Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Dated as of October 5, 2006, among Penford Corporation The Guarantors from time to time parties hereto, the Lenders from time to time parties hereto, and Harris N.A. as Administrative Agent BMO Capital...

Exhibit 10.1

Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Dated as of October 5, 2006,

among

Penford Corporation

The Guarantors from time to time parties hereto,

the Lenders from time to time parties hereto,

and

Xxxxxx X.X.
as Administrative Agent

BMO Capital Markets
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Runner

Table of Contents


Section	Heading	Page

Section 1.	The Credit Facilities		1

Section 1.1.	Term Loan Commitments		1
Section 1.2.	Revolving Credit Commitments		2
Section 1.3.	Letters of Credit		3
Section 1.4.	Applicable Interest Rates		6
Section 1.5.	Minimum Borrowing Amounts; Maximum Eurocurrency Loans		7
Section 1.6.	Manner of Borrowing Loans and Designating Applicable Interest Rates		7
Section 1.7.	Interest Periods		9
Section 1.8.	Maturity of Loans		11
Section 1.9.	Prepayments		12
Section 1.10.	Default Rate		16
Section 1.11.	The Notes		16
Section 1.12.	Funding Indemnity		17
Section 1.13.	Commitment Terminations		18
Section 1.14.	Substitution of Lenders		18
Section 1.15.	Swing Loans		19

Section 2.	Fees		21

Section 2.1.	Fees		21

Section 3.	Place and Application of Payments		22

Section 3.1.	Place and Application of Payments		22
Section 3.2.	Account Debit		23

Section 4.	Guaranties and Collateral		24

Section 4.1.	Guaranties		24
Section 4.2.	Collateral		24
Section 4.3.	Liens on Real Property		25
Section 4.4.	Further Assurances		25

Section 5.	Definitions; Interpretation		25

Section 5.1.	Definitions		25
Section 5.2.	Interpretation		46
Section 5.3.	Change in Accounting Principles		46

Section 6.	Representations and Warranties		46

Section 6.1.	Organization and Qualification		46


Section	Heading	Page
Section 6.2.	Subsidiaries		47
Section 6.3.	Authority and Validity of Obligations		47
Section 6.4.	Use of Proceeds; Margin Stock		48
Section 6.5.	Financial Reports		48
Section 6.6.	No Material Adverse Change		48
Section 6.7.	Full Disclosure		48
Section 6.8.	Trademarks, Franchises, and Licenses		49
Section 6.9.	Governmental Authority and Licensing		49
Section 6.10.	Good Title		49
Section 6.11.	Litigation and Other Controversies		49
Section 6.12.	Taxes		49
Section 6.13.	Approvals		49
Section 6.14.	Affiliate Transactions		50
Section 6.15.	Investment Company; Public Utility Holding Company		50
Section 6.16.	ERISA		50
Section 6.17.	Compliance with Laws		50
Section 6.18.	Other Agreements		51
Section 6.19.	Solvency		51
Section 6.20.	No Default		51

Section 7.	Conditions Precedent		51

Section 7.1.	All Credit Events		51
Section 7.2.	Initial Credit Event		52
Section 7.3.	Initial Loan Under Capital Expansion Credit		54

Section 8.	Covenants		55

Section 8.1.	Maintenance of Business		55
Section 8.2.	Maintenance of Properties		55
Section 8.3.	Taxes and Assessments		55
Section 8.4.	Insurance		55
Section 8.5.	Financial Reports		56
Section 8.6.	Inspection		58
Section 8.7.	Borrowings and Guaranties		58
Section 8.8.	Liens		59
Section 8.9.	Investments, Acquisitions, Loans and Advances		60
Section 8.10.	Mergers, Consolidations and Sales		61
Section 8.11.	Maintenance of Subsidiaries		62
Section 8.12.	Dividends and Certain Other Restricted Payments		62
Section 8.13.	ERISA		62
Section 8.14.	Compliance with Laws		63
Section 8.15.	Burdensome Contracts With Affiliates		64
Section 8.16.	No Changes in Fiscal Year		64
Section 8.17.	Formation of Subsidiaries		64
Section 8.18.	Change in the Nature of Business		64
Section 8.19.	Use of Proceeds		64

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Section	Heading	Page
Section 8.20.	No Restrictions		64
Section 8.21.	Subordinated Debt		64
Section 8.22.	Financial Covenants		65
Section 8.23.	Cost Over-Runs		66
Section 8.24.	Post-Closing Items		66

Section 9.	Events of Default and Remedies		66

Section 9.1.	Events of Default		66
Section 9.2.	Non-Bankruptcy Defaults		69
Section 9.3.	Bankruptcy Defaults		69
Section 9.4.	Collateral for Undrawn Letters of Credit		70
Section 9.5.	Notice of Default		70
Section 9.6.	Expenses		70

Section 10.	Change in Circumstances		71

Section 10.1.	Change of Law		71
Section 10.2.	Unavailability of Deposits or Inability to Ascertain, or Inadequacy of, LIBOR		71
Section 10.3.	Increased Cost and Reduced Return		71
Section 10.4.	Lending Offices		73
Section 10.5.	Discretion of Lender as to Manner of Funding		73

Section 11.	The Administrative Agent		73

Section 11.1.	Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent		73
Section 11.2.	Administrative Agent and its Affiliates		73
Section 11.3.	Action by Administrative Agent		74
Section 11.4.	Consultation with Experts		74
Section 11.5.	Liability of Administrative Agent; Credit Decision		74
Section 11.6.	Indemnity		75
Section 11.7.	Resignation of Administrative Agent and Successor Administrative Agent		75
Section 11.8.	L/C Issuer		76
Section 11.9.	Hedging Liability and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability Arrangements		76
Section 11.10.	Designation of Additional Agents		76
Section 11.11.	Authorization to Release or Subordinate or Limit Liens		77
Section 11.12.	Authorization to Enter into, and Enforcement of, the Collateral Documents		77

Section 12.	The Guarantees		77

Section 12.1.	The Guarantees		77
Section 12.2.	Guarantee Unconditional		78
Section 12.3.	Discharge Only upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances		79

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Section	Heading	Page
Section 12.4.	Subrogation		79
Section 12.5.	Waivers		79
Section 12.6.	Limit on Recovery		79
Section 12.7.	Stay of Acceleration		80
Section 12.8.	Benefit to Guarantors		80
Section 12.9.	Guarantor Covenants		80

Section 13.	Miscellaneous		80

Section 13.1.	Withholding Taxes		80
Section 13.2.	No Waiver, Cumulative Remedies		81
Section 13.3.	Non-Business Days		81
Section 13.4.	Documentary Taxes		82
Section 13.5.	Survival of Representations		82
Section 13.6.	Survival of Indemnities		82
Section 13.7.	Sharing of Set-Off		82
Section 13.8.	Notices		82
Section 13.9.	Counterparts		83
Section 13.10.	Successors and Assigns		83
Section 13.11.	Participants		83
Section 13.12.	Assignments		84
Section 13.13.	Amendments		86
Section 13.14.	Headings		86
Section 13.15.	Costs and Expenses; Indemnification		86
Section 13.16.	Set-off		87
Section 13.17.	Entire Agreement		88
Section 13.18.	Governing Law		88
Section 13.19.	Severability of Provisions		88
Section 13.20.	Excess Interest		88
Section 13.21.	Construction		89
Section 13.22.	Lender’s Obligations Several		89
Section 13.23.	Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial		89
Section 13.24.	USA Patriot Act		89
Section 13.25.	Currency		89
Section 13.26.	Currency Equivalence		90
Section 13.27.	Amendment and Restatement		90

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Exhibit A	—	Notice of Payment Request
Exhibit B	—	Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit C	—	Notice of Continuation/Conversion
Exhibit D-1	—	Term Note
Exhibit D-2	—	Capital Expansion Note
Exhibit D-3	—	Revolving Note
Exhibit D-4	—	Swing Note
Exhibit E	—	Compliance Certificate
Exhibit F	—	Additional Guarantor Supplement
Exhibit G	—	Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit H	—	Opinion of Counsel
Exhibit I	—	Commitment Amount Increase Request
Schedule 1	—	Commitments
Schedule 6.2	—	Subsidiaries
Schedule 8.9	—	Existing Investments

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Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

This Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is entered into as of October 5, 2006, by and among Penford Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “Borrower”), the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party to this Agreement, as Guarantors, the several financial institutions from time to time party to this Agreement, as Lenders, and Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent as provided herein. All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as such terms are defined in Section 5.1 hereof.

Preliminary Statement

The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 22, 2005 (as previously supplemented and amended, the “Original Credit Agreement”). The Borrower has requested that the Lenders make certain further amendments to the Original Credit Agreement and, for the sake of convenience and clarity, to restate the Original Credit Agreement in its entirety as so amended. Accordingly, upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent to effectiveness contained in Section 7.2 hereof, the Credit Agreement and all Exhibits and Schedules thereto shall be amended and as so amended shall be restated in their entirety to read as follows:

Section 1. The Credit Facilities.

Section 1.1. Term Loan Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender, by its acceptance hereof, severally agrees to make a loan (individually a “New Term Loan” and collectively for all the Lenders the “New Term Loans”) in U.S. Dollars to the Borrower in the amount equal to the excess of (i) such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment over (ii) such Lender’s Existing Term Loans. The New Term Loans shall be advanced in a single Borrowing on the Closing Date and shall be made ratably by the Lenders in proportion to their respective Term Loan Percentages, at which time the Term Loan Commitments shall expire. Upon the making of the New Term Loans, the Existing Term Loans shall be deemed to be outstanding under this Agreement for all purposes whatsoever and each New Term Loan and Existing Term Loan held by each Lender shall be deemed to constitute a single debt of the Borrower to such Lender. The New Term Loans and the Existing Term Loans together shall be referred to individually as a “Term Loan” and collectively for all the Lenders the “Term Loans”). As provided in Section 1.6(a) hereof, the Borrower may elect that the Term Loans be outstanding as Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans. No amount repaid or prepaid on any Term Loan may be borrowed again.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender, by its acceptance hereof, severally agrees to make a loan (individually a “Capital Expansion Loan” and collectively for all the Lenders the “Capital Expansion Loans”) in U.S. Dollars to the Borrower from time to time up to the amount of such Lender’s Capital Expansion Loan Commitment, subject to any reductions thereof pursuant to the terms hereof, before the Capital Expansion Credit Termination Date, at which time the unused Capital Expansion Loan Commitments shall expire (the period

commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Capital Expansion Credit Termination Date is referred to as the “Availability Period”). Each Borrowing of Capital Expansion Loans shall be made ratably by the Lenders in proportion to their respective Capital Expansion Loan Percentages. As provided in Section 1.6(a) hereof, the Borrower may elect that the Capital Expansion Loans be outstanding as Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans. No amount repaid or prepaid on any Capital Expansion Loan may be borrowed again.

Section 1.2. Revolving Credit Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender, by its acceptance hereof, severally agrees to make a loan or loans (individually a “Revolving Loan” and collectively the “Revolving Loans”) in U.S. Dollars and in Alternative Currencies to the Borrower from time to time on a revolving basis up to the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, subject to any reductions thereof pursuant to the terms hereof, before the Revolving Credit Termination Date,; provided that any Blocked Unused Commitments may be used only to pay Cost Over-Runs related to the Ethanol Facility. Upon the making of the initial Revolving Loans hereunder, the Existing Revolving Loans and the Existing Australian Dollar Term Loans shall be deemed to be Revolving Loans in U.S. Dollars and Australian Dollars, respectively, outstanding under this Agreement for all purposes whatsoever. The sum of the (i) aggregate Original Dollar Amount of Revolving Loans, (ii) aggregate principal amount of Swing Loans, and (iii) U.S. Dollar Equivalent of all L/C Obligations at any time outstanding shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments in effect at such time and the aggregate Original Dollar Amount of Revolving Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed $25,000,000. Each Borrowing of Revolving Loans shall be made ratably by the Lenders in proportion to their respective Revolver Percentages. As provided in Section 1.6(a) hereof, the Borrower may elect that each Borrowing of Revolving Loans be either Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans. All Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be Eurocurrency Loans. Revolving Loans may be repaid and the principal amount thereof reborrowed before the Revolving Credit Termination Date, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

(b) The Borrower may, on any Business Day prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, increase the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments by delivering a Commitment Amount Increase Request substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I or in such other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the desired effective date of such increase (the “Commitment Amount Increase”) identifying an additional Lender (or additional Revolving Credit Commitments for existing Lender(s)) and the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment (or additional amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment(s)); provided, however, that (i) any increase of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments to an amount in excess of $90,000,000 will require the approval of the Required Lenders, (ii) any increase of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an amount not less than $10,000,000, (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the request or the effective date of the Commitment Amount Increase, and (iv) any new Lender providing a new commitment shall be approved by the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The effective date of the Commitment Amount Increase shall be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Upon the effectiveness thereof, the new Lender(s) (or, if applicable, existing Lender(s)) shall advance Revolving Loans in an amount sufficient such

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that after giving effect to its Loans each Lender shall have outstanding its Revolver Percentage of Revolving Loans. It shall be a condition to such effectiveness that (i) if any Eurodollar Loans are outstanding under the Revolving Credit on the date of such effectiveness, such Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to be prepaid on such date and the Borrower shall pay any amounts owing to the Lenders pursuant to Section 1.12 hereof and (ii) the Borrower shall not have terminated any portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 1.13 hereof. The Borrower agrees to pay any reasonable expenses of the Administrative Agent relating to any Commitment Amount Increase. Promptly upon the effectiveness of any Commitment Amount Increase, the Borrower shall execute and deliver new Revolving Notes in the amount of any additional Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment (or in the amount of any existing Lender’s increased Revolving Credit Commitment). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment and no Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment shall be increased without its consent thereto, and each Lender may at its option, unconditionally and without cause, decline to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment.

Section 1.3. Letters of Credit. (a) General Terms. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, as part of the Revolving Credit, the L/C Issuer shall issue standby and commercial letters of credit (each a “Letter of Credit”) in U.S. Dollars for the account of the Borrower or for the account of the Borrower and one or more of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate undrawn face amount up to the lesser of (i) the L/C Sublimit and (ii) the excess (if any) of the Revolving Credit Commitments over the sum of the (x) aggregate Original Dollar Amount of Revolving Loans, (y) aggregate principal amount of Swing Loans and (z) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of all L/C Obligations then outstanding, provided that the aggregate U.S. Dollar Equivalent of all Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries and the related L/C Obligations shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time. Each Letter of Credit shall be issued by the L/C Issuer, but each Lender shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer for such Lender’s Revolver Percentage of the amount of each drawing thereunder and, accordingly, each Letter of Credit shall constitute usage of the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender pro rata in an amount equal to its Revolver Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, upon the making of the initial Revolving Loan under this Agreement, the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement for all purposes whatsoever and each application pursuant to which an Existing Letter of Credit was issued shall be deemed to be an Application for all purposes.

(b) Applications. At any time before the Revolving Credit Termination Date, the L/C Issuer shall, at the request of the Borrower, issue one or more Letters of Credit in U.S. Dollars, in a form satisfactory to the L/C Issuer, with expiration dates no later than the earlier of 12 months from the date of issuance (or which are cancelable not later than 12 months from the date of issuance and each renewal) or 30 days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, in an aggregate face amount as set forth above, upon the receipt of an application duly executed by the Borrower and, if such Letter of Credit is for the account of one of its Subsidiaries, such Subsidiary for the relevant Letter of Credit in the form then customarily prescribed by the L/C Issuer for the Letter of Credit requested (each an “Application”). Notwithstanding anything contained in any Application to the contrary: (i) the Borrower shall pay fees in connection with

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each Letter of Credit as set forth in Section 2.1 hereof, (ii) except as otherwise provided in Section 1.9 hereof, before the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, the L/C Issuer will not call for the funding by the Borrower of any amount under a Letter of Credit before being presented with a drawing thereunder, and (iii) if the L/C Issuer is not timely reimbursed for the amount of any drawing under a Letter of Credit on the date such drawing is paid, the Borrower’s obligation to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of such drawing shall bear interest (which the Borrower hereby promises to pay) from and after the date such drawing is paid at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 2.0% plus the Applicable Margin plus the Base Rate from time to time in effect (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and the actual number of days elapsed). If the L/C Issuer issues any Letter of Credit with an expiration date that is automatically extended unless the L/C Issuer gives notice that the expiration date will not so extend beyond its then scheduled expiration date, unless the Lenders instruct the L/C Issuer otherwise, the L/C Issuer will give such notice of non-renewal before the time necessary to prevent such automatic extension if before such required notice date: (i) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit if so extended would be after the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, or (iii) a Default or an Event of Default exists and the Administrative Agent, at the request or with the consent of the Required Lenders, has given the L/C Issuer instructions not to so permit the extension of the expiration date of such Letter of Credit. The L/C Issuer agrees to issue amendments to the Letter(s) of Credit increasing the amount, or extending the expiration date, thereof at the request of the Borrower subject to the conditions of Section 7 hereof and the other terms of this Section 1.3.

(c) The Reimbursement Obligations. Subject to Section 1.3(b) hereof, the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for all drawings under a Letter of Credit (a “Reimbursement Obligation”) shall be governed by the Application related to such Letter of Credit, except that reimbursement shall be made by no later than 12:00 Noon (Chicago time) on the date when each drawing is to be paid if the Borrower has been informed of such drawing by the L/C Issuer on or before 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the date when such drawing is to be paid or, if notice of such drawing is given to the Borrower after 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the date when such drawing is to be paid, by the end of such day, in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s principal office in Chicago, Illinois or such other office as the Administrative Agent may designate in writing to the Borrower (who shall thereafter cause to be distributed to the L/C Issuer such amount(s) in like funds). If the Borrower does not make any such reimbursement payment on the date due and the Participating Lenders fund their participations therein in the manner set forth in Section 1.3(d) below, then all payments thereafter received by the Administrative Agent in discharge of any of the relevant Reimbursement Obligations shall be distributed in accordance with Section 1.3(d) below. The Reimbursement Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement shall be absolute, unconditional, and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents under all circumstances whatsoever and the Borrower hereby waives any defense to the payment of the Reimbursement Obligations based on any circumstance whatsoever, including in any case, the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or any other Loan Document; (ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Loan Document; (iii) the existence of any claim, set-off, counterclaim, defense, or other rights which the Borrower or any other Person may have at any time against any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent, the L/C

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Issuer, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with any Loan Document or any unrelated transaction; (iv) any statement, draft, or other documentation presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid, or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (v) payment by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or (vi) any other circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

(d) The Participating Interests. Each Lender (other than the Lender acting as L/C Issuer in issuing the relevant Letter of Credit), by its acceptance hereof, severally agrees to purchase from the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer hereby agrees to sell to each such Lender (a “Participating Lender”), an undivided percentage participating interest (a “Participating Interest”), to the extent of its Revolver Percentage, in each Letter of Credit issued by, and each Reimbursement Obligation owed to, the L/C Issuer. Upon any failure by the Borrower to pay any Reimbursement Obligation at the time required on the date the related drawing is to be paid, as set forth in Section 1.3(c) above, or if the L/C Issuer is required at any time to return to the Borrower or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other Person any portion of any payment of any Reimbursement Obligation, each Participating Lender shall, not later than the Business Day it receives a certificate in the form of Exhibit A hereto from the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) to such effect, if such certificate is received before 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time), or not later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) the following Business Day, if such certificate is received after such time, pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer an amount equal to such Participating Lender’s Revolver Percentage of such unpaid or recaptured Reimbursement Obligation together with interest on such amount accrued from the date the related payment was made by the L/C Issuer to the date of such payment by such Participating Lender at a rate per annum equal to: (i) from the date the related payment was made by the L/C Issuer to the date 2 Business Days after payment by such Participating Lender is due hereunder, the Federal Funds Rate for each such day and (ii) from the date 2 Business Days after the date such payment is due from such Participating Lender to the date such payment is made by such Participating Lender, the Base Rate in effect for each such day. Each such Participating Lender shall thereafter be entitled to receive its Revolver Percentage of each payment received in respect of the relevant Reimbursement Obligation and of interest paid thereon, with the L/C Issuer retaining its Revolver Percentage thereof as a Lender hereunder. The several obligations of the Participating Lenders to the L/C Issuer under this Section 1.3 shall be absolute, irrevocable, and unconditional under any and all circumstances whatsoever and shall not be subject to any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment which any Participating Lender may have or have had against the Borrower, the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person whatsoever. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such obligations shall not be affected by any Default or Event of Default or by any reduction or termination of any Commitment of any Lender, and each payment by a Participating Lender under this Section 1.3 shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e) Indemnification. The Participating Lenders shall, to the extent of their respective Revolver Percentages, indemnify the L/C Issuer (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower) against any cost, expense (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements), claim, demand,

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action, loss or liability (except such as result from the L/C Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct) that the L/C Issuer may suffer or incur in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it. The obligations of the Participating Lenders under this Section 1.3(e) and all other parts of this Section 1.3 shall survive termination of this Agreement and of all Applications, Letters of Credit, and all drafts and other documents presented in connection with drawings thereunder.

(f) Manner of Requesting a Letter of Credit. The Borrower shall provide at least five (5) Business Days’ advance written notice to the Administrative Agent of each request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, such notice in each case to be accompanied by an Application for such Letter of Credit properly completed and executed by the Borrower and, in the case of an extension or an increase in the amount of a Letter of Credit, a written request therefor, in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, in each case, together with the fees called for by this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the L/C Issuer of the Administrative Agent’s receipt of each such notice and the L/C Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the issuance of the Letter of Credit so requested.

Section 1.4. Applicable Interest Rates. (a) Base Rate Loans. Each Base Rate Loan made or maintained by a Lender shall bear interest during each Interest Period it is outstanding (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and the actual days elapsed) on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loan is advanced or continued, or created by conversion from a Eurocurrency Loan, until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin plus the Base Rate from time to time in effect, payable on the last day of its Interest Period and at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise). Base Rate Loans must be denominated in U.S. Dollars.

(b) Eurocurrency Loans. Each Eurocurrency Loan made or maintained by a Lender shall bear interest during each Interest Period it is outstanding (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loan is advanced, continued or created by conversion from a Base Rate Loan, until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin plus the Adjusted LIBOR applicable for such Interest Period, payable on the last day of the Interest Period and at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), and, if the applicable Interest Period is longer than three months, on each day occurring every three months after the commencement of such Interest Period. Eurocurrency Loans may be denominated in U.S. Dollars or an Alternative Currency.

(c) Rate Determinations. The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations hereunder, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive and binding except in the case of manifest error. The Original Dollar Amount of each Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be determined or redetermined, as applicable, effective as of the first day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan.

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Section 1.5. Minimum Borrowing Amounts; Maximum Eurocurrency Loans. Each Borrowing of Base Rate Loans advanced under a Credit shall be in an amount not less than $250,000, or such greater amount which is an integral multiple of $50,000. Each Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars advanced, continued or converted under a Credit shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or such greater amount which is an integral multiple of $100,000. Each Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be in a minimum amount for which the U.S. Dollar Equivalent is $500,000 and which is an integral multiple of 100,000 units of the relevant currency or, solely in the case of a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency being continued in the same currency, if less, the same amount of such currency. Without the Administrative Agent’s consent, there shall not be more than 10 Borrowings of Eurocurrency Loans outstanding under a Credit at any one time.

Section 1.6. Manner of Borrowing Loans and Designating Applicable Interest Rates. (a) Notice to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall give notice to the Administrative Agent by no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time): (i) at least 3 Business Days before the date on which the Borrower requests the Lenders to advance a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars, (ii) at least 4 Business Days before the date on which the Borrower requests the Lenders to advance a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency and (iii) on the date the Borrower requests the Lenders to advance a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. The Loans included in each Borrowing shall bear interest initially at the type of rate specified in such notice of a new Borrowing. Thereafter, the Borrower may from time to time elect to change or continue the type of interest rate borne by each Borrowing or, subject to Section 1.5’s minimum amount requirement for each outstanding Borrowing, a portion thereof, as follows: (i) if such Borrowing is of Eurocurrency Loans, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower may continue part or all of such Borrowing as Eurocurrency Loans or , in the case of Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars, convert part or all of such Borrowing into Base Rate Loans or (ii) if such Borrowing is of Base Rate Loans, on any Business Day, the Borrower may convert all or part of such Borrowing into Eurocurrency Loans for an Interest Period or Interest Periods specified by the Borrower. The Borrower shall give all such notices requesting the advance, continuation or conversion of a Borrowing to the Administrative Agent by telephone or telecopy (which notice shall be irrevocable once given and, if by telephone, shall be promptly confirmed in writing), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (Notice of Borrowing) or Exhibit C (Notice of Continuation/Conversion), as applicable, or in such other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Notice of the continuation of a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans for an additional Interest Period or of the conversion of part or all of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Loans must be given by no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) at least 3 Business Days before the date of the requested continuation or conversion. All such notices concerning the advance, continuation or conversion of a Borrowing shall specify the date of the requested advance, continuation or conversion of a Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), the amount of the requested Borrowing to be advanced, continued or converted, the type of Loans to comprise such new, continued or converted Borrowing and, if such Borrowing is to be comprised of Eurocurrency Loans, the Interest Period applicable thereto. The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may rely on any such telephonic or telecopy notice given by any person the Administrative Agent in good faith believes is an Authorized Representative without the necessity of independent investigation, and in the event any such notice by telephone

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conflicts with any written confirmation such telephonic notice shall govern if the Administrative Agent has acted in reliance thereon.

