QuickLinks -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this documentAlpine Group Inc /De/ • November 14th, 2002 • Drawing & insulating of nonferrous wire • New York
Company FiledNovember 14th, 2002 Industry JurisdictionAMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT, dated as of July 29, 2002 (this "Amendment"), to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 27, 1998, as previously amended, modified and supplemented and as last amended by Amendment Number Seven, dated as of March 28, 2002 (the "Credit Agreement"), among SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC. (formerly known as Superior/Essex Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), ESSEX GROUP INC., a Michigan corporation ("Essex" and, together with the Company, the "Borrowers"), each of the Guarantors party thereto (the "Guarantors") (which Guarantors include Superior TeleCom Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Parent")), the lending institutions from time to time party thereto (each a "Lender" and, collectively, the "Lenders"), BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as Administrative Agent, MERRILL LYNCH & CO., as Documentation Agent, and FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Syndication Agent (the "Agents"). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the mean
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Company FiledAugust 14th, 2002 Industry JurisdictionAMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT, dated as of July 29, 2002 (this "Amendment"), to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 27, 1998, as previously amended, modified and supplemented and as last amended by Amendment Number Seven, dated as of March 28, 2002 (the "Credit Agreement"), among SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC. (formerly known as Superior/Essex Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), ESSEX GROUP INC., a Michigan corporation ("Essex" and, together with the Company, the "Borrowers"), each of the Guarantors party thereto (the "Guarantors") (which Guarantors include Superior TeleCom Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Parent")), the lending institutions from time to time party thereto (each a "Lender" and, collectively, the "Lenders"), BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as Administrative Agent, MERRILL LYNCH & CO., as Documentation Agent, and FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Syndication Agent (the "Agents"). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the mean