. The Borrowing on the date hereof of Loans under the Credit Agreement equal to the Total Commitment under the Credit Agreement would not result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement, or any other agreement or instrument, in each case known to me, to which the Company or any Specified Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Specified Subsidiary or its respective properties may be bound or affected.

3. The Credit Agreement and the Notes have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, and each is enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, and, if the Credit Agreement and the Notes had referred to California law rather than New York law as the governing law, or if a

California court having jurisdiction were to decide that, notwithstanding the reference to New York law, the Credit Agreement and the Notes should be construed in accordance with, and governed by, California law, then the Credit Agreement and the Notes each would be enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

4. Except as set forth in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and except as disclosed in writing to the Banks prior to the Effective Date, there are, to the best of my knowledge, no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any of its respective properties before any court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (Federal, state, local or foreign) which are likely (to the extent not covered by insurance) to have a material adverse effect on the present consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or materially to impair the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement or the Notes.

5. No authorization, consent, approval, license or formal exemption from, nor any filing, declaration or registration with, any Federal, New York or California court, governmental agency or regulatory authority including, without limitation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or with any securities exchange located in the United States, is or will be required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Credit Agreement and the Notes, the Borrowings by the Company in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by the Credit Agreement, or the issuance by the Company of the Notes in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by the Credit Agreement, except for informational reports the failure to file which does not affect the validity of the Credit Agreement or the Notes, and except as may be required in the ordinary course to comply with the affirmative covenants in the Credit Agreement.

6. To the best of my knowledge, neither the Company nor any Related Person to the Company has incurred any liability to the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA which has not been fully discharged.

7. The Company 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.

I am a member of the California and New York Bars and for purposes of this opinion do not hold myself out as an expert on, nor do I express any opinion as to, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of California, the laws of the State of New York, the Federal laws of the United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

In rendering the opinion set forth in numbered paragraph 3 above with respect to the Credit Agreement, I have assumed, with your approval, the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement on the part of all parties to the Credit Agreement, other than the Company, and the legality, validity, binding effect on, and enforceability against, all such other parties of the Credit Agreement. That opinion is subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good

faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, (iii) the effect of general rules of contract law that limit the enforceability of provisions requiring indemnification of a party for liability for its own action or inaction to the extent the action or inaction involves gross negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct, and (iv) the possible challenge to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Notes which provide for a higher rate of interest after a default in payment of principal or interest under California Civil Code Section 1671, which renders invalid liquidated damages provisions in contracts if such provisions are found to have been unreasonable under the circumstances existing at the time the contract was made.

With your approval, I have relied, as to certain matters of fact, on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries and other sources believed by me to be responsible, and I have assumed that the signatures on all documents examined by me are genuine, that all documents submitted to me as originals are authentic and that all documents submitted to me as copies conform with the originals, which assumptions I have not independently verified. Also with your approval, I have relied, as to certain legal matters, on advice of other lawyers employed by the Company who are more familiar with such matters.

This opinion is rendered only to the Banks, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and the Administrative Agent and is solely for their benefit in connection with the Credit Agreement. This opinion may not be relied upon by the Banks, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents or the Administrative Agent for any other purpose or by any other person, firm or corporation for any purpose without my prior written consent.

Very truly yours,

EXHIBIT I

[LETTERHEAD OF CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP, SPECIAL
COUNSEL TO THE AGENTS]

September 27, 2006

Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement
dated as of September 27, 2006

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel for the Agents under and as defined in the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2006 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the banks parties thereto (collectively, the “Banks”, and individually, a “Bank”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as co-syndication agents (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agents”), BNP Paribas, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents (in such capacity, the “Documentation Agents”), and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). In that connection, we have examined originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of the Credit Agreement and such other documents as we have deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion.

Based upon the foregoing, and assuming that the Credit Agreement and the Notes (as defined in the Credit Agreement) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, the Banks and the Agents in conformity with all laws applicable to them, we are of the opinion that the Credit Agreement and the Notes constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and subject to general principles of equity (including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). With respect to the foregoing opinion, (i) insofar as provisions contained in the Credit Agreement provide for indemnification, the enforceability thereof may be limited by public policy considerations, (ii) the availability of a decree for specific performance or an injunction is subject to the discretion of the court requested to issue any such decree or injunction and (iii) we express no opinion as to the effect (if any) of any law of any jurisdiction (other than the State of New York) which limits the rate of interest that any Bank may charge or collect. We express no opinion as to Section 10.13 of the Credit Agreement insofar as such Section relates to the subject matter jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to adjudicate any controversy related to the Credit Agreement or provides for the waiver of an inconvenient forum.