(b) Notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic or telecopy notice to each Lender of any notice from the Borrower received pursuant to Section 1.6(a) above and, if such notice requests the Lenders to make Eurocurrency Loans, the Administrative Agent shall give notice to the Borrower and each Lender by like means of the applicable currency and interest rate applicable thereto promptly after the Administrative Agent has made such determination. On the date the Borrower requests a Loan in an Alternative Currency, as provided in Section 1.6(a), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the currency in which such Loan is requested. Each Lender shall, subject to Section 7 hereof, make its Loan in the requested Alternative Currency in accordance with Section 1.6 hereof. Any Loan made in an Alternative Currency shall be advanced in such currency, and all payments of principal and interest thereon shall be made in such Alternative Currency.

(c) Borrower’s Failure to Notify; Automatic Continuations and Conversions. Any outstanding Borrowing of Base Rate Loans shall automatically be continued for an additional Interest Period on the last day of its then current Interest Period unless the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent within the period required by Section 1.6(a) that the Borrower intends to convert such Borrowing, subject to Section 7.1 hereof, into a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans or such Borrowing is prepaid in accordance with Section 1.9(a). If the Borrower fails to give notice pursuant to Section 1.6(a) above of the continuation or conversion of any outstanding principal amount of a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars before the last day of its then current Interest Period within the period required by Section 1.6(a) or, whether or not such notice has been given, one or more of the conditions set forth in Section 7.1 for the continuation or conversion of a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans would not be satisfied, and such Borrowing is not prepaid in accordance with Section 1.9(a), such Borrowing shall automatically be converted into a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower fails to give notice pursuant to Section 1.6(a) above of the continuation of any outstanding principal amount of a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency before the last day of its then current Interest Period within the period required by Section 1.6(a) and has not notified the Administrative Agent within the period required by Section 1.9(a) that it intends to prepay such Borrowing, such Borrowing shall automatically be continued as a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans in the same Alternative Currency with an Interest Period of one month. In the event the Borrower fails to give notice pursuant to Section 1.6(a) above of a Borrowing equal to the amount of a Reimbursement Obligation and has not notified the Administrative Agent by 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the day such Reimbursement Obligation becomes due that it intends to repay such Reimbursement Obligation through funds not borrowed under this Agreement, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit (or, at the option of the Administrative Agent, under the Swing Line) on such day in the amount of the Reimbursement Obligation then due, which Borrowing shall be applied to pay the Reimbursement Obligation then due.

(d) Disbursement of Loans. Not later than 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date of any requested advance of a new Borrowing (other than a Borrowing of Loans to the extent constituting a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency), subject to Section 7

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hereof, each Lender shall make available its Loan comprising part of such Borrowing in funds immediately available at the principal office of the Administrative Agent in Chicago, Illinois. Each Lender shall make the proceeds of each Loan constituting a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency at such office as the Administrative Agent has previously specified in a notice to such Lender in such funds which are then customary for the settlement of international transactions in such currency and no later than such local time as is necessary for such funds to be received and transferred to the Borrower for same day value on the date the Loan is to be made. The Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of each new Borrowing denominated in U.S. Dollars available to the Borrower of the Administrative Agent’s principal office in Chicago, Illinois, and the proceeds of each Lender’s Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency at such office as the Administrative Agent has previously agreed to with the Borrower, in each case in the type of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Lenders.

(e) Administrative Agent Reliance on Lender Funding. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by a Lender prior to (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, by 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on) the date on which such Lender is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative Agent of the proceeds of a Loan (which notice shall be effective upon receipt) that such Lender does not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such payment when due and the Administrative Agent may in reliance upon such assumption (but shall not be required to) make available to the Borrower the proceeds of the Loan to be made by such Lender and, if any Lender has not in fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent, such Lender shall, on demand, pay to the Administrative Agent the amount made available to the Borrower attributable to such Lender together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was made available to the Borrower and ending on (but excluding) the date such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent at a rate per annum equal to: (i) from the date the related advance was made by the Administrative Agent to the date 2 Business Days after payment by such Lender is due hereunder, the Federal Funds Rate (or in the case of Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate) for each such day and (ii) from the date 2 Business Days after the date such payment is due from such Lender to the date such payment is made by such Lender, the Base Rate in effect for each such day or in the case of a Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate established by Section 1.10(c) for Eurocurrency Loans denominated in such currency. If such amount is not received from such Lender by the Administrative Agent immediately upon demand, the Borrower will, on demand, repay to the Administrative Agent the proceeds of the Loan attributable to such Lender with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan, but without such payment being considered a payment or prepayment of a Loan under Section 1.12 hereof so that the Borrower will have no liability under such Section with respect to such payment.

Section 1.7. Interest Periods. As provided in Section 1.6(a) and 1.15 hereof, at the time of each request to advance, continue or create by conversion a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans or Swing Loans, the Borrower shall select an Interest Period applicable to such Loans from among the available options. The term “Interest Period” means the period commencing on the date a Borrowing of Loans is advanced, continued or created by conversion and ending: (a) in

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the case of Base Rate Loans, on the last day of the calendar quarter (i.e., the last day of March, June, September or December, as applicable) in which such Borrowing is advanced, continued or created by conversion (or on the last day of the following calendar quarter if such Loan is advanced, continued or created by conversion on the last day of a calendar quarter), (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter, and (c) in the case of a Swing Loan, on the date 1 to 5 days thereafter as mutually agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that:

(i) any Interest Period for a Borrowing of Revolving Loans or Swing Loans consisting of Base Rate Loans that otherwise would end after the Revolving Credit Termination Date shall end on the Revolving Credit Termination Date, and any Interest Period for a Borrowing of Term Loans consisting of Base Rate Loans that otherwise would end after the final maturity date of the Term Loans shall end on the final maturity date of the Term Loans, and any Interest Period for a Borrowing of Capital Expansion Loans consisting of Base Rate Loans that would otherwise end after the final maturity date of the Capital Expansion Loans shall end on the final maturity date of the Capital Expansion Loan;

(ii) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans or Swing Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date, no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Term Loans shall extend beyond the final maturity date of the Term Loans, and no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Capital Expansion Loans shall extend beyond the final maturity date of the Capital Expansion Loans;

(iii) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Term Loans consisting of Eurocurrency Loans shall extend beyond a date on which the Borrower is required to make a scheduled payment of principal on the Term Loans, unless the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans that are Eurocurrency Loans with Interest Periods expiring on or before such date equals or exceeds the principal amount to be paid on the Term Loans on such payment date;

(iv) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Capital Expansion Loans consisting of Eurocurrency Loans shall extend beyond a date on which the Borrower is required to make a scheduled payment of principal on the Capital Expansion Loans, unless the aggregate principal amount of Capital Expansion Loans that are Eurocurrency Loans with Interest Periods expiring on or before such date equals or exceeds the principal amount to be paid on the Capital Expansion Loans on such payment date;

(v) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, provided that, if such extension would cause the last day of an Interest Period for a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans to occur in

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the following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall be the immediately preceding Business Day; and

(vi) for purposes of determining an Interest Period for a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans, a month means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month; provided, however, that if there is no numerically corresponding day in the month in which such an Interest Period is to end or if such an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, then such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month in which such Interest Period is to end.

Section 1.8. Maturity of Loans. (a) Scheduled Payments of Term Loans. The Borrower shall make principal payments on the Term Loans on a pro rata basis in quarterly installments on the last day of each March, June, September and December in each year, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2006, with each of the first 20 installments to be in the amount of $1,000,000, it being agreed that the final payment of both principal and interest not sooner paid on the Term Loans shall be due and payable on December 31, 2011, the final maturity thereof. Each such principal payment shall be applied to the Lenders holding the Term Loans pro rata based upon their Term Loan Percentages.

(b) Schedule Payments of Capital Expansion Loans. The Borrower shall make principal payments on the on a pro rata basis in installments on the last day of each March, June, September and December in each year, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2008, with the amount of each such principal installment to equal the U.S. Dollar Equivalent set forth in Column B below shown opposite of the relevant due date as set forth in Column A below:


	Column B
Column A	Scheduled Principal
Payment Date	Payment on Capital Expansion Loans
12/31/08	$	1,250,000
03/31/09	$	1,250,000
06/30/09	$	1,250,000
09/30/09	$	1,250,000
12/31/09	$	2,500,000
03/30/10	$	2,500,000
06/30/10	$	2,500,000
09/30/10	$	2,500,000
12/31/10	$	2,500,000
03/31/11	$	2,500,000
06/30/11	$	2,500,000

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	Column B
Column A	Scheduled Principal
Payment Date	Payment on Capital Expansion Loans
09/31/11	$	2,500,000
12/31/11	$	2,500,000
03/31/12	$	2,500,000
06/30/12	$	2,500,000
09/30/12	$	2,500,000

, it being agreed that the final payment of both principal and interest not sooner paid on the Capital Expansion Loans shall be due and payable on December 31, 2012, the final maturity thereof. Each such principal payment shall be allocated to the Lenders holding the Capital Expansion Loans pro rata based upon their Capital Expansion Loan Percentages.

(c) Revolving Loans and Swing Loans. Each Revolving Loan and Swing Loan, both for principal and interest not sooner paid, shall mature and become due and payable by the Borrower on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

Section 1.9. Prepayments. (a) Optional. The Borrower shall have the privilege of prepaying without premium or penalty (except as set forth in Section 1.12 hereof) and in whole or in part (but, if in part, then: (i) if such Borrowing is of Base Rate Loans, in an amount not less than $250,000, (ii) if such Borrowing is of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars, in an amount not less than $500,000 or any greater amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 or any greater amount that (iii) if such Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency or any greater amount that, in an amount for which the U.S. Dollar Equivalent is not less than $500,000 is an integral multiple of 100,000 units of relevant currency and (iv) in each case, in an amount such that the minimum amount required for a Borrowing pursuant to Sections 1.5 and 1.15 hereof remains outstanding) any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars at any time upon three (3) Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or, in the case of any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, at any time upon four (4) Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, notice delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date of such prepayment. Each such prepayment to be made by the payment of the principal amount to be prepaid and, in the case of any Term Loans, Capital Expansion Loans or Eurocurrency Loans or Swing Loans, accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for prepayment plus any amounts due the Lenders under Section 1.12.

(b) Mandatory. (i) If the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall at any time or from time to time make or agree to make a Disposition or shall suffer an Event of Loss resulting in Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 (or the U.S. Dollar Equivalent thereof, if applicable) individually or on a cumulative basis in any fiscal year of the Borrower, then (x) the Borrower

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shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such proposed Disposition or Event of Loss (including the amount of the estimated Net Cash Proceeds to be received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in respect thereof) and (y) promptly upon receipt by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition or Event of Loss, the Borrower shall prepay first, (A) during the Availability Period, the Term Loans, and (B) after the Availability Period, the Term Loans and the Capital Expansion Loans, in each case in the manner specified in Section 1.9(e) hereof until the Term Loans and, if applicable, the Capital Expansion Loans are paid in full and then the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and L/C Obligations (or all outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations if an Event of Default exists) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the amount of all such Net Cash Proceeds; provided that in the case of each Disposition and Event of Loss, if the Borrower states in its notice of such event that the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary intends to reinvest, within 180 days of the applicable Disposition or receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from an Event of Loss, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof in assets for use in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s or the applicable Subsidiary’s business as then conducted, then so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists, the Borrower shall not be required to make a mandatory prepayment under this Section in respect of such Net Cash Proceeds to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are actually reinvested in such assets with such 180-day period. Promptly after the end of such 180-day period, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent whether the Borrower or such Subsidiary has reinvested such Net Cash Proceeds in such assets, and to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds have not been so reinvested, the Borrower shall promptly prepay (A) during the Availability Period, the Term Loans, and (A) after the Availability Period, the Term Loans and the Capital Expansion Loans, (or in each case all outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations if an Event of Default exists) in the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds not so reinvested. The amount of each such prepayment shall be applied on a ratable basis among the relevant outstanding Obligations based on the principal amounts (in the U.S. Dollar Equivalent) thereof. If the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders so request, all proceeds of such Disposition or Event of Loss shall be deposited with the Administrative Agent and held by it in the Collateral Account. So long as no Default or Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent is authorized to disburse amounts representing such proceeds from the Collateral Account to or at the Borrower’s direction for application to or reimbursement for the costs of replacing, rebuilding or restoring such Property.

(ii) If after the Closing Date the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall issue new equity securities (whether common or preferred stock or otherwise), other than equity securities issued in connection with the exercise of employee stock options and capital stock issued to the seller of an Acquired Business in connection with an Acquisition permitted hereby, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the estimated Net Cash Proceeds of such issuance to be received by or for the account of the Borrower or such Subsidiary in respect thereof. Promptly upon receipt by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds of such issuance, the Borrower shall prepay first, (A) during the Availability Period, the Term Loans, and (B) after the Availability Period, the Term Loans and the Capital Expansion Loans, in each case in the manner specified in Section 1.9(e) hereof until the Term Loans and, if applicable, the Capital Expansion Loans are paid in full and then the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and L/C Obligations (or all outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations if an Event of Default exists), in an aggregate amount equal to 100% (or 50% if the Borrower’s Total Funded Debt Ratio was less than 2.0 to 1.0 for the two consecutive fiscal quarters immediately preceding the date of such

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required payment) of the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds. The amount of each such prepayment shall be applied on a ratable basis among the relevant outstanding Obligations based on the principal amounts (in U.S. Dollar Equivalent) thereof. The Borrower acknowledges that its performance hereunder shall not limit the rights and remedies of the Lenders for any breach of Section 8.11 (Maintenance of Subsidiaries) or Section 9.1(i) (Change of Control) hereof or any other terms of the Loan Documents.

(iii) If after the Closing Date the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall issue any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, other than Indebtedness for Borrowed Money permitted by Section 8.7(a)-(e) hereof, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the estimated Net Cash Proceeds of such issuance to be received by or for the account of the Borrower or such Subsidiary in respect thereof. Promptly upon receipt by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds of such issuance, the Borrower shall prepay first, (A) during the Availability Period, the Term Loans, and (A) after the Availability Period, the Term Loans and the Capital Expansion Loans, in each case in the manner specified in Section 1.9(e) hereof until the Term Loans and, if applicable, the Capital Expansion Loans are paid in full and then the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and L/C Obligations (or all outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations if an Event of Default exists), in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds. The amount of each such prepayment shall be applied on a ratable basis among the relevant outstanding Obligations based on the principal amounts (in U.S. Dollar Equivalent) thereof. The Borrower acknowledges that its performance hereunder shall not limit the rights and remedies of the Lenders for any breach of Section 8.7 hereof or any other terms of the Loan Documents.

(iv) If the Borrower’s Total Funded Debt Ratio is greater than 4.0 to 1.0 for two consecutive fiscal quarters, then within 90 days after the close of each year, beginning August 31, 2007, the Borrower shall prepay first, (A) during the Availability Period, the Term Loans, and (B) after the Availability Period, the Term Loans and the Capital Expansion Loans, in each case in the manner specified in Section 1.9(e) hereof until the Term Loans and, if applicable, the Capital Expansion Loans are paid in full and then the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and L/C Obligations (or all outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations if an Event of Default exists), by an amount equal to 50% (the “Excess Cash Flow Percentage”) of Excess Cash Flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower; provided, however, if the Borrower’s Total Funded Debt Ratio is less than 3.25 to 1.0 for two consecutive fiscal quarters and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the last day of each of such two consecutive fiscal quarters, then the Excess Cash Flow Percentage shall be deemed to be 25% and if the Borrower’s Total Funded Debt Ratio is less than 2.50 to 1.0 for two consecutive fiscal quarters and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the last day of each of such two consecutive fiscal quarters, then the Excess Cash Flow Percentage shall be deemed to be 0%. The amount of each such prepayment shall be applied on a ratable basis among the relevant outstanding Obligations based on the principal amounts thereof.

(v) The Borrower covenants and agrees that if at any time the sum of the then aggregate Original Dollar Amount of Revolving Loans then outstanding denominated in Alternative Currencies shall be in excess of $25,000,000, the Borrower shall, no later than three (3) Business

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Days after the Administrative Agent’s demand, pay over the amount of such excess to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders as and for a mandatory prepayment on the Revolving Notes until payment in full thereof. Each such prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid to the date of prepayment plus any amounts due to the Lenders under Section 1.12 hereof. The Lenders acknowledge and agree that, upon such demand by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may, subject to Section 7 hereof, request a Borrowing of Revolving Loans in order to provide it the funds necessary to repay such excess. The Borrower shall be responsible for making such arrangements with the Lenders as shall be necessary to repay such excess. Unless and to the extent a Lender in its discretion agrees otherwise, nothing in this Section shall impair or otherwise affect the Borrower’s obligation to repay a Revolving Loan made by such Lender denominated in an Alternative Currency, nor obligate a Lender to accept repayment of a Revolving Loan made by such Lender denominated in an Alternative Currency, in a currency other than such Alternative Currency.

(vi) The Borrower covenants and agrees that if at any time the sum of the greater of (x) the aggregate Original Dollar Amount of all Revolving Loans, the aggregate principal amount of Swing Loans and the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of all L/C Obligations and (y) the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of all Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and L/C Obligations exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall immediately and without notice or demand pay over the amount of the excess to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders as and for a mandatory prepayment on the Revolving Notes, Swing Note and L/C Obligations until payment in full thereof. Each such prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid to the date of prepayment plus any amounts due to the Lenders under Section 1.12 hereof.

(vii) The Borrower shall, on each date the Revolving Credit Commitments are reduced pursuant to Section 1.13 hereof, prepay the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans, and, if necessary, prefund the L/C Obligations by the amount, if any, necessary to reduce the sum of the greater of the Original Dollar Amount or U.S. Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate of all Revolving Loans, Swing Loans, and L/C Obligations then outstanding to the amount to which the Revolving Credit Commitments have been so reduced.

(c) The Administrative Agent will promptly advise each Lender of any notice of prepayment it receives from the Borrower. Any amount of Revolving Loans and Swing Loans paid or prepaid before the Revolving Credit Termination Date may, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, be borrowed, repaid and borrowed again. No amount of the Term Loans or Capital Expansion Loans paid or prepaid may be reborrowed, and, in the case of any partial prepayment, such prepayment shall be applied to the relevant Loans on a ratable basis among all remaining payments on the relevant Loans based on the principal amounts thereof.

(d) Unless the Borrower otherwise directs, prepayments of Loans made in U.S. Dollars under Section 1.9(b) shall be applied first to Borrowings of Base Rate Loans until payment in full thereof with any balance applied to Borrowings of Eurocurrency Loans in the order in which their Interest Periods expire. Each prepayment of Loans under Section 1.9(b) shall be made by the payment of the principal amount to be prepaid and, in the case of any Term Loans, Capital

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Expansion Loans or Eurocurrency Loans or Swing Loans, accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment together with any amounts due the Lenders under Section 1.12 hereof. Each prefunding of L/C Obligations shall be made in accordance with Section 9.4 hereof.

(e) Each prepayment of the Term Loans and the Capital Expansion Loans under Section 1.9(b) shall be allocated to the Term Loans and the Capital Expansion Loans ratably in accordance with the principal amount of the Term Loans and the Capital Expansion Loans. Each partial prepayment of the Term Loans and the Capital Expansion Loans shall be applied to the remaining amortization payments on the relevant Loans in the reverse order of maturity.

Section 1.10. Default Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 1.4 hereof, while any Event of Default exists or after acceleration, the Borrower shall pay interest (after as well as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent permitted by law) on the principal amount of all Loans and Reimbursement Obligations, and letter of credit fees at a rate per annum equal to:

(a) for any Base Rate Loan or any Swing Loan bearing interest based on the Base Rate, the sum of 2.0% plus the Applicable Margin plus the Base Rate from time to time in effect;

(b) for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars or any Swing Loan bearing interest at the Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate, the sum of 2.0% plus the rate of interest in effect thereon at the time of such default until the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 2.0% plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus the Base Rate from time to time in effect; and

(c) for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the sum of 2.0% plus the rate of interest in effect thereon at the time of such default until the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 2.0% plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate from time to time in effect;

provided, however, that in the absence of acceleration, any adjustments pursuant to this Section shall be made at the election of the Administrative Agent, acting at the request or with the consent of the Required Lenders, with written notice to the Borrower. While any Event of Default exists or after acceleration, interest shall be paid on demand of the Administrative Agent at the request or with the consent of the Required Lenders.

Section 1.11. The Notes. (a) The Term Loan made to the Borrower by a Lender shall be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower issued to such Lender in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto. Each such promissory note is hereinafter referred to as a “Term Note” and collectively such promissory notes are referred to as the “Term Notes.”

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(b) The Capital Expansion Loans made to the Borrower by a Lender shall be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower issued to such Lender in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto. Each such promissory note is hereinafter referred to as a “Capital Expansion Note” and collectively such promissory notes are referred to as the “Capital Expansion Notes.”

(c) The Revolving Loans made to the Borrower by a Lender shall be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower issued to such Lender in the form of Exhibit D-3 hereto. Each such promissory note is hereinafter referred to as a “Revolving Note” and collectively such promissory notes are referred to as the “Revolving Notes.”

(d) The Swing Loans made to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent shall be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower issued to the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit D-4 hereto. Such promissory note is hereinafter referred to as the “Swing Note.”

(e) Each Lender shall record on its books and records or on a schedule to its appropriate Note the amount of each Loan advanced, continued or converted by it, all payments of principal and interest and the principal balance from time to time outstanding thereon, the type of such Loan, and, for any Eurocurrency Loan or Swing Loan, the Interest Period, the currency in which such Loan is denominated, and the interest rate applicable thereto. The record thereof, whether shown on such books and records of a Lender or on a schedule to the relevant Note, shall be prima facie evidence as to all such matters; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to record any of the foregoing or any error in any such record shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay all Loans made to it hereunder together with accrued interest thereon. At the request of any Lender and upon such Lender tendering to the Borrower the appropriate Note to be replaced, the Borrower shall furnish a new Note to such Lender to replace any outstanding Note, and at such time the first notation appearing on a schedule on the reverse side of, or attached to, such Note shall set forth the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans, if any, then outstanding thereon.

Section 1.12. Funding Indemnity. If any Lender shall incur any loss, cost or expense (including, without limitation, any loss of profit, and any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or re-employment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund or maintain any Eurocurrency Loan or Swing Loan or the relending or reinvesting of such deposits or amounts paid or prepaid to such Lender) as a result of:

(a) any payment, prepayment or conversion of a Eurocurrency Loan on a date other than the last day of its Interest Period, including without limitation as a result of a reallocation of Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 1.2(b) hereof,

(b) any failure (because of a failure to meet the conditions of Section 7 or otherwise) by the Borrower to borrow or continue a Eurocurrency Loan or Swing Loan, or to convert a Base Rate Loan into a Eurocurrency Loan or Swing Loan on the date specified in a notice given pursuant to Section 1.6(a) or 1.15 hereof,

(c) any failure by the Borrower to make any payment of principal on any Eurocurrency Loan or Swing Loan when due (whether by acceleration or otherwise), or

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(d) any acceleration of the maturity of a Eurocurrency Loan or Swing Loan as a result of the occurrence of any Event of Default hereunder,

then, upon the demand of such Lender, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amount as will reimburse such Lender for such loss, cost or expense. If any Lender makes such a claim for compensation, it shall provide to the Borrower, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, a certificate setting forth the amount of such loss, cost or expense in reasonable detail (including an explanation of the basis for and the computation of such loss, cost or expense) and the amounts shown on such certificate shall be conclusive if reasonably determined.

Section 1.13. Commitment Terminations. (a) Optional Revolving Credit Terminations. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter time period agreed to by the Administrative Agent), to terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments without premium or penalty and in whole or in part, any partial termination to be (i) in an amount not less than $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof, and (ii) allocated ratably among the Lenders in proportion to their respective Revolver Percentages, provided that the Revolving Credit Commitments may not be reduced to an amount less than the sum of the aggregate Original Dollar Amount of Revolving Loans, Swing Loans, and L/C Obligations then outstanding. Any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments below the L/C Sublimit or Swing Line Sublimit then in effect shall reduce the L/C Sublimit and Swing Line Sublimit, as applicable, by a like amount. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to each Lender of any such termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments.

(b) Mandatory Revolving Credit Termination. If at any time Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow remain after the prepayment of the Term Loans and Capital Expansion Loans in full pursuant to Section 1.9(b) hereof, the Revolving Credit Commitments shall ratably terminate by an amount equal to 100% of such excess proceeds.

(c) Optional Capital Expansion Credit Terminations. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter time period agreed to by the Administrative Agent), to terminate the Capital Expansion Loan Commitments without premium or penalty and in whole or in part, any partial termination to be (i) in an amount not less than $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof, and (ii) allocated ratably among the Lenders in proportion to their respective Capital Expansion Loan Percentages. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to each Lender of any such termination of the Capital Expansion Loan Commitments.

(d) Any termination of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 1.13 may not be reinstated.

Section 1.14. Substitution of Lenders. Upon the receipt by the Borrower of (a) a claim from any Lender for compensation under Section 10.3 or 13.1 hereof, (b) notice by any Lender to the Borrower of any illegality pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof or (c) in the event any Lender is in default in any material respect with respect to its obligations under the Loan Documents (any such Lender referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above being hereinafter referred to as an

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“Affected Lender”), the Borrower may, in addition to any other rights the Borrower may have hereunder or under applicable law, require, at its expense, any such Affected Lender to assign, at par plus accrued interest and fees, without recourse, all of its interest, rights, and obligations hereunder (including all of its Commitments and the Loans and participation interests in Letters of Credit and other amounts at any time owing to it hereunder and the other Loan Documents) to a bank or other institutional Lender specified by the Borrower, provided that (i) such assignment shall not conflict with or violate any law, rule or regulation or order of any court or other governmental authority, (ii) the Borrower shall have received the written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, to such assignment, (iii) the Borrower shall have paid to the Affected Lender all monies (together with amounts due such Affected Lender under Section 1.12 hereof as if the Loans owing to it were prepaid rather than assigned) other than such principal, interest, and fees accrued and owing to it hereunder, and (iv) the assignment is entered into in accordance with the other requirements of Section 13.12 hereof.

Section 1.15. Swing Loans. (a) Generally. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, as part of the Revolving Credit, the Administrative Agent agrees to make loans in U.S. Dollars to the Borrower under the Swing Line (individually a “Swing Loan” and collectively the “Swing Loans”) which shall not in the aggregate at any time outstanding exceed the Swing Line Sublimit. The Swing Loans may be availed of the Borrower from time to time and Borrowings thereunder may be repaid and used again during the period ending on the Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided that each Swing Loan must be repaid on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date. Each Swing Loan shall be in a minimum amount of $100,000 or such greater amount which is an integral multiple of $50,000.

(b) Interest on Swing Loans. Each Swing Loan shall bear interest until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum equal to (i) the sum of the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit as from time to time in effect (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, for the actual number of days elapsed) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed). Interest on each Swing Loan shall be due and payable prior to such maturity on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

(c) Requests for Swing Loans. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prior notice (which may be written or oral) no later than (x) 12:00 Noon (Chicago time) on the date upon which the Borrower requests that any Swing Loan be made at the Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate and (y) 3:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date upon which the Borrower requests that any Swing Loan be at the Base Rate, of the amount and date of such Swing Loan, and the Interest Period requested therefor. Within 30 minutes after receiving such notice, the Administrative Agent shall in its discretion quote an interest rate to the Borrower at which the Administrative Agent would be willing to make such Swing Loan available to the Borrower for the Interest Period so requested (the rate so quoted for a given Interest Period being herein referred to as “Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate”). The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the interest rate quote is given for immediate and irrevocable acceptance. If the Borrower

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does not so immediately accept the Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate for the full amount requested by the Borrower for such Swing Loan, the Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate shall be deemed immediately withdrawn and such Swing Loan shall bear interest at the rate per annum determined by adding the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit to the Base Rate as from time to time in effect. If the Borrower requests a Swing Loan at the Base Rate, such Swing Loan shall bear interest at the rate per annum determined by adding the Applicable Margin for the Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit to the Base Rate as from time to time in effect. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the proceeds of such Swing Loan shall be made available to the Borrower on the date so requested at the offices of the Administrative Agent in Chicago, Illinois. Anything contained in the foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the obligation of the Administrative Agent to make Swing Loans shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make more than one Swing Loan during any one day.

(d) Refunding Loans. In its sole and absolute discretion, the Administrative Agent may at any time, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to act on its behalf for such purpose) and with notice to the Borrower, request each Lender to make a Revolving Loan in the form of a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolver Percentage of the amount of the Swing Loans outstanding on the date such notice is given. Unless an Event of Default described in Section 9.1(j) or 9.1(k) exists with respect to the Borrower, regardless of the existence of any other Event of Default, each Lender shall make the proceeds of its requested Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds, at the Administrative Agent’s principal office in Chicago, Illinois, before 12:00 Noon (Chicago time) on the Business Day following the day such notice is given. The proceeds of such Borrowing of Revolving Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the outstanding Swing Loans.

(e) Participations. If any Lender refuses or otherwise fails to make a Revolving Loan when requested by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.15(d) above (because an Event of Default described in Section 9.1(j) or 9.1(k) exists with respect to the Borrower or otherwise), such Lender will, by the time and in the manner such Revolving Loan was to have been funded to the Administrative Agent, purchase from the Administrative Agent an undivided participating interest in the outstanding Swing Loans in an amount equal to its Revolver Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swing Loans that were to have been repaid with such Revolving Loans. Each Lender that so purchases a participation in a Swing Loan shall thereafter be entitled to receive its Revolver Percentage of each payment of principal received on the Swing Loan and of interest received thereon accruing from the date such Lender funded to the Administrative Agent its participation in such Loan. The several obligations of the Lenders under this Section shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances whatsoever and shall not be subject to any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment which any Lender may have or have had against the Borrower, any other Lender or any other Person whatsoever. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such obligations shall not be affected by any Default or Event of Default or by any reduction or termination of the Commitments of any Lender, and each payment made by a Lender under this Section shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

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Section 2. Fees.

Section 2.1. Fees. (a) Revolving Credit Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders in accordance with their Revolver Percentages a commitment fee at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed) on the average daily Unused Revolving Credit Commitments. Such commitment fee shall be payable quarter-annually in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December in each year (commencing on the first such date occurring after the date hereof) and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date, unless the Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated in whole on an earlier date, in which event the commitment fee for the period to the date of such termination in whole shall be paid on the date of such termination.

(b) Letter of Credit Fees. On the date of issuance or extension, or increase in the amount, of any Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 1.3 hereof, the Borrower shall pay to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee equal to 0.125% of the face amount of (or of the increase in the face amount of) such Letter of Credit. Quarterly in arrears, on the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on the first such date occurring after the date hereof, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders in accordance with their Revolver Percentages, a letter of credit fee at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed) in effect during each day of such quarter applied to the daily average face amount of Letters of Credit outstanding during such quarter. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the L/C Issuer for its own account the L/C Issuer’s standard issuance, drawing, negotiation, amendment, assignment, and other administrative fees for each Letter of Credit as established by the L/C Issuer from time to time.

(c) Administrative Agent Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own use and benefit, the fees agreed to between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in a fee letter dated July 21, 2006 or as otherwise agreed to in writing between them.

(d) Audit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for its own use and benefit charges for audits of the Collateral performed by the Administrative Agent or its agents or representatives in such amounts as the Administrative Agent may from time to time request (the Administrative Agent acknowledging and agreeing that such charges shall be computed in the same manner as it at the time customarily uses for the assessment of charges for similar collateral audits); provided, however, that in the absence of any Default and Event of Default, the Borrower shall not be required to pay the Administrative Agent for more than one (1) such audit per calendar year.

(e) Capital Expansion Credit Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders in accordance with their Capital Expansion Loan Percentages a commitment fee at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed) on the average daily Unused Capital Expansion Loan Commitments during the Availability Period. Such commitment fee shall be payable quarter-annually in arrears on the last day of each March,

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June, September and December in each year (commencing on the first such date occurring after the date hereof) and on the Capital Expansion Credit Termination Date, unless the Capital Expansion Loan Commitments are terminated in whole on an earlier date, in which event the commitment fee for the period to the date of such termination in whole shall be paid on the date of such termination.

(f) Engineering Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the reasonable fees and expenses of the engineering firm selected to prepare each of the reports in accordance with Section 8.5(k) hereof.

Section 3. Place and Application of Payments.

Section 3.1. Place and Application of Payments. All payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations, and of all other Obligations payable by the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall be made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent by no later than 12:00 Noon (Chicago time) on the due date thereof at the office of the Administrative Agent in Chicago, Illinois (or such other location as the Administrative Agent may designate to the Borrower) or, if such payment is to be made in an Alternative Currency, no later than 12:00 noon local time at the place of payment to such office as the Administrative Agent has previously specified in a notice to the Borrower for the benefit of the Lender or Lenders entitled thereto. Any payments received after such time shall be deemed to have been received by the Administrative Agent on the next Business Day. All such payments shall be made (i) in the case of U.S. Dollars, in immediately available funds at the place of payment or (ii) in the case of an Alternative Currency, in such funds then customary for settlement of international transactions in such currency, in each case without set-off or counterclaim. The Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest on Loans and on Reimbursement Obligations in which the Lenders have purchased Participating Interests ratably to the Lenders and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If the Administrative Agent causes amounts to be distributed to the Lenders in reliance upon the assumption that the Borrower will make a scheduled payment and such scheduled payment is not so made, each Lender shall, on demand, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was distributed to such Lender and ending on (but excluding) the date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to: (i) from the date the distribution was made to the date 2 Business Days after payment by such Lender is due hereunder, (x) if such scheduled payment was to be made in U.S. Dollars, the Federal Funds Rate for each such day and (y) if such scheduled payment was to be made in an Alternative Currency, the rate established by Section 1.10(c) hereof for Eurocurrency Loans denominated in such currency and (ii) from the date 2 Business Days after the date such payment is due from such Lender to the date such payment is made by such Lender, (x) if such scheduled payment was to be made in U.S. Dollars, the Base Rate in effect for each such day and (y) if such scheduled payment was to be made in an Alternative Currency, the rate per annum established by Section 1.10(c) hereof for Eurocurrency Loans denominated in such currency.

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Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, all payments and collections received in respect of the Obligations and all proceeds of the Collateral received, in each instance, by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, shall be remitted to the Administrative Agent and distributed as follows:

(a) first, to the payment of any outstanding costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, and any security trustee therefor, in monitoring, verifying, protecting, preserving or enforcing the Liens on the Collateral, in protecting, preserving or enforcing rights under the Loan Documents, and in any event including all costs and expenses of a character which the Borrower has agreed to pay the Administrative Agent under Section 13.15 hereof (such funds to be retained by the Administrative Agent for its own account unless it has previously been reimbursed for such costs and expenses by the Lenders, in which event such amounts shall be remitted to the Lenders to reimburse them for payments theretofore made to the Administrative Agent);

(b) second, to the payment of principal and interest on the Swing Note until paid in full;

(c) third, to the payment of any outstanding interest and fees due under the Loan Documents to be allocated pro rata in accordance with the aggregate unpaid amounts owing to each holder thereof;

(d) fourth, to the payment of principal on the Notes, unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, together with amounts to be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral security for any outstanding L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 9.4 hereof (until the Administrative Agent is holding an amount of cash equal to the then outstanding amount of all such L/C Obligations), and Hedging Liability, the aggregate amount paid to, or held as collateral security for, the Lenders and, in the case of Hedging Liability, their Affiliates to be allocated pro rata in accordance with the aggregate unpaid amounts owing to each holder thereof;

(e) fifth, to the payment of all other unpaid Obligations and all other indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries secured by the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability) to be allocated pro rata in accordance with the aggregate unpaid amounts owing to each holder thereof; and

(f) finally, to the Borrower or whoever else may be lawfully entitled thereto.

Section 3.2. Account Debit. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to charge any of the Borrower’s deposit accounts maintained with the Administrative Agent for the amounts from time to time necessary to pay any then due Obligations; provided that the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent shall not be under an obligation to do so and the Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability to the Borrower or any other Person for the Administrative Agent’s failure to do so.

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Section 4. Guaranties and Collateral.

Section 4.1. Guaranties. The payment and performance of the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability shall at all times be guaranteed by each direct and indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (individually a “Guarantor” and collectively the “Guarantors”) pursuant to Section 12 hereof or pursuant to one or more guaranty agreements in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (individually a “Guaranty” and collectively the “Guaranties”).

Section 4.2. Collateral. The Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability shall be secured by (a) valid, perfected and enforceable Liens on all right, title, and interest of the Borrower and the Guarantors in all capital stock and other equity interests held by such Person in each of its Domestic Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter formed or acquired, and all proceeds thereof, (b) valid, perfected and enforceable Liens on all right, title, and interest of the Borrower and the Guarantors in 65% of the capital stock and other equity interests held by such Person in Penford Holdings, whether now owned or hereafter formed or acquired, and all proceeds thereof, and (c) valid, perfected, and enforceable Liens on all right, title, and interest of the Borrower and each Guarantor in all personal property, fixtures, and real estate, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds thereof; provided, however, that: (i) until a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and thereafter until otherwise required by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, Liens on local xxxxx cash deposit accounts maintained by the Borrower and the Guarantors in proximity to their operations need not be perfected provided that the total amount on deposit at any one time not so perfected shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate and Liens on payroll accounts maintained by the Borrower and the Guarantors need not be perfected provided the total amount on deposit at any time does not exceed the current amount of their payroll obligations, (ii) until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and thereafter until otherwise required by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, Liens on vehicles which are subject to a certificate of title law need not be perfected provided that the total value of such property at any one time not so perfected shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate and (iii) until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and thereafter until otherwise required by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, Liens need not be granted or perfected on (A) Property of the Borrower and the Guarantors (other than Property which is being pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement) located outside of the United States of America or Property as to which the grant or perfection of a Lien thereon would not be governed by the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof, provided that the aggregate net book value of such Property at any one time not so encumbered does not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate and (B) goods in transit outside of the United States of America in the ordinary course of business. The Borrower and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that each Lien on the Collateral shall be granted by the Borrower and the Guarantors to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the holder of the Obligations, the Hedging Liability, and the Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability and shall be a valid and perfected first priority Lien subject only to Liens permitted by Section 8.8 hereof, in each case pursuant to one or more Collateral Documents from such Persons, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing the Borrower and the Guarantors

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agree that any reference to the Original Credit Agreement and the Original Security Agreement contained in any Collateral Documents (other than the Original Security Agreement and the Mortgages) shall without any further action be deemed to refer to this Agreement and the Security Agreement, respectively.

Section 4.3. Liens on Real Property. In the event that the Borrower or any Guarantor owns or hereafter acquires any real property, the Borrower shall, or shall cause such Guarantor to, execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a mortgage or deed of trust acceptable in form and substance to the Administrative Agent for the purpose of granting to the Administrative Agent (or a security trustee therefor) a Lien on such real property to secure the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability, shall pay all taxes, costs, and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in recording such mortgage or deed of trust, and shall supply to the Administrative Agent at the Borrower’s cost and expense a survey, environmental report, hazard insurance policy, appraisal report, and a mortgagee’s policy of title insurance from a title insurer acceptable to the Administrative Agent insuring the validity of such mortgage or deed of trust and its status as a first Lien (subject to Liens permitted by this Agreement) on the real property encumbered thereby and such other instrument, documents, certificates, and opinions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith.

Section 4.4. Further Assurances. The Borrower agrees that it shall, and shall cause each Guarantor to, from time to time at the request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, execute and deliver such documents and do such acts and things as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request in order to provide for or perfect or protect such Liens on the Collateral. In the event the Borrower or any Guarantor forms or acquires any other Subsidiary after the date hereof, except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 above, the Borrower shall promptly upon such formation or acquisition cause such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary to execute a Guaranty and such Collateral Documents as the Administrative Agent may then require, and the Borrower shall also deliver to the Administrative Agent, or cause such Subsidiary to deliver to the Administrative Agent, at the Borrower’s cost and expense, such other instruments, documents, certificates, and opinions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith.

Section 5. Definitions; Interpretation.

Section 5.1. Definitions. The following terms when used herein shall have the following meanings:

“Acquired Business” means the entity or assets acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary in an Acquisition, whether before or after the date hereof.

“Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business or division of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or equity of any Person (other than a Person that is a Subsidiary), or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary, or (c) a merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person (other than a Person that is a Subsidiary) provided that the Borrower or the Subsidiary is the surviving entity.

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“Adjusted LIBOR” means, for any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans, a rate per annum determined in accordance with the following formula:


Adjusted LIBOR	=	LIBOR
		1 — Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage

“Administrative Agent” means Xxxxxx X.X. and any successor pursuant to Section 11.7 hereof.

“Administrative Agent’s Quoted Rate” is defined in Section 1.15(c) hereof.

“Affiliate” means any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, another Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person for the purposes of this definition if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of the other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, common directors, trustees or officers, by contract or otherwise; provided that, in any event for purposes of this definition, any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the securities having the ordinary voting power for the election of directors or governing body of a corporation or 5% or more of the partnership or other ownership interest of any other Person (other than as a limited partner of such other Person) will be deemed to control such corporation or other Person.

“Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

“Alternate Currency” means Australian Dollars and any other currency (other than U.S. Dollars) approved by the Lenders, in each case for so long as such currency is readily available and is freely transferable and freely convertible into U.S. Dollars and the Dow Xxxxx Telerate Service or Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or any successor to either) reports a LIBOR for such currency for interest periods of one, two, three and six calendar months; provided that if any Lender provides written notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) that any currency control or other exchange regulations are imposed in the country in which any such Alternative Currency is issued and that in the reasonable opinion of such Lender funding a Loan in such currency is impractical, then such currency shall cease to be an Alternative Currency hereunder until such time as all the Lenders reinstate such country’s currency as an Alternative Currency.

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“Applicable Margin” means, with respect to Loans, Reimbursement Obligations, and the commitment fees and letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.1 hereof, until the first Pricing Date, the rates per annum shown opposite Level II below, and thereafter from one Pricing Date to the next the Applicable Margin means the rates per annum determined in accordance with the following schedules:


		Applicable Margin for			Applicable Margin for
		Base Rate Loans under			Eurocurrency Loans
		Revolving Credit and			under Revolving Credit			Applicable Margin
	Total Funded Debt	Term Credit and			and Term Credit and			for Revolving Credit
	Ratio for Such	Reimbursement			Letter of credit Fee			Commitment Fee
Level	Pricing Date	Obligations shall be:			Shall Be:			Shall Be:
V	Greater than 4.0 to 1.0		1.00	%		2.50	%		0.40	%

IV	Less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0, but greater than 3.5 to 1.0		0.75	%		2.25	%		0.35	%

III	Less than or equal to 3.5 to 1.0, but greater than 3.0 to 1.0		0.50	%		2.00	%		0.325	%

II	Less than or equal to 3.0 to 1.0, but greater than 2.5 to 1.0		0.25	%		1.75	%		0.30	%

I	Less than or equal to 2.5 to 1.0		0.00	%		1.50	%		0.25	%


		Applicable Margin for			Applicable Margin for			Applicable Margin for
	Total Funded Debt	Base Rate Loans under			Eurocurrency Loans			Capital Expansion
	Ratio for Such	Capital Expansion			under Capital Expansion			Credit Commitment Fee
Level	Pricing Date	Credit shall be:			Credit Shall Be:			Shall Be:
V	Greater than 4.0 to 1.0		1.00	%		2.50	%		0.40	%

IV	Less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0, but greater than 3.5 to 1.0		0.75	%		2.25	%		0.40	%

III	Less than or equal to 3.5 to 1.0, but greater than 3.0 to 1.0		0.50	%		2.00	%		0.40	%

II	Less than or equal to 3.0 to 1.0, but greater than 2.5 to 1.0		0.25	%		1.75	%		0.40	%

I	Less than or equal to 2.5 to 1.0		0.00	%		1.50	%		0.40	%

For purposes hereof, the term “Pricing Date” means, for any fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending on or after November 30, 2006, the date on which the Administrative Agent is in receipt of the Borrower’s most recent financial statements (and, in the case of the year-end financial statements, audit report) for the fiscal quarter then ended, pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof. The Applicable Margin shall be established based on the Total Funded Debt Ratio for the most

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recently completed fiscal quarter and the Applicable Margin established on a Pricing Date shall remain in effect until the next Pricing Date. If the Borrower has not delivered its financial statements by the date such financial statements (and, in the case of the year-end financial statements, audit report) are required to be delivered under Section 8.5 hereof, until such financial statements and audit report are delivered, the Applicable Margin shall be the highest Applicable Margin (i.e., the Total Funded Debt Ratio shall be deemed to be greater than 4.0 to 1.0). If the Borrower subsequently delivers such financial statements before the next Pricing Date, the Applicable Margin established by such late delivered financial statements shall take effect from the date of delivery until the next Pricing Date. In all other circumstances, the Applicable Margin established by such financial statements shall be in effect from the Pricing Date that occurs immediately after the end of the fiscal quarter covered by such financial statements until the next Pricing Date. Each determination of the Applicable Margin made by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the foregoing shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders if reasonably determined.

“Application” is defined in Section 1.3(b) hereof.

“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“Australian Dollar Equivalent” means with respect to amounts in U.S. Dollars, the amount of Australian Dollars which would be realized by converting U.S. Dollars into Australian Dollars in the spot market at the exchange rate quoted by the Administrative Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the date on which a computation thereof is required to be made, to major banks in the interbank foreign exchange market for the purchase of Australian Dollars for U.S. Dollars.

“Australian Dollars” or “AUS $” means the lawful currency of the Commonwealth of Australia.

“Authorized Representative” means those persons shown on the list of officers provided by the Borrower pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof or on any update of any such list provided by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, or any further or different officers of the Borrower so named by any Authorized Representative of the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent.

“Availability Period” is defined in Section 1.1(b) hereof.

“Base Rate” means with respect to Credit extended in U.S. Dollars, for any day the greater of: (i) the rate of interest announced or otherwise established by the Administrative Agent from time to time as its prime commercial rate as in effect on such day, with any change in the Base Rate resulting from a change in said prime commercial rate to be effective as of the date of the relevant change in said prime commercial rate (it being acknowledged and agreed that such rate may not be the Administrative Agent’s best or lowest rate) and (ii) the sum of (x) the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average (rounded upward, if

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necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) of the rates per annum quoted to the Administrative Agent at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) (or as soon thereafter as is practicable) on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day) by two or more Federal funds brokers selected by the Administrative Agent for sale to the Administrative Agent at face value of Federal funds in the secondary market in an amount equal or comparable to the principal amount owed to the Administrative Agent for which such rate is being determined, plus (y) 1/2 of 1%.

“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate specified in Section 1.4(a) hereof.

“Blocked Unused Commitments” is defined in Section 8.23

“Borrower” is defined in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

“Borrowing” means the total of Loans of a single type advanced, continued for an additional Interest Period, or converted from a different type into such type by the Lenders under a Credit on a single date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, for a single Interest Period. Borrowings of Loans are made and maintained ratably from each of the Lenders under a Credit according to their Percentages of such Credit. A Borrowing is “advanced” on the day Lenders advance funds comprising such Borrowing to the Borrower, is “continued” on the date a new Interest Period for the same type of Loans commences for such Borrowing, and is “converted” when such Borrowing is changed from one type of Loans to the other, all as requested pursuant to Section 1.6(a) hereof. Borrowings of Swing Loans are made by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1.15 hereof.

“Business Day” means if the applicable Business Day relates to the borrowing or payment of a Loan or Reimbursement Obligation denominated in U.S. Dollars or is addressed to the Administrative Agent, any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are not authorized or required to close in Chicago, Illinois or Englewood, Colorado, and, if the applicable Business Day relates to the advance or continuation of, or conversion into, or payment of a Eurocurrency Loan, on which banks are dealing in U.S. Dollar deposits in the interbank Eurocurrency market in London, England and Nassau, Bahamas and, if the applicable Business Day relates to the borrowing or payment of a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, on which banks and foreign exchange markets are open for business in the city where disbursements of or payments on such Loan are to be made and, if such Alternative Currency is the euro or any national currency of a nation that is a member of the European Economic and Monetary Union, which is a TARGET Settlement Day.

“Capital Expansion Credit” means the credit facility for the Capital Expansion Loans described in Section 1.1(b) hereof.

“Capital Expansion Credit Termination Date” means October 5, 2008, or such earlier date on which the Capital Expansion Loan Commitments are terminated in whole pursuant to Section 1.13, 9.2 or 9.3 hereof.

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“Capital Expansion Loan” is defined in Section 1.1(b) hereof and, as so defined, includes a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan, each of which is a “type” of Capital Expansion Loan hereunder.

“Capital Expansion Loan Commitment” means, as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make its Capital Expansion Loan during the Availability Period in the principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof. The Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Capital Expansion Loan Commitments of the Lenders aggregate $45,000,000 on the date hereof.

“Capital Expansion Loan Percentage” means, for each Lender, the percentage of the Capital Expansion Loan Commitments represented by such Lender’s Capital Expansion Loan Commitment or, if the Capital Expansion Loan Commitments have been terminated or have expired, the percentage held by such Lender of the aggregate principal amount of all Capital Expansion Loans then outstanding.

“Capital Expansion Note” is defined in Section 1.11 hereof.

“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate amount of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as a liability) by such Person during that period for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a Capital Lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to property, plant, or equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs, and improvements) which should be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

“Capital Lease” means any lease of Property, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, for any Person, the amount of the liability shown on the balance sheet of such Person in respect of a Capital Lease determined in accordance with GAAP.

“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§9601 et seq., and any future amendments.