We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the Federal laws of the United States of America.

This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter. This opinion may not be relied upon for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent.

Very truly yours,

To the Banks, the Syndication Agents,
the Documentation Agents,
and the Administrative Agent
referred to above,

c/o JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent

EXHIBIT J

ADDENDUM

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2006 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the banks parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as co-documentation agents, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent. Capitalized terms used and not defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

This instrument is submitted by the undersigned pursuant to Section 10.17 of the Credit Agreement and is an Addendum as defined in the Credit Agreement.

1. The undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to the Credit Agreement with the Revolving Credit Commitment set forth below. The undersigned is [not] listed on Schedule I to the Credit Agreement.

	Revolving Credit

Commitment:	$______________

¹2. The following information with respect to the undersigned is supplied for purposes of Schedule II to the Credit Agreement:

Name of Bank:
Address:

Attention:
Tel. No.
Telecopier No.

3. This instrument may be executed by the undersigned and accepted by the Company on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

¹ If Schedule II to the Credit Agreement already contains this information, this item need not be completed.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this instrument to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date set forth below.

Date: [__________], 20___

[Name of Bank]

	By
		Name:
		Title:

Accepted:

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

By _______________________________
Name:
Title:

Date: [__________], 20___

EXHIBIT K

Administrative Questionnaire
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
$1,500,000,000 Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement

NOTE TO BANKS:

PLEASE FORWARD THIS COMPLETED FORM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THE LOAN ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT:

U.S. Agency Loan Operations,
C/O WBO Loan Operations
720 King Street West, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5V 2T3

Attn: John Hall/Karen Lam

PLEASE TYPE ALL INFORMATION

Syndication Agents:	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 600 Travis Street 20th Floor Houston, TX 77002 Attention: Ms. Beth Lawrence
Telecopier:	(713) 216-8870
Contacts:	Ms. Beth Lawrence - (713) 216-5968 Managing Director Ms. June Brand - (713) 216-4327 Citibank, N.A. 2 Penns Way New Castle, DE 19720 Attention: Mr. Dennis Banfield
Telecopier:	(212) 994-0847
Contacts:	Mr. Dennis Banfield - (302) 894-6109 Mr. Todd Mogil- (713) 654-3559
Administrative Agent:	The Bank of Nova Scotia U.S. Agency Loan Operations, C/O WBO Loan Operations

720 King Street West, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5V 2T3

Telecopier:

(416) 350-5701

Contacts:

John Hall - (416) 866-5901

Karen Lam - (416) 866-4759

Full Legal Name of your Bank:
Exact name of signing officer:
Title of signing officer:
Business address for delivery of execution copies of credit agreement (Please do not use P.O. Box address; hand deliveries cannot be made):
Signing officer’s phone no.:
Alternate officer contract:
Alternate officer’s phone no:

Hard-copy documents and notices should be sent to the following account officer designated by your bank:

Officer’s name:
Title:
Street address (No P.O. Boxes please):
City, State, Zip:

GENERAL OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

Operating Contacts	Name	Phone No.
Loan Department:
Loan Administrator:
Other:

Movement of funds:

Wire Fed Funds to:

TO Administrative Agent:

The Bank of Nova Scotia

(ABA 02600-2532)
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006
For Credit A/C 0606634
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Atlanta Agency
Reference: Occidental Petroleum Corporation

TO YOU:

Wire Fed Funds to:

	Attention:
	Reference:

Publicity:

How would you like your bank’s name to appear in any tombstone advertisements? ____________________________________________

Tax Identification Number: _______________________________________________

PRIMARY CONTACT INFORMATION

We will send all telecopies to a single number (the Primary or Alternate Contact numbers listed below) at the banking location you designate. These contacts are those you designate for critical telecopies (rates, loan amounts, paydowns, etc.).

1. Your bank’s primary contacts for telecopies:

Primary Telecopier No.:

Alternate Telecopier No.:

2. Your bank’s primary contacts:

Name	Phone No.	Department
(1)
(2)

(If at any time any of the above information changes, please advise the Administrative Agent by written notice).

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
FOR COMPETITIVE AUCTIONS ONLY

Administrative Agent:	The Bank of Nova Scotia 600 Peachtree St. N.E., Suite 2700 Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2214
Telecopier:
Contacts:

Primary Contact
Competitive Auctions

Bank Name:
Address:
Primary Contact:
Title:
Department:
Telephone Number:
Telecopier Number:

Alternate Contact
Competitive Auctions

Alternate Contact:
Title:
Department:
Telephone Number:
Telecopier Number:

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