“Change of Control” means any of (a) the acquisition by any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) at any time of beneficial ownership of 40% or more of the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis, (b) the failure of individuals who are members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower on the Closing Date (together with any new or replacement directors whose initial nomination for election was approved by a majority of the directors who were either directors on the Closing Date or previously so approved) to constitute a majority of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower, or (c) any “Change of Control” (or words of like import), as

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defined in any agreement or indenture relating to any issue of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall occur.

“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement or such later Business Day upon which each condition described in Section 7.2 shall be satisfied or waived in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.

“Collateral” means all properties, rights, interests, and privileges from time to time subject to the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent, or any security trustee therefore, by the Collateral Documents.

“Collateral Account” is defined in Section 9.4 hereof.

“Collateral Documents” means the Mortgages, the Security Agreement, the U.S. Memorandum of Deposit, and all other mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, pledge agreements, assignments, financing statements and other documents as shall from time to time secure or relate to the Obligations, the Hedging Liability, and the Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability or any part thereof.

“Commitment Amount Increase” is defined in Section 1.2(b) hereof.

“Commitments” means the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Term Loan Commitments and the Capital Expansion Loan Commitments.

“Controlled Group” means all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“Controller” has the meaning it has in the Corporations Act.

“Corporations Act” means the Corporations Xxx 0000 of the Commonwealth of Australia.

“Cost Over-Runs” is defined in Section 8.23.

“Credit” means any of the Revolving Credit, the Swing Line, the Term Credit or the Capital Expansion Credit.

“Credit Event” means the advancing of any Loan, the continuation of or conversion into a Eurocurrency Loan, or the issuance of, or extension of the expiration date or increase in the amount of, any Letter of Credit.

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“Damages” means all damages including, without limitation, punitive damages, liabilities, costs, expenses, losses, diminutions in value, fines, penalties, demands, claims, cost recovery actions, lawsuits, administrative proceedings, orders, response action, removal and remedial costs, compliance costs, investigation expenses, consultant fees, attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and litigation expenses.

“Default” means any event or condition the occurrence of which would, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or any combination of the foregoing, constitute an Event of Default.

“Disposition” means the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of Property, other than sales or other dispositions expressly permitted under Section 8.10 hereof.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower which is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof.

“EBITDA” means, with reference to any period, Net Income for such period plus the sum of all amounts deducted in arriving at such Net Income amount in respect of (a) Interest Expense for such period, (b) federal, state, and local income taxes for such period, (c) depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of intangible assets for such period, plus (minus) any non-cash losses (gains) but only to the extent such losses (gains) have not become a cash loss (or gain), plus non-cash stock compensation charges incurred in such period.

“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund, and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) in the case of any assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment, the L/C Issuer, and (iii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include the Borrower or any Guarantor or any of the Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

“Eligible Line of Business” means any business engaged in as of the date of this Agreement by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any substantially similar business engaged in after the date of this Agreement.

“Environmental Claim” means any investigation, notice, violation, demand, allegation, action, suit, injunction, judgment, order, consent decree, penalty, fine, lien, proceeding or claim (whether administrative, judicial or private in nature) arising (a) pursuant to, or in connection with an actual or alleged violation of, any Environmental Law, (b) in connection with any Hazardous Material, (c) from any abatement, removal, remedial, corrective or response action in connection with a Hazardous Material, Environmental Law or order of a governmental authority or (d) from any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment.

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“Environmental Law” means any current or future Legal Requirement pertaining to (a) the protection of health, safety and the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) the conservation, management or use of natural resources and wildlife, (c) the protection or use of surface water or groundwater, (d) the management, manufacture, possession, presence, use, generation, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, Release, threatened Release, abatement, removal, remediation or handling of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or (e) pollution (including any Release to air, land, surface water or groundwater), and any amendment, rule, regulation, order or directive issued thereunder.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor statute thereto.

“Ethanol Facility” means an ethanol production facility to be located at the site of the Borrower’s existing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

“Ethanol Facility Budget” means the budget delivered to the Administrative Agent in satisfaction of the condition precedent contained in Section 7.3(c).

“Eurocurrency Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at the rate specified in Section 1.4(b) hereof.

“Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” means, with respect to any Credit extended in U.S. Dollars for any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans, the daily average for the applicable Interest Period of the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including, without limitation, any supplemental, marginal, and emergency reserves) are imposed during such Interest Period by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) on “eurocurrency liabilities”, as defined in such Board’s Regulation D (or in respect of any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurocurrency Loans is determined or any category of extensions of credit or other assets that include loans by non-United States offices of any Lender to United States residents), subject to any amendments of such reserve requirement by such Board or its successor, taking into account any transitional adjustments thereto. For purposes of this definition, the Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to be “eurocurrency liabilities” as defined in Regulation D without benefit or credit for any prorations, exemptions or offsets under Regulation D.

“Event of Default” means any event or condition identified as such in Section 9.1 hereof.

“Event of Loss” means, with respect to any Property, any of the following: (a) any loss, destruction or damage of such Property or (b) any condemnation, seizure, or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, of such Property, or confiscation of such Property or the requisition of the use of such Property.

“Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to any period, the amount (if any) by which (a) the sum of EBITDA during such period and, commencing with the fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, all reductions to non-cash working capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, exceeds (b) the sum of (i) Interest Expense for such period paid in cash, (ii) all federal, state and local income taxes paid or payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash during such period, (iii) the aggregate amount of payments required to be made by the Borrower

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and its Subsidiaries in cash during such period in respect of all principal on all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money (whether at maturity, as a result of mandatory sinking fund redemption, acceleration or otherwise, but excluding payments made on the Revolving Credit and prepayments of the Term Loans and the Capital Expansion Loans made pursuant to Section 1.9(b) hereof), (iv) all Restricted Payments made by the Borrower during such period in cash, (v) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures (other than Capital Expenditures incurred in connection with the Ethanol Facility that are financed with the proceeds of the Capital Expansion Loans) incurred by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, plus (vi) commencing with the fiscal year ending August 31, 2007, additions to non-cash working capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period.

“Existing Australian Dollar Term Loan” means an Australian Dollar Term Loan as defined in and outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement.

“Existing Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit as defined in and outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement.

“Existing Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan as defined in and outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement.

“Existing Term Loan” means a Term Loan as defined in and outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement.

“Federal Funds Rate” means the fluctuating interest rate per annum described in part (x) of clause (ii) of the definition of Base Rate.

“Fixed Charges” means, with reference to any period, the sum of (a) all scheduled payments of principal paid in cash during such period with respect to Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries plus (b) Interest Expense paid in cash for such period plus (c) all Restricted Payments made by the Borrower during such period in cash, plus (d) federal, state, and local income taxes paid or payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash during such period.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary which (a) is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any state thereof, (b) conducts substantially all of its business outside of the United States of America, and (c) has substantially all of its assets outside of the United States of America.

“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

“Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability” means the liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary owing to any of the Lenders, or any Affiliates of such Lenders, arising out of (a) the execution or processing of electronic transfers of funds by automatic clearing house transfer, wire transfer or otherwise to or from the deposit accounts of the Borrower and/or any

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Subsidiary now or hereafter maintained with any of the Lenders or their Affiliates, (b) the acceptance for deposit or the honoring for payment of any check, draft or other item with respect to any such deposit accounts, including any overdraft facility that is solely ancillary to any of the foregoing, and (c) any other deposit, disbursement, and cash management services afforded to the Borrower or any Subsidiary by any of such Lenders or their Affiliates.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

“Guarantor” and “Guarantors” each is defined in Section 4.1 hereof.

“Guaranty” and “Guaranties” each is defined in Section 4.1 hereof.

“Hazardous Material” means any substance, chemical, compound, product, solid, gas, liquid, waste, by product, pollutant, contaminant or material which is hazardous or toxic, and includes, without limitation, (a) asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and (b) any material classified or regulated as “hazardous” or “toxic” or words of like import pursuant to an Environmental Law.

“Hazardous Material Activity” means any activity, event or occurrence involving a Hazardous Material, including, without limitation, the manufacture, possession, presence, use, generation, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, Release, threatened Release, abatement, removal, remediation, handling of or corrective or response action to any Hazardous Material.

“Hedging Liability” means the liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to any of the Lenders, or any Affiliates of such Lenders, in respect of any interest rate, foreign currency, and/or commodity swap, exchange, cap, collar, floor, forward, future or option agreement, or any other similar interest rate, currency or commodity hedging arrangement, including any overdraft facility that is solely ancillary to any of the foregoing, as the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, may from time to time enter into with any one or more of the Lenders party to this Agreement or their Affiliates.

“Hostile Acquisition” means the acquisition of the capital stock or other equity interests of a Person through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such capital stock or other equity interests which has not been approved (prior to the consummation of such acquisition) by resolutions of the Board of Directors of such Person or by similar action if such Person is not a corporation, and as to which such approval has not been withdrawn.

“Indebtedness for Borrowed Money” means for any Person (without duplication) (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, whether current or funded, or secured or unsecured, (b) all indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of Property or services, (c) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with

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respect to Property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or Lender under such agreement in the event of a default are limited to repossession or sale of such Property), (d) all indebtedness secured by a purchase money mortgage or other Lien to secure all or part of the purchase price of Property subject to such mortgage or Lien, (e) all obligations under leases which shall have been or must be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as Capital Leases in respect of which such Person is liable as lessee, (f) any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution, (g) any indebtedness, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens on Property acquired by such Person at the time of acquisition thereof, (h) any shares which are expressed to be redeemable and (i) any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to above, and (j) all indebtedness secured by any Lien upon Property of such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness; it being understood that the term “Indebtedness for Borrowed Money” shall not include trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business.

“Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, the sum of all interest charges (including imputed interest charges with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations and all amortization of debt discount and expense) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Interest Period” is defined in Section 1.7 hereof.

“L/C Issuer” means the Administrative Agent, or any other Lender requested by the Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion with respect to any Letter of Credit.

“L/C Obligations” means the aggregate undrawn face amounts of all outstanding Letters of Credit and all unpaid Reimbursement Obligations.

“L/C Sublimit” means $20,000,000 as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof; provided, however only $10,000,000 of the L/C Sublimit may be used for Letters of Credit issued for the benefit of Subsidiaries organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia.

“Legal Requirement” means any treaty, convention, statute, law, regulation, ordinance, license, permit, governmental approval, injunction, judgment, order, consent decree or other requirement of any governmental authority, whether federal, state, or local.

“Lenders” means and includes Xxxxxx X.X. and the other financial institutions from time to time party to this Agreement, including each party that becomes a lender hereunder pursuant to Section 1.2(b) hereof and each assignee Lender pursuant to Section 13.12 hereof.

“Lending Office” is defined in Section 10.4 hereof.

“Letter of Credit” is defined in Section 1.3(a) hereof.

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“LIBOR” means, for an Interest Period for a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans, (a) the LIBOR Index Rate for such Interest Period, if such rate is available, and (b) if the LIBOR Index Rate cannot be determined, the arithmetic average of the rates of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) at which deposits in U.S. Dollars or the relevant Alternative Currency, as appropriate, in immediately available funds are offered to the Administrative Agent at 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) 2 Business Days before the beginning of such Interest Period by 3 or more major banks in the interbank Eurocurrency market selected by the Administrative Agent for delivery on the first day of and for a period equal to such Interest Period and in an amount equal or comparable to the principal amount of the Eurocurrency Loan scheduled to be made by the Administrative Agent as part of such Borrowing.

“LIBOR Index Rate” means, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point) for deposits in U.S. Dollars or the relevant Alternative Currency, as appropriate, for a period equal to such Interest Period, which appears on the appropriate Telerate Page (or any replacement page therefore) as appropriate for such currency as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the day 2 Business Days before the commencement of such Interest Period.

“Lien” means any mortgage, lien, security interest, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind in respect of any Property, including the interests of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capital Lease or other title retention arrangement.

“Loan” means any Revolving Loan, Swing Loan, the Term Loan or Capital Expansion Loan, whether outstanding as a Base Rate Loan or Eurocurrency Loan or otherwise, each of which is a “type” of Loan hereunder.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Applications, the Collateral Documents, the Guaranties, and each other instrument or document to be delivered hereunder or thereunder or otherwise in connection therewith.

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, Property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to perform its material obligations under any Loan Document or (c) a material adverse effect upon (i) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Loan Document or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder or (ii) the perfection or priority of any Lien granted under any Collateral Document.

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

“Mortgages” means, collectively, each Mortgage and Security Agreement with Assignment of Rents, each Deed of Trust and Security Agreement with Assignment of Rents, each Leasehold Mortgage and Security Agreement with Assignment of Rents, and each Leasehold Deed of Trust and Security Agreement with Assignment of Rents between the

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Borrower or the relevant Domestic Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent relating to such Person’s real property owned or leased, as applicable, as of the Closing Date and located in the states of Iowa, Idaho, Washington and Wisconsin, and any other mortgages or deeds of trust delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

“Net Cash Proceeds” means, as applicable, (a) with respect to any Disposition by a Person, cash and cash equivalent proceeds received by or for such Person’s account, net of (i) reasonable direct costs relating to such Disposition and (ii) sale, use or other transactional taxes paid or payable by such Person as a direct result of such Disposition, (b) with respect to any Event of Loss of a Person, cash and cash equivalent proceeds received by or for such Person’s account (whether as a result of payments made under any applicable insurance policy therefor or in connection with condemnation proceedings or otherwise), net of reasonable direct costs incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards or other payments, but excluding in any event proceeds received under any business interruption insurance and any tax benefits (including tax credits and abatements) received in connection with any condemnation or seizure of Property for a governmental authority, and (c) with respect to any offering of equity securities of a Person or the issuance of any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money by a Person, cash and cash equivalent proceeds received by or for such Person’s account, net of reasonable legal, underwriting, and other fees and expenses incurred as a direct result thereof.

“Net Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or net loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from Net Income (a) the net income (or net loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of, or has merged into or consolidated with, the Borrower or another Subsidiary, and (b) the net income (or net loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has a equity interest in, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period.

“Net Worth” means, for any Person and at any time the same is to be determined, total shareholder’s equity (including capital stock, additional paid-in capital, and retained earnings after deducting treasury stock) which would appear on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

“New Zealand Dollars” or “NZ $” means the lawful currency of New Zealand.

“Non Voting Equity” shall mean issued and outstanding shares of each class of capital stock or other ownership interest not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg., Section 1.956(c)(2).

“Notes” means and includes the Revolving Notes, the Swing Note, the Term Notes and the Capital Expansion Notes.

“NZ Dollar Equivalent” means with respect to amounts in U.S. Dollars, the amount of New Zealand Dollars which would be realized by converting U.S. Dollars into New Zealand

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Dollars in the spot market at the exchange rate quoted by the Administrative Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the date on which a computation thereof is required to be made, to major banks in the interbank foreign exchange market for the purchase of New Zealand Dollars for U.S. Dollars.

“NZ Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws of New Zealand.

“Obligations” means all obligations of the Borrower to pay principal and interest on the Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations owing under the Applications, all fees and charges payable hereunder, and all other payment obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising under or in relation to any Loan Document, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, due or to become due, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and howsoever evidenced, held or acquired.

“Original Dollar Amount” means at any time the same is to be determined (x) in relation to any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such Loan on the first day of the Interest Period then applicable thereto (the day on which such Loan was most recently created, continued or effected by conversion) and (y) in relation to any other Loan, the amount thereof in U.S. Dollars.

“Original Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated as of October 7, 2003, among the Borrower, Penford Products Co. and the Administrative Agent, as amended and restated by that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of August 22, 2005, in each case as previously supplemented and amended.

“Overnight Foreign Currency Rate” shall mean for any amount payable in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, the rate of interest per annum as determined by the Administrative Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of one-one hundred thousandth of one percent (1/100,000 of 1%)) at which overnight or weekend deposits of the appropriate currency (or, if such amount due remains unpaid more than three (3) Business Days, then for such period of time not longer than six months as the Administrative Agent may elect in its absolute discretion) for delivery in immediately available and freely transferable funds would be offered by the Administrative Agent to major banks in the interbank market upon request of such major banks for the applicable period as determined above and in an amount comparable to the unpaid principal amount of the related Loan (or, if the Administrative Agent is not placing deposits in such currency in the interbank market, then the Administrative Agent’s cost of funds in such currency for such period).

“Participating Interest” is defined in Section 1.3(d) hereof.

“Participating Lender” is defined in Section 1.3(d) hereof.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any Person succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.

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“Penford Holdings” means Penford Holdings Pty. Limited ACN 094 279 339.

“Percentage” means for any Lender its Revolver Percentage, Term Loan Percentage or Capital Expansion Loan Percentage, as applicable; and where the term “Percentage” is applied on an aggregate basis (including, without limitation, Section 11.6 hereof), such aggregate percentage shall be calculated by aggregating the separate components of the Revolver Percentage, Term Loan Percentage and Capital Expansion Loan Percentage, and expressing such components on a single percentage basis.

“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition with respect to which all of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(a) the Acquired Business is in an Eligible Line of Business and has its primary operations within the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand or, with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, any other country reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(b) the Acquisition shall not be a Hostile Acquisition;

(c) the financial statements of the Acquired Business shall have been audited by one of the “Big Three” accounting firms or by another independent accounting firm of national or regional repute or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, or if such financial statements have not been audited by such an accounting firm, (i) such financial statements shall have been approved by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Acquired Business has undergone a successful so-called businessman’s review by one of the “Big Three” accounting firms as part of the Borrower’s due diligence on the Acquisition;

(d) (i) the Total Consideration for any Acquisitions of an Acquired Business organized in the United States, when taken together with the Total Consideration for all Acquired Businesses organized in the United States acquired during the immediately preceding 12-month period, does not exceed $70,000,000 (or, if paid in an Alternative Currency, the U.S. Dollar Equivalent thereof) in the aggregate and (ii) for Acquisitions of Acquired Businesses organized outside the United States, the Total Consideration for any such Acquired Business, when taken together with the Total Consideration for all such Acquired Businesses acquired during the immediately preceding 12-month period, does not exceed $20,000,000 (or, if paid in an Alternative Currency, the U.S. Dollar Equivalent thereof) in the aggregate;

(e) the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and Lenders not less than 30 days prior to any such Acquisition and furnished to the Administrative Agent and Lenders at such time reasonable details as to such Acquisition (including sources and uses of funds therefor), and 3-year historical financial information and 3-year pro forma financial forecasts of the Acquired Business on a stand alone basis as well as of the Borrower on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Acquisition and covenant compliance calculations reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

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(f) if a new Subsidiary is formed or acquired as a result of or in connection with the Acquisition, the Borrower shall have complied with the requirements of Section 4 hereof in connection therewith;

(g) after giving effect to the Acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist, including with respect to the covenants contained in Section 8.22 on a pro forma basis (calculated on the basis of actual financial results for the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters and prospectively for the Ethanol Facility as contemplated in this Agreement); and

(h) after giving effect to the Acquisition, the amount of the Unused Revolving Credit Commitments shall be not less than $15,000,000.

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or any other entity or organization, including a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code that either (a) is maintained by a member of the Controlled Group for employees of a member of the Controlled Group or (b) is maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement under which more than one employer makes contributions and to which a member of the Controlled Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions.

“Premises” means the real property owned or leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including without limitation the real property and improvements thereon owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary subject to the Lien of the Mortgages or any other Collateral Documents.

“Property” means, as to any Person, all types of real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed property owned by such Person whether or not included in the most recent balance sheet of such Person and its subsidiaries under GAAP.

“RCRA” means the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C. §§6901 et seq., and any future amendments.

“Reimbursement Obligation” is defined in Section 1.3(c) hereof.

“Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, migration, dumping, or disposing into the indoor or outdoor environment, including, without limitation, the abandonment or discarding of barrels, drums, containers, tanks or other receptacles containing or previously containing any Hazardous Material.

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“Required Lenders” means, as of the date of determination thereof, Lenders whose U.S. Dollar Equivalent amount of the outstanding Loans and interests in Letters of Credit, Unused Capital Expansion Loan Commitments and Unused Revolving Credit Commitments as of such date constitute more than 50% of the sum of the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the total outstanding Loans, interests in Letters of Credit, Unused Capital Expansion Loan Commitments and Unused Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders as of such date.

“Restricted Payments” is defined in Section 8.12.

“Revolver Percentage” means, for each Lender, the percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the percentage held by such Lender (including through participation interests in Reimbursement Obligations) of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding.

“Revolving Credit” means the credit facility for making Revolving Loans and issuing Letters of Credit described in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 hereof.

“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to participate in Swing Loans and Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower hereunder in an aggregate principal or face amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof, as the same may be reduced or modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders aggregate $60,000,000 on the date hereof.

“Revolving Credit Termination Date” means December 31, 2011, or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated in whole pursuant to Section 1.13, 9.2 or 9.3 hereof.

“Revolving Loan” is defined in Section 1.2 hereof and, as so defined, includes a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan, each of which is a “type” of Revolving Loan hereunder.

“Revolving Note” is defined in Section 1.11 hereof.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.

“Security Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated the date of this Agreement among the Borrower and the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

“Subordinated Debt” means Indebtedness for Borrowed Money owing to any Person on terms and conditions, and in such amounts, acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the

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Required Lenders and which is subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations pursuant to written subordination provisions approved in writing by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.

“Subsidiary” means, as to any particular parent corporation or organization, any other corporation or organization more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such parent corporation or organization or by any one or more other entities which are themselves subsidiaries of such parent corporation or organization. Unless otherwise expressly noted herein, the term “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower or of any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries.

“Swing Line” means the credit facility for making one or more Swing Loans described in Section 1.15 hereof.

“Swing Line Sublimit” means $5,000,000, as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof.

“Swing Loan” and “Swing Loans” each is defined in Section 1.15 hereof.

“Swing Note” is defined in Section 1.11 hereof.

“Tangible Net Worth” means, for any Person and at any time the same is to be determined, the Net Worth of such Person less the sum of (a) the aggregate book value of all assets which would be classified as intangible assets under GAAP, including, without limitation, goodwill, patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, franchises and deferred charges (including, without limitation, unamortized debt discount and expense, organization costs and deferred research and development expense) and similar assets, and (b) the write-up of assets above cost.

“TARGET Settlement Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open.

“Telerate Page” means the display designated on the Telerate Service (or such other service as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates) for the applicable currency.

“Term Credit” means the credit facility for the Term Loans described in Section 1.1(a) hereof.

“Term Loan” is defined in Section 1.1(a) hereof and, as so defined, includes a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan, each of which is a “type” of Term Loan hereunder.

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Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Term Loan Commitments of the Lenders aggregate $40,000,000 on the date hereof.

“Term Loan Percentage” means, for each Lender, the percentage of the Term Loan Commitments represented by such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment or, if the Term Loan Commitments have been terminated or have expired, the percentage held by such Lender of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans then outstanding.

“Term Note” is defined in Section 1.11 hereof.

“Total Consideration” means, the total amount (but without duplication) of (a) cash paid in connection with any Acquisition, plus (b) indebtedness payable to the seller in connection with such Acquisition, plus (c) the fair market value of any equity securities, including any warrants or options therefor, delivered in connection with any Acquisition, plus (d) the present value of covenants not to compete entered into in connection with such Acquisition or other future payments which are required to be made over a period of time and are not contingent upon the Borrower or its Subsidiary meeting financial performance objectives (exclusive of salaries paid in the ordinary course of business) (discounted at the Base Rate), but only to the extent not included in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, plus (e) the amount of indebtedness assumed in connection with such Acquisition.

“Total Funded Debt” means, at any time the same is to be determined, the sum (but without duplication) of (a) all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time, plus (b) all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of any other Person which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has otherwise assured a creditor against loss, plus (c) the maximum amount available to be drawn under all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and all unpaid drawings in respect of such letters of credit.

“Total Funded Debt Ratio” is defined in Section 8.22 hereto.

“Unfunded Vested Liabilities” means, for any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested nonforfeitable accrued benefits under such Plan exceeds the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential liability of a member of the Controlled Group to the PBGC or the Plan under Title IV of ERISA.

“Unused Capital Expansion Loan Commitments” means, at any time, the difference between the Capital Expansion Loan Commitments then in effect and the aggregate principal amount of the Capital Expansion Loans then outstanding.

“Unused Revolving Credit Commitments” means, at any time, the difference between the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect and the aggregate outstanding Original Dollar Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations, provided that Swing Loans outstanding from

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time to time shall be deemed to reduce the Unused Revolving Credit Commitment of the Administrative Agent for purposes of computing the commitment fee under Section 2.1(a) hereof.

“U.S. Dollar Equivalent” means (x) with respect to amounts in an Alternative Currency, the amount of U.S. Dollars which would be realized by converting such amount into U.S. Dollars in the spot market at the exchange rate quoted by the Administrative Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the date on which a computation thereof is required to be made, to major banks in the interbank foreign exchange market for the purchase of U.S. Dollars for such Alternative Currency and (y) with respect to amounts in U.S. Dollars, such amount.

“Term Credit” means the credit facility for the Term Loans described in Section 1.1(a) hereof.

“Term Loan” is defined in Section 1.1(a) hereof and, as so defined, includes a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan, each of which is a “type” of Term Loan hereunder.

“Term Loan Commitment” means, as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make its Term Loan on the Closing Date in the principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof. The Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Term Loan Commitments of the Lenders aggregate $40,000,000 on the date hereof.

“Term Note” is defined in Section 1.11 hereof.

“U.S. Dollars” and “$” each means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

“U.S. Memorandum of Deposit” means the deed entitled U.S. Memorandum of Deposit dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced from time to time.

“Voting Equity” shall mean the issued and outstanding shares of each class of capital stock or other ownership interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2).

“Welfare Plan” means a “welfare plan” as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.

“Wholly-owned Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of which all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares as required by law) or interests are owned by the Borrower and/or one or more Wholly-owned Subsidiaries within the meaning of this definition.

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Section 5.2. Interpretation. The foregoing definitions are equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. The words “hereof”, “herein”, and “hereunder” and words of like import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. All references to time of day herein are references to Chicago, Illinois, time unless otherwise specifically provided. Where the character or amount of any asset or liability or item of income or expense is required to be determined or any consolidation or other accounting computation is required to be made for the purposes of this Agreement, it shall be done in accordance with GAAP except where such principles are inconsistent with the specific provisions of this Agreement.

Section 5.3. Change in Accounting Principles. If, after the date of this Agreement, there shall occur any change in GAAP from those used in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.5 hereof and such change shall result in a change in the method of calculation of any financial covenant, standard or term found in this Agreement, either the Borrower or the Required Lenders may by notice to the Lenders and the Borrower, respectively, require that the Lenders and the Borrower negotiate in good faith to amend such covenants, standards, and terms so as equitably to reflect such change in accounting principles, with the desired result being that the criteria for evaluating the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be the same as if such change had not been made. No delay by the Borrower or the Required Lenders in requiring such negotiation shall limit their right to so require such a negotiation at any time after such a change in accounting principles. Until any such covenant, standard, or term is amended in accordance with this Section 5.3, financial covenants shall be computed and determined in accordance with GAAP in effect prior to such change in accounting principles. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower shall neither be deemed to be in compliance with any financial covenant hereunder nor out of compliance with any financial covenant hereunder if such state of compliance or noncompliance, as the case may be, would not exist but for the occurrence of a change in accounting principles after the date hereof.

Section 6. Representations and Warranties.

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:

Section 6.1. Organization and Qualification. The Borrower is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Washington. The Borrower has full and adequate power to own its Property and conduct its business as now conducted, and is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the nature of the Property owned or leased by it requires such licensing or qualifying, except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 6.2. Subsidiaries. Each Subsidiary is duly incorporated (or otherwise organized if such Subsidiary is not a corporation), validly existing and in good standing (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, as the case may be, has full and adequate power to own its Property and conduct its business as now conducted, and is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the nature of the Property owned or leased by it requires such licensing or qualifying, except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 6.2 hereto identifies each Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of each class of its capital stock or other equity interests owned by the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries and, if such percentage is not 100% (excluding, if applicable, directors’ qualifying shares as required by law), a description of each class of its authorized capital stock and other equity interests and the number of shares of each class issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests of each Subsidiary are validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable and all such shares and other equity interests indicated on Schedule 6.2 as owned by the Borrower or another Subsidiary are owned, beneficially and of record, by the Borrower or such Subsidiary free and clear of all Liens other than the Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents. There are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of any Subsidiary to issue, and no options, warrants or other rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any class of capital stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary.

Section 6.3. Authority and Validity of Obligations. The Borrower has full right and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed by it, to make the borrowings herein provided for or under the other Loan Documents, to issue the Notes in evidence thereof, to grant to the Administrative Agent the Liens described in the Collateral Documents, and to perform all of its obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents executed by it. Each Subsidiary has full right and authority to enter into the Loan Documents executed by it, to guarantee the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability, to grant to the Administrative Agent the Liens described in the Collateral Documents executed by such Person, and to perform all of its obligations under the Loan Documents executed by it. The Loan Documents delivered by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by such Persons and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether the application of such principles is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents do not, nor does the performance or observance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of the matters and things herein or therein provided for, (a) contravene or constitute a default under any provision of law or any judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any provision of the organizational documents (e.g., charter, articles of incorporation or by-laws, articles of association or operating agreement, partnership agreement, or other similar document) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (b) contravene or constitute a default under any covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of its Property, in

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each case where such contravention or default, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (c) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

Section 6.4. Use of Proceeds; Margin Stock. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loans (other than the Capital Expansion Loans) to refinance existing indebtedness, for their general working capital purposes, to finance capital expenditures, to fund certain fees and expenses associated with the negotiation, documentation, closing and syndication of the credit facilities provided to the Borrower under the Loan Documents, to pay for Cost Over-Runs related to the Ethanol Facility and for such other legal and proper purposes as are consistent with all applicable laws, and the Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Capital Expansion Loans to finance the construction of the Ethanol Facility. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any Loan or any other extension of credit made hereunder will be used to purchase or carry any such margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock. Margin stock (as hereinabove defined) constitutes less than 25% of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are subject to any limitation on sale, pledge or other restriction hereunder.

Section 6.5. Financial Reports. The consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at August 31, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, and accompanying notes thereto, which financial statements are accompanied by the audit report of Ernst & Young, LLP, independent public accountants, and the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at May 31, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the 9 months then ended, heretofore furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, fairly present the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at said dates and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis and disclose or reflect all its actual and contingent liabilities at that date. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has contingent liabilities which are material to it other than as indicated on such financial statements or, with respect to future periods, on the financial statements furnished pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof.

Section 6.6. No Material Adverse Change. Since August 31, 2005, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.7. Full Disclosure. The statements and information furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the commitments by the Lenders to provide all or part of the financing contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents do not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the material statements contained herein or therein not misleading, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders

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acknowledging that as to any projections furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the Borrower only represents that the same were prepared on the basis of information and estimates the Borrower believed to be reasonable.

Section 6.8. Trademarks, Franchises, and Licenses. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, possess, or have the right to use all necessary patents, licenses, franchises, trademarks, trade names, trade styles, copyrights, trade secrets, know how, and confidential commercial and proprietary information to conduct their businesses as now conducted, without known conflict with any patent, license, franchise, trademark, trade name, trade style, copyright or other proprietary right of any other Person.

Section 6.9. Governmental Authority and Licensing. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have received all licenses, permits, and approvals of all federal, state, and local governmental authorities, if any, necessary to conduct their businesses, in each case where the failure to obtain or maintain the same could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No investigation or proceeding which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in revocation or denial of any material license, permit or approval is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened.

Section 6.10. Good Title. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have good and defensible title (or valid leasehold interests) to their assets as reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (except for sales of assets in the ordinary course of business), subject to no Liens other than such thereof as are permitted by Section 8.8 hereof.

Section 6.11. Litigation and Other Controversies. Except as disclosed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made by the Borrower before the Closing Date, there is no litigation or governmental or arbitration proceeding or labor controversy pending, nor to the knowledge of the Borrower threatened, against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of its Property which if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.12. Taxes. All tax returns required to be filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any jurisdiction have, in fact, been filed, and all taxes, assessments, fees, and other governmental charges upon the Borrower or any Subsidiary or upon any of its Property, income or franchises, which are shown to be due and payable in such returns, have been paid, except such taxes, assessments, fees and governmental charges, if any, as are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest and as to which adequate reserves established in accordance with GAAP have been provided. The Borrower does not know of any proposed additional tax assessment against it or its Subsidiaries for which adequate provisions in accordance with GAAP have not been made on their accounts. Adequate provisions in accordance with GAAP for taxes on the books of the Borrower and each Subsidiary have been made for all open years, and for its current fiscal period.

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Section 6.13. Approvals. No authorization, consent, license or exemption from, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental department, agency or instrumentality, nor any approval or consent of any other Person, is or will be necessary to the valid execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Loan Document, except for such approvals which have been obtained prior to the date of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect.

Section 6.14. Affiliate Transactions. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is a party to any contracts or agreements with any of its Affiliates (other than with Wholly-owned Subsidiaries) on terms and conditions which are less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than would be usual and customary in similar contracts or agreements between Persons not affiliated with each other.

Section 6.15. Investment Company. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Section 6.16. ERISA. The Borrower and each other member of its Controlled Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of and is in compliance in all material respects with ERISA and the Code to the extent applicable to it and has not incurred any liability to the PBGC or a Plan under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any contingent liabilities with respect to any post-retirement benefits under a Welfare Plan, other than liability for continuation coverage described in article 6 of Title I of ERISA.

Section 6.17. Compliance with Laws. (a) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the requirements of all federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to or pertaining to their Property or business operations (including, without limitation, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and laws and regulations establishing quality criteria and standards for air, water, land and toxic or hazardous wastes and substances), where any such non-compliance, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Without limiting the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.17(a) above, except for such matters, individually or in the aggregate, which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower represents and warrants that: (i) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and each of the Premises, comply in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have obtained all governmental approvals required for their operations and each of the Premises by any applicable Environmental Law; (iii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not, and the Borrower has no knowledge of any other Person who has, caused any Release, threatened Release or disposal of any Hazardous Material at, on, about, or off any of the Premises in any material quantity and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, none of the Premises are adversely affected by any Release, threatened Release or disposal of a Hazardous Material originating or emanating from any other property; (iv) none of the Premises contain and have contained any: (1) underground storage tank, (2) material amounts of asbestos containing building material, (3) landfills or dumps, (4) hazardous waste management facility as defined pursuant to RCRA or any comparable state law or any Environmental Law of any jurisdiction in which any of the Borrower’s or

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Subsidiary’s assets are located, or (5) site on or nominated for the National Priority List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA or any state remedial priority list promulgated or published pursuant to any comparable state law; (v) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not used a material quantity of any Hazardous Material and have conducted no Hazardous Material Activity at any of the Premises except in compliance with Environmental Laws; (vi) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no material liability for response or corrective action, natural resource damage or other harm pursuant to CERCLA, RCRA or any comparable state law or any Environmental Law of any jurisdiction in which any of the Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s assets are located; (vii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not subject to, have no notice or knowledge of and are not required to give any notice of any Environmental Claim involving the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of the Premises, and there are no conditions or occurrences at any of the Premises which could reasonably be anticipated to form the basis for an Environmental Claim against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or such Premises which it adversely determined would have a Material Adverse Effect; (viii) none of the Premises are subject to any, and the Borrower has no knowledge of any imminent restriction on the ownership, occupancy, use or transferability of the Premises in connection with any (1) Environmental Law or (2) Release, threatened Release or disposal of a Hazardous Material; and (ix) there are no conditions or circumstances at any of the Premises which pose an unreasonable risk to the environment or the health or safety of Persons.

Section 6.18. Other Agreements. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default under the terms of any covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting such Person or any of its Property, which default if uncured could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.19. Solvency. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are solvent, able to pay their debts as they become due, and have sufficient capital to carry on their business and all businesses in which they are about to engage.

Section 6.20. No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

Section 7. Conditions Precedent.

The obligation of each Lender to advance, continue or convert any Loan (other than the continuation of, or conversion into, a Base Rate Loan) or of the L/C Issuer to issue, extend the expiration date (including by not giving notice of non-renewal) of or increase the amount of any Letter of Credit under this Agreement, shall be subject to the following conditions precedent:

Section 7.1. All Credit Events. At the time of each Credit Event hereunder:

(a) each of the representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents shall be and remain true and correct as of said time, except to the extent the same expressly relate to an earlier date;

(b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a result of such Credit Event;

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(c) in the case of a Borrowing the Administrative Agent shall have received the notice required by Section 1.6 hereof, in the case of the issuance of any Letter of Credit the L/C Issuer shall have received a duly completed Application for such Letter of Credit together with any fees called for by Section 2.1 hereof, and, in the case of an extension or increase in the amount of a Letter of Credit, a written request therefor in a form acceptable to the L/C Issuer together with fees called for by Section 2.1 hereof;

(d) after giving effect to such extension of credit, (i) neither the aggregate Original Dollar Amount nor the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of all Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding under this Agreement shall exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, (ii) the aggregate Original Dollar Amount of all Revolving Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed $25,000,000, and (iii) the aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries shall not exceed $10,000,000;

(e) after giving effect to such extension of credit, the aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit issued shall not exceed the L/C Sublimit; and

(f) such Credit Event shall not violate any order, judgment or decree of any court or other authority or any provision of law or regulation applicable to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, or any Lender (including, without limitation, Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) as then in effect.

Each request for a Borrowing hereunder and each request for the issuance of, increase in the amount of, or extension of the expiration date of, a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date on such Credit Event as to the facts specified in subsections (a) through (e), both inclusive, of this Section.

Section 7.2. Initial Credit Event. Before or concurrently with the initial Credit Event:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender the favorable written opinion of Preston, Gates & Xxxxx, LLP, counsel to the Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary, in substantially the forms of Exhibit H hereto, and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders;

(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender (i) certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower and each Guarantor authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, indicating the Borrower’s and each Guarantor’s authorized signers of the Loan Documents and all other documents relating thereto and the specimen signatures of such signers and (ii) copies of the Borrower’s and each Guarantor’s Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws certified by the Secretary or other appropriate officer of the Borrower or such Guarantor;

(c) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender this Agreement duly executed by the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Lenders;

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(d) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each applicable Lender such Lender’s duly executed Notes of the Borrower dated the date hereof and otherwise in compliance with the provisions of Section 1.11 hereof;

(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received a reaffirmation of the U.S. Memorandum of Deposit, the Security Agreement and supplements in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to each of the Mortgages, duly executed by the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries, together with (i) original stock certificates or other similar instruments or securities representing all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests in each Subsidiary as required pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, and (ii) stock powers for the Collateral consisting of the stock or other equity interest in each Guarantor and Penford Holdings executed in blank and undated;

(f) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of insurance required to be maintained under the Loan Documents, naming the Administrative Agent as mortgagee, loss payee and additional insured;

(g) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender copies of the certificates of good standing for the Borrower and each Guarantor, dated no earlier than 30 days prior to the date hereof from the office of the secretary of the state of its incorporation or organization and of each state in which it is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or organization;

(h) the Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender a list of the Borrower’s Authorized Representatives;

(i) the Administrative Agent shall have received for itself and for the Lenders the initial fees owed to them;

(j) each Lender shall have received such evaluations and certifications as it may reasonably require (including a compliance certificate in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit E containing calculations of the compliance calculations of the financial covenants as of May 31, 2006) in order to satisfy itself as to the value of the Collateral, the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the lack of material contingent liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

(k) the Administrative Agent shall have received financing statement, tax, and judgment lien search results against the Property of the Borrower and each Guarantor evidencing the absence of Liens on its Property except as permitted by Section 8.8 hereof;

(l) the Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of the Lenders such other agreements, instruments, resolutions, documents (including documents relating to tax and regulatory maters), certificates, information and opinions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

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(m) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory thereto that, as of May 31, 2006, (x) the Borrower’s pro forma EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters then ended is not less than $25,000,000 and (y) the Total Funded Debt Ratio (calculated on a pro forma basis to give effect to the Capital Expansion Loans hereunder) is not greater than 4.0 to 1.0, in each case calculated on the basis of the Borrower’s EBITDA for the twelve consecutive months ended May 31, 2006, and the Borrower’s Total Funded Debt outstanding on the Closing Date after giving effect to the initial Credit Event hereunder;

(n) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the audited financial statements of the Borrower for the three consecutive fiscal years ended on or before August 31, 2005, (ii) the quarterly financial statements of the Borrower for each of the three consecutive fiscal quarters ended on or before May 31, 2006, and (iii) six years of projected financial statements of the Borrower for each of the six consecutive fiscal years ending on or before August 31, 2012;

(o) the Borrower shall have paid the Administrative Agent all fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent for which an invoice has been submitted to the Borrower; and

(p) the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower written instructions as to the disbursement and application of the proceeds of the initial Loans made hereunder.

Section 7.3. Initial Loan Under Capital Expansion Credit. Before or concurrently with the initial Loan under the Capital Expansion Credit Event:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received a written report prepared by an independent third party engineering firm acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such engineering firm’s review of all contracts and permits existing at the time and budgeted cost of the Ethanol Facility;

(b) (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all licenses and permits received by the Borrower in respect of the Ethanol Facility and a firm independent engineers mutually acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or if the Borrower and the Administrative Agent cannot agree, independent engineers acceptable to the Required Lenders) shall be satisfied that such licenses and permits are sufficient to enable the Borrower to commence construction of the Ethanol Facility, and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with the status of the application for licenses and permits relating to the Ethanol Facility that are not in effect on the date of the initial Loan under the Capital Expansion Credit; and

(c) the Administrative Agent shall have received a budget of the costs reasonably estimated by the Borrower as of that date of completing the Ethanol Facility prepared by the Borrower and in reasonable detail.

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Section 8. Covenants.

The Borrower agrees that, so long as any credit is available to or in use by the Borrower hereunder, except to the extent compliance in any case or cases is waived in writing pursuant to the terms of Section 13.13 hereof:

Section 8.1. Maintenance of Business. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, preserve and maintain its existence and registration in the place of its registration at the date of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.10(c) hereof. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, preserve and keep in force and effect all licenses, permits, consents, authorizations, exemptions, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.10(c) hereof. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, preserve and keep in force and effect all licenses, permits, franchises, approvals, patents, trademarks, trade names, trade styles, copyrights, and other proprietary rights necessary to the proper conduct of its business where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 8.2. Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain, preserve, and keep its property, plant, and equipment in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), and shall from time to time make all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, additions, and betterments thereto so that at all times the efficiency thereof shall be fully preserved and maintained, except to the extent that, in the reasonable business judgment of such Person, any such Property is no longer necessary for the proper conduct of the business of such Person.

Section 8.3. Taxes and Assessments. The Borrower shall duly pay and discharge, and shall cause each Subsidiary to duly pay and discharge, all taxes, rates, assessments, fees, and governmental charges upon or against it or its Property, in each case before the same become delinquent and before penalties accrue thereon, unless and to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest and adequate reserves are provided therefor.

Section 8.4. Insurance. The Borrower shall insure and keep insured, and shall cause each Subsidiary to insure and keep insured, with reputable, good and responsible insurance companies, all insurable Property owned by it which is of a character usually insured by Persons similarly situated and operating like Properties against loss or damage from such hazards and risks, and in such amounts, as are insured by Persons similarly situated and operating like Properties; and the Borrower shall insure, and shall cause each Subsidiary to insure, such other hazards and risks (including, without limitation, employers’ and public liability risks) with reputable, good and responsible insurance companies as and to the extent usually insured by Persons similarly situated and conducting similar businesses. The Borrower shall in any event maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to maintain, insurance on the Collateral to the extent required by the Collateral Documents. The Borrower shall, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a certificate setting forth in summary form the nature and extent of the insurance maintained pursuant to this Section and the other Loan Documents.

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Section 8.5. Financial Reports. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain a standard system of accounting in accordance with GAAP and shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each of their duly authorized representatives such information respecting the business and financial condition of the Borrower and each Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may reasonably request; and without any request, shall furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:

(a) as soon as available, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the close of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated and consolidating statements of income, retained earnings, and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter and for the fiscal year to date period then ended, each in reasonable detail showing in comparative form the figures for the corresponding date and period in the previous fiscal year, prepared by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence of footnote disclosures and year end audit adjustments) and certified to by its chief financial officer or another officer of the Borrower acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(b) as soon as available, and in any event within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the fiscal year then ended and the consolidated and consolidating statements of income, retained earnings, and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, and accompanying notes thereto, each in reasonable detail showing in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, accompanied in the case of the consolidated financial statements by an unqualified opinion of Ernst & Young, LLP or another firm of independent public accountants of recognized national or international standing, selected by the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, to the effect that the consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present fairly in accordance with GAAP the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the results of their operations and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended and that an examination of such accounts in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and, accordingly, such examination included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as were considered necessary in the circumstances;

(c) within the period provided in subsection (b) above, the written statement of the accountants who certified the audit report thereby required that in the course of their audit they have obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, or, if such accountants have obtained knowledge of any such Default or Event of Default, they shall disclose in such statement the nature and period of the existence thereof;

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(d) promptly after receipt thereof, any additional written reports, management letters or other detailed information contained in writing concerning significant aspects of the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s operations and financial affairs given to it by its independent public accountants;

(e) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to its stockholders or other equity holders, and copies of each annual return, regular, periodic or special report, registration statement, investment statement or prospectus (including all Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K reports) or equivalent document filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with any securities exchange, or the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency;

(f) promptly after receipt thereof, a copy of each audit made by any regulatory agency of the books and records of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or of notice of any material noncompliance with any applicable law, regulation or guideline relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or its business;

(g) as soon as available, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the Borrower’s consolidated and consolidating operating budget for the following fiscal year, such operating budget to show the Borrower’s projected consolidated and consolidating revenues, expenses and balance sheet on a quarter-by-quarter basis, such operating budget to be in reasonable detail prepared by the Borrower and in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (which shall include a summary of all assumptions made in preparing such operating budget);

(h) notice of any Change of Control;

(i) promptly after knowledge thereof shall have come to the attention of any responsible officer of the Borrower, written notice of (i) any threatened or pending litigation or governmental or arbitration proceeding or labor controversy against the Borrower or any Subsidiary which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder and (iii) the occurrence of any event described as an “Event of Default” under any other Loan Document;

(j) with each of the financial statements furnished to the Lenders pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) above, a written certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower or another officer of the Borrower acceptable to the Administrative Agent to the effect that to the best of such officer’s knowledge and belief no Default or Event of Default has occurred during the period covered by such statements or, if any such Default or Event of Default has occurred during such period, setting forth a description of such Default or Event of Default and specifying the action, if any, taken by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to remedy the same. Such certificate shall also set forth the calculations supporting such statements in respect of Section 8.22 hereof;

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(k) as soon as available, and in any event no later than 45 days after the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, a written engineering progress report prepared by the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory in form to the Administrative Agent, including a description in reasonable detail of the project costs incurred in connection with the Ethanol Facility through the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter and the year to date, revisions to the original Ethanol Facility Budget, cost of work completed on the Ethanol Facility, the estimated cost of work remaining to be completed on the Ethanol Facility, the amount of all retainages from amounts paid to contracts on the Ethanol Facility, the Ethanol Facility costs paid, the Ethanol Facility costs incurred but not yet paid, and an estimated completion schedule for the Ethanol Facility; and

(l) by each date occurring every six months after the initial borrowing of Capital Expansion Loans, a report reasonably satisfactory in form to the Administrative Agent from a firm of independent engineers mutually acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or if the Borrower and the Administrative Agent cannot agree, independent engineers acceptable to the Required Lenders), and retained by the Administrative Agent as to the progress of the construction of the Ethanol Facility.

Section 8.6. Inspection. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, permit the Administrative Agent, each Lender, and each of their duly authorized representatives and agents to visit and inspect any of its Property, corporate books, and financial records, to examine and make copies of its books of accounts and other financial records, and to discuss its affairs, finances, and accounts with, and to be advised as to the same by, its officers, employees and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Borrower hereby authorizes such accountants to discuss with the Administrative Agent and such Lenders the finances and affairs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) at such reasonable times and intervals as the Administrative Agent or any such Lender may designate and, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, with reasonable prior notice to the Borrower.

Section 8.7. Borrowings and Guaranties. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, issue, incur, assume, create or have outstanding any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, or be or become liable as endorser, guarantor, surety or otherwise for any debt, obligation or undertaking of any other Person, or otherwise agree to provide funds for payment of the obligations of another, or supply funds thereto or invest therein or otherwise assure a creditor of another against loss, or apply for or become liable to the issuer of a letter of credit which supports an obligation of another, or subordinate any claim or demand it may have to the claim or demand of any other Person; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not restrict nor operate to prevent:

(a) the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owing to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders (and their Affiliates);

(b) purchase money indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent) in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

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(c) obligations of the Borrower arising out of interest rate and foreign currency, hedging agreements entered into with financial institutions in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(d) endorsement of items for deposit or collection of commercial paper received in the ordinary course of business;

(e) indebtedness from time to time owing by any Subsidiary to the Borrower (the “Intercompany Indebtedness”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $35,000,000 or the Australian Dollar Equivalent thereof;

(f) unsecured indebtedness of the Borrower not otherwise permitted by this Section in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and

(g) unsecured indebtedness of the Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent thereof or New Zealand Dollar Equivalent thereof) at any time.

Section 8.8. Liens. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur or permit to exist any Lien of any kind on any Property owned by any such Person; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent:

(a) Liens arising by statute in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age benefits, social security obligations, taxes, assessments, statutory obligations or other similar charges (other than Liens arising under ERISA), good faith cash deposits in connection with tenders, contracts or leases to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party or other cash deposits required to be made in the ordinary course of business, provided in each case that the obligation is not for borrowed money and that the obligation secured is not overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest and adequate reserves have been established therefor;

(b) mechanics’, workmen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’, carriers’ or other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest;

(c) judgment liens and judicial attachment liens not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.1(g) hereof and the pledge of assets for the purpose of securing an appeal, stay or discharge in the course of any legal proceeding, provided that the aggregate amount of such judgment liens and attachments and liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries secured by a pledge of assets permitted under this subsection, including interest and penalties thereon, if any, shall not be in excess of $2,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent) at any one time outstanding;

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(d) Liens on property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary created solely for the purpose of securing indebtedness permitted by Section 8.7(b) hereof, representing or incurred to finance the purchase price of such Property, provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover other Property of the Borrower or such Subsidiary other than the respective Property so acquired, and the principal amount of indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed the purchase price of such Property, as reduced by repayments of principal thereon;

(e) any interest or title of a lessor under any operating lease;

(f) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, and other similar encumbrances against real property incurred in the ordinary course of business which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and which do not materially detract from the value of the Property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and

(g) the Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

Section 8.9. Investments, Acquisitions, Loans and Advances. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make, retain or have outstanding any investments (whether through purchase of stock or obligations or otherwise) in, or loans or advances to any other Person, or acquire all or any substantial part of the assets or business of any other Person or division thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent:

(a) investments in direct obligations of the United States of America or of any agency or instrumentality thereof whose obligations constitute full faith and credit obligations of the United States of America, provided that any such obligations shall mature within one year of the date of issuance thereof;

(b) investments in commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Xxxxx’x and at least A-1 by S&P maturing within one year of the date of issuance thereof;

(c) investments in certificates of deposit issued by any Lender or by any United States commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 which have a maturity of one year or less;

(d) investments in repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 7 days for underlying securities of the types described in subsection (a) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in subsection (c) above, provided all such agreements require physical delivery of the securities securing such repurchase agreement, except those delivered through the Federal Reserve Book Entry System;

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(e) investments in money market funds that invest solely, and which are restricted by their respective charters to invest solely, in investments of the type described in the immediately preceding subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) above;

(f) the Borrower’s investments in its Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date, and investments made from time to time by a Subsidiary in one or more of its Subsidiaries;

(g) intercompany advances made from time to time (i) by the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary to another Domestic Subsidiary, (ii) by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary or to any one or more of its Foreign Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, (iii) by a Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any one or more of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to finance working capital needs, and (iv) by a Foreign Subsidiary to another Foreign Subsidiary;

(h) Permitted Acquisitions;

(i) investments identified on Schedule 7.9 hereof; and

(j) other investments, loans, and advances in addition to those otherwise permitted by this Section in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; provided, however no investment, loan or advance permitted by this clause (j) may be made by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary in or to a Foreign Subsidiary.

In determining the amount of investments, acquisitions, loans, and advances permitted under this Section, investments and acquisitions shall always be taken at the original cost thereof (regardless of any subsequent appreciation or depreciation therein), and loans and advances shall be taken at the principal amount thereof then remaining unpaid.

Section 8.10. Mergers, Consolidations and Sales. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, be a party to any merger or consolidation, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its Property, including any disposition of Property as part of a sale and leaseback transaction, or in any event sell or discount (with or without recourse) any of its notes or accounts receivable; provided, however, that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists (except in the case of sales of inventory permitted by subsection (a) hereof) this Section shall not apply to nor operate to prevent:

(a) the sale or lease of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

(b) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to one another in the ordinary course of its business;

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(c) the merger of any Subsidiary with and into the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of any merger involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the corporation surviving the merger;

(d) the sale of delinquent notes or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business for purposes of collection only (and not for the purpose of any bulk sale or securitization transaction);

(e) the sale, transfer or other disposition of any tangible personal property that, in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower or its Subsidiary, has become obsolete or worn out, and which is disposed of in the ordinary course of business; and

(f) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including any disposition of Property as part of a sale and leaseback transaction) aggregating for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent) during any fiscal year of the Borrower.

Section 8.11. Maintenance of Subsidiaries. The Borrower shall not assign, sell or transfer, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to issue, assign, sell or transfer, any shares of capital stock or other equity interests of a Subsidiary; and, for the avoidance of doubt, Penford Holdings shall not issue shares of capital stock or other equity interests; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not operate to prevent (a) Liens on the capital stock or other equity interests of Subsidiaries granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (b) the issuance, sale, and transfer to any person of any shares of capital stock of a Subsidiary solely for the purpose of qualifying, and to the extent legally necessary to qualify, such person as a director of such Subsidiary, and (c) any transaction permitted by Section 8.10(c) above.

Section 8.12. Dividends and Certain Other Restricted Payments. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, (a) declare or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions in respect of any class or series of its capital stock or other equity interests or (b) directly or indirectly purchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire or retire any of its capital stock or other equity interests or any warrants, options, or similar instruments to acquire the same (collectively, the “Restricted Payments”); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not operate to prevent (i) the making of any Restricted Payments by the Borrower so long as no Default or Event of Default shall exist both before and after giving effect thereto and the aggregate amount thereof does not exceed $8,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower, and (ii) the making of dividends or distributions by any Wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower to its parent corporation.

Section 8.13. ERISA. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, promptly pay and discharge all obligations and liabilities arising under ERISA of a character which if unpaid or unperformed could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien against any of its Property. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of: (a) the occurrence of any reportable event (as defined in ERISA) with respect to a Plan, (b) receipt of any notice from the PBGC of its intention to seek

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termination of any Plan or appointment of a trustee therefor, (c) its intention to terminate or withdraw from any Plan, and (d) the occurrence of any event with respect to any Plan which would result in the incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any material liability, fine or penalty, or any material increase in the contingent liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary with respect to any post-retirement Welfare Plan benefit.

Section 8.14. Compliance with Laws. (a) The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, comply in all respects with the requirements of all federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and orders applicable to or pertaining to its Property or business operations, where any such non-compliance, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or result in a Lien upon any of its Property.

(b) Without limiting the agreements set forth in Section 8.14(a) above, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, at all times, do the following to the extent the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) comply in all material respects with, and maintain each of the Premises in compliance in all material respects with, all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) require that each tenant and subtenant, if any, of any of the Premises or any part thereof comply in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws; (iii) obtain and maintain in full force and effect all material governmental approvals required by any applicable Environmental Law for operations at each of the Premises; (iv) cure any material violation by it or at any of the Premises of applicable Environmental Laws; (v) not allow the presence or operation at any of the Premises of any (1) landfill or dump or (2) hazardous waste management facility or solid waste disposal facility as defined pursuant to RCRA or any comparable state law or law of any other jurisdiction; (vi) not manufacture, use, generate, transport, treat, store, release, dispose or handle any Hazardous Material at any of the Premises except in the ordinary course of its business and in compliance with applicable Environmental Law; (vii) within 10 Business Days notify the Administrative Agent in writing of and provide any reasonably requested documents upon learning of any of the following in connection with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of the Premises: (1) any material liability for response or corrective action, natural resource damage or other harm pursuant to CERCLA, RCRA or any comparable state law or law of any other jurisdiction; (2) any material Environmental Claim; (3) any material violation of an Environmental Law or material Release, threatened Release or disposal of a Hazardous Material; (4) any restriction on the ownership, occupancy, use or transferability arising pursuant to any (x) Release, threatened Release or disposal of a Hazardous Material or (y) Environmental Law; or (5) any environmental, natural resource, health or safety condition, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (viii) conduct at its expense any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or xxxxx any material Release, threatened Release or disposal of a Hazardous Material as required by any applicable Environmental Law, (ix) abide by and observe any restrictions on the use of the Premises imposed by any governmental authority as set forth in a deed or other instrument affecting the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s interest therein; (x) promptly provide or otherwise make available to the Administrative Agent any reasonably requested environmental record concerning the Premises which the Borrower or any Subsidiary possesses or can reasonably obtain; and (xi) perform, satisfy, and implement any operation or maintenance actions required by any governmental authority or Environmental Law,

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or included in any no further action letter or covenant not to xxx issued by any governmental authority under any Environmental Law.

Section 8.15. Burdensome Contracts With Affiliates. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any contract, agreement or business arrangement with any of its Affiliates (other than with Wholly-owned Subsidiaries) on terms and conditions which are less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than would be usual and customary in similar contracts, agreements or business arrangements between Persons not affiliated with each other.

Section 8.16. No Changes in Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ends on August 31 of each year; and the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, change its fiscal year from its present basis.

Section 8.17. Formation of Subsidiaries. (a) Promptly upon the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiary, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent and the Lenders notice thereof and timely comply with the requirements of Section 4 hereof (at which time Schedule 6.2 shall be deemed amended to include reference to such Subsidiary).

(b) Inactive Subsidiary. The Borrower shall not permit Penford Export Corporation to engage in any operations, conduct any business or own any assets having an aggregate value in excess of $50,000.

Section 8.18. Change in the Nature of Business. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business or activity if as a result the general nature of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary would be changed in any material respect from the general nature of the business engaged in by it as of the Closing Date, it being agreed that the construction and operation of the Ethanol Facility shall not be a violation of this Section.

Section 8.19. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the credit extended under this Agreement solely for the purposes set forth in, or otherwise permitted by, Section 6.4 hereof.

Section 8.20. No Restrictions. Except as provided herein, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to: (a) pay dividends or make any other distribution on any Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity interests owned by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (b) pay any indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (c) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (d) transfer any of its Property to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or (e) guarantee the Obligations and/or grant Liens on its assets to the Administrative Agent as required by the Loan Documents.

Section 8.21. Subordinated Debt. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, amend or modify any of the terms or conditions relating to any Subordinated Debt, or make any voluntary prepayment of thereof or effect any voluntary redemption thereof, or make any payment on account of Subordinated Debt which is prohibited under the terms of any instrument or agreement subordinating the same to the Obligations.

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Section 8.22. Financial Covenants. (a) Total Funded Debt Ratio. The Borrower shall not, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending during the periods specified below, permit the ratio of (a) Total Funded Debt to (b) EBITDA for the four calendar fiscal quarters of the Borrower then ended (the “Total Funded Debt Ratio”) to be more than the ratio set forth below opposite such period:


		Total Funded Debt Ratio
From and Including	To and Including	shall not be more than
August 31, 2006	November 30, 2006	3.25 to 1.0

December 1, 2006	February 28, 2007	3.50 to 1.0

March 1, 2007	May 31, 2007	4.00 to 1.0

June 1, 2007	August 31, 2008	4.50 to 1.0

September 1, 2008	November 30, 2008	4.25 to 1.0

December 1, 2008	February 28, 2009	4.00 to 1.0

March 1, 2009	May 31, 2009	3.50 to 1.0

June 1, 2009	At all times thereafter	3.00 to 1.0

(b) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending during the periods specified below, the Borrower shall maintain a ratio of (a) EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters of the Borrower then ended to (b) Fixed Charges for the same four fiscal quarters then ended of not less than the ratio set forth below opposite such period:


		Total Funded Debt Ratio
From and Including	To and Including	shall not be more than
August 31, 2006	August 31, 2007	1.50 to 1.0

September 1, 2007	August 31, 2008	1.25 to 1.0

September 1, 2008	At all times thereafter	1.50 to 1.0

(c) Tangible Net Worth. The Borrower shall maintain at all times Tangible Net Worth in an amount not less than $65,000,000.

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(d) Capital Expenditures. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur Capital Expenditures (but excluding Capital Expenditures made with the Net Cash Proceeds of any Event of Loss as permitted by Section 1.9(b)(i) hereof, Capital Expenditures made with the proceeds of grants from governmental entities and Capital Expenditures incurred in connection with the Ethanol Facility that are financed with the proceeds of the Capital Expansion Loans) in an amount in excess of $20,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent) in the aggregate during any fiscal year; provided, however, for any fiscal year when Total Funded Debt Ratio is less than 2.0 to 1.0 for each fiscal quarter of such fiscal year, Capital Expenditures for such year shall not exceed $25,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent) for such fiscal year.

Section 8.23. Cost Over-Runs. If, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, the costs of the Ethanol Facility actually paid through such date together with the amount of all costs of the Ethanol Facility remaining to be paid (including the Borrower’s reasonable estimates of any amounts which are not fixed amounts) in order to complete the Ethanol Facility, shall exceed the total amount of the Ethanol Facility Budget (including any contingency reserves included therein) (each such excess being referred to herein as a “Cost Over-Run”) by more than 10% of the total Ethanol Facility Budget amount, the Borrower shall (a) at all times thereafter until the Ethanol Facility is completed or such Cost Over-Run is eliminated, which ever occurs first, maintain Unused Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Blocked Unused Commitments”) in an amount not less than the amount of such Cost Over-Run, and (b) promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Borrower will be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants contained in Section 8.22 of this Agreement for the four consecutive fiscal quarters immediately following such fiscal quarter after giving effect to the maintenance of the Blocked Unused Commitments as required by this Section.

Section 8.24. Post-Closing Items. No later than November 30, 2006, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a date down endorsement (or a binding commitment therefore) to each mortgagee’s title insurance policy insuring the Mortgages in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent from the title insurance company that issued such title insurance policies insuring the Lien of the Mortgages as supplemented in connection with this Agreement to be valid first priority Liens subject to no defects or objections which are unacceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with such endorsements as the Administrative Agent may require.

Section 9. Events of Default and Remedies.

Section 9.1. Events of Default. Any one or more of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:

(a) (i) default in the payment when due of all or any part of the principal of any Note (whether at the stated maturity thereof or at any other time provided for in this Agreement) or of any Reimbursement Obligation (whether at the stated maturity thereof or at any other time provided for in this Agreement) or (ii) default for a period of

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3 Business Days in the payment of any interest or any fee or other Obligation payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document;

(b) default in the observance or performance of any covenant set forth in Sections 8.1, 8.5, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 8.17, 8.18, 8.21, 8.22 or 8.23 hereof or of any provision in any Loan Document dealing with the use, disposition or remittance of the proceeds of Collateral or requiring the maintenance of insurance thereon;

(c) default in the observance or performance of any other provision hereof or of any other Loan Document which is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of the Borrower or (ii) written notice thereof is given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent;

(d) any representation or warranty made herein or in any other Loan Document or in any certificate furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby proves untrue or misleading in any material respect as of the date of the issuance or making or deemed making thereof;

(e) any event occurs or condition exists (other than those described in subsections (a) through (d) above) which is specified as an event of default under any of the other Loan Documents which have not been cured or waived within any applicable cure period, or any of the Loan Documents shall for any reason not be or shall cease to be in full force and effect or is declared to be, in whole or in part, unenforceable, voidable or null and void, or any of the Collateral Documents shall for any reason fail to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent in any Collateral purported to be covered thereby except as expressly permitted by the terms thereof, or the Borrower or any Subsidiary takes any action for the purpose of terminating, repudiating or rescinding any Loan Document executed by it or any of its obligations thereunder;

(f) default shall occur under any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money (other than the Intercompany Indebtedness) issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary aggregating in excess of $2,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent), or under any indenture, agreement or other instrument under which the same may be issued, and such default shall continue for a period of time sufficient to permit the acceleration of the maturity of any such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money (whether or not such maturity is in fact accelerated), or any such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall not be paid when due (whether by demand, lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise);

(g) any judgment or judgments, writ or writs or warrant or warrants of attachment, or any similar process or processes, shall be entered or filed against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or against any of its Property, in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,000,000 (or the Australian Dollar Equivalent or NZ Dollar Equivalent except to the extent covered by insurance with respect to which the insurer has not denied

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liability therefor), and which remains undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 30 days;

(h) the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any member of its Controlled Group, shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $1,000,000 which it shall have become liable to pay to the PBGC or to a Plan under Title IV of ERISA; or notice of intent to terminate a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded Vested Liabilities in excess of $1,000,000 (collectively, a “Material Plan”) shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any other member of its Controlled Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any Material Plan or a proceeding shall be instituted by a fiduciary of any Material Plan against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any member of its Controlled Group, to enforce Section 515 or 4219(c)(5) of ERISA and such proceeding shall not have been dismissed within 30 days thereafter; or a condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that any Material Plan must be terminated;

(i) any Change of Control shall occur;

(j) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) have entered involuntarily against it an order for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or be (or have stated that it is) insolvent (as defined in the Corporations Act) (ii) not pay, or admit in writing its inability to pay, or stop or suspend the payment of its debts generally as they become due, (iii) make an assignment or enter into an arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of creditors generally or any class of them, (iv) apply for, seek, consent to or acquiesce in, the appointment of an administrator, receiver, receiver and manager, controller (as defined in the Corporations Act), custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator, provisional liquidator, statutory manager or similar official for it or any substantial part of its Property, (v) institute any proceeding seeking to have entered against it an order for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or any other order under the laws of another jurisdiction having substantially similar effect, to adjudicate it insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the material allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (vi) take any action in furtherance of any matter described in parts (i) through (v) above, or (vii) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding described in Section 9.1(k) hereof;

(k) an administrator, custodian, receiver, receiver and manager, controller (as defined in the Corporations Act, trustee, examiner, liquidator, provisional liquidator, statutory manager or similar official shall be appointed for the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any substantial part of any of its Property, or a proceeding described in Section 9.1(j)(v) shall be instituted against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and such

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appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;

(l) any Subsidiary is the subject of an event described in section 459C(2) or section 585 of the Corporations Act, or it makes a statement from which the Administrative Agent reasonably deduces it is so subject;

(m) a step is taken under Part 5A.1 of the Corporations Act to deregister any Subsidiary;

(n) a circumstance specified in section 461 of the Corporations Act occurs with respect to any Subsidiary; or

(o) any Subsidiary, without the consent of the Administrative Agent, (i) takes action to reduce its share capital (other than by redeeming redeemable preference shares) or to buy back its shares, or (ii) passes a resolution of a type referred to in section 254N(1) or 260B of the Corporations Act, or a meeting to consider such a resolution is summoned or convened.

Section 9.2. Non-Bankruptcy Defaults. When any Event of Default other than those described in subsection (j), (k) or (l) of Section 9.1 hereof has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, by written notice to the Borrower: (a) if so directed by the Required Lenders, terminate the remaining Commitments and all other obligations of the Lenders hereunder on the date stated in such notice (which may be the date thereof); (b) if so directed by the Required Lenders, declare the principal of and the accrued interest on all outstanding Notes to be forthwith due and payable and thereupon all outstanding Notes, including both principal and interest thereon, shall be and become immediately due and payable together with all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents without further demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind; and (c) if so directed by the Required Lenders, demand that the Borrower immediately pay to the Administrative Agent the full amount then available for drawing under each or any Letter of Credit, and the Borrower agrees to immediately make such payment and acknowledges and agrees that the Lenders would not have an adequate remedy at law for failure by the Borrower to honor any such demand and that the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, shall have the right to require the Borrower to specifically perform such undertaking whether or not any drawings or other demands for payment have been made under any Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent, after giving notice to the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.1(c) or this Section 9.2, shall also promptly send a copy of such notice to the other Lenders, but the failure to do so shall not impair or annul the effect of such notice.

Section 9.3. Bankruptcy Defaults. When any Event of Default described in subsections (j), (k) or (l) of Section 9.1 hereof has occurred and is continuing, then all outstanding Notes shall immediately become due and payable together with all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, the obligation of the Lenders to extend further credit pursuant to any of the terms hereof shall immediately terminate and the Borrower shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent the full amount then available for drawing under all outstanding Letters of Credit, the Borrower

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acknowledging and agreeing that the Lenders would not have an adequate remedy at law for failure by the Borrower to honor any such demand and that the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent on their behalf, shall have the right to require the Borrower to specifically perform such undertaking whether or not any draws or other demands for payment have been made under any of the Letters of Credit.

Section 9.4. Collateral for Undrawn Letters of Credit. (a) If the prepayment of the amount available for drawing under any or all outstanding Letters of Credit is required under Section 1.9(b) or under Section 9.2 or 9.3 above, the Borrower shall forthwith pay the amount required to be so prepaid, to be held by the Administrative Agent as provided in subsection (b) below.

(b) All amounts prepaid pursuant to subsection (a) above shall be held by the Administrative Agent in one or more separate collateral accounts (each such account, and the credit balances, properties, and any investments from time to time held therein, and any substitutions for such account, any certificate of deposit or other instrument evidencing any of the foregoing and all proceeds of and earnings on any of the foregoing being collectively called the “Collateral Account”) as security for, and for application by the Administrative Agent (to the extent available) to, the reimbursement of any payment under any Letter of Credit then or thereafter made by the Administrative Agent, and to the payment of the unpaid balance of any other Obligations. The Collateral Account shall be held in the name of and subject to the exclusive dominion and control of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the L/C Issuer. If and when requested by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall invest funds held in the Collateral Account from time to time in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America with a remaining maturity of one year or less, provided that the Administrative Agent is irrevocably authorized to sell investments held in the Collateral Account when and as required to make payments out of the Collateral Account for application to amounts due and owing from the Borrower to the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders; provided, however, that (i) if the Borrower shall have made payment of all obligations referred to in subsection (a) above (ii) all relevant preference or other disgorgement periods relating to the receipt of such payments have passed, and (iii) no Letters of Credit, Commitments, Loans or other Obligations remain outstanding, at the request of the Borrower the Administrative Agent shall release to the Borrower any remaining amounts held in the Collateral Account.

Section 9.5. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall give notice to the Borrower under Section 9.1(c) hereof promptly upon being requested to do so by any Lender and shall thereupon notify all the Lenders thereof.

Section 9.6. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and any other holder of any Note outstanding hereunder, all costs and expenses reasonably incurred or paid by the Administrative Agent and such Lender or any such holder, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, in connection with any Default or Event of Default hereunder or in connection with the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred in connection with any proceeding under the

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United States Bankruptcy Code involving the Borrower or any Subsidiary as a debtor thereunder).

Section 10. Change in Circumstances.

Section 10.1. Change of Law. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any Note, if at any time any change in applicable law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof makes it unlawful for any Lender to make or continue to maintain any Eurocurrency Loans in the relevant currency or to perform its obligations as contemplated hereby, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower and such Lender’s obligations to make or maintain Eurocurrency Loans under this Agreement shall be suspended until it is no longer unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain Eurocurrency Loans in such currency. The Borrower shall prepay on demand the outstanding principal amount of any such affected Eurocurrency Loans, together with all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts then due and payable to such Lender under this Agreement; provided, however, subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower may then elect to borrow the principal amount of the affected Eurocurrency Loans from such Lender by means of Base Rate Loans from such Lender, which Base Rate Loans shall not be made ratably by the Lenders but only from such affected Lender.

Section 10.2. Unavailability of Deposits or Inability to Ascertain, or Inadequacy of, LIBOR. If on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines that deposits in the applicable currency (in the applicable amounts) are not being offered to it in the interbank Eurocurrency market for such Interest Period, or that by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Eurocurrency market adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable LIBOR, or

(b) the Required Lenders advise the Administrative Agent that (i) LIBOR as determined by the Administrative Agent will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding their Eurocurrency Loans for such Interest Period or (ii) that the making or funding of Eurocurrency Loans become impracticable,

then the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders, whereupon until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the obligations of the Lenders to make Eurocurrency Loans shall be suspended.

Section 10.3. Increased Cost and Reduced Return. (a) If, on or after the date hereof, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation, 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, or compliance by any Lender (or its Lending Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency:

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(i) shall subject any Lender (or its Lending Office) to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to its Eurocurrency Loans, its Notes, its Letter(s) of Credit, or its participation in any thereof, any Reimbursement Obligations owed to it or its obligation to make Eurocurrency Loans, issue a Letter of Credit, or to participate therein, or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender (or its Lending Office) of the principal of or interest on its Eurocurrency Loans, Letter(s) of Credit, or participations therein or any other amounts due under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in respect of its Eurocurrency Loans, Letter(s) of Credit, any participation therein, any Reimbursement Obligations owed to it, or its obligation to make Eurocurrency Loans, or issue a Letter of Credit, or acquire participations therein (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender or its Lending Office imposed by the jurisdiction in which such Lender’s principal executive office or Lending Office is located); or

(ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement (including, without limitation, any such requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but excluding with respect to any Eurocurrency Loans any such requirement included in an applicable Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (or its Lending Office) or shall impose on any Lender (or its Lending Office) or on the interbank market any other condition affecting its Eurocurrency Loans, its Notes, its Letter(s) of Credit, or its participation in any thereof, any Reimbursement Obligation owed to it, or its obligation to make Eurocurrency Loans, or to issue a Letter of Credit, or to participate therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender (or its Lending Office) of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan, issuing or maintaining a Letter of Credit, or participating therein, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (or its Lending Office) under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document with respect thereto, by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then, within 15 days after demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall be obligated to pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.

(b) If, after the date hereof, any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall have determined that the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, 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, or compliance by any Lender (or its Lending Office) or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, has had the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within 15 days after

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demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.

(c) A certificate of a Lender claiming compensation under this Section 10.3 and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive if reasonably determined. In determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

Section 10.4. Lending Offices. Each Lender may, at its option, elect to make its Loans hereunder at the branch, office or affiliate specified on the appropriate signature page hereof (each a “Lending Office”) for each type of Loan available hereunder or at such other of its branches, offices or affiliates as it may from time to time elect and designate in a written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. To the extent reasonably possible, a Lender shall designate an alternative branch or funding office with respect to its Eurocurrency Loans to reduce any liability of the Borrower to such Lender under Section 10.3 hereof or to avoid the unavailability of Eurocurrency Loans under Section 10.2 hereof, so long as such designation is not otherwise disadvantageous to the Lender.

Section 10.5. Discretion of Lender as to Manner of Funding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Lender shall be entitled to fund and maintain its funding of all or any part of its Loans in any manner it sees fit, it being understood, however, that for the purposes of this Agreement all determinations hereunder with respect to Eurocurrency Loans shall be made as if each Lender had actually funded and maintained each Eurocurrency Loan through the purchase of deposits in the applicable currency in the interbank Eurocurrency market having a maturity corresponding to such Loan’s Interest Period, denominated in the relevant currency and bearing an interest rate equal to LIBOR for such Interest Period.

Section 11. The Administrative Agent.

Section 11.1. Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent. Each Lender hereby appoints Xxxxxx X.X. as the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents and hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as Administrative Agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Lenders expressly agree that the Administrative Agent is not acting as a fiduciary of the Lenders in respect of the Loan Documents, the Borrower or otherwise, and nothing herein or in any of the other Loan Documents shall result in any duties or obligations on the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders except as expressly set forth herein.

Section 11.2. Administrative Agent and its Affiliates. The Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any other Lender and may exercise or refrain from exercising such rights and power as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent and its affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower as if it were not the Administrative Agent under the Loan

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Documents. The term “Lender” as used herein and in all other Loan Documents, unless the context otherwise clearly requires, includes the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender. References in Section 1 hereof to the Administrative Agent’s Loans, or to the amount owing to the Administrative Agent for which an interest rate is being determined, refer to the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender.

Section 11.3. Action by Administrative Agent. If the Administrative Agent receives from the Borrower a written notice of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give each of the Lenders written notice thereof. The obligations of the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents are only those expressly set forth therein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action hereunder with respect to any Default or Event of Default, except as expressly provided in Sections 9.2 and 9.5. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall take such action to enforce its Lien on the Collateral and to preserve and protect the Collateral as may be directed by the Required Lenders. Unless and until the Required Lenders give such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take or refrain from taking such actions as it deems appropriate and in the best interest of all the Lenders. In no event, however, shall the Administrative Agent be required to take any action in violation of applicable law or of any provision of any Loan Document, and the Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to act hereunder or under any other Loan Document unless it first receives any further assurances of its indemnification from the Lenders that it may require, including prepayment of any related expenses and any other protection it requires against any and all costs, expense, and liability which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume that no Default or Event of Default exists unless notified in writing to the contrary by a Lender or the Borrower. In all cases in which the Loan Documents do not require the Administrative Agent to take specific action, the Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in using its discretion in failing to take or in taking any action thereunder. Any instructions of the Required Lenders, or of any other group of Lenders called for under the specific provisions of the Loan Documents, shall be binding upon all the Lenders and the holders of the Obligations.

Section 11.4. Consultation with Experts. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel, independent public accountants, and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts.

Section 11.5. Liability of Administrative Agent; Credit Decision. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in connection with the Loan Documents: (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into or verify: (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Credit Event; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary contained herein or in any other Loan Document;

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(iii) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Section 7 hereof, except receipt of items required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; or (iv) the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability, perfection, value, worth or collectibility hereof or of any other Loan Document or of any other documents or writing furnished in connection with any Loan Document or of any Collateral; and the Administrative Agent makes no representation of any kind or character with respect to any such matter mentioned in this sentence. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under any of the Loan Documents by or through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the Lenders, the Borrower, or any other Person for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability by acting in reliance upon any notice, consent, certificate, other document or statement (whether written or oral) believed by it to be genuine or to be sent by the proper party or parties. In particular and without limiting any of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility for confirming the accuracy of any compliance certificate or other document or instrument received by it under the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until written notice of transfer shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent signed by such payee in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based upon such information, investigations and inquiries as it deems appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to extend credit to the Borrower in the manner set forth in the Loan Documents. It shall be the responsibility of each Lender to keep itself informed as to the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Lender with respect thereto.

Section 11.6. Indemnity. The Lenders shall ratably, in accordance with their respective Percentages, indemnify and hold the Administrative Agent, and its directors, officers, employees, agents, and representatives harmless from and against any liabilities, losses, costs or expenses suffered or incurred by it under any Loan Document or in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby, regardless of when asserted or arising, except to the extent they are promptly reimbursed for the same by the Borrower and except to the extent that any event giving rise to a claim was caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking to be indemnified. The obligations of the Lenders under this Section shall survive termination of this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to offset amounts received for the account of a Lender under this Agreement against unpaid amounts due from such Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder (whether as fundings of participations, indemnities or otherwise), but shall not be entitled to offset against amounts owed to the Administrative Agent by any Lender arising outside of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 11.7. Resignation of Administrative Agent and Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders,

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appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which may be any Lender hereunder or any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $200,000,000. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations thereunder. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 11 and all protective provisions of the other Loan Documents shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent, but no successor Administrative Agent shall in any event be liable or responsible for any actions of its predecessor. If the Administrative Agent resigns and no successor is appointed, the rights and obligations of such Administrative Agent shall be automatically assumed by the Required Lenders and (i) the Borrower shall be directed to make all payments due each Lender hereunder directly to such Lender and (ii) the Administrative Agent’s rights in the Collateral Documents shall be assigned without representation, recourse or warranty to the Lenders as their interests may appear.

Section 11.8. L/C Issuer. The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith. The L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in this Section 11 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the Applications pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent”, as used in this Section 11, included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions and (ii) as additionally provided in this Agreement with respect to such L/C Issuer.

Section 11.9. Hedging Liability and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability Arrangements. By virtue of a Lender’s execution of this Agreement or an assignment agreement pursuant to Section 13.12 hereof, as the case may be, any Affiliate of such Lender with whom the Borrower or any Subsidiary has entered into an agreement creating Hedging Liability or Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability shall be deemed a Lender party hereto for purposes of any reference in a Loan Document to the parties for whom the Administrative Agent is acting, it being understood and agreed that the rights and benefits of such Affiliate under the Loan Documents consist exclusively of such Affiliate’s right to share in payments and collections out of the Collateral and the Guaranties as more fully set forth in Section 3.1 hereof. In connection with any such distribution of payments and collections, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume no amounts are due to any Lender or its Affiliate with respect to Hedging Liability or Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability unless such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of any such liability owed to it or its Affiliate prior to such distribution.

Section 11.10. Designation of Additional Agents. The Administrative Agent shall have the continuing right, for purposes hereof, at any time and from time to time to designate one or more of the Lenders (and/or its or their Affiliates) as “syndication agents,” “documentation agents,” “arrangers,” or other designations for purposes hereto, but such designation shall have no

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substantive effect, and such Lenders and their Affiliates shall have no additional powers, duties or responsibilities as a result thereof.

Section 11.11. Authorization to Release or Subordinate or Limit Liens. The Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to (a) release any Lien covering any Collateral that is sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the relevant Collateral Documents (including a sale, transfer, or disposition permitted by the terms of Section 8.10 hereof or which has otherwise been consented to in accordance with Section 13.13 hereof), (b) release or subordinate any Lien on Collateral consisting of goods financed with purchase money indebtedness or under a Capital Lease to the extent such purchase money indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligation, and the Lien securing the same, are permitted by Sections 8.7(b) and 8.8(d) hereof, and (c) reduce or limit the amount of the indebtedness secured by any particular item of Collateral to an amount not less than the estimated value thereof to the extent necessary to reduce mortgage registry, filing and similar tax.

Section 11.12. Authorization to Enter into, and Enforcement of, the Collateral Documents. The Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to execute and deliver the Collateral Documents on behalf of each of the Lenders and their Affiliates and to take such action and exercise such powers under the Collateral Documents as the Administrative Agent considers appropriate, provided the Administrative Agent shall not amend the Collateral Documents unless such amendment is agreed to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders if required by Section 13.13. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents upon the execution and delivery thereof by the Administrative Agent. Except as otherwise specifically provided for herein, no Lender (or its Affiliates) other than the Administrative Agent shall have the right to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law for the foreclosure or other realization upon any Collateral or for the execution of any trust or power in respect of the Collateral or for the appointment of a receiver or for the enforcement of any other remedy under the Collateral Documents; it being understood and intended that no one or more of the Lenders (or their Affiliates) shall have any right in any manner whatsoever to affect, disturb or prejudice the Lien of the Administrative Agent (or any security trustee therefor) under the Collateral Documents by its or their action or to enforce any right thereunder, and that all proceedings at law or in equity shall be instituted, had, and maintained by the Administrative Agent (or its security trustee) in the manner provided for in the relevant Collateral Documents for the benefit of the Lenders and their Affiliates.

Section 12. The Guarantees.

Section 12.1. The Guarantees. To induce the Lenders to provide the credits described herein and in consideration of benefits expected to accrue to the Borrower by reason of the Commitments and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each Subsidiary party hereto in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof (including any Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Closing Date executing an Additional Guarantor Supplement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F or such other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees jointly and severally

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to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and their Affiliates, the due and punctual payment of all present and future Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability, including, but not limited to, the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, the Reimbursement Obligations, and the due and punctual payment of all other Obligations now or hereafter owed by the Borrower under the Loan Documents as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise, according to the terms hereof and thereof. In case of failure by the Borrower or other obligor punctually to pay any Obligations, Hedging Liability, or Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability guaranteed hereby, each Guarantor hereby unconditionally agrees to make such payment or to cause such payment to be made punctually as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Borrower or such obligor.

Section 12.2. Guarantee Unconditional. The obligations of each Guarantor under this Section 12 shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged, or otherwise affected by:

(a) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver, or release in respect of any obligation of the Borrower or other obligor or of any other guarantor under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or by operation of law or otherwise;

(b) any modification or amendment of or supplement to this Agreement or any other Loan Document;

(c) any change in the corporate existence, structure, or ownership of, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, or other similar proceeding affecting, the Borrower or other obligor, any other guarantor, or any of their respective assets, or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Borrower or other obligor or of any other guarantor contained in any Loan Document;

(d) the existence of any claim, set-off, or other rights which the Borrower or other obligor or any other guarantor may have at any time against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other Person, whether or not arising in connection herewith;

(e) any failure to assert, or any assertion of, any claim or demand or any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any rights or remedies against the Borrower or other obligor, any other guarantor, or any other Person or Property;

(f) any application of any sums by whomsoever paid or howsoever realized to any obligation of the Borrower or other obligor, regardless of what obligations of the Borrower or other obligor remain unpaid;

(g) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower or other obligor or any other guarantor for any reason of this Agreement or of any other Loan Document or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower or other obligor or any other guarantor of the principal of or

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interest on any Note or any Reimbursement Obligation or any other amount payable under the Loan Documents; or

(h) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the obligations of any Guarantor under this Section 12.

Section 12.3. Discharge Only upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances. Each Guarantor’s obligations under this Section 12 shall remain in full force and effect until the Commitments are terminated, all Letters of Credit have expired, and the principal of and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Borrower and the Guarantors under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents and, if then outstanding and unpaid, all Hedging Liability and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability shall have been paid in full. If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Note or any Reimbursement Obligation or any other amount payable by the Borrower or other obligor or any Guarantor under the Loan Documents is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of the Borrower or other obligor or of any guarantor, or otherwise, each Guarantor’s obligations under this Section 12 with respect to such payment shall be reinstated at such time as though such payment had become due but had not been made at such time.

Section 12.4. Subrogation. Each Guarantor agrees it will not exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation by any payment made hereunder, or otherwise, until all the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability shall have been paid in full subsequent to the termination of all the Commitments and expiration of all Letters of Credit. If any amount shall be paid to a Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the later of (x) the payment in full of the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability and all other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder and the other Loan Documents and (y) the termination of the Commitments and expiration of all Letters of Credit, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders or be credited and applied upon the Obligations, Hedging Liability, and Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Section 12.5. Waivers. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest, and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other Person against the Borrower or other obligor, another guarantor, or any other Person.

Section 12.6. Limit on Recovery. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the right of recovery against each Guarantor under this Section 12 shall not exceed $1.00 less than the lowest amount which would render such Guarantor’s obligations under this Section 12 void or voidable under applicable law, including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance law.

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Section 12.7. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Borrower or other obligor under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or under any agreement establishing Hedging Liability or Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability, is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or such obligor, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or under any agreement relating to Hedging Liability or Funds Transfer and Deposit Account Liability, shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.

Section 12.8. Benefit to Guarantors. The Borrower and the Guarantors are engaged in related businesses and integrated to such an extent that the financial strength and flexibility of the Borrower has a direct impact on the success of each Guarantor. Each Guarantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the extensions of credit hereunder.

Section 12.9. Guarantor Covenants. Each Guarantor shall take such action as the Borrower is required by this Agreement to cause such Guarantor to take, and shall refrain from taking such action as the Borrower is required by this Agreement to prohibit such Guarantor from taking.

Section 13. Miscellaneous.

Section 13.1. Withholding Taxes. (a) Payments Free of Withholding. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to Section 13.1(b) hereof, each payment by the Borrower and the Guarantors under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be made without withholding for or on account of any present or future taxes (other than overall net income taxes on the recipient) imposed by or within the jurisdiction in which the Borrower or such Guarantor is domiciled, any jurisdiction from which the Borrower or such Guarantor makes any payment, or (in each case) any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein. If any such withholding is so required, the Borrower or such Guarantor shall make the withholding, pay the amount withheld to the appropriate governmental authority before penalties attach thereto or interest accrues thereon, and forthwith pay such additional amount as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by each Lender and the Administrative Agent free and clear of such taxes (including such taxes on such additional amount) is equal to the amount which that Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) would have received had such withholding not been made. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender pays any amount in respect of any such taxes, penalties or interest, the Borrower or such Guarantor shall reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender for that payment on demand in the currency in which such payment was made. If the Borrower or such Guarantor pays any such taxes, penalties or interest, it shall deliver official tax receipts evidencing that payment or certified copies thereof to the Lender or Administrative Agent on whose account such withholding was made (with a copy to the Administrative Agent if not the recipient of the original) on or before the thirtieth day after payment.

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(b) U.S. Withholding Tax Exemptions. Each Lender that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date the initial Credit Event is made hereunder or, if later, the date such financial institution becomes a Lender hereunder, two duly completed and signed copies of (i) either Form W-8 BEN (relating to such Lender and entitling it to a complete exemption from withholding under the Code on all amounts to be received by such Lender, including fees, pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Obligations) or Form W-8 ECI (relating to all amounts to be received by such Lender, including fees, pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Obligations) of the United States Internal Revenue Service or (ii) solely if such Lender is claiming exemption from United States withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, a Form W-8 BEN, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, and a certificate representing that such Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Borrower and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code). Thereafter and from time to time, each Lender shall submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of one or the other of such Forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) and such other certificates as may be (i) requested by the Borrower in a written notice, directly or through the Administrative Agent, to such Lender and (ii) required under then-current United States law or regulations to avoid or reduce United States withholding taxes on payments in respect of all amounts to be received by such Lender, including fees, pursuant to the Loan Documents or the Obligations. Upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, each Lender that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a certificate to the effect that it is such a United States person.

(c) Inability of Lender to Submit Forms. If any Lender determines, as a result of any change in applicable law, regulation or treaty, or in any official application or interpretation thereof, that it is unable to submit to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent any form or certificate that such Lender is obligated to submit pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 13.1 or that such Lender is required to withdraw or cancel any such form or certificate previously submitted or any such form or certificate otherwise becomes ineffective or inaccurate, such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and Administrative Agent of such fact and the Lender shall to that extent not be obligated to provide any such form or certificate and will be entitled to withdraw or cancel any affected form or certificate, as applicable.

Section 13.2. No Waiver, Cumulative Remedies. No delay or failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on the part of the holder or holders of any of the Obligations in the exercise of any power or right under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof or as an acquiescence in any default, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. The rights and remedies hereunder of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and of the holder or holders of any of the Obligations are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies which any of them would otherwise have.

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Section 13.3. Non-Business Days. If any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day on which date such payment shall be due and payable. In the case of any payment of principal falling due on a day which is not a Business Day, interest on such principal amount shall continue to accrue during such extension at the rate per annum then in effect, which accrued amount shall be due and payable on the next scheduled date for the payment of interest.

Section 13.4. Documentary Taxes. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand any documentary, stamp or similar taxes payable in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including interest and penalties, in the event any such taxes are assessed, irrespective of when such assessment is made and whether or not any credit is then in use or available hereunder.

Section 13.5. Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties made herein or in any other Loan Document or in certificates given pursuant hereto or thereto shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall continue in full force and effect with respect to the date as of which they were made as long as any credit is in use or available hereunder.

Section 13.6. Survival of Indemnities. All indemnities and other provisions relative to reimbursement to the Lenders of amounts sufficient to protect the yield of the Lenders with respect to the Loans and Letters of Credit, including, but not limited to, Sections 1.12, 10.3, and 13.15 hereof, shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the payment of the Obligations.

Section 13.7. Sharing of Set-Off. Each Lender agrees with each other Lender a party hereto that if such Lender shall receive and retain any payment, whether by set-off or application of deposit balances or otherwise, on any of the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations in excess of its ratable share of payments on all such Obligations then outstanding to the Lenders, then such Lender shall purchase for cash at face value, but without recourse, ratably from each of the other Lenders such amount of the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations, or participations therein, held by each such other Lenders (or interest therein) as shall be necessary to cause such Lender to share such excess payment ratably with all the other Lenders; provided, however, that if any such purchase is made by any Lender, and if such excess payment or part thereof is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, the related purchases from the other Lenders shall be rescinded ratably and the purchase price restored as to the portion of such excess payment so recovered, but without interest. For purposes of this Section, amounts owed to or recovered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Reimbursement Obligations in which Lenders have been required to fund their participation shall be treated as amounts owed to or recovered by the L/C Issuer as a Lender hereunder.

Section 13.8. Notices. Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall be in writing (including, without limitation, notice by telecopy) and shall be given to the relevant party at its address or telecopier number set forth below, or such other address or telecopier number as such party may hereafter specify by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower given by courier, by United States certified or registered mail, by telecopy or by other telecommunication device capable of creating a written

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record of such notice and its receipt. Notices under the Loan Documents to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be addressed to their respective addresses or telecopier numbers set forth on the signature pages hereof, and to the Borrower or any Guarantor to:


		Penford Corporation
		0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
		Attention:		Chief Financial Officer
		Telephone:		(000) 000-0000
		Telecopy:		(000) 000-0000

Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by telecopier, when such telecopy is transmitted to the telecopier number specified in this Section or on the signature pages hereof and a confirmation of such telecopy has been received by the sender, (ii) if given by mail, 5 days after such communication is deposited in the mail, certified or registered with return receipt requested, addressed as aforesaid or (iii) if given by any other means, when delivered at the addresses specified in this Section or on the signature pages hereof; provided that any notice given pursuant to Section 1 hereof shall be effective only upon receipt.

Section 13.9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the different parties hereto on separate counterpart signature pages, and all such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 13.10. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Borrower and the Guarantors and their successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, including any subsequent holder of any of the Obligations. The Borrower and the Guarantors may not assign any of their rights or obligations under any Loan Document without the written consent of all of the Lenders.

Section 13.11. Participants. Each Lender shall have the right at its own cost to grant participations (to be evidenced by one or more agreements or certificates of participation) in the Loans made and Reimbursement Obligations and/or Commitments held by such Lender at any time and from time to time to one or more other Persons; provided that no such participation shall relieve any Lender of any of its obligations under this Agreement, and, provided, further that no such participant shall have any rights under this Agreement except as provided in this Section, and the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation or responsibility to such participant. Any agreement pursuant to which such participation is granted shall provide that the granting Lender shall retain the sole right and responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents including, without limitation, the right to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents, except that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not agree to any modification, amendment or waiver of the Loan Documents that would reduce the amount of or postpone any fixed date for payment of any Obligation in which such participant has an interest. Any party to which such a participation has been granted shall have the benefits of Section 1.12 and Section 10.3 hereof. The Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any participant or

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prospective participant under this Section any financial or other information pertaining to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, provided that such participant or prospective participant shall have agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such information to maintain all such information confidential and not to disclose such information to any other Person except any such information (a) that has become generally available to the public. (b) if required or appropriate in any report, statement or testimony submitted to any regulatory body having or claiming to have jurisdiction over such Lender, (c) if required or appropriate in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation or (d) in order to comply with any law, order, regulation or ruling applicable to such Lender.

Section 13.12. Assignments. (a) Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts. (A) In the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans and participation interest in L/C Obligations at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and (B) in any case not described in subsection (a)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans and participation interest in L/C Obligations outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans and participation interest in L/C Obligations of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Effective Date” is specified in the Assignment and Acceptance, as of the Effective Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit, or $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of any Term Loan or Capital Expansion Loan, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);

(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Credits on a non-pro rata basis.

(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by Section 13.12(a)(i)(B) and, in addition:

(a) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;

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(b) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (i) the Revolving Credit if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of such facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender or (ii) the Term Loans and the Capital Expansion Loans to a Person who is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and

(c) the consent of the L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding).

(iv) Assignment and Acceptance. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

(v) No Assignment to Borrower or Parent. No such assignment shall be made to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 13.12(b) hereof, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 13.6 and 13.15 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 13.11 hereof.

(b) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in Chicago, Illinois, a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The

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Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(c) Any Lender may at any time pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any such pledge or grant to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or grant of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or grant of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or secured party for such Lender as a party hereto; provided further, however, the right of any such pledgee or grantee (other than any Federal Reserve Bank) to further transfer all or any portion of the rights pledged or granted to it, whether by means of foreclosure or otherwise, shall be at all times subject to the terms of this Agreement.

Section 13.13. Amendments. Any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed by (a) the Borrower, (b) the Required Lenders, and (c) if the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer are affected thereby, the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer, as applicable; provided that:

(i) no amendment or waiver pursuant to this Section 13.13 shall (A) increase any Commitment of any Lender without the consent of such Lender or (B) reduce the amount of or postpone the date for any scheduled payment of any principal of or interest on any Loan or of any Reimbursement Obligation or of any fee payable hereunder without the consent of the Lender to which such payment is owing or which has committed to make such Loan or Letter of Credit (or participate therein) hereunder;

(ii) no amendment or waiver pursuant to this Section 13.13 shall, unless signed by each Lender, change the definitions of Revolving Credit Termination Date or Required Lenders, change the provisions of this Section 13.13, release any material guarantor or any substantial part of the Collateral (except as otherwise provided for in the Loan Documents), or affect the number of Lenders required to take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document; and

(iii) no amendment to Section 12 hereof shall be made without the consent of the Guarantor(s) affected thereby.

Section 13.14. Headings. Section headings used in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.

Section 13.15. Costs and Expenses; Indemnification. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, syndication, and administration of the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, in connection with the preparation and execution of the Loan Documents, and any amendment, waiver or consent related thereto, whether or not the transactions contemplated herein are consummated, together with any fees and charges suffered or incurred by the Administrative

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Agent in connection with periodic environmental audits, fixed asset appraisals, title insurance policies, collateral filing fees and lien searches. The Borrower further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, financial advisors, and consultants against all losses, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, all reasonable expenses of litigation or preparation therefor, whether or not the indemnified Person is a party thereto, or any settlement arrangement arising from or relating to any such litigation) which any of them may pay or incur arising out of or relating to any Loan Document or any of the transactions contemplated thereby or the direct or indirect application or proposed application of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit, other than those which arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party claiming indemnification. The Borrower, upon demand by the Administrative Agent or a Lender at any time, shall reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender for any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any of the foregoing (including any settlement costs relating to the foregoing) except if the same is directly due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party to be indemnified. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

(b) The Borrower unconditionally agrees to forever indemnify, defend and hold harmless, and covenants not to xxx for any claim for contribution against, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any damages, costs, loss or expense, including without limitation, response, remedial or removal costs, arising out of any of the following: (i) any presence, release, threatened release or disposal of any hazardous or toxic substance or petroleum by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or otherwise occurring on or with respect to its Property (whether owned or leased), (ii) the operation or violation of any environmental law, whether federal, state, or local, and any regulations promulgated thereunder, by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or otherwise occurring on or with respect to its Property (whether owned or leased), (iii) any claim for personal injury or property damage in connection with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or otherwise occurring on or with respect to its Property (whether owned or leased), and (iv) the inaccuracy or breach of any environmental representation, warranty or covenant by the Borrower or any Subsidiary made herein or in any other Loan Document evidencing or securing any Obligations or setting forth terms and conditions applicable thereto or otherwise relating thereto, except for damages arising from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the party claiming indemnification. This indemnification shall survive the payment and satisfaction of all Obligations and the termination of this Agreement, and shall remain in force beyond the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations and payment or satisfaction in full of any single claim under this indemnification. This indemnification shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Borrower and shall inure to the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Lenders directors, officers, employees, agents, and collateral trustees, and their successors and assigns.

Section 13.16. Set-off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, each Lender and each subsequent holder of any Obligation is hereby authorized by the Borrower and each Guarantor at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Borrower or such Guarantor or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set-off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including, but not

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limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not including trust accounts, and in whatever currency denominated) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by that Lender or that subsequent holder to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or such Guarantor, whether or not matured, against and on account of the Obligations of the Borrower or such Guarantor to that Lender or that subsequent holder under the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, all claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected with the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether or not (a) that Lender or that subsequent holder shall have made any demand hereunder or (b) the principal of or the interest on the Loans or Notes and other amounts due hereunder shall have become due and payable pursuant to Section 9 and although said obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured.

Section 13.17. Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents constitute the entire understanding of the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and any prior agreements, whether written or oral, with respect thereto are superseded hereby.

Section 13.18. Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents (except as otherwise specified therein), and the rights and duties of the parties hereto, shall be governed by and construed and determined in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois.

Section 13.19. Severability of Provisions. Any provision of any Loan Document which is unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable mandatory provisions of law, and all the provisions of this Agreement and other Loan Documents are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law which may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Agreement or the other Loan Documents invalid or unenforceable.

Section 13.20. Excess Interest. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, no such provision shall require the payment or permit the collection of any amount of interest in excess of the maximum amount of interest permitted by applicable law to be charged for the use or detention, or the forbearance in the collection, of all or any portion of the Loans or other obligations outstanding under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (“Excess Interest”). If any Excess Interest is provided for, or is adjudicated to be provided for, herein or in any other Loan Document, then in such event (a) the provisions of this Section shall govern and control, (b) neither the Borrower nor any guarantor or endorser shall be obligated to pay any Excess Interest, (c) any Excess Interest that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have received hereunder shall, at the option of the Administrative Agent, be (i) applied as a credit against the then outstanding principal amount of Obligations hereunder and accrued and unpaid interest thereon (not to exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law), (ii) refunded to the Borrower, or (iii) any combination of the foregoing, (d) the interest rate payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be automatically subject to reduction to the maximum lawful contract rate allowed under applicable

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usury laws (the “Maximum Rate”), and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to have been, and shall be, reformed and modified to reflect such reduction in the relevant interest rate, and (e) neither the Borrower nor any guarantor or endorser shall have any action against the Administrative Agent or any Lender for any damages whatsoever arising out of the payment or collection of any Excess Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if for any period of time interest on any of Borrower’s Obligations is calculated at the Maximum Rate rather than the applicable rate under this Agreement, and thereafter such applicable rate becomes less than the Maximum Rate, the rate of interest payable on the Borrower’s Obligations shall remain at the Maximum Rate until the Lenders have received the amount of interest which such Lenders would have received during such period on the Borrower’s Obligations had the rate of interest not been limited to the Maximum Rate during such period.

Section 13.21. Construction. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or construed to permit any act or omission which is prohibited by the terms of any of the other Loan Document, the covenants and agreements contained herein being in addition to and not in substitution for the covenants and agreements contained in the other Loan Documents.

Section 13.22. Lender’s Obligations Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint. Nothing contained in this Agreement and no action taken by the Lenders pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the Lenders a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity.

Section 13.23. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. The Borrower and the Guarantors hereby submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and of any Illinois State court sitting in the City of Chicago for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The Borrower and the Guarantors irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders hereby irrevocably waive any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated thereby.

Section 13.24. USA Patriot Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

Section 13.25. Currency. Each reference in this Agreement to U.S. Dollars or to an Alternative Currency (the “relevant currency”) is of the essence. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligation of the Borrower and each Guarantor in respect of any amount due in the

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relevant currency under this Agreement shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the relevant currency that the Person entitled to receive such payment may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the Business Day immediately following the day on which such Person receives such payment. If the amount of the relevant currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Person in the relevant currency, the Borrower or relevant Guarantor agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Person against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds the sum of (a) the amount originally due to the relevant Person in the specified currency plus (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Person under Section 13.7 hereof, such Person agrees to remit such excess to the Borrower.

Section 13.26. Currency Equivalence. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Borrower on the Obligations in the currency expressed to be payable herein or under the Notes (the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties agree that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on the Obligations shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Agent or such Lender in the specified currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds the amount originally due to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the specified currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to the Borrower.

Section 13.27. Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement amends and restates the Original Credit Agreement and is not intended to be or operate as a novation or an accord and satisfaction of the Original Credit Agreement or the Obligations evidenced or provided for thereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower agrees that notwithstanding the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the Liens previously granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect and that any rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent thereunder and obligations of the Borrower thereunder shall be and remain in full force and effect, shall not be affected, impaired or discharged thereby and shall secure all of the Borrower’s indebtedness, obligations and liabilities to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Original Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby. Nothing herein contained shall in any manner affect or impair the priority of the Liens created and provided for by the Documents as to the indebtedness which would be secured thereby prior to giving effect hereto.

[Signature Pages to Follow]

This Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (including the paragraph set forth below the Lender’s signatures hereto) is entered into between us for the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth as of the date first above written.


		“Borrower”

		Penford Corporation

		By
				Name

				Title


		“Guarantors”

		Penford Products Co.

		By
				Name

				Title

Penford Corporation
Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 hereof, the Lenders (including Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Xxxxx Fargo”)) each agree to make such purchases and sales of interests in the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents between themselves so that from and after the date of this Agreement (a) each such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolver Percentage (and corresponding Revolver Percentage of outstanding Revolving Loans, participation in Swing Loans, Letters of Credit and Reimbursement Obligations), Term Loan Commitment and Term Loan Percentage (and Term Loan Percentage off the outstanding Term Loans) after giving effect this Agreement shall be as set forth in Section 1.1 hereto and (b) Xxxxx Fargo’s Revolver Percentage (and corresponding Revolver Percentage of outstanding Revolving Loans, participation in Swing Loans, Letters of Credit and Reimbursement Obligations), Term Loan Commitment and Term Loan Percentage (and Term Loan Percentage off the outstanding Term Loans) after giving effect this Agreement shall be zero. Such purchases and sales shall be arranged through the Administrative Agent and each such Lender hereby agrees to execute such further instruments and documents, if any, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection therewith. The Borrower will pay all accrued interest thereon and all other fees and other amounts due to Xxxxx Fargo, including without limitation accrued and unpaid commitment fees, letter of credit fees and all amounts, if any, payable under Section 1.12 hereof with respect to such prepayment. Upon payment in full of all principal of and accrued interest on such notes, and all such other amounts, all participations in Swing Loans, Letters of Credit and Reimbursement Obligations by Xxxxx Fargo shall terminate, Xxxxx Fargo shall cease to be a party to this Agreement and shall have no rights or obligations hereunder except for its rights under Sections 1.12, 10.3, 12.3, 13.4 and 13.15 of the Original Credit Agreement which shall continue unaffected by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any letter of credit fees received by Xxxxx Fargo pursuant to this paragraph are required to be rebated to the Borrower pursuant hereto, Xxxxx Fargo will promptly remit to the Administrative Agent the amount so required to be rebated upon the Administrative Agent’s request.


		“Lenders”

		Xxxxxx X.X., in its individual capacity as a Lender, as L/C Issuer, and as Administrative Agent

		By
				Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
				Title: Vice President

		Address:

		000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
		Attention: Food Group
		Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
		Telephone: (000) 000-0000

Penford Corporation
Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement


		U.S. Bank National Association

		By

				Name

				Title


		Address:

		918-17th St., 5th Floor
		Denver, CO 80202
		Attention: Xxxxxx XxXxxxxx
		Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
		Telephone: (000) 000-0000

		LaSalle Bank National Association

		By

				Name

				Title


		Address:

		135 X. XxXxxxx Bank
		Suite 1110
		Chicago, IL 60603
		Attention: Xxxxx X. Cable
		Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
		Telephone: (000) 000-0000

Penford Corporation
Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement


		Cooperative Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank Nederland,” New York Branch

		By

				Name

				Title


		By

				Name

				Title


		Address:

		123 North Xxxxxx Drive
		Suite 2100
		Chicago, IL 60606
		Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
		Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
		Telephone: (000) 000-0000

		Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

		By

				Name

				Title


		Address:

		1177 Avenue of the Americas
		New York, New York 10036
		Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
		Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
		Telephone: (000) 000-0000

Penford Corporation
Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

The undersigned, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., is executing this Agreement solely for purposes of last paragraph set forth above and for no other purposes.


		Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.

		By

				Name

				Title

Penford Corporation
Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Exhibit A

Notice of Payment Request

[Date]

[Name of Lender]
[Address]

Attention:

Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2006 among Penford Corporation, the Lenders party thereto, and Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. [The Borrower has failed to pay its Reimbursement Obligation in the amount of $ . Your Revolver Percentage of the unpaid Reimbursement Obligation is $ ] or [ has been required to return a payment by the Borrower of a Reimbursement Obligation in the amount of $ . Your Revolver Percentage of the returned Reimbursement Obligation is $ .]


		Very truly yours,

		Xxxxxx X.X.,
		as L/C Issuer

		By
				Name

				Title

Exhibit B

Notice of Borrowing

Date: , ____


To:		Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders parties to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2006 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Penford Corporation, certain Lenders which are signatories thereto, and Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Penford Corporation (the “Borrower”), refers to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives you notice irrevocably, pursuant to Section 1.6 of the Credit Agreement, of the Borrowing specified below:

1. The Business Day of the proposed Borrowing is , ___.

2. The aggregate amount of the proposed Borrowing is $ .

3. The Borrowing is being advanced under the [Revolving] [Term] [Capital Expansion] Credit.

4. The Borrowing is being advanced under currency.

5. The Borrowing is to be comprised of $ of [Base Rate] [Eurocurrency] Loans.

[6. The duration of the Interest Period for the Eurocurrency Loans included in the Borrowing shall be months.]

The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the proposed Borrowing, before and after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom:

(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such proposed Borrowing.


		Penford Corporation

		By
				Name

				Title

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Exhibit C

Notice of Continuation/Conversion

Date: , ____


To:		Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders parties to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2006 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Penford Corporation, certain Lenders which are signatories thereto, and Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Penford Corporation (the “Borrower”), refers to the Credit Agreement, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives you notice irrevocably, pursuant to Section 1.6 of the Credit Agreement, of the [conversion] [continuation] of the Loans specified herein, that:

1. The conversion/continuation Date is , ___.

2. The aggregate amount of the [Revolving] [Term] [Capital Expansion] Loans to be [converted] [continued] is $ .

3. The Loans are to be [converted into] [continued as] [Eurocurrency] [Base Rate] Loans.

4. [If applicable:] The duration of the Interest Period for the [Revolving] [Term] [Capital Expansion] Loans included in the [conversion] [continuation] shall be months.

The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the proposed conversion/continuation date, before and after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom:

(a) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date); provided, however, that this condition shall not apply to the conversion of an outstanding Eurocurrency Loan to a Base Rate Loan; and

(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such proposed [conversion] [continuation].


		Penford Corporation

		By
				Name

				Title

Exhibit D-1

Term Note



U.S. $		, ___

For Value Received, the undersigned, Penford Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of (the “Lender”) at the principal office of Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent, in Chicago, Illinois, in immediately available funds, the principal sum of U.S. Dollars ($ ) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Term Loans made or maintained by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in installments in the amounts called for by Section 1.8(a) of the Credit Agreement, commencing on December 31, 2006, together with interest on the principal amount of such Term Loans from time to time outstanding hereunder at the rates, and payable in the manner and on the dates, specified in the Credit Agreement.

This Note is one of the Term Notes referred to in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2006, among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), and this Note and the holder hereof are entitled to all the benefits and security provided for thereby or referred to therein, to which Credit Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. All defined terms used in this Note, except terms otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as in the Credit Agreement. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois.

Voluntary prepayments may be made hereon, certain prepayments are required to be made hereon, and this Note may be declared due prior to the expressed maturity hereof, all in the events, on the terms and in the manner as provided for in the Credit Agreement.

The Borrower hereby waives demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind hereunder.


		Penford Corporation

		By
				Name

				Title

Exhibit D-2

Capital Expansion Note



A US $		, ___

For Value Received, the undersigned, Penford Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of (the “Lender”) at the principal office of Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent, in Chicago, Illinois (or such other office as the Administrative Agent has previously notified the Borrower in accordance with the Credit Agreement), in immediately available funds, the principal sum of the Australian Dollar Equivalent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of U.S. Dollars (U.S.$ ) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Capital Expansion Loans made or maintained by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in installments in the amounts called for by Section 1.8(a) of the Credit Agreement, commencing on December 31, 2008, together with interest on the principal amount of such Capital Expansion Loans from time to time outstanding hereunder at the rates, and payable in the manner and on the dates, specified in the Credit Agreement.

This Note is one of the Capital Expansion Notes referred to in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2006, among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), and this Note and the holder hereof are entitled to all the benefits and security provided for thereby or referred to therein, to which Credit Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. All defined terms used in this Note, except terms otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as in the Credit Agreement. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois.

The Borrower hereby waives demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind hereunder.


		Penford Corporation

		By
				Name

				Title

Exhibit D-3

Revolving Note



U.S. $		, ___

For Value Received, the undersigned, Penford Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of (the “Lender”) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date of the hereinafter defined Credit Agreement, at the principal office of Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent, in Chicago, Illinois (or in the case of Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, at such office as the Administrative Agent has previously notified the Borrower in the currency of such Eurocurrency Loan in accordance with Section 3.1 of the Credit Agreement), the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, together with interest on the principal amount of each Revolving Loan from time to time outstanding hereunder at the rates, and payable in the manner and on the dates, specified in the Credit Agreement.

This Note is one of the Revolving Notes referred to in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2006 among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), and this Note and the holder hereof are entitled to all the benefits and security provided for thereby or referred to therein, to which Credit Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. All defined terms used in this Note, except terms otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as in the Credit Agreement. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois.

The Borrower hereby waives demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind hereunder.


		Penford Corporation

		By
				Name

				Title

Exhibit D-4

Swing Note



U.S. $		, ___

For Value Received, the undersigned, Penford Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of (the “Lender”) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date of the hereinafter defined Credit Agreement, at the principal office of Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent, in Chicago, Illinois, in immediately available funds, the principal sum of Dollars ($ ) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, together with interest on the principal amount of each Swing Loan from time to time outstanding hereunder at the rates, and payable in the manner and on the dates, specified in the Credit Agreement.

This Note is the Swing Note referred to in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2006, among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), and this Note and the holder hereof are entitled to all the benefits and security provided for thereby or referred to therein, to which Credit Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. All defined terms used in this Note, except terms otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as in the Credit Agreement. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois.

The Borrower hereby waives demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind hereunder.


		Penford Corporation

		By
				Name

				Title

Exhibit E

Penford Corporation

Compliance Certificate


To:		Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent under, and the Lenders party to, the Credit Agreement described below

This Compliance Certificate is furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2006, among us (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms used in this Compliance Certificate have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.

The Undersigned hereby certifies that:

1. I am the duly elected of Penford Corporation;

2. I have reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and conditions of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements;

3. The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or the occurrence of any event which constitutes a Default or Event of Default during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this Compliance Certificate, except as set forth below;

4. The financial statements required by Section 8.5 of the Credit Agreement and being furnished to you concurrently with this Compliance Certificate are true, correct and complete as of the date and for the periods covered thereby; and

5. The Schedule I hereto sets forth financial data and computations evidencing the Borrower’s compliance with certain covenants of the Credit Agreement, all of which data and computations are, to the best of my knowledge, true, complete and correct and have been made in accordance with the relevant Sections of the Credit Agreement.

Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which the Borrower has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:

The foregoing certifications, together with the computations set forth in Schedule I hereto and the financial statements delivered with this Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered this day of 20___.


		Penford Corporation

		By
				Name

				Title

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Schedule I
to Compliance Certificate

Penford Corporation

Compliance Calculations
for Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of October 5, 2006

Calculations as of , _______

Total Funded Debt Ratio (Section 8.22(a))


		1.	Total Funded Debt	$

		2.	Net Income for past 4 quarters	$

		3.	Interest Expense for past 4 quarters	$

		4.	Income taxes for past 4 quarters	$

		5.	Depreciation and Amortization Expense for past 4 quarters	$

		6.	Non-cash Loss (Gain) realized on sale/disposition of assets [Loss shall be identified by a positive number; Gains shall be identified by a negative number]	$

		7.	Non-cash stock compensation charges for past 4 quarters	$

		8.	Sum of Lines A2, A3, A4, A5, A6 and A7 (“EBITDA”)	$

		9.	Ratio of Line A1 to A8		___:1.0

		10.	Line A9 ratio must not exceed		___:1.0

		11.	The Borrower is in compliance (circle yes or no)	yes/no

B.	Fixed Charge		Coverage Ratio (Section 8.22(b))

		1.	EBITDA (Line A8 above)	$

		2.	Principal payments made in cash during past 4 quarters	$

		3.	Interest Expense for past 4 quarters paid in cash	$

		4.	Restricted Payments for past 4 quarters made in cash	$

		5.	Income taxes for 4 quarters paid in cash	$

		6.	Sum of Lines B2, B3, B4, and B5	$


		7.	Ratio of Line B1 to Line B6		___:1.0

		8.	Line B7 ratio must not be less than		1.50:1.0

		9.	The Borrower is in compliance (circle yes or no)	yes/no

C.	Leverage		Ratio (Section 8.22(c))

		1.	Net Worth	$

		2.	Intangible Assets	$

		3.	Write-up of assets	$

		4.	Line C1 minus the sum of Lines C2 and C3	$

		5.	Line C4 ratio must not be less than	$	65,000,000

		6.	The Borrower is in compliance (circle yes or no)	yes/no

Capital Expenditures (Section 8.22(d))


1.	Year-to-date Capital Expenditures	$

2.	Year-to-date Capital Expenditures for Ethanol Facility	$

3.	Line D1 minus Line D2	$

4.	Maximum permitted amount	$

5.	The Borrower is in compliance (circle yes or no)	yes/no

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Exhibit F

Additional Guarantor Supplement

, ___

Xxxxxx X.X.., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders named in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2006, among Penford Corporation, as Borrower, the Guarantors referred to therein, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and the Administrative Agent (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement described above. Terms not defined herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have for the purposes hereof the meaning provided therein.

The undersigned, [name of Subsidiary Guarantor], a [jurisdiction of incorporation or organization] hereby elects to be a “Guarantor” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, effective from the date hereof. The undersigned confirms that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct as to the undersigned as of the date hereof and the undersigned shall comply with each of the covenants set forth in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement applicable to it.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby agrees to perform all the obligations of a Guarantor under, and to be bound in all respects by the terms of, the Credit Agreement, including without limitation Section 12 thereof, to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if the undersigned were a signatory party thereto.

The undersigned acknowledges that this Agreement shall be effective upon its execution and delivery o by the undersigned to the Administrative Agent, and it shall not be necessary for the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or any of their Affiliates entitled to the benefits hereof, to execute this Agreement or any other acceptance hereof. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois.


		Very truly yours,
		[Name of Subsidiary Guarantor]

		By
				Name

				Title

Exhibit G

Assignment and Acceptance

Dated , _____

Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2006 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Penford Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.

(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, the amount and specified percentage interest shown on Annex I hereto of the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date (as defined below), including, without limitation, the Assignor’s Commitments as in effect on the Effective Date and the Loans, if any, owing to the Assignor on the Effective Date and the Assignor’s Revolver Percentage of any outstanding L/C Obligations and Swing Loans.

2. The Assignor (i) 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, lien, or encumbrance of any kind; (ii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made 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; and (iii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the performance or observance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto.

3. The Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.5(a) and (b) 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; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as Administrative Agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit

Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and (v) specifies as its lending office (and address for notices) the offices set forth beneath its name on the signature pages hereof.

4. As consideration for the assignment and sale contemplated in Annex 1 hereof, the Assignee shall pay to the Assignor on the Effective Date in Federal funds an amount agreed upon by the Assignor and the Assignee. It is understood that commitment and/or letter of credit fees accrued to the Effective Date with respect to the interest assigned hereby are for the account of the Assignor and such fees accruing from and including the date hereof are for the account of the Assignee. Each of the Assignor and the Assignee hereby agrees that if it receives any amount under the Credit Agreement which is for the account of the other party hereto, it shall receive the same for the account of such other party to the extent of such other party’s interest therein and shall promptly pay the same to such other party.

5. The effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance shall be (the “Effective Date”). Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent and, if required, the Borrower.

6. Upon such acceptance and recording, as of 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 Lender 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.

7. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement in respect of the interest assigned hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest and commitment fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement for periods prior to the Effective Date directly between themselves.

8. In accordance with Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement, the Assignor and the Assignee request and direct that the Administrative Agent prepare and cause the Borrower to execute and deliver to the Assignee the relevant Notes payable to the Assignee in the amount of its Commitments and new Notes to the Assignor in the amount of its Commitments after giving effect to this assignment.

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9. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois.


		[Assignor Lender]

		By
				Name
				Title


		[Assignee Lender]

		By
				Name

				Title


		Lending office (and address for notices):

Accepted and consented this

____ day of _____________

Penford Corporation


By

		Name
		Title

Accepted and consented to by the Administrative
Agent and L/C Issuer this ___day of _________

Xxxxxx X.X., as

Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer


By

		Name
		Title

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Annex I
to Assignment and Acceptance

The assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the assignor the following interest in and to all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of the effective date.

Aggregate

Amount of

Percentage

Commitment/Loans

Assigned of

Facility Assigned

For All Lenders

Assigned

Commitment/Loans

Revolving Credit

Term Loan

Capital Expansion Loan

Exhibit H

Opinion of Counsel

[to Follow]

Exhibit I

Commitment Amount Increase Request

, ___


To:		Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders parties to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2006 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Penford Corporation, the Guarantors party thereto, certain Lenders which are signatories thereto, and Xxxxxx X.X., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Penford Corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby refers to the Credit Agreement and requests that the Administrative Agent consent to an increase in the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Commitment Amount Increase”), in accordance with Section 1.2(b) of the Credit Agreement, to be effected by [an increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment of [name of existing Lender] [the addition of [name of new Lender] (the “New Lender”) as a Lender under the terms of the Credit Agreement]. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as such terms have in the Credit Agreement.

After giving effect to such Commitment Amount Increase, the Revolving Credit Commitment of the [Lender] [New Lender] shall be $ .

[Include paragraphs 1-4 for a New Lender]

1. The New Lender hereby confirms that it has received a copy of the Loan Documents and the exhibits related thereto, together with copies of the documents which were required to be delivered under the Credit Agreement as a condition to the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit thereunder. The New Lender acknowledges and agrees that it has made and will continue to make, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, its own credit analysis and decisions relating to the Credit Agreement. The New Lender further acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent has not made any representations or warranties about the credit worthiness of the Borrower or any other party to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or with respect to the legality, validity, sufficiency or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the value of any security therefor.

2. Except as otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement, effective as of the date of acceptance hereof by the Administrative Agent, the New Lender (i) shall be deemed

automatically to have become a party to the Credit Agreement and have all the rights and obligations of a “Lender” under the Credit Agreement as if it were an original signatory thereto and (ii) agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement as if it were an original signatory thereto.

3. The New Lender hereby advises you of the following administrative details with respect to its Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments:

	(A)		Notices:

			Institution Name:

			Address:



			Telephone:

			Facsimile:

	(B)		Payment Instructions:

[4. The New Lender has delivered, if appropriate, to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or is delivering to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent concurrently herewith) the tax forms referred to in Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement.]*

This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contractual obligation under, and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Illinois.

The Commitment Amount Increase shall be effective when the executed consent of the Administrative Agent is received or otherwise in accordance with Section 1.2(b) of the Credit Agreement, but not in any case prior to ___, ___. It shall be a condition to the effectiveness of the Commitment Amount Increase that all expenses referred to in Section 1.2(b) of the Credit Agreement shall have been paid.

The Borrower hereby certifies that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.


*		Insert bracketed paragraph if New Lender is organized under the law of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or a state thereof.

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Please indicate the Administrative Agent’s consent to such Commitment Amount Increase by signing the enclosed copy of this letter in the space provided below.


		Very truly yours,



		By

				Name:

				Title:


		[New or existing Lender Increasing Commitments]

		By

				Name

				Title

The undersigned hereby consents on this
___day of , ___ to the
above-requested Commitment Amount
Increase.

Xxxxxx X.X.,
as Administrative Agent



By

		Name

		Title

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Schedule 1

Commitments


			Capital		Revolving
	Term Loan		Expansion Loan		Credit
Name of Lender	Commitment		Commitment		Commitment
Xxxxxx X.X.	$	11,034,482.76	$	12,413,793.10	$	16,551,724.14

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited	$	6,896,551.72	$	7,758,620.69	$	10,344,827.59

LaSalle Bank National Association	$	8,275,862.07	$	9,310,344.83	$	12,413,793.10

Rabobank	$	8,275,862.07	$	9,310,344.83	$	12,413,793.10

U.S. Bank, National Association	$	5,517,241.38	$	6,206,896.55	$	8,275,862.07

Total	$	40,000,000	$	45,000,000	$	60,000,000

Schedule 6.2

Subsidiaries

Jurisdiction of

Percentage

Name

Organization

Ownership

Owner

1. Penford Products Co.

Delaware

100

U.S. Borrower

2. Penford Holdings

New South Wales,

Pty. Ltd.

Australia

100

U.S. Borrower

3. Penford Australia

New South Wales,

Limited

Australia

100

Penford Holdings Pty. Ltd.

4. Penford New Zealand Limited

New Zealand

100

Penford Australia Limited

5. Penford Export Corporation

U.S. Virgin Islands

100

U.S. Borrower

Schedule 8.9

Existing Investments

Plantic Technologies, Ltd.

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